History NightmareFuel / TheDoors

* The "Alabama Song" is a cheery song taken from Creator/BertoltBrecht and Music/KurtWeill's opera ''Theatre/TheRiseAndFallOfTheCityOfMahagonny''. At first it sounds like a [[DrunkenSong drinking song]]: ''Show me the way to the next whiskey bar/ Oh don't ask why/ Oh don't ask why!'', but then it gets disturbing: "If we don't find the next whiskey bar/ I tell you, we must die" and repeats that last line up to three times!
* "End of the Line". The echoed keyboard effect sounds akin to something you'd hear in a haunted house attraction at an amusement park - one that actually manages to be scary in a trippy sort of way.

** The lyrics - about a foundering ship tossing its horses overboard to drown - are genuinely unsettling.
* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLAr-WlxMZY&feature=related When The Music's Over]]". Morrison singing in a disturbingly outstretched song about the moment when "the music is over". The end is especially frightening when he shouts that ''music is your only friend... until the end'', whereupon the entire world seems to die along with him.

* The bizarre, disturbing imagery of "Not To Touch The Earth", where Morrison even references the murder of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy.
--> ''Dead president's corpse in the driver's car''.
* "The Unknown Soldier" where halfway through the song, a soldier is shot by a firing squad. The entire song calls up images of soldiers dying in battle, while ''"television children are fed"''. A thinly disguised jab at the VietnamWar, which was televised for generations to be scarred by the images.

* "Five To One": ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKtvvI0g2uo No one here gets out alive.]]''

* "Riders On The Storm":

* "End of the Line". The echoed keyboard effect sounds akin to something you'd hear in a haunted house attraction at an amusement park.

* "L'America" maintains the same ominous four chord progression throughout the majority of the song. That it deals with European colonization of the Americas - and specifically their mistreatment of Native Americans - probably doesn't help matters.

* The bizarre, disturbing imagery of "Not To Touch The Earth".

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* '''''YOU CANNOT PETITION THE LORD WITH PRAYER!'''''

* The "Alabama Song" is a cheery song taken from Creator/BertoltBrecht and Creator/KurtWeill's opera "Mahagonny". At first it sounds like a [[DrunkenSong drinking song]]: ''Show me the way to the next whiskey bar/ Oh don't ask why/ Oh don't ask why!'', but then it gets disturbing: "If we don't find the next whiskey bar/I tell you, we must die" and repeats that last line up to three times!

Music/TheDoors are particually known for their haunting music and Morrison's spooky lyrics. The fact that Jim Morrison eventually died at 27, in mysterious circumstances, only adds to the creepy atmosphere of many of their songs.

* The "Alabama Song" is a cheery song taken from Creator/BertoltBrecht and Creator/KurtWeill's opera "Mahagonny". At first it sounds like a [[DrunkSong drinking song]]: ''Show me the way to the next whiskey bar/ Oh don't ask why/ Oh don't ask why!'', but then it gets disturbing: "If we don't find the next whiskey bar/I tell you, we must die" and repeats that last line up to three times!

The Doors are particually known for their haunting music and Morrison's spooky lyrics. The fact that Jim Morrison eventually died at 27, in mysterious circumstances, only adds to the creepy atmosphere of many of their songs.

* ''The Unknown Soldier'' where halfway through the song, a soldier is shot by a firing squad. The entire song calls up images of soldiers dying in battle, while ''"television children are fed"''. A thinly disguised jab at the VietnamWar, which was televised for generations to be scarred by the images.
* ''The End''. Singing about impending doom is already scary in itself, but near the end Morrison sings about killing his father, raping his mother, whereupon he screams in agony. After this parental murder the lyrics come back one more final time, before Morrison concludes the song with a haunting moan: ''"This is the eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeend!"''
* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLAr-WlxMZY&feature=related When The Music's Over]]''. Morrison singing in a disturbingly outstretched song about the moment when ''"the music is over"''. The end is especially frightening when he shouts that ''"music is your only friend... until the end"'', whereupon the entire world seems to die along with him.
* ''People Are Strange'', where Morrison sings about how ''"faces come out of the rain"''.
* ''Five To One'': ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKtvvI0g2uo No one here gets out alive.]]''
* The bizarre, disturbing imagery of ''"Not To Touch The Earth"''.
* ''"Strange days have found us, strange days have tracked us down..."''
* ''Horse Latitudes''. Basically, Jim Morrison screaming lyrics for a minute and a half while his bandmates howl like banshees the entire time.
* ''Riders On The Storm'': ''"Into this life we're born / into this world we're thrown / like a dog without a bone, an actor out on loan (...) there's a killer on the road / his brain is squirming like a toad (...) take a long holiday, let your children play / if you give this man a ride, sweet family will die"''
** If you listen carefully, you'll notice a quietly mixed whispered backing vocal throughout the song that is [[SelfBackingVocalist also done by Jim]]. Every single line of the song is whispered in unison with the lead vocals. It really adds to the eerie mood.
* ''The Spy'', which could be the theme song for any StalkerWithACrush.
* When Morrison was a very young child he once witnessed a car accident where several Native Americans were, according to him, shattered on the road. The image haunted him for his entire life and inspired many of his most chilling songs, including ''Peace Frog'': "Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding, ghosts crowd the young child's fragile eggshell mind."''

* The ''"Alabama Song"'' is a cheery song taken from Creator/BertoltBrecht and Creator/KurtWeill's opera ''"Mahagonny"''. At first it sounds like a drinking song: ''"Show me the way to the next whiskey bar/ Oh don't ask why/ Oh don't ask why!"'', but then it gets disturbing: ''"If we don't find the next whiskey bar/I tell you, we must die"'' and repeats that last line up to three times!

* ''The Unknown Soldier'' where halfway threw the song, a soldier is shot by a firing squad. The entire song calls up images of soldiers dying in battle, while ''"television children are fed"''. A thinly disguised jab at the VietnamWar, which was televised for generations to be scarred by the images.

* The bizarre and disturbing imagery of ''"Not To Touch The Earth"''.

* ''Riders On The Storm'': ''"Into this life we're born / into this world we're thrown / like a dog without a bone, an actor out on loan (...) there's a killer on the road / his brain is squirming like a toad"''

* ''The Unknown Soldier'' where halfway the song a soldier is shot by a firing squad. The entire song calls up images of soldiers dying in battle, while ''"television children are fed"''. A thinly disguised jab at the VietnamWar, which was televised for generations to be scarred by the images.

* ''"The Alabama Song"'' is a cheery song taken from Creator/BertoltBrecht and Creator/KurtWeill 's opera ''"Mahagonny"''. At first it sounds like a drinking song: ''"Show me the way to the next whiskey bar/ Oh don't ask why/ Oh don't ask why!"'', but then it gets disturbing: ''"If we don't find the next whiskey bar/ I tell you we must die"'' and repeats that last line up to three times!

* ''Five To One'': ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKtvvI0g2uo "No one here gets out alive."]]''

* ''The Unknown Soldier'' where halfway the song a soldier is shot by a firing squad. The entire song calls up images of soldiers dying in battle, while ''"television children are fed"''. A thinly disguised jab at the VietnamWar, which was televised for generations of people to be scarred by the images.

* ''People Are Strange'', where Morrison sings about ''"faces coming out of the rain"''.

** If you listen carefully, you'll notice a quietly mixed whispered backing vocal throughout the song that is [[SelfBackingVocalist also done by Jim]]. Every single line of the song is whispered in unison with the lead vocals. It sort of adds to the eerie mood, especially because you can listen to the song multiple times and not realize it's there.

* '''''"YOU CANNOT PETITION THE LORD WITH PRAYER!"'''''

* "YOU CANNOT PETITION THE LORD WITH PRAYER!"

* ''Five To One'': ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bAFITGnjrg "No one here gets out alive."]]''

* ''"The Unknown Soldier"'' where halfway the song a soldier is shot by a firing squad. The entire song calls up images of soldiers dying in battle, while ''"television children are fed"''. A thinly disguised jab at the VietnamWar, which was televised for generations of people to be scarred by the images.
* ''"The End"''. Singing about impending doom is already scary in itself, but near the end Morrison sings about killing his father, raping his mother, whereupon he screams in agony. After this parental murder the lyrics come back one more final time, before Morrison concludes the song with a haunting moan: ''"This is the eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeend!"''
* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLAr-WlxMZY&feature=related "When The Music's Over"]]''. Morrison singing in a disturbingly outstretched song about the moment when ''"the music is over"''. The end is especially frightening when he shouts that ''"music is your only friend... until the end"'', whereupon the entire world seems to die along with him.
* ''"People Are Strange"'', where Morrison sings about ''"faces coming out of the rain"''.
* ''"Five To One"'': ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bAFITGnjrg "No one here gets out alive."]]''
* ''"Moonlight Drive"'', where the narrator invites his lover to take a swim in the ocean at night so he can commit a murder-suicide.

* ''"Horse Latitudes"''. Basically, Jim Morrison screaming lyrics for a minute and a half while his bandmates howl like banshees the entire time.
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* ''"Riders On The Storm:'' ''"Into this life we're born / into this world we're thrown / like a dog without a bone, an actor out on loan (...) there's a killer on the road / his brain is squirming like a toad"''

* ''"The Spy"'', which could be the theme song for any StalkerWithACrush.
* When Morrison was a very young child he once witnessed a car accident where several Native Americans were, according to him, shattered on the road. The image haunted him for his entire life and inspired many of his most chilling songs, including ''"Peace Frog": "Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding, ghosts crowd the young child's fragile eggshell mind."''

* ''"Horse Latitudes"''.Basically, Jim Morrison screaming terrible lyrics for a minute and a half while his bandmates howl like banshees the entire time.

The Doors are particually known for their haunting music and Morrison's spooky lyrics. The fact that Jim Morrison eventually died at a young age, in mysterious circumstances, only adds to the creepy atmosphere of many of their songs.

* ''"Five To One"'': ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DfG1SNydnc "No one here gets out here alive...."]]''

* ''"Riders On The Storm:'' ''"Into this life we're born / into this world we're thrown (...) like an actor all alone (...) there's a killer on the road / his brain is squirming like a toad"''
** If you listen carefully, you'll notice a quietly mixed whispered backing vocal throughout the song that seems to [[SelfBackingVocalist also be done by Jim Morrison]]. Every single line of the song is whispered in unison with the lead vocals. It sort of adds to the eerie mood, especially because you can listen to the song multiple times and not realize it's there.

* When Morrison was a very young child he once witnessed a car accident where several Native Americans were, according to him, shattered on the road. The image haunted him for his entire life and inspired many of his most chilling songs, including ''"Peace Frog": "Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding ghosts crowd the young child's fragile eggshell mind."''

* ''"Riders On The Storm:'' ''"Into this life we're born / into this world we're thrown (...) like an actor all alone" (...) there's a killer on the road / his brain is squirming like a toad"''

* ''"Riders On The Storm:'' ''"Into this life we're born/into this world we're thrown (...) like an actor all alone" (...) there's a killer on the roam/ his brain is squirming like a toad"''

* ''"The Unknown Soldier"'' where halfway the song a soldier is shot by a fire squad. The entire song calls up images of soldiers dying in battle, while ''"television children are fed"''. A thinly disguised jab at the VietnamWar, which was televised for generations of people to be scarred by the images.