Doors L.A. Woman CD

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 Riding Out The Final Turbulent Storm
"L.A. Woman" picks up on the moody existentialist theme that was initiated on "Morrison Hotel". The blues influence is heavier with a moderate sprinkling of jazz interwoven into the musical tapestry. Jim Morrison's voice has deepened (or was it damaged?) and that depth fits the music to a "T". "Been Down So Long" and "Cars Hiss By My Window", the two most blues-influenced cuts, seem oddly stripped of Ray Manzarek's trademark keyboard sound, but are as effective as had Howlin' Wolf performed them. The title track is a fierce rocker where all the instruments rip and burn, a fitting lament to a city that Morrison now saw as diseased. "Riders On The Storm" fittingly closes the album, a harrowing paean to a life lived on the edge and that has now reached the opening of a dark, yawning abyss. The only weak points are "L'America", a potent psychedelic rocker that seems oddly out of place on the disc (it was intended for the cult flick "Zabriskie Point" but Antonioni decided against its use) and the bonus piece "You Need Meat", a Chicago blues cover sung by Manzarek, that should have remained solely on the "Weird Scenes Inside The Goldmine" compilation. "L.A. Woman" is the fitting finale for the Doors tenure as an influential quartet and makes a perfect listen as you listen to the ominous pitter-patter of the smokey grey rains hitting the pavement.
Submitted by Will-T (Lawrenceburg IN)
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