#jimmorrison #thedoors #reaction Jim Morrison & The Doors - Riders On The Storm REACTION! Join this channel to get access to perks: / @blackpegasusraps
Guys, couple facts for you. The Summer of Love was 1967, not 1969. Jim Morrison died in July 1971, and this song came out in June 1971, about a month before he died. Their first hit song was, "Light My Fire," which came out in July 1967.
You are right in everything, except that Ridres on the Storm was part of the L.A. Woman album, released in April 1971, and Light my Fire was firstly part of their first album released in January 1967, later as a single in April that year, and it was a number one hit in July 1967.
Next….LA Women! BP, I would like to point out…when reacting to classic rock & country, pay attention to the number of members/musicians. No Entourage, No Dancers…Just brilliant musicians.
I like that you call stealing, sampling. Your mate is full of shit. I grew up back then. It was the golden age of rock. You and your bs conspiracy theories. The summer of love was 1967 by the way. It was the last song ever recorded by Jim Morrison and the doors. Not on your playlist. All seven albums by the Doors when to number one by the way. Just goes to show you lack real music appreciation.
That first album was written as music, not poetry. The famous story Jim told was that he dropped acid and saw an entire concert, then wrote all the songs down when he came down. Ray provided the music, but those were songs from their inception. Jim's pure poetry never made it to any album; he published those pieces privately.
His ability to paint "word pictures" is unrivalled. "There's a Killer on the Road...his brain is squirming like a Toad." "If you give this man a ride...sweet family will die..." The imagery is fantastic.
It was 1967, I was there. I was an au pair from Denmark in Westport Ct. it was my first summer in the US. I had the time of my life, 68 as well. Jim's dad was an admiral in the Navy. Charles Manson was an evil manipulator. he was not taugth by the government, he thought everything up by himself.
I did it so many times as a teenager in Melbourne Australia in the 70’s. Had a couple of close calls but was never hurt. I shudder now to think how stupid I was back then!!
I was born in 1960.. my brother was born in 1950.. so my brother brought all the 60’s hip music in the house.. he also served in Vietnam in 1968 as an army medic and was KIA on June 14, 1969.. saving his men… Reading his letters from Vietnam was a trip.. it was like watching platoon or hamburger hill.. in fact in one of my brothers letters he describes his arrival to the aftermath of hamburger hill… The 60’s and 70’s has some crazy and brilliant music… Enjoy your channel! Take care and God Bless❤
"As the band have all since agreed, Morrison was heavily involved in the creation of Riders On The Storm, with at least a portion of his brooding lyric being inspired by the actions of Billy Cook, the notorious US spree-killer who murdered six people, including a young family, while hitchhiking from Missouri to California in the early 50s. Cook’s backstory had previously influenced HWY: An American Pastoral, the short experimental road movie Morrison made with filmmakers Paul Ferrara, Frank Lisciandro and Babe Hill in 1969. In the movie, Morrison played the hitchhiker who kills a man who stops to give him a ride - an event referenced directly in Riders On The Storm’s line “There’s a killer on the road”. Musically, the song then fell into place when The Doors began jamming on Stan Jones’ country standard (Ghost) Riders In The Sky: A Cowboy Legend during rehearsals. “We were playing (Ghost) Riders In The Sky and Jim was fooling around and came up with ‘Ghost Riders On The Storm’,” guitarist Robby Krieger recalled in 2013. “When we recorded it, Jerry Scheff, the [session] bass player, just played what Ray [Manzarek] was playing on the keyboard with his left hand, and that’s why it’s so distinctive. It’s not something a bass player would come up with - it has more of a jazzy melody to it.”
My first concert, The Doors 1967 in Philly. For a 14 yr old, it was a glimpse at a whole new world. You need to listen to the song The End. Jim was an insanely great poet. He WAS like a cult leader. To see the craziness of their concerts, watch the live version of Roadhouse Blues. It's a compilation of some of the wildness around Jim.
One song no one ever reacts to is "Not to Touch the Earth". It's the song that best presents Jim's poetic mythology, the heart of what he was getting at with his poetry. That intense, unreasoning Dionysian rush, the purple imagery, the desperation. It's pure Morrison uncut. I wish somebody would do a reaction to it.
@@Serai3 I think "not to touch the earth" was one of the three part intro to the celebration of the Lizard which is another masterpiece, see Doors Live.. Another good reaction would be "the soft parade"
My mother in law took my husband and his best friend to see the doors in Minneapolis. And yes, she enjoyed it. The woman was born in 1916 for cryin' out loud!
the Doors were amazing, and Jim Morrison... some of the Doors... racier songs were poems he wrote as a teen and some of his lyrics were,,, dark... "The killer awoke before dawn He put his boots on He took a face from the ancient gallery And he walked on down the hall"
That song was great until Morrison got stupid in the end with raunch lyrics. Many things he wrote were great. Nothing he wrote was brilliant. He was gratuitous and self indulgent. Morrison had the same issue Danzig has: great voice, but not saying much that's interesting.
My nephew said “What I want to do is get a pickup truck and drive around an empty city at 3am in the rain and fog and listen to ‘Riders On The Storm”. A fantastic ambition as far as I’m concerned.
Jim was not a drug addict. He took acid for a year or two, but then dropped that. (It's where The Doors' first album came from.) Jim was an alcoholic; booze was his chosen drug.
The lyrics were written and brought to rehearsal by Morrison, of which a portion of it refers to hitchhiking killer Billy "Cockeyed" Cook, who was the subject of the 1953 film, The Hitch-Hiker. Manzarek noted that some lines express Morrison's love to his companion Pamela Courson.
You are the man for this one. This song introduced me to the Doors as the intro to the movie. Seriously changed my life. I haven't been the same since. I'm a musician because of the Doors. At 16 in 96 I was wearing leather pants in high school.
I believe in the in his book. It says he wrote the song about a really tragic accident. They went by when he was on a family trip with his parents. His dad was a navy commander. I believe. He had a very dark side.
I was born in 1969. Yes I'm old. I remember in the 70's my mom and dad getting completely stoned in the living room after they put me to bed and listening to this song. WOW! What memories a song cam bring flooding back. I would love to see your reaction to Buffalo Springfield. It was a very popular song during the Vietnam War and still prevalent today given the current WW3 status today. Great reaction as always.
@@jpmnewyork 1950 here. Yes, hitch hiking was the norm. While I in college, I hitch hiked from Colorado to Alberta twice and loved every minute of it. Would never do it now. These times are far crazier and more dangerous than those times.
Jim's father, George, was a bona fide war hero and career sailor/aviator serving in all conflicts, from WWII on up to and including Vietnam eventually earning the rank of Rear Admiral.
Doors songs to check out: People Are Strange; Light My Fire got them in trouble on the Ed Sullivan show; LA Woman; and the poetry album called An American Prayer is a vibe
Many moons ago I remember sitting in the back seat of my parents car on our way to our country place when Riders On The Storm came on the radio. It was the very first rock song I ever heard and the rest is history. I still love this song today.
This song is based off of a student film Jim made called the Hitchhiker. It was on the last studio album that they were all present for L.A.Woman 1971. Great album heavily bluesed out. Snoop Sampled the Doors song 5 to 1. Marylin Manson covered it that song as well. You should do that or Break on Through next
So many great songs. Their first hit was Light my fire. Others are People are Strange, Break on through, Hello, I love You, Back Door Man. And a real wild ride is Jim’s poetry called The End. Jim was one of a kind. He was so intelligent and unique, and so damn gorgeous and cool.
Those solos aren't just music to vibe to. They're part of the song. You hear it especially with Ray Manzarek, who's doing keyboards here, and with Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, whose guitar is actually the second lead singer in that band. So when you hear those solos, listen to them in the context of the rest of the song, because they're adding their bit to the story. (Listen to that long fall of notes coming from Ray's electric piano - they're raindrops in a storm falling towards the ground.) The killer hitchhiker was a recurrent figure in Jim's writing. He was a poet who became a rock star almost by accident, but his poetry was his main focus. His lyrics tend to be complex and full of symbolism - perfect for stoners! If you want to hear a Doors song that you've almost certainly heard at some point, check out "The End". It was used in "Apocalypse Now" and has cropped up all over the place over the years. Find a vid with the lyrics, very important for that song. It'll blow your mind.
Morrison was, in regards to his music, was in a different world. He died young, and I wonder if his musical journey would have changed his music as he aged. So many bands and singers do.
I always SO DUG Manzarek's keys in this song: he was SO FREAKIN' TALENTED! WHAT a VIBE in this tune....have loved this song since the first time I heard it at 5 yrs old....keys were MESMERIZING, and combine that with the rain element and Jim's vocals and poetry: UGH - SO GOOD!!
There was a movement in the '60's-'70's telling people to Free Your Mind. Multiple groups centered around 1 person who would basically do the thinking for the group, along the Charles Manson line. I knew a group whose leader saw me go into the kitchen to stir a pot of beans so it wouldn't scorch, and he asked who told me to do it? I said that I knew from experience that it had to be done. He was appalled that I did it on my own, burdening my mind instead of letting someone like him take the load off of me. His ideal was a guy who did so much acid you had to pin a note to his jacket if you sent him to the store, telling the cashier what he needed to get and asking them to send the guy back home with his purchases. I couldn't see this as a good thing
Morrison and The Doors were in the Nutmeg State to perform a concert at the New Haven Arena on Dec. 9, 1967. Before the show, Morrison was kissing a woman backstage when a police officer, who was hired to provide security to the band but didn't recognize that Morrison was the lead singer, told the pair to leave. Morrison argued with the officer, who then sprayed him with mace, Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek recalled during an interview. Morrison was charged with breach of peace, resisting arrest and "performing an indecent and immoral exhibition." The charges were later dismissed. However, Morrison still had to pay a $25 fine for disturbing the peace. Several members of the audience who were involved in the riot were charged as well.
The Doors are such a big part of my life's soundtrack. I graduated in 1969 and the music became part of the narrative for so many of us. The Greatest Era of music for sure. React to "Light my Fire" next.
Man, you gotta watch the movie The Doors staring Val Kilmer. He seriously channeled Jim's whole persona. I just watched it again last week. It really is amazing what Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarak (keyboard), Robbie Kreiger (guitar), and John Densmore (drums). I first discovered The Doors around 1980. The band was amazing in how they could improvise and keep playing whenever Jim went off the lyrics.
Laurel Canyon is also the location of the US Military's Hollywood Unit, where all the actors inducted into the military during WW2 were trained and worked. It's still there, and still an active base. It was in the next block from the center of all these musicians and drugged out parties during the 1960s. Morrison wasn't the only musician there with military parents.
I was 17 years old when Led Zeppelin dropped there first album. There music is a big part of the history of rock. There's not a bad song on the album. Please check them out. Peace ✌️
I've been asking him to do Zeppelin for months but if you don't pay for a reaction I don't think the reactors care that most of us can't afford to pay for reactions. Some food them take requests from the comments but that's usually when they start out
Led Zeppelin is notorious for making reactors pull down videos of their music. Don Henley of the Eagles is the same way. In an effort not to get TH-cam strikes they are probably deliberately staying away from LZ. Three strikes from YT and you have to shut your channel down.
Jim Morrison lover to do trips on peyote and I consider the music is bluesy and psychedelic music for sure. He called himself the lizard king and he was very charming and definitely from videos and stuff I've watched. I'm 38 And been listening since I was a toddler
Okay... You were at around 7:30 in the video talking about huge rock hits & hearing how it was about the music & then you said rap is about the lyrics. I kid you not, I had just paused the video to go in & talk to my husband right before that. I told him that even though you were a little older you just don't get what we were hearing when we were in our late teens & 20s. We were feeling the music while we were partying, getting stoned & drunk. We weren't so deep... Everything was an anthem for our angst or our partying, free ways! We weren't listening to the words so much. I recall party after party after party where we went to houses, parks, the lake, and anywhere our parents weren't.... It was the time of our lives!!! Once in a lifetime and I am glad I was part of it.
This is a super atmospheric song. The keyboards and guitars sound wet and dreamy. Great tone. The Doors were very talented, and Jim leaned quite a bit towards the dark side of things. I heard that they recorded this in a bathroom because the echo was so good in there. While working for an architect in the 80's in the Westlake Village area (not too far from LA) we were doing a recording studio in LA that the Doors had frequently used. A guy who worked there took us to the parking garage where there was a sort of secret space within the structure that he said the Doors used to do drugs in. We got to go in. It was pretty cramped, but back then people werent quite as open about doing drugs. It was kind of surreal seeing this place. Anyway, thanks the the reaction. I liked a lot of the Doors music back then. I think they were ahead if their time musically, but quite a bit of the subject matter that was a little too dark for me. But, there's no denying the talent the whole band had. And, yes, another band who used thunder in at least one of their songs (and frequently added rain/beach/ocean/seagull sounds along with other sounds that complimented the mood and intent of the songs) is Queensryche in their epic "Suite Sister Mary" from "Operation:Mindcrime". I enjoyed both your reactions! Yeah, MK Ultra...all kinds of sketchy government experiments going on! Talk about abuse of power!
Jim Morrison's father was a rear admiral in the Navy. Also, you should see the movie, The Doors. Val Kilmer played Jim Morrison beautifully, and even sang all the songs, himself, for the movie. He got so into character that it took him a long while to come back to "normal" after making the movie. It really messed with his head. Btw, I have absolutely heard the theories about Laurel Canyon and the CIA. Take note of who/what Morrison's father was...
The Lizard King, Jim Morrison...a poet for sure, this band was so far ahead of its time. Jim had his issues, drinking, heroin, You should check out the movie. Val Kilmer does an AMAZING job portraying Jim. Jims songs are eternal like Crystal Ship, Spanish caravan, Break on Through, Light my fire, Love me two times, Alabama Song, People are strange, Roadhouse blues, Love her Madly, When the musics over....So many great songs. Their best song IMO is The End, That is a ride of a song.
My interpretation of this song has changed over the years but I’ve come to think it’s just simpler than I had believed. We’re born, thrown out to be riders on the storm, unprepared,and there is craziness out there..the guy that’s picking you up has crazy toady, thoughts bangin’ around in his head and you better be careful. I think Jim just had a simple thought…that there are some strange people out there ( as in people are strange!) and then put the words to some incredible music. And we’re Still trying to under- stand today. Which, I guess, shows you his enduring fascination.
Truly 1973 cruising music for me back in the day in my 1965 American Rambler convertible.Smoking a doobie on a hot summer night while heat lightning would light up the night sky. So many memories listening to this song but cruising through my old haunts as a teenager was what I remember the most.Jim Morrison’s Dad was a Rear Admiral not a Airforce Colonel.The craziest thing now is how boring music has gone.I don’t think your friend with the hat appreciates the song the way he keeps talking over it.
'Light My Fire' was a famous one, especially when they went on the Ed Sullivan Show. The line, 'Girl we couldn't get much "higher"' was a problem for the show. They played it as written anyway and were told afterwards that that was the last time they would do the Ed Sullivan Show. Jim's response was, "We just did the 'Ed Sullivan' show.'
Doors guitarist Robby Krieger: ""one day we were just sitting around in the studio fooling about and we were playing Ghost Riders In The Sky so Jim started fooling around with 'ghost riders in the sky/riders on the storm' and I think that's pretty much how that came about.....and you can hear that low guitar part...it's kinda like GRITS" Doors drummer John Densmore: "Ghost Riders in the Sky" was lurking around in the air when we wrote "Riders." We wanted a jazz feel, but the idea was to have the guitar, with alot of echo, on top, sounding like the Vaughn Monroe song." Jim Morrison's father took command of the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard in 1963, the flagship of the First Fleet's Fifth Carrier Division in the Pacific, based at San Diego, California. In 1967, he was promoted to rear admiralI. He really didn't understand his son.
I just turned 78 and I've been playing keyboards in bands since the Doors tunes were current hits. To me LA Woman is the best Doors song to play live. I'm in a classic rock band now and we closed New Years Eve with it. We also do Light My Fire and this one Riders. Great stuff and yeah, the Doors were a huge part of the drug scene back in the day. The joke is if you can remember the 70's you wern't there. If you really want to hear one of the quintessential 60's druggie semi-serious/parodies check out the Eric Burdon and the Animals Spill The Wine. We do that one too.
Yeah, Joni Mitchell's house in Laurel Canyon was a hub for drugs and music at that time. For example, Crosby, Stills & Nash's song - Our House - was about that place... .
There was a 2 or 3 part series about Laurel Canyon and all the big names from that era on MGM+ (I believe) about a year or so ago. It was really great and fascinating.
Jim Morrison's dad was an admiral in the US navy during the viet nam war. According to some he was on the ship involved in the gulf of tonkin incident which started the US involvement in the viet nam war.
Guys, couple facts for you. The Summer of Love was 1967, not 1969. Jim Morrison died in July 1971, and this song came out in June 1971, about a month before he died. Their first hit song was, "Light My Fire," which came out in July 1967.
And his dad was a rear admiral
Lord he was beautiful and talented!! A dangerous combination ❤❤ Whew
You are right in everything, except that Ridres on the Storm was part of the L.A. Woman album, released in April 1971, and Light my Fire was firstly part of their first album released in January 1967, later as a single in April that year, and it was a number one hit in July 1967.
@@moniquesewell2670omg you are so right! Such a dam gorgeous man💜!!!!
Facts!!!!! Jim is absolutely gorgeous and amazing. I love The Doors.
Next….LA Women!
BP, I would like to point out…when reacting to classic rock & country, pay attention to the number of members/musicians.
No Entourage, No Dancers…Just brilliant musicians.
Big ol facts !!! Best era ever.
L.A. Woman ffs
Facts
I like that you call stealing, sampling. Your mate is full of shit. I grew up back then. It was the golden age of rock. You and your bs conspiracy theories. The summer of love was 1967 by the way. It was the last song ever recorded by Jim Morrison and the doors. Not on your playlist. All seven albums by the Doors when to number one by the way. Just goes to show you lack real music appreciation.
You will loose your mind on the keys in L.A. Woman. Let alone the song itself
Jim wasn’t a musician… he was a poet that they put music to. AMZAING rare mind.
That first album was written as music, not poetry. The famous story Jim told was that he dropped acid and saw an entire concert, then wrote all the songs down when he came down. Ray provided the music, but those were songs from their inception. Jim's pure poetry never made it to any album; he published those pieces privately.
His ability to paint "word pictures" is unrivalled. "There's a Killer on the Road...his brain is squirming like a Toad." "If you give this man a ride...sweet family will die..." The imagery is fantastic.
I actually took a course in high school just on Morrison's poetry and he was truly amazing and so intelligent!
The Summer of Love was 1967. It was also the year the Doors released the song "Light My Fire", which became a huge hit for them.
Still a fav song from 2nd gr.
It was 1967, I was there. I was an au pair from Denmark in Westport Ct. it was my first summer in the US. I had the time of my life, 68 as well. Jim's dad was an admiral in the Navy. Charles Manson was an evil manipulator. he was not taugth by the government, he thought everything up by himself.
It is the 5th best song ever written. It is impossible to overstate how revolutionary this song was. K
Love all Doors!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@carlajenkins1990Agreed. I actually remember the first time I heard this song.
Back in those days, people used to hitch hike and get into cars with people they did not know.
That's true! I did that as a young person. Now, (I'm 68) l think back about how crazy that was!
Yeah we didn't think a thing about picking up people or hitching.
I did it so many times as a teenager in Melbourne Australia in the 70’s. Had a couple of close calls but was never hurt. I shudder now to think how stupid I was back then!!
Now it's called Uber 😂😂😂
It’s crazy, I was one of them , my friend and I hitchhiked all over England, scary thought now
Oh Ray Manzarek is an amazing keyboardist for sure.
Was an amazing keyboardist...R.I.P.
He also played the bass lines on his keyboards. They rarely had an actual bass guitarist in the band.
@@brheinfeldt they regularly had a bass player after Strange Days, and for this song it was Jerry Scheff who often played with Elvis Presley
And Mr. Hat clown here talked all over his solo. Check out his post Doors song “Golden Scarab”.
I haven't heard Golden Scarab in ages. Thanks for reminding me.@@trappenweisseguy27
The Doors weren't a hippie group. They were experimental jazz and Jim was a poet.
Jim Morrison was actually moving more towards blues before he died. He loved the blues.
The beach boys were what you listened to during the day . Night time was for the doors
Lawd ! That man was gorgeous. One of the best writers in a generation.
I was born in 1960.. my brother was born in 1950.. so my brother brought all the 60’s hip music in the house.. he also served in Vietnam in 1968 as an army medic and was KIA on June 14, 1969.. saving his men…
Reading his letters from Vietnam was a trip.. it was like watching platoon or hamburger hill.. in fact in one of my brothers letters he describes his arrival to the aftermath of hamburger hill…
The 60’s and 70’s has some crazy and brilliant music…
Enjoy your channel!
Take care and God Bless❤
"As the band have all since agreed, Morrison was heavily involved in the creation of Riders On The Storm, with at least a portion of his brooding lyric being inspired by the actions of Billy Cook, the notorious US spree-killer who murdered six people, including a young family, while hitchhiking from Missouri to California in the early 50s.
Cook’s backstory had previously influenced HWY: An American Pastoral, the short experimental road movie Morrison made with filmmakers Paul Ferrara, Frank Lisciandro and Babe Hill in 1969. In the movie, Morrison played the hitchhiker who kills a man who stops to give him a ride - an event referenced directly in Riders On The Storm’s line “There’s a killer on the road”. Musically, the song then fell into place when The Doors began jamming on Stan Jones’ country standard (Ghost) Riders In The Sky: A Cowboy Legend during rehearsals.
“We were playing (Ghost) Riders In The Sky and Jim was fooling around and came up with ‘Ghost Riders On The Storm’,” guitarist Robby Krieger recalled in 2013. “When we recorded it, Jerry Scheff, the [session] bass player, just played what Ray [Manzarek] was playing on the keyboard with his left hand, and that’s why it’s so distinctive. It’s not something a bass player would come up with - it has more of a jazzy melody to it.”
That's what I heard about the hitchhiker to. Didn't he break out of jail. a notorious killer on the loose.
My first concert, The Doors 1967 in Philly. For a 14 yr old, it was a glimpse at a whole new world.
You need to listen to the song The End. Jim was an insanely great poet.
He WAS like a cult leader. To see the craziness of their concerts, watch the live version of Roadhouse Blues. It's a compilation of some of the wildness around Jim.
One song no one ever reacts to is "Not to Touch the Earth". It's the song that best presents Jim's poetic mythology, the heart of what he was getting at with his poetry. That intense, unreasoning Dionysian rush, the purple imagery, the desperation. It's pure Morrison uncut. I wish somebody would do a reaction to it.
@@Serai3 I think "not to touch the earth" was one of the three part intro to the celebration of the Lizard which is another masterpiece, see Doors Live.. Another good reaction would be "the soft parade"
"Cult Leader?" The word often used to describe him is "shaman."
My mother in law took my husband and his best friend to see the doors in Minneapolis. And yes, she enjoyed it. The woman was born in 1916 for cryin' out loud!
@@Serai3 I always liked that song, had the album and would listen to the whole album in my room. Man was I young. Loved The Doors. ❤
the Doors were amazing, and Jim Morrison... some of the Doors... racier songs were poems he wrote as a teen and some of his lyrics were,,, dark... "The killer awoke before dawn
He put his boots on
He took a face from the ancient gallery
And he walked on down the hall"
That song was great until Morrison got stupid in the end with raunch lyrics. Many things he wrote were great. Nothing he wrote was brilliant. He was gratuitous and self indulgent. Morrison had the same issue Danzig has: great voice, but not saying much that's interesting.
My nephew said “What I want to do is get a pickup truck and drive around an empty city at 3am in the rain and fog and listen to ‘Riders On The Storm”. A fantastic ambition as far as I’m concerned.
Light my fire. Love me two times. Both possible songs you’ve heard. Very popular tunes.
Oh lordy go down this rabbit hole. Jim was an introvert, hence the drugs. He was a beautiful soul with a poetic heart ❤️
and all the dark enigmatic charisma...
Jim was not a drug addict. He took acid for a year or two, but then dropped that. (It's where The Doors' first album came from.) Jim was an alcoholic; booze was his chosen drug.
Morrison was more into drinking than drugs. Ray was into Acid.
He believed a native american spirit lived inside him I think he was a nut
@@pdxeddie1111 you did not know Jim. He was not nuts. Lost, confused, poetic he was the 60s. where you there?
More of the doors, please !❤
The Doors L.A. Woman is my fav rainy day album. This song is on there.
That's one of my favorites too
Mine as well! I love all of their music but I can listen to LA Woman all day doing my chores! ❤😂
The lyrics were written and brought to rehearsal by Morrison, of which a portion of it refers to hitchhiking killer Billy "Cockeyed" Cook, who was the subject of the 1953 film, The Hitch-Hiker. Manzarek noted that some lines express Morrison's love to his companion Pamela Courson.
People gotta now that he was a poet first of all
The great Jim Morrison
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Incredible Song, Singer and Group.💯
Jim’s Dad was an Admiral that was actually in the Gulf of Tonkin when the U.S. got into Vietnam.
Don has a wealth of general knowledge and a wide appreciation of music. I love his tidbits of information.
You are the man for this one. This song introduced me to the Doors as the intro to the movie. Seriously changed my life. I haven't been the same since. I'm a musician because of the Doors. At 16 in 96 I was wearing leather pants in high school.
Haha that’s cool
I believe in the in his book. It says he wrote the song about a really tragic accident. They went by when he was on a family trip with his parents. His dad was a navy commander. I believe. He had a very dark side.
Best of all time forever
The GOAT
I was born in 1969. Yes I'm old. I remember in the 70's my mom and dad getting completely stoned in the living room after they put me to bed and listening to this song. WOW! What memories a song cam bring flooding back. I would love to see your reaction to Buffalo Springfield. It was a very popular song during the Vietnam War and still prevalent today given the current WW3 status today. Great reaction as always.
I'm also a '69 model, September. Great year for wine, women and song!
I was born in 1955. You're a kid.
@@jpmnewyork 1950 here. Yes, hitch hiking was the norm. While I in college, I hitch hiked from Colorado to Alberta twice and loved every minute of it. Would never do it now. These times are far crazier and more dangerous than those times.
I am ten years older than you guys! Born in 1959-65 this year!
The soft parade will blow your mind, very Renish to help you relate❤ been listening to the doors for 30 yrs now😊
Jim's father, George, was a bona fide war hero and career sailor/aviator serving in all conflicts, from WWII on up to and including Vietnam eventually earning the rank of Rear Admiral.
He also didn't realize for a long time after his death how popular his son was
Doors songs to check out: People Are Strange; Light My Fire got them in trouble on the Ed Sullivan show; LA Woman; and the poetry album called An American Prayer is a vibe
I think the first time I heard "People are strange" was in the movie "The Lost Boys" . Loved lt.
@@keithrenaud3380 that movie is awesome. I can’t wait until my kids are old enough to watch it with me.
Jim was a beautiful Poet .There are books of lyrics and Poems.My mom bought me Americn Poet by Jim was amazing. ❤
Also, this is a very shortened radio edit. The longer versions of this tune are even more 🔥🔥🔥
Im so amazed that you are going down the rabbithole of the Doors - Its so great
Many moons ago I remember sitting in the back seat of my parents car on our way to our country place when Riders On The Storm came on the radio. It was the very first rock song I ever heard and the rest is history. I still love this song today.
This song is based off of a student film Jim made called the Hitchhiker. It was on the last studio album that they were all present for L.A.Woman 1971. Great album heavily bluesed out. Snoop Sampled the Doors song 5 to 1. Marylin Manson covered it that song as well. You should do that or Break on Through next
In the movie JM played a serial killer, hence "There's a killer on the road".
One of my favorite piano solos of all time!!🔥
Thanks for reacting to it.
Cheers from Berlin 👍🍀😎
"Peace Frog" is one of my fave songs from The Doors...
I love listening to this song with headphones so you can hear there is someone whispering the lyrics along with the singing.
One of the most beautiful songs ever created . . . and one of my mom's favorites!
So many great songs. Their first hit was Light my fire. Others are People are Strange, Break on through, Hello, I love You, Back Door Man. And a real wild ride is Jim’s poetry called The End. Jim was one of a kind. He was so intelligent and unique, and so damn gorgeous and cool.
Those solos aren't just music to vibe to. They're part of the song. You hear it especially with Ray Manzarek, who's doing keyboards here, and with Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, whose guitar is actually the second lead singer in that band. So when you hear those solos, listen to them in the context of the rest of the song, because they're adding their bit to the story. (Listen to that long fall of notes coming from Ray's electric piano - they're raindrops in a storm falling towards the ground.)
The killer hitchhiker was a recurrent figure in Jim's writing. He was a poet who became a rock star almost by accident, but his poetry was his main focus. His lyrics tend to be complex and full of symbolism - perfect for stoners!
If you want to hear a Doors song that you've almost certainly heard at some point, check out "The End". It was used in "Apocalypse Now" and has cropped up all over the place over the years. Find a vid with the lyrics, very important for that song. It'll blow your mind.
I love The Doors! Jim Morrison is such a legend.
Morrison was, in regards to his music, was in a different world. He died young, and I wonder if his musical journey would have changed his music as he aged. So many bands and singers do.
Crystal Ship and The End are great tunes to react to.
This was the first song I ever heard by The Doors. It was the late 80's and I was in high school. It . . . changed . . . my . . . life. ❤
67 was the summer of love❤❤✌✌
I always SO DUG Manzarek's keys in this song: he was SO FREAKIN' TALENTED! WHAT a VIBE in this tune....have loved this song since the first time I heard it at 5 yrs old....keys were MESMERIZING, and combine that with the rain element and Jim's vocals and poetry: UGH - SO GOOD!!
There was a movement in the '60's-'70's telling people to Free Your Mind. Multiple groups centered around 1 person who would basically do the thinking for the group, along the Charles Manson line. I knew a group whose leader saw me go into the kitchen to stir a pot of beans so it wouldn't scorch, and he asked who told me to do it? I said that I knew from experience that it had to be done. He was appalled that I did it on my own, burdening my mind instead of letting someone like him take the load off of me. His ideal was a guy who did so much acid you had to pin a note to his jacket if you sent him to the store, telling the cashier what he needed to get and asking them to send the guy back home with his purchases. I couldn't see this as a good thing
A lot of those self-appointed "gurus" back then ( and now, lol ) were just power-tripping narcissists..
Morrison and The Doors were in the Nutmeg State to perform a concert at the New Haven Arena on Dec. 9, 1967. Before the show, Morrison was kissing a woman backstage when a police officer, who was hired to provide security to the band but didn't recognize that Morrison was the lead singer, told the pair to leave. Morrison argued with the officer, who then sprayed him with mace, Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek recalled during an interview. Morrison was charged with breach of peace, resisting arrest and "performing an indecent and immoral exhibition." The charges were later dismissed. However, Morrison still had to pay a $25 fine for disturbing the peace. Several members of the audience who were involved in the riot were charged as well.
Jim Morison’s dad was an Admiral in the Navy.
I went to Jim Morrisons grave in Paris and I swear it was the most popular one to see. There was a massive crowd around it.
We were coming through the Psychedelic era.
It was awesome. My favorite Doors track circa 1971, 11th grade in High School.
Jim morrison his voice was unique one of kind & one of my favorites of the 60s he & 70s he died in 71 in France
The Doors are such a big part of my life's soundtrack. I graduated in 1969 and the music became part of the narrative for so many of us. The Greatest Era of music for sure. React to "Light my Fire" next.
Jim Morrison also has books of poetry.
I have a few of his books of poetry and they are great.
The Summer of Love was 1967...I graduated that year.
Man, you gotta watch the movie The Doors staring Val Kilmer. He seriously channeled Jim's whole persona. I just watched it again last week. It really is amazing what Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarak (keyboard), Robbie Kreiger (guitar), and John Densmore (drums). I first discovered The Doors around 1980. The band was amazing in how they could improvise and keep playing whenever Jim went off the lyrics.
“The End” is a quintessential Doors song, and iconic song of the 60’s.
Do the longer version
YES!!! A 1000 times yes!
Yes!!
One of my favorites
Laurel Canyon is also the location of the US Military's Hollywood Unit, where all the actors inducted into the military during WW2 were trained and worked. It's still there, and still an active base. It was in the next block from the center of all these musicians and drugged out parties during the 1960s.
Morrison wasn't the only musician there with military parents.
Poetry of the spirit to quicken the soul blessed enough to hear it and understand. Jim knew the great gifts: words, power and trance.
I was 17 years old when Led Zeppelin dropped there first album. There music is a big part of the history of rock. There's not a bad song on the album. Please check them out. Peace ✌️
I've been asking him to do Zeppelin for months but if you don't pay for a reaction I don't think the reactors care that most of us can't afford to pay for reactions. Some food them take requests from the comments but that's usually when they start out
Led Zeppelin is notorious for making reactors pull down videos of their music. Don Henley of the Eagles is the same way. In an effort not to get TH-cam strikes they are probably deliberately staying away from LZ. Three strikes from YT and you have to shut your channel down.
where first album?
@@Bren3669 There! There first album!
This brings back great memories ! My beau and I at time would just melt into the sofa and listen to this album. Thank you gentlemen!
Morrison's father was an Admiral in the US Navy at the Pentagon. WAY higher up than a Colonel.
60’s > 70’s especially > 80’s. ABSOLUTELY THE BEST MUSIC. So glad I got to live young during those years. Listen to it all. You won’t regret it. 😊
Can’t go wrong with anything the Doors did❤ go on down the beautiful rabbit hole❤
One of my favourites from the era! The understated vocals, the thunder - wicked cool!
Light my Fire is their pop song, but THE END is brilliant super hippy self-destruction song. I love it.
Jim Morrison lover to do trips on peyote and I consider the music is bluesy and psychedelic music for sure. He called himself the lizard king and he was very charming and definitely from videos and stuff I've watched. I'm 38 And been listening since I was a toddler
Okay... You were at around 7:30 in the video talking about huge rock hits & hearing how it was about the music & then you said rap is about the lyrics. I kid you not, I had just paused the video to go in & talk to my husband right before that. I told him that even though you were a little older you just don't get what we were hearing when we were in our late teens & 20s. We were feeling the music while we were partying, getting stoned & drunk. We weren't so deep... Everything was an anthem for our angst or our partying, free ways! We weren't listening to the words so much. I recall party after party after party where we went to houses, parks, the lake, and anywhere our parents weren't.... It was the time of our lives!!! Once in a lifetime and I am glad I was part of it.
This is a super atmospheric song. The keyboards and guitars sound wet and dreamy. Great tone.
The Doors were very talented, and Jim leaned quite a bit towards the dark side of things.
I heard that they recorded this in a bathroom because the echo was so good in there.
While working for an architect in the 80's in the Westlake Village area (not too far from LA) we were doing a recording studio in LA that the Doors had frequently used. A guy who worked there took us to the parking garage where there was a sort of secret space within the structure that he said the Doors used to do drugs in. We got to go in. It was pretty cramped, but back then people werent quite as open about doing drugs. It was kind of surreal seeing this place.
Anyway, thanks the the reaction. I liked a lot of the Doors music back then. I think they were ahead if their time musically, but quite a bit of the subject matter that was a little too dark for me. But, there's no denying the talent the whole band had.
And, yes, another band who used thunder in at least one of their songs (and frequently added rain/beach/ocean/seagull sounds along with other sounds that complimented the mood and intent of the songs) is Queensryche in their epic "Suite Sister Mary" from "Operation:Mindcrime".
I enjoyed both your reactions! Yeah, MK Ultra...all kinds of sketchy government experiments going on! Talk about abuse of power!
Background music? One of the greatest songs ever.
Jim Morrison's father was a rear admiral in the Navy.
Also, you should see the movie, The Doors. Val Kilmer played Jim Morrison beautifully, and even sang all the songs, himself, for the movie. He got so into character that it took him a long while to come back to "normal" after making the movie. It really messed with his head.
Btw, I have absolutely heard the theories about Laurel Canyon and the CIA. Take note of who/what Morrison's father was...
That keyboard solo has to be one of the best ever in the music history !
Love this song. The Doors are amazing and Jim Morrison was awesome. Thanks guys
One of their best!
So many times jamming to this and cruising through Co mountains in my z28
The Lizard King, Jim Morrison...a poet for sure, this band was so far ahead of its time. Jim had his issues, drinking, heroin, You should check out the movie. Val Kilmer does an AMAZING job portraying Jim. Jims songs are eternal like Crystal Ship, Spanish caravan, Break on Through, Light my fire, Love me two times, Alabama Song, People are strange, Roadhouse blues, Love her Madly, When the musics over....So many great songs. Their best song IMO is The End, That is a ride of a song.
I always loved Peace Frog......and it just has a good bop to it
My interpretation of this song has changed over the years but
I’ve come to think it’s just simpler than I had believed. We’re born,
thrown out to be riders on the storm, unprepared,and there is
craziness out there..the guy that’s picking you up has crazy toady,
thoughts bangin’ around in his head and you better be careful.
I think Jim just had a simple thought…that there are some strange
people out there ( as in people are strange!) and then put the
words to some incredible music. And we’re Still trying to under-
stand today. Which, I guess, shows you his enduring fascination.
Truly 1973 cruising music for me back in the day in my 1965 American Rambler convertible.Smoking a doobie on a hot summer night while heat lightning would light up the night sky. So many memories listening to this song but cruising through my old haunts as a teenager was what I remember the most.Jim Morrison’s Dad was a Rear Admiral not a Airforce Colonel.The craziest thing now is how boring music has gone.I don’t think your friend with the hat appreciates the song the way he keeps talking over it.
Jim WAS a poet.
'Light My Fire' was a famous one, especially when they went on the Ed Sullivan Show. The line, 'Girl we couldn't get much "higher"' was a problem for the show. They played it as written anyway and were told afterwards that that was the last time they would do the Ed Sullivan Show. Jim's response was, "We just did the 'Ed Sullivan' show.'
Doors guitarist Robby Krieger:
""one day we were just sitting around in the studio fooling about and we were playing Ghost Riders In The Sky so Jim started fooling around with 'ghost riders in the sky/riders on the storm' and I think that's pretty much how that came about.....and you can hear that low guitar part...it's kinda like GRITS"
Doors drummer John Densmore:
"Ghost Riders in the Sky" was lurking around in the air when we wrote "Riders." We wanted a jazz feel, but the idea was to have the guitar, with alot of echo, on top, sounding like the Vaughn Monroe song."
Jim Morrison's father took command of the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard in 1963, the flagship of the First Fleet's Fifth Carrier Division in the Pacific, based at San Diego, California. In 1967, he was promoted to rear admiralI. He really didn't understand his son.
This is the kind of music that we called “head music “. You would get your head right ( with s’rooms or 25 ) and jam out! Love and respect. ❤️
I just turned 78 and I've been playing keyboards in bands since the Doors tunes were current hits. To me LA Woman is the best Doors song to play live. I'm in a classic rock band now and we closed New Years Eve with it. We also do Light My Fire and this one Riders. Great stuff and yeah, the Doors were a huge part of the drug scene back in the day. The joke is if you can remember the 70's you wern't there. If you really want to hear one of the quintessential 60's druggie semi-serious/parodies check out the Eric Burdon and the Animals Spill The Wine. We do that one too.
I loved this song and Light my fire
My husband's favorite group
Yeah, Joni Mitchell's house in Laurel Canyon was a hub for drugs and music at that time.
For example, Crosby, Stills & Nash's song - Our House - was about that place... .
There was a 2 or 3 part series about Laurel Canyon and all the big names from that era on MGM+ (I believe) about a year or so ago.
It was really great and fascinating.
Light my fire guys. That’s his biggest hit.
He sang and wispered the lyrics
And thats why The Doors are Legend. Add "Waiting For The Sun ", and you will see.
The movie Platoon has a lot of great music!!
Jim Morrison's dad was an admiral in the US navy during the viet nam war. According to some he was on the ship involved in the gulf of tonkin incident which started the US involvement in the viet nam war.
Light my fire, 20th century Fox, whiskey bar, the end is another poem driven crazed song.
Got to listen to THE END by the Doors. Super trippy as well. Got to love the jamming forever in these tracks.
‘67 was the summer of love
Soooouu amazing 😂❤
My introduction to The Doors was their song The End. We analysed it in class and it was quite the ride.
The Doors - Light my fire ( live in hollywood bowl 1968).
Killer on the road, this song came out right after the years of the Boston Strangler. And Morrisons dad was a Navy Admiral.
I remember the summer that I first heard this in the 60s... I was the teenager at the time.