WAITING FOR THE SUN

This is the last album by this band which I really love. The peculiar raw sound, surrealistic elements and Morrison's fine poetry really make this as a LP which I really want to claim as a masterpiece! The record begins with two catchy classic Doors love songs, which are followed by marvellous "Not to Touch The Earth", which has constantly growing aggressive chant spinning up to it's atavistic climax, containing the famous "Lizard King" phrase in it. "Summer's Almost Gone" is very mellow and sad song, followed funnily by a winter themed song, "Wintertime Love". This is very short but effective waltz, and my friend and his wife had this song as their wedding waltz! "Unknown Soldier" is then a Vietnam protest song, combining ehtreal and conventional pop/rock elements. There was a famous film shot for this tune, where Morrison get's shot in the impressionistic execution sequence. What's one really clever element of these early Doors albums is their style how they combine easy musical elements with more challening and surrealistic themes, making their music accessible and interesting for very large audiences! The B-side of the vinyl starts with "Spanish Caravan", revealing the folk music background of the guitarrists. There are some quotations of Albenitz guitar suites, and the traditional sound gets also treated with psychedelic sound textures. "My Wild Love" is archaic Indian chant painting visions of singers dancing around the nocturnal fireside at the desert. Another love song follows, and "Yes, The River Knows" is a tune I would like to mention as a great moody jazz-oriented track. Though the later studio records hold some good separate tracks, in my opinion they deviated from the impressionistic psychedelic style of their early stuff, moving towards more commericial oriented style and not so interesting songs. But these three awesome records still remain as precious artifacts for me, and I would recommend them for anyone interested of early psychedelic music!