bird of prey

am I the only one who knew about fatboy slim’s cover? :D

Bird of prey is one of Jim Morrison last “compositions” / “poetry” that the reunited band – The Dorrs that is – included on the album “An American Prayer”  back in 1978. 7 years after Jim Morrison died and five years after the remaining members of the band broke up, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore reunited and recorded backing tracks over Morrison’s poetry (originally recorded in a poetry session, in 1969). Other pieces of music and spoken word recorded by the Doors and Morrison were also used in the audio collage, such as dialogue from Morrison’s film HWY and snippets from jam sessions. The result was the album.

You can check some of the tracks here… or there:

* this is the original release; bird of prey has been added as a bonus track on the remastered edition in 1995

1. “Awake”
2. “Ghost Song“
3. “Dawn’s Highway / Newborn Awakening”
4. “To Come Of Age”
5. “Black Polished Chrome / Latino Chrome”
6. “Angels And Sailors / Stoned Immaculate”
7. “The Movie”
8. “Curses, Invocations”
9. “American Night”
10. “Roadhouse Blues”
11. “Lament”
12. “The Hitchhiker”
13. “An American Prayer”