The third and last Top 5 single from the Doors took the group in a considerably more mainstream direction, which alienated their core audience. The band went back and forth between pop and more underground sounding stuff. Guitarist Robby Krieger lifted the main riff here from the Four Seasons’ “C’mon Marianne.” Jim Morrison wasn’t enamored with the jazzy sax part played by Curtis Amy. At the end, Morrison says “Stronger than dirt” (from an ad for Ajax detergent) as a jab at his bandmates. The others wanted to license “Light My Fire” for a Buick commercial but Jim vetoed the proposal.
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