The Doors "Been Down So Long (Alternate Version)"
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- Опубліковано 29 лип 2013
- This is an alternate version of "Been Down So Long", taken from The Doors' L.A. Woman (40th Anniversary Edition). The musicians on the track are:
Jim Morrison - vocals
Robby Krieger - guitar
Ray Manzarek - rhythm guitar
John Densmore - drums
Jerry Scheff - bass
Marc Benno - rhythm guitar
Produced by The Doors and Bruce Botnick
Robby Krieger is so unheralded in rock history... We all need to remember his greatness
YES!!!!!
Do it again 🙂
So underrated and he's still touring!
the band of geniuses
Underrated by who
I love how he's lauging, then...lets get serious and just tears it up like a boss. The LIzard King is forever.
+edna fuson I know man! nobody Usually are able to do that these days! long live the el rey lagarto!
edna fuson Exactly what does the Term Like A Boss mean ??? cuz I'm old and it doesn't make sense to me junior 👕
edna fuson so amazing!
Dirty Whiteboy doing things your own way;taking charge...look up "like a boss"-lonely island
Dirty Whiteboy @ 50 I'm considered old, too. I gathered it's from the hysterical song from "Lonely Island." You're never too old to stop knowing what's going on. There's still some great things happening, despite all of our society's insanity. PEACE!
This album proves The Doors would have eased into the 70's without a problem, right along with The Stones and Led Zeppelin. Unlike some 60's bands The Doors would have been a major driving force through-out the 70's and beyond...
Absolutely! In fact, there was a huge resurgence of interest in the Doors in the late 70's and early 80's. Ray Manzarek then said Jim was way ahead of his time...and he still is!
Yes sorry lm no engliesh
I’d say they already did and are currently easing right on into 2022, there music is timeless.
@@mitchelllambaiso9746 absolutely! Always will be! I can thank Jim, and the Doors for easing me out of bereavement! Music really is my special friend! Can't forget Ian Astbury or the Cult of course! Considering Ian fronted the Doors for 150 shows!
@@raymondsearch5289 much of the band’s music still sounds brand new!
Jim was one of a kind, no one has replaced his energy.
He's definitely missed
You cannot petition the lord with prayer, you cannot replace jim morrison
There was nothing fake about him.. he just let it roll... nothing like getting your freak on and getting PAID!
Same goes for the rest of the band, most people focus on Jim but in my eyes each member of the band were equally gifted, they were one of a kind, immaculate some may say, one of my favourites bands of all time and the first I turn when I feel low, their time together was short lived but the quality and quantity of what they created during that time was astonishing and totally unique and will never be equalled, Jim was the Lizard King but could only do anything with the Doors behind him... Gotta run, got my SG and Robby trying to teach me, no matter how much I try even with the man himself can't recreate Mr Krieger feel
It,s very good album
@@mikalouhema1590 yes I've owned it for 40 years
"i've been down so god damn long that it looks like up to me", first lyrical line i ever related to.
are you Joes bro ?
until seeing it typed out, i never understood the line... I thought "up to me", meant its on him to solve something.. .but he really meant, "down looks like up", because he's been experiencing it for so long.
Classic blues line
Thanks dude........
Laughable when it's coming from a California rich-kid.
“I see myself as a huge fiery comet, a shooting star. Everyone stops, points up and gasps "Oh look at that!" Then- whoosh, and I'm gone...and they'll never see anything like it ever again... and they won't be able to forget me- ever.”
― Jim Morrison
oh man........ that's a fucking awesome comment.... we will never forget him....
Haha. Been an inspiration to me for almost 30 years
@Patriot America Jg so is corona virus!
Fucking awsome mitigat
Right on, Jim. Pretty good, pretty neat.
Fuk ... born in 53, this was the music of my teen years, changed my life forever. And I knew this was gonna happen before I even hit the play button, I'm weeping like a goddamn baby as I listen, over and over.
Born in 55 and remember hearing Ray Charles laying on the floor of my dads 56 Pontiac Star Chief and we were bothsinging "Hit the Road Jack" with Ray such fun times and then in 67 at age 12 The Doors Lp the first Record i paid for and i was off.. Long Live the Doors
I'm 59 and I feel you. I remember it all even as a child hearing these tunes in the car.
Doing LSD for the next couple weeks,,discovering this is,,gonna add a few more weeks 😮
This is absolutely brilliant.
I love the Doors.
I love you Jim Morrison.
You opened my mind when I was 14. Now I'm 52.
Rest in Peace brother 🙏
Fits todays enviroment.
His music is timeless, tone is rock in a pure but "doors only" melody. A gift to the listeners
Jim Morrison thé greatest star in music history
@Black Sabbath Matters ... all gone Too Soon. 👍!!
I'm 53 y/o now. I had a life size poster of Jim that completely covered my closet door when I was fifteen. I visited his grave in Paris in the early 90s. Me and my wife at the time got kicked out of the cemetery by security for openly drinking wine in the cemetery. I had a glass of red wine at his grave site. Yeah! It was his spirit......
@@rolex3560fantastic! Hope i do the same some day 😁🤘🙋🏻♂️
Jim's laugh at the beginning is a gift from the recording gods.
Richard Langford one of those guys who can just muck around and get straight into it. Legend
The Jews ? Lol
Dig it.
Supposedly, Jimbo🦎👑was a funny guy!! Long live The LEGEND ❣️The LIZARD KING❤️🔥
Just the serendipity. Of them getting together 🕸🌤💕💕
this is the best hard rock blues tune in the world.
James Chase catch hell blues - white stripes
I think the same
Oh yea. Love love him
yeah i agree ,so raw too...
This is the real deal blues.
This Song gets your knee tapping. Rhythm and blues at its best. Jim’s voice influxuation and Robbie on slide guitar make this a masterpiece. RIP Best psychedelic classic blues rock american band in history!
I've wondered and wondered if that was slide guitar...it's not in the credits that it is...
' Gets your knee tapping ' ?
My favorite Doors tune right here!!
This man demanded the world on behalf of a whole generation....
LA Woman is one of the most distinguished albums ever made yet its so simple and brilliant. True legacy music that will always live on into future generations.
icyhotmike true DAT brother...
icyhotmike barely, I love it but every person my age listens to the shitty new rap
Not such a fan, much prefer waiting for the sun personally.
Word
Christian Sickler ...that's their loss, must be tRUMPERS✌️
50 years later were still listening and digging this incredible music from L.A. Woman from The Doors.
I ve never heard a bad song by the Doors , Greatest American ban ever
Jim Morrison was the doors, but the whole band is absolutely amazing 😮
He died shortly after this song... But he still jams here in 2024
😅😅😅😅😅😂
Robby's slide work is fantastic- no wonder Jim wanted it on all the songs....
Kit Potamkin that's a lap steel though
@@neilbell5296 That's still sliding!
@@neilbell5296 that is called electric slide guitar genius.
Robby Krieger is the most underrated guitarists of all time. So versatile, so many textures...and always spot on!
He's a wildly underrated guitarist.
Jim and the Doors have been living in my head since i was 10 in 1967 .
Couldn't ask for better tenants. Long live the DOORS !
Indeed.
Living in my head since a classmate gave me a Copy of "No One Here Gets Out Alive" back in '83? '84??
Still born 1984 and lovin this band.❤️
@@Gutave same. the eerie feelings I still get when I hear any of their great tracks. like this one.
Favorite album, favorite band. Don't know how many times we played this in college, drunkenly bellowing out the lyrics. Still my favorite (a long way past college).
Love that!! 😎👊👏👍
L.A Woman is their masterpiece. Makes you wonder what greatness they could have put out in 72' or 73'.
It makes me tear up to know this was the end.
Or by 1975 or 1983
Other voices, Full Circle & American Prayer, I guess...
Never heard this version before and its f*king great.
F**King GREAT. !
:)
Love the foot stomping heaviness of anger, rage, depression and hopelessness in this so g, soundtrack of my life. Sounds pessimesitic, but one of Jims greatest talents aside from his stellar voice and poetry is he channeled his PAIN into a creative outlet that millions across globe could relate to. God bless him for beimg a trooper the way he was, in midst of his pain and emotional scars. Not an easy task when your a depressed poet
Must be the guilt from the role he was playing to distract society whilst his dad was responsible for millions of people dying! Weird Scenes Inside Laurel Canyon. Read this book. Then read about the gulf of Tonkin incident - and not the wiki state sponsored version lol 😂
♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
As a Deadhead, ever hear their cover in 66 when they were still just a primitive psychedelic bar band? There's one or two recorded versions, circa Nov/Dec 66. It's a happy little tune in their approach. Much different lyrically, as all these old blues songs were depending on who did them.
GDF
Great points!! Great band!! Manzerek sort of set them apart from other bands too. (I think he is on keys and some songs are centered around that keyboard) I can say as an artist, an always starving one however, that creating art is essential to any chance of climbing from that depression (as you say) or frustration of words failing us. All too often words pale to ideas. Jim M was not starving by The End (pun very intended lol) but obviously always frustrated. Lucky us. 🫤 Too bad we didn’t get another decade or more of his genius.
I haven’t heard this song in about 40 years. What a great jam.
Man, that voice. Wish he sang more blues tunes. Love this here one the most.
Robby on guitar killing it
running free what did you expect?
The Doors had the best musicians of any 60's band in my opinion.
Do it, Robby, do it!
With a little help from Marc Benno on the second guitar.
Hired Elvis's OKd Bass player to play on it, & that just thrilled tga hell outta Jim!! Whenever I'm down, I listen to this & Hank3 Lowdown!!
unlike me,,this music never gets old
The radio shoulda played this one the last 50 years. 🥵👍👍👍👍
Ok
Robbie's skide guitar heaven. Gawd it still hurts that Ray and Jim are gone. I was 15 when Jim "split for Africa", and 57 when Ray joined him. Afrer Jim died, my best friend and I would see Ray every rime he played in Hollywood. Last saw Ray in Sacramento in 2010 and was lucky enough to have a brief conversation with him. If ypu can still find Ray's solo albums, check 'em out. AND, musically, the Doors are the most underrated musicans in rock.
I have never heard this version. His vocals are incredible, especially how he kicks it off.
One of the very best of the genuine blues-rock masterpieces from this legendary band. Jim Morrison's voice had just the right combination of hard-living, hard-drinking and shop-worn pained qualities for this final album to carry this off as the perfect blues gem here!
Ultimate according to rock standards. Jim was legend still is no doubt🎉❤🎉❤🎉
I went to his grave in France. There was a coffee shop next door with his poetry hanging on the walls. He wrote music in this coffee shop. So sad that he died a baby. 27 club.
A cafe next to a cemetery? Only in France.
No body in the grave though so you wasted your time!
As I going through some depression once again, this song seems to fit
justmadeit2 head up man. It's only up from here.
Ryan Mckay Thanks. I hope so
Good music is always good for the soul.
justmadeit2; Appreciate your honesty.....you know you're not alone.........
All of us.
i don't smoke but this makes me want to smoke a cigarette, drink some whiskey and sit in a shady bar and reflect on the good ole days
I just lit up a butt and drank some Tennessee shine. Keep rocking.
@@kenrex1126
Good timing. I'm doin the same .. 🍺🍺🍻
That's over rated...
Much better to have the good days now.
@@richardstechrichardstech9110 but when you old and tired it's never going to be as good as it was
zer0 95 Makes me wanna kick the dust up polish off a couple bottles and start a fight with my reflection
"I've been down so very damn long, so it looks like up to me." I love that. It's the perfect double meaning. Jim Morrison is a lyricist on his own level.
Legendary band way ahead of their time. Daily required listening!
No they were at the right time at the right place, in all the hearts, souls, minds of us children of the 60's and early 70's. You cannot petition the lord with prayer,
I am also wondering where this "ahead of their time" is coming from...
I' m so thrilled! I've been listening to the Doors since I was 12, and I'm 50.This is intertime experience!! I love you Jim!!!
cooll
His life could not have been lived any other way; for Jim would not have fufilled his purpose. You see, sometimes; an imperfect package can contain a beautiful gift
I feel that brother
Adam Benigni
Me too Adam......me too.
Amen
If Ozzy or Keith Richards died in his age, now people would be saying that it couldn't end in any other way with their lifestyle
joe berko amen
Jim was right, this is the strangest life I ever knew.
Fuckin a
Amen
One of my favorite lines from Mr Mojo
This song is seriously BRILLIANT 🎶
Love the Doors stripped down to their blues bones.....just a raw jam here; I love it!
a man a rebel and a genius
Carmine Annunziat0 Couldn't have described him better.
@@Johnconno at least he'll be remembered forever. Unlike you, no one will even remember you after you die. Ain't that sad? :(
@@Johnconno like all of us one day.
Мне 74 но Джим меня гипнотизирует так же как и в молодости. Джим-великий фронтмен всех времен!!!
Yeah Val really killed it as Jim. He was very very convincing! Love that movie.
Robby is one of the best ,most versatile guitar players ever!
Boy they could play the Blues....
Poor white boys always can...
Yep, some lucky white guys can actually really play the blues, but not many
If Morrison had lived, I'm confident they would've done more blues based rock.
enough of the stupid "white boy" comments
yeah, you too, stop with the stupid "white boy" comments
2024 n this sound still lifts me up
THis is terrific. I shouldn't be surprised that Jim Morrison wrote a song from Richard Fariña's book by that title. Great still shots of the boys in the recording studio. Thank You for this!! Cheers from NYC!!!
Well, I've been down so Goddamn long
That it looks like up to me
Well, I've been down so very damn long
That it looks like up to me
Yeah, why don't one you people
C'mon and set me free
I said, warden, warden, warden
Won't you break your lock and key
I said, warden, warden, warden
Won't ya break your lock and key
Yeah, come along here, mister
C'mon and let me be
Baby, baby, baby
Won't you sit down on my knees
Baby, baby, baby
Won't you sit down on my knees
C'mon little darlin'
C'mon and give love to me, oh yeah
Well, I've been down so Goddamn long
That it looks like up to me
Well, I've been down so very damn long
That it looks like up to me
Yeah, why don't one you people
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon and set me free
THANK YOU.
Good man
Lyrics must be
does your fear of death actually make you embrace it to the point where you come here and curse God himself Jesus Christ is God and if you don't believe in his death burial and Resurrection you have no hope in this world you have no peace that passeth understanding. good luck to you man and God bless. just so you know the Roman Orthodox church and the Catholic Church denies by grace through faith that you are saved and that not of yourself lest any man should boast so only 7% of Christians even claim to believe what the Bible says and you shouldn't judge us until you open that Bible yourself and understand what the fruit of the spirit is. Jim Morrison embraced death to his own destruction please do not follow him sir. you're more than welcome to look at my channel to find proof after proof mathematical archaeological scientific and every other type of proof that there is that Jesus Christ is God and he predicted the beginning to the end he truly is the Alpha and Omega.
+Edward Smith Biggs shut ur crazy ass up
Long Live the Doors.....RIP J.M.
and Ray
πεθανε ο ray? πότε?
marios lousias Το Μάιο του 2013
the lizard king
Long live Aido and Jim!! I hope you guys are doing it properly wherever d fuck u are..baby baby baby'!!!
Jim Morrison is my Spirit Animal!! This is one of the best songs I ever heard Jim sing!! I love when he does straight Blues!! #Legends the Lizard King is Life!!
Feel's like I am sitting in a booth about 6 ft way from Jim and the band. His voice along with ev-e-ry syllable and every note on the instruments are pristine.
HIS LAUGH in the beginning just MELTS my heart and makes me smile , I had to start it over just to hear it.
Some of the Doors blues songs perfectly capture the energy and style of the early blues musicians going back to the early 1900's the American South.
I think howlin wolf would have liked his music maybe not him as a person though. the wolf was usually sober
I visited his grave in Paris and left some flowers I bought on the street. It was early in the morning and already there were 10 ppl there. This was in 1987. Glad I made the stop. I’ve been back to Paris three times but haven’t made it back. He was magnetic
me too - a good feeling bin there
Went there in 1989. Lots of moody French people dressed in black wearing shades. The headstone had gone. Also went to the flat, guess I should have taken a snap. That was my high point in Paris.
When I was younger, I was amazed at how quickly he could go from goofy to serious (while being drunk, obviously)
Now I'm more amazed at the patiance of his band members.
Not taking anything away from Jim, but dealing with an alcoholic is hell
Born in LA in 1968 myself and have heard The Doors in the womb,One of the greatest bands and Gentiles to ever form a band.No more refined music can come from the heart and soul.There is no other and never will be again.Lets cheer with a drink and celebrate who we are and know,Our future depends on,life will never end....Peace Froggy,:):)
My goodness.... Jims voice and this whole song is perfect
LA Woman was phenomenal!
Ultimate blues rock, the Doors at their best.
Agree. Morrison Hotel is great too.
you right.. Jim Morrison would have been a legendary blues vocalist by now..
My all time favorite song!!! Man I wish Jim was still alive!!!! 😭
me too. Jim was soo fuckin sexy!!
He is alive
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I've loved the doors for ever and never heard this version. I freaking love it
One of the greatest songs of all time. I wish they could have done more blues.
Jim developed a love for old blues and simple rock by 1970 and beyond.
Thank you Doors, great Song 🙂
I'm 60 years old grew up with the doors Jim Morrison is one of my favorite singer-songwriters.
This a a very raw, spirited great performance. Marc Benno is also a great guitarist who played on the album and deserves credit. Brilliant Jim still shines so bright
That is the a very unique Doors song,, it has more of a blues sound than anything else they recorded, it is excellent!!!
Cars Hiss By My Window is another great song drenched in blues by them.
their last album recorded together (L.A woman) was overall more bluesy than their earlier stuff
Yeah also I will never be untrue. Very bluesy.
shaman's blues.
yeah i agree..an iwould also add Moonlight Drive evn tho its not emediate ..at first
Not sure why but i just woke up and had to here this song tonight. Morrison was a poetic genius. I in fact had a book of his poems that I cherished and stupidly let a so called friend borrow it and no matter how much I asked for it back he would never return it to me. Can you even imagine?? Pure hard core lyrics and rock to go with it. How lucky were we to be alive to witness Morrison and all his genius.
Whenever I'm really down, I find one of these tunes, alternate version, or concert and I'm in a entire, opposite state. It's better than therapy. Maybe it is.
Love this song. Robbie is just a beast like no other. Its reslly even hard to compare him to anyone specific cause he did his own style. His attitude now, then and thru the years was stellar. Much more free, and laid back, in his own mind. He's playing these unique riffs, and cuts and it's like he's not even trying and killing it.
Thank you to Jim Morrison for all he gave to us!!!
Hopefully someone said this earlier. "Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me" is the title of a book by Richard Farina...husband of the late Mimi...who was Joan Baez's sister.
Yeah. Not many people know that.
The book is a great window into the early 60s. I read it in '68-'69. My first husband's father bought the movie rights but never made the film.
Astute woman......yummy!
+yrtnook I read the book in '71. Poor Joanie. First she had to put up with big baby Bob. Then her sister's new hubbie bite's it on his bike the night his bloody booook goes pup. Then her sis dies too. Then she gets old...... then you say, "and you aren't???"
+Aldebaron9 I meant, booook goes pub..... saw-ree.
There's no other group like them nor will there ever be. The 50's and 60's was the best of times We were there for it all! Glad to see the younger generations dig on this great music.of times for music. Nothing today can touch it.
One of the Best damn bands I ever had the privledge to see; I remember it like it was yesterday; No other band can come close to this raw & rare music. Jim was (is) in a place only he belongs. Loved his rare smile!
Yes
And his belch at the Hollywood Bowl concert in between songs. Hahaha
My 40th Anniversary Edition CD is going with me to my grave when I leave this "everything is fucked up, as usual..you know" world. God, I miss The Lizard King so much still. RIP, Jim and Ray.
Glad it's a CD-because vinyl will never be caught dead there!🙏😇
Cmon give love to me....
Well I've been down so long
I like their unique take on the blues. Robbie Krieger just rips it.
When I was young & tender these guys scared the fuck outta me with some of their lyrics! 😱
What a rock and roll voice! Thanks Jim
Krieger is an amazingly expressive slide player. In the early days (think "Moonlight Drive") Morrison wanted him to play slide on everything.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
The Root Boy Cooks ! You're welcome, The Root Boy Cooks !, and thank you for viewing.
+The Root Boy Cooks ! thx a lot!
The Root Boy Cooks ! That book turned me on to the then exotic trick of the dreaded paregoric soaked cigarette , a bomb
Chuckyarla said
Chuckyarla whaddaya mean??
You still rock Jimmy
Wherever you are
Noone like you
Totally agree.
These guys are timeless so amazing today.
Absolutely amazing. The Doors are genius.
Whiskey gravel timber in his voice.at 27 Jim was falling apart. God bless him.we'll never see the likes of him again.
we'll never see the likes of 20th century Los Angle-eaze either.
Tu peux l'écouter 10...50...100 fois,ce style musicale reste unique et typique des Doors!Quel pied.
Great visuals. Great track.
I need a whole new, old seventies wardrobe now. With extra hair, please.
Long live The Doors.
Mercy!!! 😍😍😍
REST IN PEACE. JIM, PAM and RAY. MUCH LOVE AND APPRECIATION!!!
I love this! Jim was the kind of singer you wanted to play your heart out to.
Very kick ass.
kick AZZ - 😜
This is good and Densmore drums just make it perfect...
This music isn't branded nor categorised, that's why i love The Doors. An unparalleled band !!!
The best recording I’ve ever heard
Brutal drums. Nonstop thump. What a song.
this has always been my favorite version of Jim. evolving into the bluesman he really desired over the 'rock star'.
Fantastic one thank you so much Jim Morrison for ever this music .
you know this song wasn't to be released but wow im glad i can hear because it sounds fucking great
This song, this band deserves head-phones)
Quad sound system worked well
Jim was a College grad..he could of done anything..He gave us this instead...Outstanding!!!
Mark Davenport ..could HAVE done anything...
Jim did not graduate from college. He quit.
@@janetwilhelm4435 thats what i thought also
@@jacoblyman5359 but he could've finished, if he wanted to.
Could have*. Could of makes no sense.
GREAT JOB ON SOUND AND VIDEO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND TAKE CARE!!
You're welcome, pixel pixel, and thanks for the kind words!
Yup. As music should truly sound without production f**eries
pixel pixel
Thats good Gibson SG guitar tone Robbie is getting on this track everything else is superb as well
David Allen
5/2020 Corona brought me here and legit feel this on so many new levels now...set me freeee
I love this solo, it is not best I've heard in terms of composition, but I consider it fits perfectly with the mood of this song, it conveys depression, mental disorder, and some sort of fury.