 L.A. Woman (1971) [ larger cover art ] |
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Well, I just got into town about an hour ago
I took a look around, see which way the wind blow
With a little girl in a Hollywood bungalow
Are you a lucky little lady in the City of Light
Or just another lost angel?
City of Night
City of Night
City of Night
City of Night, woo, c'mon!
L.A. woman, L.A. woman
L.A. woman, Sunday afternoon
L.A. woman, Sunday afternoon
L.A. woman, Sunday afternoon
Drive through your suburbs
Into your blues
Into your blues, yeah
Into your blue, blue, blues
Into your blues, ohh yeah!
I see your hair is burnin'
Hills are filled with fire
If they say I never loved you
You know they are a liar
Drivin' down your freeway
Midnight alleys roam
Cops in cars, the topless bars
Never saw a woman
So alone
So alone
So alone
So alone
Motel money murder madness
Let's change the mood from glad to sadness
Mr. Mojo Risin'
Mr. Mojo Risin'
Mr. Mojo Risin'
Mr. Mojo Risin'
Got to keep on risin'
Mr. Mojo Risin'
Mr. Mojo Risin'
Mojo Risin'
Got my mojo risin'
Mr. Mojo Risin'
Got to keep on risin'
Ridin', ridin'
Goin' ridin', ridin'
Goin' ridin', ridin'
I got to ridin', ridin'
Babe, ridin', ridin'
I gotta, woo, yeah, ride, oh! Yeah
Well, I just got into town about an hour ago
Took a look around, see which way the wind blow
With a little girl in a Hollywood bungalow
Are you a lucky little lady in the City of Light
Or just another lost angel?
City of Night
City of Night
City of Night
City of Night, whoa, oh!
L.A. woman, L.A. woman
L.A. woman, you're my woman
A little L.A. woman
Yeah, L.A. woman
Hey, hey, come on, oh
L.A. woman, come on
| kcar | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 22:44 marelja wrote: My favorite part... Mr. Mojo Risin'... Whooo... Release the inner frat boy in you and bellow along... |
| moonridge2001 (Big Bear Lake, CA) | Posted: Apr 06, 2013 - 20:35 Agree..boring...just stop.. |
| vanmas (Leiden, Netherlands) | Posted: Mar 10, 2013 - 11:57 Start is pretty nice... But the end is terrible! Too long, boring and annoying! |
| zepher | Posted: Mar 06, 2013 - 09:01  |
| finoufk (in my bed) | Posted: Mar 06, 2013 - 08:56 totally boring 3 —> 2  |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Feb 03, 2013 - 01:08 Lazarus wrote: so incredibly profound... brilliant music... Agree completely! |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Feb 03, 2013 - 01:04 so incredibly profound... brilliant music... |
| martinelle (Corvallis, Oregon) | Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 18:57 TerryS wrote: Beads man, try the beads. This is one of the only songs that can catapult me out of bed to turn off the radio. I dread songs with continuous repetition. This one and "Me losing my religion" are right at the top. No beads necessary. |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 18:50 Misterfixit wrote: The drums are hypnotizing with the beat. The voice of Jim Morrison is rough and agonizingly spot on awesome. The whole track enervates me as if I had just consumed a pint of vodka, taken a 1963 Chateu l'Fitte Burgandy enema, Smoked a one-ounce bowl of the finest Tennessee Mountain Crack, and had a rusty barbed wire fence placed telescopically into my nether regions and quickly extracted, stopping at every single beat of the "Mojo Rising" Shout-out. Beads man, try the beads. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 09:56 rmmartins wrote: Man, if someone doesn't like this, then there's something wrong with the world...! :) There are plenty of things "wrong with the world", plenty of "right" things also. For me, this tune falls somewhere in between. |
| max_p | Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 09:53 Luv to hear selected classics on RP. |
| Ghiaap (Haarlo, The Netherlands) | Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 09:53 rmmartins wrote: Man, if someone doesn't like this, then there's something wrong with the world...! :) I don't like this, and i'm a well respected member of society and the world is a happy place |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 09:52 Misterfixit wrote: The drums are hypnotizing with the beat. The voice of Jim Morrison is rough and agonizingly spot on awesome. The whole track enervates me as if I had just consumed a pint of vodka, taken a 1963 Chateu l'Fitte Burgandy enema, Smoked a one-ounce bowl of the finest Tennessee Mountain Crack, and had a rusty barbed wire fence placed telescopically into my nether regions and quickly extracted, stopping at every single beat of the "Mojo Rising" Shout-out.   Kinda expensive enema, though, dude :o) |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 09:50 If you don't agree with my opinion about this song you are wrong! (just wanted to get on the bandwagon on this thread) |
| Sasha2001 (The business end of Bloomberg's education machine.) | Posted: Dec 02, 2012 - 08:10 Is Robbie Krieger one of the all time greats? He should be.
I love the Flamenco and jazz flourishes he weaves into his solos here. |
| ChillBabe | Posted: Dec 02, 2012 - 08:04 London calling! Doors a pub staple for ex-pats missing our sweet US of A ! Keep 'em rockin' Bill, you are AMAZING! |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Nov 05, 2012 - 00:42 Nice to hear more doors songs last days! Very nice! |
| hidey (NZ) | Posted: Nov 05, 2012 - 00:36 You'd have to be dead to not get into the groove of this tune. |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 15:34 rulebritannia wrote: Best song ever? Just might be....... You've got my vote. |
| rmmartins (Terra Brasilis) | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 15:34 Man, if someone doesn't like this, then there's something wrong with the world...! :) |
| gmhanson (Alaska) | Posted: Aug 30, 2012 - 00:39 Great session bassist Jerry Scheff provides the strong bottom end on this song. He was invited by the Doors to play on this album and they were so happy with his work they offered him a permanent position with the band but Jim Morrison went off to Paris and died and that was that. So Jerry took the gig with Elvis and the TCB band...but then Elvis went and died too. Man.... Jerry, you had some bad luck but you still remain one bad ass bass player. |
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 15:41 The drums are hypnotizing with the beat. The voice of Jim Morrison is rough and agonizingly spot on awesome. The whole track enervates me as if I had just consumed a pint of vodka, taken a 1963 Chateu l'Fitte Burgandy enema, Smoked a one-ounce bowl of the finest Tennessee Mountain Crack, and had a rusty barbed wire fence placed telescopically into my nether regions and quickly extracted, stopping at every single beat of the "Mojo Rising" Shout-out. Om My Ghod .. do you think I'm a bit to, ummmmm stream of something about this song? Having heard this played the The Admiral's Son for the first time so many years ago ... oh may I die and go to a hell of my own invention at this very moment!! |
| vivyruest (San Rafael) | Posted: Jul 29, 2012 - 14:28 rulebritannia wrote: Best song ever? Just might be....... Yeah one of the best  |
| Easyrider (Portugal) | Posted: Jul 02, 2012 - 04:49 Yeah,it doesn't come better than this,pure brilliance. |
| marelja | Posted: May 31, 2012 - 07:00 My favorite part... Mr. Mojo Risin'... Whooo... |
| Dahlia_Gumbo (San Francisco) | Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 13:22 Makes me want to play piano again — groovey.  |
| ziakut (The Windy City) | Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 19:59 Wow...this song DOES get more annoying as it progresses. Didn't think it was possible. |
| Bobert_ParkCity (Park City Utah) | Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 19:56 last ride on a magnificent storm. |
| Blastcat900 | Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 19:55 its one of my all time shower songs ahhhh yeah |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 10:33 An all-time favorite ... |
| bev (Reno, NV) | Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 10:33  Totally...long hard groooooooove as you're out on the open road...perfection...ZedLeppelin wrote: One of the world's best driving tunes. |
| FamilyMan (Continent's edge) | Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 10:32 Eddie, from the neighborhood, would tell us, all the time, that this song was way better than "Born to Run". I had never even heard "L.A. Woman". (Eddie had older brothers). Today, I get as excited about hearing this as I do Born to Run. Both - Way Cool! |
| leprimo (Germany) | Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 23:15 Oh yeah!  |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 23:12 Very nice indeed!    |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Oct 22, 2011 - 08:41 profound... love it... |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jul 25, 2011 - 16:42  1966 - Venice Beach by Justine.Truant http://www.flickr.com/photos/justinetruant/  All rights reserved |
| Dr_Fred | Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 23:55 WOW had this on 8 track in high school, 68 GTO ragtop top down,smokin and cruising. Amazing how 1 song can take you back to a specific time and feeling!! A 10 for me. |
| cosmiclint (Vancouver BC) | Posted: Jun 18, 2011 - 07:35 rulebritannia wrote: Best song ever? Just might be....... Definately up there. Manzarek and the rest of the band really nailed this one. dwhayslett wrote: This rocks. Must be something else that hasn't aged well. |
| rulebritannia (NYC - Back in the USA!) | Posted: May 17, 2011 - 16:57 Best song ever? Just might be....... |
| Raechel | Posted: May 17, 2011 - 16:55 BalesBub wrote: Worst...band...evah... I don't know if I'd go that far...What about Pearl Jam? |
| BalesBub (Boston) | Posted: Feb 12, 2011 - 07:38 Worst...band...evah... |
| drews (London, Blighty) | Posted: Dec 11, 2010 - 13:55 DAMN right, LA Woman sounds as fresh now as it did when I first heard it over 20 years ago; they knew how to go out on a high dwhayslett wrote: This rocks. Must be something else that hasn't aged well. |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Dec 11, 2010 - 13:52 At last you can rest in peace, Jim. My state pardoned you this week for your unspeakable crime. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Dec 11, 2010 - 13:52 Love it! |
| spanishboots (Helsinki, Finland) | Posted: Oct 09, 2010 - 07:36 Jim, Ray, Robby and John - what a band. L.A. Woman, last album with Jim was one of the very best they made. Was this a great way to go? |
| RobRyan (Canyon Country, CA) | Posted: Sep 07, 2010 - 08:14 Jim Morrison at his self-indulgent worst. And that's pretty bad. |
| dwhayslett (Pawleys Island, SC) | Posted: Sep 07, 2010 - 07:12 Hannio wrote: I think you may be right. This hasn't aged well at all.This rocks. Must be something else that hasn't aged well. |
| casey1024 (Between the rock & the hard place) | Posted: Sep 07, 2010 - 07:11 Bleh. |
| lmic (Harmless Little Bunny) | Posted: Aug 24, 2010 - 13:10 MayBaby wrote: Try to keep your comments about the music, sweetheart. Please. Your original comment was ad hominem if I've ever seen it.  |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 06:50 RadioDoc wrote: The karaoke version is much better. I think you may be right. This hasn't aged well at all. |