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The Doors – Back Door Man
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A cover of blues legend Howlin Wolf’s song co-written by Willie Dixon. Back then a blues cover (especially of Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters or anything written by Dixon) was as
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The Doors – Back door man - live version
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Wha, yeah!, c'mon, yeah, yeah, c'mon, yeah / I'm a back door man, I'm a back door man / The men don't know, but the little girl understand / Hey, all you people that tryin' to
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The Doors – Back Door Man [Reprise] - Live Hollywood Bowl 1968
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Oh yeah babe / Yeah I'm a back door man / I'm a back door man / The men don't know / But the little girls understand / Hey, all you people that tryin' to sleep / I'm out to make it
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Willie Dixon – Back Door Man
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I-I-I am the, the backdoor man / I-I-I am, the backdoor man / Well, the men don't know / But the little girls they understand / When everybody is-a tryin' to sleep / I'm-a
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Howlin' Wolf – Back Door Man
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A 1961 Willie Dixon-penned ode to the cheatin' man. No matter what kind of trouble he gets into – shot, put on trial for murder, arrested – he has women ready and willing to bail
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The Doors – The Crystal Ship
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[Verse 1] / Before you slip into unconsciousness / I'd like to have another kiss / Another flashing chance at bliss / Another kiss, another kiss / [Verse 2] / The days are bright
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The Doors (Ft. Jim Morrison) – Whiskey and Mystics and Men
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The song is mostly a studio creation, the vocal parts of Morrison are the same as the ones in the bootleg Missing Links (which is entirely from the February 25th 1969 The Soft
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The Doors – The End
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“The End” served as the finale for many of The Doors' most notable concerts. The lyrics are a combination of different variations sung during jam-style performances over several
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The Doors – I Looked at You
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“I Looked At You” is a track describing the speed of life and how Jim’s psychedelics and trips took him forward to a place where he can’t turn back.
The song slowly begins to
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The Doors – Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
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This is a cover of a German poem written by Berthold Brecht and published in 1927 in his collection Hauptpostille. Kurt Weill adapted it in 1929 for their opera contribution
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Genius English Translations – Stray Kids - Back Door (English Translation)
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[Intro: Felix] / "Hey, you wanna come in?" / [Verse 1: Han, Hyunjin] / Move over, and here I come / Last time was just a warm-up, umm / This time, it's for real party (Oh) / Stay
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Cammadeit (Ft. Baby Jamo) – Back Door Con Artist
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[Intro: Baby Jamo] / Know my man Giz fishin' in that free car tryna catch up get up with our man you hear me? / Yo Cam, turn me up / Hahaha / Know my man SD thuggin' trappin
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Lil Durk – Backdoor
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Lil Durk returns to the music scene with “Backdoor,” a surprise and his first release after a hiatus for about one-and-a-half months, due to the death of his longtime friend and
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The Doors – Twentieth Century Fox
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This song title is a pun on the famous 20th Century Fox movie studio and the modern-day woman described in the song. She is glamorous, yet artificial.
According to the Waiting for
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The Doors – The Soft Parade
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When I was back there in seminary school / There was a person there / Who put forth the proposition / That you can petition the Lord with prayer / Petition the Lord with prayer
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Taylor Swift – Our Song
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Swift solely composed “Our Song” for the talent show of her freshman year in high school.. It’s about Taylor’s first boyfriend, Drew Dunlop. It was included on Taylor Swift due to
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The Doors – Break On Through (To the Other Side)
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This is the quintessential Doors song.
Vivid with exceptional imagery, drug use metaphor, psychedelic musical composition, and amazing vocals, this is a great example of everything
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The Doors – End of the Night
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“End of the Night” is the B-side to The Doors' first single, January 1967’s “Break On Through (To the Other Side).”
The title of the song comes from Louis-Ferdinand Céline’s 1932
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3 Doors Down – Kryptonite
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The song was written by drummer/vocalist Brad Arnold in a mathematics class when he was fifteen and was one of the first songs he ever wrote.
In terms of the song’s meaning Arnold
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Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love
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“Whole Lotta Love” is Led Zeppelin’s most sexually explicit song — “love” can be replaced by both “sex” and “penis” in different sections. The track was largely inspired by Willie
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The Doors – Light My Fire
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One of the Doors first songs, written primarily by the band’s guitarist, Robby Krieger, (who also wrote three other big hits – “Touch Me”, “Love Me Two Times” and “Love Her Madly
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Josh Turner – Your Man
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[Pre-Chorus] / Baby lock the door and turn the lights down low / Put some music on that's soft and slow / Baby we ain't got no place to go / I hope you understand / [Chorus] / I've
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The Doors – Carol
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Oh, Carol! / Don't let him steal your heart away / Yeah I've got to love you darling / If it takes me all night and day / Beat cool down / Over cool down / I can hear that highway
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Michael Jackson – Dirty Diana
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“Dirty Diana” is the 5th single (and 5th #1 song) from Michael’s 1987 album Bad, which sees him tackle the issue of groupies in a more aggressive, palpable way than he did on “
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The Doors – Soul Kitchen
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This song is about Jim Morrison’s love for the soul food serving diner, Olivia’s on Venice Beach. It is an ode to Morrison’s drunken nights and early mornings. It was featured on
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Silk Sonic – Leave The Door Open
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“Leave The Door Open” is Silk Sonic’s debut single, a side project featuring Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars. Throughout the song, the two profess their love for a significant other
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Genesis – The Chamber of 32 Doors
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[Verse 1] / At the top of the stairs, there's hundreds of people / Running around to all the doors / They try to find, find themselves an audience / Their deductions need applause
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Caamp – Iffy
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[Verse 1] / Asking for forgiveness, so forgive me for my faults / And I hope you never get this but I sent it to your door / And I’ve crossed that Mississippi at least three times
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The Doors – Take It as It Comes
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[Verse 1] / Time to live / Time to lie / Time to laugh / Time to die / [Chorus] / Take it easy, baby / Take it as it comes / Don't move too fast / And you want your love to last
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AC/DC – T.N.T.
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AC/DC’s T.N.T. is a single that was released in 1976 taken from the albums, T.N.T. and High Voltage. The songs lyrics depict a man’s tale of a day of his life, beginning in the
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