Rappers React To The Doors "Roadhouse Blues"!!! 

Bros, do more Doors. You won't regret it. That's all I have to say.

This was their 5th album. The first 4 were more psychedelic. Listen to “The End”, “Love me two times”, ‘When the music’s over” “The Soft Parade’ and “Peace Frog” to name a few.

The Doors are timeless to me. I got into them when I was in highschool in the 90s and they were just amazing! Introduced me to a whole new genre of music. You should definitely do more reaction videos to them!

Actually, this is what "this song" sounds like...The Doors can and did sound like anything that they decided to write and play on any particular day.

John sebastion from Lovin Spoonful played harmonica on this... Lonnie Mack played Bass on this as the doors didn't normally have a bass player

Light My Fire is a really popular one from The Doors. It has a killer organ riff.

If i could go back in time-The Doors are one of the bands i would want to see

Love The Doors. My favorite band of all time.

Soul kitchen, Spanish Caravan, 5 to 1, so many good songs...

The Doors was pretty unique. You combine rock, blues and jazz elements and give the voice of a poet singing blues based lyrics and that's pretty much what you get. The keyboardist alternated between keyboard and organ, creating unique textures to their songs. Robbie and Densmore provided a solid backing on the songs. If you want more, most of the albums with Morrison you really can't go too wrong with. Light my fire ( full version), People Are Strange, Riders on the Storm, break on through are all great fjr a start. You could do lyric analysis on some, but just getting caught up in the music is cool too.

The Doors have many "psychedelic" type songs. Roadhouse Blues leans into the blues pretty heavy, like about 1/3 of their songs. While all their songs have a certain feel, there is still a great variety of sounds. Their first two albums are pretty trippy (self titled and Strange Days) but by L.A. Woman, you got heavy blues influences.

Ray Manzarek plays the piano/organ/bass. Robbie Krieger- Guitar. John Densmore-Drums. Jim Morrison Vocals but they say he can play the harmonica. They were known to bring in session musicians on almost all of their albumsto fill in instrumentals, may have done so here. Still one of the greatest rock songs ever. Even the Pus$y rag Rolling Stone Mag can't deny it.

Their music is definetly a mix of blues, jazz, psychedelic, spoken word and awesomeness. Please do more!

You'll love their song, "The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)".

Great bands live forever. The Doors have so many different types of songs.. One of the great bands

Psychedelic blues rock is what I'd call them, kept me company all through high school - love the GPK shirt, still have all the cards

Jim never whipped it out. He _pretended_ to do that at a show in Miami, which the cops (oh, there were cops there) decided to take as real and busted him. Thus came the ultimate downfall of the band. But he didn't actually do it. Jim had recently been to a performance by The Living Theater, a New York experimental theater group that used nudity to shock the audience out of complacency. He was electrified and inspired by them, but he knew perfectly well he couldn't do the same. So he came up with the idea of faking it, and the footage from that evening still exists - you can hear him taunting the audience while he does some sleight-of-hand involving his leather jacket: "Did you see it? Did you see it?" It was crazy, and not a good idea. As to their style, they were a mix. Obviously a rock band, but what does that mean? They played blues, ballads, psychedelia, even a bit of music hall. Like any good band, they could play whatever was required by the song. They could go from gentle ("Indian Summer") to funky ("Roadhouse Blues") to summer ("Hello I Love You") to psychedelia ("Not to Touch the Earth"). The one connecting thread is darkness - the Doors were not a sunny band. They (along with the Stones) were the shadow side of the hippie era.

On the topic of Jim Morrison getting arrested for whipping it out: He was charged with exposing himself and "open profanity" in front of 12,000 fans during a show in Florida but Jim and the band deny that it happened. The guitarist for the Doors, Robby Krieger, pointed out that "500 photos were entered as evidence at the trial and not one showed anything of the sort. I think it was all very politically motivated. People were running for office, so we were a good target." Morrison was fined and given jail time. He appealed but the case was still unresolved when he died. During another show, this one in New Haven, CT, Jim Morrison became the first rock star to ever be arrested onstage during a gig. According to Ray Manzarek (the Doors' keyboardist), Jim was making out with a girl in the backstage showers before the show but was interrupted by one of the police officers who was there to work security and protect the band. The cop, who didn't know the band or what they looked like, didn't recognize Morrison and ordered him and the girl to leave. Morrison refused and the cop maced him. Afterwards, the manager informed the cop that the guy he maced was the lead singer of the band. The cop apologized to Morrison but Morrison was mad bc, as Manzarek described his attitude, it was "Okay, if you're famous, you don't get maced. If you're just a kid making out, then you're gonna get it." Later, during the actual show, there were cops all around the stage, working security. The very anti-authoritarian Morrison, still mad, changed the lyrics to "Backdoor Man" to talk about what happened and said to the crowd, "A little blue man, in a little blue hat, a little blue pig. Because I'm famous, I wasn't gonna be maced. But I'm just like you guys, if they do it to me, then they'll do it to you." The cops immediately responded by coming onto the stage and stopping the show. They arrested Morrison mid-performance and took him into custody, charging him with inciting a riot, indecency, and public obscenity. The crowd, angry at the incident, poured out into the streets and did start a mini-riot, leading to 13 more arrests. So, really, it wasn't that Jim and the Doors were "shock rockers" or trying to do shocking things, it was that they were part of that 60s anti-authoritarian scene where, along with others, they were breaking the norms of the older generation and pushing back against what they saw as the heavy-hand of the authorities. You can hear some of that vibe in songs like "Five to One," where Jim sings lyrics like "The old get old and the young get stronger / May take a week and it may take longer / They got the guns but we got the numbers / Gonna win, yeah, we're takin' over."

Riders on the storm is a must! Ray Manzarek is on the keys. Him and Jim are the main guys in the band.

I went through a big Jim Morrison and the Doors phase when I was in college in the 80s, biographies, his poetry, art, music, I had a door size black and white poster of Jim on my door. At the time, their music was only 20 years prior, which at the time, was my whole lifetime. Now, even music from the 90s, is 30 years old. Time is relative.

The Doors are one of my favorite bands. They have many great songs. Check some more out

When Jim Morrison got drunk, he liked to sing blues numbers at The Doors jam sessions. This in one of the songs he came up with at one of those inebriated sessions.

The End and when the music's over are 2 great choices

I dated someone who was a huge doors fan! She was obsessed. She also could sing exactly like Janis Joplin at karaoke bars. She would always get a standing ovation.

Fantastic guys. The Doors. I got into them big time in middle school when I got a 2 CD, best of set. At 18, I got every album they made and enjoyed the Oliver Stone 90's movie starring Val Kilmer. Possible tracks to react to: Not to Touch the Earth The Soft Parade Love Her Madly The End Strange Days Backdoor Man L.A. Woman

Val Kilmer absolutely killed it playing Jim in the movie. So worth watching!!!

I still want a buckethead reaction !!!! You guys are so good at reacting, as always!

I would also suggest a few songs: „yes, the river knows“ - „the softparade“ - „waiting for the sun“ - „Maggie M’Gill“ - "not to touch the earth" Not so popular songs (for fans oc they are), but a good mix i guess. It's really hard for me to make a choice. So many good songs. Great reaction guys!

Peace Frog, Soul Kitchen, When The Musics Over....just to name a few Doors greats. Please don't make us wait months for another Doors React 🙏🏼🙏🏼

That's Ray Manzarek on the keys, his sound made the Doors just as much as Jim's voice did :)

The doors had different musical styles depending on song , album and era

Y'all need to do your first movie review.... The Doors... would love to see it

From what I remember growing up with the Doors, they were considered to be a "Psychedelic rock" and a "Blues Rock" band. Listen to some of their other songs like "The End" or "Riders on the Storm".

Morning y'all! I first heard the doors when I was 14 and I loved their songs! This is a fav and "riders on the storm." "Light my fire" is a good one too! Thanks guys!❤️🤓

Finally we get to my favorite member of the 27 club. The Doors were not shock rock at all but Jim himself could be incendiary, provocative and so on. One of the most famous instances is their appearance on the Ed Sullivan show where they were set to play the single "Light My Fire". The producers asked them to change the lyric "Girl we couldn't get much higher" to "Girl our love could go no higher". Jim said he would but then sang the correct lyric anyway, staring down the camera as he did. They were not invited back. And Jim exposing himself on stage only happened once in France, if memory serves. This one is definitely their bluesiest, L.A. Woman being a close second. Also gotta get to Alabama Song(Another Whisky Bar), Peace Frog and my favorite, Love Me Two Times.

Robbie Krieger is highly underrated as a guitarist, Ray Manzarek is one of my favorite keyboardists of all times and proof you actually can do bass wo a bass and John Densmore keeping that time yeah it's a really nice combo. Morrison was a poet at heart and the music was pretty epic. I suggest The End as a song to consider it's amazing and was in the movie Apocalypse Now as well. Good one fellas. 👍

For me, Peace Frog is their best song. It’s funky.

One of my favorites! Love Jim's slow mo scat! Instrumentals are crazy! Thanks! ✌😎✌

Riders on the storm, and 5 to 1, are great tunes

I just love the doors. It was my jam when my son was a baby, the doors all day everyday

So many good memories, listening to The Doors over and over again in my teen's room....😍

They’ve always been my favorite band. Music and words just move you in different ways, man. Close you’re eyes and groove

I have been waiting for this reaction!

The Doors were primarily psychedelic rock/acid rock with heavy blues and jazz influences. "Roadhouse Blues" was their most overtly bluesy song though "LA Woman" also has some of that, especially in the verses. They also did a cover of a classic blues song by Willie Dixon called "Backdoor Man." "Light My Fire" has a little more of the 60s psychedelic rock/pop sound, but a lot of their other songs are harder to categorize. They really had their own sound going on that was a mix of a lot of things and had a different mix of those things from song to song. If you really want to get the full-on trippy Doors experience, check out their magnum opus, "The End." It's a dark, psychedelic journey that features an Indian/raga type of vibe along with Morrison's poetic and philosophical lyrics that eventually dip into a spoken word section that was a little shocking to some at the time (though, as usual, people misunderstood what he was actually trying to say). Some other great songs that you might enjoy from them would be "Break On Through" (their first single and one of my personal favorites), "Five To One" (which has kind of a revolution vibe), "Not To Touch The Earth" (another of my favorites and, according to Jim's gf, the song he was listening to obsessively the day before he died), "Wild Child," "When The Music's Over," and "People Are Strange." Btw, the harmonica on "Roadhouse Blues" was played by John Sebastian from the Lovin' Spoonful. Apparently, Jim Morrison wanted to play it and they let him try but he wasn't very good so they called in Sebastian. Also, the Doors is a four-piece band - Morrison on vocals, Ray Manzarek on keys, Robby Krieger on guitar, and John Densmore on drums - and didn't have a bass player (Manzarek played the basslines on the keyboards). On "Roadhouse Blues," though, they brought in blues guitarist and singer Lonnie Mack to play bass.

Hi Guys! Another great reaction! I was into the Doors for a bit, my brother was into them back (early 90's), we listened to all of it. I was hoping you would get into them. PS...love the T shirts, too.

The Doors are a ROCK band. Simple. They do incorporate blues, jazz, jazz fusion, psychedelic and other worldly elements into their sound of course and The Soft Parade is a more 'progressive' pop album in a way but at the centre of their centrifuge is Jim's wistful Rimbaud inspired jams and poetry. Ray Manzarek played keys/organ/piano with one hand and mostly played keyboard controlled bass (!) with his other. Check out Break on Through , Light my fire, The End, When The Music's over, Moonlight Drive, so many great ones

one of our bar songs in the day. everyone raising their beers, dancing and singing the hell out of the song, good times.

Try "Peace Frog" by The Doors. Also can you please do something by Morbid Angel? "God of Emptiness" or "Where the Slime Live" maybe. Thanks.

'This is what The Doors sound like?" You're killing me. Classically timeless. Dive into their catalog, it's a trip you won't regret. 💚💟

Great stuff lads, best show on da tube,class band , unique.

I loved this!! Do more ❤

The doors was one of the few bands at the time that weren't invited to Woodstock

Great rabbit hole to dive into. Rock on 🤟

They were a quartet with no bass guitar player. Ray Manzarek played keyboards with one hand playing a separate bass keyboard line.

Jim Morrison's father was Navy rear admiral George Morrison. He was in command of the Carrier Division during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.

Try LA WOMAN by The Doors. One of the greatest songs ever written.. Or break on through. Or People are strange.. Do it, do it... 👍🏻

Ray mazerek played the organ and the bass keyboard one with each hand. John Densmor was a classically trained drummer and robbie krieger played guitar. They had blues phases and psychedelic phrases . Jim's dad was a rear admiral in the navy. He was very educated. And yes you should watch the movie lol.

For. God's sake let's get theses dude to 100,000 for real. Great reaction. Chee

You need to do a reaction to Riders on the Storm

I know two Doors songs that could have debuted on Soul Train. Check out “The Changeling” or “Peace Frog.” Love.

"When The Music's Over" is flat out hands down my favorite Doors tune..this one is a very close second . John Sebastian, a folk singer, is sitting in blowing the blues harp on this one..

The Doors played anything they wanted.. Rock, Blues, Psychedelic, Jazz, Classical, Symphonic and they played it all perfectly. Even played some bluegrass with fiddles and mandolins (Runnin' Blues)

5 to 1 , or Back Door Man !!! You mentioned Mississippi delta blues ,, hey , have you checked out Johnny Winter doing MISSISSIPPI BLUES live from ROCKPALEST ?? Rockpalest is a TV show from Germany that shows concerts of different bands , name a good classic rock band and they probably have played Rockpalest , but Johnny Winter played an incredible show there !! Or maybe you would enjoy DIVIN DUCK , Johnny Winter at Rockpalest ! Both are definitely must hear tunes !!!!

Check out: “Love her madly” “LA woman” “When your strange”

Ray Manzerek piano, John Densmore drums, Robbie Krieger guitar. fun fact Robbie Krieger uses his finger nails and not a pic when he plays the guitar. He also wrote "Light my Fire". I'm pretty sure Jim plays the harmonica. Just love them. They were an amazing band. Actually always will be.

If you now think you've got a grip on the style of music of The Doors, you're mistaken, there is no pigeonhole for this immense group. Psychedelic, magical realism, and such amazing words. Strange days is the definition of psychedelic. My eyes have seen you is astonishing. The atmosphere of Horse Latitudes, jaw dropping poetry set amongst the most disorientating unnerving soundscape. Wasp radio is an utterly tripped out story with a backbeat narrow and hard to master. They were out their on their own and we will never see their like again.

According to Wikipedia -- the harmonica player on Roadhouse Blues was John Sebastian, as famous sixties singer-songwriter who surely would have been available in LA in 1969-70 when this was recorded. He has some really good songs, too, and also with his band Lovin' Spoonful.

The Doors loved the blues and really got back to them in the "Morrison Hotel" & "LA Woman" albums.

Old-time Doors fan here. Great review!

Love this song!!! never gets old

Definitely do Back Door Man, Peace Frog, Strange Days, Spanish Caravan so many unusual and great songs that are musically all over the map but great.

First heard The Doors when I was 8 years old. Their sound is definitely their sound. Incredible and amazing. Grateful to have heard them so young. Keep enjoying their magic.

DOORS, "ROADHOUSE BLUES". I was about 11 years old when I first heard of this band in 1968. They came out with their first hit, "LIGHT MY FIRE". It was then I thought that they were ahead of their time. Singer, Jim Morrison, Guitarest, Rob Robertson, Keyboardist, Ray Manzarek. Drums, John Densmore. more... "L.A. WOMAN", "THE END", "BACK DOOR MAN ", "TOUCH ME", "CRYSTAL SHIP", "RIDERS ON THE STORM". Also give a listen too The Band TRAFFIC, singing "LOW SPARK OF HIGH HEELED BOYS", "DEAR MR. FANTASY", "LIGHT UP, OR LEAVE ME ALONE".

My favorite band of all time. Jim was two years older than me.

So much to say about the Doors!!! My personal favorite, L.A. Woman. Please do more!

Such a great song 🖤

Arguably the best blues rock song of all time.

The Doors was such a great band. Saw them once live. So cool. This is one of my favorites of theirs.

Keep up the great work Gentlemen!

love te see actual music still being discovered :D

Great reaction guys! I was going to make a suggestion but all you have to do is read the comments and they’re all listed, however, L.A. Woman, Riders on the Storm, Soul Kitchen, Crystal Ship, Light My Fire, Peace Frog, to name a few.

"I woke up this morning and i got myself a beer. The future's uncertain and the end is always near." Words of wisdom from Jim Morrison, aka Mr. Mojo Risin' and The Lizard King. The Doors lineup is: Ray Manzarek - Keyboards, John Densmore - Drums, Robbie Krieger - Guitars and Jim Morrison - Vocals and Harmonica sometimes. Five years, that's all we got. RIP Jim and Ray.

excellent reaction video - so cool. Thank you!!

John Sebastion (of Lovin' Spoonful) came in and played harmonica for this track. For album credits, he used a different name because of contractual obligations with another record company. He also joined them onstage to play Maggie M'Gill. (Listen to The Doors Live at the Felt Forum.)

Makes me so glad that younger people are discovering the Doors music. Pure creative expression that came from the sous of each of these four guys. There have been FANTASTIC bands of all genres since then, but none of them captured the spirit of the times like the Doors did. Maybe NWA with their first album comes close.

Too many great songs by them to list, but I personally love 20th Century Fox, light my Fire and Soul Kitchen. You really can't go wrong with any Doors song though.

I woke up this mornin' and I got myself a beer, the future's uncertain and the end is always near. lol. words to live by. great song.

Jims persona was called the Black Mamba when he wore the leather pants and sunglasses, He wasn't called the Lizard King for nothing lol. Jim did harp huge Doors fan. Considered Psychedelic Rock or Acid Rock no explanation needed LOL was a 17 back in the day

The Doors were considered shocking after the performance of The End with it's Oedipal lyrics .

Hey, my first listen, you guys obviously enjoy a groove, I’m 62 and happy to see youngsters enjoy. They are quite versatile. Check Peace Frog and differently, Riders on the Storm, also Cars hiss by my window. Good luck with the posts.

The main band personnel are: Jim Morrison -- lyrics and lead vocals Ray Manzarek -- keyboards and bass pedals Robbie Krieger -- Guitars John Densmore -- Drums There were studio musicians filling certain roles on certain songs on each album.

Ladies and gentlemen. From Los Angeles, California. THE DOORS!!

I believe Jim is the harmonica player, only because I've seen it in videos from shows and t.v, The Doors don't use a bass player, the keyboardist uses a synthesized bass, as well as piano, in all the songs, not just this one, I heard The Doors at home all my life, but really lasered in on them in high school too, from around 84 on, My friend gave me a tape, called Jim Morrison, an American Prayer, 1979. Not sure how true it is, but shortly before his death, in a drunk and creative burst, he broke into the recording studio the band had been hammering out new songs in, and he played the master and started reading and ab-libbing his own poetry and random song lyrics over the tracks, he didn't have the bands permission to use the material, but its pretty epic. No idea what any of the track names are.

OMG I really Hope y'all DO MORE DOORS!! Its been so long I can't even remember names of songs... My favor is this one that starts with a thunderstorm!!!! God I hope some one gives y'all the names!!!!

It may be the best blues song ever written.

Great timing needed the the grin on this time while sipping gin

Two things fellows Ray manzarek was a beast on the piano and organ also Jim Morrison was drunk and high all the time falling off the stage throwing up total mess but the man could sing when he was sober and if you notice in their music there is never any background vocals straight up him glad you enjoyed it check out back door man

Top 5 bands of all time... GENIUS... SO SO GOOD

I love The Doors as a teenage metalhead in the '90s, and I still listen to them from time to time. I hope you'll check out more by The Doors. And yes, you should watch the movie. Greetings from Germany

Jim Morrison was a wild man indeed, lived a hard rockers lifestyle. This is one of my favorite songs from them, just a nice groovy blues tempo. Nice reaction!