I have read Alice Cooper say that he was at one of the recording sessions for this song. He says that he was hanging out with the other Doors who were waiting (as usual) for Jim to arrive. When Jim got there, he asked Alice something like how his day was going. And Alice said: "Well, I woke up this morning, and I got myself a beer", then elaborated on what he did afterwards. Some minutes later, they go in the studio and start working on this song. The first time Alice hears Jim come in on vocals, that's the line he sings, heh...
good point. overlooked too.... very few bands could carry both plates... be on the cutting edge of artistic songs, yet also carry over quality rock popular hits, even pop songs of quality (touch me). & this song meets it in the middle. too gritty to be top 10, but certainly made for radio play & shows off the power of the band as a driving rock force.... guns and roses tried to be the doors. & they at their best were close w/ their rock standards wh/ could rival something like this. yet, they couldnt dwelve into the artistic cutting edge material like the doors. again, think about it, what other bands could hold all 3 plates? its a very select few. dylan , hendrix & the beatles in their era. maybe the stones also. but thats about it. & one could argue, other then dylan, none were as artistically influenctial w/ cutting edge material then the doors.
@@billwilson2025 .... true & it helped them... their long songs have a definitive film score feel to them. very atmospheric. its why the end was perfect for apolopyse now. no doubt their film backgrounds influence the way they arranged. they and floyd were the first bands to create that large scape atmosphere sound & feel & also create a sense of danger w/ it. jim also had a very strong literature and theater background wh/ he incorporate cutting edge wise. they dont get enough credit for how impactful they were. its also b/c he was hyped up as a doomed good looking crazy lifestyle rock star. that element obscures to a degree their real musical talents.
Thank you for doing one of my favorites from the Doors. Love the rich sound, piano and the harmonica in it!! Loved your reaction like always! Wishing you a very good morning from Berlin! 👍🍀😎
Ella was known for her scatting, I think she learned from Louie Armstrong (he said everyone develops their own style). A goofy, great scat song is “I Feel Like Singing” by Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks. It’s live! Also live and simply amazing harmonica is “Train Time” by Cream on the Wheels of Fire album, with bassist Jack Bruce singing and playing harmonica while accompanied by Ginger Baker on drums. You won’t regret checking it out.
Bro I'm 51 and did hear this as a kid. But it was 10 years after they were already gone😂. This was a game changer for me. I'm Not the biggest doors fan but I definitely respect what they did and how Jim especially influenced a generation.
he was an original... no one sense has gotten into his same zipcode as a performer, sound and mood.... thru all his inconsistency & troubles, the times when he brought it, few have had his impact.
There is an interview of Morrison talking Roadhouses. He grew up in Florida. In the interview he talks about the Southern Roadhouse and driving to them.
Yo Mug! If youre feeling some Doors, theres a great live concert movie The Doors at the Hollywood Bowl from 68! Thats a band that was at its peak live, you gotta see it! Also, the legend is that Louis Armstrong invented scatting by accident when he was singing in the studio and the lyrics fell of the music stand so he just started scatting the melody!😂
Drummer John Densmore described the Doors writing songs like this . Jim Morrison , who had no musical training would write down lyrics of songs with an idea for the music , the band would listen to Jim hum & sing bits of his lyrics and would piece together the music itself by listening . "Ok , That's an A & then that's an F minor ..." etc. and put the whole piece together like that . I saw this on one of Dan Rather's "BIG INTERVIEW" series where he sat down with Drummer John Densmore & guitarist Robbie Kreiger . It would give you a good insight into the band . I Highly recomend checking it out .
You’re so right about how it would be different if you listened to them when you were younger. I started listening to them in my teenage years. This led me to his poetry. I think the Doors rewired my brain.
For something really different again from The Doors, Alabama Song (Whiskey bar) Some find a line about little girl shocking but it is slang for whiskey. You want to hear some real greedy voice and Scat? Edgar Winter performing (video) Tobacco Road Just prepare yourself. He brings it to a whole nother level.
Oh man I love it when younger people discovere the music of my youth. I was a teenager when Jim Morrison died and I was crazy over The Doors as well as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, all who died within about a year of each other. Tragic, but what a legacy and musical library they all left. I have never stopped listening to The Doors through all these years. So glad you discovered this great music. I have a suggestion, probably don't need any more LOL but here it is and I imagine you have gotten it in the past. If you've never heard Beth Hart, you must! I would highly recommend the following two videos. You have to make sure they are these EXACT versions, which are both live. The first is "Beth Hart -Am I The One - Live at Paradiso. " And the second one is "Beth Hart - Caught Out In The Rain - Live at Albert Hall." I guarantee she will blow you away. Perhaps you've done one or both of them already, I will try to look. But if you haven't, do yourself a favor and check those out. Really like your reactions. 👍
Believe it or not, most of the Doors songs were from concerts in Jim's head. Jim had all these tunes played out in his head before the band even knew about them. This is what Ray Manzarek said, he was the keyboard player and the best spokesman for the band.
Thanks for doing one of my favorite songs !! Love the DOORS I read this song was about Jim Morrison driving thru the California hills on his way to a ROADHOUSE BAR and telling his girlfriend to keep her eyes on the road, and hand upon the wheel due to the bad curves , turns and hills...!! ANY WAY Please do LA WOMAN and LOVE ME TWO TIMES and t LIGHT MY FIRE LIVE from the ED Sullivan show their debut to the USA
It’s a straight up I, IV, V blues progression, but performed in a contrapuntal way that was common with bepop jazz. The doors were simply brilliant the way they did this. It just seeps in and takes over your mind. Hence your reaction comment, “there is so much going on here.” You keyed right in on it.
Some of their songs are taken from Jim's poetry. Others are written by the group simultaneously, and others were written by Robby Krieger (Light my Fire, Touch Me, ect.) Toward the last record or two they were getting into simple blues songs. Lots of blues. Skatting started way back in the 1920s at least. There would not be a recording artist with a record of who started it. Most of the songs back then were called FOLK STANDARDS because they just been around a long time and nobody knew who came up with them.
Yes , The Doors have a bunch of cool tunes , but if you like scattin , you should check out Johnny and Edgar Winter doing the song Tobacco Road , live ! You will like it !
If you want to hear the Doors in FULL FLOWER ............Texas Radio and the Big Beat..........they flow smoother than silk. Listen to it. Another great one is L.A. Woman. In fact if you play every tune on that album you probably can't find a bad one. They say it's one of the best and most complete albums in the history of Rock/Blues/Jazz.
The Doors' writing process was always lyrics first. The songs were written by Jim Morrison, who was not a musician but was a poet, and Robby Krieger, the guitarist. Krieger, Manzerek and Densmore were all jazz musicians, which explains why there were so many instrumental riffs in their songs. Because of Morrison's penchant for going off in unexpected tangents during performances and even recording, having an accomplished jazz trio who were comfortable with just rolling with the flow and improvising while not ever getting lost was the only way the band survived.
dope reaction man. i recommend the Doors live version of Gloria or anything live really. Jim is like Ren in that the stage presence and performance are just as powerful as the vocals.
Jim was never in his right mind, he loved his shrooms and other drugs that took him any where but reality. He left this world in another dimension ( in his mind)
Early scat, besides Ella? Cab Calloway, absolutely. Mel Torme. Louis Armstrong. Couple of heavy scat songs I'd recommend: Al Jarreu : Take Five ( live version!) John Hendricks with Bobby Mcferrin and Al Jarreu singing "Freddie the Freeloader" It's mind-blowing!
"LA Woman,' is probably the best Doors album because it has such a variety of songs delivered at different pacing. When you listen to the album from start to finish you can hear Morrison's depression and disillusionment.
I think you meant “Blues” not “Bluegrass.” Those are very different. I imagine for this one it was music first. This is a standard Blues progression. Of course, they put their own flare on it. Also, Ella was one of the first to scat, I don’t know if she was the first, definitely one of the most popular.
You might be thinking of Louis Armstrong as the first one to use scatting on an actual recorded and commercially released record. Black musicians has no doubt been scatting for countless generations in that paradise called america.
Scatting comes from Blues, it's gonna a black musician that you can only hear on a scratchy record from the 20's. By the way I love that scratchy mono sound.
If you want to hear a cool band with some cool harmonica check out a band called Blues Traveler. The singer John Popper plays the crap out of harmonica and has an incredible voice…. Check run around, or hook…. Their two biggest hits
agree w/ your assessment... morrison shines here. carries this song & shows off all his unique power and charisma.... dont believe that, listen to others who try to do this song, they just cant grip this song by the horns like morrison does....no doubt the band rolls well here, like an old muscle car down a curvy road. but again, its jim whos driving it. he was an inconsistent artist, but when on his A game, he was a juggernaut tour de force.
The Two Sides of Tony McPhee The Hunt 1973. is a single psychedelic art rock electronic composition in four movements, featuring Arp 2600 synthesizers, electric piano, and The Rhythm Ace drum synthesizer it explores McPhee's strong stance against fox and stag hunting th-cam.com/video/BRIUUBlFVZ8/w-d-xo.html
The future is uncertain and the end is always near. Great lyric.
Thanks, that passed right by me.
never more true than now...
I have read Alice Cooper say that he was at one of the recording sessions for this song. He says that he was hanging out with the other Doors who were waiting (as usual) for Jim to arrive. When Jim got there, he asked Alice something like how his day was going. And Alice said: "Well, I woke up this morning, and I got myself a beer", then elaborated on what he did afterwards. Some minutes later, they go in the studio and start working on this song. The first time Alice hears Jim come in on vocals, that's the line he sings, heh...
As if Jim never got up in the morning and had a beer lol.
Alice pounded down some beers !! I'm glad he's playing golf now . The dude is good .I played the hell out of Billon dollar babies when it came out.
The Doors were a blues band as much as an avant-garde rock band which was why they still sound great.
good point. overlooked too.... very few bands could carry both plates... be on the cutting edge of artistic songs, yet also carry over quality rock popular hits, even pop songs of quality (touch me). & this song meets it in the middle. too gritty to be top 10, but certainly made for radio play & shows off the power of the band as a driving rock force.... guns and roses tried to be the doors. & they at their best were close w/ their rock standards wh/ could rival something like this. yet, they couldnt dwelve into the artistic cutting edge material like the doors. again, think about it, what other bands could hold all 3 plates? its a very select few. dylan , hendrix & the beatles in their era. maybe the stones also. but thats about it. & one could argue, other then dylan, none were as artistically influenctial w/ cutting edge material then the doors.
None of these guys came from a rock and roll background
@@billwilson2025 .... true & it helped them... their long songs have a definitive film score feel to them. very atmospheric. its why the end was perfect for apolopyse now. no doubt their film backgrounds influence the way they arranged. they and floyd were the first bands to create that large scape atmosphere sound & feel & also create a sense of danger w/ it. jim also had a very strong literature and theater background wh/ he incorporate cutting edge wise. they dont get enough credit for how impactful they were. its also b/c he was hyped up as a doomed good looking crazy lifestyle rock star. that element obscures to a degree their real musical talents.
John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful (and "Welcome Back") plays harmonica, uncredited due to label conflicts.
My mom heard this song being played from our basement room...and loved it. Thought there was a band downstairs.
Piano and harmonica in this track play off each other so good- such a rich sound!
Great reactions!
Peace Frog, great tune
Jim's screaming is next level
Thank you for doing one of my favorites from the Doors.
Love the rich sound, piano and the harmonica in it!!
Loved your reaction like always!
Wishing you a very good morning from Berlin! 👍🍀😎
Ella was known for her scatting, I think she learned from Louie Armstrong (he said everyone develops their own style).
A goofy, great scat song is “I Feel Like Singing” by Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks. It’s live!
Also live and simply amazing harmonica is “Train Time” by Cream on the Wheels of Fire album, with bassist Jack Bruce singing and playing harmonica while accompanied by Ginger Baker on drums. You won’t regret checking it out.
Bro I'm 51 and did hear this as a kid. But it was 10 years after they were already gone😂. This was a game changer for me. I'm Not the biggest doors fan but I definitely respect what they did and how Jim especially influenced a generation.
he was an original... no one sense has gotten into his same zipcode as a performer, sound and mood.... thru all his inconsistency & troubles, the times when he brought it, few have had his impact.
One of my fav all time bands! Try "Changeling" by The Doors!
There is an interview of Morrison talking Roadhouses. He grew up in Florida. In the interview he talks about the Southern Roadhouse and driving to them.
Yo Mug! If youre feeling some Doors, theres a great live concert movie The Doors at the Hollywood Bowl from 68! Thats a band that was at its peak live, you gotta see it! Also, the legend is that Louis Armstrong invented scatting by accident when he was singing in the studio and the lyrics fell of the music stand so he just started scatting the melody!😂
Blues, my friend. Love your responses. They are Soulful in many of their songs. Remember 60+70's white folks had soul.
An unsung master of scatting was POPEYE.
For jazz-scat singing - check out Minnie the Moocher by Cab Calloway first recorded in 1931.
That's a great one
Drummer John Densmore described the Doors writing songs like this . Jim Morrison , who had no musical training would write down lyrics of songs with an idea for the music , the band would listen to Jim hum & sing bits of his lyrics and would piece together the music itself by listening . "Ok , That's an A & then that's an F minor ..." etc. and put the whole piece together like that . I saw this on one of Dan Rather's "BIG INTERVIEW" series where he sat down with Drummer John Densmore & guitarist Robbie Kreiger . It would give you a good insight into the band . I Highly recomend checking it out .
morrison was a savant, considering he had no prior music experience. freakish talent.
You’re so right about how it would be different if you listened to them when you were younger. I started listening to them in my teenage years. This led me to his poetry. I think the Doors rewired my brain.
Mel Torme was a scatter of some note as well. And of course, the great Cab Calloway was an amazing scatter.
My favorite reaction of yours so Far! Took me back enjoyed you discovering it!
Peace Frog is a must my friend ❤❤
Blues, psychedelic, pop, hard rock, poetry and Jim Morrison are all the Doors.
If you are talking albums, then i suggest the self titled debut album, Morrison Hotel, or LA Woman
For something really different again from The Doors,
Alabama Song
(Whiskey bar)
Some find a line about little girl shocking but it is slang for whiskey.
You want to hear some real greedy voice and Scat?
Edgar Winter performing (video)
Tobacco Road
Just prepare yourself.
He brings it to a whole nother level.
Cab Calloway did some good scattin
was gonna say that !
L.A's finest. It was so fun growing up in So Cal back in the 60's.
❤😊
Hello there young man! Thank you for bringing some blues from The Doors! Grew up on this sh! 😽🎶
I recommend The Doors first album in its entirety. 👍
Oh man I love it when younger people discovere the music of my youth. I was a teenager when Jim Morrison died and I was crazy over The Doors as well as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, all who died within about a year of each other. Tragic, but what a legacy and musical library they all left. I have never stopped listening to The Doors through all these years. So glad you discovered this great music. I have a suggestion, probably don't need any more LOL but here it is and I imagine you have gotten it in the past. If you've never heard Beth Hart, you must! I would highly recommend the following two videos. You have to make sure they are these EXACT versions, which are both live. The first is "Beth Hart -Am I The One - Live at Paradiso. " And the second one is "Beth Hart - Caught Out In The Rain - Live at Albert Hall." I guarantee she will blow you away. Perhaps you've done one or both of them already, I will try to look. But if you haven't, do yourself a favor and check those out. Really like your reactions. 👍
Believe it or not, most of the Doors songs were from concerts in Jim's head. Jim had all these tunes played out in his head before the band even knew about them. This is what Ray Manzarek said, he was the keyboard player and the best spokesman for the band.
Great reaction. You should check out “Five To One” for your next Doors track.
Love this song!
Yes I recall scatting, seems like an art from the past.
Thanks for doing one of my favorite songs !! Love the DOORS I read this song was about Jim Morrison driving thru the California hills on his way to a ROADHOUSE BAR and telling his girlfriend to keep her eyes on the road, and hand upon the wheel due to the bad curves , turns and hills...!! ANY WAY Please do LA WOMAN and LOVE ME TWO TIMES and t LIGHT MY FIRE LIVE from the ED Sullivan show their debut to the USA
You should listen to their 1st self titled album, and Strange Days.
Check out Al Jarreau for sublime scatting. “ Take Five”.
"Light My Fire"
Was a dance floor filler in the 90's where I lived my partying years. Such a great band, good choice man!
Classic band 👏
Doors all the way. Sign me up for crystal ship. It's a Door's song from their first album. Best song ever written, IMO.
The Doors didnt lay tracks? The played live un the studios. They recorded their first album in 6 Days.
Korn's Jonathan Davis did a bit of scat on his vocals.
Love Her Madly is another great song.
It’s a straight up I, IV, V blues progression, but performed in a contrapuntal way that was common with bepop jazz. The doors were simply brilliant the way they did this. It just seeps in and takes over your mind. Hence your reaction comment, “there is so much going on here.” You keyed right in on it.
To me Jim was the ultimate 60’s American rock star 🤘🏻🖤
💙THE DOORS💙
You should check out "Riders On The Storm". S0 trippy! 😎
Peace frog is a winner if you get a chance.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This song is blues thru and thru.
My fav 2 albums is Morrison Hotel which Roadhouse Blues is on and The Soft Parade.Give them a go you won't be dissappointed. Promise.
Oddly enough there is a Supper Club where I live, been there a few times but not recently. It's a Supper Club that has a Jazz band.
Some of their songs are taken from Jim's poetry. Others are written by the group simultaneously, and others were written by Robby Krieger (Light my Fire, Touch Me, ect.) Toward the last record or two they were getting into simple blues songs. Lots of blues. Skatting started way back in the 1920s at least. There would not be a recording artist with a record of who started it. Most of the songs back then were called FOLK STANDARDS because they just been around a long time and nobody knew who came up with them.
Yes , The Doors have a bunch of cool tunes , but if you like scattin , you should check out Johnny and Edgar Winter doing the song Tobacco Road , live ! You will like it !
7:11 Ella Fitzgerald is my favorite female vocalist for the Great American Songbook. Her voice is perfect for those tunes.
If you want to hear the Doors in FULL FLOWER ............Texas Radio and the Big Beat..........they flow smoother than silk. Listen to it. Another great one is L.A. Woman. In fact if you play every tune on that album you probably can't find a bad one. They say it's one of the best and most complete albums in the history of Rock/Blues/Jazz.
If you dig the scat’n, check out Beth Hart “Caught Out in the Rain” live version Royal Albert Hall.
P.s. love the review bro!
That’s Jim on the harmonica.
It's John Sebastian from Lovin' Spoonful on harmonica.
The first person to scat sing was Louis Armstrong in the 1920s
Mug, you'll have to now do a deep, long, psychedelic song by The Doors. I'm sure everyone would recommend "The End".
The Doors' writing process was always lyrics first. The songs were written by Jim Morrison, who was not a musician but was a poet, and Robby Krieger, the guitarist. Krieger, Manzerek and Densmore were all jazz musicians, which explains why there were so many instrumental riffs in their songs. Because of Morrison's penchant for going off in unexpected tangents during performances and even recording, having an accomplished jazz trio who were comfortable with just rolling with the flow and improvising while not ever getting lost was the only way the band survived.
If you dig harmonica, check out TRAIN TRAIN by Blackfoot
The live version is even better, The Doors are amazing, have a look at When the musics over
Yup😎
Yes more Doors on The Channel. Jim was a prophet to his own death. "The end is always near"
If you like scat look up Brenda Boykin with Club Des Belugas.
Scat singers include Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn to name a few.
Ella!
Try their cover of Back Door Man
Crazy stories, he don't know Jim Morrison, song was composed of Jim's poems, and Rag Manzaric on piano and organ
Mugnify, react to Tobacco Road, Johnny and Edgar Winter. Edgar does some interesting scatting!
dope reaction man. i recommend the Doors live version of Gloria or anything live really. Jim is like Ren in that the stage presence and performance are just as powerful as the vocals.
Jim was never in his right mind, he loved his shrooms and other drugs that took him any where but reality. He left this world in another dimension ( in his mind)
One of the GOATS of Skating is Cab Calloway, just listen to his song Minnie the Moocher.
First listen to "Light My Fire" the full studio version then react to The Doors - Light my Fire/Graveyard Poem
Check out "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)". It's got a lot of great sounds and lyrics.
Roadhouses and Supper clubs were destroyed by disco and Restuarant chains.
Early scat, besides Ella?
Cab Calloway, absolutely.
Mel Torme. Louis Armstrong.
Couple of heavy scat songs I'd recommend:
Al Jarreu : Take Five ( live version!)
John Hendricks with Bobby Mcferrin and Al Jarreu singing "Freddie the Freeloader"
It's mind-blowing!
Edgar Winter Tobacco Road lots of scatting
4:50 I agree.
Check out the doors song Alabama song (whiskey bar}, it’s a bit different from what your used to when it comes to this band
I’m not sure who the first scatter war but I think Cab Calloway did it a lot
I would put in a nod for 'An American Prayer' by the Doors, which was primarily an album of Jim's poetry set to music by the Doors.
so good
"LA Woman,' is probably the best Doors album because it has such a variety of songs delivered at different pacing. When you listen to the album from start to finish you can hear Morrison's depression and disillusionment.
there is some hope there too though.... weighted experience by that album. 27 going on a 45 year old soul.
You need to watch Key and Peele's "Scat Duel". Just do it, you'll have a laugh you haven't had in a while.
Scatman Crothers!
Scatman Crothers! Lol😅
The first scatter was Louis Armstrong!
I think you meant “Blues” not “Bluegrass.” Those are very different. I imagine for this one it was music first. This is a standard Blues progression. Of course, they put their own flare on it.
Also, Ella was one of the first to scat, I don’t know if she was the first, definitely one of the most popular.
You might be thinking of Louis Armstrong as the first one to use scatting on an actual recorded and commercially released record. Black musicians has no doubt been scatting for countless generations in that paradise called america.
A lot of “scattin” actually came from the slave era, as well as the blues stemming from gospel
Scatting comes from Blues, it's gonna a black musician that you can only hear on a scratchy record from the 20's. By the way I love that scratchy mono sound.
Long live the Lizard King!!✌️
Cab Calloway what is the king of the scat pull up some of his old videos
"I wonder about the song writing practice, what do they do first"? They got high first
Mother, I want to........
If you want to hear a cool band with some cool harmonica check out a band called Blues Traveler. The singer John Popper plays the crap out of harmonica and has an incredible voice…. Check run around, or hook…. Their two biggest hits
agree w/ your assessment... morrison shines here. carries this song & shows off all his unique power and charisma.... dont believe that, listen to others who try to do this song, they just cant grip this song by the horns like morrison does....no doubt the band rolls well here, like an old muscle car down a curvy road. but again, its jim whos driving it. he was an inconsistent artist, but when on his A game, he was a juggernaut tour de force.
Cab Calloway scat
"Scatman" Crothers might be one to seek out.
The Two Sides of Tony McPhee The Hunt 1973. is a single psychedelic art rock electronic composition in four movements, featuring Arp 2600 synthesizers, electric piano, and The Rhythm Ace drum synthesizer it explores McPhee's strong stance against fox and stag hunting th-cam.com/video/BRIUUBlFVZ8/w-d-xo.html