The word “dangerous” isn’t one most bands would embrace. That especially concerns any with a handful of popular radio singles. But The Doors not only fit, but celebrated that description.
Look no further than 1967s debut album which included not only the huge hit, and controversial radio track, “Light My Fire” (in edited form) but some truly out-there covers that ranged from Kurt Weill’s 1930s era, quirky, carnival-esque “Alabama Song” to Howlin’ Wolf’s searing and lascivious approach to Willie Dixon’s “Back Door Man.” Add the experimental and unsettling, 12-minute disc-closing epic “The End” whose sheer length, dark, even threatening Oedipal theme remains a challenge to delicate sensibilities, and you’ve got an act that defined and even relished…

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