@@mitchgawlik1175 Well, you can listen to whatever you need at the moment. The Doors, The Byrds, Beatles, Stones, Bowie, Vu, Pixies, Airplane, Barrett, Hendrix, whatever, all great, but the Doors did have a wide scope of emotion.
How Morrison, with ZERO singing experience, hooks up with Manzarek on the beach, and becomes THE vocal instrument for this exquisite set of musicians...I got nuthin'.
@Hippy Gumbo -- The comment is that Robby Krieger is underrated. You're asking who? The term "underrated" is a collective phenomenon. It means that a group of critics, or maybe even the masses, don't rank him high on their list of great guitarists. It has nothing to do with any one person's opinion of him. It's about the collective opinion of him. And I agree. I hardly ever (probably never) see Krieger ranked high as guitarist. That said, i think he's appropriately rated as a guitarist. He may have been a good flamenco player we're discussing rock music and the electric guitar. But he wrote some pretty cool songs.
But what a drag it would have been to go to a Door's gig and Jim either was too wasted or didn't show up and you've got Ray. singing. I know that he can fill in but there's a reason that Other Voices didn't go anywhere and even the second album without Jim couldn't help in spite of the album cover having a.put together evolution gimmick.They did a lot better with many various singers when they got together for the story tellers reunion, and there were a couple of better renditions by different singers than Ian Ashbury especially Stone Temple pilots singer and the kid who did the End
My favorite band since the beginning. Jim's voice will never be topped. Ray's intensity making it look easy playing completely different riffs of organ and bass lines organ at the same time, Robbie with a busted beer bottle slide, Johns simple Ludwig set. Just mesmerizing pure original Doors as only they could do. Just damn I'm glad this was saved.
The Doors are simply the greatest musical act of all time. That includes all music types. Jim Morrison had so much stage presence that The Doors punish all other bands.
? Really? Let’s not go too far with comments. The Doors were an unique and good band. But the best? And yet musical act of all time? Not even in the top 10 or 20. But still a good band.
This film is a treasure. Jim had a voice like no other at the time and it still commands that we listen. Robbie makes guitar playing look so effortless while sounding so good. *4/29/23 - Back for another listen. Man this is good,
I like this PBS performance very polished very nice and you can just hear how good his voice sounded when he just he just got out there and get it he was just fabulous
I didn't get into the Doors until about 10 years after Jim died. Still easily in the top 10 of my all time favorites! I went to Venice beach a few years ago to check out where he used to hang out.
I lived in VB and all the places he hang out when you live there are the spots to go! Some have changed name and others still almost the same as back then! I lived in the middle of 2 great pictures take on my street it was exactly as on the pictures when I was stepping out of my house and always had a thought for Jim morrison thinking I have walked on the same ground! Funny how life is!
Fantastic! I love The Soft Parade, which is under rated...all The Doors LPs are just brilliant, lyrics, music, ahead of their time, as usual! xxx RIP Jim and Ray!
I think LA Woman might be the best. Its got base. But then strange days is awesome. And an American prayer. Life changing/ but the Soft Parade was kinda of an interesting middle album that transitioned from the early mystery organ and psychedelic sound to the bluesy-country-motor sound of the later albums.
I remember watching this on KCET in Los Angeles in the summer of '69. So much of the music I was hearing around that time was like this: weird and wonderful, strange and seductive. The moon walk and Woodstock happened that summer too. Thanks to whoever archived this and also to whoever uploaded it.
I remember going to a travelling record convention in 1990. I was completely enamoured with the Doors at this time. I payed 30 bucks at the time for a terrible bootleg VHS copy of this. I think Feast of Friends was also on it. I played the shit out of that tape till it couldn't be played anymore.
About ten years before that I bought a scratchy bootleg vinyl record that contained some of these songs and others I can now access on TH-cam, such as Mack the Knife/Whiskey Bar live in Sweden
My only chance to see the Doors live at the Roxy in West Hollywood in '69 and I sideswiped a car with my VW van trying to get over to the off-ramp off the freeway -- dang! I had to wait for the cops to show-up -- and I missed the show.
The Doors are underrated as one of the best and most influential bands. They were doing psychedelic stuff before Pink Floyd. They even have music that touched on the jazz like Steely Dan would do later on.
Alton Williams...I'm not going to throw an insult at you but I have to ask how old you are. The Doors have never been underrated. They were the most together rock band, musically.
@@mitchgawlik1175 I think Alton is right, and I’m approaching my sixth decade. For the pioneers they were, the band doesn’t get the popular recognition they deserve. If you don’t believe me, take note of what your local classic rock station rotation is and how often the Doors get play in that rotation. This is nothing new.
@@timomomomo969 Without a doubt, Alton got it right, the Doors should be mentioned with those bands, but don't you feel Doors music is less "accessible" listening-wise than both the Beatles and the Eagles? The Beatles were inventive but their music is mainly lightweight, and that's not meant as a slam. The Eagles...simply a hit making machine. They wrote for the Top 100 and that gold record. Underrated is an overused term, I feel Morrison and Manzarek are highly regarded, deservedly so. Krieger is bringing in the raves now, but is that just because he's still with us? He was a solid player with a recognizable sound but did he get a chance to really shine?
A friend of mine(I met him in 1989) came up here(Halifax,NS) to evade the draft. Have NEVER held it against him. He became an architect in Brooklyn in the 60s and saw The Doors at a Manhattan bar in either 1967 or 1968(I forget which). He's 19 years my senior and has some colorful anecdotes from his days in NYC(he grew up on Cape Cod). Seeing The Doors once got him several beers from some really young folks in one of our city's bars(I wasn't there at the time). I think he paid four bucks and took a girl. After the show he saw Morrison walking around the bar. He saw Andy Warhol in the same bar. I remain jealous.
An older friend of mine saw the Doors when they were the house band at one of the clubs on Sunset. He also saw Hendrix a few times and countless other legends from that era (who are still legends). What an incredible time for music.
I love when I'm watching and reading comments at the same time and the comments match up perfectly to what's happening in the video at a particular time.
Often overlooked as a great album or at least snubbed, I have always thought it displayed maturity and reflection and a certain bridging quality. Also his voice on Shaman’s Blues is wondrous.
Love Jim's songs but the horns jazz and some weak songs from Robbie Makes it my least favorite album. Not terrible but I like the direction after this more blues driven and less jazz. But I applaud them for trying something different. The band weren't cohesive enough and the songwriting suffered. Blame Rothschild for alot of this demanded 100s of takes so it took 11 months to complete Rothschild was a cocaine addict at this point so he demanded take after take cause he was tweaking like a coke freak. May have been better if Rothschild wasn't a tweaking slave driver
@@donniewynn3277 Actually The Soft Parade took nine months to produce. Are you sure Rothchild was a coke addict? Never heard that before, but I'm surely going to ask an LA rock historian I know. The horns and strings were a brilliant idea by a brilliant record producer, Paul Rothchild. There is a country fiddle and a sax player that practically make the whole album worthwhile. They were courageous, challenged their creativity, and showed openmindedness and maturity to take on this experimental project. I guess you either love it or you don't even like it.
@@jlbaker2000 Rothschild was a great producer and I only heard he had a coke problem im no expert. The album was brave and decent but probably my least favorite doors album. Just one man's opinion. My opinion is no more relevant than anyone else's. So if you or anyone really likes it thats cool
@@recnepselyp i like all their albums, I think this was one of the weakest. The next album Morrison Hotel was more bluesy and hard, thats also an underrated album
besides the doors heyday they enjoyed a huge resurgence of popularity back in the late 70's..had this footage (pbs) been available in theaters then, ppl would've happily paid top dollar to see it( yes I know pbs is free) ..this pbs performance they were at top quality...tight...great to see.... morrison wasn't falling down drunk or not show up at all which he was know to do...all of them were truly on top of their gm..its great to see they could play live like what was put out on the albums..THE true test and they were the REAL DEAL!.ps morrison's voice could really BOOM! exciting! manzarak was a flat out genius!..newly impressed by all of them! long live robbie and john!
The doors,simply the best of all time,rousing build me a woman,away from the authorities and media, wanting their demise, the doors playing their music and enjoying it,love it
The Doors Live at PBS Critique 1969 1107am 15.7.23 he looks palsied, there, old jim. how many albums.... 3? wow. his muse wasn't for indulging him, then?
This was first broadcast in early Summer - Last week of June 1969 - two months before Woodstock - before Morrison's legal trouble - the band looked and sounded good and Morrison's vocals were strong and on target and he had just grown a Beard (He was No longer the cute, handsome, clean-shaven man/boy of the Life Magazine/Richard Avedon famous Doors & Morrison posters that Avedon had produced about one year earlier in the Summer of 1968.
It still blows my mind that Jim Morrison was only 24 at the time & yet, he looked like he was in his early to mid 40s with the beard. Plus, correct me if I'm wrong, but it kinda looks like he gained a very small amount of weight too.
Jim's talent was not wasted. He even acknowledged living the life of a rock star condensed into 5 years. He was done with it and tried to quit while he was ahead but it caught up to him...
I've been reading about Jim Morrison lately, and his last months. What a strange story. Drugs, drinking, and thinking you're in some pseudo-world brought an end to this great creator and performer. The 60's and 70's were the greatest for talent, but the biggest effin mess.
gotohoward Your right,, graduated high school 67,, got right in the middle of it,, 3 years lost in that Effin mess,, before I got myself under control..doors where a big part of it,, the future was here
@@tonykaye4620 Sure they do, but the music industry is so corporately controlled today, and they only want middle of the road, formulaic stuff to make a quick buck. There are tons of great talents out there, but we'll never hear about them.
Why do people think this is bad?! This period after Miami had to be terrible for Jim, this was about the only gig they could get. Rare do we get a clear tape of a concert., this is mere t.v, don't expect the usual Jim. Here the spark is gone, you can tell the emptiness and pain despite the beard. I don't blame him, I'd grow big beard, and wish to hide, amazing that he performs at all after Miami, and soon he won't. Poor guy, I'd have stepped in for Pam and watched him closely to get well.
The Doors were banned from playing any more concerts after the Miami fiasco. Jim was actually looking at possible Jail time in Florida. Breaking Rocks in the hot sun would not be much fun. PBS was the only place that would offer them a venue to play so they did it. But the trial was hanging over his head during the whole time. Couldn’t have been easy to sing while thinking about that. Luckily he was acquitted and then he left for Paris. He was a broken guy at that point. I like how he stands on the side and listens. He knows the band still sounds good. But they all look kind of frazzled like they could use a vacation or something. At the Isle of Wight show, he just stands and sings the songs. It’s like he gave up on the theatrics and getting into trouble for it! But his vocals are still strong and the music is still good! The Doors are Forever!
Jim was never squirted he appealed the case and left for Paris and sadly died after only 3monthsv, and he overdosed in the rock n roll circus nightclub in the toilet, they carried him out put him in a cab then put him in a bath to try revive him it was Pam's heroin he overdosed on.RIP JIM,RIP RAY,RIP,PAM.
They put out 6 albums in 4 years and never had a break and with Jim's lifestyle on top of that, um a little surprised that he didn't possibly burn out sooner. He had a tough soul regardless what the haters might say. Could've purposely committed suicide but he went down hard with liquor and possibly heroin which he was not into, but over there, who knows what happened. We'll never really know I guess, severseveral theories, the truth will always be a mystery just like Morrison himself
Your comment made me tear up :(( That is exactly how I saw them in this video...it is just sad how they ended up. Jim looks so tired and depressed, poor guy.
What I loved about this band is every album was different. Their first lp was acid rock in a way. Their last, LA Woman was more bluesy and all were incredible from beginning to end.
broadcast on my birthday when i was 4 years old! ! thanks doors!! also, thanks for posting this fabulous PBS special!! rest in peace Ray and The Lizard King! Hilarious hearing BACKDOOR MAN on PBS!!
I was about 15 when I saw them on Long Island at Westbury Music Fair . Imagine seeing the Doors for the first concert ! Also saw at Madison Square Garden and the Felt Forum . After the Forum show , saw Santana at the Fillmore East late show - same night !
hey guys....we are in 2019 and we love listen again your music....you re alive jim and ray...we listen you....your music talk to us....congratulations....ray..jim.. john...robbie....
This fantastic session shows what a symbiotic relationship each member had to make them one of the GOAT's. Ray's versatile chops on the keys, Robbie's creative subtle talent w/o overwhelming the vocals & John's avant-garde approach to all things percussion related. But they shared the same vibe w/ their lead singer to push the envelope & go where few ventured musically & without these guys Morrison would b just another Jim trying to break in as an artist, poet & philosopher.
Saw Jim Morrison And the Doors at the Surf Ballroom Nantasket Beach Massachusetts $2 .50 per show 7-9 10-midnite. R.I.P. Ray 🎹🎹🎹 Carry on Robbie Krieger who Never used a ⚒️ pick Plectrum,Carry on John Densmore! Hit the skins... Been to Pere'La Chaise cemetery in Paris to Party With Mojo Fans on July 4th weekend Many times
Jim appearance descended alot since his performance of Touch Me on the Smothers Bros show only 4 months earlier. During this period, was the infamous Miami concert.
I remember when this came out on VHS my best friend Amy (freedom) and I Enterprise used to watch it over and over. We watched every move every nuance of Jim and the band. Love this so much thank you for posting
My Grandmother Milly and I used to listen to the doors and tap our feet and clap our hands. She was 87 in 1969 and she’d say “ that Jim is such a fine young lad. A real Cracker Jack!”
Soy fanático de The Doors desde los 15 años, y esta presentación de ellos me eriza la piel. Es perfecta. The Soft Parade es un disco muy infravalorado.
Jim got lost in drugs but was a prophet for a generation and for all time. The greatest artist's are self destruct and slightly insane, comes with being a genius. He's a gift from God and not unlike Jesus or other minor prophets like Morrison, only here for a short time and then God calls them home and we are left to try to understand and use the knowledge of these spokesmen of the Gods. Like Lennon, Bruce Lee, Cobain, Hendrix, Bob Marley, even biggie and Tupac. They are shooting stars that are gone by the time they on top of the world. And we are left to pick up the pieces and make sense of it if we are mentally intelligent enough. RIP lizard king
Jim Morrison didn't do a lot of drugs. The most destructive substance that he did was excessive use of alcohol. He occasionally dabbled in other substances but not enough to kill himself with. Those closest people to him said he never had his own drugs as far as harder stuff is concerned. He was coughing up blood before he left for Paris. I've been around users and junkies my whole life as well as alcoholics. I know people who have died of both....including a step brother who drank himself to death by 32. I don't think most people understand how destructive drinking can be when done to excess. But by all accounts Jim was no where close to being a hard core drug user. If by chance he did die of an overdose, it's more likely that it was the accident of an isolated incident. There's speculation that he snorted some of Pam's heroin thinking it was Cocaine after drinking all day. Opiates and alcohol is an absolutely deadly combo.
@@Abruzzo333 Watching a French documentary about all that happened and the details including Pam's account are disturbing. Point being it ain't over til it's over. There's always time for medical intervention, depending upon who is around you. These casualties are usually found dead, alone. Yet so many signs of need for medical intervention got ignored. Jim experience weeks of being short of breath, chest pains - that last day, months coughing up blood, depressed, of course. Pam was an impaired (for her own drug use) and too inexperienced person for him to be alone with in a foreign country not knowing the language. They said he really had no one else close to him, esp in Paris. Here they were both impaired. Jim was not well, the reason he went to Paris to begin with. He never liked her use of drugs from the start.
recorded around the time of the Miami incident when jim got in real trouble being too drunk on stage. no venue wanted the doors to perform after that, . So they opted to do this PBS special.
There is so big difference between concert 1967 &1969,Jim was so young,optimistic,fantastic eyes &voice,but this vidio hi was so tired,sad,bored.Love him so much!Best band!Best Jim's voice!
No band before or since The Doors can approach their originality and unique artistic creativity. The doors were in another artistic dimension that no other band before or since has ever visited.
Saw Ray mansarek and John densmore at hard rock VEGAS..$20-$30 bucks..2 original doors members 200-300 ppl in attendance..kicked ass..best concert 33 yrs in vegas
no matter what you are going through heartbreak anxiety, depression, nervous breakdown and spiritual awakening The Doors always have your back
👍✌️☺️🏵️💮🌸🌺🌈🔛☮️ greetings from Germany, well the music is your only friend, until the end..💯🔥🤘
And fed into your fears. Morrison was not a mellow fellow, but we listened.
Facts!!!!
Truth
@@mitchgawlik1175 Well, you can listen to whatever you need at the moment. The Doors, The Byrds, Beatles, Stones, Bowie, Vu, Pixies, Airplane, Barrett, Hendrix, whatever, all great, but the Doors did have a wide scope of emotion.
How Morrison, with ZERO singing experience, hooks up with Manzarek on the beach, and becomes THE vocal instrument for this exquisite set of musicians...I got nuthin'.
Robby Krieger: most underrated guitarist of that era.
Why could he not be underrated with people like Hendrix and Clapton leading the scene during his times !?
Meh, Clapton's over-rated.
Krieger is among the great artists I've heard.
He just adorded Jim and put himself back.
@Hippy Gumbo -- The comment is that Robby Krieger is underrated. You're asking who? The term "underrated" is a collective phenomenon. It means that a group of critics, or maybe even the masses, don't rank him high on their list of great guitarists. It has nothing to do with any one person's opinion of him. It's about the collective opinion of him. And I agree. I hardly ever (probably never) see Krieger ranked high as guitarist.
That said, i think he's appropriately rated as a guitarist. He may have been a good flamenco player we're discussing rock music and the electric guitar. But he wrote some pretty cool songs.
i only hope the kids growing up today get a chance and enjoy the music of the past. The Doors are one of a kind. amazing.
I did. I watched all this growing up as a child. I'm 28 now 🎟🎟🎟🎟
i did to , I am 15 and it's a joy of emotions to listen to them :)
Watching Ray do the "bass" parts with the organ is amazing. And he can sing in a pinch. Ray's awesome.
But what a drag it would have been to go to a Door's gig and Jim either was too wasted or didn't show up and you've got Ray. singing. I know that he can fill in but there's a reason that Other Voices didn't go anywhere and even the second album without Jim couldn't help in spite of the album cover having a.put together evolution gimmick.They did a lot better with many various singers when they got together for the story tellers reunion, and there were a couple of better renditions by different singers than Ian Ashbury especially Stone Temple pilots singer and the kid who did the End
My favorite band since the beginning. Jim's voice will never be topped. Ray's intensity making it look easy playing completely different riffs of organ and bass lines organ at the same time, Robbie with a busted beer bottle slide, Johns simple Ludwig set. Just mesmerizing pure original Doors as only they could do. Just damn I'm glad this was saved.
Well said Mike
How come me, an old Doors fanatic, has never seen this before ? What other vids are there still around ?
You said it so I don't have to😎🤘
Yeppers word
Epic band, what a time.. never gets old
The Doors are simply the greatest musical act of all time. That includes all music types. Jim Morrison had so much stage presence that The Doors punish all other bands.
The Mars Volta is a really good emo psychedelic band, their first albums is nuts
? Really? Let’s not go too far with comments. The Doors were an unique and good band. But the best? And yet musical act of all time? Not even in the top 10 or 20. But still a good band.
Carl, not even the top 10 or 20? Listen to The End off the first album. Unreal music!
@@nitrousninja882 Yes indeed most bands of this era were not even close to the end song it’s was so haunting.
The DOORS live is some of the best music ever played heavy and dark.
That broken beer bottle neck as a slide is OLD SCHOOL AF!!!!!!!!!! LEGENDARY.
Robbie joked about that
Probably a souvenir from the bar fight he and Jim were in.
This film is a treasure. Jim had a voice like no other at the time and it still commands
that we listen. Robbie makes guitar playing look so effortless while sounding so good.
*4/29/23 - Back for another listen. Man this is good,
Hello ITS a masterpiece, ITS Like a present which you found some Years later, and than you See how important IT was and beautiful ☮️
This version of Build Me a Woman is untouchable.
Long live Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek. Greatest band ever !
ended when it begann..
Dude, you literally said long live to two dead persons. Why not long live Krieger and Densmore?
They are dead, how do they live long? Get up to speed please 🖤
Yes , long live through their music and songs ...
@George Rusch ya hoo
God bless PBS for there Broadcast on the Doors.
I saw a rebroadcast of this, when I was growing up.
I like this PBS performance very polished very nice and you can just hear how good his voice sounded when he just he just got out there and get it he was just fabulous
I didn't get into the Doors until about 10 years after Jim died. Still easily in the top 10 of my all time favorites! I went to Venice beach a few years ago to check out where he used to hang out.
I lived in VB and all the places he hang out when you live there are the spots to go! Some have changed name and others still almost the same as back then! I lived in the middle of 2 great pictures take on my street it was exactly as on the pictures when I was stepping out of my house and always had a thought for Jim morrison thinking I have walked on the same ground! Funny how life is!
Fantastic! I love The Soft Parade, which is under rated...all The Doors LPs are just brilliant, lyrics, music, ahead of their time, as usual! xxx RIP Jim and Ray!
I think LA Woman might be the best. Its got base. But then strange days is awesome. And an American prayer. Life changing/ but the Soft Parade was kinda of an interesting middle album that transitioned from the early mystery organ and psychedelic sound to the bluesy-country-motor sound of the later albums.
Woman is excellent but my pick is Morrison hotel
No bad songs and many great ones
‘Wishful, Sinful’ is a beautiful quiet masterpiece. Cheers!
0:00 Tell All The People
3:38 Whiskey Bar
5:19 Backdoor Man
9:45 Wishful Sinful
13:00 Poontang Blues
Poontang blues?!! That's a new one!!!
@@jamesmack3314 Yeah no kidding, I never heard of it either until now. I had to look that song up.
Build me a woman
@@marcelosazo170 jajajja exactly
Lol the last song is called: build me a woman
I remember watching this on KCET in Los Angeles in the summer of '69. So much of the music I was hearing around that time was like this: weird and wonderful, strange and seductive. The moon walk and Woodstock happened that summer too. Thanks to whoever archived this and also to whoever uploaded it.
He, like some others, was never destined to grow old. This footage is a treasure. Tell All the People ? The Soft Parade ? Great stuff...
I lived 3 blocks away from this band in their early days. They changed my life anyhow.
I remember going to a travelling record convention in 1990. I was completely enamoured with the Doors at this time. I payed 30 bucks at the time for a terrible bootleg VHS copy of this. I think Feast of Friends was also on it. I played the shit out of that tape till it couldn't be played anymore.
Had this on vhs also. Good stuff.
Sounds fun. Especially young.
Man years ago we did have to pay a lot for rare VHS. Cassettes of stuff like this. Thanks to the internet and TH-cam it’s a click away.
About ten years before that I bought a scratchy bootleg vinyl record that contained some of these songs and others I can now access on TH-cam, such as Mack the Knife/Whiskey Bar live in Sweden
ponchobill72 save the black film inside and get it re-spooled.
My only chance to see the Doors live at the Roxy in West Hollywood in '69 and I sideswiped a car with my VW van trying to get over to the off-ramp off the freeway -- dang! I had to wait for the cops to show-up -- and I missed the show.
Gerry Lavelle that’s a serious bummer!
The Doors are underrated as one of the best and most influential bands. They were doing psychedelic stuff before Pink Floyd.
They even have music that touched on the jazz like Steely Dan would do later on.
Alton Williams...I'm not going to throw an insult at you but I have to ask how old you are.
The Doors have never been underrated. They were the most together rock band, musically.
Mitch Gawlik
I don’t agree. They should be mentioned in the same breath with the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zep, and Eagles.
@@mitchgawlik1175 I think Alton is right, and I’m approaching my sixth decade. For the pioneers they were, the band doesn’t get the popular recognition they deserve. If you don’t believe me, take note of what your local classic rock station rotation is and how often the Doors get play in that rotation. This is nothing new.
@@timomomomo969 Without a doubt, Alton got it right, the Doors should be mentioned with those
bands, but don't you feel Doors music is less "accessible" listening-wise than both the Beatles and
the Eagles? The Beatles were inventive but their music is mainly lightweight, and that's not meant
as a slam. The Eagles...simply a hit making machine. They wrote for the Top 100 and that gold
record. Underrated is an overused term, I feel Morrison and Manzarek are highly regarded, deservedly
so. Krieger is bringing in the raves now, but is that just because he's still with us? He was a solid player
with a recognizable sound but did he get a chance to really shine?
@@altonwilliams7117
Eagles. Definitely a "YES" !!!!!!!! 👍 💪
Jim Morrison needs to be recognized a the Greatest Frontman ever
Best live footage I've heard & seen from them
Jim Morrison was such a beautiful man. Long live the the lizard king.
A friend of mine(I met him in 1989) came up here(Halifax,NS) to evade the draft. Have NEVER held it against him. He became an architect in Brooklyn in the 60s and saw The Doors at a Manhattan bar in either 1967 or 1968(I forget which). He's 19 years my senior and has some colorful anecdotes from his days in NYC(he grew up on Cape Cod). Seeing The Doors once got him several beers from some really young folks in one of our city's bars(I wasn't there at the time). I think he paid four bucks and took a girl. After the show he saw Morrison walking around the bar. He saw Andy Warhol in the same bar. I remain jealous.
An older friend of mine saw the Doors when they were the house band at one of the clubs on Sunset. He also saw Hendrix a few times and countless other legends from that era (who are still legends). What an incredible time for music.
I love when I'm watching and reading comments at the same time and the comments match up perfectly to what's happening in the video at a particular time.
the vhs errors are even charming me. great find!
Often overlooked as a great album or at least snubbed, I have always thought it displayed maturity and reflection and a certain bridging quality. Also his voice on Shaman’s Blues is wondrous.
Love Jim's songs but the horns jazz and some weak songs from Robbie
Makes it my least favorite album. Not terrible but I like the direction after this more blues driven and less jazz. But I applaud them for trying something different. The band weren't cohesive enough and the songwriting suffered. Blame Rothschild for alot of this demanded 100s of takes so it took 11 months to complete Rothschild was a cocaine addict at this point so he demanded take after take cause he was tweaking like a coke freak. May have been better if Rothschild wasn't a tweaking slave driver
@@donniewynn3277 Actually The Soft Parade took nine months to produce. Are you sure Rothchild was a coke addict? Never heard that before, but I'm surely going to ask an LA rock historian I know. The horns and strings were a brilliant idea by a brilliant record producer, Paul Rothchild. There is a country fiddle and a sax player that practically make the whole album worthwhile. They were courageous, challenged their creativity, and showed openmindedness and maturity to take on this experimental project. I guess you either love it or you don't even like it.
@@jlbaker2000 Rothschild was a great producer and I only heard he had a coke problem im no expert. The album was brave and decent but probably my least favorite doors album. Just one man's opinion. My opinion is no more relevant than anyone else's. So if you or anyone really likes it thats cool
The Soft Parade is big underrated. I guess you really have to be a big Doors fan to truly appreciate it..
@@recnepselyp i like all their albums, I think this was one of the weakest. The next album Morrison Hotel was more bluesy and hard, thats also an underrated album
besides the doors heyday they enjoyed a huge resurgence of popularity back in the late 70's..had this footage (pbs) been available in theaters then, ppl would've happily paid top dollar to see it( yes I know pbs is free) ..this pbs performance they were at top quality...tight...great to see.... morrison wasn't falling down drunk or not show up at all which he was know to do...all of them were truly on top of their gm..its great to see they could play live like what was put out on the albums..THE true test and they were the REAL DEAL!.ps morrison's voice could really BOOM! exciting! manzarak was a flat out genius!..newly impressed by all of them! long live robbie and john!
The doors,simply the best of all time,rousing build me a woman,away from the authorities and media, wanting their demise, the doors playing their music and enjoying it,love it
The Doors Live at PBS Critique 1969 1107am 15.7.23 he looks palsied, there, old jim. how many albums.... 3? wow. his muse wasn't for indulging him, then?
Thanks for putting this up here. One of the best rock bands of all time.
This was first broadcast in early Summer - Last week of June 1969 - two months before Woodstock - before Morrison's legal trouble - the band looked and sounded good and Morrison's vocals were strong and on target and he had just grown a Beard (He was No longer the cute, handsome, clean-shaven man/boy of the Life Magazine/Richard Avedon famous Doors & Morrison posters that Avedon had produced about one year earlier in the Summer of 1968.
He looked better like this
Ahhhhhhh....Wishful Sinful....a most beautiful song....This video was great! Thank you!👏👏👍👍
It still blows my mind that Jim Morrison was only 24 at the time & yet, he looked like he was in his early to mid 40s with the beard. Plus, correct me if I'm wrong, but it kinda looks like he gained a very small amount of weight too.
Jim's talent was not wasted. He even acknowledged living the life of a rock star condensed into 5 years. He was done with it and tried to quit while he was ahead but it caught up to him...
Not how it really was.... 👽
I doubt this is just me but in live events every time they switch from Alabama song to back door man I always get this fuck yeah feeling
That's exactly the kind of feeling they trigger.
I've been reading about Jim Morrison lately, and his last months. What a strange story. Drugs, drinking, and thinking you're in some pseudo-world brought an end to this great creator and performer. The 60's and 70's were the greatest for talent, but the biggest effin mess.
Sad isnt it and kids these days dont have this guys talent,Jim was on his way ....
gotohoward
Your right,, graduated high school 67,, got right in the middle of it,, 3 years lost in that Effin mess,, before I got myself under control..doors where a big part of it,, the future was here
@@bobgriffith1810 I'm glad you pulled yourself out of it. Some weren't so lucky.
We loved every minute. Now at 65 my brain cells are holding hands but it was worth it. 1965 to 1972 was unbelievable, the energy happening everywhere.
@@tonykaye4620 Sure they do, but the music industry is so corporately controlled today, and they only want middle of the road, formulaic stuff to make a quick buck. There are tons of great talents out there, but we'll never hear about them.
Why do people think this is bad?! This period after Miami had to be terrible for Jim, this was about the only gig they could get. Rare do we get a clear tape of a concert., this is mere t.v, don't expect the usual Jim. Here the spark is gone, you can tell the emptiness and pain despite the beard. I don't blame him, I'd grow big beard, and wish to hide, amazing that he performs at all after Miami, and soon he won't. Poor guy, I'd have stepped in for Pam and watched him closely to get well.
Love watching this. Ray on the Vox is absolutely amazing.
all big songs but Wishful Sinful has got a touch beyond the soul....
Best Rock Band !!! More people should realize😁👍🥰Thank you for posting !!
Adriano DEMARCHI THE DOORS SEMPRE.
My fave version of Tell All the People
Good to see a more mellow and serious singer in Morrison. RIP.
Happy Birthday you prophet, you poet, you philosopher...
December 8, 1943
When he says follow me down at the end of the song damn like that's very beautiful
Ray said, much later in his life, he was just a "cocktail lounge" pianist ( self deprecating as always!) R.I.P. Ray.
Lmao right ray, riiiight. He's a master.
Yeah, how many lounge pianists can play a bass organ at the same time? RIP Ray.
Yeah and a bass player, covering two instruments at once, and only one hand for each instrument. Has anyone else ever done that?does anyone know
Kate Pierson in the B52s. She used to sort of dance at the same time too.
The Ludwig set Densmore is playing here is on display at Hard Rock Las Vegas, close enough to touch.
Love the simplicity.
Hard Rocks are a travesty.
Awesome!
The Doors were banned from playing any more concerts after the Miami fiasco. Jim was actually looking at possible Jail time in Florida. Breaking Rocks in the hot sun would not be much fun. PBS was the only place that would offer them a venue to play so they did it. But the trial was hanging over his head during the whole time. Couldn’t have been easy to sing while thinking about that.
Luckily he was acquitted and then he left for Paris. He was a broken guy at that point. I like how he stands on the side and listens. He knows the band still sounds good. But they all look kind of frazzled like they could use a vacation or something.
At the Isle of Wight show, he just stands and sings the songs. It’s like he gave up on the theatrics and getting into trouble for it! But his vocals are still strong and the music is still good! The Doors are Forever!
He grew up from the lizard king into Mr.MojoRisin
Jim was never squirted he appealed the case and left for Paris and sadly died after only 3monthsv, and he overdosed in the rock n roll circus nightclub in the toilet, they carried him out put him in a cab then put him in a bath to try revive him it was Pam's heroin he overdosed on.RIP JIM,RIP RAY,RIP,PAM.
They put out 6 albums in 4 years and never had a break and with Jim's lifestyle on top of that, um a little surprised that he didn't possibly burn out sooner. He had a tough soul regardless what the haters might say. Could've purposely committed suicide but he went down hard with liquor and possibly heroin which he was not into, but over there, who knows what happened. We'll never really know I guess, severseveral theories, the truth will always be a mystery just like Morrison himself
He was not acquitted.
Your comment made me tear up :((
That is exactly how I saw them in this video...it is just sad how they ended up. Jim looks so tired and depressed, poor guy.
What I loved about this band is every album was different. Their first lp was acid rock in a way. Their last, LA Woman was more bluesy and all were incredible from beginning to end.
This was performed on my 5th birthday.😅 I'm trying to remember what I was doing that day, but cant.😂
broadcast on my birthday when i was 4 years old! ! thanks doors!!
also, thanks for posting this fabulous PBS special!! rest in peace Ray and The Lizard King! Hilarious hearing BACKDOOR MAN on PBS!!
Cheers 🥂, 1965 my year too & birth of the Doors when Ray met Jim.
I was about 15 when I saw them on Long Island at Westbury Music Fair . Imagine seeing the Doors for the first concert ! Also saw at Madison Square Garden and the Felt Forum . After the Forum show , saw Santana at the Fillmore East late show - same night !
I think you can buy that Felt forum CD..1970 yes?
Santana was killing it then....what a band!
Wish I wasn't born in 86... that sounds amazing. I hate music from the 2000's
You are an old soul!! Check out the Grateful dead
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Check out the Velvet Underground, Jefferson Airplane and Janis Joplin 👍
@@d_no_allyn_86 yes anything after about 1980 sucks...with a few exceptions
wish i couldve seen them live 😫
Worth every penny to see these guys in concert one more time.
Peace out ✌🏻 ☮️
hey guys....we are in 2019 and we love listen again your music....you re alive jim and ray...we listen you....your music talk to us....congratulations....ray..jim.. john...robbie....
This fantastic session shows what a symbiotic relationship each member had to make them one of the GOAT's.
Ray's versatile chops on the keys, Robbie's creative subtle talent w/o overwhelming the vocals & John's avant-garde approach to all things percussion related.
But they shared the same vibe w/ their lead singer to push the envelope & go where few ventured musically & without these guys Morrison would b just another Jim trying to break in as an artist, poet & philosopher.
This is Friggin Amazing. Thank You. Long Live the Doors!!!!!
Wow I had no idea they played backdoor man in that key... robby is sooooo criminally underrated 🤘
Love this. Just great. I'm an old Doors fan, but never seen this.
Saw Jim Morrison
And the Doors at the Surf Ballroom Nantasket Beach Massachusetts
$2 .50 per show
7-9 10-midnite.
R.I.P. Ray 🎹🎹🎹
Carry on Robbie Krieger who Never used a ⚒️ pick Plectrum,Carry on John Densmore!
Hit the skins...
Been to Pere'La Chaise cemetery in Paris to Party
With Mojo Fans on July 4th weekend
Many times
My favorite band and awesome singer, miss them very much.
Love listening to their songs.........Lola xo
Still love this band, damn
The Doors give an AWESOME performance in this vid.
Jim appearance descended alot since his performance of Touch Me on the Smothers Bros show only 4 months earlier. During this period, was the infamous Miami concert.
Yep! Too bad he was so drunk bc he was late and fighting with Pamela!!
What I love the most is how the Door's gel together. Its such great chemistry how they all flow along as one.
Such a beautiful rendering of the Soft Parade songs, if only this was available in a high def version.
Jim's voice had matured to great, rich baritone.
This is the metamorphosis of The Lizard King to Mr. Mojo Risin'
Noted.
Jimbo
👌Good stuff ! Excellent musicians 🎼💕
I remember when this came out on VHS my best friend Amy (freedom) and I Enterprise used to watch it over and over. We watched every move every nuance of Jim and the band. Love this so much thank you for posting
I Love Jim's menacing laugh after robby's solo in backdoor man
Loved this PBS special the first time and still love it today!!
This is a treasure.
My Grandmother Milly and I used to listen to the doors and tap our feet and clap our hands. She was 87 in 1969 and she’d say “ that Jim is such a fine young lad. A real Cracker Jack!”
Thank you for the Anthologique live.
Soy fanático de The Doors desde los 15 años, y esta presentación de ellos me eriza la piel. Es perfecta. The Soft Parade es un disco muy infravalorado.
Very tragic that drugs took over Jim Morrison. Another great talented man that died too soon. Some people are simply musical gifts to the world.
Jim lives
Ray thought people should not follow jims lifestyle ,the guy is gone ,for real not a trip...
Jim got lost in drugs but was a prophet for a generation and for all time. The greatest artist's are self destruct and slightly insane, comes with being a genius. He's a gift from God and not unlike Jesus or other minor prophets like Morrison, only here for a short time and then God calls them home and we are left to try to understand and use the knowledge of these spokesmen of the Gods. Like Lennon, Bruce Lee, Cobain, Hendrix, Bob Marley, even biggie and Tupac. They are shooting stars that are gone by the time they on top of the world. And we are left to pick up the pieces and make sense of it if we are mentally intelligent enough. RIP lizard king
Jim Morrison didn't do a lot of drugs. The most destructive substance that he did was excessive use of alcohol. He occasionally dabbled in other substances but not enough to kill himself with. Those closest people to him said he never had his own drugs as far as harder stuff is concerned. He was coughing up blood before he left for Paris. I've been around users and junkies my whole life as well as alcoholics. I know people who have died of both....including a step brother who drank himself to death by 32. I don't think most people understand how destructive drinking can be when done to excess. But by all accounts Jim was no where close to being a hard core drug user. If by chance he did die of an overdose, it's more likely that it was the accident of an isolated incident. There's speculation that he snorted some of Pam's heroin thinking it was Cocaine after drinking all day. Opiates and alcohol is an absolutely deadly combo.
@@Abruzzo333 Watching a French documentary about all that happened and the details including Pam's account are disturbing. Point being it ain't over til it's over. There's always time for medical intervention, depending upon who is around you. These casualties are usually found dead, alone. Yet so many signs of need for medical intervention got ignored. Jim experience weeks of being short of breath, chest pains - that last day, months coughing up blood, depressed, of course. Pam was an impaired (for her own drug use) and too inexperienced person for him to be alone with in a foreign country not knowing the language. They said he really had no one else close to him, esp in Paris. Here they were both impaired. Jim was not well, the reason he went to Paris to begin with. He never liked her use of drugs from the start.
When they did this show, Jim had transformed into Mr Mojo Risin!
And also a bloated alki
Is there another keyboard player that could play different parts of the music with different hands. Manzarek was awesome.
The real deal, no lip sync the real deal!!
There’s no mistaking Robbie’s slide. Like all great musicians he put his signature on it.
Very True Sir! Robby is Undeniably Unique! ALL Great Musicians!
Ray is the man.
What a voice - Jim is on top form here!
Love that Les Paul Custom and slide Robbie's using. Jim's incredible from start to finish.
Belo vídeo. Obrigado a quem postou.
Great Doors concert!
Jim's vocals are crazy.He really wasn't giving it all he had and it was still so powerful.
recorded around the time of the Miami incident when jim got in real trouble being too drunk on stage. no venue wanted the doors to perform after that, . So they opted to do this PBS special.
There is so big difference between concert 1967 &1969,Jim was so young,optimistic,fantastic eyes &voice,but this vidio hi was so tired,sad,bored.Love him so much!Best band!Best Jim's voice!
Listen to the song Soft Parade live. Jim wasn’t bored, just a different kind of music.
Saw Jim back in the day what a beautiful song the whole band play tight band miss them .love peace frog was a good one,all there song. Peace Bro's
Do it Robbie, do it!
If God had a singing voice, he would sound like Jim
No band before or since The Doors can approach their originality and unique artistic creativity. The doors were in another artistic dimension that no other band before or since has ever visited.
That band is so original
great piece, even with the damaged tape.
Musicalmente impresionante ....estos chicos abrieron puertas ... Sencillamente grandiosos... e intemporales ...
Fantastic , thanks for putting this on .
Saw Ray mansarek and John densmore at hard rock VEGAS..$20-$30 bucks..2 original doors members 200-300 ppl in attendance..kicked ass..best concert 33 yrs in vegas