Dedicated to the memory of my friend Pet_Sounds, with the hope that we may some day see him back here among us. Until then, this one is for you, kid.
Title: “Riders on the storm”
Format: Single
Written by: Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger and John Densmore
Performed by: The Doors
Genre: Psych Rock
Taken from: LA Woman
Year: 1971
Acclaim: One of the Doors' most successful singles and a signature tune for them, despite doing poorly in the charts both sides of the water. There can be few people who have never heard this song.
From the opening sounds of rain and thunder, the dark ominous bassline and then the sprinkling keyboards coming through, to Jim Morrison's laconic, menacing vocal and the jangly guitar riff recalling “Ghost riders in the sky”, this song is a classic of rock and there's nothing bad you can say about it. Even I, who am not in any way a Doors fan, love this song. It's pretty much impossible not to.
Things I like about this :
What's not to like? You'd need to be dead inside not to love this, from the atmosphere it creates to the superb keyboard playing and the hypnotic bass, to say nothing of Morrison's voice. It's the whole package.
Things I don't like about this:
Um, yeah ...
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