The Doors — Love Her Madly
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Don't you love her madly?
A-don't you need her badly?
Don't you love her ways?
A-tell me what you say
A-don't you love her madly?
Wanna be her daddy?
A-don't you love her face?
Don't you love her as she's walkin' out the door
Like she did one thousand times before?
Don't you love her ways?
A-tell me what you say
Don't you love her as she's walkin' out the door?
All your love
All your love
All your love
All your love
All your love is gone
So sing a lonely song
Of a deep blue dream
Seven horses seem
To be on the mark
Yeah, don't you love her?
Don't you love her as she's walkin' out the door?
All your love
All your love
All your love
All your love
Yeah, all your love is gone
So sing a lonely song
Of a deep blue dream
Seven horses seem
To be on the mark
Don't you love her madly?
A-don't you love her madly?
A-don't you love her madly?
A-don't you need her badly?
Don't you love her ways?
A-tell me what you say
A-don't you love her madly?
Wanna be her daddy?
A-don't you love her face?
Don't you love her as she's walkin' out the door
Like she did one thousand times before?
Don't you love her ways?
A-tell me what you say
Don't you love her as she's walkin' out the door?
All your love
All your love
All your love
All your love
All your love is gone
So sing a lonely song
Of a deep blue dream
Seven horses seem
To be on the mark
Yeah, don't you love her?
Don't you love her as she's walkin' out the door?
All your love
All your love
All your love
All your love
Yeah, all your love is gone
So sing a lonely song
Of a deep blue dream
Seven horses seem
To be on the mark
Don't you love her madly?
A-don't you love her madly?
A-don't you love her madly?
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curtlichter wrote:
I agree completely!! ...Some of the best successes in life, defy conventional wisdom!
If somebody told me that a band consisting of a jazz drummer, a bottleneck guitar player, a keyboardist who also played all the bass lines, and a charismatic [lunatic] baritone vocalist was amazing and original, I would have seriously doubted them. Yet, they would have been right. I don't quite understand why this band sounded so good. But I love them.
I agree completely!! ...Some of the best successes in life, defy conventional wisdom!
If somebody told me that a band consisting of a jazz drummer, a bottleneck guitar player, a keyboardist who also played all the bass lines, and a charismatic [lunatic] baritone vocalist was amazing and original, I would have seriously doubted them. Yet, they would have been right. I don't quite understand why this band sounded so good. But I love them.
DW4554 wrote:
This tune had a bass guitar.
Gave this an 8 for the walking bass line played on pedals by Manzarek. That said, The Doors frequently used a traditional string bass player in the studio.
This tune had a bass guitar.
sjccroquet wrote:
Damn straight.
If you, like me, go way too long between cleaning your glasses, you know the experience of finally wiping them off and putting them on and then blinking in amazement at everything you hadn't realized you'd been missing.
That right there is FLAC.
Sometimes I bump my feed back down to 128k just for the opposite effect. MP3s (and CFLs) served a purpose, but were barriers to enjoying the amazing spectrum of the world that our senses can perceive.
Well stated! ...MP3s make cassettes appear to be high fidelity! LOL!
Damn straight.
If you, like me, go way too long between cleaning your glasses, you know the experience of finally wiping them off and putting them on and then blinking in amazement at everything you hadn't realized you'd been missing.
That right there is FLAC.
Sometimes I bump my feed back down to 128k just for the opposite effect. MP3s (and CFLs) served a purpose, but were barriers to enjoying the amazing spectrum of the world that our senses can perceive.
Well stated! ...MP3s make cassettes appear to be high fidelity! LOL!
easmann wrote:
Unfortunately for me, it's just the opposite, with a very few notable exceptions.
Y'all have fun, I'll slip out the back.
Sir, you lack musical taste! Ray Manzarek (keyboards) and Robbie Krieger (guitar) were terrific musicians. In a different world, Jim Morrison could have sung opera. The Doors were LOADED with talent, not to mention totally outrageous in the otherwise bland culture of the time.
Unfortunately for me, it's just the opposite, with a very few notable exceptions.
Y'all have fun, I'll slip out the back.
Sir, you lack musical taste! Ray Manzarek (keyboards) and Robbie Krieger (guitar) were terrific musicians. In a different world, Jim Morrison could have sung opera. The Doors were LOADED with talent, not to mention totally outrageous in the otherwise bland culture of the time.
GREAT!!! ICONIC!!!
Still love this madly.
GTT wrote:
Unfortunately, for me, it's just the opposite, with a very few notable exceptions.
Y'all have fun, I'll slip out the back.
Just about anything by the Doors sounds great to me.
Unfortunately, for me, it's just the opposite, with a very few notable exceptions.
Y'all have fun, I'll slip out the back.
Gave this an 8 for the walking bass line played on pedals by Manzarek. That said, The Doors frequently used a traditional string bass player in the studio.
Hate this drunk voice.
tomperth1 wrote:
Damn straight.
If you, like me, go way too long between cleaning your glasses, you know the experience of finally wiping them off and putting them on and then blinking in amazement at everything you hadn't realized you'd been missing.
That right there is FLAC.
Sometimes I bump my feed back down to 128k just for the opposite effect. MP3s (and CFLs) served a purpose, but were barriers to enjoying the amazing spectrum of the world that our senses can perceive.
This track is sounding great on the FLAC stream 
.
.Damn straight.
If you, like me, go way too long between cleaning your glasses, you know the experience of finally wiping them off and putting them on and then blinking in amazement at everything you hadn't realized you'd been missing.
That right there is FLAC.
Sometimes I bump my feed back down to 128k just for the opposite effect. MP3s (and CFLs) served a purpose, but were barriers to enjoying the amazing spectrum of the world that our senses can perceive.
Another doors song that got played to death
This track is sounding great on the FLAC stream .
. kcar wrote:
I haven't listened to this album in a long time but this track, while good-to-great, sounds a bit too jaded and laid-back this afternoon. It's hard to believe that it's the same guy who sang "The End" or "Back Door Man" four years earlier. Paul Rothchild, the band's producer when "LA Woman" came out, called this song "cocktail lounge music."
Paul's departure for this album helped yield what I'd call the best album ever recorded in less than 2 weeks. LLRP!!
I haven't listened to this album in a long time but this track, while good-to-great, sounds a bit too jaded and laid-back this afternoon. It's hard to believe that it's the same guy who sang "The End" or "Back Door Man" four years earlier. Paul Rothchild, the band's producer when "LA Woman" came out, called this song "cocktail lounge music."
Paul's departure for this album helped yield what I'd call the best album ever recorded in less than 2 weeks. LLRP!!
kcar wrote:
If this is cocktail lounge music, I want that address.
OK, seriously, I could see this as a tune from the house band in an Amsterdam smokehouse.
... Paul Rothchild, the band's producer when "LA Woman" came out, called this song "cocktail lounge music."
If this is cocktail lounge music, I want that address.
OK, seriously, I could see this as a tune from the house band in an Amsterdam smokehouse.
lizardking wrote:
Damn! Not many (non PF) albums from "back in the day" excite my imagination more than The Doors' first and last studio albums. I'm sure my feelings about this would be different had I experienced it brand new, so maybe I'm better off being born in '77 and enjoying the badassidry (or badACIDry?) that was The Doors.
Anyways, I had to go 9→10 on this track just because LA Woman is in my personal top 10 and hell...I love her madly!! Long Live RP!!
I haven't listened to this album in a long time but this track, while good-to-great, sounds a bit too jaded and laid-back this afternoon. It's hard to believe that it's the same guy who sang "The End" or "Back Door Man" four years earlier. Paul Rothchild, the band's producer when "LA Woman" came out, called this song "cocktail lounge music."
Damn! Not many (non PF) albums from "back in the day" excite my imagination more than The Doors' first and last studio albums. I'm sure my feelings about this would be different had I experienced it brand new, so maybe I'm better off being born in '77 and enjoying the badassidry (or badACIDry?) that was The Doors.
Anyways, I had to go 9→10 on this track just because LA Woman is in my personal top 10 and hell...I love her madly!! Long Live RP!!
I haven't listened to this album in a long time but this track, while good-to-great, sounds a bit too jaded and laid-back this afternoon. It's hard to believe that it's the same guy who sang "The End" or "Back Door Man" four years earlier. Paul Rothchild, the band's producer when "LA Woman" came out, called this song "cocktail lounge music."
I tried! Really I did, to get "into" a Doors song but as an adult just now. But can't help the ROFLs at the "To. Be. On. The. Marchs" part.
treatment_bound wrote:
I was 12, so I had none of the above.
But I can somehow remember my older brother bringing L.A. Woman home, ripping off the shrink-wrap and dropping the needle.
He never got into the opening track (The Changeling), but played track # 2 (this one) OVER & OVER & OVER!
I was 12, so I had none of the above.
But I can somehow remember my older brother bringing L.A. Woman home, ripping off the shrink-wrap and dropping the needle.
He never got into the opening track (The Changeling), but played track # 2 (this one) OVER & OVER & OVER!
Damn! Not many (non PF) albums from "back in the day" excite my imagination more than The Doors' first and last studio albums. I'm sure my feelings about this would be different had I experienced it brand new, so maybe I'm better off being born in '77 and enjoying the badassidry (or badACIDry?) that was The Doors.
Anyways, I had to go 9→10 on this track just because LA Woman is in my personal top 10 and hell...I love her madly!! Long Live RP!!
Damfinetune. Brings back gorgeous technicolor memories.
"don't like you using my picture mon cher'"
On_The_Beach wrote:
Engelbert!
On_The_Beach wrote:
Engelbert!
On_The_Beach wrote:
Engelbert!
Engelbert!
If you're ever in Paris, it's worth a trip to Pere Lachaise Cemetery to visit Jim's grave.
bluejay08003 wrote:
Engelbert!
I wonder... If he were still alive, which aged bad boy would he most resemble?
Keith Richards, the Abe Vigoda of rock n roll
Mick Jagger, old but somehow credible
John Lydon, almost commercial yet not quite square
Lou Reed (I know he died in '13), aged gracefully, yet rockin' on
Gene Simmons.... What to say?
Iggy Pop, fringe artist and cruise line jingle auteur
What do y'all think? Add your example
Keith Richards, the Abe Vigoda of rock n roll
Mick Jagger, old but somehow credible
John Lydon, almost commercial yet not quite square
Lou Reed (I know he died in '13), aged gracefully, yet rockin' on
Gene Simmons.... What to say?
Iggy Pop, fringe artist and cruise line jingle auteur
What do y'all think? Add your example
Engelbert!
mojcamojca77 wrote:
I wonder... If he were still alive, which aged bad boy would he most resemble?
Keith Richards, the Abe Vigoda of rock n roll
Mick Jagger, old but somehow credible
John Lydon, almost commercial yet not quite square
Lou Reed (I know he died in '13), aged gracefully, yet rockin' on
Gene Simmons.... What to say?
Iggy Pop, fringe artist and cruise line jingle auteur
What do y'all think? Add your example
He (Jim) would be 73 today...
Happy birthday, Jim, wherever you are <3
Happy birthday, Jim, wherever you are <3
I wonder... If he were still alive, which aged bad boy would he most resemble?
Keith Richards, the Abe Vigoda of rock n roll
Mick Jagger, old but somehow credible
John Lydon, almost commercial yet not quite square
Lou Reed (I know he died in '13), aged gracefully, yet rockin' on
Gene Simmons.... What to say?
Iggy Pop, fringe artist and cruise line jingle auteur
What do y'all think? Add your example
He (Jim) would be 73 today...
Happy birthday, Jim, wherever you are <3
Happy birthday, Jim, wherever you are <3
Piranga wrote:
I was 12, so I had none of the above.
But I can somehow remember my older brother bringing L.A. Woman home, ripping off the shrink-wrap and dropping the needle.
He never got into the opening track (The Changeling), but played track # 2 (this one) OVER & OVER & OVER!
Maybe you had to be there, but The Doors in 1971 were all you needed, along with girls and beer.
I was 12, so I had none of the above.
But I can somehow remember my older brother bringing L.A. Woman home, ripping off the shrink-wrap and dropping the needle.
He never got into the opening track (The Changeling), but played track # 2 (this one) OVER & OVER & OVER!
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Piranga wrote:
YYUUUUUUPPPP!!!!
Maybe you had to be there, but The Doors in 1971 were all you needed, along with girls and beer.
YYUUUUUUPPPP!!!!
Maybe you had to be there, but The Doors in 1971 were all you needed, along with girls and beer.
Just about anything by the Doors sounds great to me.
Next please.
Yes, I do. Why is that Jim?
Just as boring now as back then
calypsus_1 wrote:
Wow! Decent line-up. Gimme an F!
I still listen to the Grass Roots (once a year, maybe, but not here, as "Let's Live for Today" is their only cut in the Radio Paradise library, and it's never been played...YET).
Come on, RP, if Tommy James gets a little love here occasionally, can't we find time to spin something like "Temptation Eyes" or "Sooner or Later"? Maybe I'm just a sucker for 60's power pop...
All rights reservedWow! Decent line-up. Gimme an F!
I still listen to the Grass Roots (once a year, maybe, but not here, as "Let's Live for Today" is their only cut in the Radio Paradise library, and it's never been played...YET).
Come on, RP, if Tommy James gets a little love here occasionally, can't we find time to spin something like "Temptation Eyes" or "Sooner or Later"? Maybe I'm just a sucker for 60's power pop...
I love the Doors madly!
Ericac wrote:
Scrolling back again as this played just now, your remark about summer music hit me again. I would add another group to that category, GFRR. Not nearly as epic as the Doors, but summer music all the while in the same context.
I'm so sorry I missed this song, especially on a warm, summer evening. Certain groups belong with certain seasons, and the Doors belong to summer. Driving to work on a late summer night, windows down and a Doors tune blarring from the radio speakers from a weak signal AM station. That's what it's about. Thank you, Bill.
Scrolling back again as this played just now, your remark about summer music hit me again. I would add another group to that category, GFRR. Not nearly as epic as the Doors, but summer music all the while in the same context.
wasn't enough...
That's not Jim Morrison singing, surely? Sounds like Chas & Dave. Errtcha! 3 from the disappointed Nottingham jury.
Love this album of The Doors !
KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
So the rest of have to miss out because of your questionable radio station selection?
I'm really getting tired of this one.
All the "classic rock" stations run this one into the ground.
I would like to hear something that doesn't get played as much.
Like "Wishful Sinful".
All the "classic rock" stations run this one into the ground.
I would like to hear something that doesn't get played as much.
Like "Wishful Sinful".
So the rest of have to miss out because of your questionable radio station selection?
htowncoog wrote:
Agreed! :D
Great tune, but might be one of the worst album covers ever. 
Agreed! :D
htowncoog wrote:
And?
Great tune, but might be one of the worst album covers ever.
And?
Great tune, but might be one of the worst album covers ever.
erichb wrote:
The Doors should never be put in the same category as Bon Jovi.
Yep.
Bon Jovi is in a catergory all by himself (themself).
The Doors should never be put in the same category as Bon Jovi.
Yep.
Bon Jovi is in a catergory all by himself (themself).
I'm really getting tired of this one.
All the "classic rock" stations run this one into the ground.
I would like to hear something that doesn't get played as much.
Like "Wishful Sinful".
All the "classic rock" stations run this one into the ground.
I would like to hear something that doesn't get played as much.
Like "Wishful Sinful".
LA Woman is on my Top Ten Albums of All Time. Yay!
Ericac wrote:
The Doors are indeed summer music. It was always summer back then in the OC.
I'm so sorry I missed this song, especially on a warm, summer evening. Certain groups belong with certain seasons, and the Doors belong to summer. Driving to work on a late summer night, windows down and a Doors tune blarring from the radio speakers from a weak signal AM station. That's what it's about. Thank you, Bill.
The Doors are indeed summer music. It was always summer back then in the OC.
bb_bubbab wrote:
Opinions are like a**holes... everyone has one and they all stink.
come smell my,,,,,,,Roses ,, 
Opinions are like a**holes... everyone has one and they all stink.
Ericac wrote:
No, no, no... It's a rainy New Orleans afternoon from the eight track you've squirreled away in your glove compartment.
I'm so sorry I missed this song, especially on a warm, summer evening. Certain groups belong with certain seasons, and the Doors belong to summer. Driving to work on a late summer night, windows down and a Doors tune blarring from the radio speakers from a weak signal AM station. That's what it's about. Thank you, Bill.
No, no, no... It's a rainy New Orleans afternoon from the eight track you've squirreled away in your glove compartment.
kaybee wrote:
I agree with you jagdriver about this song being one of the Doors' most mediocre efforts. Your added commentary is quite interesting. The group's possible involvement with the mob (they probably provided Morrison and girlfriend Pamela Courson with most of their drugs and booze) shines a new light on the Doors saga.
Opinions are like a**holes... everyone has one and they all stink.
I agree with you jagdriver about this song being one of the Doors' most mediocre efforts. Your added commentary is quite interesting. The group's possible involvement with the mob (they probably provided Morrison and girlfriend Pamela Courson with most of their drugs and booze) shines a new light on the Doors saga.
Opinions are like a**holes... everyone has one and they all stink.
jagdriver wrote:
I agree with you jagdriver about this song being one of the Doors' most mediocre efforts. Your added commentary is quite interesting. The group's possible involvement with the mob (they probably provided Morrison and girlfriend Pamela Courson with most of their drugs and booze) shines a new light on the Doors saga.
This track was never a favorite of mine, and it's received far too much airplay over the years on both AM and FM. It's marginal when compared to so many other works (see below) by the Doors that we either don't hear, or rarely hear, here on RP.
Given its HUGE departure from previous efforts, my own take regarding this song—as well as Touch Me—is that Jac Holzman (Elektra founder) was experimenting with positioning Mr. Mojo 'Risin as a crossover solo artist. (If it wasn't Holzman, then someone in a higher position was applying pressure.) While both singles certainly sold very well, I feel this effort was a complete sellout by the the band in general and Morrison in particular.
I also have to consider what "Uncle" Russ Gibb, proprietor of Detroit's Grande Ballroom and weekend DJ on WKNR-FM, told me about the Doors' mafia connection. Of all the artists to appear at venues promoted by Russ, I recall him telling me that he was *very* surprised to see the group show up in a black limo escorted by "heavies."
Given its HUGE departure from previous efforts, my own take regarding this song—as well as Touch Me—is that Jac Holzman (Elektra founder) was experimenting with positioning Mr. Mojo 'Risin as a crossover solo artist. (If it wasn't Holzman, then someone in a higher position was applying pressure.) While both singles certainly sold very well, I feel this effort was a complete sellout by the the band in general and Morrison in particular.
I also have to consider what "Uncle" Russ Gibb, proprietor of Detroit's Grande Ballroom and weekend DJ on WKNR-FM, told me about the Doors' mafia connection. Of all the artists to appear at venues promoted by Russ, I recall him telling me that he was *very* surprised to see the group show up in a black limo escorted by "heavies."
I agree with you jagdriver about this song being one of the Doors' most mediocre efforts. Your added commentary is quite interesting. The group's possible involvement with the mob (they probably provided Morrison and girlfriend Pamela Courson with most of their drugs and booze) shines a new light on the Doors saga.
This track was never a favorite of mine, and it's received far too much airplay over the years on both AM and FM. It's marginal when compared to so many other works (see below) by the Doors that we either don't hear, or rarely hear, here on RP.
Given its HUGE departure from previous efforts, my own take regarding this song—as well as Touch Me—is that Jac Holzman (Elektra founder) was experimenting with positioning Mr. Mojo 'Risin as a crossover solo artist. (If it wasn't Holzman, then someone in a higher position was applying pressure.) While both singles certainly sold very well, I feel this effort was a complete sellout by the the band in general and Morrison in particular.
I also have to consider what "Uncle" Russ Gibb, proprietor of Detroit's Grande Ballroom and weekend DJ on WKNR-FM, told me about the Doors' mafia connection. Of all the artists to appear at venues promoted by Russ, I recall him telling me that he was *very* surprised to see the group show up in a black limo escorted by "heavies."
Given its HUGE departure from previous efforts, my own take regarding this song—as well as Touch Me—is that Jac Holzman (Elektra founder) was experimenting with positioning Mr. Mojo 'Risin as a crossover solo artist. (If it wasn't Holzman, then someone in a higher position was applying pressure.) While both singles certainly sold very well, I feel this effort was a complete sellout by the the band in general and Morrison in particular.
I also have to consider what "Uncle" Russ Gibb, proprietor of Detroit's Grande Ballroom and weekend DJ on WKNR-FM, told me about the Doors' mafia connection. Of all the artists to appear at venues promoted by Russ, I recall him telling me that he was *very* surprised to see the group show up in a black limo escorted by "heavies."
what fantastic keys, one moment harpsichord sounding, next moment organ
chrisbonebrake wrote:
"Seminal." Get over yourself.
The Doors are one of the seminal (look it up folks) bands of their time...
"Seminal." Get over yourself.
I'm so sorry I missed this song, especially on a warm, summer evening. Certain groups belong with certain seasons, and the Doors belong to summer. Driving to work on a late summer night, windows down and a Doors tune blarring from the radio speakers from a weak signal AM station. That's what it's about. Thank you, Bill.
I remember the yellow cellophane across the photo on the LP album cover...amazingly. 
And I loved her madly. 
And I loved her madly.
L.A. Woman... much to love.
This song owns.
orpheus wrote:
ditto on that one 
Double dog ditto that!!!!
Gross. But catchy.
erichb wrote:
The Doors should never be put in the same category as Bon Jovi.
ditto on that one
The Doors are one of the seminal (look it up folks) bands of their time...Their creativity and personalities were uniqiue & they rocked my generation in the glorious 60s! Call me crazy! But I love them. Spanish Caravan, Unknown Soldier, Roadhouse Blues...ChrisB!
As you said Bill \"A nice little pop song\"
meydele wrote:
Hate hate hate The Doors. There are very few bands that I absolutely cannot tolerate, but The Doors are one. Bon Jovi is another. There are probably more but nothing is leaping to mind.
The Doors should never be put in the same category as Bon Jovi.
For some reason The Doors sound so good to me in the summer.
God Bless Jim Morrison!!!
Jim Morrison\'s voice is as smooth as a cinder block going down a stairwell.
I love them, you hate them....too bad for you IMO and too bad for me IYO
And it's not only a drug thing....check out the lyrics for Moonlight Drive and you'll see what I mean.
Hate hate hate The Doors. There are very few bands that I absolutely cannot tolerate, but The Doors are one. Bon Jovi is another. There are probably more but nothing is leaping to mind.
This is the first time for this to be played on RP? Seriously?
Love love love The Doors!
Maybe you had to be there, but The Doors in 1971 were all you needed, along with girls and beer.
It was in the 90s for me - when the movie came out and my generation discovered the band.
Today I'm looking at the younglings discovering Michael Jackson thanks to the biopic.