I hadn’t realized that it was Ray Manzarek playing the bass on his organ/proto-synth, but duh, they didn’t have a bass player. I love Ray’s focussed bobbing as he plays. The dutiful drummer is always there, doesn’t seemed stoned out, ready to move when HE does. The guitarist infuses his frizzy hair into his fuzz-face effected guitar sound, watch out. And Jim Morrison. He’s like a cobra, sleepy, patient, waiting to strike. And then that blood curdling scream. I’m trying to imagine what he was “on” –– my guess is booze. He seems slightly soporific, with a swagger, and a bit of bellicosity. Whatever, this is a terrific alternate version of the song, much longer. I had never realized the loop/vamp aspect of this. It did come out around the same time as Terry Riley’s IN C.
The Doors: When the music’s over (alt version)
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Time does not now permit, but I have an amusing personal story about the early days of the Doors that I will relate someday.
Thanks, that was incredible. That part with the “scream of the butterfly” is amazing.
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