This famous line "We train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders won't allow them to write F**K on their airplane because it's obscene" Col. Walter E. Kurtz played by Marlon Brando before he hacked to death by Captain Benjamin Willard played by Martin Sheen.
I grew up in the 80s and 90s listening to The Doors, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Bob Marley, Pink Floyd, The Beatles... Geniuses from decades before my time who broke down barriers, inspired, infuriated and shocked. Everyone in my school listened to them all. My life is about humour, passion, inspiration... From the millennium onwards most kids only listen to music of their own time, which is processed, atrocious nonsense... and they now call the police to report people for having an opinion that differs from their own 🙄
I applaud younger generations open to this Artistic trippy music of the 60's and 70's. I was in my teens in the 60's and my mind was blown by the Doors, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Steppenwolf, And CCR
Yes - not just children but full grown adults now call the police (or cancel you or belittle you) if you have a different thought, opinion or belief system. It is UNREAL. If you do not follow the sheep and what THEY believe - you are a goner (for the current time anyway).
It was very touching to see how deeply this song affected both of you. I chose to play "The End" on my Walkman while I was scattering the ashes of my only sibling, because it was the only song that could begin to express the intensity of my devastation. That was almost 30 years ago, and I have rarely listened to it since then, because the loss of my brother still crushes me. But I'm glad that your video persuaded me to listen to it again today, and I thank you for appreciating the complexity and passion of this magical song.
I am a kindred soul as I have strong ties to certain songs that I cannot (or have trouble) listening to as they are connected with traumas. Glad you were able to listen to this again.
Cool fact about the blue bus. This was written when Morrison was living on a rooftop in Venice, California. Public transportation around Venice was on the blue buses.
Jim was the lyrist, poet, and shaman backed by 3 incredible musicians who created "the trip" without having to take drugs. They created one masterpiece after another. I will never forget the first time I heard in January of 1967. I was 8 years years old when "the trip" began. One that gets looked over is "Celebration of the Lizard," which was performed in their live shows and in The Doors Live album.
Hi guys! I'm from Chile (Latin American country) I'm originally Spanish-speaking, but I understand English, I watch your videos for your 100% genuine reactions, greetings!
"he took a face from the ancient gallery"..............in contemporary times it reminds me of the Faceless Men in GOT. In the times I lived in when this song came out it was a song of death for me.
check out the movie, ex machina..... notice the scene when eva walks down the hall, up to the ancient mask & keenly holds & looks into its face.... bank on this, the screenwriter was inspired straight on by this song.
Morrison was a film student in UCLA , so he used cinematic imagery and theater in his lyrics and the band followed him where ever the wind took him. Genius.
I still say morrison doesnt get his due... sure he was famous, but too many focus on the noteriety and image as opposed to the creativity. the doors were a quantum leap. ballsy & completely original.
I’ve said before, I think that you guys have some of the best, most sincere reactions I see on these reaction channels. This reaction’s a perfect example. You guys gave this EPIC song the total respect its earned over the past 54 years. They’re an amazing foursome of college friends who really grabbed listeners/viewers by the shoulders and shook ‘em. Morrison’s poetry and vocals, and Densmore’s drums, Manzarek’s keyboards, and Krieger’s guitars refused to be censored/restricted.
In 1966 my father was a college student at UCLA and was part of the “hippie” counterculture. He and his friends would often go to see shows, and the Doors were very popular at this time as a great band to go see, they were totally unique. This was before they had a record deal. One night in August of ‘66 my father and some of his friends went to see the Doors and Love (another great band) at the Whiskey-A-Go Go. Lots of people in the crowd were openly smoking pot, and who knows how many had taken LSD. My father was so blown away by the Doors that it blew his mind without him being stoned. “The End” was the last song they did, and the crowd all sat frozen and stared at Jim because it was just so incredible that you couldn’t move. And yes, Jim Morrison was even better looking in person.
Glad you guys appreciated the song. You should now listen to The Doors song called The Soft Parade. It’s another epic song, completely different from The End but absolutely brilliant and takes you on another journey 👍👍👍
Jim Morrison was only 22 years old when The Doors recorded their first album in 1966. Such an amazing debut record, Break On Through, Soul Kitchen, The Crystal Ship, Light My Fire, End of The Night, Take It As It comes, The End. Definitely check out the entire record! It's an experience to say the least.
think about this. the summer before, he had NEVER had any musical experience. when the band was formed late summer in '65, morrison was film grad who had just spent a month or so in his own 40 days in the desert. highly intelligent & introspective idea guy, yet no musical experience... shows you though how the inner pace, pulse & creation of poetry has a musical underpinning in its cadence if you open up to it. that is basically what happen w/ him, along w/ all the delving he did of other writers like blake. of course having ray around was a gift. ray gets overlooked. he was a big brother to jim in that period & encouraged him, but also laid out the musical outline & structure for jim to take his ideas and scale them out into music. basically constructed the monkey bars. throw in robbies & johns jazz sensibilites & ambition & you truly had something special w/in a year at the whisky... what you heard here is a direct tap root back to the spring of '66. It still is amazing seamless wise when you think again, that jim had never sang or played an instrument & wasnt a music head either no more then 12 months back. savant.
You' d get into When The Music's Over, too. " cancel my subscription to the Resurrection; send my credentials to the house of detention. I 've got some friends inside..." There's some good video out there of the Doors doing this live. He was an absolutely mesmerizing performer, as can be imagined he would be.
certainly darker. it resonated very deeply w/ those in nam who were in the belly of the beast in that era. the doors went were few would. they picked up the rock of the times & stared down onto what was underneath it.... I think its fair to say, the doors influenced zepplin & floyd a lot. wouldve loved to have heard syd barrets take on the doors. morrison actually liked floyd... the doors were the first (this was fully constructed and performed by the summer of '66, think about that) to create the long epic scale symbolist arrangements. cinematic & broad scape atmosphere & narrative. william blake & greek literature meets rock. unflinching in its lack of fear to look into the belly of the beast. inconsistent band moreso then zep, but when dialed in like here, they were on a peak few have ever ascented to.
I was 15 when this song was "born"!!! What a fantastic, wild ride The Doors took us on!!! It ended way too soon!! Jim Morrison was a gift from the music Gods!!!💜🤘🎵🎼🎶
Your emotions and the way you experience music are reasons why your reaction videos are head and shoulders above others for me. Thank you for listening to this song.
Check out the name Mary Werbelow. She was Jim's supposed first love. The song was supposedly about her. He lived in Clearwater, Florida with his grandparents for a couple of years after his high school graduation in Alexandria, Virginia. "Morrison went to live with his paternal grandparents in Clearwater, Florida, where he attended classes at St. Petersburg Junior College. In 1962, he transferred to Florida State University where he appeared in a school recruitment film." Unfortunately the house of his grandparents was torn down years ago but all the doors were kept by a painter and sold online with art of Morrison.
The Doors are among the gods of Rock n' Roll.....and this song is one of my Favorites from them. A MASTERPIECE!!!! Deep Deep lyrics and way out of pocket musicianship!!!! I LOVE it!!!!!! Jim Morrison is the god of Rock n' Roll.....yeah he took mushrooms and takes the listener on a journey.......to experience the trip he is experiencing!!!! Doors of perception!!!!
One of my favourite songs by The Doors - it's so hypnotic, and an absolute experience. Jim Morrison's voice is amazing. This is such an iconic song too - wow. Many thanks for the reaction guys.
Saw The Doors at Cal State East LA in 1967 when I was 15 yrs old. My little sister was 12. What a memorable day that was! Loved your reactions to this - so good you didn't stop it once!
how do you compare them to all the other bands you saw live in that great era? .... so many years after morrison's death, there is a legend built up around him. I was barely alive when he was performing. I'm interested to hear from people who did indeed see them live to see if that aura was really palpable. was the buzz around this guy the same like it was 10 years after his death when they resurged interest wise? did he stand out to you in a stark way vs other talents you saw then? ... any further takes appreciated.
@@kelvinkloud I saw the band in San Diego in the summer of '67, and watched a young woman seated in front of me reach sexual release watching Morrison strut in his hip-hugging black leather pants and white frilly shirt. Oh, the band was pretty good, too!
@@TheDivayenta he had a nasty dance with booze and handling fame it seems. Booze addiction doesn’t go well. The indulgence of the times didn’t help.... I’m surprised the owner of the label didn’t do more to get the guy to put the brakes on and find more grounding. The doors made that label. The booze really undermined a great talent and band. Inconsistent. When dialed in arguably America’s greatest band in a crucial period of rock. When off, a train wreck.
Jim was really in the zone with his voice on this one, such beautiful control right til the end. I get the feeling the lyrics were almost totally improvised - perhaps he had the title. But whatever it's a beautiful trip with the whole band so in tune cosmically with each other.. RIP Jim Morrison...
good ear. Agree. its vastly underrated controlled but very emotive singing. like sintra in his prime in the early 50's, but an obviously much different genre. but the control and mesh w/ the vibe, melody & musicians is similar.... morrison was a paradox. freak savant talent but wreckless as they come. think about this Trevor, this song was in complete form by summer of '66. morrison was only 22. he hadnt done any music of any kind, instrument, singing or songwriting for the first 21.5 years of his freaking life! When you consider the power & scope of this song, that is mindblowing that such a novice could pull this off singing wise, let alone creation wise. like I said, a rarified savant.... heres the only theory that makes sense to me. he was very intelligent & soaked up literature for a good 5 years pretty heavily. furthermore, he wrote, including poetry. all of that forced his mind to not only understand & sculpt structure to cadence, but it also forced his mind to expand into a creative realm of new ideas. though not an introvert persay, he nevertheless had the ability to lock into his own vision & thoughts. right after college he did this, plus he was experimenting w/ mind expansion. he also had ray who knew how to draw out the arrangement scape & let jim move w/in that frameup w/ improvisation encouraged. it all converged for internal pulse & thought to meet poetic cadence & musical tone. the alchemy of that is here. the words & voice flow directly w/ the river of sound.... inconsistent, no doubt. but wow, when dialed in, morrison was a once in generation freak talent.
This was one of the albums we made sure we had our brains "high" wired , especially if some of the people were newbies. We'd watch their reactions too. College in the early 70's , what a time to have experienced the golden age of rock.
The brothers need to check out some Allman Brothers!!! Whipping Post Live at the Fillmore East, Midnight Rider, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed with Derek Trucks on guitar. There is a version of Elizabeth Reed with Eric Clapton joining the Allmans. You can't go wrong with ANY of those tracks.. You will not be disappointed!
This version of Whipping Post may actually be better than the Filmore East performance. Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes are just so good.. th-cam.com/video/Rx_UaQx5eZQ/w-d-xo.html
how about the doors, live, who do you love. closest thing white boys have ever gotten to the allmans.... who themselves as ga boys, were the closest whites got to the real deep dark delta blues in that era.... I wonder if morrison got to catch the allmans or visa versa.... who do you love hangs w/ greg singing wise imo.
Fantastic song. Now try "When the music's over" and "Light my fire" and "Ghost song" " Queen of the Highway". I hope you take this into account. You also have to react to Chicago again guys. Songs like "Poem 58", " Liberation", and "Than you great spirit" are amazing
He was actually on a acid trip when they first played the song at the whiskey a go go and he improvised the second part of the song because it wasn't finished yet which got the doors fired due to the lyrics
Guy's this isn't the end but this is a perfect choose to do reacting. Everybody is know that all of "the doors" songs are well because 'Jimbo' is one of all the incredible poet ever. And also I'm sorry for that I don't know your name yet but you were almost die who has white sweater guy:)) please do reacting to "when the musics over" for one of the next time 🙏 also I have a suggest for you; you should watch to "when you're strange" ☺️ we want to also more psychedelic reactings here, more pink floyd, the doors, led zeppelin, jimi hendrix, tim buckley, jefferson airplane... I wonder "white rabbit" reacting specially:) hope it can be possible soon..
Remember having to do an intervention on a friend who sat in her room listening to The Doors one summer...lost grip on reality; but snapped out of it & became a Chiropractor!
hello guys, congratulations on the 22,000 subscribers, your content is sensational, I have been with you since we were 12,000 and grew very fast on TH-cam, and I recommend you listen to keep yourself alive, play the game, these are the days of our lives, good old- fashoned lover boy, all from Queen, the truth is very good, I hope and you can react to them, congratulations guys .❤️
Most of these artists in this era were high on drugs. Still could write amazing lyrics and perform live on stage and perform flawless. That's what amazes me.. unbe,unbelievable, but I lived this era with this music. Best stuff ever.
its overplayed though imo. hendrix for ex was mainly off drugs his last year or so performing wise. morrison was much more a boozer... I think what you have w/ some of these artist, like morrison, is just very creative artistically bent individuals. they threw their heart & sweat into creation. the creativity was an experience. plus morrison was highly intelligent & very well read. he understood blake symbolism, joseph conrad, the ancient greeks & abstract art. what sounds trippy to many people to him was carefully placed symbolist meaning... not saying the guy didnt do drugs & not saying it didnt have an influence. I'm just saying it wasnt the drugs. morrison could write stuff like this on or off it.
When the Doors were first performing this song on stage, that center section was a mini-showcase for Jim's poetry. He would change it up every night, throwing in different bits of his writing. It got cemented into this form when they recorded, but up to then you'd never know what he was going to say when he started reciting.
Yeah good to see this. You guys were impacted by The End. The really incredible thing is that it fit so well in Apocalypse Now. That movie was made many years after this song was recorded but it sounds like Jim Morrison is describing the feeling and the insane reality of Vietnam during the war, especially in the first couple of verses. " desperately in need of some stranger's hand/ in a desperate land" and then "lost in a Roman wilderness of pain/ and all the children are insane". There were Vietnamese children who would give their lives in suicide bombings to kill American soldiers. Whoever made that soundtrack choice was brilliant. This song is absolutely brilliant. It is haunting and creepy and engaging as hell. All the instruments were played so well, so cohesive. John Densmore's drumming here is mesmerizing and so is Manzarek's organ playing. And Robbie Krieger's guitar is so cool, the notes he plays, sometimes adding that creepy insane vibe. Jim Morrison is an utterly unique rock singer, poet, musician. Very psychedelic.
morrison knew copolla in college. they were classmates at ucla as film grads. can you imagine being in class w/ the 2 of them? there are interviews were copolla talks about that and his memories of morrison. if jim had lived I do think there was a really good shot he wouldve drifted more heavily into films by the early 70's. screen writing, direction, maybe some acting. the era wouldve been a good fit for him theme wise.... copolla went out on a limb to get dennis hopper in the movie. at this point in his life hopper was bordering on insanity & had serious drug issues. its a role morrison couldve actually played well & I wouldnt see copolla having a problem putting him into the film. I could see morrison playing sheens part too. he wouldnt have been old enough though for brandos part, but he couldve gotten into the character. morrison could act. his indep film though disconnected has some decent moments. he had a presence on film. his acting in promo film for unknown soldier is very good. But I think his real gift wouldve been collaboration from the writing end via screenplay or direction.
Guys if you really liked the Doors, please please please react to this live performance of one their greatest songs, it will BLOW your mind completely, I promise you. And I say that to you as a hardcore Doors fan with years. The Doors - When The Music's Over Live in Europe { HQ } on the youtube channel Doorstonia TDU.
I dont know whether you guys read my comment for the request or you had planned this already, but I was waiting badly for this song on your channel glad you guys heard it😇
Morrison was an extremely unique dramatic wild enigmatic kind of guy from what I understand. This track really emphasizes his personality I think. He was definitely a fine hunk of a man .. lol. Awesome BroActions guys. B safe & well .. 😊💓✌🏼🤘🏼
True! When we saw them during The End Jim leaped up off the platform the band was on and fell to the floor writhing spastically in front of our teenage faces! Then before Jim sung the final line to the song there was a brief silence and somebody blew an Oscar Meyer wiener whistle and everybody laughed. Jim might not have found it funny and said "ha, ha, ha", and finished the song. Quite memorable even if it was 54 years ago. 😉
@@hollywoodharriet13 Wow sounds like a wild concert. Have U watched the concert where he started a political rant on stage? He just about started a riot. Kurazee!!
The producers of this song said it was recorded in two takes, one for the first half and one for the second half. And by the end of the second half, everyone behind the glass was in tears. This is what music should be!
Guys, one of your earliest reactions was to Roundabout by Yes. You absolutely loved it. You've never been back to them. Can you react to 'Close to The Edge' by Yes? You won't have heard anything like it 😊
hi. its great to see young people experiencing the music of the sixties and seventies. those times were ( in my opinion ) the times when music was at its peak for creativity and feeling. well done lads
agree... I think he had a real future in screenplay writing & some acting and direction... the 70's anti hero decade in film was very creative & spawned by peers he knew at ucla. like bowie, morrison was a very large scape, conceptual thinker. its why his best lyrics have a cinematic epic affect. its too disjointed but his film project has some interesting moments in it. a healthy morrison by '72 couldve really flexed his muscles more behind the scenes in the film industry imo. think artist like michael mann, copolla, lucas, marty S etc. jims ideas wouldve found fertile ground.
I never see you guys comment or heart peoples comments but I love you guys, I have seen the majority of your reactions, and it is a thrill and honor every time
Coppola used this epically for his definitive Vietnam movie, Apocalypse Now. The lyrics are kind of a retelling of the Greek story of Oedipus. It also makes me think of the Manson gang on that horrific night they murdered Sharon Tate and her friends.
Watch Apocalypse Now! This song really makes that climatic scene when Martin Sheen gets into Brando’s compound and how it plays out. (Yes and add to that seeing it on LSD! In the jungle- u were in the jungle!😳🤦♀️🤣
Oh man I remember this one time on mushrooms we had this song on repeat for 6hrs straight 😂😂😂. It was perfect to set the tone for the medicine to do it’s thing
"It hurts to set you free, but you'll never follow me..."
Yes, Jim Morrison was a poet! Much of it dated & faded now. But some is timeless beauty expressed through his lyrics!
@@careym3901 The art that the doors created will never be dated. Their sound will always be weird and timeless.
Jim Morrison was a poet !
I think Morrison ad libbed most of the song
He was just starting
Doors isn’t just a band,Its an experience,a trip call what you want,they were amazing
YES! yes they were! 👌
Yes
The soundtrack to "Apocalypse Now" was fantastic. "The End" by the Doors added so much atmosphere to the storyline. Eerie and iconic.
I knew this song before Apocalypse Now! but it's hard to believe it wasn't written for that movie, it's so perfect
Watching a 16 year old(he lied about his age) Skinny Laurence Fishburne dance to the Stones’ Can’t Get No Satisfaction was great!
You could put this on anything and it will be 100% better, one of the best things ever recorded
so did Ride of the Valkyries - the sound track was stellar
This famous line "We train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders won't allow them to write F**K on their airplane because it's obscene" Col. Walter E. Kurtz played by Marlon Brando before he hacked to death by Captain Benjamin Willard played by Martin Sheen.
I grew up in the 80s and 90s listening to The Doors, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Bob Marley, Pink Floyd, The Beatles... Geniuses from decades before my time who broke down barriers, inspired, infuriated and shocked. Everyone in my school listened to them all. My life is about humour, passion, inspiration... From the millennium onwards most kids only listen to music of their own time, which is processed, atrocious nonsense... and they now call the police to report people for having an opinion that differs from their own 🙄
Very well put. I'm a 60's and 70's child, glad to hear that you get it. Good day.
I applaud younger generations open to this
Artistic trippy music of the 60's and 70's. I was in my teens in the 60's and my mind was blown by the Doors, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Steppenwolf,
And CCR
Yes - not just children but full grown adults now call the police (or cancel you or belittle you) if you have a different thought, opinion or belief system. It is UNREAL. If you do not follow the sheep and what THEY believe - you are a goner (for the current time anyway).
So true man
Dude, WHEN THE MUSIC'S OVER should be next. It's a masterpiece.
Agree 100%
F*** yeah it is it is beyond a masterpiece. LOL it's a master class in musicianship.. writing a song and performing a song fr🔥
Jim Morrison and The Doors got my subscription Brothers
🤩OHHHHHH YES!👌
Turn out the lights
One of the greatest songs ever written
Saw the Doors in concert before I left for Vietnam, I was there when Jim Died, love their music. clp
Incredible song and vocal performance by Jim Morrison.
It was very touching to see how deeply this song affected both of you. I chose to play "The End" on my Walkman while I was scattering the ashes of my only sibling, because it was the only song that could begin to express the intensity of my devastation. That was almost 30 years ago, and I have rarely listened to it since then, because the loss of my brother still crushes me. But I'm glad that your video persuaded me to listen to it again today, and I thank you for appreciating the complexity and passion of this magical song.
I am a kindred soul as I have strong ties to certain songs that I cannot (or have trouble) listening to as they are connected with traumas. Glad you were able to listen to this again.
@@JF-NYC-NJ-Girl Thank you for your thoughtful response. Take care. ❤
Dam Bros, enjoy this ride man. And remember, Jim Morrison is the guy driving the blue bus. Awesome choice gentlemen.
Cool fact about the blue bus. This was written when Morrison was living on a rooftop in Venice, California. Public transportation around Venice was on the blue buses.
Jim was the lyrist, poet, and shaman backed by 3 incredible musicians who created "the trip" without having to take drugs. They created one masterpiece after another. I will never forget the first time I heard in January of 1967. I was 8 years years old when "the trip" began. One that gets looked over is "Celebration of the Lizard," which was performed in their live shows and in The Doors Live album.
One of the most beautiful songs ever written, a work of art.
This song got them fired as the house band at the Whiskey a go go, they got signed to a record deal shortly afterwards..
It's hard to imagine hearing The End, live, for the first time in a club situation in the mid-60's -- whilst being drunk/high
This is classic rock at its best
Hi guys! I'm from Chile (Latin American country) I'm originally Spanish-speaking, but I understand English, I watch your videos for your 100% genuine reactions, greetings!
"he took a face from the ancient gallery"..............in contemporary times it reminds me of the Faceless Men in GOT. In the times I lived in when this song came out it was a song of death for me.
check out the movie, ex machina..... notice the scene when eva walks down the hall, up to the ancient mask & keenly holds & looks into its face.... bank on this, the screenwriter was inspired straight on by this song.
Now you have to see the film, Apocalypse Now, and how perfectly the song fits with what 's going on. That would be a good film to react too.
Morrison was a film student in UCLA , so he used cinematic imagery and theater in his lyrics and the band followed him where ever the wind took him. Genius.
I still say morrison doesnt get his due... sure he was famous, but too many focus on the noteriety and image as opposed to the creativity. the doors were a quantum leap. ballsy & completely original.
I’ve said before, I think that you guys have some of the best, most sincere reactions I see on these reaction channels. This reaction’s a perfect example. You guys gave this EPIC song the total respect its earned over the past 54 years. They’re an amazing foursome of college friends who really grabbed listeners/viewers by the shoulders and shook ‘em. Morrison’s poetry and vocals, and Densmore’s drums, Manzarek’s keyboards, and Krieger’s guitars refused to be censored/restricted.
Who can hear this without thinking of NAM? -Old Timey Dude
I think of the movie "Apocalypse Now"
@@jacoblemen -- wast that in the opening scene with Martin Sheen laying on the bed in Saigon?
Geezer agrees....
No I can't I was there
Memories for sure
In 1966 my father was a college student at UCLA and was part of the “hippie” counterculture. He and his friends would often go to see shows, and the Doors were very popular at this time as a great band to go see, they were totally unique. This was before they had a record deal. One night in August of ‘66 my father and some of his friends went to see the Doors and Love (another great band) at the Whiskey-A-Go Go. Lots of people in the crowd were openly smoking pot, and who knows how many had taken LSD. My father was so blown away by the Doors that it blew his mind without him being stoned. “The End” was the last song they did, and the crowd all sat frozen and stared at Jim because it was just so incredible that you couldn’t move. And yes, Jim Morrison was even better looking in person.
did he know morrison? .... what were his takes on him... ask him about the london fog
Glad you guys appreciated the song.
You should now listen to The Doors song called The Soft Parade. It’s another epic song, completely different from The End but absolutely brilliant and takes you on another journey 👍👍👍
"Soft Parade" is very interesting and quite great.
Sorry I commented before I read yours. Yeah definitely The Soft Parade is one of their greatest songs IMO. What a wild and wonderful ride.
Nope nowhere near as good as 1st two albums
@@johnshannon9656 it's okay but wimpy
@@RicoBurghFan nope
Jim Morrison was only 22 years old when The Doors recorded their first album in 1966. Such an amazing debut record, Break On Through, Soul Kitchen, The Crystal Ship, Light My Fire, End of The Night, Take It As It comes, The End. Definitely check out the entire record! It's an experience to say the least.
think about this. the summer before, he had NEVER had any musical experience. when the band was formed late summer in '65, morrison was film grad who had just spent a month or so in his own 40 days in the desert. highly intelligent & introspective idea guy, yet no musical experience... shows you though how the inner pace, pulse & creation of poetry has a musical underpinning in its cadence if you open up to it. that is basically what happen w/ him, along w/ all the delving he did of other writers like blake. of course having ray around was a gift. ray gets overlooked. he was a big brother to jim in that period & encouraged him, but also laid out the musical outline & structure for jim to take his ideas and scale them out into music. basically constructed the monkey bars. throw in robbies & johns jazz sensibilites & ambition & you truly had something special w/in a year at the whisky... what you heard here is a direct tap root back to the spring of '66. It still is amazing seamless wise when you think again, that jim had never sang or played an instrument & wasnt a music head either no more then 12 months back. savant.
Do you feel the way we do? By Peter Frampton. The version from the live album. This song took over America in the 70s, as did the album.
Hands down your best reaction on this channel. This song freeze me every time
You' d get into When The Music's Over, too. " cancel my subscription to the Resurrection; send my credentials to the house of detention. I 've got some friends inside..." There's some good video out there of the Doors doing this live. He was an absolutely mesmerizing performer, as can be imagined he would be.
They played at my high school in '67. LA area, we were extremely blessed.
The doors were underrated, this song is as good as zeppelin's stairway to heaven or even better.
certainly darker. it resonated very deeply w/ those in nam who were in the belly of the beast in that era. the doors went were few would. they picked up the rock of the times & stared down onto what was underneath it.... I think its fair to say, the doors influenced zepplin & floyd a lot. wouldve loved to have heard syd barrets take on the doors. morrison actually liked floyd... the doors were the first (this was fully constructed and performed by the summer of '66, think about that) to create the long epic scale symbolist arrangements. cinematic & broad scape atmosphere & narrative. william blake & greek literature meets rock. unflinching in its lack of fear to look into the belly of the beast. inconsistent band moreso then zep, but when dialed in like here, they were on a peak few have ever ascented to.
Yes, that touch of darkness in this song, that's what made it so special...The Doors were definitely ahead of their time.
@@maleksarray6685 artistically as important as the velvet underground and king crimson.
Jim Morrison was a Poet who said, here, put music to this. Great reaction!!
I was 15 when this song was "born"!!! What a fantastic, wild ride The Doors took us on!!! It ended way too soon!! Jim Morrison was a gift from the music Gods!!!💜🤘🎵🎼🎶
The whole band were.
Your emotions and the way you experience music are reasons why your reaction videos are head and shoulders above others for me.
Thank you for listening to this song.
"desperately in need of some stranger's hand in a desperate land" so true and so real. Also the "snake" is referred to the Snake river out west
You gotta listen to this when you're stoned!
I don't know when I've enjoyed a reaction video more!! George was travelling!!
Jim sketched the basic lyrics out whilst still in high school as a teenager. About a breakup with his girlfriend at the time.
Check out the name Mary Werbelow. She was Jim's supposed first love. The song was supposedly about her. He lived in Clearwater, Florida with his grandparents for a couple of years after his high school graduation in Alexandria, Virginia.
"Morrison went to live with his paternal grandparents in Clearwater,
Florida, where he attended classes at St. Petersburg Junior College.
In 1962, he transferred to Florida State University where he appeared
in a school recruitment film."
Unfortunately the house of his grandparents was torn down years ago but all the doors were kept by a painter and sold online with art of Morrison.
@@daveedbrown8296 Kept all but the doors, haha that’s ironic
rock poetry, thank you for reacting to this masterpiece, stay healthy, greetings from the Netherlands
Listening to the Doors on acid in the '80s. Good times :)
In the '60's, too.
The Doors are among the gods of Rock n' Roll.....and this song is one of my Favorites from them. A MASTERPIECE!!!! Deep Deep lyrics and way out of pocket musicianship!!!! I LOVE it!!!!!! Jim Morrison is the god of Rock n' Roll.....yeah he took mushrooms and takes the listener on a journey.......to experience the trip he is experiencing!!!! Doors of perception!!!!
One of my favourite songs by The Doors - it's so hypnotic, and an absolute experience. Jim Morrison's voice is amazing. This is such an iconic song too - wow. Many thanks for the reaction guys.
Next, "Soft Parade". A trip for sure!!!
" the soft parade" Live in PBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saw The Doors at Cal State East LA in 1967 when I was 15 yrs old. My little sister was 12. What a memorable day that was! Loved your reactions to this - so good you didn't stop it once!
how do you compare them to all the other bands you saw live in that great era? .... so many years after morrison's death, there is a legend built up around him. I was barely alive when he was performing. I'm interested to hear from people who did indeed see them live to see if that aura was really palpable. was the buzz around this guy the same like it was 10 years after his death when they resurged interest wise? did he stand out to you in a stark way vs other talents you saw then? ... any further takes appreciated.
@@kelvinkloud I saw the band in San Diego in the summer of '67, and watched a young woman seated in front of me reach sexual release watching Morrison strut in his hip-hugging black leather pants and white frilly shirt. Oh, the band was pretty good, too!
@@kelvinkloud I love them and sadly when I saw them Jim was out of control drunk and stoned and actually roaring. It was so sad.
@@TheDivayenta he had a nasty dance with booze and handling fame it seems. Booze addiction doesn’t go well. The indulgence of the times didn’t help.... I’m surprised the owner of the label didn’t do more to get the guy to put the brakes on and find more grounding. The doors made that label. The booze really undermined a great talent and band. Inconsistent. When dialed in arguably America’s greatest band in a crucial period of rock. When off, a train wreck.
Jim was really in the zone with his voice on this one, such beautiful control right til the end. I get the feeling the lyrics were almost totally improvised - perhaps he had the title. But whatever it's a beautiful trip with the whole band so in tune cosmically with each other.. RIP Jim Morrison...
good ear. Agree. its vastly underrated controlled but very emotive singing. like sintra in his prime in the early 50's, but an obviously much different genre. but the control and mesh w/ the vibe, melody & musicians is similar.... morrison was a paradox. freak savant talent but wreckless as they come. think about this Trevor, this song was in complete form by summer of '66. morrison was only 22. he hadnt done any music of any kind, instrument, singing or songwriting for the first 21.5 years of his freaking life! When you consider the power & scope of this song, that is mindblowing that such a novice could pull this off singing wise, let alone creation wise. like I said, a rarified savant.... heres the only theory that makes sense to me. he was very intelligent & soaked up literature for a good 5 years pretty heavily. furthermore, he wrote, including poetry. all of that forced his mind to not only understand & sculpt structure to cadence, but it also forced his mind to expand into a creative realm of new ideas. though not an introvert persay, he nevertheless had the ability to lock into his own vision & thoughts. right after college he did this, plus he was experimenting w/ mind expansion. he also had ray who knew how to draw out the arrangement scape & let jim move w/in that frameup w/ improvisation encouraged. it all converged for internal pulse & thought to meet poetic cadence & musical tone. the alchemy of that is here. the words & voice flow directly w/ the river of sound.... inconsistent, no doubt. but wow, when dialed in, morrison was a once in generation freak talent.
This was one of the albums we made sure we had our brains "high" wired , especially if some of the people were newbies. We'd watch their reactions too. College in the early 70's , what a time to have experienced the golden age of rock.
The brothers need to check out some Allman Brothers!!! Whipping Post Live at the Fillmore East, Midnight Rider, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed with Derek Trucks on guitar. There is a version of Elizabeth Reed with Eric Clapton joining the Allmans. You can't go wrong with ANY of those tracks.. You will not be disappointed!
This version of Whipping Post may actually be better than the Filmore East performance. Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes are just so good.. th-cam.com/video/Rx_UaQx5eZQ/w-d-xo.html
how about the doors, live, who do you love. closest thing white boys have ever gotten to the allmans.... who themselves as ga boys, were the closest whites got to the real deep dark delta blues in that era.... I wonder if morrison got to catch the allmans or visa versa.... who do you love hangs w/ greg singing wise imo.
When the music picks up tempo I visualise Jim doing his native American dance around the microphone
Wow. A masterpiece. No band like the doors, then, or ever. I saw them many times, and they sounded exactly like the recording.
Fantastic song. Now try "When the music's over" and "Light my fire" and "Ghost song" " Queen of the Highway". I hope you take this into account.
You also have to react to Chicago again guys. Songs like "Poem 58", " Liberation", and "Than you great spirit" are amazing
More chicago
Used to bookend Apocalypse Now. Probably one of the best uses of music in any movie ever.
Not gonna let you forget Maggot Brain by Funkadelic featuring the late, great Eddie Hazel on guitar. You will never be the same !
The Lizard King at his best!
He was actually on a acid trip when they first played the song at the whiskey a go go and he improvised the second part of the song because it wasn't finished yet which got the doors fired due to the lyrics
Guy's this isn't the end but this is a perfect choose to do reacting. Everybody is know that all of "the doors" songs are well because 'Jimbo' is one of all the incredible poet ever. And also I'm sorry for that I don't know your name yet but you were almost die who has white sweater guy:)) please do reacting to "when the musics over" for one of the next time 🙏 also I have a suggest for you; you should watch to "when you're strange" ☺️ we want to also more psychedelic reactings here, more pink floyd, the doors, led zeppelin, jimi hendrix, tim buckley, jefferson airplane... I wonder "white rabbit" reacting specially:) hope it can be possible soon..
This is the end and Echoes by Pink Floyd. Changed my life forever! Love the channel brothers! Keep on rolling!
Ahhh....so are you going to see old people in a new light now ???? This is 55 years old ❤❤❤❤ your grandparents were cool 😁❤
Love you guys Gor appreciating The Doors like my friends and did when they came out. Absolutely blew my mind and still does!
Remember having to do an intervention on a friend who sat in her room listening to The Doors one summer...lost grip on reality; but snapped out of it & became a Chiropractor!
hello guys, congratulations on the 22,000 subscribers, your content is sensational, I have been with you since we were 12,000 and grew very fast on TH-cam, and I recommend you listen to keep yourself alive, play the game, these are the days of our lives, good old- fashoned lover boy, all from Queen, the truth is very good, I hope and you can react to them, congratulations guys .❤️
The song is even more iconic if you watch the film, Apocalypse Now.
It fits perfectly with the beginning of the movie.
I have to say only one thing, guys. Jim Morrison was a hypnotizing man as a whole. you will see, if you see him perform live, believe me ;)
Next: "When the music's over" or "Soft Parade" of course by Doors.
Yes. There was some SERIOUS tripping going on "back in the day"! Psychedelic!? You might say so...🤯
Most of these artists in this era were high on drugs. Still could write amazing lyrics and perform live on stage and perform flawless. That's what amazes me.. unbe,unbelievable, but I lived this era with this music. Best stuff ever.
its overplayed though imo. hendrix for ex was mainly off drugs his last year or so performing wise. morrison was much more a boozer... I think what you have w/ some of these artist, like morrison, is just very creative artistically bent individuals. they threw their heart & sweat into creation. the creativity was an experience. plus morrison was highly intelligent & very well read. he understood blake symbolism, joseph conrad, the ancient greeks & abstract art. what sounds trippy to many people to him was carefully placed symbolist meaning... not saying the guy didnt do drugs & not saying it didnt have an influence. I'm just saying it wasnt the drugs. morrison could write stuff like this on or off it.
I loved The Doors. I was 11 years old when this came out, still love it. And please react to The Crystal Ship.
One of the most gorgeous melodies ever!
Masterpiece!!!!!!!! Jim takes you to another place another world!!!!
Now imagine listening to this song 50 years ago with a head full of acid. Talk about magic...
Weird scenes inside the gold mine , and Densmore"s killer drum reply gets me every time.
The best music is like a drug. Great reaction, guys.
George ,it was really nice to watch you enjoy the experience of the Doors, I totally recognise it 😊
I love this! I love seeing your faces! Jim brings you on a special ride always! 😎✌🏻
A viet nan soldiers favorite song back then and still today
Subscribed! this song and band were the sound i grew up with, yes it gave me the same feelings and still does to this day! Greetings from Australia
When the Doors were first performing this song on stage, that center section was a mini-showcase for Jim's poetry. He would change it up every night, throwing in different bits of his writing. It got cemented into this form when they recorded, but up to then you'd never know what he was going to say when he started reciting.
I first heard this when I was 17. Didn't understand it but I loved it. I didn't even drink let alone do drugs at that time.
Yeah good to see this. You guys were impacted by The End. The really incredible thing is that it fit so well in Apocalypse Now. That movie was made many years after this song was recorded but it sounds like Jim Morrison is describing the feeling and the insane reality of Vietnam during the war, especially in the first couple of verses. " desperately in need of some stranger's hand/ in a desperate land" and then "lost in a Roman wilderness of pain/ and all the children are insane". There were Vietnamese children who would give their lives in suicide bombings to kill American soldiers. Whoever made that soundtrack choice was brilliant. This song is absolutely brilliant. It is haunting and creepy and engaging as hell. All the instruments were played so well, so cohesive. John Densmore's drumming here is mesmerizing and so is Manzarek's organ playing. And Robbie Krieger's guitar is so cool, the notes he plays, sometimes adding that creepy insane vibe. Jim Morrison is an utterly unique rock singer, poet, musician. Very psychedelic.
morrison knew copolla in college. they were classmates at ucla as film grads. can you imagine being in class w/ the 2 of them? there are interviews were copolla talks about that and his memories of morrison. if jim had lived I do think there was a really good shot he wouldve drifted more heavily into films by the early 70's. screen writing, direction, maybe some acting. the era wouldve been a good fit for him theme wise.... copolla went out on a limb to get dennis hopper in the movie. at this point in his life hopper was bordering on insanity & had serious drug issues. its a role morrison couldve actually played well & I wouldnt see copolla having a problem putting him into the film. I could see morrison playing sheens part too. he wouldnt have been old enough though for brandos part, but he couldve gotten into the character. morrison could act. his indep film though disconnected has some decent moments. he had a presence on film. his acting in promo film for unknown soldier is very good. But I think his real gift wouldve been collaboration from the writing end via screenplay or direction.
@@kelvinkloud Wow that's intense that copolla & morrison went to ucla film school together. it just figures you know?
Guys if you really liked the Doors, please please please react to this live performance of one their greatest songs, it will BLOW your mind completely, I promise you. And I say that to you as a hardcore Doors fan with years.
The Doors - When The Music's Over Live in Europe { HQ } on the youtube channel Doorstonia TDU.
I dont know whether you guys read my comment for the request or you had planned this already, but I was waiting badly for this song on your channel glad you guys heard it😇
A trip. Your right George. Thanks guys.this was music in my day. I know every word and I’m so glad.
DudeBROS! Keep it up my friends you're making people smile!
DOORS ☆ CELEBRATION OF THE LIZARD
Just close your eyes and let the music and Jim's voice take you on a journey like no other!
Morrison was an extremely unique dramatic wild enigmatic kind of guy from what I understand. This track really emphasizes his personality I think. He was definitely a fine hunk of a man .. lol. Awesome BroActions guys. B safe & well .. 😊💓✌🏼🤘🏼
Yes, he was quite a specimen, wasn't he? LOL.😉
True! When we saw them during The End Jim leaped up off the platform the band was on and fell to the floor writhing spastically in front of our teenage faces! Then before Jim sung the final line to the song there was a brief silence and somebody blew an Oscar Meyer wiener whistle and everybody laughed. Jim might not have found it funny and said "ha, ha, ha", and finished the song. Quite memorable even if it was 54 years ago. 😉
@@hollywoodharriet13 Wow sounds like a wild concert. Have U watched the concert where he started a political rant on stage? He just about started a riot. Kurazee!!
@@lisamorrison2149 LOL .. many teenage girls had his poster on their bedroom walls in the states.
@@ramonaalvarez7559 LOL..I still have a poster of Jim in my basement.
The producers of this song said it was recorded in two takes, one for the first half and one for the second half. And by the end of the second half, everyone behind the glass was in tears. This is what music should be!
"We train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders won't allow them to write 'fuck' on their aeroplanes because it's obscene!"
You were sleepy? I was riveted and sitting up straight when I first listened to this song. Incredible writing and production!
Guys, one of your earliest reactions was to Roundabout by Yes. You absolutely loved it. You've never been back to them. Can you react to 'Close to The Edge' by Yes? You won't have heard anything like it 😊
The End is just the beginning of a cosmic trip through inner space. The Doors have lots of intellectual rocket fuel, Jim was a fanatical reader.
The change you noted at around 9:40 must be the bus ride from the back of the bus. Peace. 70 years old. I really dig your channel, gentlemen.
Amazing reaction, love how you both instantly knew to have your eyes closed for this!
hi. its great to see young people experiencing the music of the sixties and seventies. those times were ( in my opinion ) the times when music was at its peak for creativity and feeling. well done lads
Boggles the mind had Jim not died so young, what genius he would have given us over the years.....
True......what a waste and we are all the poorer for it. The same with all the 27 club.
agree... I think he had a real future in screenplay writing & some acting and direction... the 70's anti hero decade in film was very creative & spawned by peers he knew at ucla. like bowie, morrison was a very large scape, conceptual thinker. its why his best lyrics have a cinematic epic affect. its too disjointed but his film project has some interesting moments in it. a healthy morrison by '72 couldve really flexed his muscles more behind the scenes in the film industry imo. think artist like michael mann, copolla, lucas, marty S etc. jims ideas wouldve found fertile ground.
I never see you guys comment or heart peoples comments but I love you guys, I have seen the majority of your reactions, and it is a thrill and honor every time
We do! Thanks a lot for such support!!
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Coppola used this epically for his definitive Vietnam movie, Apocalypse Now.
The lyrics are kind of a retelling of the Greek story of Oedipus. It also makes me think of the Manson gang on that horrific night they murdered Sharon Tate and her friends.
Watch Apocalypse Now!
This song really makes that climatic scene when Martin Sheen gets into Brando’s compound and how it plays out. (Yes and add to that seeing it on LSD! In the jungle- u were in the jungle!😳🤦♀️🤣
Masterpiece !. as an 17 year old in 1968... this was music for e from another realm
Oh man I remember this one time on mushrooms we had this song on repeat for 6hrs straight 😂😂😂. It was perfect to set the tone for the medicine to do it’s thing
Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody LIve. Keep up the great work.
True psychedelia! We’d all sit in the dark listening to this.
The love I have for The Doors brought me here💜💜💜💜 New Sub
I'm 62 and so happy to see the Doors invokes the same response and emotions as I had. Try "An American Prayer" album , you will love this.
Great band. Great song.