Live, no electronic tricks ,no dancing girls, no gimmicks, and no god damn phones in the air. Just great performers and their gig. My era..I am 73. Rest in Peace, Doors ....your music will never ever die. Thank you.
I am 74 years old. I live in Manchester , England. Our local tv company did a programme called “ The Doors are open”, back in the 60s. As much as I love the Beatles and the Sones , the Doors were simply incredible !!
The Doors were an acid trip. I've always loved Jim's voice, it's a rarity in the rock world for a baritone to use the lower parts of his range. There are many more songs from the Doors worth hearing, but I recommend "Riders On The Storm". The studio version would probably work best for a first listen.
I was just coming to make the same recommendation! Riders has a dreamy/psychedelic vibe to it that I just love despite the grimness of some of the lyrics. I think it’s their best song, but ymmv, lol. 🤷♀️😄
Jim Morrison was my second cousin. He died 5 years or so before I was born. I didn't get to meet him, but my Dad did meet him at the Doors last show in New Orleans. He said it was obvious Jim wasn't going to last much longer during every other song or so, they'd slip into St James Infirmary and then Jim slammed a mic stand into the stage. It's still stuck there as far as I know.
You should hear the studio version of some of their songs... a lot tighter. You'll be able to tell much better their musical mastery and great song writing.
The Doors were among the most controversial & influential rock acts of the 60's, mostly due to Jim Morrison's lyrics & voice. They had a lot of great songs such as "Riders On The Storm", "Roadhouse Blues", "Love Me Two Times", "The End", "Break On Through (To The Other Side)", "People Are Strange", "L.A. Woman", "Hello, I Love You", "Touch Me", "The Unknown Soldier", "Love Her Madly". Sadly Jim Morrison died in 1971 at the age of only 27 but left a great legacy of music.
Totally disagree with the " mostly due to Jim Morrison's lyrics & voice" bit. Pathetic. The other three musicians in the band were (at least) as brilliant as him. The only advantages Jim Morrison had were: He was good looking, which helps build the myth... with the ladies particular... but has nothing to do with musical quality (2) he was outrageous and showoffish on stage which also helps with the mythology (but which also has NOTHING to do with the music; and (3) He died young, which is a great option to take if you're really into becoming a rock legend. Stop drooling over the pretty boy and, for once, behold the talent of the other three guys.
I had the crazy experience of seeing The Doors in Miami 1969. He was so out of it and didn't complete any song. He talked, it was mesmerizing. I was by the stage and saw everything that he did. If you want to know more about why he was arrested, research it. ❤
If you were by the stage than you can confirm that he did NOT show his genitalia in front of the audience. Too bad you weren’t given a chance to testify at Jim’s trial.
My uncle has the coolest Doors story from back when they were a very young band. One of their first tour stops was at a modest sized hall on the U of M campus. My uncle and his best friend were local high schoolers who liked the band but couldn't afford to see the show. They went to the venue and tried to find an unlocked point of entry in the back. They were testing a back window when some long haired guy unlocked it for them. They soon found themselves in a random back room where some other long haired guys were smoking a joint. These older hip co-conspirators warned my uncle and his friend that they needed a good hiding spot before they got spotted by security. Which they then provided by guiding the boys to a little alcove near the stage. After that, they walked out onstage and started playing. My uncle and his friend suddenly went from not knowing what the Doors looked like to realizing that they had been snuck into a Doors concert by the band themselves.
And that's the way it was! I was 14 years old when I saw the Doors in Sacramento, CA in 1968. The concert was simple but mesmerizing. What a reminder of how stark the surroundings were and how much concerts were really all about the music. I loved your reaction and the hearing this reminds me how well the Doors music has held up after all of these many years.
For me, one of the most iconic bands of the 60’s and 70’s. Their musical genre was a topic of hot debate..were they psychedelic, blues or acid rock? After his mysterious death, there was much debate as to where he was buried. It seems his final resting place is Pere Lachaise in Eastern Paris, where Edith Piaf and Oscar Wilde are buried..another twist I suppose to the aura of mystery that surrounded the band. Sabina, I’m delighted that you have been able to enjoy this fine band, and the quirkiness of Jim Morrison..a very appropriate reaction for me.
His grave is indeed in Pere Lachaise in Paris. Been there, seen it, touched it. Along with Oscar Wilde's too which is pretty spectacular compared to Jim's simple little gravestone
@@user-nq6ih1nt4w I’ve just looked up Morrisons grave and found some photos…clear that people/fans still visit the grave judging by the flowers and messages left.
The band is actually trying to engage with Morrison to determine where he's currently with the song. They're playing along until they get some kind of response from Morrison that they can continue.
That's part of what made them great...skilled musicians, allowing the once in a lifetime frontman the space to....go wherever he wanted, musically or poetically
It’s unfortunate that Morrison had such little regard for his band mates he would show up drunk or high and they would have to work around his shortcomings at live shows. Fortunately, they were all studio-class musicians.
Thanks Sabina!!! I sent you another version of this. It was two songs, Crystal Ship, then Light My Fire. It was on the show, Dick Clark's American Bandstand. I think that you would like Crystal Ship. It is such a beautiful song. Take care!!
You are welcome Sabina. Thank you for all of your work. What do you like better, listing the comments and then giving your full analysis or what you did with the Allman Brothers, speaking a little bit while the song was playing. Either is fine with me. Take care.
Love you're reaction, Sabina! Your response is completely in tune with what the Doors were doing on state here. it was filmed in July '68 at the Hollywood Bowl. They rolled on, making some great music the next few years, but Jim Morrison was a terrible alcoholic -- definitely not into acid, as I belevee his bandmates were. Light My Fire was from their first album, released in 67. You might really like "People are Strange" from Strange Days, "Hello, I Love You" from Wating for the Sun and "Riders on the Storm" from LA Woman. Get mesmerized!
He was actually on acid during this particular performance… also mick jagger was in the front row …. All documented… from the bands books they had written …..
The jam in this performance really showcases the whole band. The song is otherwise a straightforward pop song. My introduction to the band was People Are Strange, but when I was in college, When The Music's Over blew my mind.
I genuinly enjoyed seeing you burst into small chuckles and giggles to this performance. I remember every girl at my grade school wore t-shirts with these guys on,especially Jim Morrison. And i also remember my mom saying that "yeah,he was constantly high on stage,it was that decade in music.....the hippie era". I can relate as an old Nirvana supporter,Kurt Cobain was worshipped the same way by girls in every class pretty much,and he was also a "stoner". If you ever watch Nirvanas MTV unplugged (wich is a good concert btw),Kurt is stoned out of his mind there lol. At one point he can barely even say thank you after a song,and is just frozen into this weird smile,and you can see his eyes are just .....somewhere else. You can even hear it at certain songs that he is just "way out there",but he was still able to perform and did it impressively. "The lead singer there ....... he was somewhere else." He sure was When you hear trippy music from this decade,it probably was created while the members were on a trip themselfs.
@@unknownglitch8080 I'm from Jim's era, and as a side note, in those days we would NEVER say He's "Tripping Balls" (Sounds lame)..We would simply say "I'm f***ing tripping!"..Or, "I'm tripping my f***ing balls off!"..Or, "What're you f***ing tripping?!"..Or, "That Dude is tripping!"..Because we certainly might well have been!
👍so you an your group of friends didn't use that term, my dad is also from that era and a lot other people are too that did use that term at least that what they said to me when taking about acid shrooms etc. All can say is dont do drugs kids every fraise mentioned sounds lame, drugs fry your brain & you will act &say stupid things,
I am old now, but when I was a young teenager ... man, James Douglas Morrison (aka. "Jim Morrison, singer of The Doors") was my hero! ♥ Once I went to a Doors live show and I closed my eyes at the very first note and opened them again after the show was over. To be fair: I was not "sober", kind of, BUT ... wow! This was an life changing experience for sure!!! :) And the girls got wild, if you know what I mean!? o_O After the show ... let's say: I went there all by myself, woke up in a trailer with two beauties next to me the very next day.... *memories
Everyone always says, "Oh you have to hear L.A. Woman, or Light My Fire, or or or... There's a nice little ballad called People Are Strange that you should check out. It's Morrison poetry and pure voice and a clean backing track with the guys. And, I'd also suggest an anthem in my youth: Break on Through. There really isn't anything that Morrison wrote and the band performed that can be said to be less than iconic of the times. I was there and from kids to young adults all were captivated by the music and Morrisons animal magnetism. Another suggestion is that you check out Eric Clapton and his band after he had done his time with John Mayall and then left the band The Yardbirds and formed Cream. Suggested, the albums Cream "Wheels of Fire" and "Disraeli Gears" as well as the single from "Wheels of Fire" White Room. Ooops, forgot to mention two bands that you should also check out: King Crimson and Iron Butterfly namely the former "The Court of The Crimson King" and the latter, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida". Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce formed Cream in 1966 and in the 3 years they were together, became what is now recognized as the very first Super Group.
Welcome to The Doors. In a way the most anti everything band that ever was. While the hippies where making there flower power music in San Fran Haight-Ashbury. The Doors were down in LA melding a new kind of music a mixture dark loungy blues-rock/jazz vibes with a psychodelic Sinatra liked poet/singer called Jim Morisson. The Doors were a bit like Frank Zappa not really hippies but in a way the beginning of Punk. Their poetry was dark and nihilist saying thing like ...the future is uncertain and the end is always near...
To give you an idea of Jim's state of mind during this show at the Hollywood Bowl. Jim had gone out to dinner with Mick Jagger prior to the show where they discussed how to work a big crowd as the Doors had played larger venues than the Stones to that point, and which he had dropped a very large dose of acid, so yeah, he was definitely "out there". He may have been aware that Mick was sitting in the audience and "taking notes". Jim's girlfriend Pam was also in the audience with another guy right up front, at one point sitting on the guy's lap antagonizing Jim, and there was a bit of a scene after the show because of it. Overall Jim's performance was somewhat subdued compared to a usual show, but he was still playful and sang well.
I think this is the calmest I've ever seen Jim perform. He passed away at the age of 27 in Paris. No autopsy was performed so no one knows for sure why.
@@sabina1118The Oliver Stone movie was a highly fictionalized version of the Doors and particularly Jim Morrison. The other band members -particularly Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist, intensely disliked the movie and felt it slandered Jim Morrison. A much fairer portrayal of the group and Jim Morrison was the documentary "When you're strange". It really helps one to understand the genius and torment of Jim, as well as exactly how he and the Doors came to have such a powerful influence on the youth of the time. They captured a certain discontent of that period of the 60's cultural revolution and reflected back the intense emotion, anger, and confusion of the period. Drugs, sex, alcohol, and experimentation of all kinds were standard. And Jim led the way. He was not shy about making his nihilistic view of the world a big part of his performance. He probably did more to change entrenched patterns of thought and behavior than any other musician. And, he paid the price for his genius, but left a musical legacy of greatness. His unrelenting insistence on creating music that reflected his own acknowledgement of the inner darkness that lives in each of us was unique to the Doors. BTW, Robby Kreiger, his guitarist, was also a great song writer and wrote a number of the Doors biggest hits.
One time in old Eugene a lot us homies had been chewing cactus all morning before going up to Hayward Field to catch the Doors....and they were so damn good and way more stoned than we were...I'm 80 now and when I close my eyes I'm there...
the greatest, most real band in history. and yes, playing their music is an incredible experience. I've been performing it for almost 20 years for audiences. to be enveloped in their music on stage is one of the best things in my life.
They did not make one bad song. Imo, the "Strange Days" album epitomized the psychedelic era I/we were experiencing. Guitarist, Robbie Krieger was the person wrote this particular song; however, Jim was the main lyricist/poet/shaman.
Jim is halfway up the mountain for the hallucinogenic progression, which is quite an achievement let me add. The first step is The Beatles, most dabblers reach this step and are turned back by the dangers as perceived, some of them not imagined. The second step after the first takes the fool or the foolhardy, both being as inevitable as much as one or the other, and this is where they meet MrMojorisin in all his glory. The lyricist for the poetic at heart, so brilliant in word and stage enough to light you up forever. And here we must pause for a nod to the two and a half step, upon which Mr Bob Dylan languishes. Cigarette in mouth, casually watching the climbers go past with an almost indiscernible look of disdain, throwing a lyric or two to turn the eye away from what is to come. The third step or perhaps the thirty third step takes an intervention beyond the individual, whereby the seeking fool has stumbled across something beyond their realisation only to know it was part of them before the journey began. And this, ladies and gentlemen is where Led Zeppelin takes the stage, so that all the world's a stage. Taken from: Diary of a musical hallucinogenic mountaineer. In bookstores now.
Hello Sabrina! Jim Morrison is just so charismatic, it's off the charts. The Doors were so unique, there was nobody like them at the time or since. First time viewer, I love how you come across! Great reaction!
I love that one.... the guitar just gets me rolling everytime and when Jim starts Screaming "Keep your eyes on the road, you hands upon the Wheeel" I can't help but to scream along!!! :D -the entire LA Woman album is such a good groove!
L.A. Woman, The End, Riders On the storm... Jim Morrison murió demasiado joven y nos privó él y la banda de seguros éxitos que no pudimos escuchar. Una música realmente peculiar y una revolución de los escenarios en la época en que eran reyes.
He was magical, and incredibly intelligent. Every live performance was different. Many times this song would go on for 15+ minutes and he would have have poems in the middle. It's very said the way he deteriorated. He wanted to leave to pursue poetry in late 69-70. He joined the 27 club. And in 70 he kept telling them he would be next after Janice died. Very very sad. They've been my favorite band forever. Ray Manzarek is one of the best keyboardists ever, Robby is an amazing flamenco guitarist, and Jim is just incredible.
Jim was usually drunk, not high. You should check out their studio versions of their many iconic songs taht are still used in film/tv shows today. People are Strange, Love Me Two Times, LA Woman, Riders on the Storm, Roadhouse Blues, Backdoor Man...there are sooo many. They are one of the biggest of all rock icons.
Jim Morriston the man the band The Doors were phenomenal entertainers The Crystal ship one of their greats but highly underrated most of them I say most a few i did not get & bypassed them but Morriston & Manzarek stood out & shone like Diamonds pity about them damn drugs but hey it was the 60s they were class with a capital C
The Doors were definitely different, and a lot of that is Morrison's character. He was most assuredly a unique talent. I think he was in his on world whether he was high or not. I have been a Doors fan since the 60's.
The Doors: Jim Morrison, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek & John Densmore. Legends. In 1993. Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), with The Doors, also performed "Light My Fire". Not the same when Jim Morrison was in this song, but...
What is interesting is that Jim Morrison used to live in Clearwater Florida which is approximately 10 miles from my location. Sorry I didn’t make it in kilometers which I know they go by in Denmark
I like to focus on you the reactor. I think I sensed the same sentiment reading the comments, but the manner in which you were affected by the music... Your reaction was spot on. Jim Morrison was a genius... who knows where all of the fire and darkness came from in him... only that in that era... late sixities was a time of social explosion... JM seemed to embody that. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and JM would all be gone by '71 all aged 27 years . Please listen to Janis and if you have not as of yet... you will feel the same dark sad genius...
Sabina, I read a great book about the Doors written by their drummer John Densmore. It gave great insight as what it was like to perform with Jim Morrison. I think that you would enjoy it. Take care!
Jim Morrison. One of the legendary Laural Canyon musicians of the 1970s. A member of the 27 club. His antics were legendary- read up about him, you will understand the crutch shot. They were so laid back it was probaly chemically induced. One of the finest bands ever. All the lyrics are written by Morrison who was also a great poet. Get the backstory on Jim and the band. As you can maybe tell I am a Doors fanatic. More please. Try LA Woman. Riders on the Storm. There’s so many.
Oh dear - you GOT it! Believe it or not, but, when the Doors started playing in local bars and clubs, the lead singer Jim Morrison was so shy that sometimes he would go to be back of the stage and sing with his back to the crowd. He was a great showman, with so many sides he could show. He REALLY knew how to work a crowd which got him into trouble towards the end of his career. Believe me, you are NOT the only woman to have those feelings watching and listening to him.
Aww is all I can say, so nice to see a young person react to actual music. My daughter ( age 36) and her kids listen too hip hop/rap, Three Million hip hop/rap songs with a total of 2 different beats and maybe 3 different melodies. They can some how listen to that beat over and over and over............ You can't under stand the lyrics, because who ever talks the fastest to that same old annoying beat gets the number#1 hit. Its a head scratcher to say the least. Keep on Rockin Sabina, all fun and life goes on.