@@caryr.7089 Don't matter the facts of Jim's life choices ??.. Sad yes !! But still love to Watch Jim & the door's live !! Even though they all 4 was tripping their butts off !! Still made amazing music !!
You have to react to "Soul Kitchen." It was written about the "soul food" restraunt right next door the famous club called "The Whiskey -a-Go-Go on the Sunset Strip in Los Angles back in 1967. Morrison was crazy almost all of the time from Booze, LSD, or whatever. One night after a performance at "The Whiskey," Jim Morrison started to walk next door to get his favorite soul food at the "Soul Kichen." Morrison was so drunk, he passed out on the curb, just outside and was heard muttering "Let me sleep all night, in your "soul Kitchen. and something about the "Neon Lights" in the window...It's all in the lyrics of the song. Jim Morrison was one of a kind for sure. He to, died at age 27, along with Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix. Those three belong to the infamous "27 Club."
Sometimes live versions just aren't as good as the studio versions, but sometimes they're better than the studio version. It depends on the band/performer as well as other factors. This was a very good live version, and sounded almost exactly like the studio version. Kudos to the brother on the sax! I think he was probably the same guy that played on the studio version. 🎷🤘😎
He was one the top sax player and was married to the great ,gospel , soul singer Merry Clayton , the singer who provided her amazing voice for The Rolling Stones classic song, Gimme Shelter
@Short Stick is right, they didn't have an official bass player and Ray Manzarek played the bass with his organ, but... sometimes a bass player was needed. Then John Sebastian often played the bass in the studio and sometimes live but he didn't want to be mentioned anywhere because the Doors didn't have a good reputation. On stage he stood behind the loudspeakers or the curtain. Many greets from Hamburg (Germany) @all PS: I love live versions of any musicians ;-))
Hey "Dimples", ya know you can't please all the people all the time, so ya, keep listening to your gut. Live versions are the most honest, and when they sound great it's a combination of real talent, high end equipment, and smart sound engineers. But I believe live really does expose the raw skills and thats far more interesting to see. If you want perfect, listen to the studio track.
Your right The Guitarist Robby Krieger had a fight with Jim Morrison & punched him in the eye & in the live performance the camera man & studio had tried to dim the lights so they couldn't see his black eye. They probably kept it on the down low before the performance.
In this performance Jim Morrison was the only band member playing live..The Doors were pretending to play on the studio versions backing track..In the 60s,this was very common especially for some TV shows. Touch Me was released as a single in December 1968 for their upcoming 4th album The soft Parade. In the studio there was a bass player.Theres a demo version with the keyboard bass,but sounds too flat for this song..If you want to see an amazing live tv performance of the Doors,try the Doors live at Ed Sullivan show where they perform "People are Strange and "Light my Fire" all members playing live and The Doors were banned after that show because they refused to change the word "HIGHER" it was like saying the "F"word nowadays live..Anyway, love your reaction channel brother,keep up the good work .
Seeing the song performed live is cool, but the entire backing track is a mix of the studio version minus Jim's vocal. In an interview, John Densmore (the drummer) explained that at the time it was difficult to get a good sound in a TV studio. The sound mixing boards they had in the studios were ok for individuals on a mic but not a whole group of musicians. The Ed Sullivan show featured live music so they would have had better sound equipment. It would be cool if someone could merge his live performance with the stereo mix from the album and sync it to the video...
You should check out "Alabama song(whiskey bar)" it's a great song. It's great to watch bands live, going to concerts is one of my addictions. But the studio versions are usually the perfect version of a song. Some songs take on another form live that are as good or better. Thx.
I love this song from the Doors but Jim Morrison did not like it. The production company made them record it for pop charts success. You can really see a difference between this and his other earlier Doors music. That's one of the problems with production companies, they make these artists sell there souls to record pop songs that aren't their own and the art suffers. Maybe Jim Morrison saw where it was going... In interviews with Heart, the production company had them record songs they didn't even like just to stay relevant. This happened to Heart in the 80's. They wrote most of their early stuff which has endured the test of time.
That's a pretty bad version of that song. Ouch. Can't win 'em all. Thanks for trying, Biz You asked what's up next. I've never hear a reaction to "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)." It's a very weird and quirky Doors song, not exactly a jam, but definitely worth a listen. It's so creative and original. Thanks again for all you do.
Jim Morrison was such a good looking dude, unfortunately he was a destructive alcoholic. Such a waste. I used to think Jim was a much older man by his voice before I saw how young he was. Yes, there's no bass player. Ray plays the bass on the keyboards
