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It begins with a bossa nova drum groove in which a clave pattern is played as a rim click underneath a driving ride cymbal pattern. John Densmore appreciated the new bossa nova craze coming from Brazil at the time, and decided to use it in the song.

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Later, a disjointed quirky organ solo is played quite similar to the introduction of Ray Charles ' " What'd I Say ", [4] which has a few intentionally misplaced notes in it. The bass line, similar to a typical bass line used in bossa nova, continues almost all of the way through the song. Mexican hard rock band La Cuca has done a cover as a hidden track in their album La Racha. Serbian rock band Night Shift covered the song in on their debut album Undercovers.

American new wave band Blondie performed the song several times during their — comeback tours. They used it as opener of their first two comeback shows. British rock band Bush covered the song as a studio version but was never released officially. Bono sang the chorus of the song during the bridge of U2 's The Electric Co.

This version can be heard on the album Live from Paris. Most recently, Alice Cooper covered the song with his supergroup Hollywood Vampires on their debut album, released September 11, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved 29 October Archived from the original on The Doors track listing.

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The Isle of Wight Festival Music from the Motion Picture The Singles One night, her husband Michael finds Maria unconscious after a suicide attempt. In the hospital, Maria is comforted by her housekeeper Piki. Piki asks Maria if she wants one final chance to say goodbye to Oliver. She explains that in her village, there is an abandoned temple where the line between the living and the dead is very thin.

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Maria must scatter her son's ashes at the temple steps and lock herself in. Oliver will speak to her once night falls.

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However, no matter what Oliver says, Maria must not open the temple door for him. Maria agrees and the pair have Oliver's body exhumed and burned. Maria notices some strange men covered in ash. Piki explains that they are shamans who consume the flesh of the dead and coat themselves in ash to strengthen their bonds between the worlds of the living and the dead.

The next day Maria arrives at the temple and follows Piki's instructions.


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Inside, she uncovers a mummified corpse of a woman. Night falls and Oliver begins talking to Maria, who apologises to Oliver for leaving him. Oliver starts pleading with Maria to open the door and explains that someone is taking him.

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Maria panics and opens the door, but sees no one. She returns home the next day; now having closure, she focuses her attention on Michael and Lucy, but doesn't tell Piki that she opened the door. Strange things start happening; their piano plays itself and Lucy tells Maria that Oliver has come back and that he is hiding from someone. In Oliver's room, a chair moves toward her, along with The Jungle Book , which Maria was reading to Oliver when he died, but never finished.

Realising Oliver wants her to finish the book, she does so. Piki notices that the nearby plants have started dying and begins to realise that Maria had disobeyed her instructions at the temple. Later, the decomposed body of Oliver appears near Lucy.

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Maria discovers a bite mark on her shoulder. She enters Oliver's room and tells him that he can't hurt Lucy. Oliver pulls out the chair and book again and Maria starts reading to him as long as he doesn't hurt Lucy. A shaman appears at the house and points behind Maria; she sees the mummified body from the temple behind her, which chases her. The next day, an outraged Piki confronts Maria and explains to her that due to her actions, Oliver's soul cannot be properly reincarnated and has become evil.

She reveals to Maria that the strange figure she has been seeing is Myrtu, the gatekeeper of the underworld, who reclaims the soul of the dead. While Piki attempts to discard and burn all of Oliver's remaining possessions, Oliver uses the guise of Piki's dead daughter to lure her to a pond and drown her.

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After Piki's funeral, Michael comes home and discovers Maria has finished burning Oliver's possessions. Distraught and angry, Michael does not believe Maria as she attempts to explain her actions.

Reinforcing his mistrust, Lucy suddenly denies any knowledge of Oliver returning. Maria after realises that Oliver has possessed Lucy. Michael believes that Maria is becoming mentally unhinged and locks her in a room. The shamans begin to crowd the house; the possessed Lucy kills the family dog with a knife and stabs a horrified Michael.

Maria breaks out and heads up to Oliver's room where she sees shamans chanting over Lucy's body. Since they cannot remove the spirit from Lucy, they plan to sacrifice her.