End Of The Night - The Doors (1967)
The Doors is an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles. It combines Jim Morrison’s singing, Ray Manzarek’s keyboard, John Densmore on drums and Robby Krieger on guitar. This is one of the most famous band of its time especially because of the Jim Morrison’s lyrics and his tendency to excess in all areas.
The first album recorded by the group in the studio in 1966 and released in 1967 is named The Doors. According to the group, the success of this album is due to the extensive tests, night after night, when they were in session at Whisky A Go Go. It was at one of these concerts that Jim Morrison on LSD, improvised these words during the song The End: “Father. Yes son? I want to kill you. Mother, I want to fuck you all night long”. They were fired from the bar without even being able to finish the song.
Part of the lyrics of End Of The Night is inspired by the novel “Journey To The End Of The Night”, the first novel by Louis-Ferdinand CĂ©line, which was published in 1932. On the other hand, the phrase “some are born to sweet delight, some are born to sweet delight, some are born to the endless night”, is a quote from Auguries of Innocence poem written in 1803 by William Blake.
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Gone For Good - Morphine (1995)
Morphine is an alternative rock band formed in 1989 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, by the bassist-singer Mark Sandman (who previously played in the group Treat Her Right) and Dana Colley (member of the group Three Colors Boston) on saxophone. They are accompanied by Jerome Deupree playing percussion from 1989 to 1993, then Billy Conway from 1993 to 1999.
The composition of the group is unique for a rock formation because it does not use any guitar. Sandman plays a bass that has only 2 strings, usually tuned on the same note and played with a slide. Colley brings his hoarse saxophone. The singing, on its side, is cynical and ironic.
The album Yes, the third conducted by the group and produced by the Rykodisc label, is released in 1995, at the top of their success. Notoriety helping, their contract was bought by Dreamworks in 1996.
On July 3, 1999, during a concert in Rome, during the tour to accompany the release of their fourth album, Sandman collapsed, victim of a heart attack, aged of 47.
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