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13 was a project instigated by Elektra Records, who wanted product from the band for the Christmas season, to which the band reluctantly agreed. Morrison even agreed to shave off his beard for the album cover's photo shoot, but the label opted for a younger photo of the singer, which they had also done for the group's live album Absolutely Live, released in July of that year.
In 2011, the Doors received a Grammy Award in Best Long Form Music Video for the film When You're Strange, directed by Tom DiCillo. [180] In 2012, Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time included three of their studio albums; the self-titled album at number 42, L.A. Woman at number 362, and Strange Days at number ...
The cover for the album is of Jim Morrison as portrayed by Val Kilmer. It is a photo of Kilmer looking straight in the camera's lens.His face is in black and white and his hair has the color of burning flames, it is the same effect created on the movie's posters and advertising material.
The film featured the four group members playing the song on a darkened set with alternating views and close-ups of the performers while Morrison lip-synched the lyrics. Morrison and the Doors continued to make short music films, including "The Unknown Soldier", [58] "Strange Days" [59] and "People Are Strange".
The song is notated in the key of A Major with Jim Morrison's vocal range spanning from E 4 to A 5. [5] It has a Dorian alternation of i and IV. [6] Like the other songs from their debut album, the songwriting credit was given to each members of the Doors; [3] the performance rights organization ASCAP list the song as a group composition.
Here's the best modern and new Christmas music to refresh your holiday playlist in 2024, featuring hits from Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, and more.
Henry Diltz, photographer of the original "Morrison Hotel" album cover, attends the Day of the Doors pop-up event at the original Morrison Hotel at 1246 S. Hope St. on Jan. 4, 2020, in Los Angeles ...
Music photographer Henry Diltz, who shot the iconic image of the Los Angeles rock band the Doors at the Morrison Hotel for the band's 1970 album, recounted in a 2020 Facebook post how he got the ...