The Soft Parade es un álbum de The Doors, publicado en 1969 por Elektra. El disco incluye 9 canciones, entre ellas «Tell All The People», «Touch Me», «Shaman's Blues» y «Do It».
Sobre el álbum
La discografía de The Doors presenta aquí su álbum más controvertido y polarizante. "The Soft Parade" es un trabajo que se aleja radicalmente del sonido característico de la banda para abrazar arreglos de cuerda y viento de inspiración pop y jazz.
Esta decisión, impulsada en parte por su productor Paul A. Rothchild, generó una fuerte división tanto dentro de la banda como entre sus seguidores, resultando en su disco más atípico.
El álbum se caracteriza por una producción grandilocuente. El single "Touch Me", con su potente sección de metales y cuerdas, se convirtió en un éxito masivo, pero para muchos puristas representaba una traición. Las composiciones por primera vez se acreditaron individualmente, reflejando las divisiones entre los miembros de The Doors.
Pese a las críticas, el álbum tiene momentos de brillantez. "Shaman's Blues" es un blues-rock hipnótico, y "Wild Child" es un recordatorio del poder primal de Jim Morrison. Aunque a menudo es visto como un paso en falso, "The Soft Parade" es un fascinante experimento que, aunque fallido para algunos, demuestra la voluntad de la banda de explorar más allá de sus límites.
Listado de Canciones
- Tell All The People3:24
Letra
Tell all the people that you see Follow me Follow me down Tell all the people that you see Set them free Follow me down You tell them they don't have to run We're gonna pick up everyone Come on, take me by the hand Gonna bury all our troubles in the sand, Oh, yeah Can't you see the wonder at your feet Your life's complete Follow me down Can't you see me growing, get your guns The time has come To follow me down Follow me across the sea Where milky babies seem to be Molded, flowing revelry With the one that set them free Tell all the people that you see It's just me Follow me down Tell all the people that you see Follow me Follow me down Tell all the people that you see We'll be free Follow me down Tell all the people that you see It's just me Follow me down Tell all the people that you see Follow me Follow me down Follow me down you got to follow me down Follow me down Tell all the people that you see We'll be free Follow me down - Touch Me3:15
Come on, come on Come on, come on Now, touch me, babe Can't you see that I am not afraid? What was that promise that you made? Why won't you tell me what she said? What was that promise that you made? Now, I'm gonna love you 'Til the heaven stops the rain I'm gonna love you 'Til the stars fall from the sky For you and I Come on, come on Come on, come on Now, touch me, babe Can't you see that I am not afraid? What was that promise that you made? Why won't you tell me what she said? What was that promise that you made? I'm gonna love you 'Til the heaven stops the rain. I'm gonna love you 'Til the stars fall from the sky For you and I I'm gonna love you 'Til the heaven stops the rain. I'm gonna love you 'Til the stars fall from the sky For you and I - Shaman's Blues4:45
- Do It3:01
Letra
Ha, ha, ha, ha Yeah Please me, yeah Easy, babe Please me Please, please, listen to me, children Please, please, listen to me, children Please, please, listen to me, children Said, please, please, listen to me, children You are the ones who will rule the world Listen to me children Listen to me children Please, please, listen to me, children Please, please, listen to me, children You are the ones who will rule the world, ha You gotta please me All night Please, please listen to me, children Said, please, please, listen to me, children Please, yeah, please me I'm askin' you Please, please, listen to me, children Please, please, listen to me, children Please, please, listen to me, children Please, my children Please, children Please, children - Easy Ride2:35
Letra
And I Know It will be An easey ride All right And I know It Will be Easy ride Ok The mask that you wore My fingers would explore Easy ride, yeah Which your pride Which your pride, yeah Black polished stone Black polished stone I see your eyes Like burning glass Like burning glass Hear you smile, smile, baby The mask that you wore My fingers would explore Costume of control Excitement soon unfolds, hey Easy, baby Call the queen Be my bride Raging darkness By my side Seize the summer In your pride Take the winter In your stride Let's ride, yeah Easy, easy, easy Easy, easy, easy, easy Dum, dum, dum, dum Dum, dum, dum Ride - Wild Child2:36
Letra
All right Wild child full of grace Savior of the human race Your cool face Natural child, terrible child Not your mother's or your father's child Your our child, screamin' wild (An ancient lunatic reigns in the trees of the night) With hunger at her heels And freedom in her eyes She dances on her knees Pirate prince at her side Staring into the hollow idol's eye Wild child full of grace Savior of the human race Your cool face Your cool face Your cool face You remember when we were in Africa? - Runnin' Blue2:27
- Wishful Sinful2:56
Letra
Wishful crystal Water covers everything in blue Cooling water Wishful sinful Our love is beautiful to see I know where I would like to be Right back where I came Wishful, sinful, wicked blue Water covers you Wishful, sinful, wicked you Can't escape the blue Magic rising Sun is shining deep beneath the sea But not enough for you and me and sunshine Love to hear the wind cry Wishful sinful Our love is beautiful to see I know where I would like to be Right back where I came Wishful, sinful, wicked blue Water covers you Wishful, sinful, wicked you Can't escape the blue Love to hear the wind cry Love to hear you cry, yeah, yeah - The Soft Parade8:40
Letra
When I was back there in seminary school There was a person there Who put forth the proposition That you can petition the Lord with prayer Petition the lord with prayer Petition the lord with prayer You cannot petition the lord with prayer! Can you give me sanctuary I must find a place to hide A place for me to hide Can you find me soft asylum I can't make it anymore The Man is at the door Peppermint miniskirts, chocolate candy Champion sax and a girl named Sandy There's only four ways to get unraveled One is to sleep and the other is travel One is a bandit up in the hills One is to love your neighbor till His wife gets home Catacombs Nursery bones Winter women Growing stones (Carrying babies to the river) Streets and shoes, Avenues Leather riders selling news (The monk bought lunch) Successful hills are here to stay Everything must be this way Gentle streets where people play Welcome to the Soft Parade All our lives we sweat and save Building for a shallow grave Must be something else we say Somehow to defend this place (Everything must be this way Everything must be this way) The Soft Parade has now begun Listen to the engines hum People out to have some fun A cobra on my left Leopard on my right, yeah Deer woman in a silk dress Girls with beads about their necks Kiss the hunter of the green vest Who has wrestled before With lions in the night Out of sight! The lights are getting brighter The radio is moaning Calling to the dogs There are still a few animals Left out in the yard But it's getting harder To describe sailors To the underfed Tropic corridor Tropic treasure What got us this far To this mild equator We need someone or something new Something else to get us through Calling on the dogs Calling on the dogs Calling on the dogs Calling on the dogs Calling in the dogs Calling all the dogs Calling on the gods Meet me at the crossroads Meet me at the edge of town Outskirts of the city Just you and I And the evening sky You'd better come alone You'd better bring your gun We're gonna have some fun When all else fails We can whip the horses' eyes And make them sleep And cry....