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• Donnamae from FloridaThe lyric about "minarets" in Soul Kitchen is supposedly a reference to the minarets of the University of Tampa's main building. I think that Jim's love, Mary Werbelow, briefly attended classes there.
• Hans Castrorp from Heartlake CityI don't usually join in on conversations but I think it's time I shed my old skin as well. I love the spirituality of Morrison and have always loved the shaman persona. I feel like we're all evolving all the time and I would hope that when someone does change that people can except it as easily as the person who changes. I hope to find new friends in life because no man is an island.
• Cy from Los Angeles, Ca.The second verse starts with "Your fingers weave quick minarets." Any takers regarding the meaning? I always thought it alluded to rolling a joint - one end twisted.
  
  BTW, from what I can glean, four Doors songs were in "Gump": People Are Strange; Hello, I Love You; Love Her Madly; and Soul Kitchen. None are included on the 2-disc soundtrack.
• Christopher Craft from Bristol, IndianaMy 2nd favorite doors song behind "People are Strange" , just a funky , dope groove to it that makes u wanna get up and go see whats shakin. I also very much enjoy a song by Sublime , called , "The Cisco Kid" which uses the organ riff as well. The doors will always be open in ur mind, if ur perceive them to be...
• Jim from IdahoMarch 26, 2020. I have been a Door's fan since 1967, when their first album was released. That was 52 years ago and I learned something new just today. When I heard the phrase, "Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen", i thought that they were referring to something completely different. It is kind of delicate to explain what I thought, but here goes, I heard of a T-shirt that said, "I lost my virginity, but I still have the box that it came in." I thought that the "soul kitchen" was said "box". Jim Morrison said something like he was going to make the most of life before the whole s--t house burns down. I think I can see smoke rising.
• Jeffrey from Simi Valley, CaSoul Kitchen was written about Olivia's Place at 2618 Main St. in Ocean Park(Santa Monica). It was run by Olivia, a little black woman with a great smile and she
  made soul food that cost one dollar for a full meal. I went almost every night in 1965 and 66. Tiny little place with the best vibes and warmth. It was
  in a very rundown part of town in the mid Sixties that is now very upscale. There is The California Heritage Museum on the site now at 2612 Main Street.
  When I lived there in 1966 going to Santa Monica (City) College, I rented a whole floor of a mansion, still there now, for $100. bucks a month.
  In 1970 or 1971, Bill Norton filmed a scene for Cisco Pike there. Olivia’s Place was also the inspiration for the song "Soul Kitchen" by The Doors. It was demolished in 1972 or 1973 as part of a redevelopment project that turned Santa Monica's Main Street into a boulevard of trendy expensive shops and restaurants. "Well, the clock says its time to go... learn to forget, learn to forget, learn to forget... Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen... I really want to stay here all night..."
• Natu from Addis Ababa, EthiopiaI light another cigarette
  learn to forget
  learn to forget... Nice one!
• Sam from Torrance, CaThe organ in the second verse is missing on the original release. It is restored in the 40th Anniversary reissue.
• Nate from New York, NyThis is not the second longest song on the album. Light my Fire is. But this song is still awesome.
• Michael from Austin, TxSoul Kitchen was the first song I ever played with a band. The guitarist introduced me to the Doors first album before 'Light my Fire" got airplay. I learned the song by ear. I played with a guitarist and a drummer. I played left handed bass and keys on my dinky 4 octave Mini Compact Farfisa.
• Roger from Sacto, CaThis song was about an area where the Black GI s spent their R and R, in South Viet Nam during the War. Things were still pretty segragated back then!
• Kurtis from Portland, OrExcuuuuuuuse me,but in FORRSET GUMP",The Movie,The Jenny on the ledge song was "FREE BIRD" by Lynyrd Skynyrd.The walking in vietnam song (one of many)was "SOUL KITCHEN" by The Doors.Any questions.......
• Jim from Long Beach, CaIt is about Olivia's in Venice Beach(LA). That was Jim's favorite place to grub becouse it reminded him of home in the south. Great song..
• Beth from Winston-salem, NcActually, the Doors song featured in Forrest Gump is Love Her Madly. It's when Jenny tries to commit suicide by jumping off the ledge of the apartment building she was in.
• Nady from Adelaide, Australiawhenever i hear this song i get a hankering for ribs...mmm riiiiibs
• Ray from Memphis, TnRay Manzerek's backing vocals on the version from their original double live album are fantastic. That song is the best thing on that album.
• Nady from Adelaide, Australiai hate it when people cover doors songs,it ruins it for me
• Roy from Granbania, MaThe keyboard riff in this song is very catchy. Although it is similar to the opening riff to When the Music's Over, I like the use of it in this song better. This one's a classic for sure. Great stuff as usual.
• Michael from Jacksonvillw, FlThere is a line is John Recky's "City of Night" that says, "The neon forrest of LA." This seemed to influence Morrison when he wrote "neon grove."
• Mark from Byrdstown, TnThis song always seemed to me to be a longing by Jim for some place safe and warm and cozy where he could rest and feed his soul.Even Morrison ,who lived as wild as anybody in rock ever has,must have longed for some warm quiet times once in a while to let his poetic side absorb some much needed energy.
• Matthew from Los Angeles, CaI think that this song is about a Spanish Restraunt that Jim use to eat at when he was going to UCLA film school.
• Pete from Peru, NyI think soul kitchen is a metaphor for a woman's vagina........
  But I could be wrong.
• Ray from Memphis, TnReally love the live version of this song in particular. One of their best.
• Stefanie from Rock Hill, ScThank you I didn't remember that. I don't remember that. Apparently there were more Lynyrd Skynyrd songs in that movie too. Sweet Home Alabama." Maybe I don't remember these songs because, I didn't know them at that time.
• AnonymousAgreed with Andrew. This is the ultimate song. Great to listen to when hooking up with Girls. This song kicks ass!
• Brettt from Grapevine, TxMorrison stated that the restraunt was poor and having pieces of paper as the menus but it was still a great restraunt
• Andrew from Cleveland, OhAlthough you sound pretty confident, Stefanie, Soul Kitchen is used in Forrest Gump, as is People Are Strange, and Hello, I Love You. Break On Through (To The Other Side) is just the only Doors song featured on the soundtrack.
• Stefanie Magura from Rock Hill, ScNo Peter> The song that was used in "Forrest Gump" was "Break On Through To the Other Side". I know because Ive seen the movie, and I also have the sound track.
• Majesta from Waynesboro, VaX covered this song on their "White Girl" album. X, if you don't know, is an early west coast punk band that Ray helped produce for. You can find the version on their anthology, and if you are a HUGE Doors fan like me, I think you will like the cover for its uniqueness.
• Peter from Providence, RiIf im not mistaken this song is used in Forrest Gump

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