WonderLizard wrote: 
Wow, I wasn't aware 'til I saw your post. A key player in one of the all-time great bands (haters be damned).
Of course he plays a big part in this song and I always loved his piano solo on Riders on the Storm.

 WonderLizard wrote: 
Amen.   I cut my rock n roll teeth on this album.  I remember vividly asking mom or dad to turn it up a little when what ever Doors was playin would come on.  Ah the memories of those sunny days of an 8 year old. 

1980   -   Sixth-grade
Found this vinyl sitting amongst all of Dad's weird "old dude" records.  Looked interesting.  Headphones, comfy, fat, leather chair and over the course of the next week.... I had my first real taste.  Rock 'n Roll baby! 
This was my gateway.
Asked around, to this day, no one can tell me where the record came from or how it ended up next to our family's turntable that night....

RIP, Ray Manzarek. And he played the bass on one keyboard while playing that incredible, signature organ on another.

Missing Ray...

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 

 unclehud wrote: 
I think the instrumental bits are stunning - everything melds together seamlessly and all the instruments evoke the element of fire!  And Bill's right, it was mind-altering when it came out in '67.

Verses and chorus are proof that they had songwriting talent.  Personally, I like the extended solos/jamming/noodling even though others do not.  No matter your opinion of the 'bonus material', there's no denying their abilities to create poetry and melody.

 jim1964 wrote: 
That would have been WDAS.  Hy Lit and My Father's Son were the two DJ's I remember from those days.  My Father's Son had the 10 till whenever shift.  We went down to the studio and hung out a few times during his show.  We could smoke right handers in the studio, but had to  go outside for the left handers. 

I can guarantee that very few dj's were in the studio actually listening to InnAGaddaDaVida when it was playing back in those days.

C'mon Bill dust this off again.  Been awhile.

The Doors Robby Krieger by ~pinkstarlights
©2010 ~pinkstarlights

The Doors' Robby Krieger

Come on baby, light my fire~
Shot at Monterrey, Mexico

-Alicia

 alanthecowboy wrote: 
OK, that made me LOL.

But the wailing organ solo was always a fave in the days of an AM radio with one speaker in the middle of the dashboard.

 kalkin84 wrote: 
Tell me about it.  That guitar solo has to be one of the lamest ever recorded, at least until Nickleback hit the scene.

This song gets better each time I hear it.

 redstorm wrote: 
That bad huh?

A '70 Hemi 'Cuda would sound much better.

 kurtster wrote: 
I was stationed in Philly in '69 and I remember how the local underground FM station played that song a lot and the djs spent a lot of airtime talking about Author Brown and how strange his shows were.

 jagdriver wrote:

 

YOU CANNOT PETITION THE LORD WITH PRAYER!

whoops... wrong song again.  We trekked to Detroit a few times for rock shows back in the day.  Cobo Arena was a great place to watch a concert.

finally, a doors song i've never heard before! 

ok, the screeching needs to stop.

 jagdriver wrote: 
Saw them in Philly in '69.  Remember it, too.  A great freakin show.  Jacob's Feather was the opener.

 Papernapkin wrote: 
american idol is out of question...he'd need a whole lot of singing practice to even make it to the first round....

 lingchih wrote: 
A cameo on Entourage? Or, oh! a guest spot on American Idol. Maybe Dancing with the Stars (if times were tough).

govna wrote:
It's not the most spirited solo, granted, but certainly not one of the worst of all time. He stays in key, doodles around with a few modes. etc. My problem with this song is that I've heard it thousands of times and can't go a single day without hearing it.  Though I guess for songs I hear every day, I prefer this to "Sweet Home Alabama" or "Draggin' The Line".

 govna wrote: 
But you like the organ solo?