Ray Manzarek Plots New Doors Documentary, Another Live Album

The Doors' Ray Manzarek has a host of new Morrison and co. projects in the works for 2008. First up is another Doors live album Live in Pittsburgh 1970, the third installment in the "Bright Midnight Archives" collection of official bootlegs from the group's 1970 tour. To celebrate the forty-first anniversary of the band, there is also a Doors documentary on the way. "This is the anti-Oliver Stone. This will be the true story of the Doors," Manzarek said of the film, which will feature rare footage of the group. In the meantime, Manzarek, Doors guitarist Robby Kreiger and former Fuel singer Brett Scallions will tour Europe as the Riders on the Storm. Manzarek also has four scripts for other films he's shopping, including one based on the song "L.A. Woman."

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“Weird”

Hanson | 1997

Accomplished tunesmith Desmond Child co-wrote "Weird" with the three brothers that make up Hanson. Credited for dozens of cuts, including songs by Kiss, Cher, Bon Jovi and Aerosmith, Child told Rolling Stone that "Weird" holds a special place in his heart, "because it's about being different--and I grew up poor, I grew up being Latin, I grew up being gay, and now I'm fat!" The song was included on Hanson's 1997 album Middle of Nowhere, which sold more than ten million units.

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