Horse Latitudes
The Doors * Track #5 On Strange Days
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Album Strange Days
Horse Latitudes by The Doors
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Performed by
The DoorsProduced by
Paul A. RothchildWrited by
John Densmore & Robby Krieger & Ray Manzarek & Jim MorrisonAbout
Horse Latitudes consists of a spoken word piece delivered by Jim Morrison. The poem, claimed to be one of the first ever written by Morrison, tells the tale of a ship that is forced to jettison its cargo (consisting of horses) in order to survive. It was released as the fifth track on the second alb...
Horse Latitudes Lyrics
When the still sea conspires an armor
And her sullen and aborted currents
Breed tiny monsters
True sailing is dead!
Awkward instant
And the first animal is jettisoned
Legs furiously pumping
Their stiff green gallop
And heads bob up
Poise
Delicate
Pause
Consent
In mute nostril agony
Carefully refined
And sealed over
Horse Latitudes Q&A
Who wrote Horse Latitudes's ?
Horse Latitudes was written by John Densmore & Robby Krieger & Ray Manzarek & Jim Morrison.
Who produced Horse Latitudes's ?
Horse Latitudes was produced by Paul A. Rothchild.
When did The Doors release Horse Latitudes?
The Doors released Horse Latitudes on Mon Sep 25 1967.
What did The Doors say about "Horse Latitudes"?
In an interview in Los Angeles to Jerry Hopkins he said:
“Horse Latitudes” I wrote when I was in high school. I kept a lot of notebooks through high school and college, and then when I left school, for some dumb reason – maybe it was wise – I threw them all away… I wrote in those books night after...