The impressive thing about the organ solo is that Ray Manzarek is playing that with his right hand because his left hand is playing the baseline on another keyboard at the same time...they don't have a bass player; it's all on Ray. I always thought he shoulda collected two paychecks!
The Doors described as lounge music has been said by exactly no one, until today. Genres - Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Blues, Blues-Rock, Pop. They can get very dark. Take it from this 70 year old.
Agreed!! And them comparing it to lounge music even after the song was over was surprise #2. I sure as hell need to start hanging out at THEIR lounge!!
@@36karpatoruski ahhh yes!!! the 60s and 70s, musically it can never be duplicated, so many great artists, groups....its endless so even to this day there is always something to reach back to...we were blessed!
The "bassist" of THE DOORS is the keyboardist's left hand. He plays regular keys with his right hand & has An Electric Piano Bass Stacked On Top To His Left Side & plays The Bass Lines.
The band was named in 1965 by Jim Morrison. Being a poet and author, the name was based on his his favorite book "The Doors Of Perception" by Aldous Huxley. It's an autobiography about his psychedelic experience taking mescaline back in 1953.
This is the song that started it all. 1967, The so-called "Summer of Love." Height/Ashbury San Fransisco. Flower Children. LSD, and many other mind-altering drugs, changed an entire generation. What a time it was. Never has there been a better time for music.
Fun Tidbit... Elvis once slipped into a Doors show and was so impressed with what he saw that afterward he replicated Morrison's 'Lizard King" look for his comback special. It's the one where he {Elvis} wears an all black leather outfit. This tune was actually written by the guitarist Robbie Krieger
It was very cool that Creed brought Robbie Kreiger out to play with them at Woodstock 99. The Doors were invited to Woodstock but said no. Not alone in that mistake. Others to turn it down: The Beatles, The Stones, Led Zep, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell.
@@donjackson5522 Well. The surviving Led Zep members said they wouldnt continue anything relating to led zeppelin without John (Bonham). I guess The 2007 reunion was an exception tho since it was John's son, Jason playing the drums lol
A mire is a swamp. "L.A. Woman" should be your next hit. Jim was the face and voice, but a lot of their sound is down to keyboardist Ray Manzarek, who played keyboard and keyboard pedals (which provided the bass). The interplay between him, guitarist Robbie Krieger, and drummer John Densmore on the extended break is amazing. And if you like The Doors and The Animals, check out some Van Morrison - either with his early band, Them (try "Here Comes the Night") or solo (try "Brown Eyed Girl").
I effing LOVE The Doors, so many iconic songs! Some songs that you could maybe check out are Peace Frog, Spanish Caravan, Five To One, Riders On The Storm, Hello I Love You, LA Woman, too many great songs! I love how much you both love music!!
The Doors are a live band thats when Jim can just take off and bring the crowd for a wild ride to the other side.... The Hollywood Bowl ( Live at the Bowl ) and Absolutely Live are two of my favorite albums. The Doors.... from the book "Doors of Perception" Jims idea for the name.
Morrison took the band's name from Aldous Huxley's book on mescaline, The Doors of Perception, which in turn referred to a line in a poem by William Blake. The Doors acquired a reputation for pushing the boundaries of rock composition, both musically and lyrically, in performances on Sunset Strip in Los Angeles.
There is a very good video of Jim Morrison, aka Mr. Mojo Risin', and The Doors performing "Light My Fire" on The Ed Sullivan Show, a staple of my youth. Jim sings the line "girl we couldn't get much higher", to the consternation of the TV show Producers. They wanted "girl we couldn't get much finer". After the performance off-camera the Producers said "You'll never play the Sullivan Show again". Jim said "We just did." I remember watching it live.
More goodies from The Doors: "The End", "People Are Strange", "The W.A.S.P./Texas Radio And The Big Beat", "The Crystal Ship", "Peace Frog", and "The Unknown Soldier". True fact: Jim Morrison's father was an Admiral in the U.S. Navy.
Great reaction gents!! This song is...pardon the pun...FIRE!!! First song I really heard from the Doors and it's been a favourite ever since. HUGE respect to Ray Manzarek (RIP) on his keyboard prowess here - crazy solo with his right hand while playing basslines with his left. This is 'lounge' music if you're on LSD, weed/hash, mushrooms or peyote!! The name 'The Doors' came from the autobiographical book by Aldous Huxley called 'The Doors of Perception' - which details his psychedelic experience whilst tripping on mescaline. Jim Morrison was a poet in search of 'vision' - so it became an influence on him. Can never go wrong with anything by these guys! Cheers.
You know what would absolutely rule? A weekly Doors reaction. Their body of work is so broad and eclectic. Roadhouse Blues, Break On Through, The End, Five To One, People Are Strange, and so on. Hit after hit after hit.
My father was a huge fan of the Doors, I still own several vinyl albums that were his. I didn't appreciate the band as a heavy metal music listening teen but now that my Dad is passed away I have listened to the Doors a lot. It's mind-blowing.
On the Ed Sullivan show Ed wanted them to say we couldn't get much better because he didn't want him to say higher..too controversial.. Jim did not comply
And when Sullivan told them they'd never do his show again, Morrison clapped back "We already DID your show, why would we go backwards in our career & do it again!"
lol..that's one of my favorite Doors stories/moments.........instead of singing a different lyric in that verse, Jim just looked into the camera and really emphasized " HIGHER" .......... he was like screw your censorship folks!
Guess this is kind of off topic, but it's something that's become obvious to me following your reaction videos. Do you know what the best thing of your channel is? As much as I enjoy and appreciate your take on music that I've been listening to since my teen years, what I find most endearing is that it's so blatantly clear that you two are real best buddies and probably have been so since you were kids, so the resulting vibe is always super friendly and positive. In Italy we say "He who finds a friend finds a treasure" , so hold on to it guys, that's one precious thing you don't easily find around.
Jim’s life was fascinating. His father was an Admiral in the US Navy and he grew up as a “military brat”, short hair and all. He went to school at Florida State University for a while, then transferred to UCLA where he completed a film degree. That’s where he met keyboardist Ray Manzarek and they later formed the doors. Jim was highly intelligent, wrote amazing poetry, and was a voracious reader. His lyrics and singing helped the Doors become a legendary band. Unfortunately he had a long time problem alcohol. He died at only 27 years old in Paris, France but accomplished a lot in his short life.
I'm going to clear up the misinformation regarding Ray Manzarek as the sole "bass" player. The Doors had a bass player for half of this album, _The Doors_ (1967), his name was Larry Knetchel. He played on "Soul Kitchen", "Twentieth Century Fox", "Light My Fire", "I Looked at You" and "Take It as It Comes". There is also a possibility that Robby Krieger, The Doors' guitarist played bass on "Soul Kitchen". Larry's bass was recorded as overdubs to give more of a "punch" to Ray's original lines. Their second album, _Strange Days_ (1967), also had the same bass player throughout the entire album EXCEPT for "Unhappy Girl", "Horse Latitudes" and "When the Music's Over". His name was Doug Lubahn. Their third album, _Waiting For the Sun_ (1968), had Doug Lubahn returned, credited with playing electric bass on "Spanish Caravan" and "occasional bass" on the rest of the album, Kerry Magness played bass on "The Unknown Soldier", Leroy Vinnegar played bass on "Spanish Caravan" Their fourth album, _The Soft Parade_ (1969), had Harvey Brooks played bass guitar on "Tell All the People", "Touch Me", "Shaman's Blues", "Do It", "Runnin' Blue" and "The Soft Parade" and Doug Lubahn, once again, played bass guitar on "Easy Ride", "Wild Child" and "Wishful Sinful". So, Ray didn't play any keyboard bass on this album. Their fifth album, _Morrison Hotel_ (1970), had Lonnie Mack on bass guitar on "Roadhouse Blues" and "Maggie M'Gill", along with Ray Neopolitan on bass guitar for the rest of the album. Again, no Ray bass. Their sixth album (and final album with Jim before his passing), _L.A. Woman_ (1971), had Jerry Scheff on bass for the entire album. Their seventh album, _Other Voices_ (1971), had Jack Conrad on bass guitar "In the Eye of the Sun", "Variety Is the Spice of Life" and "Tightrope Ride", Jerry Scheff on bass on "Down On The Farm", "I'm Horny, I'm Stoned" and "Wandering Musician", Wolfgang Melz on bass on "Hang on to Your Life", Ray Neapolitan on bass on "Ships w/ Sails" along with Willie Ruff on acoustic bass on "Ships w/ Sails". Their eighth album, _Full Circle_ (1972), has Leland Sklar on bass on "Hardwood Floor", "The Mosquito" and "It Slipped My Mind", Jack Conrad on bass on "4 Billion Souls", "Good Rockin", "The Piano Bird" and "The Peking King and the New York Queen"; Rhythm Guitar on "The Piano Bird", Charles Larkey on bass on "Verdilac" and "The Piano Bird", and Chris Ethridge on bass on "Get Up and Dance" I love Ray Manzarek, he's one of my all-time favorite keyboardists, but to claim the bass was "all him" is a lie, and the actual bass players should get the credit they deserve.
Fun fact, the record company remixed this song without the middle solo section, making it a 3 minute song for the AM radio format. The band wasn't happy....
Yes!!! The Doors are loaded with great songs and have alot of variety in their sound. I am in my 40's and grew up listening to their greatest hits album in my dad's truck. Their "Absolutely Live" album is an absolute journey of psychedelic blues, rock, and poetry. So many iconic songs, but their most underrated gem in my opinion is their cover of the blues classic "Who do you Love?" It is an absolute banger with a groovy bass line and a chorus that borders on punk/thrash. Cheers!
As a lifelong metal head since the 80's, The Doors are my favorite band of all time. Jim was not only a great vocalist but also a great poet. Ray, Robby, and John were amazing musicians as well. Their six studio albums are all masterpieces as far as I'm concerned.
The Doors * The Soft Parade * Touch Me * Not To Touch the Earth * Indian Summer * Shaman's Blue * Five to One * Universal Mind * Whiskey, Mystics and Men
I can sit here for an hour and tell you what songs to play because they’re all so great but I’m gonna say listen to Peace Frog that’s a really good song and 5 to 1 it’s another great song couple of different ranges of music. Man it was great being a young kid when the doors came out, I must’ve been 10 years old and my older brother he had the first couple of doors albums. He turned me onto the doors. He was young and cool then. hard to believe he’s almost 70, and I’m two years behind him.
one of the best trivia facts about the Doors is that Morrison came up with the lyrics for most of the two albums while tripping balls on the rooftop of an abandoned building in Venice in the summer of 1965. when he met up with Ray that summer, he showed Ray the lyrics that had come to him, the first being the song Moonlight Drive.
He actually sang the first two lines of moonlight drive. Ray was so impressed he told him let’s start a band,and make a million dollars! Jim said yes, Ray found Robbie in Meditation class and Robbie recomended John Densmore on drums
They were banned from The Ed Sullivan Show for their performance of this song live on television when they promised to but didn’t change the lyrics. Ed didn’t want Jim to sing “Higher” because of drug references. You should check out the performance.
Should have played the ed Sullivan show performance, Morrison was told he could perform if he didn’t sing the word higher , the doors agreed but Jim being Jim sang the word right into the camera 😂😂
No he didn’t. That’s Oliver Stone’s version of events. If you watch the original Ed Sullivan footage, he sings it just as he did on the record. No putting his face right in the camera. That was put in the movie for dramatic effect.
I was just listening to music producer Rick Rubin's great podcast, and he was interviewing the Doors drummer and guitarist John Densmore and Robby Krieger. They talked about the hardships of working with Morrison, how he was late for everything, and he was never at home and ofc, there were no cell phones back then so finding him was difficult. So Densmore and Krieger got Jim a place right next to the place they shared in Laurel Canyon, but that didn't work because every night he would be staying at a different girl's house instead of his own. But I found out next, I never knew and I'm a big Doors fan. Except for the few songs Robby Krieger wrote (Robby did write this song), Jim wrote all the words and MUSIC. Now this is a man with no musical background, I thought maybe he came up with a melody or two, but come o else, he would have n. They said he would have a bunch of lyrics written on pieces of paper laid out on the floor, he would start smoking an Acapulco Gold joint, read the lyrics, close his eyes and he would imagine all the lyric like a movie in his head and he just come up with melodies. And since he didn't write music, they would decipher the chords and they said there were some complex chords in there, like where did he come with this. If only he had just stuck to Acapulco Gold and nothing else, he would have accomplished so much more.
The instrumentalists in this band were jazz musicians. Robby Krieger (guitarist), played flamenco style, and didn't use a pick, instead used his fingers, John Densmore was a jazz drummer, and Ray Manzarek was a jazz pianist. Enter Morrison (poet, film school, etc;) and the psychedelic 60's, and modern (for that time period), rock... experimentation...
An interesting thing to check out from "The Doors" is a live concert on VH-1 from the late 90s or early 2000s (possibly a show called Storytellers) where they had modern rock musicians join them on stage to perform a song or two and then the singer would switch. I was only around 13 at the time it's what got me interested in The Doors initially
"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite" - by William Blake. That is where they got their name. The drummer, John Densmore, wrote this song, btw. There was no bassist, there was a bass piano played by Ray Manzarek. Guitar played by Robbie Krieger. My husband is a HUGE Doors fan. When we were still dating, he took me to a laser light show at a planetarium. During the song Crystal Ship I realized I wanted to be with him forever. It's a great song btw. Also Peace Frog and Soft Parade are amazing too.
My husband just told me that the guitarist never used (and apparently still doesn't) a pick. He plucks. Spanish Caravan is a good song to listen to to get a good sense of his talent.
1:15 - LONG INSTRUMENTAL - People are usually off their heads on something before they put this record on. Fact: Oliver Stone had Val Kilmer in mind when looking for someone to fill the role of Jim Morrison for his movie, 'The Doors'. Kilmer had the same kind of singing voice as Morrison and, to convince Stone that he was right for the role, spent several thousand dollars of his own money and made his own eight-minute audition video, singing and looking like Morrison at various stages of his life. To prepare for the role, Kilmer lost weight and spent six months rehearsing Doors songs every day. He learned 50 songs, 15 of which he actually performed in the film.
I used to always picture Jim going off to get a drink, go to the bathroom, read a magazine, talk to some girl in the crowd, then come casually back, drink in hand and finished the song. 😆
There are things known and there are things unknown. In between you find The Doors; that's us. ~Jim Morrison. Roadhouse Blues, The End, Break On Through. There's more songs then those, of course.. but it's a good start. xo
This is a famous song because The Doors performed in the Ed Sullivan show and the network and Ed wanted Jim to sing different lyrics than what he wrote because the network and Sullivan thought the lyrics were too controversial. Needless to say, Jim did what the fuck he wanted to do, not what he was told to do and sung the original lyrics which got The Doors banned from ever performing on the show again. The Oliver Stone film from the 90s about The Doors starring Val Kilmer as Jim (inspired casting imo) is a very fun time and worth watching imo. Great work as always fellas
Everyone here has amazing suggestions. Can't make a bad suggestion for The Doors. I didn't read every comment,but one song I have not seen mentioned is My Wild Love. If forced to choose,that may be my personal favorite.
He is one of the "Dead @ 27" club along with Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, and Amie Winehouse to name a few. I didn't foresee myself living past 27 either
Did you know this song is about Jim Morrison having his first cigarette. Back in 1996 he was scared because of all the health risks associated with smoking so he was kind of back and forth with it. He kept kept going to light it but kept stopping. It was an incredibly tough and heart wrenching time for him. He couldn’t go through with it so he finally said to his girlfriend, Henrietta (I believe was her name), “come on baby light my fire”. And that, if I’m not mistaken, is how this song came about.
Gotta react to "Seasons (Waiting on You)" by Future Islands, the live version from Late Night with David Letterman. You both will love the song but Hollywood will really dig the lead singer's dancing 😂
The killer awoke before dawn, He put his boots on. He stole a face from the ancient galleries and he Walked on down the hall... Lizard King for the win!
That was a great song to go back to and you all reacted great. Doors are so awesome. So you're going to have to pick your next one. I highly recommend 'Riders On The Storm'. Also, 'L.A. Woman'.
val kilmer played Morrison in the doors movie. he recorded himself singing their songs, and sent it to them, they couldn't tell it wasn't Jim. not to mention i felt he even looked like him as well.
"mire" is a soggy swampy area, but yeah, it was an unusual word to use in a rock song even then. Not to be confused with 'pismire,' an archaic word for 'ant'. That's the genius Ray Manzarek on the keyboard. There was a punk band in Minneapolis called The The!
You can't go wrong with any of their songs. Not a single one. But, one of my favorite songs, and a MUST listen, is "When the Music's Over." It's a long one, but it's such a great listen. If you want a deeper cut, go for "Been Down so Long" or "The Crystal Ship."
The Doors took their name from a quote (I forget where it came from). There are things that are known and things that are not known. In between there are doors. Their first three albums are so good. Try Summer's Almost Gone. The song and lyrics so perfectly captures the languor of hot August night. You could also try Five to One or Wishful Sinful. There is a lot in their catalog to check out.
Im sorry for the late comment yall. But when I grew my hair out, Even my own family said I looked like Jim. I did it when I was 19. Couldn't grow a beard for ish. Now I'm here. And got the beard and hair and there is no one left but Jim.
not your typical band.... formed by 2 ucla intellectual film students, ray on keys & jim on vocals. the other 2 guys excellent jazz backgrounds. only took a year & then by summer of '66, they made their mark in LA, got signed & debut album, this song was on, was a meteor... ray super talented musician & excellent arranger. robbie, understated by shrewd and stinging on guitar. densmore, flexible, great at adjusting pace & improv w/ jim.... morrison was a savant. no prior music experience. but understood lyrics & theater well. very bright also conceptually w/ a dash of dangerous rebellion. one of the few baritones & could emote well, like sinatra, to boot. one of the top 3 baritones ever in rock & excuded presence and danger on stage.
An all-time classic. One of the nest instrumental bridges ever. Ray Manzarek went off. To me, Bobby Krieger's guitar playing sounds like Carlos Santana just before Santana. You've now only reacted to two Doors songs?! You must react to L.A. Woman, Roadhouse Blues, Peace Frog, The W.A.S.P./Texas Radio and the Big Beat, Love Me Two Times, Hello I Love You, Love Her Madly, Break On Through, People Are Strange, Touch Me etc.
When you both get the chance, listen to the live version from Alive She Cried (amazing live album, listen to the whole thing). Morrison added a poem called Graveyard Poem during the interlude and it made the song even better.
