rusty booker Nothing today even comes close to this. This was real talent. No autotune, no nothing. Instead we got DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber, and Kanye West who butchers a song by Queen by talking the lyrics instead of singing them and everybody thinks he's some musical genius. 😫
Omg yes. Densmore manzarek and Krieger were absolute geniuses of their respective crafts. And then there was Dionysus. The born singer with no vocal lessons or history as a singer. The probability of four such gods amongst insects may never be seen again. So far ahead of their time
Whats also amazing about this performance is that the entire band is playing this raw and Morrison's natural voice sounds great with no studio overdubs.
I don't know, the Monkees listen to the band from 33 1/3 revolutions per monkee is pretty far fucking out there. But for PBS, yeah this is cutting edge. Jim is so drunk it's insane
@wildcatter63 oh yeah dolenz had a great voice, Randy scouse git is in my book a prototype for punk. But we're talking live network TV, so that is where my comparison was made. But in terms of overall quality, and it's not a knock on the pre fab four, but the doors were something truly special. The Monkees we're better than they ever had a right to be, and there is droves of great material to mine, the doors however to this day inspire intellectual discussion
03:13 I do agree with Jim Morrison: this is the best part. It's simply great how they change the mood of the song from a 'happy' one to a 'dark' one. This song is a masterpiece.
Morrison was one of the best performer ever..charisma, theatrical upstanding, expressive mysterious energy..very extreme and eccessive when he was ok he reached the top..great live tv show for an underrated masterpiece poem as the Soft Parade..fantastic..
Gawd, The Doors are THE BEST. So many GREAT songs and even EPIC songs. Even their less heralded songs are - at worst - GOOD songs. They don't really have a BAD song, only good - to great - to EPIC.
Then you didn't read it close enough, Jim was a prophet, Second Son of Mary incarnate, I know this because his signing voice was mine and all the lyrics we wrote together have since come true, I have his same middle name, and same mole on the left side of my face and if you heard me sing in a studio you wouldn't be able to tell the difference, we are twin Sons of Mary hosting one body, Jim was reborn/reincarnated 1974 thus, this is his book, if you don't believe me read the lyrics to Shaman's Blues and listening to the recording where two distinct voices are heard
@Jacob Frank I agree with you Peace and Love, but lack of belief in Jim's true spiritual identity given to him from birth by St. Mary doesn't make that fact untrue and if you don't believe what I'm saying I've a photo of a veiled woman above the sun to show you:)
I petitioned the Lord with prayer before I heard this song. Morrison was furious. I never did it again. But I did light my fire a few times. He was ok with that.
This man was a genius and the best front man ever. The Doors are playing live for a PBS special, because the The Doors were practically banned from playing anywhere in the country. And you see jim, ray, john and Robby give it their all playing for only cameras. The best band ever imo.
@YouMake MeReal Incorrect. "Psycedelic" is NOT how that word is spelled and I still stand on my original posting of "psychedelic" (which I have properly been spelling for the last thirty years of my life), which indeed DOES indicate my intelligence level (and lowers yours). The word "psyche" refers to the mind, hence, "PSYCHology" (the science and behavior of the mind) and "PSYCHEdelic" drugs (drugs which alter thoughts, perception and behavior of the mind). Have you ever heard of the group called the Psychedelic Furs? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Psychedelic_Furs How about the radio station called Psychedelicized Radio? psychedelicized.com/ Or how about a spelling of it, directly from Webster's online dictionary? www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychedelic Seems like the only one who didn't do their homework was you on this one. Ironic that you were quick to jump the gun in an attempt to squash me, point the fingers and prove me wrong, when in fact YOU ARE WRONG! Seems to me that logic would have led you to research the proper spelling of the word PRIOR to an attempt to correct me and accuse me of being unintelligent BEFORE proving to the world of your own unintelligence. Case in point: If you are going to attempt to accuse someone of being wrong and unintelligent, then you had better make 100% sure you are correct first. Trying to win a battle of intelligence by being unintelligent won't be in your favor. And for the record, my initial spelling correction to the author wasn't in an attempt to be a wise guy or a know-it-all. I meant the utmost respect. The only know-it-all "acting smart", but "NOT BEING" smart is yourself.
@YouMake MeReal You are a real joker! To the rest of the world who didn't catch on to YouMake MeReal's idiocy and instant cover-up, let me clue you all in... 1. ) He accuses of me of improperly spelling a word and being unintelligent. Meanwhile, his own supposed "correction" is in fact improperly spelled. I described this all to him in my last comment just minutes ago. 2.) So after I literally just posted that follow-up to him, telling him HE is the one who is wrong, he's not man enough to accept fault or apology. 3.) Instead, I refresh my page just minutes later, only to discover his origial posting to me has been edited to cover up his mistakes and to pin guilt on me by editing his posting and shifting everyone's attention to a lack of a capital 'P', rather than his original argument of spelling. This guy is a real con! Fortunately, I always screen shot comments before people edit them to neatly win a battle by cover-ups like these. 4.) A.) Suddenly, his original spelling of "psycedelic" that he tried telling me how it was spelled was now edited to the correct spelling of "psychedelic", as I have said all along. B.) Suddenly, he has capitalized the letter 'P' in HIS word, which originally was lower case (then attempts to retort on me with a lesson that I didn't capitalize my own 'P'). Smh! C.) Suddenly he's added a period to the end of his original sentence, which wasn't there prior. Anyone think I'm making this up? No worries, I have the original screen shot as proof, as I have dealt with jokers like him in the past who accuse, find out they're wrong and don't have the decency to apologize. Rather, ego kicks in and they feel the need to endlessly win a battle they've lost by childishly editing their original posting and still finding some way to accuse me of being unintelligent. Too funny. Now I'm accused of not capitalizing a word I have politely corrected someone on. Oh, here's more proof of irony: if in fact YouMake MeReal's original "correction" comment to me was spelled "psychedelic" (as he accused me of being wrong about), then there is no point to edit your posting to say "psychedelic", if it was proper to begin with because there's no point to be made of accusations in the first place, Einstein. Smh! His original post to me: "psycedelic. If you're gonna act smart, BE smart first " His now edited comment AFTER I proved him wrong: "Psychedelic. Capital P, If you're gonna act smart, BE smart first. " We all see your subtle, yet pathetic cover-up to win the intelligence battle. Notice how he purposely inserted the words "Capital P" into the equation, insinuating to the world that he originally spelled 'psychedelic' correctly from the start? He attempts to cleverly shift the attention of the people by insinuating that his argument is about capitalizing a 'P' and NOT any loger about his original argument of the word 'psychedelic' (which he tried lecturing me it was spelled 'psycedelic' and accused me of being unintelligent). Duh! Hey joker, we caught on to your idiocy. You've lost this battle and my previous screen shot doesn't lie. Just another fool who isn't man to admit guilt or simply apologize. Instead, it's a cover-up attempt. Clever attempt, joker. Funny that when I submit actual proof and facts via web links to examples of proper spelling, he shifts to a plan B cover-up mode to avoid making himself look as stupid as he is. Fail!
@YouMake MeReal I don't have or use PhotoShop. You make no valid point. Just fess up to guilt, man. Grow a set for once in your life! You initially came at me like a vulture, arguing that I was dumb and that I was trying to correct another user's spelling by improperly spelling it myself. Here it turns out that YOU were/are wrong, not me. Rather than admit guilt or apology, you refuse to and attempt the cover-up to save your ass from looking stupid to the world for being wrong. Simple as that. I caught on to your clever attempt at lies and you know damn well that's the truth. And no, you didn't edit it to remove a comma. You edited it to save your ass from looking stupid by trying to correct someone who was already correct by thinking that your spelling of a word was correct when it wasn't. You are precisely the problem in society these days. Nitwit! Readers, don't believe this joker. I have the evidence. Funny that when I POLITELY correct someone's spelling in an attempt to educate someone, as any human should....then along comes mister dipshit know-it-all who immediately thinks he's right (and he's NOT), then accuses, cons, covers-up, lies, retorts, creates a huge scene. All for what?? Simply for another human being with an emormous ego too big to swallow to accept guilt and apologize. Unreal mentality! I caught on to you right away with your cover-ups and so did everyone else, I'm sure. Smh!
Jim Morrison will always be my number 1 rock band of all time.he didn't know that he was gonna be one of the best rock band of all time.Jim your the best be safe wherever you are,God bless
Te elevas al cielo, te pierdes en el tiempo, entras a otra dimensión mística = Morrison and The Doors Después caes de nuevo a la triste realidad que hoy es este mundo...
One of the best things that ever happened to me was digging through my older brother's 8 track collection in the early 80s and popping in the Doors cassettes.
I firmly believe Jim was a pure and good spirit ,he just wanted us all to be free of societal chains and other such nonsense , he wanted harmony and understanding ,he was not a dumb anarchist at all , very very far from that nonsense ,he really cared and was a beautiful man . R I P Dear Jim . You and you're band are always a big part of me ,X
This is The Doors at their Absolute top of their Game. This is Primal James Douglas Morrison at his artistic best. Sober. Erudite profound. It does not get any better than this.
“There's only four ways to get unraveled One is to sleep and the other is travel, da da One is a bandit up in the hills One is to love your neighbor 'till His wife gets home” This dude was wild R.I.P you amazing bastard
"Stage presence." I got fascinated, one time, in the mystique of stage presence, what gives some performers more of it, and stuff like that. In my searches, I stumbled onto a page that teaches such stuff to aspiring performers. The page said to do this and do that and so on. Jim did EVERYTHING "WRONG", yet he had IMMENSE stage presence. (David Byron of Uriah Heep also had immense stage presence, and he did EVERYTHING "RIGHT." His parents were performers in theater.)
Imo the single greatest televised performance of all time ,since Sister Rosetta Thorpe on French Tv.. the PERFECTLY combined sounds of fringe genres, an honest heretic singing us a hymn that evolves into quiet desperation hidden behind a cracking plastic veneer of daily living until I finally rising into a defiant, righteous cry for freedom in the face of greedy civilization.
The Doors were in a class by themselves in live performance. I got to see them in early '67 in the Valley at one of the Dave Diamond concerts. The "Iron Butterfly" preceded. I have never been the same since that concert. Off the richter.
No effects, no bass player, cheap Farfisa keyboard (no syn or sampler) No pitch correction, yet some of the BEST RAW ROCK EVER! sadly we'll not see this kinda pure rock again, it's all been bought and sold by big corp...
Love the doors, I was crazy about them when I was in middle school, had all the tapes books vhs movies. Then I discovered the grateful dead and I kind of fell out of listening to them. This is really cool to see them play song like this, I love soft parade album
Gripping, Just gripping, Not a single band i can think of these days that can take one an a trip in the same way these 60s/70s original rock & roll bands could.
