What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



As usual, the Doors score way up there for me on this fifth album. After their previous release of The Soft Parade, did not fare as well as expected, the group went back to a more bluesy approach on most of this one. Works for me, with the leadoff track of Roadhouse Blues, and 5 other tracks getting that top rating. Peace Frog works the best for me, and no tracks I don't like. Although no singles scored big from here, the album went to #4 in the U.S. and became their highest charting album in the U.K. at #12. Interesting side note, the back cover of this album shows the original Hard Rock Cafe in L.A. This one is a dive where the local old men hung out. The name for the Hard Rock Cafe that we know, was picked up from this album cover.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Queen Of The Highway

Best Track - Peace Frog

There's blood in the streets, it's up to my ankles
She came
Blood in the streets, it's up to my knee
She came
Blood in the streets in the town of Chicago
She came
Blood on the rise, it's following me
Think about the break of day

She came and then she drove away
Sunlight in her hair

She came
Blood in the streets runs a river of sadness
She came
Blood in the streets it's up to my thigh
She came
Yeah the river runs red down the legs of a city
She came
The women are crying red rivers of weepin'

She came into town and then she drove away
Sunlight in her hair

Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding
Ghosts crowd the young child's fragile eggshell mind

Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven
Blood stains the roofs and the palm trees of Venice
Blood in my love in the terrible summer
Bloody red sun of Phantastic L.A.

Blood screams her brain as they chop off her fingers
Blood will be born in the birth of a nation
Blood is the rose of mysterious union

There's blood in the streets, it's up to my ankles
Blood in the streets, it's up to my knee
Blood in the streets in the town of Chicago
Blood on the rise, it's following me

1) Roadhouse Blues - ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNigNUD8CKo
2) Waiting For The Sun - ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0kypyGSKsE
3) You Make Me Real - **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH5BJPr-pAY
4) Peace Frog - ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X34JarNjoIU
5) Blue Sunday - ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__XANEy66Ao
6) Ship Of Fools - **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7pqTd99mAw
7) Land Ho! - ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0PmEXlPvZM
8) The Spy - ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjVI8q0Sk2o
9) Queen Of The Highway - **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAhnO2F4QWQ
10) Indian Summer - **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_H9aDZOm7g
11) Maggie McGill - **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2YJG1zu_uw

3's - 6
2's - 5
1's - 0

Grade - 2.5