Talk:Waiting for the Sun
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- "Waiting for the sun" deceived many people when it was released in 1968. Why? The doors seemed to have lost a lot of their strengh and imaginativity. Effectively, easy-listening ballads had replaced the epic songs ("The End", "When the Music's Over", "Light my Fire") that made the Doors so original. Nevertheless, the album is filled with very nice tracks such as "Spanish Caravan", "Five to One", "Love Street".
No. Also: the song of the same name and its probable origin in The Beatles' "I Am the Walrus" (sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun to come). Off to catch a plane (got my catcher's mitt, yes) Koyaanis Qatsi
I own all thier albums and this one has always been my favroit. It seems strange to me that it gets such a bad rep--I mean it is their only album to go #1. Also, I've never heard that the name was inspired by the Beatles and I'm pretty sure the line is just "sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun" (no "to come").--NewChampion (talk) 09:46, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
- Who gives a damn about chart placements ? That never indicated wether a song or album has high musical quality or not. I'm listening to their whole discography; right now I've arrived at 'Waiting for the sun' and I have to say that I really can relate to the critics in the first section of the wiki article. The side one of the album kinda sux, whereas the side two manages to make friends with their first albums regarding musical quality.
I strongly disagree. I find near nothing wrong on side one of this album. I get into about every song. I mean their frist album was the best, but this one certainly isn't their worst, I find it better than Stange Days though.--132.3.9.68 (talk) 09:31, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
Usourced[edit]
The section entitled "Structure" seems to contain a lot of info that would benefit from sources: at the moment it's pretty weaselly and it's unclear whether the statements are anything other than the writer's opinion. Statements such as "a strong album lyrically", "it has often been criticized" and "the album contains some rarely disputed classics" don't really stand up unless they can be substantiated. I've tagged the section until this is rectified ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 16:37, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
Odd Syntax[edit]
The First Paragraph in the Background and recording section: "With the exception of two songs..." is Written in an odd Syntax and is doesn't seem very clear in its meaning. It seems like it might be saying "All songs on the Album were Written for the Album except two songs, "Hello, I Love You" and "Summer's Almost Gone," which where Written during the Time of the Doors First Demo Tape in 1965." But it doesn't exactly say that.
Someone with a better Understanding of this situation should try to clarify.
Also, according to the DVD/Blu-Ray Documsntary by Tom DiCillo, "The Doors: People Are Strange," he says that Paul A. Rothchild chose not to include "Celebration of the Lizard."
albabe - The Writer/Artist Formally Known as Al Gordon 18:55, 24 May 2015 (UTC)