The Doors are one of the best rock bands in music history. Their unique blend of keyboard, bass and vocalized poetry has no peer. There really is nothing like The Doors.
My introduction to this great band was as a 16-year-old in 1990. I of course knew and enjoyed Light My Fire, Hello, I Love You, and People Are Strange even though those songs were over 20 years old at that point. I bought the double-CD greatest hits album based on those songs and it turned out to be a wise decision. The entire album was superb. But as it turned out, my two favorite songs from this band were not even on this two-disc double album!
Those later years in high school involved a lot of Doors music. Always while my friends and I were chillin’ (glean from that what you will). Perfect deck music. Hammock music. Relaxing rock. And it was all in the flash of a moment. The Doors were formed in 1965, with hits that started rolling out in 1967… and then Jim Morrison died in 1971. That’s all we get – four years. But during those four years there’s lots of great music. Just imagine if Morrison was with us longer…
I have 25 songs by The Doors ranked in my year-by-year reviews, with an amazing 11 songs garnering my ‘Awesome’ moniker. Here, I put them in a hard and fast order.
25. Soul Kitchen (1967)
24. When the Music’s Over (1967)
23. Back Door Man (1967)
22. Strange Days (1967)
21. The Unknown Soldier (1968)
20. The Crystal Ship (1967)
19. Love Me Two Times (1967)
18. Riders on the Storm (1971)
17. Wild Child (1969)
16. Love Her Madly (1971)
15. L.A. Woman (1971)
14. Spanish Caravan (1968)
13. Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) (1967)
12. Touch Me (1969)
Fantastic footage here…
11. Roadhouse Blues (1970)
10. Five to One (1968)
9. Love Street (1968)
8. Break on Through (To the Other Side) (1967)
Live version…
7. Light My Fire (1967)
6. The End (1967)
5. Waiting For the Sun (1968)
4. Hello, I Love You (1968)
Live version…
3. People Are Strange (1967)
2. Maggie M’Gill (1970)
1. Peace Frog (1970)
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Below is the chart. The Top 25 songs by The Doors…
| 1 | Peace Frog | – | The Doors | 1970 |
| 2 | Maggie M’Gill | – | The Doors | 1970 |
| 3 | People Are Strange | – | The Doors | 1967 |
| 4 | Hello, I Love You | – | The Doors | 1968 |
| 5 | Waiting For The Sun | – | The Doors | 1968 |
| 6 | The End | – | The Doors | 1967 |
| 7 | Light My Fire | – | The Doors | 1967 |
| 8 | Break on Through (To the Other Side) | – | The Doors | 1967 |
| 9 | Love Street | – | The Doors | 1968 |
| 10 | Five to One | – | The Doors | 1968 |
| 11 | Roadhouse Blues | – | The Doors | 1970 |
| 12 | Touch Me | – | The Doors | 1969 |
| 13 | Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) | – | The Doors | 1967 |
| 14 | Spanish Caravan | – | The Doors | 1968 |
| 15 | L.A. Woman | – | The Doors | 1971 |
| 16 | Love Her Madly | – | The Doors | 1971 |
| 17 | Wild Child | – | The Doors | 1969 |
| 18 | Riders on the Storm | – | The Doors | 1971 |
| 19 | Love Me 2 Times | – | The Doors | 1967 |
| 20 | Crystal Ship | – | The Doors | 1967 |
| 21 | The Unknown Soldier | – | The Doors | 1968 |
| 22 | Strange Days | – | The Doors | 1967 |
| 23 | Back Door Man | – | The Doors | 1967 |
| 24 | When the Music’s Over | – | The Doors | 1967 |
| 25 | Soul Kitchen | – | The Doors | 1967 |
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