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• Deep ThinkerDiamond studded flunkies refers to the motorcycle gangs Pamela hung out with. "Diamond studded" refers to the chrome studs worn on motorcycle jackets.
• That Hippie Dude from Hate-ashburyyet another classic from the doors. jim could really belt it out when he wanted to.
• RobWe visited 'The Country Store' in Laurel Canyon today for the first time. I really wanted to see the "epicenter," as it were, where Jim Morrison, David Crosby, Mama Cass, Mickey Dolenz, Joni Mitchell, and other Laurel Canyon icons-bought their groceries, beer, wine, and other sundries. Welcomed and directed by "Ce," owner of Pace's, the restaurant directly below The Country Store, I looked-up to the house that now-rebuilt after a fire-Jim and Pamela Courson lived-in. Traffic was heavy on Laurel Canyon and it was hard to imagine "1968." Still, it was a destination worth seeing, as there are two 'monuments' to The Door's "Love Street" in close proximity The Country Store which, if you're a Doors or Jim Morrison fan, you must see.
• AnonymousDiamond studded flunkies refers to Pam’s drug dealers
• Lynsey from Usa “She has robes and she has monkeys,Lazy diamond studded flunkies”, is a reference to the boutique that Jim Bought for Pam where she didn’t so much sell anything or ever be open but she and Jim hung out there with their friends . The inventory was mainly middle eastern and Indian inspired clothing and accessories. He definitely wrote Love Street for Pam . I would love to see the house myself . The current owner has done a great job restoring and preserving it.
• Maguchi from LalalandSeems very dated and only applies to a short period of time in history, 1964-1968
• Lois from Fort Lauderdale FlShe has robes and she has flunkies
  Lazy diamond studded junkies
  
  Flunkies referred to hangers-on
  Junkies were the Count Jean de Bretuil who supplied Pam with heroin.
  
  As per a Ray Manzarek interview years ago.
  
  Love The Doors. Jim was a Wild Child and Ray Manzarek and his keyboards were my faves.
• Johnhardesty from Bardstown, KentuckyThis song is one of the most unique melodies ever recorded, I love the pantheon sound, executed with genius, like God himself orchestrated its sound, a commiserated symphony, Long Live The Doors; I sure miss Ole Jim & Ray, and I follow John D. on Facebook! Jim was that trapped song bird in that gilded cage, who knew life couldn't ever hold a god, like him to earth, so sad indeed, to think, of all the lost music they could have made in their dynamic circle! There will never be such a synchronized, eulogized, and organized band, like "The Doors," ever again! Plaudits for their work, and their timeless music, may it reign forever!
• Chris from Norman, OkNobody could have played Jim better than Val Kilmer. What awesome casting.
• Jeri from Boulevard, CaI agree Jim loved Pam. Doesn't matter who laid with who, love is in the heart. We should all be so lucky. When was the last time your love was immortalized in a song? Lovers, junkies. monkies, flunkies? We should all be...
• Chrissy from Visalia, CaCame to love this song even more once I visited Laurel Canyon Country Store and the adjoining road that he lived on...
  From what I've read, he called it "Love Street" because all the hippies walked down the hill, past where his house was, to the store. I believe his references to Pam in "She has me and she has you" AND the reference to robes, flunkies, diamonds, etc. are probably more of his view that she could get anything she wanted. They definitely had an open relationship but I personally think it's more about his view of her ;)
  
• Captain D from Cincinnati, OhI love this song. one of my favorites. simple and sweet
• Kevin from Ocean Grove, Afghanistanmy favorite doors song by far, great song
• G from Potomac, MdVery effortless key change up a whole step. Great! Out of tune though.
• Victoria from Cleveland, OhI gotta say, this song is THE background music for the late 60's. Its sad I didn't discover it until early 2k. (or re-discover even) Its always on my song list of fav's. and YES, it's in my top 5 fav doors songs.
• Nady from Adelaide, AustraliaPam's clothes shop was called Themis and Jim bought it for her, but its not the shop that he is reffering to in the song, the bottom floor of their apartment was "a store where the creatures meet"ilovejimmorrisonmorethanyoucoulddream
• Allison from A Little Ol' Town In, MiYou are very correct Lance, it has a similar begining. This is on of their best songs in my opinion
• Lance from Malibu, CaAnybody else think the tune sounds identical to People Are Strange?
• Vita from L.a., CaActually, it's in L.A. (Laurel Cnyn is the street off Love St.), but yeah, if one goes up to that area, we call it going up Laurel (in the hills)...beautiful, and beautifully expensive.
• Valerie from Eureka, CaThis is all too too cool. I just signed on to this site. I really like most of what I have read in the past 30 mins. Love Street is one of my all time favorite songs by the doors. It's so unlike most of their music. Hey Nadine in Riverside, I hope you enjoyed your Doors tour. If you are still on this site, I am interested in hearing about it. Is it something you did yourself or is it a regular tour put on by some company? Gee, I would have loved to be able to check out the sights and places that were frequented by Doors members...but I no longer live in the So. Cal. area. I am up on the Pacific North Coast...behind the Redwood Curtain.
  Be cool,
  Valerie, California
• Andrew from Adelaide, AustraliaIn the sold lyrics its:
  "She has robes and she has monkeys"
  But in fact Jim wrote it like this:
  "She has robes and she has flunkies".
  
  Flunkies if you didn't know is a reference to his girlfriend Pamela's drug habit.
• Nadine from Riverside, CaThis song is definitely dedicated to Pam and the boutique he bought for her. From everything I've read Pamela wasn't really a very nice person and was really high-maintence and usually annoyed the hell outta Jim...but that's why he loved her, because she was the only girl, or person really, he ever knew who stood up to him. They both took on other partners and lived apart from each other a lot. It was definitely an interesting romance. Love the song; I'm visiting "Love Street" in Laurel Canyon this weekend as part of my L.A. Doors/Jim tour.
• Dhani from Wausau, WiI read a book all about Laurel Canyon, and the line 'theres a store where the creatures meet' is about the Canyon Store where all the canyon hippies hung out. But I also read 'No One Here Gets Out Alive', and it mentions the store where the creatures meet being Pam's boutique. I am quite unsure
• Jimi from Reno, NvActually he wrote this song at a time when he was seperated from Pam. The original lyric was "She has robes and she has junkies", referring to the people she would sleep with. May Jim rest in peace.
• Glenn from Bandera, Txone of my favorite doors songs. It's underrated,for sure but it's just beautiful in my opinion. when people refer to the 60's, I hear this song in my head! there is a point toward the end of the song where the band reaches a climax... it's one of my favorite recorded moments of all time.
• Calum from Edinburgh, ScotlandThe words 'I guess I like it fine...so far ...' are good. Gives a little edge to an otherwise peaceful, contented song
• Bethany from La, Cai love how he actually sings la la la la la la la i think hes the only person who can actually song this and not sound like an idiot
• Ben from Melbourne, Australiathe lyrics "She has robes and she has monkeys" was originally "she has robes and she has junkies" refering to the heroin addicts pamela used to hang out with.
• Dave from Sydney, AustraliaPamela Courson owned a clothing store which was frequented by hippys and various other trippy types in LA and this is the store referred to in the line "There's a store where the creatures meet". This is explained in the biography "No One Here Gets Out Alive"
• Josh from Montrose, MiIn the 1991 film by Oliver Stone, it was played when Jim (Val Kilmer) follows Pamela Courson(Meg Ryan) home from the beach and climbs up a tree onto a balcony and meets her for the first time.
• Loretta from Liverpool, Englandjim was supposed to sing this the night he got drunk and recorded five to one
• Shana from Pembroke, CanadaA very nice song, not the doors best by far, but very pleasent.
• Desirae from Harrison, OhThis song is lovely - he really loved pam and I think he talked about her in most of his music, he was so unique

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