L.A. Woman (song)

"L.A. Woman" is a song by American rock band The Doors. The song is the title track on their 1971 album L.A. Woman, the final album with frontman Jim Morrison before his death.

Video

In 1985, 14 years after Morrison's death, Ray Manzarek directed a music video for the song. It was aired on MTV and included in the Doors film Dance on Fire.

Later covers

Billy Idol covered this song on his 1990 album Charmed Life.
Jane's Addiction covered the song as part of the "L.A. Medley" which also contained the songs Nausea by the L.A. based punk rock band X and Lexicon Devil from The Germs.
Particle covered this song with Robby Krieger, the guitarist from The Doors, on their Transformations Live album.
World-music, rock band Days of the New covered the song for the Doors tribute album, Stoned Immaculate: The Music of The Doors

Notes and references

Allmusic entry, accessed 6/6/06
Total Guitar, May 1998, #43:86-96, Classic Track: LA Woman: The Doors by Joe Bennett (text) and Kit Morgan (song transcription)
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=276

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Jim Morrison • Robby Krieger • Ray Manzarek • John Densmore

Studio albums	The Doors • Strange Days • Waiting for the Sun • The Soft Parade • Morrison Hotel • L.A. Woman • Other Voices • Full Circle • An American Prayer

Live albums	Absolutely Live • Alive, She Cried • Live at the Hollywood Bowl • In Concert • Live in Detroit • Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The First Performance • Bright Midnight: Live in America • Live in Hollywood • Live in Philadelphia '70 • Live in Boston • Pittsburgh Civic Arena

Compilations	13 • Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine • The Best of The Doors (1973) • Greatest Hits (1980) • • The Best of The Doors (1985) • The Doors (soundtrack) • Essential Rarities • The Best of The Doors (2000) • The Very Best of The Doors (2000) • Legacy: The Absolute Best • The Very Best of The Doors (2007)

Box sets	The Doors: Box Set • The Complete Studio Recordings • The Doors "No One Here Gets Out Alive" • Boot Yer Butt: The Doors Bootlegs • Love/Death/Travel Box Set • Perception • The Doors: Vinyl Box Set

Singles	"Break On Through (To the Other Side)" • "Light My Fire" • "The End" • "People Are Strange" • "Love Me Two Times" • "The Unknown Soldier" • "Hello, I Love You" • "Touch Me" • "Roadhouse Blues" • "Love Her Madly" • "Riders on the Storm" • "L.A. Woman"

Books	American Night • No One Here Gets Out Alive • Light My Fire

Related articles	Discography • The Doors (film) • The Lost Paris Tapes • Rick & the Ravens • Bill Siddons • Danny Sugerman • Paul A. Rothchild • Bruce Botnick • London Fog • Stoned Immaculate: The Music of The Doors

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