L A Woman Interpretation
Hanna Williford
10/19/14
Album Listening 1 I listened to the album L.A. Woman by The Doors. The Doors were a successful American rock band that came together in Los Angeles in 1965. They were composed of four members; Jim Morrison was the lead vocalist, Ray Manzarek was the keyboardist, John Densmore was the drummer, and Robby Krieger was the guitarist. They came up with their band named based off of a book by Aldous Huxley called The Doors of Perception.
Their album L.A Woman was recorded in December of 1970 to January of 1971 and it was released April 19th of 1971. It was recorded through the label Elektra, and is a total of 48 minutes and 24 seconds long. This was the bands 6th studio album recorded, and the final album recorded by the …show more content…
Woman was called Riders on the Storm and it came out in June of 1971. This song was written by all 4 members of the The Doors, and was said to be inspired by the song Ghost Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend. The genre of this song is psychedelic rock, blues rock, acid rock, and jazz fusion. This song was very popular and has been used for multiple covers. Even Snoop Dogg did a cover of this song in 2004.
This song is very unique because it includes real sound effects of thunder and rain as well as impressive piano playing by Ray Manzarek that mimics the sound of rain. Contrary to their previous single, this song is performed more in the minor key. Lyrically, this song is also very repetitive. It repeats “riders on the storm” 11 times throughout the song. The lyrics to this song are also a little bit heavier, saying things like “into this world we’re thrown like a dog without a bone”.
Although there were no more singles released from the album L.A. Woman, the song L.A Woman itself is important because it gave the title to the album. This song had a boogie rock feel as well as the psychedelic and blues rock that they are known for. This song was once again written by all 4 band members, and was also a lengthier song of 7 minutes and 49
10/19/14
Album Listening 1 I listened to the album L.A. Woman by The Doors. The Doors were a successful American rock band that came together in Los Angeles in 1965. They were composed of four members; Jim Morrison was the lead vocalist, Ray Manzarek was the keyboardist, John Densmore was the drummer, and Robby Krieger was the guitarist. They came up with their band named based off of a book by Aldous Huxley called The Doors of Perception.
Their album L.A Woman was recorded in December of 1970 to January of 1971 and it was released April 19th of 1971. It was recorded through the label Elektra, and is a total of 48 minutes and 24 seconds long. This was the bands 6th studio album recorded, and the final album recorded by the …show more content…
Woman was called Riders on the Storm and it came out in June of 1971. This song was written by all 4 members of the The Doors, and was said to be inspired by the song Ghost Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend. The genre of this song is psychedelic rock, blues rock, acid rock, and jazz fusion. This song was very popular and has been used for multiple covers. Even Snoop Dogg did a cover of this song in 2004.
This song is very unique because it includes real sound effects of thunder and rain as well as impressive piano playing by Ray Manzarek that mimics the sound of rain. Contrary to their previous single, this song is performed more in the minor key. Lyrically, this song is also very repetitive. It repeats “riders on the storm” 11 times throughout the song. The lyrics to this song are also a little bit heavier, saying things like “into this world we’re thrown like a dog without a bone”.
Although there were no more singles released from the album L.A. Woman, the song L.A Woman itself is important because it gave the title to the album. This song had a boogie rock feel as well as the psychedelic and blues rock that they are known for. This song was once again written by all 4 band members, and was also a lengthier song of 7 minutes and 49