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The Doors recorded "Back Door Man" for their 1967 self-titled debut album. Doors' guitarist Robby Krieger introduced the other members of the group to a blues rock adaptation of the song recorded by John Hammond Jr. for his 1964 album Big City Blues. [8] The Doors' version also incorporates elements of psychedelic blues [10] and hard rock. [9]
The Best of the Doors (1997) The Doors Collection – Collector's Edition (1999) VH1 Storytellers – The Doors: A Celebration (2001) The Doors – 30 Years Commemorative Edition (2001) No One Here Gets Out Alive (2001) Soundstage Performances (2002) The Doors of the 21st Century: L.A. Woman Live (2003) The Doors Collector's Edition – (3 DVD ...
The Doors was entered into the 17th Moscow International Film Festival. [51] In April 2019, a restored version of the film was selected to be shown in the Cannes Classics section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. [52] In a contemporary review, Roger Ebert gave The Doors two-and-a-half out of four stars.
The song's lyrics were written by guitarist Robby Krieger, [4] who confirmed that he "tried to get in the subconscious mind" with the lyrics to the song. [5] On the other hand, Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek interpreted the song as just being about "love and sex", [5] while music journalist Gillian G. Gaar described the lyrics as being simply "romantic".
The book The Doors, by the remaining Doors, quotes Morrison's close friend Frank Lisciandro as saying that too many people took a remark of Morrison's that he was interested in revolt, disorder, and chaos "to mean that he was an anarchist, a revolutionary, or, worse yet, a nihilist. Hardly anyone noticed that Jim was paraphrasing Rimbaud and ...
"Back Door Man" – excerpt from The Doors Are Open, Roundhouse, London, September 1968 "Light My Fire" – performance from The Ed Sullivan Show September 17, 1967 "Celebration of the Lizard – excerpt from The Doors Are Open, Roundhouse, London, September 1968 "When the Music's Over" – excerpt from Hollywood Bowl, July 5, 1968
The DVD/Blu-Ray Disc of the concert includes This is the End a 18-minute film containing interviews with Doors' guitarist Robby Krieger, drummer John Densmore, concert director Murray Lerner, and original Doors manager Bill Siddons. A 2002 interview recorded with Ray Manzarek, the Doors keyboardist who died in 2013, is also included. [9]
When You're Strange is a 2009 music documentary film about the American rock band the Doors.It was written and directed by Tom DiCillo and narrated by Johnny Depp.The film covers the band's formation in 1965, its development over the next two years, the release of its debut album and subsequent albums, and vocalist Jim Morrison's extensive use of alcohol and drugs, which led to his death in ...