Ray Manzarek racconta la nascita di un capolavoro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3deQXzV-qTk

#rock #blues #Doors #RidersOnTheStorm #RayManzarek

Ted Tocks Covers

Light My Fire

Originally posted on September 17, 2018

Happy 80th birthday to Robby Krieger!

“The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now, we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre”

#thedoors #robbykrieger #raymanzarek #LarryKnechtel #JoseFeliciano

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2018/09/17/light-my-fire/

Remembering Ray Manzarek from The Doors

(February 12, 1939-May 20, 2013)

#Music, #RayManzarek, #TheDoors

Ted Tocks Covers

Riders on the Storm

Originally posted on July 3, 2019

On this day in 2013, #raymanzarek of The Doors died at the age of 74.

“Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house, we're born
Into this world, we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out on loan
Riders on the storm”

#thedoors #jimmorrison #creed #snoopdogg #santana #chesterbennington #simpleminds

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2019/07/03/riders-on-the-storm-todays-feature-song-by-an-american-poet-and-then-several-cover-versions-by-artists-he-and-thedoors-inspired-musicislife-tedtockscovers-jimmorrison-creed-snoopdogg-santa/

#AlternateFridayMusic
April 25 2025
The prompt is Insect

Echo & the Bunnymen, “Bedbugs and Ballyhoo” 1985

With this track, originally released as the B-side to their single “Bring On the Dancing Horses," #EchoAndTheBunnymen wear their Doors influence on their sleeves. When they rerecorded it for their eponymous full length release two years later, #RayManzarek himself added organ and it fits perfectly. Many prefer the earlier, leaner version, the last recording with that fresh, earnest (lower budget?) Bunnymen charm, but I also love the way the arguably more commercial 1987 Bunnymen came roaring out of my speakers, and find it hard to pick.

After initially dismissing the lyrics as delightful nonsense, I've come to think there’s meaning lurking here (Colonization, anyone?) but I often listen untroubled by analysis, just letting the swirling Liverpudlian post-punk incense and peppermint wash over me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3ynYXAO-Pg#ddg-play

#PostPunk #psychedelic #Liverpool #80s #80sMusic #TheDoors

#ValKilmerRIP💔

#TheDoors #OliverStone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJu9nfVCQmk (trailer)

#biopics are usually inaccurate, and there's quite a bit of overacting, but he seemed like he was a nice guy, so here's the tribute.

The actor playing #RayManzarek, isn't he the guy from #DavidLynch #BlueVelvet?

I accidentality watched the 1993 induction of the Doors in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs4Po4YricE). Co-founder of the Doors Ray Manzarek (1939-2013,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Manzarek) called the Reagan/Bush Sr. administration fascists. I absolutely agree and I'm happy for Ray that he didn’t had to endure the ultra-fascists who are now in office. Overton window in full effect here!

But don't forget that a lot of people (especially men) who were getting high on the Doors in the summer of 1967, voted for #Trump. Probably a lot of them because they were very disappointed about Clinton, Obama and Biden. But that's still not a reason to vote for Trump! Ray turns over in his grave. And Jim as well!

#TheDoors #RayManzarek #Reagan #BushSr #fascism #US #UnitedStates

Madre mía, qué gozadera escuchar del propio #RayManzarek, gentleman por excelencia que en gloria esté, cómo surgió la tenebrosa y sugerente atmósfera de ese pedazo de canción de #TheDoors que es "Riders on the Storm".

#JimMorrison #RobbyKrieger #JohnDensmore #60s #Psychedelia #BluesRock #keyboards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3deQXzV-qTk