Who could finish a career off with a bang? The Doors could, that's who. I believe that this is the best Doors album of them all, and the Doors being my favorite band, I'd say that this is the best album ever. The Doors covered John Lee Hooker (who has recently passed away) on the song Crawling King Snake, which adds to the whole blues effect. I think L.A. Woman is the bluesiest, so that's good. One of the reasons I like this album the most may be that I've had this one a little while longer than the others and I have listened to it many more times. The album starts off with one of the bluesiest songs in Doors history, The Changeling. I know, it sounds like some Animorphs book or something, but it's not really about a shapeshifter, it's just the life of Jim Morrison. This album boasted three of the greatest hits; Love Her Madly, Riders on the Storm, and right in the middle of it all, L.A. Woman. But one of my favorite songs on the album is the mellow Hyacinth House. There was a demo for it on Essential Rarities, but this version is much better. Like BLOCKBLISTER... it's much better! Being the best album of all time, I give L.A. Woman 5 1/4 handclaps, higher than you can actually get, so now the site is being sucked into a black hole filled with negative energy, reversing everything and crushing it into something so small that it doesn't exist. Anyways...
The Changeling
A very bluesy song with bouncy notes and piano slides. Apparantly, he had money, he had none. But I don't think he was lacking in the money department at that time.
Love Her Madly
Some have said that if you were a true Doors fan, Love Her Madly would be the only song you didn't like. But this is actually a really good song, even if it isn't all the way Doorsy.
Been Down So Long
Extremely bluesy, and back to the origin of blues; whining about something or anything. And Jim has been down so very darn long that it looks like up to him.
Cars Hiss By My Window
Another slow, blues-driven song, but even slower that Been Down so long. It has a soothing rhythm with a repeating bass line throughout.
L.A. Woman
What an awesome song. Like drivin down the freeway with wind blowing through your hair, with the sunset near. And it's so long. For the other Doors cds, the last song was always the longest. But this song is the longest on this album.
L'America
A different song, unlike most others, but I wouldn't call it undoorsy, just a different style of a Doorsy style. If you're wondering, it's pronounced la-MAIR-eek-hah.
Hyacinth House
One of the Doors' best songs, and mellow to a point where it isn't wussy, but it's still soft. The guitar part is simple, but it sounds complicated. It all adds up to make a great song.
Crawling King Snake
A John Lee Hooker song. Hooker recently covered Love Her Madly on Stoned Immaculate, and it sounds pretty good. This is definitely a bluesy song, and it has to be if it's written by JLH.
The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)
This is more of talking to a blues rhythm than an actual song, but the poetry is thick and smooth. Oh, yeah.
Riders On The Storm
Creed covered this, and believe it or not, they did a pretty good job. The bass line is cool, and it's not too easy to play. This is on the greatest hits, and it's pretty popular.
This is Kal from Matt-O-Mac, finishing up the Doors reviews.
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