The Doors Open Live DVD

The Doors of the 21st Century plan to release a DVD of the band's recent Argentina concert. The October 27th show at Estadio Velez Sarsfield in Buenos Aires was documented with eight cameras and features the group's reconstituted lineup: original Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger, with former Cult singer Ian Astbury on vocals.

Having recently completed their South American tour, the Doors of the 21st Century will take a two-month break before ringing in the New Year on their home turf, with a gig at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California.

Since resurfacing as a touring unit, the Doors of the 21st Century have made progress towards a studio album with new songs like "Cops Talk," "Street of Crocodiles" and "The Eagle in the Whirlpool."

"We want to say something about the human condition in the twenty-first century, just like the Doors in the twentieth century said something about the human condition," Manzarek told Rolling Stone. "If it doesn't have weight to it, it's not worth doing. That's why we're back together."

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Song Stories

“1999”

Prince | 1982

“I don’t consider myself a great poet,” Prince told Rolling Stone. “I just know I’m here to say what’s on my mind.” In the case of the apocalyptic party anthem “1999,” he was worried about then-president Ronald Reagan’s foreign policies. The song’s melody is based on a riff borrowed from the Mamas and Papas’ “Monday, Monday,” and Prince originally envisioned the first verse with three-part harmony but later split the vocals between himself and members of the Revolution. Because Warner Bros., with whom Prince was locked in a contractual battle, owned the original’s masters, Prince rerecorded the song and appropriately released that version in 1999.

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