"Idan kofofin fahimta sun kasance a bayyane, komai zai bayyana ga mutum kamar yadda yake - marar iyaka." An ɗauko wannan jigon daga Aldous Husley's The Doors of Perception, wanda ya kasance nakalto daga mawallafin sufanci na Burtaniya William Blake.
Ƙofofin sune ma'auni na 1960s na mahaukata tare da Vietnam da rock da roll, tare da falsafar falsafa da mescaline. Yana da sunanta ga wannan littafin, wanda ya zaburar da Morrison (jagoran ƙungiyar).
Farkon Ƙofofin (Yuni 1965 - Agusta 1966)
Hakan ya fara ne a bakin rairayin bakin teku a Los Angeles, lokacin da dalibai biyu na UCLA masu jagorancin suka hadu kuma suka yi musayar hangen nesa na duniya.
Ɗayan ya gaya wa waƙoƙinsa, na biyu ya yaba kuma ya ba da damar yin rikodin su a cikin kiɗa. Shigowar wakar Hasken Wuta ta shine cancantar ta biyun. Wannan taro mai kaddara Jim Morrison kuma dan wasan piano Ray Manzarek a lokacin rani na 1965 an bayyana shi a fili a cikin Doors ɗin fim na Stone.
A ranar 2 ga Satumba, 1965, sun fito da nau'ikan bootleg na Driver Moonlight, Idanuna sun gan ka, Sannu, Ina son ku.
Har ila yau, shiga cikin band din sun hada da dan wasan guitar Robbie Krieger da kuma mai buga ganga John Densmore, Manzarek's yoga acquaintances. Sun fara wasa a The London Fog. A cikin 1966 ya canza sunansa zuwa Whiskey a Go Go.
Ƙofofin ba su yi amfani da gitar bass ba. Tun da Ray Manzarek da kansa ya buga sassan bass akan Fender Rhodes Bass. A lokaci guda, yin ado da shirye-shiryen tare da virtuoso sassa akan sashin wutar lantarki na Vox Continental transistor.
Morrison ya rubuta waƙa (wanda har yanzu ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin al'adar adabin Amurka na ƙarni na XNUMX) zuwa kiɗan Krieger da Manzarek. Kazalika da bugun ganga na Densmore, wanda mai sauraro ya fi so tare da salon wasan kwaikwayo da cikar ma'ana.
Al'adun 'yan asalin Amirka da Mutanen Espanya, nassoshi game da tatsuniyoyi na Girka - wannan shi ne babban ƙarfin motsa jiki na kungiyar, da kuma dalilin da ya sa aka kore su. Tun da yake, ya damu da rukunin Oedipus a cikin yanayi mai ban mamaki, Morrison ya faɗi wata magana mai ban sha'awa a cikin waƙar The End yayin ɗayan wasan kwaikwayo a kulob din Whiskey a Go Go:
« - Baba.
Iya, son?
- Ina so in kashe ku.
- Ina! Ina so in fusa ku..."
(Irin waɗannan ɓangarorin sune maƙasudin halayen Morrison koyaushe).
Furodusa Rothschild ya burge da hazakar kungiyar, wayewa da bacin rai kuma ya ba ta kwangila mai tsoka. A watan Agusta 1966 sun fara haɗin gwiwa da sakewa da abubuwan ƙira.
Ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar The Doors (1966-1969)
Bayan sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da Rothschild, ƙungiyar ta shiga cikin kiɗa kuma ta fara ƙirƙira. Kundin farko na Doors an yi rikodin shi a cikin ɗauka ɗaya saboda ƙaramin tallafi daga furodusa.
Kundin ya juya bai zama abin ban mamaki ba ga Morrison da ƙungiyar. Amma ga kowane zamani wanda ke sha'awar kiɗa mai kyau - litattafai. Ta dauki matsayi na 52 a saman mafi kyawun kundi, a cewar mujallar Rolling Stone.
Wannan kundin ya ƙunshi Ƙarshen da Haske na Wuta. Su ne alamar ƙungiyar kuma an nakalto su a cikin ayyukan fasaha da yawa, kamar a cikin fim din "Apocalypse Now" (1979), The Doors, da dai sauransu.
An yi rikodin kundin a cikin kaka na 1966, amma an sake shi a cikin hunturu na 1967. A lokaci guda kuma, an fitar da kundi na Strange Days, wanda aka ƙirƙira tare da inganci mafi girma.
Saboda haka, Morrison ya fara kawai karanta wakoki zuwa farin amo. Wannan shi ne abun da aka tsara Doki Latitude da waƙoƙi irin su: Kwanaki masu ban mamaki da Lokacin da Waƙar ta ƙare.
Farkon ƙarshen (1970-1971)
Albums guda biyu, Jiran Rana (1968) da The Soft Parade (1969), Caravan na Sipaniya ya biyo baya, Touch Me.
Waƙar Sannu, Ina Ƙaunar ku ta juya ta zama saɓo (amma sama da ainihin) na waƙar All Rana da Duk Dare (ta Kinks).
A cikin 1970s, Morrison ya yi ritaya kullum a lokacin yawon shakatawa, ya yi amfani da kwayoyi, lita na barasa da antidepressants. Ya kasance ba zai iya yin halitta da halitta da sauƙi ɗaya kamar dā ba.
Har ta kai ga kungiyar ta shiga cikin bincike. Morrison ya daina shiga ayyukan aiki a cikin kungiyar, sai dai cin hanci da rashawa na taron. Tana tsirowa a kan mataki, ta shiga hayyaci tare da kaifi kalmomi, tare da rikici na ƙarshe a ƙarshen.
Morrison ya mutu sakamakon bugun zuciya a 1971 a Paris. Mutuwarsa ta kasance a asirce har yau.
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Ƙofofin sun ba da babbar gudummawa ga al'adun psychedelic na 1960s da kuma kiɗan rock gaba ɗaya.
A abun da ke ciki na kungiyar ba tare da Morrison ci gaba da yi a daban-daban tazara, har 2012.
