The Doors - Riders on the Storm

Riders on the Storm by The Doors, Music Video, Lyrics and Review

“Riders on the Storm” is a popular 1971 song by The Doors from the L.A. Woman album, reaching number 14 on the charts. The song was inspired by the song “Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend”.

The Doors - Riders on the Storm Lyrics

Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house were born
Into this world were thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out on loan
Riders on the storm

Theres a killer on the road
His brain is squirmin like a toad
Take a long holiday
Let your children play
If ya give this man a ride
Sweet memory will die
Killer on the road, yeah

Girl ya gotta love your man
Girl ya gotta love your man
Take him by the hand
Make him understand
The world on you depends
Our life will never end
Gotta love your man, yeah

Wow!

Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house were born
Into this world were thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out alone
Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm

The Doors - Riders on the Storm Review and Song Info

It incorporates thunder and rain sound effects and Ray Manzarek’s Fender Rhodes electric piano playing which emulates the sound of rain. It is played in E Dorian mode (almost identical to the E Minor scale).

“Riders on the Storm” is loosely based on the notorious spree killer Billy Cook who posed as a hitchhiker and murdered an entire family. According to a widespread urban legend the song was conceived as an allusion to a tragic accident caused by another car’s reckless driving, ending in several deaths of Navajo tribesmen as his car hit a truck where they were traveling; an alternative version refers the lyrics’ inspiration to a 1930s French Surrealist poem Chevaliers de l’Ouragan (lit. “Riders of the Hurricane”) by André Breton or Aimé Césaire.

Part of this song was used in the Gran Turismo 2 soundtrack. Also, as mentioned above, this song was one of the many hit tracks on the popular street racing game, Need for Speed Underground 2, remixed by Snoop Dogg.

Released June 1971
Recorded December 1970
Genre Jazz-Rock
Length 7:11 (full album version), 5:00 (single–edit)
Label Elektra Records
Writer Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore
Producer Bruce Botnick, The Doors, Joey Levins

source wikipedia.org

This entry was posted on Monday, January 21st, 2008 at 2:35 am.