Photo that I took in May of 2020 that is the cover art for my Black Metal project, Reeking Nightshade's, debut album. You can listen to and, if you're inclined, purchase here.
Photo is of Elaine standing atop Mount Scott of the Wichita Mountains in Oklahoma. Shot with Psychedelic Blues No. 3 on a barely functioning Minolta SLR 102.
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Lecture 9: “L.A. Woman” (1971) - The Doors: L.A. Woman (1971), The Doors’ sixth studio album, was the last recorded with Jim Morrison who unexpectedly passed away in July of 1971, only months after its release. The surviving members of The Doors would record two further albums, in 1971 and 1972, with Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger sharing vocals, before they disbanded in 1973. They would reunite to release a final album, American Prayer, in 1978 – backing tracks over top of earlier recordings of Morrison’s poetry and spoken word. But, in many ways, L.A. Woman was the last real Doors album, and perhaps the band’s best. It was a raw blend of psychedelic rock and blues, and a shift back to their roots and away from the more complex, sophisticated music of The Soft Parade (1969) and to a lesser extent Morrison Hotel (1970). Incidentally, this trippy promotional film of “L.A. Woman,” featuring Jim Morrison racing around in a cool set of wheels, was made around the time of the song’s release.
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Testing long exposure photography with Psychedelic Blues No. 3 film, f/22, 8 seconds, ISO 200.
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Hi, can you please analyze the lyrics of born to be wild by steepenwolf
Sorry I just noticed this now. 😅
First of all, thanks for appreciating my analysis on the 1969 film "Easy Rider." 👍
@hurry1-blog (I hope I tagged the right tumblr account here!) Also you mean Steppenwolf an American-Canadian rock band that was prominent from 1968-1972.
(Lol btw autocorrect wants to edit it to "Stephen Wolf".)
They are named after Hermann Hesse's novel "Steppenwolf" and there's also a DC Comics Supervillain called Steppenwolf who was created by the writer-artist Jack Kirby as well.
Anyway, onto the song interpretation!
Well no offence but honestly, it's pretty easy to figure out from the lyrics what the song is about which in my humble opinion is... Wanting to be free and wild as in uncaged and unchained (like nature is) to society's rules and expectations for us. Pretty much a "Sticking it to the Man" type of anthem and the mention of "love" fits in with the whole hippie counterculture belief system also.
Also from genius.com:
Mars Bonfire, who wrote the song, explains:
I was walking down Hollywood Boulevard one day and saw a poster in a window saying ‘Born to Ride’ with a picture of a motorcycle erupting out of the earth like a volcano with all this fire around it.
Around this time I had just purchased my first car, a little secondhand Ford Falcon. So all this came together lyrically: the idea of the motorcycle coming out along with the freedom and joy I felt in having my first car and being able to drive myself around whenever I wanted.
‘Born To Be Wild’ didn’t stand out initially. Even the publishers at Leeds Music didn’t take it as the first or second song I gave them. They got it only because I signed as a staff writer. Luckily, it stood out for Steppenwolf. It’s like a fluke rather than an achievement, though.
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