Peace Frog
"Peace Frog" is a song by the Doors, which was released on their fifth studio album Morrison Hotel in 1970. Guitarist Robby Krieger explained that the music was written and recorded first, with the lyrics later coming from poems by singer Jim Morrison.[1]
| "Peace Frog" | |
|---|---|
| Song by the Doors | |
| from the album Morrison Hotel | |
| Released | February 1970 |
| Recorded | November 1969 |
| Studio | Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 2:50 |
| Label | Elektra |
| Songwriter(s) | |
| Producer(s) | Paul A. Rothchild |
Lyrics
The line "Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding, Ghosts crowd the young child's fragile eggshell mind" is from Morrison's poem "Newborn Awakening". Another poem, "Dawn's Highway", describes an event that occurred when he was young:
Me and my — mother and father — and a grandmother and a grandfather — were driving through the desert, at dawn, and a truck load of Indian workers had either hit another car, or just — I don't know what happened — but there were Indians scattered all over the highway, bleeding to death. So the car pulls up and stops. That was the first time I tasted fear. I musta' been about four — like a child is like a flower, his head is floating in the breeze, man.
Critical reception
In an AllMusic album review of Morrison Hotel, critic Richie Unterberger describes the song as "the most political and controversial [album] track, documenting the domestic unrest of late-'60s America before unexpectedly segueing into the restful ballad 'Blue Sunday'."[2]
References
- "Robby Krieger Explains the Story of Peace Frog". Reverb. Archived from the original on January 27, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
- Unterberger, Richie. "The Doors: Morrison Hotel – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
