Agreed! Maybe my favourite thing is that he still reacts to a wide variety of interesting music. So many chill channels that started out like this just switched to mostly reacting to popular hiphop / rap music, because that's what brings in the views - I listen to quite a lot of hiphop / rap myself, but there is an oversaturation of reactions to it, so I really appreciate Smags for what he does.
The organ player is Ray Manzarek, sometimes the band would bring a real bass with a session musician but usually Ray would play the bassline with his left hand and the organ chords in his right. Real impressive stuff
A girl I liked was really into The Doors, so I dove into their music to see what they were about. Years later and that girl is a distant memory, but I still have the music of The Doors to enjoy.
"Little girl" is just another word for woman. That was the accepted translation back then. There's a 38 Special song called "Caught Up In You" and everyone always thinks he's talking about his child and thinks it's sweet because he keeps calling her little girl. If you watch the music video it's just some dude chasing a grown ass woman at a bar the whole time. And that was released in 1982.
Also, the lyrics are based off a German poem about prostitutes who are addicted to alcohol, and in it, they say they want to go to the next little boy, so Morrison switched it.
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs 🔥 He's an incredible artist with a diverse, one of a kind sound. There's decades of music to explore as well! Don't forget about this one, my duu. 😄
Back in the old day. A back doorman is someone who left through the backdoor literally. When the lady's husband came back from work or whatever. For the clarification
Oh yeah this gonna be good!! The Doors deffenintly one of my favorite bands of all time, i can't spell rn. I was just listening to them lastnight so perfect timing smags.
Alabama Song a version of the German poem written by Bertolt Brecht and translated from German by his close collaborator Elisabeth Hauptmann in 1925 and set to music by Kurt Weill for the 1927 play Little Mahagonny.
Great reaction, very honest & insightful commentary. The Kinks - Village Green, The Band - The Band The Beatles - Revolver The Who - Tommy Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
This is the first time I've heard the restored lyrics. The edited version, which is the one I've always heard, deletes the F bombs and kills on The End, and "she gets high" on Break on Through.
Another fire pick from the Smags man!! Please do Funhouse by The Stooges! Another classic and game changing rock album from around that time that still sounds incredible!
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon And Garfunkel is an amazing 60s classic. Beautiful folk songs and probably the only instance of a live audience clapping in tune with the music..
"Jim was a bit of an odd duck" is an understatement. Dude was wild-ass weird. Read the biography "No One Here Gets Out Alive." Definitely 60s psychedelia, and Jim had some issues, delved into deeply in the bio. But they did make some awesome music together.
😂 calling grown-ass women “little girl” or even “child” was very common for artists from that era, especially because they were likely to be influenced by older black blues artists, and that was very much a part of their vocabulary.
It's the same thing as calling someone "baby". I mean, they still use the word 'baby' nowadays, don't they? I don't know, I don't listen much to new music anymore, because it mostly sucks.
@@mondegreen9709 oh, yeah. I don’t know why people that seem to have a problem with “little girl” or “child” wouldn’t have a problem with “baby.” In fact, today’s female artists use “boy” at times, which carries essentially the same diss-like quality of “little girl” or “child.”
This song Screams 'Psyedelics' They were strange wonderful times!! But the dream, life and stuff, we forget our youth and possibly the hopes we had?!!!...
Two classics in a row, nice I don't think i've seen much jazz on this channel so i really recommend listening to either The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus or Karma by Pharoah Sanders, both masterpieces from the 60s!
Unfortunately I have them on my mind today because of the lead singer Damo Suzuki's passing, but you should definitely check out Future Days and/or Tago Mago by CAN.
Wow. I didn't realize Damo was first diagnosed with cancer at 33. He lived so much longer than he could've considering his dad died of the same thing when he was only 5.
My favourite 60s albums I would recommend The Kinks - Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire Love - Forever Changes Ultimate Spinach - Behold & See Frank Zappa - Hot Rats The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
also, back when the album was written, "backdoor man" was a reference to a married housewife having an affair. the husband goes out the front door and off to work, and the secret other suitor comes in the backdoor to try to hide from the nosey neighbors.
Sup Smags, actually wanted to come on and thank you for your Elliott Smith self titled review you did. I commented on that video saying I had never listened to him and that I’d check him out, now that album is one of only two (the other being silent alarm, obviously) that I regard as 10/10’s. So yeah, thanks for getting me hooked on that record. Don’t have an album recommendation but I wanted to recommend that you check out the song “Skeleton” by Bloc Party, I think you’d enjoy it!
Rough, raw, psychedelic, blues, jazz. You nailed your guess on Break on Through, Manzarek said its about taking a trip to the other side, not of living or dying, bt to another dimension
Some context surrounding this era. This album should be appreciated because it is a reflection of the time period that killed the hippies. The hippies before the late 60s were preaching love, unity, peace and did their psychedelics but the Doors offered a much darker, moodier, and chaotic atmosphere to this psychedelic era. They represented an era where in the public eye the hippie movement was looking less and less like the Grateful Dead tie dye and more like the Manson Family. You can see this change with the bands coming after the Doors being Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple etc
Love the competence with which you edit your vids. I just discovered you bc of LZ I that just dropped and seen a few others since, but yeah: you capture it seems the essence of the diff. parts of a song. SOme who do this kind of editing just end up making it look choppy, missing key transitions, etc. Anyhow, great job. AND you have a great "Radio Voice" or whatever, lol! OH yeah -- glad u liked the Doors, lol! Like Zeppelin, they are one of the best late 60's - 70's bands!
You get a million recommendations but Santana’s debut self titled record is well worth it. They blended the 60s psychedelic sound with latin music like mambo and salsa. The result is unique and fucking insane. Theres a reason Carlos Santana is one of the greatest guitarists of all time and their Woodstock performance is legendary
One of the greatest albums ever made and you need to hit Strange Days and L.A. Woman. The Doors are an excellent band probably one of the first early gothic rock type band
If you lived through this era it probably makes a whole lot more sense, cuz it's a whole vibe, but at least you appreciate the art of the ride. Thanks for the trip.
Love the Doors! Great review man You should listen to Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane. If there’s an album that perfectly represents 1967, it’s this one IMO.
Love The Doors hah. I'm probably annoying you with the Violent Femmes recommendations (but I reaaaaally want it, you know hah), so here's another one: The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers. Such a great album. Richey put his soul into this album, some of the most intelligent and soul crushing lyrics you'll ever read Shortly after the release, Richey was reported missing, yes, missing, and to this day we don't know if he's alive or not
Yeah brother, thats what i'm talking about. One of dylans 60s albums would be fun because then you would be seeing just about every espect of the 60s. Rock, folk, and pop
The End is definitely one of my favourite songs of all time. Hearing it for the first time at the end of the movie Apocalypse Now was an incredible experience. You should check out Heavy Rocks (2002) by Boris - less drone and more noise rock - my personal favourite from them!
The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle The Kinks - Village Green Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis Scott Walker - 4 Harpers Bizarre - Anything Goes Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left The Byrds - Younger than yesterday
8:42 Of all The Doors songs and all of Morrison's antics "Alabama Song," should have been the most controversial to release on a debut album. It was a song written by Bertolt Brecht and composed by Kurt Weill in the interwar period of WWI and WWII. Don't want to write more (because my comment will be deleted) but the original song is about a desire and act that most people even now find abhorrent.
Hey smags, great video! (as always) I'd love to see you react to Sinner Get Ready by Lingua Ignota, amazingly dark album that you may or may not enjoy. Either way would love to hear your thoughts on it!
Yooooo this one’s a classic Would LOVE a reaction to Bocanada by Gustavo Cerati, former singer of Argentinian rock band Soda Stereo. Super cool and vibey 90s rock with tons of eclectic influences from hip-hop, reggae, folk and electronic, plus he’s a ridiculously good singer
Please do some Deerhunter-Halcyon Digest, or Weird Era Cont Viagra Boys-Street Worms or Welfare Jazz. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Also, Broken Social Scene-You Forgot it in People, or the self titled album. More Beach House, and anything else Thom Yorke has done that you haven't touched on yet.
Bro, every time I look at this album cover I always think about how fucking hot Jim Morrison is. Looks like he’s mewing lowk, looksmaxxing 60 years before it was a trend
Amazing that you react to everything!! My recommendation: Artist Jim O'Rourke and his works like -Halfway to a threeway -live at Japan 2002.9.16 -Eureka