The Doors — Moonlight Drive
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Let's swim to the moon
Let's climb through the tide
Penetrate the evening that the
City sleeps to hide
Let's swim out tonight love
It's our time to try
Park besides the ocean
On our moonlight drive
Let's swim to the moon
Let's climb through the tide
Surrender to the waking world that
Laps against our side
Nothing left open and
No time to decide
We'll stop into a river
On our moonlight drive
Let's swim to the moon
Let's climb through the tide
You'll reach your hand to hold me
But I can't be your guide
It's easy to love you
As I watch you glide
Falling through wet forests
On our moonlight drive, baby
Moonlight drive
Come on baby, gonna take a little ride
Come on, down by the oceanside
Gonna get real close, get real tight
Baby, gonna drown tonight
Gonna drown, drown, drown
Let's climb through the tide
Penetrate the evening that the
City sleeps to hide
Let's swim out tonight love
It's our time to try
Park besides the ocean
On our moonlight drive
Let's swim to the moon
Let's climb through the tide
Surrender to the waking world that
Laps against our side
Nothing left open and
No time to decide
We'll stop into a river
On our moonlight drive
Let's swim to the moon
Let's climb through the tide
You'll reach your hand to hold me
But I can't be your guide
It's easy to love you
As I watch you glide
Falling through wet forests
On our moonlight drive, baby
Moonlight drive
Come on baby, gonna take a little ride
Come on, down by the oceanside
Gonna get real close, get real tight
Baby, gonna drown tonight
Gonna drown, drown, drown
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renegade_X wrote:
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The worst guitar work in the history of Rock & Roll!!!
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The worst guitar work in the history of Rock & Roll!!!
Don't remember this one. I did not have this album. I'm wondering if Morrison thought he had to use that screamy voice on everything? Seems he changed later and calmed down.
lizardking wrote:
In your opinion.
My opinion is that this song is fantastic (10) and the band is one of my all-time favorites.
Long Live RP and The Lizardking!!
I Agree completely!!
In your opinion.
My opinion is that this song is fantastic (10) and the band is one of my all-time favorites.
Long Live RP and The Lizardking!!
I Agree completely!!
They were confident and capable in their Mastery of Pop so early in their career, yet here we hear the unmistakable hints of the Weird Scenes Inside Jim's Mind; gems to be mined forever and ever, amen
The world hadn't seen anything like the Doors when they arrived on the American music scene. Think about what was on the pop charts from that same era. Nothing this weird, nothing this dark.
Then think about the musicians who cite them as highly influential to their own work. Topping that list: Iggy Pop and Ian Curtis. And many others.
And Densmore? A beast. An absolute beast.
Then think about the musicians who cite them as highly influential to their own work. Topping that list: Iggy Pop and Ian Curtis. And many others.
And Densmore? A beast. An absolute beast.
Hank Williams direct to Jim Morrison
kcar wrote:
Yes, that's right. The world's been pretending that the Doors were a good band.
For 50+ f%#$in' years.
But gosh, thank God you showed up to tell the world where it went wrong.
omg you really should go into therapy or just stop pretending to have a relevant opion....listen to Kiss might be better for
Yes, that's right. The world's been pretending that the Doors were a good band.
For 50+ f%#$in' years.
But gosh, thank God you showed up to tell the world where it went wrong.
omg you really should go into therapy or just stop pretending to have a relevant opion....listen to Kiss might be better for
CamLwalk wrote:
In your opinion.
My opinion is that this song is fantastic (10) and the band is one of my all-time favorites.
Long Live RP and The Lizardking!!
Sorry, but this song is terrible. This band is terrible.
In your opinion.
My opinion is that this song is fantastic (10) and the band is one of my all-time favorites.
Long Live RP and The Lizardking!!
CamLwalk wrote:
I guess you had to be there
Sorry, but this song is terrible. This band is terrible.
I guess you had to be there
Proclivities wrote:
Maybe to some people he was; to me, the 20th century had many, many more interesting, sexy, and talented figures than Jim Morrison.
You're off topic. The standard was "sexy sounding".
Maybe to some people he was; to me, the 20th century had many, many more interesting, sexy, and talented figures than Jim Morrison.
You're off topic. The standard was "sexy sounding".
Sorry, but this song is terrible. This band is terrible.
The brilliance of this is just off the charts. It manages to stay peppy and poppy yet still rise to the level of high art
great song real poetry...great doors tune...deep cut thanks
Moonlight drive, leads to light my fire, then touch me. Come on Bill. It is Valentine’s Day!
kcar wrote:
You could say the same thing about Bach, Beethoven, Mozart...Can't get too worried about other people's ignorance, unless you're talking about the Worst President Ever and his inability to understand how dangerous the coronavirus is.
I know! It's bad when even Richard Nixon is correct:
“The bitterness that would be engendered by such a maneuver on my part would … have done incalculable and lasting damage throughout the country. … I could think of no worse example for nations abroad … than that of the United States wrangling over the results of our presidential election, and even suggesting that the presidency itself could be stolen by thievery at the ballot box.” -- R. Nixon
You could say the same thing about Bach, Beethoven, Mozart...Can't get too worried about other people's ignorance, unless you're talking about the Worst President Ever and his inability to understand how dangerous the coronavirus is.
I know! It's bad when even Richard Nixon is correct:
“The bitterness that would be engendered by such a maneuver on my part would … have done incalculable and lasting damage throughout the country. … I could think of no worse example for nations abroad … than that of the United States wrangling over the results of our presidential election, and even suggesting that the presidency itself could be stolen by thievery at the ballot box.” -- R. Nixon
Ericocean wrote:
You're right, they're not a good band; they're a GREAT band!!
Glad we agree.
I wish the world would stop pretending this is a good band
You're right, they're not a good band; they're a GREAT band!!
Glad we agree.
Zep wrote:
I bumped my rating a notch just because of this comment.
I bumped my crotch and ranted about it because of this comment.
I bumped my rating a notch just because of this comment.
I bumped my crotch and ranted about it because of this comment.
I forget the writer in Life magazine who described this song as shimmering electric curtains of sound. nails it
Proclivities wrote:
Most of the 7.5+ billion people in the world probably have no idea who they even were.
You could say the same thing about Bach, Beethoven, Mozart...Can't get too worried about other people's ignorance, unless you're talking about the Worst President Ever and his inability to understand how dangerous the coronavirus is.
Most of the 7.5+ billion people in the world probably have no idea who they even were.
You could say the same thing about Bach, Beethoven, Mozart...Can't get too worried about other people's ignorance, unless you're talking about the Worst President Ever and his inability to understand how dangerous the coronavirus is.
Ericocean wrote:
I bumped my rating a notch just because of this comment.
I wish the world would stop pretending this is a good band
I bumped my rating a notch just because of this comment.
Let's swim to the moon, OK?
I don't care what anyone says, Robbie Krieger could play. No swagger, but plenty of chops.
I don't care what anyone says, Robbie Krieger could play. No swagger, but plenty of chops.
Ugh.
Never liked these guys.
Never liked these guys.
something very ballad of a thin man about this
Egctheow wrote:
For me, it was walking to the beach on a hot sunny day in 1981 while listening to Love Street on a boombox that pulled me all the way in.
You gotta agree with h8rhater!!! Nicely put.
I indeed wish that the present teenage generation did rediscover it. I did thanks to Oliver Stone's film, and whatever you think of the film, I'm grateful it was made. Mind you the present generation doesn't know who the heck Michael (let alone Kirk) Douglas is. Pfffff
This is teaching for you, the machine to turn you into a premature old fart
. Still, I'm in tune with the Doors 
;-)
. Still, I'm in tune with the Doors ;-)For me, it was walking to the beach on a hot sunny day in 1981 while listening to Love Street on a boombox that pulled me all the way in.
Heck of a segue from Kent
kcar wrote:
Yes, that's right. The world's been pretending that the Doors were a good band.
For 50+ f%#$in' years.
But gosh, thank God you showed up to tell the world where it went wrong.
Freaking awesome answer kcar!! Long Live RP and you witty comments too!! I just bumped my 10 to an 11....errr….
Yes, that's right. The world's been pretending that the Doors were a good band.
For 50+ f%#$in' years.
But gosh, thank God you showed up to tell the world where it went wrong.
Freaking awesome answer kcar!! Long Live RP and you witty comments too!! I just bumped my 10 to an 11....errr….
lizardking wrote:
I'm "impressed" by the vitriol thrown towards The Doors. Especially as one of the fans of their music (incl. this great track, as depicted in the movie, this was the song that got the whole thing started, and I happily rate it a 10) I really love that they were rebels in many different ways. No bassist was different, drugs and such and all of Jim's antics. I for one really wish the Blues version of the doors, starting with their 5th and 6th/last album, had been around MUCH longer....Jim really was a great Blues singer IMO. And the 3 musicians were super too in their own ways. I don't think John Densmore gets enough credit as a more than solid drummer. And it was Densmore that said "Fuck no the Doors music ain't for advertisers to use" and beings that the band made a decision ONLY if all 4 agreed (or at this point, all 3 of 'em) and even though the other 2 said "yeah, we could use the cash" it was John that got them (thankfully) away from selling a song (for like a buick commercial or something...can't remember now....)
I didn't give it a 10, but, I couldn't agree more. thanks for the insightful comment.
I'm "impressed" by the vitriol thrown towards The Doors. Especially as one of the fans of their music (incl. this great track, as depicted in the movie, this was the song that got the whole thing started, and I happily rate it a 10) I really love that they were rebels in many different ways. No bassist was different, drugs and such and all of Jim's antics. I for one really wish the Blues version of the doors, starting with their 5th and 6th/last album, had been around MUCH longer....Jim really was a great Blues singer IMO. And the 3 musicians were super too in their own ways. I don't think John Densmore gets enough credit as a more than solid drummer. And it was Densmore that said "Fuck no the Doors music ain't for advertisers to use" and beings that the band made a decision ONLY if all 4 agreed (or at this point, all 3 of 'em) and even though the other 2 said "yeah, we could use the cash" it was John that got them (thankfully) away from selling a song (for like a buick commercial or something...can't remember now....)
Anyway, I suppose you feel about them as I do about U2/Radiohead/manyothersetc - I say LONG LIVE RP and all MUSIC!
I didn't give it a 10, but, I couldn't agree more. thanks for the insightful comment.
Ericocean wrote:
Yes, that's right. The world's been pretending that the Doors were a good band.
For 50+ f%#$in' years.
But gosh, thank God you showed up to tell the world where it went wrong.
I wish the world would stop pretending this is a good band
Yes, that's right. The world's been pretending that the Doors were a good band.
For 50+ f%#$in' years.
But gosh, thank God you showed up to tell the world where it went wrong.
Tom Petty says.. " You don't have to be good, you just had to have an attitude." The doors had the attitude.Slam wrote:
Seconded.
Ericocean wrote:
Ericocean wrote:
I wish the world would stop pretending this is a good band
You gotta agree with h8rhater!!! Nicely put.
I indeed wish that the present teenage generation did rediscover it. I did thanks to Oliver Stone's film, and whatever you think of the film, I'm grateful it was made. Mind you the present generation doesn't know who the heck Michael (let alone Kirk) Douglas is. Pfffff
This is teaching for you, the machine to turn you into a premature old fart
. Still, I'm in tune with the Doors 
;-)
. Still, I'm in tune with the Doors ;-) Ericocean wrote:
Most of the 7.5+ billion people in the world probably have no idea who they even were.
I wish the world would stop pretending this is a good band
Most of the 7.5+ billion people in the world probably have no idea who they even were.
Slam wrote:
Seconded.
Ericocean wrote:
Ericocean wrote:
I wish the world would stop pretending this is a good band
Gotta love it when someone (or two) thinks the whole world is wrong and, by some miraculous specialness, they are right.
This band has been beloved and, perhaps more importantly, rediscovered by generation after generation in spite of recording their last song nearly 50 years ago. Virtuosity at EVERY position. Of all the great bands, there are few that blended their talents into a greater "whole" better than The Doors.
And the writing!... "Let's swim to the moon. Let's climb through the tide. Penetrate the evening that the city sleeps to hide."
Get over yourselves h8rs and embrace, or at the very least accept, that this is a truly great band that has stood the test of time.
Thanks BillG for keeping them regularly in the loop.
coloradojohn wrote:
As always, CoJo, you tell it as it is.
Man, I wish we had some far-out bluesy rock like this nowadays... Jim sang The Blues in a very special way, and his band was superb.
As always, CoJo, you tell it as it is.
Seconded.
Ericocean wrote:
Ericocean wrote:
I wish the world would stop pretending this is a good band
Man, I wish we had some far-out bluesy rock like this nowadays... Jim sang The Blues in a very special way, and his band was superb.
Ericocean wrote:
I wish the world would stop pretending this is a good band
I'm "impressed" by the vitriol thrown towards The Doors. Especially as one of the fans of their music (incl. this great track, as depicted in the movie, this was the song that got the whole thing started, and I happily rate it a 10) I really love that they were rebels in many different ways. No bassist was different, drugs and such and all of Jim's antics. I for one really wish the Blues version of the doors, starting with their 5th and 6th/last album, had been around MUCH longer....Jim really was a great Blues singer IMO. And the 3 musicians were super too in their own ways. I don't think John Densmore gets enough credit as a more than solid drummer. And it was Densmore that said "Fuck no the Doors music ain't for advertisers to use" and beings that the band made a decision ONLY if all 4 agreed (or at this point, all 3 of 'em) and even though the other 2 said "yeah, we could use the cash" it was John that got them (thankfully) away from selling a song (for like a buick commercial or something...can't remember now....)
Anyway, I suppose you feel about them as I do about U2/Radiohead/manyothersetc - I say LONG LIVE RP and all MUSIC!
I wish the world would stop pretending this is a good band
still sounds good and fresh today ! Ljenny wrote:
A little ADD in the family maybe? This is anything but tedious. Christ, it feels like it's only 2:30 min long even though it's actually 3.
tedious
A little ADD in the family maybe? This is anything but tedious. Christ, it feels like it's only 2:30 min long even though it's actually 3.
Always the blues lurking around. They had it.
johnjconn wrote:
Alcohol + an inability to understand the term "moderation"
But what a set of pipes he had
He was an intelligent fellow, so I am quite sure he understood "moderation". He just chose a different path.
Alcohol + an inability to understand the term "moderation"
But what a set of pipes he had
He was an intelligent fellow, so I am quite sure he understood "moderation". He just chose a different path.
I recall the first few times I heard this. Surely, I was never the same; my eyes and ears had been opened, and my mind freed to roam...
Godlike
1967 - Gloria Stavers Interview by Justine.Truant
https://www.flickr.com/photos/justinetruant/
All rights reservedThis song is probably really of a case of you had to be there. Not then, but there. The Doors were SoCal. This is a song that captures the feeling of what it was like to be there, then. Heading to the beach, in the middle of the night, the thrill and the excitement of getting and being there.
Glad I was, and I love this song, because it still takes me back to that time and place.
tedious
Proclivities wrote:
I wouldn't say "messed up", that description belongs to the likes of Charlie Manson. Jim Morrison was eccentric, as were and are so many talented genii in this benighted world of ours. Don't ever forget: his talents as a poet, musician and all around stage performer will continue to frame him as an Icon for that age of wonderment.
rtrudeau wrote:
Maybe to you he was; to me, the 20th century had many, many more interesting, sexy, and talented figures than Jim Morrison.
Woohoo, no George Winston segue this time.
I can't understand the too-low rating for this song. Jim Morrison was one of the sexiest-sounding, albeit most messed up people of the twentieth century.
Maybe to you he was; to me, the 20th century had many, many more interesting, sexy, and talented figures than Jim Morrison.
I wouldn't say "messed up", that description belongs to the likes of Charlie Manson. Jim Morrison was eccentric, as were and are so many talented genii in this benighted world of ours. Don't ever forget: his talents as a poet, musician and all around stage performer will continue to frame him as an Icon for that age of wonderment.
Ah Jim, why did you have to leave us so soon?
Bill really needs to play Fly Me To The Moon after this.
rtrudeau wrote:
Maybe to some people he was; to me, the 20th century had many, many more interesting, sexy, and talented figures than Jim Morrison.
Woohoo, no George Winston segue this time.
I can't understand the too-low rating for this song. Jim Morrison was one of the sexiest-sounding, albeit most messed up people of the twentieth century.
I can't understand the too-low rating for this song. Jim Morrison was one of the sexiest-sounding, albeit most messed up people of the twentieth century.
Maybe to some people he was; to me, the 20th century had many, many more interesting, sexy, and talented figures than Jim Morrison.
h8rhater wrote:
If you had said "Lola", "Who Are You", "Teach Your Children", and "Light My Fire" your argument would hold some water. But the songs that you have listed are NOT regular radio play. Quit your crying.
Yeah, what he said.
If you had said "Lola", "Who Are You", "Teach Your Children", and "Light My Fire" your argument would hold some water. But the songs that you have listed are NOT regular radio play. Quit your crying.
Yeah, what he said.
En The Doors!!!
And in STEREO !
These guys could really nail it sometimes. As was mentioned here before, their blues touches are really nice.
jkdufair wrote:
If you had said "Lola", "Who Are You", "Teach Your Children", and "Light My Fire" your argument would hold some water. But the songs that you have listed are NOT regular radio play. Quit your crying.
Well, I seldom turn off RP unless I have to get up from my desk, but the The Kinks, The Who, CSN, and now The Doors within less than an hour finally does it for me. I listen to RP to get away from "classic rock". I don't mind a deep cut maybe once a day, but "Victoria," "Love, Reign O'er Me," "Helplessly Hoping," and "Moonlight Drive"? Did RP get bought by ClearChannel when we weren't looking?
If you had said "Lola", "Who Are You", "Teach Your Children", and "Light My Fire" your argument would hold some water. But the songs that you have listed are NOT regular radio play. Quit your crying.
This is one of my Doors favs!
countyman wrote:
It's down to 10% as of today, if that makes you feel better!
We are down to 9.2% in our attempt to marginalize the fools who would rate this a 1.
It's down to 10% as of today, if that makes you feel better!
We are down to 9.2% in our attempt to marginalize the fools who would rate this a 1.
Amazing song from an amazing album, although you probably hadda be there...
Yellow Moon, Moonlight Drive.... I am waiting for the Blue Moon.
Thursday maybe?
Thursday maybe?
toterola wrote:
It's down to 10% as of today, if that makes you feel better!
11% of the votes for this song are a "1"? WTF?!? 
It's down to 10% as of today, if that makes you feel better!
rtrudeau wrote:
And that alone is enough for a five or higher? I think not.
Woohoo, no George Winston segue this time.
I can't understand the too-low rating for this song. Jim Morrison was one of the sexiest-sounding, albeit most messed up people of the twentieth century.
And that alone is enough for a five or higher? I think not.
It is enough that it is The Doors
11% of the votes for this song are a "1"? WTF?!?
This album is very well obtained, all the songs that are enclosed here disclose a period particularly fertile and inspired that this band "The Doors" (one of my preferences without a doubt!) crossed in 1967; therefore i would detach here the song of my election enclosed in this album that is "You're Lost Little Girl", the one that more sensetizes for me and perhaps that it withholds the personal record of hearings between all of this album; this is a mere personal point of view that i admit to be able to be subject to the best opinion, considering in such difficult way the choice, in a similar way that the songs are immensely rich all that compose this album
album "Strange Days" (1967)
** 10 **
woohoo. LOVE this song.
Nice segue from yellow moon.
Woohoo, no George Winston segue this time.
I can't understand the too-low rating for this song. Jim Morrison was one of the sexiest-sounding, albeit most messed up people of the twentieth century.
Doors = automatic 1 or 2, except for one song of theirs, which I won't mention for fear RP will play it.
From one of my two most-favorite Doors' LPs (the first being their debut).
Gotta say, though, they were blown off the stage by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown!
PERDIDOUSA wrote:
Looks like these two songs are tied together for good, because once again this is following Winston's version of Spanish Caravan...
I think Riders on the Storm would be a nice one to follow Winston's Spanish Caravan too....
kurtster wrote:
Great segue, from Winston's Spanish Caravan to Morrison's Moonlight Drive.
Looks like these two songs are tied together for good, because once again this is following Winston's version of Spanish Caravan...
Great segue, from Winston's Spanish Caravan to Morrison's Moonlight Drive.
oh yes!
Well, I seldom turn off RP unless I have to get up from my desk, but the The Kinks, The Who, CSN, and now The Doors within less than an hour finally does it for me. I listen to RP to get away from "classic rock". I don't mind a deep cut maybe once a day, but "Victoria," "Love, Reign O'er Me," "Helplessly Hoping," and "Moonlight Drive"? Did RP get bought by ClearChannel when we weren't looking?
awesome
random
LOL not random. I have had a guitar in my arms since I was in diapers. That was 50 years ago. Making noise with guitars is painful to hear and insulting. =p