Ray Manzarek is playing organ and a Fender Rhodes Bass piano simultaneously. There's a double bass line. Larry Knechtel is playing electric bass guitar as well. (Normally, on stage, The Doors did not have a bassist...Manzarek just played basslines on his Rhodes)
@@mattblatchley2061 Ray was a very good keyboard player. He wasn't as funky or hard-rock as his contemporaries but would've been very welcome in a jazz combo, especially one that played "third-stream" jazz.
Doors drummer John Densmore is a huge jazz fan so you nailed that. This album was almost all recorded live on 4 tracks so has the odd mix of the drums in the left channel. In 1967 many stereo systems had a front and back channel so the drums and base were the rear channel with the guitar and organ were forward and vocals in the center. Doors were coined as "orgasmic" rock. Many of their songs guilt up to breaks and then a climax. As a huge Doors fan they did not really invent it but mastered it. Cool to see people still getting turned on to the Doors. Great reaction.
The intro is classical, inspired by Bach, the verses are latin with A minor to F# minor which is a very unusual chord progression, the refrain is rock and the solo is jazz, taken from John Coltranes My Favorite Things, pretty dang sophisticated stuff for a mid 60s pop tune!🤘
The guys were asking Jim why he was always making weird songs with weird lyrics, so he said to them, "Ok, why don't YOU guys write a song?". So, at the next practice, the 18 year old guitarist, Robbie Kreiger, brought this song...music and lyrics. The idea was to put in a long instrumental section like their jazz idols did. Turned out to be their biggest song.
This came out just before I went to Vietnam, unreal Thank you. One of the 1st longer playing songs. Absolutely Jazz sounding. Light My Fire! Jose Feliciano did a great job later, very cool too.
Ahahaha sorry **Mugnify** i had to pause at "Givin me Brady Bunch Energy" ahahaha OMG hilarious sorry but it was cuz back then he was banned from being on "The Ed Sullivan Show" cuz Ed had told him to NOT say the word "Higher" in the song for the show/censors sake & course **Jim Morrison** being **Jim** **MrMojoRisin* & **The Lizard King** was like F THAT & did it anyway ha so yea got banned BUT i guess NOT forever maybe cuz i do think they got to go on again (someone can correct me if i am wrong cuz im not sure) BUT also when i was really lil & i would here their songs on the radio i pictured **Jim Morrison** as WAY older & thought he was like part of the **Frank Sinatra** **Rat Pack** kinda guys heh course i found out later how very wrong i was! ahaha smh
Jim antagonized Ed Sullivan during the performance on live TV, Ed asked Jim to not say"higher" because of the drug reference. Jim agreed & rehearsed another version. But kept the lyric during the live performance. Ed vowed to never allow the band back to his show.
Shows the clear disconnect between the generations at the time. To me, the lyric "girl we couldn't get much higher" isn't even referring to drugs. They're already high. That's a given. He's telling the girl even though they're high already (on drugs) that he'd be lying if he said they couldn't get any "higher," since they "could" be having an even better time (wink/wink) Morrison should have said "Ed, that lyric & the song isn't about 'getting high' on drugs. It's about getting her hot enough to get her panties off AFTER she's already high on drugs..." I wonder what Ed would have done then? I also don't understand what word Ed expected Jim to just insert in place of the word "higher" that rhymes with "liar" & still makes sense? He'd have had to change more than just the word 'higher" to have it make any sense. I wonder what he sang at the rehearsal that Ed approved of?
Cuz back then (most) everyone was on some kind of substance & THIS song will make ya **Trip Out** way **Mesmerizing** re: why the solo" heh so yea try imagining being all stoned & just being put into a **Trance**
Ray Manzarek is playing organ and a Fender Rhodes Bass piano simultaneously. There's a double bass line. Larry Knechtel is playing electric bass guitar as well. (Normally, on stage, The Doors did not have a bassist...Manzarek just played basslines on his Rhodes)
**Ray Manzarek** IS the **Man** **Luvit**
Score another win for the Wrecking Crew.
Ray gets a lot of hate from some corners...but I don't get it...he's as unique sounding as EVH!
@@mattblatchley2061 Ray was a very good keyboard player. He wasn't as funky or hard-rock as his contemporaries but would've been very welcome in a jazz combo, especially one that played "third-stream" jazz.
Doors drummer John Densmore is a huge jazz fan so you nailed that. This album was almost all recorded live on 4 tracks so has the odd mix of the drums in the left channel. In 1967 many stereo systems had a front and back channel so the drums and base were the rear channel with the guitar and organ were forward and vocals in the center. Doors were coined as "orgasmic" rock. Many of their songs guilt up to breaks and then a climax. As a huge Doors fan they did not really invent it but mastered it.
Cool to see people still getting turned on to the Doors. Great reaction.
The intro is classical, inspired by Bach, the verses are latin with A minor to F# minor which is a very unusual chord progression, the refrain is rock and the solo is jazz, taken from John Coltranes My Favorite Things, pretty dang sophisticated stuff for a mid 60s pop tune!🤘
The guys were asking Jim why he was always making weird songs with weird lyrics, so he said to them, "Ok, why don't YOU guys write a song?". So, at the next practice, the 18 year old guitarist, Robbie Kreiger, brought this song...music and lyrics. The idea was to put in a long instrumental section like their jazz idols did. Turned out to be their biggest song.
This came out just before I went to Vietnam, unreal Thank you. One of the 1st longer playing songs. Absolutely Jazz sounding. Light My Fire! Jose Feliciano did a great job later, very cool too.
early and mid 60's rock featured a lot of organ music, Iron Butterfly was very heavy organ as well as many other groups
Great Reaction 👍🙏💯😎
The "Jazz roots" on the solo is because it's a rock tempo riff off of My Favorite Things by John Coltrane.
This is the album cut. There is a single release cut that omits the long instrumental for just the shorter solo.
Sorry I missed that one.
@@charlesdavis7461 this longer one is better anyway. You can totally groove to it.
Jim had that dark, ominous tone. Great reaction
awesome!!! have you done "The Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)" yet??? I forget
Thanks Mugs.
HELL YEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!
I think you are right on.
Very psychedelic, one of my favs!
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Nice too
Great reaction, The Doors have a lot of great songs you could react to. You should check out “Five To One” as your next Doors reaction.
I don't know if it's just my love for Apocalypse Now but The End is still my favorite Doors song
Ahahaha sorry **Mugnify** i had to pause at "Givin me Brady Bunch Energy" ahahaha OMG hilarious sorry but it was cuz back then he was banned from being on "The Ed Sullivan Show" cuz Ed had told him to NOT say the word "Higher" in the song for the show/censors sake & course **Jim Morrison** being **Jim** **MrMojoRisin* & **The Lizard King** was like F THAT & did it anyway ha so yea got banned BUT i guess NOT forever maybe cuz i do think they got to go on again (someone can correct me if i am wrong cuz im not sure) BUT also when i was really lil & i would here their songs on the radio i pictured **Jim Morrison** as WAY older & thought he was like part of the **Frank Sinatra** **Rat Pack** kinda guys heh course i found out later how very wrong i was! ahaha smh
Jim antagonized Ed Sullivan during the performance on live TV, Ed asked Jim to not say"higher" because of the drug reference. Jim agreed & rehearsed another version. But kept the lyric during the live performance. Ed vowed to never allow the band back to his show.
Shows the clear disconnect between the generations at the time. To me, the lyric "girl we couldn't get much higher" isn't even referring to drugs. They're already high. That's a given. He's telling the girl even though they're high already (on drugs) that he'd be lying if he said they couldn't get any "higher," since they "could" be having an even better time (wink/wink)
Morrison should have said "Ed, that lyric & the song isn't about 'getting high' on drugs. It's about getting her hot enough to get her panties off AFTER she's already high on drugs..." I wonder what Ed would have done then?
I also don't understand what word Ed expected Jim to just insert in place of the word "higher" that rhymes with "liar" & still makes sense? He'd have had to change more than just the word 'higher" to have it make any sense. I wonder what he sang at the rehearsal that Ed approved of?
This mean you’re ready for "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" ?
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Cuz back then (most) everyone was on some kind of substance & THIS song will make ya **Trip Out** way **Mesmerizing** re: why the solo" heh so yea try imagining being all stoned & just being put into a **Trance**
Yes lol, this even gave Jim a break to partake
Time to let Jim take you for a ride, hit "L.A. Woman".
Back in the day, the idea was to makedifferent sounding songs all the time. ABBA got a backlash because they used a tune again, with different lyrics.
Honestly, I think the solos are there to let three great musicians stretch out for a bit while the singer goes to get a beer. 😏
5 to 1
I think back then the instrumentals always seemed shorter when you were smoking a duby!!
No Bass player. All Bass was played on electric Organ. 3 piece band
Great musicians but I never could get into the doors . Too depressing especially that organ