Nel 1970 i Doors fecero alcuni live interessanti, tra cui "Live In New York", "Live In Boston" e "Live In Pittsburgh".

"Live In Vancouver" è un doppio cd live registrato nel 1970, con ospite il chitarrista blues Albert King, che ha suonato quattro pezzi tra cui: "Little Red Rooster", "Money" "Rock Me" e "Who Do You Love". Innanzitutto, il buongiorno si vede dal mattino con "Roadhouse Blues" che apre il concerto; scontata, spenta,  il pubblico sembra ipnotizzato, quasi disinteressato, non un boato, non un applauso, troppo freddo (capisco che siamo a Vancouver ai confini col Canada, però un po' di entusiasmo ce lo saremmo aspettati un po' tutti no?).

Da "Roadhouse Blues" si passa ad "Alabama Song", "Backdoor Man",  "Five To One",  su questi non ho niente da dire, (tutto già sentito), scontate e noiose, mentre "When The Music's over" mi è sembrata carina come esecuzione, anche perchè è la mia preferita soprattutto dal vivo, ma penso che non c'è molto da aggiungere, hanno fatto di meglio in altri live; ricollegandomi ai quattro pezzi insieme ad Albert King non aggiungono nulla di interessante al concerto, anzi il pubblico sembrava svanito, disinteressato. Nel secondo cd non ci resta altro che "Light My Fire", e "The End: entrambe noiose.

Tutto sommato questo live non dice niente, l'audio è analogico e di bassa fedeltà, le canzoni sono suonate bene, ma ripeto, è fiacco, scontato,  la voce di Morrison sembra uscita da un venditore ambulante un pò ubriaco. Io lo comprai, e mi pentii.

Fatevi furbi.

Elenco tracce e testi

01   Roadhouse Blues (06:05)

Yeah!

Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel
keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel
yeah, we're goin' to the roadhouse
we're gonna have a real
good time

Yeah, back at the roadhouse I got someone to love
yeah, back at the roadhouse I got someone to love
dance for the people
like to go down slow

Let it roll, baby, roll
let it roll, baby, roll
let it roll, baby, roll
let it roll, all night long

Do it, Robby, do it

Yau gotta roll, roll, roll
yau gotta thrill my soul, all right
roll, roll, roll, roll
thrill my soul tonight

passion lady, passion lady
give up your vows, give up your vows
save our city, save our city
right now

Well, i woke up this morning, i got myself a beer
well, i woke up this morning, and i got myself a beer
the future's uncertain, and the end is always near

Let it roll, baby, roll
let it roll, baby, roll
let it roll, baby, roll
let it roll, all night long

02   Back Door Man / Five To One (08:33)

03   When The Music's Over (12:26)

When the music's over
When the music's over, yeah
When the music's over
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights

When the music's over
When the music's over
When the music's over
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights

For the music is your special friend
Dance on fire as it intends
Music is your only friend
Until the end
Until the end
Until the end

Cancel my subscription to the resurrection
Send my credentials to the house of detention
I got some friends inside
The face in the mirror won't stop
The girl in the window won't drop
A feast of friends, alive she cried
Waiting for me
Outside

Before I sink into the big sleep
I want to hear
I want to hear
The scream of the butterfly

Come back, baby
Back into my arms
We're getting tired of hangin' around
Waitin' around with our heads to the ground
I hear a very gentle sound
Very near yet very far
Very soft yet very clear
Come today
Come today

What have they done to the earth?
What have they done to our fair sister?
Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her
Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn
And tied her with fences and dragged her down

I hear a very gentle sound
With your ear down to the ground
We want the world and we want it
We want the world and we want it
Now
Now?
Now!

Persian night, babe
See the light, babe
Save us, Jesus
Save us

So when the music's over
When the music's over, yeah
When the music's over
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights

Well the music is your special friend
Dance on fire as it intends
Music is your only friend
Until the end
Until the end
Until the end

Eh? Okay, let's do one more.

04   Little Red Rooster (06:18)

05   Who Do You Love (07:28)

06   Light My Fire (18:27)

You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn't get much higher

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire

The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire, yeah

The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire, yeah

You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn't get much higher

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire

07   The End (16:28)

This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes again

Can you picture what will be
So limitless and free
Desperately in need of some stranger's hand
In a desperate land

Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain
And all the children are insane
All the children are insane
Waiting for the summer rain, yeah

There's danger on the edge of town
Ride the king's highway, baby
Weird scenes inside the gold mine
Ride the highway west, baby

Ride the snake, ride the snake
To the lake
The ancient lake, baby
The snake he's long, seven miles
Ride the snake
He's old
And his skin is cold

The west is the best
The west is the best
Get here, and we'll do the rest

The blue bus is callin' us
The blue bus is callin' us
Driver, where you takin' us?

The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on
He took a face from the ancient gallery
And he walked on down the hall
He went into the room where his sister lived and then he
Paid a visit to his brother and then he
He walked on down the hall and
And he came to a door
And he looked inside
"Father?" "Yes, son?" "I want to kill you"
"Mother? I want to... fuck you"
Come on, yeah

C'mon baby, take a chance with us
C'mon baby, take a chance with us
C'mon baby, take a chance with us and
Meet me at the back of the blue bus
Doin' a blue rock, on a blue bus
Doin' a blue rock, come on, yeah

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill

This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
It hurts to set you free
But you'll never follow me
The end of laughter and soft lies
The end of nights we tried to die
This is the end

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