4.8.09
Band – The Doors
Song – The Soft Parade
Album – The Soft Parade
Unless you’re a pretty heavy Doors fan, you probably aren’t aware of the album The Soft Parade, other than its main single Touch Me. Released in the depth of Jim Morrison’s drug addiction and while the band was drawing in countless hangers-on, the tension works and this is, in my opinion, the ultimate Doors album. From the majestic intro of Tell All The People to the full-on country of Runnin’ Blue, the band is developing faster than it’s ability to cope.
The song The Soft Parade is a journey in itself (and far superior to the other 9 minute epic The End) with a spoken intro, baroque transition into an almost disco section, all brought together in the end with a stomping jam. It also has some of the best Morrison lyrics like, “When I was back in seminary school, there was a person who put forth the proposition that you can petition the lord with prayer,” and “This is the best part of the trip, the trip, the best part… I… I really like.”
It’s not pretty, but it’s a 100% Doors.
The best place to hear snippets is on the Amazon page HERE.
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