Peace Frog

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FieldValue
namePeace Frog
coverPeace Frog cover.jpg
captionCover to French single release
artistthe Doors
albumMorrison Hotel
released
recordedNovember 1969
studioElektra, Los Angeles, California
length
labelElektra
producerPaul A. Rothchild
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"Peace Frog" was included on the Doors' second compilation album Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine, released in 1972.

Lyrics

The song's lyrics were derived from three poems written earlier by Morrison, titled "Abortion Stories", "Dawn's Highway" and "Newborn Awakening". The group, however, recorded the music of "Peace Frog" first, then Morrison overdubbed his vocals, as Krieger recalled: "I had written the music, we rehearsed it up, and it was really happening, but we didn't have any lyrics and Jim wasn't around. We just said, 'Fuck it, let's record it. He'll come up with something.' And he did. He took out his poetry book and found a poem that fit." The Doors performed the instrumental version at live shows during 1969.

"Peace Frog" features lyrics inspired by true events surrounding the band's frontman Morrison. The line "Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven" is a reference to his onstage arrest on December 9, 1967, during a live performance in New Haven Arena. After the guitar solo, the song enters a spoken word verse with the lines "Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding", which describes a highway accident that occurred when he was young. Morrison purportedly witnessed dead Native Americans while his family was crossing a desert by road in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He said, "That was the first time I tasted fear. I musta' been about four." Morrison was also referring to the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests with the lyric "Blood in the street/ The town of Chicago".

Critical reception

Unlike the Doors's previous album, The Soft Parade, Morrison Hotel received positive responses by critics, and it was widely seen as a comeback in the band's quality.{{cite book |last=Weidman |first=Rich |year=2011 |title=The Doors FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Kings of Acid Rock |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |page=159 |isbn=978-1617131141 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HjPcWkEPSR8C&dq=comeback&pg=PT159}} "Peace Frog" is also praised as one of the album's highlights. Louder Sound ranked the song among "The Top 20 Greatest Doors Songs", while Ultimate Classic Rock cited it as Robby Krieger's third best track for the group. Krieger himself, included it as one of his personal favorite Doors songs on The Doors: Box Set.

In a positive album review of Morrison Hotel, critic Thom Jerek of AllMusic described "Peace Frog" as "downright funky boogie". Sal Cinquemani writing for Slant Magazine, declared the song as the best track on Morrison Hotel, and "one of the Doors' greatest." Critic Jason Elias wrote that the song is "one of those tracks that will constantly amaze." He praised Robby Krieger's "bluesy lines" and Ray Manzarek's "eerie keyboards add to the chaos as usual." Hartford Courant critic J. Greg Robertson regarded the music and lyric to be "magnificent."

Certifications

Personnel

The Doors

Session musicians

  • Ray Neapolitanbass guitar

References

References

  1. Mayhew, Jess. (June 17, 2016). "Robby Krieger Explains the Story of 'Peace Frog'".
  2. Paul, Alan. "The Doors' Robby Krieger Sheds Light — Album by Album".
  3. Krieger, Robby. (2021). "Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying, and Playing Guitar with the Doors". Hachette.
  4. Davis, Stephen. (2004). "Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend". [[Ebury Press]].
  5. G. Gaar, Gillian. (2015). "The Doors: The Illustrated History". [[Voyageur Press]].
  6. Thompson, Tony. (2021). "The Doors: Every Album, Every Song". Sonicbond Publishing.
  7. (October 9, 2020). "The Doors Check Into the ''Morrison Hotel''".
  8. Bell, Max. "The 20 Greatest Doors Songs".
  9. Rivadavia, Eduardo. (January 8, 2016). "Top 10 Robby Krieger Doors Songs".
  10. (1997). "The Doors: Box Set". [[Elektra Records]].
  11. Jerek, Thom. "The Doors: ''Morrison Hotel'' – Review".
  12. Cinquemani, Sal. (April 18, 2007). "The Doors: ''Morrison Hotel''".
  13. Elias, Jason. "The Doors: 'Peace Frog' – Review".
  14. Robertson, J. Greg. (March 11, 1972). "Best of the Doors...and Worse". [[Hartford Courant]].
  15. Manzarek, Ray. (1998). "Light My Fire: My Life With the Doors". Putnam.

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