Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano

[Figarosmom]

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[John1956PA]

1. Thank you for posting. I have an old album containing a recording of this song.

I think the cut on the album is same recording which is used in this lip-synced video.

My favorite part of the recording is the thirty-second bridge which begins at the one-and-a-half minute mark and which contains the beautiful chord change.

[whathehell]

2. I LOVE this song and

infinitely prefer it to the Doors version.
The difference to me lies in the fact that in this putative love song, Jose actually
sounds like a lover, whereas Jim sounds like a thug 'beckoning' from a dark alley.

[Figarosmom]

3. Yes, that is true. It reflects the humanity of each guy doesn't it?

[whathehell]

4. I've seen online comments that

all but condemn Jose Feliciano for daring to mess with Jim Morrison's original work of 'genius'.
As to the humanity of each, I don't think we can speak of it in terms of the actusl artists, but more, perhaps to the "type" reflected in the song.