WHEN THE MUSIC'S OVER
THE DOORS
SONGWRITERS: JIM MORRISON; JOHN PAUL
DENSMORE; RAYMOND D MANZAREK & ROBERT A KRIEGER
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: STRANGE DAYS
LABEL: ELEKTRA RECORDS
GENRE: BLUES ROCK
YEAR: 1967
The Doors were an American rock band formed in
Los Angeles in 1965, with vocalist Jim Morrison,
keyboardist Ray Manzarek,
guitarist Robby Krieger, and
drummer John Densmore. They
were among the most controversial and influential rock acts of the 1960s,
partly due to Morrison's lyrics and voice, along with his erratic stage
persona, and the group is also widely regarded as an important part of the era's
counterculture.
The band took its name from the title of Aldous Huxley's book The Doors of
Perception, itself a reference to a quote
by William Blake. After
signing with Elektra Records in 1966, the Doors with Morrison released six albums in five years,
some of which are considered among the greatest of all time, including their self-titled debut(1967),
Strange Days(1967),
and L.A. Woman(1971). They
were one of the most successful bands during that time and by 1972 the Doors
had sold over 4 million albums domestically and nearly 8 million singles.
Morrison
died in uncertain circumstances in 1971. The band
continued as a trio until disbanding in 1973. They released three more albums
in the 1970s, two of which featured earlier recordings by Morrison, and over
the decades reunited on stage in various configurations. In 2002, Manzarek,
Krieger and Ian Astbury of the Cult on
vocals started performing as "The Doors of the 21st Century". Densmore and the Morrison estate
successfully sued them over the use of the band's name. After
a short time as Riders on the Storm, they settled on the name Manzarek–Krieger and toured until Manzarek's death in 2013.
The Doors were the first American band to
accumulate eight consecutive gold LPs According to the RIAA, they have sold 34
million albums in the United States and over 100 million records worldwide, making
them one of the best-selling
bands of all time. The Doors have been listed as
one of the greatest artists of all time by magazines including Rolling Stone, which
ranked them 41st on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
In 1993, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame.
Strange Days is the second studio album by
the American rock band the Doors,
released on September 25, 1967, by Elektra Records.
After the successful release of The Doors,
the band started working on new material in early 1967 for this second record.
Upon release, Strange Days reached number three on the US Billboard 200, and
eventually earned RIAA platinum
certification. It contains the two Top 30 hit singles, "People Are Strange" and "Love Me Two
Times".
Despite
the album's failure to match the success of its predecessor, according to
author David Moskowitz it was "arguably the one the band itself most
appreciated musically and creatively"
Yeah, c'mon
Yeah!
When the music's over
When the music's over, yeah
When the music's over
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
Yeah
When the music's over
When the music's over
When the music's over
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
For the music is your
special friend
Dance on fire as it intends
Music is your only friend
Until the end
Until the end
Until the end
Cancel my
subscription to the resurrection
Send my credentials to the house of detention
I got some friends inside
The face in the mirror won't stop
The girl in the window won't drop
A feast of friends, alive she cried
Waitin' for me
Outside
Before I sink
Into the big sleep
I want to hear
I want to hear
The scream of the butterfly
Come back, baby, back
into my arm
We're gettin' tired of hangin' around
Waitin' around with our heads to the ground
I hear a very gentle sound
Very near yet very far
Very soft, yeah, very clear
Come today, come today
What have they done to the earth, yeah?
What have they done to our fair sister?
Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her
Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn and
Tied her with fences and dragged her down
I hear a very gentle sound
With your ear down to the ground
We want the world and we want it (we want the world and we want it!)
Now
Now?
Now!
Persian night, babe
See the light, babe
Save us
Jesus
Save us!
So when the music's
over
When the music's over, yeah
When the music's over
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
Well the music is
your special friend
Dance on fire as it intends
Music is your only friend
Until the end
Until the end
Until the end.
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