One band that I have not talked about on this blog ever is a great American band known as The Doors. Even though they only were together for a few years before Jim Morrison passed away due to circumstances still uncertain as to this day in Paris in 1971, they put out some great albums and had many great songs. Here's a song from them that you may not have heard of before, but it's a cover of a tune that you probably have heard on an oldies or classic rock radio station in the past.
It is the tune Gloria, originally by Van Morrison and the band Them. You also may have heard the most famous cover of the tune, which was from the band Shadows of Knight. However, The Doors recorded the song also. Many of the lyrics are different, but It was on a live album and yet it was a soundcheck so it's not a live track; it just wasn't recorded in a studio. It was originally on an earlier live album but it was combined with other stuff into the In Concert album.
Now, note that this version of the song is censored. There's a longer version of the tune that edits out some lyrics that you could NOT have on an album in 1971; I presume the longer version is from a bootleg album. You can listen to the longer version here in a YouTube video. It's a very catchy tune and if you like The Doors and haven't heard this from them before, then please download away.
The Doors-Gloria (5.78 MB, 128Kbits/second)
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/The%20Doors%20-%20Gloria.mp3
As usual for me now, I'll be back a week from tonight.
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