Favorite "Light" Songs #3 - "Light My Fire"

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It's time for #3 in my Favorite "Light" Songs series, and it's a classic: "Light My Fire" by The Doors, who are actually making their first appearance in one of my music countdowns. Legendary rock band The Doors formed in Los Angeles in 1965, and lasted until 1973. The group certainly made the most of those eight years, however. Seven of their eight studio albums reached Top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart, and achieved Platinum or better sales (The Doors were the first American band with eight consecutive Gold and Platinum albums.) Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's, The Doors have sold over 100 million records worldwide. A heavily edited single from their 1967 self titled debut (which is in both The Grammy Hall of Fame and The National Recording Registry,) "Light My Fire" (also in The Grammy Hall of Fame) is the band's biggest selling single, a Gold record that stayed atop the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks. But you definitely do not want to listen to THAT version, because the best parts were edited down for radio purposes. You can only listen to "Light My Fire" in the way it was intended: from the album. Put it this way: Vocalist Jim Morrison was one of rock music's all time mesmerizing figures, but it was keyboardist Ray Manzarek that did it for me. Ever notice that The Doors didn't have a bassist? Manzarek played the baselines with his left hand while playing his keyboard parts with his right. Session musicians were used to enhance the bass in the recording studio, but in concert, it was all Manzarek. And the late keyboardist absolutely owns "Light My Fire" with some of the most classic keyboard work ever. (Thank you for working your way through the longest paragraph ever written just now!) (R.I.P. Jim and Ray. Thanks for the legendary music.) (Info verified by Wikipedia)