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Rating: "Waiting For The Sun" is The Doors' third work. It's a strange album; the tracks are of lower quality compared to the first two works, and I find that it is the most heterogeneous and dissonant album of the group. Surely there is very little Rock (like "Break On Through"), and other moods dominate the album.
It is full of pop and psychedelia camouflaged in decadence; Krieger and Manzarek transform the sounds of their instruments; if before they were more enveloping, dark, but also powerful and lashing, now they are sweet, light, redundant, sharp, and hypnotic.
The music is quirky, misleading, and in stark contrast with Jim’s increasingly deep and cavernous voice.
The psychedelic runs through the entire album, even though it is not the principal genre of the album, it influences the group in many songs, starting with the hit "Hello, I Love You". Seemingly an innocuous carefree pop song, yet it is based on extremely hypnotic, repetitive, almost obsessive music, thus ensuring a quick grasp.
"Not To Touch The Heart", a track taken from the theatrical composition "The Celebration Of The Lizard", clearly shows the influence of psychedelic roots; here, the sounds are undulating, dry, and deviant. Manzarek's organ hides, striking us with sudden flashes and vibrant notes.
The clearest and most beautiful example of this psychedelic influence is "Spanish Caravan"; it is a track (as the title says) very Spanish-like, with the guitar keeping the tempo with a repetitive riff that at one point quiets down, only to start again (now distorted) with more strength and vehemence than before, turning the piece into a jumble of disconnected sounds (among them, there's also the sound of the wind blowing).
"My Wild Love" is an almost instrument-less gospel-like piece, if not for that tambourine that sounds much like the hiss of a snake. It's much stranger than the usual Doors tracks, but I find it to be complete and well done nonetheless.
Another strong aspect of the album is pop; there's the piano and wonderful pop of "Love Street", which is also the purest, there's the pop of "Yes, The River Knows", also gospel-like in the introductory part, there's "Wintertime Love" with classical influences and harpsichord touches. There's the nostalgic ballad of "Summer Almost Gone", so decadent and lazy, sweet and sad. "We Could Be So Good Together", the most pop-rock track of the lot, not transcendent like other pieces of the group, but still not bad.
"The Unknown Soldier" and "Five To One" remain: the former is a very famous piece, the theme is somewhat predictable, but the execution is among the most significant and sincere regarding the political theme. The theatrical idea of the central interlude is also very original.
"Five To One" is in my opinion the best track, the most rock as well as the most powerful and lashing. It talks about the relationship between blacks and whites; it's the ideal closing of the album, even if very different from the rest.
Ultimately, "Waiting For The Sun" is an excellent album, not a masterpiece and certainly inferior to the first two. However, it remains a very original and different album from the others; there is little rock, but the alternatives are just as expressive.
The Doors, on their third attempt, have managed to renew themselves even though Morrison was dependent on alcohol and in a creative stalemate.
I recommend it to those who wish to discover a little-known creative aspect of the group.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Hello, I Love You (02:16)
Hello,
I love you
Won't you tell me your name
Hello
I love you
Let me jump in your game
She's walkin' down the street
Blind to every eye she meets
Do you think you'll be the guy
To make the queen of the angels sigh
She holds her head so high
Like a statue in the sky
Her arms are wicked and her legs are long
When she moves my brain screams out this song
Sidewalk crouches at her feet
Like a dog that begs for somethin' sweet
Do you hope to make her see, you fool
Do you hope to pluck this dusky jewel
06 The Unknown Soldier (03:23)
Wait until the war is over
And we're both a little older.
The unknown soldier.
Breakfast where the news is read.
Television children fed.
Unborn living. Living dead.
Bullet strikes the helmet's head
And it's all over
For the unknown soldier.
It's all over
For the unknown soldier.
hup
hup
hup ho he hup
hup
hup
hup ho he hup
comp'nee.... halt!
present arms!
Make a grave for the unknown soldier
Nestled in your hollow shoulder.
The unknown soldier.
Breakfast where the news is read.
Television children fed.
Bullet strikes the helmet's head
And, it's all over.
The war is over.
It's all over.
The war is over.
Well, all over, baby.
All over, baby.
Oh, over, yeah.
All over, baby..
07 Spanish Caravan (02:59)
Carry me, caravan.
Take me away.
Take me to Portugal.
Take me to Spain.
Andalucia
With fields full of grain,
I have to see you
Again and again.
Take me, Spanish caravan.
Yes, I know you can.
Trade winds find Galleons
Lost in the sea.
I know where treasure
Is waiting for me.
Silver and gold
In the mountains of Spain,
I have to see you
Again and again.
Take me, Spanish caravan.
Yes, I know you can.
09 We Could Be So Good Together (02:09)
We could be so good together
Ya, so good together
We could be so good together
Ya, we could, I know we could
Tell you lies
I tell you wicked lies
Tell you lies
Tell you wicked lies
Tell you 'bout the world that we'll invent
Wanton world without lament
Enterprise, expedition
Invitation and invention
Ya, so good together
Ah, so good together
We could be so good together
Ya, we could, know we could
Alright!
Do da do do do do do bup bup de day
We could be so good together
Ya, so good together
We could be so good together
Ya, we could, know we could
Tell you lies
Tell you wicked lies
Tell you lies
Tell you wicked lies
The time you wait subtracts the joy
Beheads the angels you destroy
Angels fight, angels cry
Angels dance and angels die
Ya, so good together
Ah, but so good together
We could be so good together Ya, we could, know we could
10 Yes, the River Knows (02:38)
Please believe me
The river told me
Very softly
Want you to hold me, oooh.
Free fall flow, river flow
On and on it goes
Breath under water 'till the end;
Free fall flow, river flow
On and on it goes
Breath under water 'till the end
Yes, teh river knows.
Please believe me
If you don't need me
I'm going, but i need a little time
I promised I would drown myself
in mysticated wine.
Please believe me
The river told me
Very softly
Want you to hold me. oooh.
I'm going, but i need a little time
I promised I would drown myself
in mysticated wine.
Free fall flow, river flow
On and on it goes
Breath under water 'till the end;
Free fall flow, river flow
On and on it goes
Breath under water 'till the end.
11 Five to One (04:25)
Five to one, baby
One in five
No one here gets out alive
Now, you get yours, baby
I'll get mine
Gonna make it baby if we try
The old get old, baby
And the young get stronger
May take a week and it may take longer
They got the guns but, we got the numbers
Gonna win yeah, we're takin' over!
Come on
Your ballroom days are over, baby
Night is drawin' near
Shadows of the evenings
Crawl across the years
You walk across the floor
With a flower in your hand
Tryin' to tell me no one understands
Trade in your hours for a handful of dimes
Gonna make it baby in our prime
Come together one more time
Come together one more time
Get together one more time
Get together one more time
Get together one more time
Get together one more time
Get together one more time
Get together one more time
Get together one more time
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By rupertsciamenna
The third album by The Doors is an entirely different record than what it was originally supposed to be.
To show that The Doors were still alive and aware of what was happening in the world, there's 'The Unknown Soldier,' which due to its anti-war themes was strongly boycotted by American radio stations.
By TelevisionTHMan
"Waiting for the Sun is the only Doors album to reach number one on the charts."
The album contains songs with very strong lyrics, like The Unknown Soldier, but compared to the first two it is more "soft."
