The Doors - Yes, The River Knows (only piano)

Nice job by a YouTuber putting up only the piano part of "Yes, The River Knows" by The Doors. Of course, keyboardist Ray Manzarek is the one playing piano. I previously posted about the song here. It's interesting to read what people think a song is about. Songfacts.com is a pretty informative website for such things as, well, song facts and the site also contains many opinions which as usual range from the really thought proving to the really bizarre to the just comical. Click this to read what people have to say about "Yes, The River Knows." I don't think the song is about a murder as some have suggested. But I also believe that songs quite often are about more than one thing and that it really is left up to the listener as to what it means to them. Each person is different.

The Doors - Yes, The River Knows

What an amazing song this is by The Doors. "Yes, The River Knows" comes off of the 1968 album, Waiting for the Sun. You would think after reading the lyrics that Jim Morrison wrote the song, but it was guitarist Robby Krieger that did the honors. By the way, he also wrote "Light My Fire" and "Love Her Madly." I have no idea what this song is about except it does contain the line, "I promised I would drown myself in mystic heated wine," which is a bit of a portent in regards to Morrison's life and how it would end.


Please believe me
The river told me
Very softly
Want you to hold me, ooo

Free fall flow, river flow
On and on it goes
Breath under water 'till the end
Free fall flow, river flow
On and on it goes
Breath under water 'till the end
Yes, the river knows

Please believe me
If you don't need me
I'm going, but I need a little time
I promised I would drown myself in mystic heated wine

Please believe me
The river told me
Very softly
Want you to hold me, ooo

I'm going, but I need a little time
I promised I would drown myself in mystic heated wine

Free fall flow, river flow
On and on it goes
Breath under water 'till the end
Free fall flow, river flow
On and on it goes
Breath under water 'till the end

Roger Daltrey On Jools Holland

Roger Daltrey appeared on Jools Holland's "Hootenanny," which is the New Year's Eve celebration of Jools regular U.K. show. Roger sang Muddy Waters' "Mannish Boy" with Jools and his R&B orchestra. By the way, I like this so much it's going up on both of my blogs.

According to Wikipedia, "it is a arrangement of (and an "answer song" to) Bo Diddley's "I'm a Man" (which in turn was inspired by Waters' and Willie Dixon's "Hoochie Coochie Man."

The Who sang "I'm a Man" which appeared on their 1965 album, My Generation. However, that album when released in the U.S. with a different album cover and was called The Who Sings My Generation. Strangely, it did not include "I'm a Man."