Best Doors song (imho) by a mile. The atmosphere/feel just blows me away, and the lyrics push it over the edge. And that's before Ray Manzarak's jaw-dropping keys. Nothing like it.
@sourisvoleur4854 I mean, I could not agree more. Such an inventive song that was a bit outside The Doors usual wheelhouse. Part pop, part jazz, part music that even Sinatra could sing. Old style crooners music. All wrapped into one great tune. Then there is Jim. What a great voice. If he had wanted, he could have sung the phone book. My fantasy is that he put out an album of American Standards like Linda R. did with Lush life. But sighhh. We will never know. RIP, Jim, along with my beautiful angelic Karen Carpenter.
“LA Woman”, “Roadhouse Blues”, “Light my Fire” (the long studio version), then get into crazy Morison with “When the music’s over”, or when you’re ready “The End”. Tens of other great songs to check out. Have fun with the journey!
I love his deep, sexy voice! He was the sexiest male singer ever! Live version of "Road House Blues" is my favorite. But gotta check out "Light My Fire," "LA Woman," & "Love her Madly," & more. Ray on keyboard was amazing too!
1. The WASP ( Texas Radio & The Big Beat) 2. Love Street 3. Hello I Love You 4. Peace Frog 5. Love Her Madly 6. Alabama Song 7. People Are Strange 8. Strange Days 9. On Our Way 10. Light My Fire
Harri, whenever you get to The Doors' song, "The End", in addition to using the studio version, also make sure that you do NOT use a lyric video. Jim tells a suspenseful story, with dramatic pauses, that are ruined by lyrics appearing on the screen before they've been sung. In fact, I'll copy a good link for you to use right here, so you can save it. Or better yet, do the reaction next! But be prepared for its length, as the song runs for nearly 12-minutes. Trust me, though, it will not seem like it at all--it only seems half that long, it's that captivating. "The End": ua-cam.com/video/BXqPNlng6uI/v-deo.html
@@justinscrivner5457 Hells yeah! I've watched reactors use a lyrics video before for, "The End", and I never want to see such a spoiler shitshow again!
@@p.b.palaciosalmafuerte3463 just because it was released after his death, doesn't mean they didn't play it live. Look it up on UA-cam. There are several live recordings of them doing it.
This is an example of how certain performers have some special elusive quality even when their performance seems deceptively simple. There is nothing about this performance that is technically difficult… and yet it there is something strange and hypnotic. But, I think none of us can say exactly why
well said.... lyrically also. this has a blake, whitman or frost vibe to it. like thos poets, it uses approachable phrases. simple lyrics wh/ on one level almost seem too simple. yet if you let the narrative play out, put the imagary symbolism together, it starts to get much denser & wide scaping in its metaphorical meaning. as well known as the doors are, they are nevertheless underrated & misunderstood.
@@kelvinkloud Yes. It is interesting how, over time, there in a winnowing. Certain artists fall by the wayside as their saccharine unoriginality loses its appeal. For some reason… the Rolling Stones pop into my mind. I have watched lots of reaction channels…. And have not yet seen a Stones song. Certainly they seem less significant over time
@@MrArdytube the stones over branded themselves. also in fairness they stayed around so long that they couldnt maintain the edge from wh/ their brand was built around. at their best, the stones were very talented. & jagger at times was a very talented lyricist in his own right & obviously very bright like morrison. but even in their heyday I dont think there was as passionate as the doors were. morrison seemed to be playing for keeps in re to the meaning & mission plan behind his artistic drive. for the stones it seemed to be more about dominating music. morrison's take it or leave it approach has made their best works (assuming one likes them) have a deeper affinity w/ people. more eternal. that would make jim happy imo if he was still around. he & the band were inconsistent, but when it all came together they were very special & took it over the fence. its good to see people still reexamining that & enjoying it.
@@kelvinkloud Yeah. I just thought it was interesting how comparatively little buzz there is around the stone… particularly relative to their reputation back in the days… of course the same is somewhat true of the Beatles as well. Maybe in both cases. Added attention may seem redundant. That said…. Jagger’s frenetic performances were certainly a major attraction, but seemed a little forced to me…. And in that way, sort of contrived ….just my opinion tho
There were So many iconic Artists from this generation. Jim Morrison was a genius, a wordsmith, literature, mythological scholar and definitely a rebel. His addictions killed him. His crassness, alcoholism covered up his intellectual and very sensitive self. In my opinion he died because he was disillusioned and heart broken. His Father held him in disdain. Like Vincent Van Gogh, his world collapsed and broke him in two. He was arrested multiple times while performing because of marijuana, indecency and language. He was loved and morned all over the world.
This song takes me back to first discovering The Doors, I used to love watching /listening to musicals with my dad, Carousel was one of our favourites, I remember this song being on TOTPs not long after we had just watched Carousel (When You Walk Through a Storm) on the TV and my father and I were just mesmerised by this song.. So much great music by the Doors, among my favourites are Light my Fire and LA Woman
You were right about "a movie". Morrison and Manzarek (keyboard player) went to school "for theater, film and television". Every song by The Doors sounds like you are watching a movie. Just like every song by Led Zeppelin sounds like you are on a trip, journey. Don't worry about song selection, just like with The Beatles, and with Led Zeppelin, with The Doors you cannot go much wrong, whatever you play.
plant and post syd floyd were influenced a lot by the doors... interesting sidenote, morrison was a fan of floyd. I wonder if he got to meet syd, they were in LA at the whisky in early 68 right before he left floyd.
@@kelvinkloud Once I met die-hard Doors fan, and he insisted that The Doors are very psychedelic. I can agree, although, I can add to that what one girlfriend of mine said, Morrison was sick, sick to the bone, and what he is singing about is that sickness. So, yes, very psychedelic and horror-like sickness.
@@MarioPetrinovich thats a valid take.... they were a different offshoot of psychedelia then much of the san fran love & flower bands. they were more like velvet undergrd theme wise, but still w/ a more psychedlic calif sound, esp on the first 3 albums... a good argument could be made that the taproot for both punk & goth, found soil in the doors.
Another G R E A T Doors 🚪 tune. The brilliance of the four D O O R S ! The vocal cool of Morrison warms the steely cold of Krieger’s and Manzarek’s individual brilliance. Robbi & Ray rule!
Wow! I never would have guessed this was your first opening to the Doors! You're in for a huge rabbit hole, for sure. 'Strange Days', 'Crystal Ship,' and 'The End' are a few to get you going through the door.
Ray Manzarek's keyboard is magnificent in this piece, perfectly complementing Morrison's dark lyrics. You are right about Morrison's character "a real hell-raiser".
I absolutely love the Doors and this is my favourite song of all time. I remember as a young child (maybe 10) seeing his face in a magazine and even at that age thinking he looked like a god. And that was before I heard his music.
Robby used to come into the shop in SFV and get his skis tuned and waxed. Years later my dad told me he once interviewed with Ray and Jim at the Roxy in Hollywood to join the band and play bass (he played in Steppenwolf) but during the interview Jim got into a fight with his GF and they left in the middle of it. That was the end of that - they only used studio musicians.
No it was a single and heard it many times riding around with my friends in the early early 70's. Thanks, WKIX in Raleigh for all those great AM radio memories!
I Can’t See Your Face In My Mind, Cars Huss By My Window, When The Musics Over, People Are Strange, Spanish Caravan, Five To One, Love Street, Summers Almost Gone, The Unknown Soldier, The Soft Parade, Roadhouse Blues, Waiting For The Sun, Cars Hiss By My Window, The Changling, Been Down So Long, L.A. Woman
A truly great icon song of the era. Jim and band recorded it and it was the last thing Jim Morrison did before leaving for Paris, never to return. Great reaction thanks.
from the album " L.A. Woman" the last one recorded with Jim ( they did 2 another album without him) ...this album Morrison Hotel and the doors are masterpiece . in this album the voice of Morrison is completely change ( you can hear the difference with the first album ) ..... try please " LA Woman"
When The Doors first came out, we were all in a cult like state with the fantastic music & Jim Morrison’s voice just mesmerized us as well as his staring at you was hypnotic 🎶😻🇨🇦☮️💜. Jim Morrison left the world way too soon 🥲
Harri, that's a great shirt, the pattern of which is reminiscent of a rainstorm. Check out the 1970 film called Le passager de la pluie (Rider On The Rain) directed by René Clément and starring Charles Bronson. It really has a similar feel. There's also the 1965 novel Deux cavaliers de l'orage (The Riders of the Storm) by Jean Giono. It's possible that Jim Morrison, who studied film at UCLA and who left us in France, wasn't influenced by either the film or the novel. The Wikipedia entry for the song says that Jim was inspired by '(Ghost) Riders In The Sky: A Cowboy Legend,' which is an equally haunting song, Heidegger's concept of thrownness (human existence as a basic state), and spree killer Billy Cook. Whatever the case, whatever are or aren't the influences at play, it's a spooky and catchy number and it was cool to check out your reaction.
I think your on to something re giono novel. few things got by morrison in that time period. he was a sponge reader & had a deep memory bank.... the song is covertly deep upon more and more listening & examination. it uses simple less abstract symbols & themes then other door epics, but is deceptive in how it weaves those images into very laden metaphor w/ an eye on the modern amer culture & the west. its more mature. also its got very clear narrative lines along w/ excellent atmospheric musical arrangement, so it lends the mind to being very visual & cinematic. one of the doors top 5 songs and as powerful in a more subtle way as the end or WTMO.... it was also very prescient for the times. hippie idealism & the love generation was imploding & morphing into something potentially more uglier and nihilistic. theme wise its a warning but also a ray of hope option. amer at the crossroads. the hitcher the catalyst and metaphor for one road the culture could take & was already going. the other option of riding on thru the storm, piecing things out, finding love, family and sustainment are also presented as an option. all just as the decade was starting. think how prophetic he was. both options played themselves out for the boomers & culture. some indeeded imploded as heroin & mindless violence (bundy etc) grew & spun more out of control by mid 70's. yet other found healing, love, family, survival & growth. forest gump reflected on same theme w/ Jenny & forest right after he left nam. too bad morrison didnt live to do more. wouldve loved to see him do more w/ film screewriting or direction.
LA Woman, Touch Me, and many others are part of their catalog of hits. First heard this on my Dad's album when I was a teenager. Great stuff! Nice reaction!
Let me bring you up to date on this music by taking you back in time. Where I grew up in Georgia we didn't have a lot of activism about the Vietnam war in 1965, but we knew down deep within us it was very much smashing just about everything that was important. On college campuses everywhere were riots and Kent State hadn't happened yet but it nearly had many times. Then, along came the Doors with this music. In the South it was considered to be so radical, so anti-establishment, that we were fearful when we listened to it in our small town college that we would be caught out and arrested perhaps, so we listened to it in our dorm rooms quietly and playing it very low in case someone heard and reported us. In the meantime, the entire government oppression machine was gearing up to make Jim Morrison and the Door's lives hell, and they sure did. Watch the movie. But in the dorm rooms late at night, we just about worshipped them for where they stood artistically and how they brought to us, on the waves of that beautiful music, the real truth. So when you hear Ray Manzarek on the keyboards, just how incredible it is, think about how government forces heard it and set out to destroy it...and him, if they could. That's what we're up against all the time, whether it's out there where we can see and curse it, or whether it's in hibernation just waiting to break loose again. Riders on the Storm is about something way deeper than you think, and that killer on the road whose brain is squirming like a toad, it's more than just a hitchhiker. It's a great big government killing machine, so don't give it a ride or sweet family will die. Our government considered our lives to be cheap and disposable. It's better now, but don't think it's gone away, it hasn't.
What a tragic story...one of the greatest voices in modern rock music died at 27. His dad loathed his music and they did not get along. Great music. Great tragedy. Truly was the Lizard King but I always think of him as one of the best looking front men in.music history.
You shouldn’t be surprised at the style of the song. Morrison was but one member of the group. The others were highly creative and had better musical knowledge than he. Manzarek easily in top three most skilled keyboardist in rock history.
ray is the best imo b/c he was also such a great arranger & conceptualist of sound. not to mention he also played bass w/ the other hand. he was also so varied in the styles he could pull off.
"L.A. woman, Sunday afternoon..." The Doors give you several vibes all in one song! "L.A. Woman" -- Also check out "Love Her Madly", "Soul Kitchen", "Strange Days", "Five to One", or "The End" among so many others.
So hard to pick a favourite that pretty much defines genius as a band and what isn't so well known is that the doors shared the lyric credits financially no arguments. No agents just men with hands to shake and minds to meet
YOU MINE AS WELL STICK WITH THIS ALBUM ( THE VERY BEST OF THE DOORS ) HARRI :) IT'S A GREAT COMPILATION MORE OF THE AMERICAN POET HARRI :( R.I.PEACE TO JIM :(
Imnot a huge The Doors fan, but if i had to listen a song for the rest of my life it would be this one. It has so many layers i never get tired of it. Being that long also helps tho
it shows how the band was growing & where they may have been going.... this ranks up there w/ the best of traffic & has the same vibe & period of their best music.... if you like this, Im surprised you dont like when the musics over or crystal ship.
I saw a Doors cover band long ago called Riders on the Storm. That was back in the 80's and I was pretty fried to say the least- I'll leave it at that. But, that night I might as well have seen the actual Doors- that's how great these guys were- The Jim Morrison guy COULD have really been him- they did the End and the whole rep perfectly. Best cover band I ever saw.
Keep up the good work, man. Love this song, Ray Manzarak's keyboard work is beautiful, those crystal clear runs evoking trickling rain are genius. Thank you Harri so much for correctly saying 'instrumentation', instead of what the majority of reaction channels do and keep saying 'the instrumentals', when they're just talking about the arrangement and the instruments used in the backing tracks and there's clearly vocals over them. Now if you could only reclaim the term 'Coda' instead of the 'Outro' I'd be a happy musician.
I may be mistaken but ighe My Fure later covered by Will Young might have been the single off this but it was definitely a big Doots song at the time The originals are always worth checking out
The Doors... my favorite group since I first heard this amazing song when I was only 7+/- years old (early 70's) riding through the White Mountains in New Hampshire (USA) with my sister & her boyfriend during a rain & thunder storm....✌😎 Other songs you should check out... Moonlight Drive ( my fav ) L.A Woman Touch Me Light My Fire Roadhouse Blues The End When The Music's Over Love Her Madly Gloria ( dirty version* ) * It's pretty spicy... make sure no kids are close 😲😲😲😲😲
I don't think there's another song with the atmosphere this one has. "Into this world we're thrown." Smoking and tripping music. Listening to The End is a must! Any Vietnam vet will know this song and it was featured in the movie Apocalypse Now. This is the original version of The End set to video by a pack of FB fans.
though they used a bass player for recording to get the btm end live it was just the 4 of them Ray would play the bass part with his left hand on a bass key board on top of the Rhodes in fact the bass player would have broblems coss Ray would work out the bass parts on the keyboard an thats a pain for a b ass player
His band mates are usually upset when people portrayed him (Like Oliver Stone) as a wild drug addled drunk. Although he was sometimes prone to moody spells, most said that Jim usually was soft spoken, mild mannered, and sweet. It was only around some of the seedy hangers on that he attracted that we would really be known for outlandish stunts. Most of the lore surrounding Jim was a little exaggerated or misquoted. I was let down when I found out the movie was just the Jim that "Oliver wished he would he could have been if he were Jim".
Great reaction. I believe Jim Morrison was one of the best artists in the world, but not my favorite. I want to introduce you to Ronnie Radke from "Falling in Reverse", which I believe is the most talented man in the music industry. His videos are second to none, he has a beautiful voice, he can Rap, Rock, Growl, or sing a Ballad. A lot of the time he is mixing genres in a song. I'd like to start you off with the song "I'm Not A Vampire (Revamped)" which is a remake of a song he wrote and released in 2011 called "I'm Not A Vampire". I would say react to both in the same video so you see what changes he did or just skim through the original and react to "I'm Not A Vampire (Revamped)". This is like a short movie. Also, Ronnie does reactions to UA-camrs reacting to him, so you don't have to worry about copyright strikes, Ronnie loves when his videos get reacted to. Here's the link. ua-cam.com/video/2nWmBJxW9q0/v-deo.html
A song is an experience, you don’t have to understand the words to understand the experience, and trying to understand the full meaning of the words may destroy the feeling of the experience...[Bob Dylan]
Best Doors song (imho) by a mile. The atmosphere/feel just blows me away, and the lyrics push it over the edge. And that's before Ray Manzarak's jaw-dropping keys. Nothing like it.
quite a coda for the band
Best album LA woman, I purchased this, when released guess in 1971. A fantanstic album indeed.
Yes along with Touch Me
@@ChuckHackney The rhythm on "Touch me" is just fabulous.
@sourisvoleur4854 I mean, I could not agree more. Such an inventive song that was a bit outside The Doors usual wheelhouse. Part pop, part jazz, part music that even Sinatra could sing. Old style crooners music. All wrapped into one great tune. Then there is Jim. What a great voice. If he had wanted, he could have sung the phone book. My fantasy is that he put out an album of American Standards like Linda R. did with Lush life. But sighhh. We will never know. RIP, Jim, along with my beautiful angelic Karen Carpenter.
“LA Woman”, “Roadhouse Blues”, “Light my Fire” (the long studio version), then get into crazy Morison with “When the music’s over”, or when you’re ready “The End”. Tens of other great songs to check out. Have fun with the journey!
I wonder how much pac knew about jim , if anything . 2 of my favorites
Bingo.
Same with peace frog, soul kitchen, love her madly, the soft parade
Crystal Ship...
You can't suggest doors songs if you can't even spell Jim Morrison's name right
That falling rain thing Ray Manzarek does on the keyboard is brilliant.
some of the best jazz feel ever in rock. like listening to kind of blue album by miles.
the storm and rain sounds are layered in....not from keyboard.
I love his deep, sexy voice! He was the sexiest male singer ever! Live version of "Road House Blues" is my favorite. But gotta check out "Light My Fire," "LA Woman," & "Love her Madly," & more. Ray on keyboard was amazing too!
1. The WASP ( Texas Radio & The Big Beat)
2. Love Street
3. Hello I Love You
4. Peace Frog
5. Love Her Madly
6. Alabama Song
7. People Are Strange
8. Strange Days
9. On Our Way
10. Light My Fire
Harri, whenever you get to The Doors' song, "The End", in addition to using the studio version, also make sure that you do NOT use a lyric video. Jim tells a suspenseful story, with dramatic pauses, that are ruined by lyrics appearing on the screen before they've been sung. In fact, I'll copy a good link for you to use right here, so you can save it. Or better yet, do the reaction next! But be prepared for its length, as the song runs for nearly 12-minutes. Trust me, though, it will not seem like it at all--it only seems half that long, it's that captivating.
"The End": ua-cam.com/video/BXqPNlng6uI/v-deo.html
You beat me to it but grateful. Thanks my fellow doors fan.
@@justinscrivner5457 Hells yeah! I've watched reactors use a lyrics video before for, "The End", and I never want to see such a spoiler shitshow again!
This song was released as a single one week after Morrison died and peaked at #14 on the U.S. charts.
If I'm not mistaken, isn't there live footage of him doing this???
@@kevinchmielowiec7154 you kidding right?
@@p.b.palaciosalmafuerte3463 Not kidding at all!!!. They performed it many times live.
@@kevinchmielowiec7154 whit morrison?
@@p.b.palaciosalmafuerte3463 just because it was released after his death, doesn't mean they didn't play it live. Look it up on UA-cam. There are several live recordings of them doing it.
The whispered vocal along with main vocal makes this song.
This is an example of how certain performers have some special elusive quality even when their performance seems deceptively simple. There is nothing about this performance that is technically difficult… and yet it there is something strange and hypnotic. But, I think none of us can say exactly why
well said.... lyrically also. this has a blake, whitman or frost vibe to it. like thos poets, it uses approachable phrases. simple lyrics wh/ on one level almost seem too simple. yet if you let the narrative play out, put the imagary symbolism together, it starts to get much denser & wide scaping in its metaphorical meaning. as well known as the doors are, they are nevertheless underrated & misunderstood.
@@kelvinkloud
Yes. It is interesting how, over time, there in a winnowing. Certain artists fall by the wayside as their saccharine unoriginality loses its appeal. For some reason… the Rolling Stones pop into my mind. I have watched lots of reaction channels…. And have not yet seen a Stones song. Certainly they seem less significant over time
@@MrArdytube the stones over branded themselves. also in fairness they stayed around so long that they couldnt maintain the edge from wh/ their brand was built around. at their best, the stones were very talented. & jagger at times was a very talented lyricist in his own right & obviously very bright like morrison. but even in their heyday I dont think there was as passionate as the doors were. morrison seemed to be playing for keeps in re to the meaning & mission plan behind his artistic drive. for the stones it seemed to be more about dominating music. morrison's take it or leave it approach has made their best works (assuming one likes them) have a deeper affinity w/ people. more eternal. that would make jim happy imo if he was still around. he & the band were inconsistent, but when it all came together they were very special & took it over the fence. its good to see people still reexamining that & enjoying it.
@@kelvinkloud
Yeah. I just thought it was interesting how comparatively little buzz there is around the stone… particularly relative to their reputation back in the days… of course the same is somewhat true of the Beatles as well. Maybe in both cases. Added attention may seem redundant. That said…. Jagger’s frenetic performances were certainly a major attraction, but seemed a little forced to me…. And in that way, sort of contrived ….just my opinion tho
There were So many iconic Artists from this generation. Jim Morrison was a genius, a wordsmith, literature, mythological scholar and definitely a rebel.
His addictions killed him. His crassness, alcoholism covered up his intellectual and very sensitive self.
In my opinion he died because he was disillusioned and heart broken. His Father held him in disdain.
Like Vincent Van Gogh, his world collapsed and broke him in two.
He was arrested multiple times while performing because of marijuana, indecency and language.
He was loved and morned all over the world.
This is the last song they recorded with Jim before he left for Paris, never to return.
Other gems by The Doors
Peacefrog
Light My Fire
Touch Me
LA Woman
Crystal Ships
Not to Touch the Earth
The End
Love Me Two Times
This song takes me back to first discovering The Doors, I used to love watching /listening to musicals with my dad, Carousel was one of our favourites, I remember this song being on TOTPs not long after we had just watched Carousel (When You Walk Through a Storm) on the TV and my father and I were just mesmerised by this song.. So much great music by the Doors, among my favourites are Light my Fire and LA Woman
Morrison styled himself as a poet and story teller. His recording sessions were notorious for being complicated.
You were right about "a movie". Morrison and Manzarek (keyboard player) went to school "for theater, film and television". Every song by The Doors sounds like you are watching a movie. Just like every song by Led Zeppelin sounds like you are on a trip, journey.
Don't worry about song selection, just like with The Beatles, and with Led Zeppelin, with The Doors you cannot go much wrong, whatever you play.
plant and post syd floyd were influenced a lot by the doors... interesting sidenote, morrison was a fan of floyd. I wonder if he got to meet syd, they were in LA at the whisky in early 68 right before he left floyd.
@@kelvinkloud Once I met die-hard Doors fan, and he insisted that The Doors are very psychedelic. I can agree, although, I can add to that what one girlfriend of mine said, Morrison was sick, sick to the bone, and what he is singing about is that sickness. So, yes, very psychedelic and horror-like sickness.
@@MarioPetrinovich thats a valid take.... they were a different offshoot of psychedelia then much of the san fran love & flower bands. they were more like velvet undergrd theme wise, but still w/ a more psychedlic calif sound, esp on the first 3 albums... a good argument could be made that the taproot for both punk & goth, found soil in the doors.
Another G R E A T Doors 🚪 tune. The brilliance of the four D O O R S ! The vocal cool of Morrison warms the steely cold of Krieger’s and Manzarek’s individual brilliance. Robbi & Ray rule!
Wow! I never would have guessed this was your first opening to the Doors! You're in for a huge rabbit hole, for sure. 'Strange Days', 'Crystal Ship,' and 'The End' are a few to get you going through the door.
Ray Manzarek's keyboard is magnificent in this piece, perfectly complementing Morrison's dark lyrics.
You are right about Morrison's character "a real hell-raiser".
and more
I absolutely love the Doors and this is my favourite song of all time. I remember as a young child (maybe 10) seeing his face in a magazine and even at that age thinking he looked like a god. And that was before I heard his music.
Robby used to come into the shop in SFV and get his skis tuned and waxed. Years later my dad told me he once interviewed with Ray and Jim at the Roxy in Hollywood to join the band and play bass (he played in Steppenwolf) but during the interview Jim got into a fight with his GF and they left in the middle of it. That was the end of that - they only used studio musicians.
Tight Band!
One of the iconic songs of the great age of rock. Glad you enjoyed.
It was a huge radio hit .... and I always stopped and listened to it whenever it was on. Awesome song :-)
Listen to Jim in interviews, he really is a "words" man.
No it was a single and heard it many times riding around with my friends in the early early 70's. Thanks, WKIX in Raleigh for all those great AM radio memories!
Quintessential Doors song, inspired by "Ghost Riders in the Sky", a classic Country Western song.
Morrison was a poet, even before he was in The Doors...
Every time we have a thunder storm I think of this song
They never had a bass player except on some of their studio version of songs. The keyboard player used one hand for a bass rythm!
Roadhouse Blues. Banger
a climax of poetry
Great atmospheric song.
Try out LA Woman next.
Mojo Risin......
It's 2021 and the radio stations still play this on rainy days.
It was a big radio hit when it came out. I was inmy teens and remember it well.
Cinematic feel for sure!!✌️
I Can’t See Your Face In My Mind, Cars Huss By My Window, When The Musics Over, People Are Strange, Spanish Caravan, Five To One, Love Street, Summers Almost Gone, The Unknown Soldier, The Soft Parade, Roadhouse Blues, Waiting For The Sun, Cars Hiss By My Window, The Changling, Been Down So Long, L.A. Woman
Lol, put Cars Hiss By My Window twice...worth listening to twice!
A truly great icon song of the era. Jim and band recorded it and it was the last thing Jim Morrison did before leaving for Paris, never to return. Great reaction thanks.
The keyboard player one of the best ever!! Keep diving in 😎
As much as I love Jim Morrison, the band is phenomenal
“LA Woman” is a must…
from the album " L.A. Woman" the last one recorded with Jim ( they did 2 another album without him) ...this album Morrison Hotel and the doors are masterpiece . in this album the voice of Morrison is completely change ( you can hear the difference with the first album ) ..... try please " LA Woman"
Right when you listen to the doors, I pushed the subscribed button. You won't be disappointed by them.
When The Doors first came out, we were all in a cult like state with the fantastic music & Jim Morrison’s voice just mesmerized us as well as his staring at you was hypnotic 🎶😻🇨🇦☮️💜. Jim Morrison left the world way too soon 🥲
Please do DOORS ROADHOUSE BLUES ! and LA WOMAN ,,,and LIGHT MY FIRE,,
Note Doors never had a bass player. as the bass was played on the key board.
Harri, that's a great shirt, the pattern of which is reminiscent of a rainstorm. Check out the 1970 film called Le passager de la pluie (Rider On The Rain) directed by René Clément and starring Charles Bronson. It really has a similar feel. There's also the 1965 novel Deux cavaliers de l'orage (The Riders of the Storm) by Jean Giono. It's possible that Jim Morrison, who studied film at UCLA and who left us in France, wasn't influenced by either the film or the novel.
The Wikipedia entry for the song says that Jim was inspired by '(Ghost) Riders In The Sky: A Cowboy Legend,' which is an equally haunting song, Heidegger's concept of thrownness (human existence as a basic state), and spree killer Billy Cook.
Whatever the case, whatever are or aren't the influences at play, it's a spooky and catchy number and it was cool to check out your reaction.
I think your on to something re giono novel. few things got by morrison in that time period. he was a sponge reader & had a deep memory bank.... the song is covertly deep upon more and more listening & examination. it uses simple less abstract symbols & themes then other door epics, but is deceptive in how it weaves those images into very laden metaphor w/ an eye on the modern amer culture & the west. its more mature. also its got very clear narrative lines along w/ excellent atmospheric musical arrangement, so it lends the mind to being very visual & cinematic. one of the doors top 5 songs and as powerful in a more subtle way as the end or WTMO.... it was also very prescient for the times. hippie idealism & the love generation was imploding & morphing into something potentially more uglier and nihilistic. theme wise its a warning but also a ray of hope option. amer at the crossroads. the hitcher the catalyst and metaphor for one road the culture could take & was already going. the other option of riding on thru the storm, piecing things out, finding love, family and sustainment are also presented as an option. all just as the decade was starting. think how prophetic he was. both options played themselves out for the boomers & culture. some indeeded imploded as heroin & mindless violence (bundy etc) grew & spun more out of control by mid 70's. yet other found healing, love, family, survival & growth. forest gump reflected on same theme w/ Jenny & forest right after he left nam. too bad morrison didnt live to do more. wouldve loved to see him do more w/ film screewriting or direction.
Your Going To Love This One We All Do Enjoy !
LA Woman, Touch Me, and many others are part of their catalog of hits. First heard this on my Dad's album when I was a teenager. Great stuff! Nice reaction!
He's a Poet. This why
That's Ray Manzerick on the keyboard, also playing all the bass riffs with his left hand.
In the studio, The Doors often used bass players. In this case, it's Jerry Scheff who was known for his work with Elvis....
Actually Ray did that in live performances, Jerry Scheff is playing the bass on this album for studio recordings.
It got a lot of FM radio play when the album was released.
Simply an incredible poet
Jim was obsessed with a roadside killer. Freaked him out.
Let me bring you up to date on this music by taking you back in time. Where I grew up in Georgia we didn't have a lot of activism about the Vietnam war in 1965, but we knew down deep within us it was very much smashing just about everything that was important. On college campuses everywhere were riots and Kent State hadn't happened yet but it nearly had many times. Then, along came the Doors with this music. In the South it was considered to be so radical, so anti-establishment, that we were fearful when we listened to it in our small town college that we would be caught out and arrested perhaps, so we listened to it in our dorm rooms quietly and playing it very low in case someone heard and reported us. In the meantime, the entire government oppression machine was gearing up to make Jim Morrison and the Door's lives hell, and they sure did. Watch the movie. But in the dorm rooms late at night, we just about worshipped them for where they stood artistically and how they brought to us, on the waves of that beautiful music, the real truth. So when you hear Ray Manzarek on the keyboards, just how incredible it is, think about how government forces heard it and set out to destroy it...and him, if they could. That's what we're up against all the time, whether it's out there where we can see and curse it, or whether it's in hibernation just waiting to break loose again. Riders on the Storm is about something way deeper than you think, and that killer on the road whose brain is squirming like a toad, it's more than just a hitchhiker. It's a great big government killing machine, so don't give it a ride or sweet family will die. Our government considered our lives to be cheap and disposable. It's better now, but don't think it's gone away, it hasn't.
What a tragic story...one of the greatest voices in modern rock music died at 27. His dad loathed his music and they did not get along. Great music. Great tragedy. Truly was the Lizard King but I always think of him as one of the best looking front men in.music history.
No one has mentioned People are Strange, One of the best Doors song out there, after Light My Fire.
And dont forget Roadhouse Blues,a banger.
Keep your eyes on the road your hands upon the wheel....
Summer of 71....
Hang on Harri lol, Jim gonna take you for a groovy ride Doors style. Thanks.
You shouldn’t be surprised at the style of the song. Morrison was but one member of the group. The others were highly creative and had better musical knowledge than he. Manzarek easily in top three most skilled keyboardist in rock history.
Manzarek was the glue IMHO.
ray is the best imo b/c he was also such a great arranger & conceptualist of sound. not to mention he also played bass w/ the other hand. he was also so varied in the styles he could pull off.
Yeah, I recall hearing it on a radio around late 1971
"L.A. woman, Sunday afternoon..." The Doors give you several vibes all in one song! "L.A. Woman" -- Also check out "Love Her Madly", "Soul Kitchen", "Strange Days", "Five to One", or "The End" among so many others.
So hard to pick a favourite that pretty much defines genius as a band and what isn't so well known is that the doors shared the lyric credits financially no arguments. No agents just men with hands to shake and minds to meet
One of the best of that era and used many times in movies and television shows!👍🏻❤️☮️🎤🎼🎹☔️😱
Legend has it that Frank Sinatra heard this and turned to Dean Martin saying, "is that you?"
Ray Manzarek- keyboards- played the bass part on keys with his left hand.
On the album they used a bass player for this tune …and the rest
@@Earthtime3978 true- but Ray was capable of doing it live as well.
@@TheDivayenta Yes he was but it seemed you were referencing this version in the video, the studio cut .
This is a song better listened to with eyes closed. Let your minds eye go where it wants.
YOU MINE AS WELL STICK WITH THIS ALBUM ( THE VERY BEST OF THE DOORS ) HARRI :) IT'S A GREAT COMPILATION MORE OF THE AMERICAN POET HARRI :( R.I.PEACE TO JIM :(
< You've started at the top -- > and the last. >
Jim Morrison was whispering into the microphone.
Imnot a huge The Doors fan, but if i had to listen a song for the rest of my life it would be this one. It has so many layers i never get tired of it. Being that long also helps tho
it shows how the band was growing & where they may have been going.... this ranks up there w/ the best of traffic & has the same vibe & period of their best music.... if you like this, Im surprised you dont like when the musics over or crystal ship.
One of the great intros!
Just catching up to this, but the song was indeed a single. It hit #14 in 1971.
7:14 (album version)
4:35 (single version)
I saw a Doors cover band long ago called Riders on the Storm. That was back in the 80's and I was pretty fried to say the least- I'll leave it at that. But, that night I might as well have seen the actual Doors- that's how great these guys were- The Jim Morrison guy COULD have really been him- they did the End and the whole rep perfectly. Best cover band I ever saw.
Riders of the storm was FANSTIC Back in 1971 , LOVE MY 70s ,, O Ya MILLENNIALS NO AUTO TONE NEEDED ,, WHATS UP ?
Peace Harri
THE DOORS "L.A. WOMAN" & "LIGHT MY FIRE"
Keep up the good work, man. Love this song, Ray Manzarak's keyboard work is beautiful, those crystal clear runs evoking trickling rain are genius. Thank you Harri so much for correctly saying 'instrumentation', instead of what the majority of reaction channels do and keep saying 'the instrumentals', when they're just talking about the arrangement and the instruments used in the backing tracks and there's clearly vocals over them. Now if you could only reclaim the term 'Coda' instead of the 'Outro' I'd be a happy musician.
Start with the first one , Light My Fire .
Your first time with the Doors? Nothin like a new deep rabbit hole! This was the last song Jim Morrison recorded before his death.
Enjoy! 😁
My first reaction..not first song 😄✌🏾
R.I.P. Lizard King 😎🤙
I may be mistaken but ighe My Fure later covered by Will Young might have been the single off this but it was definitely a big Doots song at the time
The originals are always worth checking out
The Doors... my favorite group since I first heard this amazing song when I was only 7+/- years old (early 70's) riding through the White Mountains in New Hampshire (USA) with my sister & her boyfriend during a rain & thunder storm....✌😎
Other songs you should check out...
Moonlight Drive ( my fav )
L.A Woman
Touch Me
Light My Fire
Roadhouse Blues
The End
When The Music's Over
Love Her Madly
Gloria ( dirty version* )
* It's pretty spicy... make sure no kids are close 😲😲😲😲😲
The Doors "Alabama Song"
I don't think there's another song with the atmosphere this one has.
"Into this world we're thrown."
Smoking and tripping music.
Listening to The End is a must! Any Vietnam vet will know this song and it was featured in the movie Apocalypse Now. This is the original version of The End set to video by a pack of FB fans.
Let's hope the Ice cream man isn't the killer on the road.
Peace on earth.
Try "Peace Frog" from Morrison Hotel.
Jim Morrison is Mr Mojo Risin’. His name scrambled up. He is the lizard king.
* Mr Mojo Risin'
@@disconsolatemoose6637 yep, I’ll fix it . Thanks.
You need to listen to The End by the Doors. It will take you on a journey.
LA WOMAN NEXT
In this time of uncertainty,you should check the end.😷🇨🇦😃
though they used a bass player for recording to get the btm end live it was just the 4 of them Ray would play the bass part with his left hand on a bass key board on top of the Rhodes in fact the bass player would have broblems coss Ray would work out the bass parts on the keyboard an thats a pain for a b ass player
This song would have been perfect for the Charles Bronson movie, "Rider on the Rain". Unfortunately, it wasn't used.
And the bouget got tossed at some point..I stonewalled completly at the sight
Arie checkout l.a. woman and people are strange they had a ton of hits also you can watch the Oliver Stone movie about the doors
His band mates are usually upset when people portrayed him (Like Oliver Stone) as a wild drug addled drunk. Although he was sometimes prone to moody spells, most said that Jim usually was soft spoken, mild mannered, and sweet. It was only around some of the seedy hangers on that he attracted that we would really be known for outlandish stunts. Most of the lore surrounding Jim was a little exaggerated or misquoted. I was let down when I found out the movie was just the Jim that "Oliver wished he would he could have been if he were Jim".
Danny Sugarman and "No one here get's out alive" is also mostly bits of fiction interjected with accurate dates for tours and recordings.
Great bass line, especially for not having a bassist.
This song is partially inspired by the U.S. spree killer Billy Cook
Great reaction. I believe Jim Morrison was one of the best artists in the world, but not my favorite. I want to introduce you to Ronnie Radke from "Falling in Reverse", which I believe is the most talented man in the music industry. His videos are second to none, he has a beautiful voice, he can Rap, Rock, Growl, or sing a Ballad. A lot of the time he is mixing genres in a song. I'd like to start you off with the song "I'm Not A Vampire (Revamped)" which is a remake of a song he wrote and released in 2011 called "I'm Not A Vampire". I would say react to both in the same video so you see what changes he did or just skim through the original and react to "I'm Not A Vampire (Revamped)". This is like a short movie. Also, Ronnie does reactions to UA-camrs reacting to him, so you don't have to worry about copyright strikes, Ronnie loves when his videos get reacted to. Here's the link. ua-cam.com/video/2nWmBJxW9q0/v-deo.html
A song is an experience, you don’t have to understand the words to understand the experience, and trying to understand the full meaning of the words may destroy the feeling of the experience...[Bob Dylan]
Riders on the Storm is so beautiful that even my easy piano cover sounds good, check it out! 🎹💥
Try anything by Patsy Cline