THE DOORS’ “TAKE IT AS IT COMES” DESERVES MORE APPRICIATION, HERE’S WHY
Throughout the first half of 1966s, as The Doors were maturing artistically, they developed several songs that would later appear on their first two albums. Among these compositions, many of which originated from Jim Morrison's ideas and lyrics, we find "Take It As It Comes" . Thys tune was polished during the band's stay at the Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles in the summer of 1966, just before the recording of the first LP ("The Doors", put on vinyl in the second half of August '66 and released in January '67). This tune is a Rock with a classic structure (verse - chorus - solo - verse - chorus - solo - verse - chorus), which is often not given a musical prominence worthy of its excellent quality. So let us look at its main musical features and characteristics. The rhythm section uses a duplicated bass line that consists of two different instruments. The first is Ray Manzarek's Fender Rhodes Piano Bass, a small keyboard that the musici
