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The Doors

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The Doors wis a rock baund, foondit in Julie 1965 in Los Angeles. It disappearit in 1973, twa years efter the daith o the sangster Jim Morrison. Thay war apart bat relatit tae the Psychedelic rock muisic.

Compasition

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History

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The Doors are sae ca'd acause o a sentence o the painter an makar William Blake : «If the doors o perception were cleansit, every thing would appear tae Man as it is: infinite».[1] In Juin 1966, the baund signs a contract wi the Disk editor Elektra (representit bi Jack Holzman) : the baund will colaborate far at least sax albums. In Julie, in a performance o The Doors in the Whiskey A Go Go, Jim Morrison, wha haes swallawit LSD, an inspired bi Freud's writins on Œdipe complexus, improvises lyrics on the muisical central section o the sang The End : « Father. Yes son ? I want to kill you. Mother, I want to fuck you all night long » (« Faether? -Yes son? -I want tae kill ye. Mither, I want tae tail-toddle wi ye aw' necht lang»). The boss o the Whiskey A Go Go put The Doors oot.[2]

In October 1967, the album The Doors an the single sang Licht My Fire acome baith Golden disks at same time as the relees o the seicond album, Straunge Days.

Morrison died in the necht frae the 2t tae the 3 o 1971.

References

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  1. "The Doors took their name from the title of Aldous Huxley's book 'The Doors of Perception'". thevintagenews (in Inglis). 10 Februar 2017. Retrieved 23 Januar 2023.
  2. "How Jim Morrison got The Doors from Whiskey a Go Go". faroutmagazine.co.uk (in Inglis). 16 Apryle 2020. Retrieved 23 Januar 2023.