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Mark
& Brian Show, House Of Blues, Hollywood, 31. Januar 2003.
Die Doors spielen Love Me Two Times, Five To One,
Strange Days, Light My Fire und When The Music's
Over.
The
Doors 21st Century at the L.A. House Of Blues
for the KLOS Mark & Brian Show, January 31, 2003
The
Doors were slated to play a one-hour show from the LA House Of Blues
on Sunset Boulevard, to be broadcast live over LA's KLOS 95.5 and
their affiliate stations. The concert part of the Mark &
Brian Show was scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. They kicked off
the set with Love Me Two Times, always a winning choice.
The second song was Five To One, with Ray sharing the lead-in
vocals about getting down, getting dirty. Radio listeners may have
gotten a couple of bleeps there, as Ian emphasized what he was gonna
do out in the car with some people.
Mark & Brian came forward on the stage to talk to the band for
a few minutes. Ray thanked the audience for coming, and mentioned
John's tinnitus. There was a commercial break, and a little bit
of signing for fans going on at the front of the stage for a minute
or two. Upon return from commercial break, Ian had removed his sunglasses.
By the way, Ian was again NOT using a music stand, which has previously
been a point for much discussion.
Mark prefaced band introductions by explaining
that Stewart Copeland has an injury to his arm and could not play
today, which led into mentioning Ty Dennis as beautifully stepping
in. Ray introduced the new arrangement of Strange Days by
saying that they are going to be recording new material to be released
by the end of the year. They are working on new lyrics with John
Doe, Jim Carroll, Michael McClure, and talking with Henry Rollins,
to continue in the poetic tradition of The Doors.
Robby introduced Angelo Barbera again, and also
their new drummer, Ty Dennis. Ty has been playing in Robby's touring
band since 2001 and certainly has the songs down pat. He is a strong
and emphatic drummer, and knows where to place those important nuances.
Ray answered the questions on everyone's mind lately, by saying
that they will be touring the states in April and May, hitting New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, with some Texas dates in about
a month and a half. They would be in Europe in June and July, maybe
go to Japan in August, and then more US dates. Ray threw in a plug
about making love, not war ... he said they have been talking and
they would just go right into the next song, because anything after
it would be superfluous anyway! And with that: Light My Fire. Ian
left the stage during the instrumental highlights, which included
Robby's insertion of a little of My Favorite Things. When Ian resumed
the vocals, he included some of Bob Marley's Get Up Stand Up and
said "you still have a voice ... don't let them take it away."
After that song ended, the band posed onstage with Mark & Brian
for some photos.
Another round of full band introductions, and then into When The
Music's Over. Robby stepped back to take a drink of water and almost
missed being at the mike for his turn to sing 'we want the world',
but he realized it and rushed back to the mike, just in time!
This was the end of the show, the band slapped
and shook hands at the front, exited the stage and the curtains
closed. The audience got into a "one more song" chant.
Finally Ray poked his head out of the curtains and indicated that
there would be no more songs. It was a great show, no one could
complain except that, of course, we all wanted MORE.
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