The Doors drummer John Densmore: Music and culture in the 1960s

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  • @krzysztofcybulski5559
    @krzysztofcybulski5559 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    "Everyone gets older, but not everyone gets elder" - that's definitely true for mr. Densmore - what a great guy! Thanks a lot for this interview!

  • @jamesblack8173
    @jamesblack8173 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Densmore has always been a hero of mine. I played drums at school, and I have always been blown away by the way he was able to add something fresh and surprising to every rhythmic moment. Thank you Samuel, your channel is a refuge and a civilising force.

  • @ili626
    @ili626 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I enjoy Sam’s open-minded eclecticism mixed with his compositional expertise. Ace channel

  • @CentrifugalSatzClock
    @CentrifugalSatzClock 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    A delightful interview!
    I remember being in Cokeville Wyoming when the Doors Record came out. The town was in the middle of nowhere and the house I was at was in the outskirts of the middle of nowhere. Late at night when no one was home Break on Through, I Looked at You and Back Door man blasted away at top volume. I wore the grooves out of that album and had to rebuy it!
    One of the keys to those powerful songs was the strong vocals. Jim would lay back and always put great force at the climactic moments. Nothing reminded you of this more than listening to a cover band play doors songs while a singer droned on, never delivering anything special. They were the kinds of singers that barbiturates listened to when they needed to sleep.
    Years later when the critics in the music magazines complained that the Doors had jumped the shark with poetry being read over a vamp, I preferred to focus on the wonderful gems like Love Street, with its delicious chord progressions, atmospheric harpsichord and jaunty drums.
    Thanks again for a great interview.

  • @ili626
    @ili626 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    One of my favorite lyrics/quotes of Jim’s, “You cannot petition the Lord with prayer”

  • @soundtreks
    @soundtreks 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    We definitely reached our artistic zenith in the 60s-70s. Glad I was around then even if I was just a little kid. Growing up with a rich foundation of music is something I continue to value.

  • @robinjones6999
    @robinjones6999 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Great interview Samuel. The 60s were a time when we could literally do anything that seemed creative

  • @julian65886
    @julian65886 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Densmore drumming is exquisite in the theatrical pieces as well as in the straight rock tunes. Very gifted all the way.

  • @bartremmelzwaal5775
    @bartremmelzwaal5775 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It’s truly invaluable that you’re offering a music history introduction at Peterson Academy to such a broad audience. Introducing people who never had the chance to learn about the amazing richness and expressive power of art music is a blessing for the community.

  • @MicoAquinoComposer
    @MicoAquinoComposer 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Wow, what a surprise! Thank you for interviewing the legendary John Densmore :)

  • @ili626
    @ili626 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    9:20 I agree, Jim would have changed. But as we know, Jim was into shamanism, which involves altered states of consciousness and other ways of “knowing” beyond the prepositional conceptual mind. Hence, the “doors of perception” band name inspired by Aldous Huxley. For this reason, I would argue that despite Jim’s literary influence, he was also deeply interested in experience beyond words.

  • @Juan-wo7zu
    @Juan-wo7zu 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Wow this was unexpected. Truly a pleasant surprise!

  • @abanana2561
    @abanana2561 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I am very excited for this

  • @greggcoppolo8430
    @greggcoppolo8430 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Always and will love the Doors.

  • @Smudge4199
    @Smudge4199 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for this Sam!

    • @Smudge4199
      @Smudge4199 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      And also thank you John!

  • @reidwhitton6248
    @reidwhitton6248 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks, Sam! John came to my local record store several years back to talk to fans and sign his book. I missed it but a good friend of mine went and met John and bought me a copy of his book. He's going to love this so I sent him the link. He's 14 years older and was 19 when the Doors debut album was released. He also met and talked with Frank Zappa in 1968.

  • @billjones8503
    @billjones8503 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thing about music in the 60's & 70's was that it was ubiquitous across the mass radio waves, & Doors were able to fit in to that universal milieu-of course first with Light My Fire(67). That was the beauty & the reach that inspired us then to seek out their more non-commercial music on their albums. John Densmore was part of that. - Great interview too! Thanks.

  • @jonzaremba
    @jonzaremba 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    At 80 years old, he still thinks there's a difference between the two politicial parties. Jeepers creepers, man. But enjoyed the interview none the less. Good job keeping him focused.

    • @markbrooks7157
      @markbrooks7157 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      There IS a difference.

    • @akidwithaclub
      @akidwithaclub 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@markbrooks7157the differences between the two parties in the US are extremely minor, and focus is put on them by the media to keep us divided so we don’t come together to make change that actually matters and threatens the establishment’s power. It’s sad so many don’t understand this…

    • @SuperStrik9
      @SuperStrik9 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Look into what the Republicans want to do with Project 2025 under Trump. It is fascism and that's no hyperbolic joke. There's a big difference between the Democrats and Republicans.

  • @ili626
    @ili626 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The Doors albums after L.A Women were pretty good imo.. in case anyone wasn’t aware of them

    • @listercat1
      @listercat1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Full Circle and Other Voices are certainly worth adding to any collection

    • @samuel_andreyev
      @samuel_andreyev  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @listercat1 I don’t care for Other Voices, I’ve never warmed to it. But the best parts of Full Circle are excellent.

  • @alejandrobaux8706
    @alejandrobaux8706 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great conversation, thanks 🙏 🔥

  • @SuperStrik9
    @SuperStrik9 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    John's awesome. Great interview/conversation.

  • @danantoniumaestrodistortion
    @danantoniumaestrodistortion 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is amazing!

  • @LtdNulty
    @LtdNulty 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Not Owsley had his lab in Basel, but Albert Hofmann, i think ;-)

    • @samuel_andreyev
      @samuel_andreyev  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Absolutely correct, my mistake 😳

    • @brötzmannsax
      @brötzmannsax 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I believe Owsley Stanley stayed in Cali all those years before moving to Australia in 1996 and died there in a car accident.
      That Purple Owsley acid stamped with the owl was some serious stuff, luckily I never lost my mind, ha.

  • @Emlizardo
    @Emlizardo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you, Samuel for this wonderful interview with the great John Densmore. A lot of your posts lately seem to be circling around the issue of the relationship of today's artists to our larger culture. Since the audience seems to be atomized in a way it never was before, a lot of us are wondering if we may as well be speaking into the void. Who's listening? Does it make a difference? We're wondering to what extent our present moment has parallels in the past, versus being an unprecedented shift to which previous experience doesn't apply. As you and John remind us, the only way forward is to remain engaged in the process - we're building the bridge while we're crossing it.

  • @DukGef
    @DukGef 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Hi Samuel, I really dig your channel. When it comes to the history of pop and rock music and the cultural impact and the ambiguities it had maybe you should talk to Richard Thompson. I would love to listen to him answering your questions because they are really good and he is a sharp guy who has stayed an outsider in his own way even though he wrote dozens of really great songs in the wider realm of folk music.

    • @rockohale9858
      @rockohale9858 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Bonus interview…Mayo Thompson?

  • @tribudeuno
    @tribudeuno 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I saw the Doors when they were a trio, playing 2nd bill to Frank Zappa’s Grand Wahzoo - a 60 piece electronic orchestra - at the Hollywood Bowl. I saw John Densmore in person in Las Vegas, while I was working on Honey, I Blew Up The Baby. He was visiting the set where his wife had a role as a news reporter…
    .

    • @samuel_andreyev
      @samuel_andreyev  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What did you think of them as a trio? How were they perceived at the time? Did they seem like a viable act still, and was there a buzz surrounding their activities?

  • @georgeraftopoulos9878
    @georgeraftopoulos9878 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Legend❤❤❤

  • @brötzmannsax
    @brötzmannsax 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazingly nobody has commented on those drums of his in the background?

  • @markwrede8878
    @markwrede8878 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    In the 1960s, the new rock music sounded like noise to music company execs, but the kids were creating the market as they received a lot of disposable income, so there was little discrimination in signing up LA nightclub acts at first, allowing even people like Frank Zappa to get a foothold.

    • @brötzmannsax
      @brötzmannsax 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "Allowing people even like Frank Zappa to get a foothold" sounds a little insulting to such a brilliant mind and musician.

    • @samuel_andreyev
      @samuel_andreyev  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @brotzmannsax it’s not insulting, Zappa was highly uncommercial and idiosyncratic and yet still succeeded in a commercial environment.

    • @brötzmannsax
      @brötzmannsax 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@samuel_andreyev Should we mention Tom Wilson perhaps had the foresight and vision of what was to become by signing them to the Verve label.

    • @samuel_andreyev
      @samuel_andreyev  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah. These scenarios are total science fiction today. Hard not to feel we’ve really lost something.

    • @brötzmannsax
      @brötzmannsax 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@markwrede8878 Great point, you think I would realize after over 60 years, ha.

  • @mygicshow
    @mygicshow 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great stuff!

  • @zelbriggen-gd3mp
    @zelbriggen-gd3mp 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Mr. Andreyev if you speak French please please try to interview Christian Vander. I think such an interview would provide an illuminating contrast with the above content.

  • @diegodomingues5912
    @diegodomingues5912 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hello my future professor from Peterson Academy.

  • @WaldoHiding
    @WaldoHiding 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I never died

  • @pianostuff2731
    @pianostuff2731 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't know if you knew but the doors were actually named after the band!

  • @Warp75
    @Warp75 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Culturally all our best stuff is well behind us.

    • @robinjones6999
      @robinjones6999 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      and creatively??

    • @Warp75
      @Warp75 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@robinjones6999 Last 10 years has been dire. We had the Age of Enlightenment now it’s the age of the imbecile.

    • @Warp75
      @Warp75 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@robinjones6999 I am just watching the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics games & it pretty much sums up the state of the western world.

    • @juliusseizure591
      @juliusseizure591 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ehhh don't be a Spengler...

    • @Dystopian84
      @Dystopian84 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@Warp75to be fair we are seeing the results of a deconstruction that started in the 60's : post moderm with the whole art is subjective and it is all relative nonsense

  • @Tom-db7bm
    @Tom-db7bm 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Samuel, I've an unsolicited suggestion: Erik Ulman might be an interesting person to interview. You both seem to me innovative composers with a regard for adjacent innovations in poetry. A responsiveness to the work of JHP, for example, is common. Warm regards.

  • @WaldoHiding
    @WaldoHiding 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lets drink

  • @WaldoHiding
    @WaldoHiding 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Break on thru 2 the oyherside

  • @julianslavin3896
    @julianslavin3896 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    fuck yeah

  • @greggcoppolo8430
    @greggcoppolo8430 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It would have been nice if you had done an interview with Wild Man Fisher. Unfortunately he passed away in 2011.

  • @hafer88
    @hafer88 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    we dont have to forget that the vietnam war was a war against the authoritarian antiindividualistic communism (adorno wrote about it)

  • @WaldoHiding
    @WaldoHiding 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    hohn union orr John Jun6107

  • @WaldoHiding
    @WaldoHiding 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    JFK RR JR

  • @adude9882
    @adude9882 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Laughing at attempted murder of a political cadidate. This is a good microcosm of the whole question of why the 60s was what it was. I doubt he expresses that as an outlier, risking anything, that nobody he knows would laugh at Trump almost having his head blown off on live TV. I used to be left myself and might have joked like tnis. When I was 20. This gentleman was inside the phenomenon. He did not create it. There were new commwrcial opportinities due to youth having disposable incime and a long economic boom leading people to think everything was safe. There was space for yoing artists to sell new sounding music on vinyl records. It hadn't been done before in tbe same way..

    • @themroc8231
      @themroc8231 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      People thought everything was safe in the 60's? You know that's when there were all the major political ass*ssin*tions, right? JFK, RFK, MLK, Malcolm X, Fred Hampton?

    • @dickiebobradio1304
      @dickiebobradio1304 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for the heads up. I won't be listening to an interview with this brainwashed boomer. Love the Doors, appreciate Samuel, but no thanks on this one.

  • @briteness
    @briteness 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    At 3:30, chuckling about how Trump was almost assassinated? I realize that this was not our host speaking, but I have unsubscribed anyway.

    • @samuel_andreyev
      @samuel_andreyev  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Interesting - you feel that I am responsible for all of my guests’ opinions as though they were my own?

    • @briteness
      @briteness 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@samuel_andreyev You are responsible for "platforming" hateful, pro-terrorist speech if you allow it to stand, as you did. If this were a livestream, which perhaps it started out as, it would not be your fault, but I watched it as a video which you chose to release. If it were ten years ago, I would not have held this position. Even five years ago, I would possibly have let it slide. But after all the years of ruthless cancel culture from the left, I and many others have decided that if we allow our enemies (which is basically what they have become at this point) to use effective strategies that we are afraid to use because of an excess of scruples, they will destroy us. They view platforming of viewpoints they dislike as wrong, and now we have followed suit. Particularly when it comes to the topic of the attempt on Trump's life, I have a zero tolerance policy. If it had been you who said that, I would have reported you. As it is, I just unsubscribed.

    • @LesterBrunt
      @LesterBrunt 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@britenessWeird.

    • @Jungle6767
      @Jungle6767 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@briteness freedom no politics with the doors

  • @themroc8231
    @themroc8231 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I never got the appeal of The Doors. The only thing worse than the dreary music is the "poetry" that screams "this 14 year old is not self conscious enough yet".