(1) MOJO: THE DOORS (JIM MORRISON) – L.A. WOMAN (1971)
B-Side: The End (1967)
ALBUMS: The Doors (1967) – L.A. Woman (1971)
“Are you a lucky little lady in the City of Light
Or just another lost angel?”
And here we are at the apex of mojo – The Doors with their “dark, theatrical blues-influenced psychedelic rock”, led by the poetic lyrics, deep silky voice and charismatic persona of Jim Morrison “aka Mr. Mojo Risin’ aka The Lizard King”.
At the suggestion of Morrison, their name came from the title of Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception, itself taken from William Blake – “When the doors of perception are cleansed, man will see things as they truly are, infinite” (from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell).
And for this entry, there can only be one song, the title track of their album with Morrison – a song with so much mojo that it famously features as Mr. Mojo Risin’, an anagram of Jim Morrison no less, in the song’s break with its rising crescendo of unmistakably sexual rhythm (and a figure I’ve adopted into my own pagan mythology – I believe in L.A. Woman and Mr. Mojo Risin’).
Mr Mojo’ Risin’, Mr Mojo Risin!. Whoa yeah!
For my B-side, what else but the sprawling trippy Oedipal epic The End
And as for the balance of my Top 10 The Doors (Jim Morrison) songs:
(3) Light My Fire (The Doors 1967)
(4) Queen of the Highway (Morrison Hotel 1970)
(5) Hyacinth House (L.A. Woman 1971)
(6) Break on Through (The Doors 1967)
(7) Touch Me (The Soft Parade 1969)
( 8 ) Peace Frog (Morrison Hotel 1970)
(9) Love Her Madly (L.A. Woman 1971)
(10) Riders on the Storm (L.A. Woman 1971)
Honorable mention – well for pretty much every song on their classic six albums from The Doors in 1967 to L.A. Woman in 1971 (for the hardcore Doors fan), or at least those two albums as their best albums.
But some highlights I missed from their Strange Days album and Waiting for the Sun album
Strange Days (1967) –
People Are Strange
Love Me Two Times
Waiting for the Sun (1968)-
Hello I Love You
RATING: 5 STARS*****
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SAINT OF PAGAN CATHOLICISM