I agree Love the Doors I've been listening to them since I was 16 driving my 57 chevy best driving music ever ..I love roadhouse blues could get a speeding ticket if I'm not careful .Thanks for your comment.
I will admit, I didn't "get it" until I heard "People Are Strange." The way he expressed the loneliness and anguish of being "different" grabbed me by the soul and shook me. After that, I HAD TO know the rest of the story. These guys were God's amongst men.
@@KayeWhye I think that's why the Doors music survives it speaks to you .it isn't superficial when other bands were trying to fit in Jim was an individual.
Robbie on guitar was as good as Ray. This was Ray's song though. He shines. The Doors were a great band, borrowing from jazz and blues to make their on own unique rock.
Dude dude dude ,you gotta get a turntable if you don't already and you got to get a vinyl copy that record LA Woman and here's the thing you listen to Riders of the storm now if you have a turntable that will keep playing into the inner Groove then you're set man cuz what happens is they run the storm or the rain drops into the inner Groove so that it just keeps playing plus you'll dig the inner sleeve it's a black-and-white and solarized picture of a naked girl power pole with a Transformer like she's crucified it's the damnedest thing bro you'll trip
I once saw a Johnny Carson "Tonight Show" that Pavarotti was a guest and Johnny asked him if he could sing rock'n'roll who would he most want to sing and Pavarotti said "Jim Morrison, the man had a great voice."
Wow… never knew that! The amazing thing is that in ‘67 when the Doors were formed Morrison had never sung a lick. By ‘68 they were a household name and people were comparing Jim to Sinatra… and for good reason. He was great
As a child growing up in the 60's and 70's, I really get a kick out of watching your generation hear all of this great music for the first time. Keep digging, there is so much more to explore
Karen j my parents are in their 40s I’m 20 and I literally grew up to these songs, I love it they honestly made me experience back in the day through music. Red Hot Chili Peppers is my number one !
I graduated from high school in 1967 and was a singer in a fairly decent Bay Area rock/blues band. I grew up on the greatest popular music ever written.
I'm always saying that what makes these music reaction videos so much fun is that watching someone else hear something you love for the first time is as close as we'll ever get (without brain trauma) to being able to hear something for the first time again ourselves. That vicarious experience is so satisfying!
The Doors are the most underrated band in history. People are always talking about Morrison's death but god damn they were a great band. These songs hold up 50 years later, great production, songwriting and musicianship, and Jim was a fucking Greek god with an Irish poet's brain and vocals that were perfect for the music.
@@Watthead80 I agree...absolutely! They had a sound that was unique then and still is today. No other band comes close to their sound. Nor will they ever.
Ageed. How can anybody not appreciate this talented ensemble that broke ground in so many ways, and achieved tremendous popularity in doing so. Long live the Lizard King! (He still lives on in fan's hearts, therefore he can never die...or something like that)
I don't get the irsish poet thing. He loved poetry, but was really into Nietzsche, acted like Baudelaire and constantly showed his knowledge of ancient Roman and Greek culture. He was a poet, but not really similar to Oscar Wilde to me. I may be wrong, though, that's why I am asking.
@@rodrigodeangelis1275 Morrison published two books of poetry The Lords and the New Creatures (both 1969) then published together in 1971. You should listen to An American Prayer (1978) where the remaining Doors took his poetry he recorded and put it to music. ua-cam.com/video/X1H7nNtiZIc/v-deo.html
So do I...I don't mind being called a "boomer" for we were truely blessed to cut our teeth on rock-n-roll that was so diverse it boggles my mind now, more than it did back then.
I was a few years too late for Vietnam, but this music still was being played in my day (1990s), cruising across the desert in an Abrams, a time I'll never forget.
The Doors broke the mold because Morrison wrote about the dark sides of life. Most music at the time was hopeful. Jim had issues. They were unapologetically in our face and we loved them for it.
Ol Morrison was like Honey Badger.............he didn't GIVE A FEKKK!!!! When he was ready to go FULL SEND you might as well sit down shut the fook up and enjoy the show as he triggered the SNOWFLAKES and PRUDES of old!!
Hey Amber. 👌 And their are so many more out there! Wondering aimlessly, restlessly...lost to themselves, all partitions Torn down,eyes that agree and disagree with what the brain see's. Drinking from both cups simultaneously, Acute perception as much a curse. as it is a testament To intuitive genius, wisdom,beauty and aloneness. So many old Gold Souls, Voices heard? Some never,and,if ever? Forgotten. Bla bla bla . You know how it is,right?
I'm not sure if you are familiar with his books of poetry, and,essays, short stories, Movie scripts, and forthright,unmistakably expressed philosophy...etcetera etcetera. You may very well be,acquainted with his work,outside of the doors. If not. I highly recommend you have a look. I will say good night now,Amber. If you would like to keep the dialogue going. Let me now. PS. Don't let the nightmares bite.
Coincidental lyric: If you give this man a ride, sweet family will die. But seriously, God rest your brother's soul and may he join with all the angels.
Mary Margaret, I am so very sorry for your loss. This is a great song. Mine is Across the Universe by The Beatles. Who knows where we go after, really? Why not a part of the universe; there are billions of stars out there, who can say that's not our departed? I hope your pain lessens and you have the good stuff in your memories to comfort you. Peace be unto you.
the strongest message out there, "Girl, you gotta love your man, take him by the hand, make him understand..." How EPIC is that?! Pure guidance and counsel for all. Jamel, Imagine what its like for a kid growing up in the 60's and 70's listening to this on the radio!!!!!!!!!!!!! Many thanks to The Doors and others out there that educated my spirit.
Ray Manzarek is what makes this track so magical. That solo is out of this world. Jim provided the lyrics but Ray was the musical canvas for him to paint on. "So much greatness in here!"...that's right!!! :-)
Whenever I hear this particular song by The Doors I get the big chills. And it's not because of the dark lyrics, but because it's absolute musical perfection. Just listen to Manzarek working that Rhodes piano, and Krieger on the guitar. Absolute bliss! The production and mixing is just out of this world. This is one of the many many countless reasons why The Doors will always be in my top 3 of favourite bands.
This song gives me chills. I get it even more than I did back then. The members of this band were so deep. The hitchhiker was not a human, it was a hurtful spirit...
A little fun fact...Jim whispered the lyrics on a background track that was played with the main track of him singing. Very cool effect especially with this song.
Man does this take me back to the mid 70s. Listening to this on 8Track, sipping cold beer and being high on Thai Stick. Working on my time machine still....
That's complete and utter bullshit. It may be true if you keep your ears glued to the billboard top 100 and don't look any deeper. Otherwise, absolute hot air.
Jim could sing anything. Literally if he had wanted to he could've been a Sinatra or Elvis type. But that wasn't Jim. Imo the most versatile singer ever. Ray was a wizard. Robby is so distinct and John IS the backbeat that never misses.
Someone I personally feel is nearly as versatile as Jim was in his style and ability to sing any genre is Scott Weiland. Check out him singing "Break On Through" with Ray, Robbie & John.
@@drumdad54sdl47 Scott is in my top 5 singers actually! Atlanta in particular is very Jim like and haunting. Scott doesn't get the proper attention for his singing.
This might be the creepiest song ever made, when you know it's story. First, you said something about it "sounding western". The music was inspired by the C/W song "Ghost riders in the sky" about a band of ghost cowboys. The words were inspired by actual events. Some from Jim Morrison's experience hitch hiking across Florida when he was in college and the weirdos, freaks and scary people who gave him rides. Also by an actual serial killer in the 50's. Can't remember his name but he killed 6 people while hitch hiking from Kansas to California, including a man, his wife and two young children. The line in the song says "give this man a ride, sweet family will die", not sweet Emily. The line "Into this world we're thrown" was inspired by a German philosopher who said "We are all thrown into this world by no choice of our own and have to make of it what we will" to which another German philosopher said "But we prefer it to a dog's life, fighting for scraps in the street" which inspired the "like a dog without a bone" line. It's a pretty deep song, that bass line makes it creepier, sounds like something chasing you that won't stop. To add to the creepiness level, they recorded a track of Jim Morrison whispering the words and dubbed him singing over it.
“The End” was the first Doors song he listened to, hell of an introduction if you ask me. His reaction was pretty good, he’s captivated through the whole song.
The Doors are so damn good and so damn mesmerizing. The best band to come from out of the 60's and the band i wished i would have been alive to see them live.
@@jacobrayner6985 I have no real favorites the exception of Floyd. But there were some I really didn't care for, The Fab 4 Was 1. But Groups like The Doors, Hendricks, Iron Butterfly, Crosby Stills and Nash, Buffalo Springfield, Chicago where American groups and could hold their own with any of the British Invasion bands.
I learnt of the Doors through my dad. What I love about them, is that they take you deep into an instrumental-- instrumentals that sometimes last the duration of entire songs themselves-- but have found the chord progressions to hold you attention the entire time. It's hypnotic and beautiful. Such a different, and I fear forgotten, aspect of music that I find fascinating.
"I'll tell you this: no eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn" The Doors didn't have a bass player. Bass lines played by Manzarek on a Fender bass keyboard.
Sprezzatura is one of most favorite Italian words ! It took me literally decades to realize that the bass line came from manzarek. Decades !! What a musician playing the melody and bass at the same time. That’s Hendrix level shit.
@@imperialdagger thanks. At first I felt like A Boy Named Sue. But as I got older I came to embrace my name. Manzarek was the real thing that's for sure!
Love the message on your sweat shirt. Humility, brother! You know, the great Little Richard just died (God rest his soul), and he said, "R&B and gospel got married and gave birth to rock 'n roll!" The white artists got all over that, both American & British. My Episcopal church is lily white, but our priest took us to our sister AME Church down the street for Ash Wednesday services. I'll give you my reaction...WOW! I cannot forget that service, brother! That black pastor imposed ashes on my white forehead and brought sweet humility to my soul, selling me on our common humanity and mortality before God. What a blessing! Those brothers & sisters know how to worship GOD! You enrich my soul in these videos. Keep it up, brother Jamel! Thank you!
"So much greatness in here..." So true. Aren't you happy in life now? That you get to hear such great music that was around before YOU were? You are now a member of an exclusive club, but not in some snobby way. The music was out there... for our choosing. Thank you for trusting us - those who grew up on this music - to choose for you. It's F A R from over. 💗 🎶
@Jennifer Mirra: I agree with you. Ghost Riders In The Sky, would be a great video for Jamel. The problem is, what version of the song? There's many covers of it from many artists across all genre's of music. Do you pick the original Burl Ives folk version, or the Johnny Cash country version? Maybe the Southern Rock of, The Outlaws or the Metal versions by Chrome Division or Spiderbait? See the problem? lol
Peace Frog should be the next Doors reaction. "Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven, Blood stains the roofs and the palm trees of Venice, Bloody my love in the terrible summer, Bloody red sun of fantastic L.A.". So good.
I've heard this song many times. I never noticed that there is a separate track that whispers the lyric behind the lead vocal. Adds another level to the sound.
This song was all over the radio summer of '71; I thought the whooshing water sounds were waves crashing on a beach. You can hear someone whoop real loud in the background during an instrumental; I always imagined it as someone frolicking on a sunny beach somewhere, lol. I was living in hot *ss Dallas then; I needed beach sounds to cool my soul. Later I recognized the whole "Storm" motif and I enjoyed the song a SECOND way. That guitar/piano face-off at the very end, madonn'.....so beautiful.
I have always believed Riders on the Storm was the greatest song of the classic rock and roll era. It never fails to draw me in. Thank you for your honest reaction to a song I have listened to and loved for almost 50 years.
one of the most gorgeous intros in the history of rock - takes me right back to the early 1970s listening to this in our livingroom as a kid - great piano too
Jamel. You Gotta Hear Soft Parade By The Doors, It's Literally 4 Songs In One..It'll Blow Your Mind...Love The Video's Great Job Sir!! And Thank You For Bringing Back All Of The Great Music, That I Grew Up With. Your Keeping It ALIVE Man!!!!🤘🤘
This was the last recorded song of The Doors saga and what a way to go out. Every time it rains, I think of this awesome song. It has a haunting melancholic audio and visual quality that is second to none. Just a "Timeless Classic".
Stopped what I was doing to watch this when I saw the title! I discovered the Doors in the 80's when I raised my much older step-brothers' music collection. Loved them even though I'm sure I was the only 11 year old girl listening to them in the early 80's
@Salem Yeah? Most kids were listening to 14-16 year old music? No one I knew was listening to The Soft Parade or their first and second albums, except for the people who were actually alive when they came out.
I was fortunate enough to hear them in concert at the Cheetah, that used to be on the Santa Monica Pier, with Jefferson Airplane and the Peanut Butter Conspiracy in the 60's. Didn't realize how great they would become. Super reaction!
One of the greatest lines I've ever heard is "his brain is squirming like a toad..." This song is based on a movie that Jim was doing, where he plays a hitchhiker killer. Another great thing about this song not too many notice is the second set of vocals, its very subtle, but Jim actually recorded both sets of vocals and they're layered (not sure if that's the correct music lingo). You should give "Lizard King" Celebration of the lizard, a listen by the Doors. That is after all one of Jim's monikers.
You're not only listening to the music and the lyrics - you're experiencing a song. A great joy to watch and it makes me appreciate songs that I have known for a long time even more!
Every member of The Doors is and was incredible, creative, so so talented.... Morrison was the PERFECT front man for their band.... Spontaneous, dramatic, sexy... Can't take your eyes off him when he sings... But every other member is perfectly in balance with him. Manzarek on keyboards, Kreiger on guitar, and Densmore on drums. They were spot on together. They were so young too, but they just oozed musical talent... I dont think any of their music ever feels dated. It only improves with time❤️
This music was the background music to many of our lives, including mine. Sometimes when I hear a song like this on radio, I roll my eyes and think to myself "this song again!". But when I watch you listen to it for the first time, you make me remember what I loved about the song in the first place. It's like I hear these songs for the first time when you point out the drum beat, guitar riff, etc. Thanks :-)
When it comes to the soft parade I think the live version performed on PBS in ' 69 is a masterpiece if you haven't seen it here's the link. ua-cam.com/video/BuZUrjWz-PE/v-deo.html Honestly not my favorite song on the original album but love this version. If you read these comments Jamel_AKA_Jamal check out this clip especially if your new to the doors. Awesome teamwork ! Just remember "If all else fails we can always whip the horses eyes"
Jim Morrison went to UCLA, for film making. Also wrote poetry, besides doing music. He was a complex person, a Lyrical Artist. Painted word art for the mind. He was in courses with the 60's pop artist Andy Warhol, the pop commercial soup can art artist.
The fact that he died before this song was released is mind boggling. Though tragic to us, what better way to die young than to first leave a piece of art with us that will love forever? There's no doubt The Doors will still be appreciated in 100 years.
Jamal, I used to live in New Haven CT and although I was too young to go, my mom went to the Doors concert at the New Haven Colosseum where Jim Morrison was arrested. This was 1967. After he was arrested, people went and had a mini riot because of what happened. If you listen to the song Peace Frog he sings the verse Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven. My mom got home and told me what happened. Im sure you could google the details. Great reaction btw..
Kinda fun to see someone who appreciates the music of my generation. Now, try to imagine nothing like this had ever been heard before. The groups of the 60's and 70's blew our minds taking rock to a whole 'nother level. An amazing time to be alive. Glad you enjoy it today still.
My God I'm so happy I found you it's ridiculous that they block the most telling rock music EVER nothing to compete with this. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RESCUE THESE BEAUTIFUL REAL MUSIC AND YOURE ENTHUSIASM LOVE YOU
When I was a kid in the 1960's I always thought this singer was an old man, because he sang with the laid back composer of someone like Johnny Cash or Frank Sinatra, both getting long in the tooth by that time.
@@msfriedchicken5 Came here to mention this. When my brother and I played the game we shut off all the non-metal and rock songs except for Snoop's version of Riders on the Storm.
bank on it... the film maker and actor were inspired by the song and the singer... morrison was a legend in hwood. by the mid 70s- 80s the new generation of film makers were hitting their primes. many of them actually knew jim from ucla days and when the doors were on the strip at the whisky. they all knew of his film background & he was looked at closely in re to his thematic ideas. if he had lived, he probably wouldve been a part of that community job wise post paris.... just saw ex machina not that long ago. great thoughtful sci fi film. there was a scene in that film I know they directly got from the end re taking a face from the ancient gallery. morrison left large footprints in even the cinematic world.
This is a great idea . Spent most of my day watching these videos. Seeing Jamal's first reaction to these classics is joyous. Especially rage,zeppelin and doors. Going through my vinyl while listening.
One night, as a kid, as usual I couldn't sleep, so I turned on the radio. Wolfman Jack spun this up, then cut loose with his howls during the long bridge. Absolutely stunning.
I find that sometimes, re-listening, to the songs you're hearing for the first time - I discover things I'd missed or forgotten! Thanks for your journey! It's brave and a great service to all of us who love music as you do!
I hitchhiked around the country in 1970-71. Glad so many people hadn't heard this song, lol. Their songs were so dark, but beautiful. Perhaps the strangest was Horse Latitudes. It was more poetry than music. If you listen to it, best to look up the history that gave the Horse Latitudes its name. So sad....
Mr Mojo Risin himself....weaver of magic and words and music...all gloriously combined into one to lift our spirits up, open our minds and eyes....had the privilege to pay him my respects when I visited his grave in Paris a couple of years ago. Magical!!!
My fave from the Doors! It was awesome driving home from work in Atlanta, in a thunderstorm , listening to this song! Love how music takes you back better than photos do!
People who don't get Jim, hate The Doors. Those of us who get him, love them. We are the fortunate ones.
I dont get everything, especially bible references but i love him either way.
Well said dear!
I agree Love the Doors I've been listening to them since I was 16 driving my 57 chevy best driving music ever ..I love roadhouse blues could get a speeding ticket if I'm not careful .Thanks for your comment.
I will admit, I didn't "get it" until I heard "People Are Strange." The way he expressed the loneliness and anguish of being "different" grabbed me by the soul and shook me. After that, I HAD TO know the rest of the story. These guys were God's amongst men.
@@KayeWhye I think that's why the Doors music survives it speaks to you .it isn't superficial when other bands were trying to fit in Jim was an individual.
Morrison is incredible but Ray Manzarek and his keyboards raised his music to a whole other level.
Absolutely agree with you!
Robbie on guitar was as good as Ray. This was Ray's song though. He shines. The Doors were a great band, borrowing from jazz and blues to make their on own unique rock.
There is a great UA-cam video of Ray talking about this song. A must watch IMO.
Dude dude dude ,you gotta get a turntable if you don't already and you got to get a vinyl copy that record LA Woman and here's the thing you listen to Riders of the storm now if you have a turntable that will keep playing into the inner Groove then you're set man cuz what happens is they run the storm or the rain drops into the inner Groove so that it just keeps playing plus you'll dig the inner sleeve it's a black-and-white and solarized picture of a naked girl power pole with a Transformer like she's crucified it's the damnedest thing bro you'll trip
Ray introduced such a dreamy, transcendental feel to this song. I wonder if he was a deeply spiritual person. This song is a classic masterpiece.
They were so far ahead of their time; that's why listening to them over 50 years later doesn't sound dated...
they are still ahead of our time even
Definitely sound dated....ask my kids.....but their lyrics remain timeless.
@@Katt560 But good music.
I have to admit, I didn’t really know about the Doors until hearing “The End”-I thought they were a contemporary band!
PARADOX: now we know how to mic the drums, now we don't use them in popular recordings
I once saw a Johnny Carson "Tonight Show" that Pavarotti was a guest and Johnny asked him if he could sing rock'n'roll who would he most want to sing and Pavarotti said "Jim Morrison, the man had a great voice."
I have GOT to find that clip!
i watched it but things you said was never mentioned neither jim morrison
Wow… never knew that! The amazing thing is that in ‘67 when the Doors were formed Morrison had never sung a lick. By ‘68 they were a household name and people were comparing Jim to Sinatra… and for good reason. He was great
NOTHING like listening to Riders on a rainy night.
Damn right
Or a rainy night out driving.
As a child growing up in the 60's and 70's, I really get a kick out of watching your generation hear all of this great music for the first time. Keep digging, there is so much more to explore
Karen j my parents are in their 40s I’m 20 and I literally grew up to these songs, I love it they honestly made me experience back in the day through music. Red Hot Chili Peppers is my number one !
I'm 31 and i love 60s music doo wop soul psychedelic surf rock garage rock hard rock great time for music
I graduated from high school in 1967 and was a singer in a fairly decent Bay Area rock/blues band. I grew up on the greatest popular music ever written.
Karen j I agree with you on his reactions! He know we had the best music EVER,
I'm always saying that what makes these music reaction videos so much fun is that watching someone else hear something you love for the first time is as close as we'll ever get (without brain trauma) to being able to hear something for the first time again ourselves. That vicarious experience is so satisfying!
The Doors are the most underrated band in history. People are always talking about Morrison's death but god damn they were a great band. These songs hold up 50 years later, great production, songwriting and musicianship, and Jim was a fucking Greek god with an Irish poet's brain and vocals that were perfect for the music.
Stop it, stop the "underrated". No one thinks they are underrated. The Doors are one of the most influential bands out there.
@@Watthead80 I agree...absolutely! They had a sound that was unique then and still is today. No other band comes close to their sound. Nor will they ever.
Ageed. How can anybody not appreciate this talented ensemble that broke ground in so many ways, and achieved tremendous popularity in doing so. Long live the Lizard King! (He still lives on in fan's hearts, therefore he can never die...or something like that)
I don't get the irsish poet thing. He loved poetry, but was really into Nietzsche, acted like Baudelaire and constantly showed his knowledge of ancient Roman and Greek culture. He was a poet, but not really similar to Oscar Wilde to me.
I may be wrong, though, that's why I am asking.
@@rodrigodeangelis1275 Morrison published two books of poetry The Lords and the New Creatures (both 1969) then published together in 1971. You should listen to An American Prayer (1978) where the remaining Doors took his poetry he recorded and put it to music.
ua-cam.com/video/X1H7nNtiZIc/v-deo.html
The irony of not being able to record upstairs because of the storm
is just killing me.
Magnificent Failure that’s coincidental not ironic.
Lol
@@internetuser8922 no, it’s ironic.
Why can't it be both?
@@internetuser8922 it can be both
I feel so blessed growing up in the 60's and 70's
So do I...I don't mind being called a "boomer" for we were truely blessed to cut our teeth on rock-n-roll that was so diverse it boggles my mind now, more than it did back then.
Me too!
Me too!
Anita M lol yes i still think trout mask replica album cover has got to be the greatest album cover ever made.
Feel blessed too, the best cutting edge music. Real talent skill.
This song came out when I was in Vietnam, brings back the memories of being a Huey crew chief
thank you for your service
I was a few years too late for Vietnam, but this music still was being played in my day (1990s), cruising across the desert in an Abrams, a time I'll never forget.
@@brianmerrill6891 That song came out in 1971. That was the last song that Jim Morrison did, he died July 1971
Thank You For Your Service, Soldier!
@@brianmerrill6891 Thank You For Your Service!
The Doors broke the mold because Morrison wrote about the dark sides of life. Most music at the time was hopeful. Jim had issues. They were unapologetically in our face and we loved them for it.
Vincent Schmitt Jim was not like that
I dig the keyboards
Vincent Schmitt I’m pretty sure Morrison had a demonic possession issue
@Vincent Schmitt I understand
Ol Morrison was like Honey Badger.............he didn't GIVE A FEKKK!!!! When he was ready to go FULL SEND you might as well sit down shut the fook up and enjoy the show as he triggered the SNOWFLAKES and PRUDES of old!!
Jim Morrison was an amazing poet. He was a tortured soul. Timeless music.
Hey Amber. 👌 And their are so many more out there!
Wondering aimlessly, restlessly...lost to themselves, all partitions
Torn down,eyes that agree and disagree with what the brain see's.
Drinking from both cups simultaneously,
Acute perception as much a curse. as it is a testament
To intuitive genius, wisdom,beauty and aloneness.
So many old
Gold
Souls,
Voices heard?
Some never,and,if ever?
Forgotten. Bla bla bla . You know how it is,right?
I'm not sure if you are familiar with his books of poetry, and,essays, short stories, Movie scripts, and forthright,unmistakably expressed
philosophy...etcetera etcetera. You may very well be,acquainted with his
work,outside of the doors. If not. I highly recommend you have a look.
I will say good night now,Amber.
If you would like to keep the dialogue going. Let me now.
PS. Don't let the nightmares bite.
This song means a lot to me because they played it at my brother's funeral (and he loved The Doors).
Coincidental lyric: If you give this man a ride, sweet family will die. But seriously, God rest your brother's soul and may he join with all the angels.
Beautiful last salutation. I will let this song play at my own funeral too.
mes sincères condoléances..
Sorry for your lose.
Mary Margaret, I am so very sorry for your loss.
This is a great song. Mine is Across the Universe by The Beatles. Who knows where we go after, really? Why not a part of the universe; there are billions of stars out there, who can say that's not our departed? I hope your pain lessens and you have the good stuff in your memories to comfort you. Peace be unto you.
the strongest message out there, "Girl, you gotta love your man, take him by the hand, make him understand..."
How EPIC is that?! Pure guidance and counsel for all.
Jamel, Imagine what its like for a kid growing up in the 60's and 70's listening to this on the radio!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Many thanks to The Doors and others out there that educated my spirit.
Im suprised by how there is no femenists replying on you.
The Doors wrote the song because of Jim Morrison fascination about a “spree” killer, Billy Cook. Done in the vain of “Ghost Riders In The Sky.”
I was just thinking about Ghost Riders!
He also had made a short experimental road film in which he played a hitch hiking killer called Hwy : An American Pastoral
Ray Manzarek is what makes this track so magical. That solo is out of this world. Jim provided the lyrics but Ray was the musical canvas for him to paint on. "So much greatness in here!"...that's right!!! :-)
Ray was the bassist using only his organ. They had no bass guitar.
The song is about how we each are alone in the world.
Notice how the song isn’t in any hurry to get anywhere. Exactly opposite of modern music.
Very Well Said... peace..
Best explanation, ever.🤘
Michael Rush very kind sir ☮️
I love your comment, so true
@@toaster0oman Non-sense, sorry bro
This song just gives me chills every time I hear it. The loneliness that this song projects, it's just incredible. There is no bad Doors song.
RIDERS ON THE STORM is my favorite Door's song hands down.
I like, "The Soft Parade"
Roadhouse Blues
LA Woman
Light My Fire
take yer pick. All awesome!
Me too the rainy stormy atmosphere it's unbelievably
Might be my favorite song of all time. Hard to pick of course, but this song man, chills everytime...
The End is beautiful as well
Whenever I hear this particular song by The Doors I get the big chills. And it's not because of the dark lyrics, but because it's absolute musical perfection. Just listen to Manzarek working that Rhodes piano, and Krieger on the guitar. Absolute bliss! The production and mixing is just out of this world. This is one of the many many countless reasons why The Doors will always be in my top 3 of favourite bands.
That electric piano part where it goes down and down sounds like raindrops. Ray Manzarek was a monster keyboardist. Great song, great reaction.
This song gives me chills. I get it even more than I did back then. The members of this band were so deep. The hitchhiker was not a human, it was a hurtful spirit...
Jim knew he was thrown into a dark world.
A little fun fact...Jim whispered the lyrics on a background track that was played with the main track of him singing. Very cool effect especially with this song.
I read somewhere that the whisper overdub was the last recorded thing he did for The Doors.
I noticed on a lot of the remastered versions of this song you can't hear the ghost.
Never noticed until now. Can't unhear it now. Amazing.
@@cspencer5885 The ghost is how you know you found a good version of the song
Blackdog99 you’re correct which makes it even more eerie
Man does this take me back to the mid 70s. Listening to this on 8Track, sipping cold beer and being high on Thai Stick. Working on my time machine still....
You get it built, you call me, you hear?
I always imagined a group of hardy looking gunslingers riding into a sleepy town in the dark of a thunderous night when I listened to it as a youth.
What an amazing visual image! I can almost see Jim dressed as Clint Eastwood.
Ray Manzarek, the keyboard player for The Doors, was a genius. He held so many Doors songs together, including this one.
all three (Robbie, Ray, and John) are(were) amazing musicians. Add Jim's poetry and voice and there's no question why they are legends
One might even say that Ray, *puts on black sunglasses* opened new doors for them.
YYYYEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Most people aren't aware Ray was an old school organist, and played the bass lines on foot pedals.
@@submandave1125 when i saw them on tv i'm like where's the bass player?
@@submandave1125 it wasn't until their last album that they had a real bass player
Peace Frog is a must.
So funky it will make you slap your mama!
Yaaaassssssss
Love it . Have you heard War Toad, Kriegers remix. It's pretty cool.
Peace Frog/Blue Sunday
Yaaaaaaaas!!!!!!!!!
Do you realize how many FM album stations played this song when it rained back in the 70s
The days🥳
It was the perfect song for a bathroom break.
All of them!
Back when the show host selected and played the music... this, and Beatles Rain, Clapton Let It Rain and a few others as a rainy day block.
YOU JUST DONT HEAR PURE TALENT LIKE THIS ANYMORE ! :(
That's complete and utter bullshit. It may be true if you keep your ears glued to the billboard top 100 and don't look any deeper. Otherwise, absolute hot air.
Jamel: i had to go downstairs because it’s raining
The Doors: hold my tab of acid...
CORRECTION....100 tabs...
Been a long time since I've seen a tab of "L".
😝
....Dan ?
😂
Jim could sing anything. Literally if he had wanted to he could've been a Sinatra or Elvis type. But that wasn't Jim. Imo the most versatile singer ever. Ray was a wizard. Robby is so distinct and John IS the backbeat that never misses.
Someone I personally feel is nearly as versatile as Jim was in his style and ability to sing any genre is Scott Weiland. Check out him singing "Break On Through" with Ray, Robbie & John.
@@drumdad54sdl47 Scott is in my top 5 singers actually! Atlanta in particular is very Jim like and haunting. Scott doesn't get the proper attention for his singing.
Bones Jackson ironically elvis was his favorite singer
He could have sung Nessun Dorma like Pavarotti. I wish I could have heard him do that.
Elvis was a "could sing anything" type.
This might be the creepiest song ever made, when you know it's story. First, you said something about it "sounding western". The music was inspired by the C/W song "Ghost riders in the sky" about a band of ghost cowboys.
The words were inspired by actual events. Some from Jim Morrison's experience hitch hiking across Florida when he was in college and the weirdos, freaks and scary people who gave him rides. Also by an actual serial killer in the 50's. Can't remember his name but he killed 6 people while hitch hiking from Kansas to California, including a man, his wife and two young children. The line in the song says "give this man a ride, sweet family will die", not sweet Emily.
The line "Into this world we're thrown" was inspired by a German philosopher who said "We are all thrown into this world by no choice of our own and have to make of it what we will" to which another German philosopher said "But we prefer it to a dog's life, fighting for scraps in the street" which inspired the "like a dog without a bone" line.
It's a pretty deep song, that bass line makes it creepier, sounds like something chasing you that won't stop. To add to the creepiness level, they recorded a track of Jim Morrison whispering the words and dubbed him singing over it.
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Thanks for breaking it down...always loved the song, has deeper meaning now.
Damn! Thanks for the info on a great song.
Jeez man thanks
Yeah . What's strange is the Doors did not have a bass player in the band!!
Just wait until you do the doors...THE END....
This was golden to those serving in Vietnam
“The End” was the first Doors song he listened to, hell of an introduction if you ask me. His reaction was pretty good, he’s captivated through the whole song.
When I was 10 years old I found The Doors and quickly became my favorite classic rock back .. I am now 40 and nothing has changed
The Doors are so damn good and so damn mesmerizing. The best band to come from out of the 60's and the band i wished i would have been alive to see them live.
Best band to come out of the 60’s? Pretty sure the Beatles might edge them
Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, that's hard to top
@@jacobrayner6985 I have no real favorites the exception of Floyd. But there were some I really didn't care for, The Fab 4 Was 1.
But Groups like The Doors, Hendricks, Iron Butterfly, Crosby Stills and Nash, Buffalo Springfield, Chicago where American groups and could hold their own with any of the British Invasion bands.
The Zombies: "Time of the Season" "She's not there".
yes, totally agree
I second that!!!
They were one of the best bands to come along in the late 60's.
I learnt of the Doors through my dad. What I love about them, is that they take you deep into an instrumental-- instrumentals that sometimes last the duration of entire songs themselves-- but have found the chord progressions to hold you attention the entire time. It's hypnotic and beautiful. Such a different, and I fear forgotten, aspect of music that I find fascinating.
This is a song to just put the headphones 🎧 on, turn off the lights and just get lost in the groove 🥁🎼🎸🎤🎧🥁🎼🎸🎤🎧
Yes. It was all about mind tripping at that time. Even w/out help.
"I'll tell you this: no eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn" The Doors didn't have a bass player. Bass lines played by Manzarek on a Fender bass keyboard.
Sprezzatura is one of most favorite Italian words ! It took me literally decades to realize that the bass line came from manzarek. Decades !! What a musician playing the melody and bass at the same time. That’s Hendrix level shit.
“ Live with us in Forests of azure out here in the perimeter there are no stars out here we is stoned immaculate”
@@imperialdagger thanks. At first I felt like A Boy Named Sue. But as I got older I came to embrace my name. Manzarek was the real thing that's for sure!
Always wondered why they didn't have a bass player
Jerry Scheff played bass on Riders. Session musician that played with Elvis, the Monkees, everybody.
What a frickin musical masterpiece this song is.Check out Love Her Madly next.
"That's the one song you do NOT like if you're a Doors fan..." lol
Also, check out Touch Me, Crystal Ship, Alabama Song, People are Strange, and Hello, I Love You.
@@willtheangrydudeist9120 None.
@@AdrianDeVore Great choice of songs.
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Love the message on your sweat shirt. Humility, brother! You know, the great Little Richard just died (God rest his soul), and he said, "R&B and gospel got married and gave birth to rock 'n roll!" The white artists got all over that, both American & British. My Episcopal church is lily white, but our priest took us to our sister AME Church down the street for Ash Wednesday services. I'll give you my reaction...WOW! I cannot forget that service, brother! That black pastor imposed ashes on my white forehead and brought sweet humility to my soul, selling me on our common humanity and mortality before God. What a blessing! Those brothers & sisters know how to worship GOD! You enrich my soul in these videos. Keep it up, brother Jamel! Thank you!
"So much greatness in here..." So true. Aren't you happy in life now? That you get to hear such great music that was around before YOU were? You are now a member of an exclusive club, but not in some snobby way. The music was out there... for our choosing. Thank you for trusting us - those who grew up on this music - to choose for you. It's F A R from over. 💗 🎶
"Break on through" Next!
You hit the nail on the head with ‘western’ it was inspired by ghost riders in the sky...they just added a little doors jazz to that bad boy
on that note, he should react to ghost riders in the the sky
@Jennifer Mirra: I agree with you. Ghost Riders In The Sky, would be a great video for Jamel.
The problem is, what version of the song? There's many covers of it from many artists across all genre's of music. Do you pick the original Burl Ives folk version, or the Johnny Cash country version? Maybe the Southern Rock of, The Outlaws or the Metal versions by Chrome Division or Spiderbait?
See the problem? lol
@@MsPrincesspaulina hmm i personally like spiderbaits, but honestly either version would make for a good time
@Jennifer Mirra
I like all of them.
Johnny Cash Version of Ghost riders!
Location doesn't matter. Granted, that would have been super dope to hear this masterpiece for the first time while it's raining.
This song is like a religious experience. I listen to it almost every time it rains :)
Same!!
The Doors are other worldly, been diggin this band for over 50 yrs!
Peace Frog should be the next Doors reaction. "Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven, Blood stains the roofs and the palm trees of Venice, Bloody my love in the terrible summer, Bloody red sun of fantastic L.A.". So good.
That organ solo though 🥰
This is by far my favorite Doors' song. The images that come to my mind are so damn clear. I absolutely love it.
I've heard this song many times. I never noticed that there is a separate track that whispers the lyric behind the lead vocal. Adds another level to the sound.
That's amazing. I love these production techniques.
This song is so visual. The conjures up amazing imagery. It's so rich and atmospheric. True art.
That whisper vocal was the last track that Jim ever recorded.
Yes! Which makes it all the more creepy, going along with the "murderous hitch-hiker" theme.
I've been listening to this song since it waa released and I never noticed it myself until just recently. Eerie as f.
This song was all over the radio summer of '71; I thought the whooshing water sounds were waves crashing on a beach. You can hear someone whoop real loud in the background during an instrumental; I always imagined it as someone frolicking on a sunny beach somewhere, lol. I was living in hot *ss Dallas then; I needed beach sounds to cool my soul. Later I recognized the whole "Storm" motif and I enjoyed the song a SECOND way. That guitar/piano face-off at the very end, madonn'.....so beautiful.
I always loved Jim and the Doors. Why would some people hate him. He is such an incredible singer.
R.I.P. THE LIZARD KING
Mr. Mojo Risin
And RIP Ray too
I am the Lizard King. I can do anything..
Gone way too soon
He can do anything
"Into this house we're born..Into this World we're thrown..."
This dark world he knew we were thrown into. 🥴
It gets panned in some circles, but I recommend the Doors movie. Regardless how accurately it depicts events, it gives real insight into their music.
DionysusAlS I think it is a fantastic movie. When Val Kilmer was at his best.
Best Val movie ever!
it has some great moments... just not a cohesive well rounded picture of morrison. too tilted on the destructive side. kilmer was impressive though.
I liked the movie. Val Kilmer slayed the Jim lead.
I have always believed Riders on the Storm was the greatest song of the classic rock and roll era. It never fails to draw me in. Thank you for your honest reaction to a song I have listened to and loved for almost 50 years.
one of the most gorgeous intros in the history of rock - takes me right back to the early 1970s listening to this in our livingroom as a kid - great piano too
Jamel. You Gotta Hear Soft Parade By The Doors, It's Literally 4 Songs In One..It'll Blow Your Mind...Love The Video's Great Job Sir!! And Thank You For Bringing Back All Of The Great Music, That I Grew Up With. Your Keeping It ALIVE Man!!!!🤘🤘
Gary Wood one of my favorites
Why do you capitalize the first letter of every word?
Your getting around
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Yes!
This was the last recorded song of The Doors saga and what a way to go out. Every time it rains, I think of this awesome song. It has a haunting melancholic audio and visual quality that is second to none. Just a "Timeless Classic".
Underrated song more people need to listen and react too: Yes, the River Knows.
Stopped what I was doing to watch this when I saw the title! I discovered the Doors in the 80's when I raised my much older step-brothers' music collection. Loved them even though I'm sure I was the only 11 year old girl listening to them in the early 80's
@Salem Yeah? Most kids were listening to 14-16 year old music? No one I knew was listening to The Soft Parade or their first and second albums, except for the people who were actually alive when they came out.
@ted ritola I agree!
"Aw that was so incredible"
I listened to this song countless times, still have that same thought every time that solo wraps up.
I was fortunate enough to hear them in concert at the Cheetah, that used to be on the Santa Monica Pier, with Jefferson Airplane and the Peanut Butter Conspiracy in the 60's. Didn't realize how great they would become. Super reaction!
I really don't know whats more entertaining, the music or your pure joy in the music.
One of the greatest lines I've ever heard is "his brain is squirming like a toad..."
This song is based on a movie that Jim was doing, where he plays a hitchhiker killer.
Another great thing about this song not too many notice is the second set of vocals, its very subtle, but Jim actually recorded both sets of vocals and they're layered (not sure if that's the correct music lingo).
You should give "Lizard King" Celebration of the lizard, a listen by the Doors. That is after all one of Jim's monikers.
One most relaxing, feel good songs of all time! I love the door's timeless wonder!
"Soul Kitchen" and "Five to One" and "Love Her Madly" and for kicks "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" ...
Crystal Ship.
Celebration of the Lizard
oh yeah!!
Just love his voice, especially in Love Her Madly....as she's walking out the door
"Not to Touch the Earth" would be good as well. Personally I think "Five to One" would be great.
You're not only listening to the music and the lyrics - you're experiencing a song. A great joy to watch and it makes me appreciate songs that I have known for a long time even more!
The Doors were before their time...their sound was so innovative and different. They are still ICONIC over 50 years later.
Headphones are the best way to appreciate all the nuances of this song...You're gonna love it
I had to break my headphones out for this one.
Patrick McGovern It's the only way. And sometimes a bong rip or two don't hurt either.
@@JohnWilliams-bt9er same, headphones required.
I am so glad I fell down this youtube rabbit hole! I love your reactions to this music, and I have rediscovered some old favorites because of you❤
Every member of The Doors is and was incredible, creative, so so talented.... Morrison was the PERFECT front man for their band.... Spontaneous, dramatic, sexy... Can't take your eyes off him when he sings... But every other member is perfectly in balance with him. Manzarek on keyboards, Kreiger on guitar, and Densmore on drums. They were spot on together. They were so young too, but they just oozed musical talent...
I dont think any of their music ever feels dated. It only improves with time❤️
This music was the background music to many of our lives, including mine. Sometimes when I hear a song like this on radio, I roll my eyes and think to myself "this song again!". But when I watch you listen to it for the first time, you make me remember what I loved about the song in the first place. It's like I hear these songs for the first time when you point out the drum beat, guitar riff, etc. Thanks :-)
You'll dig the groove on The Doors' Peace Frog!
Pretty much Jim’s last recorded words, making it so much more hauntingly beautiful. 🎹🔪
Listen to Mac DeMarco Baby’s wearing blue jeans
The Soft Parade , When the Music's Over
When it comes to the soft parade I think the live version performed on PBS in ' 69 is a masterpiece if you haven't seen it here's the link. ua-cam.com/video/BuZUrjWz-PE/v-deo.html Honestly not my favorite song on the original album but love this version. If you read these comments Jamel_AKA_Jamal check out this clip especially if your new to the doors. Awesome teamwork ! Just remember "If all else fails we can always whip the horses eyes"
The Soft Parade! Yes!
Finally a beautiful black man with exactly the same love for this music I'm so grateful for YOU
Jim Morrison went to UCLA, for film making. Also wrote poetry, besides doing music. He was a complex person, a Lyrical Artist. Painted word art for the mind.
He was in courses with the 60's pop artist Andy Warhol, the pop commercial soup can art artist.
The fact that he died before this song was released is mind boggling. Though tragic to us, what better way to die young than to first leave a piece of art with us that will love forever? There's no doubt The Doors will still be appreciated in 100 years.
Sad he passed at such a young life... love The Doors... group like no other... the rock and roll poet RIP in heaven.. God bless
Jamal, I used to live in New Haven CT and although I was too young to go, my mom went to the Doors concert at the New Haven Colosseum where Jim Morrison was arrested. This was 1967. After he was arrested, people went and had a mini riot because of what happened. If you listen to the song Peace Frog he sings the verse Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven. My mom got home and told me what happened. Im sure you could google the details. Great reaction btw..
Kinda fun to see someone who appreciates the music of my generation. Now, try to imagine nothing like this had ever been heard before. The groups of the 60's and 70's blew our minds taking rock to a whole 'nother level. An amazing time to be alive. Glad you enjoy it today still.
My God I'm so happy I found you it's ridiculous that they block the most telling rock music EVER nothing to compete with this. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RESCUE THESE BEAUTIFUL REAL MUSIC AND YOURE ENTHUSIASM LOVE YOU
When I was a kid in the 1960's I always thought this singer was an old man, because he sang with the laid back composer of someone like Johnny Cash or Frank Sinatra, both getting long in the tooth by that time.
He was an old blues man
If you've ever played Need For Speed: Underground you've probably heard this song without realizing it.
Loved that game and song.
That was actually a snoop dog remix on need for speed haha. Still lit tho
Dee Dee, That's why I said that he probably has heard it without realizing it. You right though it was a Snoop Dogg remix.
@@msfriedchicken5 Came here to mention this.
When my brother and I played the game we shut off all the non-metal and rock songs except for Snoop's version of Riders on the Storm.
Steven Charland I just listened to it and instantly went back to 2006
This song always reminds me "The Hitcher"
Rutger Hauer's mind was squirming like a toad for sure.
bank on it... the film maker and actor were inspired by the song and the singer... morrison was a legend in hwood. by the mid 70s- 80s the new generation of film makers were hitting their primes. many of them actually knew jim from ucla days and when the doors were on the strip at the whisky. they all knew of his film background & he was looked at closely in re to his thematic ideas. if he had lived, he probably wouldve been a part of that community job wise post paris.... just saw ex machina not that long ago. great thoughtful sci fi film. there was a scene in that film I know they directly got from the end re taking a face from the ancient gallery. morrison left large footprints in even the cinematic world.
This is a great idea . Spent most of my day watching these videos. Seeing Jamal's first reaction to these classics is joyous. Especially rage,zeppelin and doors. Going through my vinyl while listening.
One night, as a kid, as usual I couldn't sleep, so I turned on the radio. Wolfman Jack spun this up, then cut loose with his howls during the long bridge. Absolutely stunning.
Elvis’s Bassist once again filling out the Doors sound.
I upgraded my stereo system to a $20K system just for this song
This was Jim Morrison's final song. He died shortly after recording it.
Didn't know that
Several months, actually; in Paris.
I find that sometimes, re-listening, to the songs you're hearing for the first time - I discover things I'd missed or forgotten! Thanks for your journey! It's brave and a great service to all of us who love music as you do!
I hitchhiked around the country in 1970-71. Glad so many people hadn't heard this song, lol. Their songs were so dark, but beautiful. Perhaps the strangest was Horse Latitudes. It was more poetry than music. If you listen to it, best to look up the history that gave the Horse Latitudes its name. So sad....
Some of the lyrics to this song inspired the movie The Hitcher with Rutger Hauer.
What a great movie !
For some songs, you know in the first 5 seconds that you are going to love it.
Best driving song ever. The gas tank could be on empty, then this comes on, you can drive all night.
Mr Mojo Risin himself....weaver of magic and words and music...all gloriously combined into one to lift our spirits up, open our minds and eyes....had the privilege to pay him my respects when I visited his grave in Paris a couple of years ago. Magical!!!
My fave from the Doors! It was awesome driving home from work in Atlanta, in a thunderstorm , listening to this song! Love how music takes you back better than photos do!
I play this song when there is a storm on....love it. The movie with Val Kilmer and Meg Ryan was also very good. Val nailed Jim's character