The Doors – Spanish Caravan

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Carry me, caravan, take me away.
Take me to Portugal, take me to Spain.
Andalusia with fields full of grain.
I have to see you again and again.

Take me, Spanish caravan.
Yes I know you can.

Trade winds find galleons lost in the sea.
I know where treasure is waiting for me.
Silver and gold in the mountains of Spain
I have to see you again and again.

Take me, Spanish caravan.
Yes I know you can.

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    General Comment:I agree with those who say that there is no really deep meaning or allusion to any governing symbology, unlike something like "Not to Touch the Earth" or "The End", where it is possible to demonstrate reference to existing symbolic forms.

    That said, it is a great example of the visually, viscerally evocative effect of some of some of their lyrics.

    I used to spend a lot of time on the beach in California. Not so much the populated beaches in S Cal, but more like the isolated ones from Santa Barbara north. If you maybe smoked some--or drank some wine--and heard this song in your head, with the sound of the waves in the background, you could *see* a Manila galleon, on the new route back to Acapulco (that was the run: out from Acapulco with gold, back from Manila with trade goods), running with the NW wind that blows along the coast--maybe worried by the fog as you near Point Conception--the end of a long voyage becoming more real to you, thinking about home...

    I think that when they were at their best, they were very thoughtful lyricists--both Morrison and Krieger. Very fine stuff to be on commercial radio...but perhaps a case of pearls before swine.
    Flag sawfish666on September 28, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I wonder if the meaning of this song is rather simple after all. The Doors might happen to hear some Spanish music (Asturias by Isaac Albeniz, whatever) and wanted to make a cover version. Jimmy Morrison got an order to write some English verses. Two ideas came to his head: (1) this slow thing must be a lullaby and (2) an American like Jimmy or every other show-goer wants to know nothing about any realistic Spain, a country that had been war enemy to the USA for centuries. It would be much better to compose a baby lullaby from kid's fiction stuff like fairy tales or pirate stories or Arabian Nights (adapted for children).
    Hence this medley of make-ups and, even more telling, the repeating phrase "I have to see you again and again" – it means some page-turner, a comics, a bedtime favorite.
    "Carry me", "take me", "treasure is waiting for me" is not about just one place but a heap of sites from some adventure series.
    Flagged vphion April 06, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I wonder if the meaning of this song is rather simple after all. The Doors might happen to hear some Spanish music (Asturias by Isaac Albeniz, whatever) and wanted to make a cover version. Jimmy Morrison got an order to write some English verses. Two ideas came to his head: (1) this slow thing must be a lullaby and (2) an American like Jimmy or every other show-goer wants to know nothing about any realistic Spain, a country that had been war enemy to the USA for centuries. It would be much better to compose a baby lullaby from kid's fiction stuff like fairy tales or pirate stories or Arabian Nights (adapted for children).
    Hence this medley of make-ups and, even more telling, the repeating phrase "I have to see you again and again" – it means some page-turner, a comics, a bedtime favorite.
    "Carry me", "take me", "treasure is waiting for me" is not about just one place but a heap of sites from some adventure series.
    Flagged vphion April 05, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I wonder if the meaning of this song is rather simple after all. The Doors might happen to hear some Spanish music (Asturias by Isaac Albeniz, whatever) and wanted to make a cover version. Jimmy Morrison got an order to write some English verses. Two ideas came to his head: (1) this slow thing must be a lullaby and (2) an American like Jimmy or every other show-goer wants to know nothing about any realistic Spain, a country that had been war enemy to the USA for centuries. It would be much better to compose a baby lullaby from kid's fiction stuff like fairy tales or pirate stories or Arabian Nights (adapted for children).
    Hence this medley of make-ups and, even more telling, the repeating phrase "I have to see you again and again" – it means some page-turner, a comics, a bedtime favorite.
    "Carry me", "take me", "treasure is waiting for me" is not about just one place but a heap of sites from some adventure series.
    Flagged vphion April 05, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I wonder if the meaning of this song is rather simple after all. The Doors might happen to hear some Spanish music (Asturias by Isaac Albeniz, whatever) and wanted to make a cover version. Jimmy Morrison got an order to write some English verses. Two ideas came to his head: (1) this slow thing must be a lullaby and (2) an American like Jimmy or every other show-goer wants to know nothing about any realistic Spain, a country that had been war enemy to the USA for centuries. It would be much better to compose a baby lullaby from kid's fiction stuff like fairy tales or pirate stories or Arabian Nights (adapted for children).
    Hence this medley of make-ups and, even more telling, the repeating phrase "I have to see you again and again" – it means some page-turner, a comics, a bedtime favorite.
    "Carry me", "take me", "treasure is waiting for me" is not about just one place but a heap of sites from some adventure series.
    Flagged vphion April 05, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I wonder if the meaning of this song is rather simple after all. The Doors might happen to hear some Spanish music (Asturias by Isaac Albeniz, whatever) and wanted to make a cover version. Jimmy Morrison got an order to write some English verses. Two ideas came to his head: (1) this slow thing must be a lullaby and (2) an American like Jimmy or every other show-goer wants to know nothing about any realistic Spain, a country that had been war enemy to the USA for centuries. It would be much better to compose a baby lullaby from kid's fiction stuff like fairy tales or pirate stories or Arabian Nights (adapted for children).
    Hence this medley of make-ups and, even more telling, the repeating phrase "I have to see you again and again" – it means some page-turner, a comics, a bedtime favorite.
    "Carry me", "take me", "treasure is waiting for me" is not about just one place but a heap of sites from some adventure series.
    Flagged vphion April 05, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I wonder if the meaning of this song is rather simple after all. The Doors might happen to hear some Spanish music (Asturias by Isaac Albeniz, whatever) and wanted to make a cover version. Jimmy Morrison got an order to write some English verses. Two ideas came to his head: (1) this slow thing must be a lullaby and (2) an American like Jimmy or every other show-goer wants to know nothing about any realistic Spain, a country that had been war enemy to the USA for centuries. It would be much better to compose a baby lullaby from kid's fiction stuff like fairy tales or pirate stories or Arabian Nights (adapted for children).
    Hence this medley of make-ups and, even more telling, the repeating phrase "I have to see you again and again" – it means some page-turner, a comics, a bedtime favorite.
    "Carry me", "take me", "treasure is waiting for me" is not about just one place but a heap of sites from some adventure series.
    Flagged vphion April 05, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I wonder if the meaning of this song is rather simple after all. The Doors might happen to hear some Spanish music (Asturias by Isaac Albeniz, whatever) and wanted to make a cover version. Jimmy Morrison got an order to write some English verses. Two ideas came to his head: (1) this slow thing must be a lullaby and (2) an American like Jimmy or every other show-goer wants to know nothing about any realistic Spain, a country that had been war enemy to the USA for centuries. It would be much better to compose a baby lullaby from kid's fiction stuff like fairy tales or pirate stories or Arabian Nights (adapted for children).
    Hence this medley of make-ups and, even more telling, the repeating phrase "I have to see you again and again" – it means some page-turner, a comics, a bedtime favorite.
    "Carry me", "take me", "treasure is waiting for me" is not about just one place but a heap of sites from some adventure series.
    Flagged vphion April 05, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I wonder if the meaning of this song is rather simple after all. The Doors might happen to hear some Spanish music (Asturias by Isaac Albeniz, whatever) and wanted to make a cover version. Jimmy Morrison got an order to write some English verses. Two ideas came to his head: (1) this slow thing must be a lullaby and (2) an American like Jimmy or every other show-goer wants to know nothing about any realistic Spain, a country that had been war enemy to the USA for centuries. It would be much better to compose a baby lullaby from kid's fiction stuff like fairy tales or pirate stories or Arabian Nights (adapted for children).
    Hence this medley of make-ups and, even more telling, the repeating phrase "I have to see you again and again" – it means some page-turner, a comics, a bedtime favorite.
    "Carry me", "take me", "treasure is waiting for me" is not about just one place but a heap of sites from some adventure series.
    Flagged vphion April 05, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:The Guitar is this song is absolutely amazing. it's al lot like the guitar in the song 'Razor' by the Foo Fighters. two very distant bands but the guitars are similar and equally amazing... okay. maybe the doors have em beat there haha.
    Flag BeckerB76on September 29, 2010   Link

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