The Doors Release 'New' Jim Morrison Song: Wonderful or Whatever?
SodaHead Music
2012/01/11 14:00:00
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It's kind of hard to believe there's an unreleased Doors song, sung by Jim Morrison, coming out more than 40 years after his death. Labels usually scour the vaults of deceased artists for anything they can get to market, but producer Bruce Botnick, who worked on the band's "L.A. Woman" album, discovered an untapped gem called "She Smells So Nice" while he was listening to the "L.A. Woman" studio sessions.
The song is an unpolished, uptempo blues number reminiscent of the era it was recorded in -- late '70, early '71. The three-and-a-half minute song will be available on the deluxe remastered version of "L.A. Woman," due out on January 24, but has been made widely available on the band's Facebook page. What do you think of the recently discovered song?
The song is an unpolished, uptempo blues number reminiscent of the era it was recorded in -- late '70, early '71. The three-and-a-half minute song will be available on the deluxe remastered version of "L.A. Woman," due out on January 24, but has been made widely available on the band's Facebook page. What do you think of the recently discovered song?
Don't artists exercise some discretion as to what's released? If so, and if Morrison chose not to have this on the album, maybe we should just respect his original instincts. Ditto other deceased rock stars who left unpublished recordings.
my caveat -- I only listened once, so maybe there is more there
I think there would be a lot more interesting stuff found on old buried bootlegs of the bands early days when Jim would riff out freeform poetry.