[dfwgator]

Morrison hated that song.

[newfreep]

When the Doors first went into the studio, the engineer (Bruce Botnick) showed Morrison the microphone he would be using - a Telefunken U47.

Morrison was starstruck as he recognized it as the same mike used by Frank Sinatra - Jim was a HUGE fan of Frank.

[discostu]

He loved the song at first, when they needed to edit it to fit on a 45 he couldn’t say to cut anything, finally leaving it to the band. A few years of having to play it every night makes just about EVERYBODY hate their hit single.

I do always wonder what it must have been like for the teenie-boppers brought to The Doors by Robbie’s cheesy love songs to go to those concert and find the Lizard King. There really were 2 very different versions of the band.

[Moonman62]

Morrison hated that song.

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Morrison hated the Buick commercial that used and modified the song. I’ve never seen anywhere, other than you, that he hated the original.