Fun fact: when the Doors performed this live on the Ed Sullivan show in the 1960's, they were asked to replace the line "girl we couldn't get much higher" with something more family-friendly. They ignored this request and sung the line as it was intended. After their performance, the producers of the show were furious and told them "you'll never do the Ed Sullivan show again!" to which Jim Morrison replied, "Hey man, we just DID the Ed Sullivan show."
Another fun fact, Ed Sullivan admitted later that music was going toward an edgier sound and he needed to change with the times or get left behind. This incident with the Doors woke him up to that, thanks to Jim.
That is totally true. Not to sound too triviality, but before cassettes became the thing we actually wore out two 8 tracks of the Doors Greatest Hits. I luckily had a family member replace the first one because she worked at the store I bought it form. The greatest thing about the Doors is that it doesn't get old. This is great music and writing.
The story I heard was the frantic producer saying "Why can't you change it to something that rhymes with the original lyrics? How about "Baby bite my wire!!!"
I think "Touch Me" By The Doors is an underplayed masterpiece. Its very different stylistically from their most popular stuff, but it really shows off Jim Morrison's vocal qualities.
Love that song. As much as I love the doors, that is probably my favorite. Definitely a different kind of vibe from Jim, but it shows what he was capable of.
Jim trying to sound like Sinatra, as it has been said. My favorite doors song, Written by Robbie Krieger. Robbie is a great guitarist and very unassuming down to earth guy. Stronger than Dirt anyone?
robbie wrote this song and John was important to the band as well. This is not the beatles where a guy can leave the band and any of the other members can cover for him.
@@robertopics They were all important, obviously, but Ray was by far the most talented and definitely the one who kept Jim in check! I think that John Densmore said once that there wasn't a better musician to support Jim's words. Ray was able to play Jim's words through the keyboard like their souls were intertwined! If Jim was Dionysus, Ray was certainly Apollo, the logical, rational backbone player of the Doors!
@Whiskey Mystic That's true...if you listen to the Boston Live version of Light My Fire(1970) you can clearly hear Ray singing in the background at the end of the song
@@megagerald777 he was the charismatic one, the one whose face sold the records, but that keyboard sound, the resourcefulness of Robbie's guitar, and those drums by John desnmore made the doors.
Jim came up with most of the vocal melodies for the tunes he wrote. then the guys jammed with him and fleshed them out into a full song. that's what is missing from the other albums without Jim..
Yup, shame that only Robbie Krieger and John Densmore are left, the two originators of the Doors, Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek, are gone. R.I.P., Jim and Ray... 😕
Great to see you enjoying The Doors Jamal. You are my 'go to' guy for reactions. I like the way you go back slightly after a pause to preserve the flow of the song - details like that matter to music fans. Well done.
Man i just wanted to say that this channel truly is amazing. You make me feel like I'm listening to all these incredible songs for the first time again, goosebumps up and down my body. Keep up the amazing work my man and you earned yourself another subscriber and life-time fan.
A. Lot of bands were using the thin sounding Vox Continental organ, but Manzarek shoved it out front, and made it a lead instrument. It also paved the way for the Vox (“In-AGadda-Da-Vida”) to be used in that fashion. The Hammond B-3 was always used that way...but it’s a much fuller, meatier sounding instrument.
I remember when this first came out. You heard everywhere you went - in stores, on the street. It was played constantly on radio. Maybe even more than the Beatles. It was far more rougher, sexier and revolutionary than a lot of other music in 1967.
The Doors are one of those bands that have somehow aged very well despite having only been around for approximately 5 years half a century ago. Jim Morrison is still probably the greatest influence on who I am today. The man was a true genius ahead of his time.
Jim was part of the 27 club. Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse, and Janis Joplin died at the age of 27. Not the only ones, but a good example.
TonyDoug Wright Morrison and Hendrix might have had a few more years each if they hadn’t spent so much time together getting high and being generally debauched
@@sgtpepper1138 He really was. Reading or listening to an interview with him was like going on a journey. He was the only guy that I think could have described color, using just words. His vocabulary and personality were that vivid. I'll say it again, I really miss him.🎹✌️
I love when people jam out to Ray Manzerak... I think when his and others signature organ sounds started to fade it spelled the eventual end to truly soulful rock-and-roll... The Doors music is "timeless" and enigmatic enough to every following generation... 200 years from now, young folks will still be jamming out to these guys...
Val Kilmer starred in the movie The Doors in 1991 and purportedly sang all of the songs. It’s worth a look to see how the band came together. Ray Manzarek was an amazing musician and made that Hammond blaze.
No other song captures the zeitgeist of the late 60s for me more than Light My Fire. The mood and atmosphere it creates is sublime. I probably listen to it at least once a week.
The Doors were kicked off the Ed Sullivan Show over those lyrics. They were supposed to change "we couldnt get much higher", but Jim refused to change them, so after their performance, they were asked to leave and never come back. That performance is on CZcams.
@@BlueHen123 I've heard this and believe he most likely said it. But I'd guess that Ed Sullivan didn't care what they sung. All he was after was ratings and he was just covering his tail by telling them to change the words.
That's my favorite too. When that came out my brother bought the album and I'd turn the light out and take a trip in my mind.I loved all of it.Roadhouse blues and LA woman. We our Generation was the bomb.
Late one night in 1988 I caught an interview with Robbie on my way home from work. He said the 'Riders on the Storm' was the last song the Doors ever recorded.
One of THE GREATEST songs EVER 💖 This song came out about the same time as FM radio. AM only played the short version... hello, FM, buh bye AM forever! Inagodadavida, Whipping Post, Frankenstein, etc etc etc all got air time on FM radio. THANK GOD. 🎶 This was the first album I actually bought... because of this song. 😢
@@uclatrunks1318 without ???? Why do the idiots at CZcams keep changing my words? I keyed in the word "thruout" and idiotic CZcams changed it to "without" so I had to give up on this comment.
I did a speech in the 9th grade on them. Read three biographies, listened endlessly... another brilliant scholastic background for them. And it reflects in their music.
My husband drove by my crazy hippy camping party in the woods in 1997. He was on a dirt bike. We were a bunch of Dead Heads trying to get the campfire lit after 3 hours of drenching rain. He drove to his place and got some dry firewood and lit the fire, and kindled a romance at the same time. That’s how we met. This is also my ring tone for him. ❤️
When they did this song on the Ed Sullivan show in '67 they were asked to change the "girl, we couldn't get much higher" line which they did in rehearsal but during the show Jim sang the original lyrics and they were never invited back 😄
The greatest part of this story to me is that afterwards Ed said "You will never be invited back to the Ed Sullivan show." And Jim replied with something along the lines of "That's fine. We just did the Ed Sullivan Show."
Incredible talent! Jim died way too soon... he was only 27. Like Jimi Hendrix, Janice Joplin, Curt Cobain, Amy Winehouse... they all left us at 27 years old.
I love the Doors! I remember when they did this song live on The Ed Sullivan show (although i was a kid). He told them they had to leave out the line "girl we couldn't get much higher", but they didn't. Jim was so insulted that he emphasized the line, and especially the word "higher". Sullivan was pissed, and so were the sponsor's of his show. And the censor's were absolutely incensed. Needless to say, the Doors were never on his show again. A spectacular moment in TV history lol.
If you go back and watch the Sullivan performance, he really didn’t emphasize that line (like the Oliver Stone movie portrayed)...he just sang it as he always performed it. He didn’t care if the show didn’t like the lyrics or not. Jim Morrison had a lot of integrity.
Free Guy I remember seeing it in the theater in 1991. Beer bottles hitting the floor, a faint smell of something in the air. A good time was had by all. Except my buddy, he slept through it.
It's an entertaining movie but it paints Jim as a sociopath which he is was not. He was a goofy, joker, drunk. Oliver Stone stated he was making a movie about the myth and legend of The Doors. Not a biopic. Having said all that it's a good movie and Val was mesmerizing.
I visited Jim Morrison’s gravesite in Pare LaChaise cemetery in Paris, France. It was so moving, beautiful and peaceful. Prior to Paris we visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and they had a special exhibit on the Doors. Was was done really well and was fascinating. RIP Jim.
Listening to the Doors is a treat as John Densmore is such a varied eclectic drummer, Robbie Krieger plays sweet fills and Ray Manzarek is just amazing on the keys, then we get to Morrison and his vocals. Wonderful.
I'm so glad Ray was willing and able to record some of those sessions and tapes of him talking (and playing along) about the making and recording The Doors' music, he was such a phenomenal player.
Morrison’s poetry is quite special as well. Cemetery, cool and quiet, hate to leave your sacred lay. Dread the milky coming of the day. When the music’s over, Soul Kitchen, Peace Frog and Blue Sunday together. Keep em coming J.
@@robertopics and Wild Child, Sharman's Blues, Crystal Ship, Land Ho, Maggie M'Gill. Hell, just play them all. They do a kick ass version of Little Red Rooster, better than The Stones.
I agree Jim is the sexist man ever! His looks, his voice, his poetry, everything about this man just oozes sex. I was born 5 years after he died. Not being alive in the time of The Doors is one of my biggest regrets. Best band ever!
I used to have a framed mirror with Jim Morrisons face etched into it from Spencers gifts pver 40 yrs. ago that I kept all of my concert stubs lined up in. Have been a fan for years. Love the song " Down so Long". Also gotta say that Val Kilmer did an excellent job portraying Jim Morrisons character in the movie! Always enjoy your reactions my friend!
Can yall convince me to finish listening to all of Five to One, I listened to the first minute and I can't stand his Axel-Rose mixed with Austin Powers voice but there was an awesome guitar Solo right afterwards, is there anything else after that thats good?
Jim Morrison was a real poet, in love with life. He enjoyed pushing the limits on everything in life and drugs helped him find limitless boundaries. Then like so many of us do fall in love with life on drugs. He really fell hard for drugs and alcohol and really lost himself. He will forever be missed.
Ah yes back in high school. A sophomore in Seattle. We love the 7 :06 long version and was always pissed off in the car when the radio station played the 2:52 version. Go Jamal!
@@matthewshropshire71 Of course! 95 KJR. Lan Robets, Bwana Johnny, "World Famous" Tom Murphy, Garry Shannon, Gary Lockwood, Ichabod Caine, Robert O. Smith, Kevin O'Brien. Those were the days of car radio my friend! These guys inspired me so much that I spent 20 years in radio as a disc jockey and later a copywriter.
@@uncabuzz118 bit more of my dad's generation, he would talk about wanting to get home for school to listen he liked Pat O Day. I was more KZOK and KISW
Mi papá siempre ponía estás canciones cuando yo era niña y yo pensaba "que buen ritmo" mi papá ya es un viejito y espero que me dure muchos años más, está es su música favorita y la mía también.
As for "higher", there's another song from this album called "Break on Through". In the released version, Morrison sings "SHE GETS..." a few times. In actuality, he sings "SHE GETS HIGH", and they edited it. This version was released some years ago.
If you listen to the last time of each verse as he songs "SHE GETS" the last one he does sing "SHE GETS HIGH", at least on the album I have. But that might be an original release.
@@zwiftrogue3938 On the released/edited version, there's a "groan" of sorts after the last one, but it's just a groan. On the unedited version, he clearly says SHE GETS HIGH and then you hear the same groan. Unedited version: czcams.com/video/-r679Hhs9Zs/video.html, edited version: czcams.com/video/rOpQjD-rX0g/video.html
@@SiriusJMoonlight ever been to SPAWN RANCH If not there is still markings of Jim even after the Vatican took the rock with all the carvings 🎙️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The moment when all you could do was close your eyes when that solo kicks in says it ALL. I am a huge new fan of your channel! the timelessness, diversity and passion is inspiring!
I was riding in front seat with my Dad in his golden Plymouth 65 Barracuda in a snow flurried upstate November 1967 introduced to this iconic song I was ten. Those were the times and I miss them.
Honestly, not even close. All he did was copy and take from everyone else. No originality at all. However it did all fit into the doors music perfectly. The doors would be a very different band without him. But he's not the best.
Yes, old Ed wanted to change the word “higher”.....sure, says Morrison.....then sings it anyway. I love that Morrison put his family as “deceased” on his bio with the record company......they were fine and living in Florida. Hilarious!
I love that scene in the movie "The Doors": "You could change it to 'girl, we couldn't get much better'." "How about 'girl you couldn't bite my wire'?" 😆
Joni Mitchell was a genius songwriter during the 60's and 70's. She was a part of the epic L.A. music scene at the same time as The Doors. Amelia or Free Man In Paris. Case Of You. I could go on and on. Love what you do Jamal. You're a great vibe and have an open heart. The world needs you. Thank you!!
It's a Vox actually. He played the Hammond on a couple songs but he usually preferred the Vox (maybe just because it was portable), and I think its sharp, slightly buzzy timbre is a major component of the Doors' sound.
@Mike Ross Very true. It's a vicious cycle, drink get depressed , sleep drink to feel better, get depressed even more, then the next step is self medicating with anything any one says will help whether it be cocaine, LSD, speed from back then was crazy, uppers, downers, and so on. Such talented lyricist and singers are often delicate in that their emotions stay raw all the time. He needed people to understand and help him not just throw drugs at him. Very sad.
Teresia Diane you shouldn’t compare LSD with any of those drugs. It’s difficult to abuse or get addicted to, isn’t physically harmful and has many creative and mental benefits
@@RafR204 I didn't say it was addictive. I simply was saying of the many drugs he took that was one of them. In his fragile state of mind he should not have been taking it or any other drugs.
Ray Manzarek's playing really makes this song great. The extended musical passage in the middle with Ray playing all those keys really sets the mood and was a big definer of their sound.
Yeah!! More Doors!!! May I recommend Soul Kitchen and Break On Through. Just 2 personal faves. Love 💘 watching your reactions. Thanks for spreading your good 👍 vibes!
my favorite song by the doors is always going to be roadhouse blues check out that song whenever you can! i just found out you did a video on it I'm stoked to watch it!
Saw them at Berkeley Community Theater, November '66, when this was new. One of the best rock shows I ever saw, and I was in SF during "those years" and saw basically everybody but the Beatles.
66 is very early for these guys. That’s was before the 1st album was even released.... what was the buzz on these guys by this point? How good were the doors live compared to all of the other great Bands then? Was the Morrison magic legit?
Was introduced to the Doors by my older cousins who were teenagers in the 60s. Learned a lot about music from them, some really great bands and musicians. Still love a lot of the music from that era.
i’m very glad that you did a react video to this song. it’s my favorite song of all time, and music is a major part of my life. i literally got a portrait tattoo of jim morrison (the same pose that’s on that album cover) on my forearm, because of how much i love this song and the doors in general. i even have paul mccartney’s face tatted right next to jim’s, and this song is still my #1 favorite. it has a perfect mix of vocals and instrumentals, it’s a perfect length, and it flows so perfectly.
THIS is Much fun! Thank You!!! We use to get the longer version, even entire albums when FM first started, was almost like underground, I was blessed to them live in Hawaii...was hard to believe he was gone shortly after...life is bro...but lives forever as long as somebody listening....never gets old
This was in the 60's when only FM stations played the long versions of anything. I was so fortunate to have seen them TWICE at the Fillmore East! They played past 3:00 am. Gotta love growing up in New York...
This was their first big hit. There's short edited version (originally available on a 45rpm) which is what got played on the radio. The ling version was on the album
I once heard the Doors music as sounding like a chipmunk dancing on a high tension wire. I was 15 when this song was released and I fell in love with the Doors. So many great musicians came out when I was a teen... Beatles, Doors, Hendrix, Cream, Led Zeppelin... and on and on.
Born in '71 but listened to the doors regularly in highschool in mid 80's during our teenage experimental days. Boy does this take me back! Good on you for appreciating music of all genres and ages!
I've heard stories that this song made them popular on the Ed Sullivan Show. They were told not to say the word higher. End of the show someone told that they will never be on the show ever again that Ed Sullivan was furious. Frontman for The Doors Jim Morrison said hey man we were just on the Ed Sullivan Show, for sure lol.
Thank you!!!! This song will drop you to your knees,ring you out and set you on the line to dry. So happy to see the younger generation discovering my music from the 60s. Far out!!!!
I could not WAIT for you to get to this greatest old classic rock song ever. That band was sooo good and Jim Morrison was a poet and so talented, maybe genius. THANKS for the great music/reactions!
Fun fact: when the Doors performed this live on the Ed Sullivan show in the 1960's, they were asked to replace the line "girl we couldn't get much higher" with something more family-friendly. They ignored this request and sung the line as it was intended. After their performance, the producers of the show were furious and told them "you'll never do the Ed Sullivan show again!" to which Jim Morrison replied, "Hey man, we just DID the Ed Sullivan show."
I was just going to type this incident. you beat me too it
Another fun fact, Ed Sullivan admitted later that music was going toward an edgier sound and he needed to change with the times or get left behind. This incident with the Doors woke him up to that, thanks to Jim.
The Stones went along with Ed and changed "spend the night together" to "spend some time together."
That is totally true. Not to sound too triviality, but before cassettes became the thing we actually wore out two 8 tracks of the Doors Greatest Hits. I luckily had a family member replace the first one because she worked at the store I bought it form. The greatest thing about the Doors is that it doesn't get old. This is great music and writing.
The story I heard was the frantic producer saying "Why can't you change it to something that rhymes with the original lyrics? How about "Baby bite my wire!!!"
I always like the moment when the organ solo is over and everybody thinks: now back to the verse .. and then the guitar solo starts..
Lol, so true...
Jim Morrison was the best American rock vocalist. So identifiable!!
Greatest!
You nailed it.
I live the organ in this song.
The drums are underrated on this one too. No one has ever or will ever sound like the doors again.
You're right. They are incredible.
And very well recorded / produced for those days. Few bands sound so crisp and powerful in the 60's
The bass too
Oh man, this is The Doors. 7 minutes of musical bliss. Manzarek, Densmore & Krieger firing on all cylinders. 50 years later it still resonates.
I think "Touch Me" By The Doors is an underplayed masterpiece. Its very different stylistically from their most popular stuff, but it really shows off Jim Morrison's vocal qualities.
Agreed!
@@ericindiongco6802 Under rated???
Soft parade
Love that song. As much as I love the doors, that is probably my favorite. Definitely a different kind of vibe from Jim, but it shows what he was capable of.
Jim trying to sound like Sinatra, as it has been said. My favorite doors song, Written by Robbie Krieger. Robbie is a great guitarist and very unassuming down to earth guy. Stronger than Dirt anyone?
The longer version really makes me appreciate the drummer. He never misses a beat.
John Densmore. Also doing fine.
Densmore is slept on
Actually, Densmore is subtly conducting this whole masterpiece from behind his kit.
Nature and Physics I know right, the jazz influence on rock drummers is definitely a thing of the past
Bands today just could not do that riff at all!!! No way. They would fall over!!
One of the most iconic rock songs of all time.
“When the Music’s Over” is an under appreciated classic of the Doors. “People are Strange” also.
The intro to When the Music's Over is maybe my favourite Doors moment. Manzarek ♥️
Five to one also.
Jim and Pamela were junkies, and the last time in Paris was unfortunately Jim's last time.😢
Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek. Musical geniuses. RIP to you both.
robbie wrote this song and John was important to the band as well. This is not the beatles where a guy can leave the band and any of the other members can cover for him.
Roberto sanchez that couldn’t happen in the Beatles either. Ringo brought a unique style of drumming and George was arguably the most talented beatle
@@RafR204 they still Paul still amanged to replaced george in a few instances.
@@robertopics They were all important, obviously, but Ray was by far the most talented and definitely the one who kept Jim in check! I think that John Densmore said once that there wasn't a better musician to support Jim's words. Ray was able to play Jim's words through the keyboard like their souls were intertwined! If Jim was Dionysus, Ray was certainly Apollo, the logical, rational backbone player of the Doors!
@Whiskey Mystic That's true...if you listen to the Boston Live version of Light My Fire(1970) you can clearly hear Ray singing in the background at the end of the song
The musicians in this band were awesome. It's not just Morrison's vocals that made it great.
The two albums without Morrison were not that good.
@@megagerald777 he was the charismatic one, the one whose face sold the records, but that keyboard sound, the resourcefulness of Robbie's guitar, and those drums by John desnmore made the doors.
Jim came up with most of the vocal melodies for the tunes he wrote. then the guys jammed with him and fleshed them out into a full song. that's what is missing from the other albums without Jim..
Yup, shame that only Robbie Krieger and John Densmore are left, the two originators of the Doors, Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek, are gone. R.I.P., Jim and Ray... 😕
Now do Jose Felicaino's version.
Great to see you enjoying The Doors Jamal. You are my 'go to' guy for reactions. I like the way you go back slightly after a pause to preserve the flow of the song - details like that matter to music fans. Well done.
Agreed! Jamel is one of only two reacters I actually sub.
@@jmtaylor5426 Do you sub to Daniel, Dethstroke 9 at Dicon Dissectional? He's only 17 but so bright.
Yes Jamal and “Wings Of Pegasus” are my two favorites hands down 💯
Him and LFR JoJo are the only two I subscribe to.
Man i just wanted to say that this channel truly is amazing. You make me feel like I'm listening to all these incredible songs for the first time again, goosebumps up and down my body. Keep up the amazing work my man and you earned yourself another subscriber and life-time fan.
The Doors were poetry set to music.
quite literally in their album 'an american prayer' which is mesmerizing btw
Check out their album "An American Prayer". Morrison's spoken words and poetry put to music by the band after he passed. You will never be the same.
Too bad Robbie Krieger wrote this music and lyrics to this song......It wasn't even Jim's song
Pulsar Lights Robbie only wrote the first verse
"Light My Fire" was THE song of the summer of '67, it was EVERYWHERE. Probably one of the reasons I moved to L.A.
I was only 10 years old, this was not on my okay to listen too play list at all!!! But I had 4 older brothers lol 💜💜💜💜💜💜
Yep. It was as big as "I'm a Believer" by the Monkees that same year.
ThatOneGuyAgain
Sorry to hear that, I hope you moved out of Crazifornia, although today there are not many safe places left to go lol.
I saw them back in about 68’ and I was like 13 yrs old. Listened to them at Disneyland in California. Loved their music!
A. Lot of bands were using the thin sounding Vox Continental organ, but Manzarek shoved it out front, and made it a lead instrument. It also paved the way for the Vox (“In-AGadda-Da-Vida”) to be used in that fashion. The Hammond B-3 was always used that way...but it’s a much fuller, meatier sounding instrument.
I remember when this first came out. You heard everywhere you went - in stores, on the street. It was played constantly on radio. Maybe even more than the Beatles. It was far more rougher, sexier and revolutionary than a lot of other music in 1967.
Manzarik - just genius on the keys, and Morrison's voice otherworldly. Krieger's guitar is ethereal and Densmore is so in the pocket!
Carol Kaye on bass on this one
@@railroller nope..Larry Knechtel on bass and Manzarek on piano bass. Carol Kaye ,despite her claims never was on a Doors LP.
@@chriss3838 Thanks Chris....credit where it's due.
"Couldn't get much higher" meaning was literal and figurative relating to both drugs and sensual feelings!
Double-entendre
The Doors are one of those bands that have somehow aged very well despite having only been around for approximately 5 years half a century ago. Jim Morrison is still probably the greatest influence on who I am today. The man was a true genius ahead of his time.
Michael.......Short and sweet.
That is really sad.
@@Runawayslave2023 Why?
Half a century ago..Seems like only a few years ago we were seeing The Doors, Love & The Seeds all over Los Angeles..
Jim was part of the 27 club. Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse, and Janis Joplin died at the age of 27. Not the only ones, but a good example.
TonyDoug Wright Morrison and Hendrix might have had a few more years each if they hadn’t spent so much time together getting high and being generally debauched
@@personalcheeses8073 Least they lived hard.
Sad. Great talents.
Bradley Nowell as well
Alan Wilson of
Canned Heat too
My favorite part of the song is when the organ dies down after the solo and then the guitar picks up, gives me chills everytime.
Every time.
The keyboard solo by Ray Manzarek...PRICELESS. If you like The Doors, try Riders On The Storm (the long version). It's a very haunting song!
Ray was the greatest. Ray WAS the doors to me. I did a portrait of him when he passed away. I miss him terribly.🎹✌️
I agree. If you liked the organ in Light My Fire, you would LOVE Riders on the Storm! Ray Manzarek was a genius.
Also the keyboard carries the groove in soul kitchen, a definite ear worm.
And for smokey film noir cool, you need Cars hiss by my window
Ray was also a great storyteller, I could listen to him tell Doors stories all day.
@@sgtpepper1138 He really was. Reading or listening to an interview with him was like going on a journey. He was the only guy that I think could have described color, using just words. His vocabulary and personality were that vivid. I'll say it again, I really miss him.🎹✌️
The doors . Man , so unique . Brilliant band .
HI! Thank you for playing my favorite song.! Jim Morrison was very sexual!!!! He was a sexy beast!!!! Love him!!!@
I love when people jam out to Ray Manzerak... I think when his and others signature organ sounds started to fade it spelled the eventual end to truly soulful rock-and-roll... The Doors music is "timeless" and enigmatic enough to every following generation... 200 years from now, young folks will still be jamming out to these guys...
Val Kilmer starred in the movie The Doors in 1991 and purportedly sang all of the songs. It’s worth a look to see how the band came together. Ray Manzarek was an amazing musician and made that Hammond blaze.
Right on Jamel. This is the long version, not the chopped down AM radio version so common back then. This is the FM version. No static at all!
Eefff-Emmm! No Static At All....
Think I’m going to have a woman event with this!!! Dang😍🥰😘
Worry the bottle mama, it's grapefruit wine.
dalek1111 feed her some hungry reggae, she’ll love you twice...
The girls don't seem to care... tonight, as long as the mood is right.
In the sixties a song was an event, sometimes a test of endurance.
In a Gadda Da Vidda Anyone?
@@matthewdrake4385 was about to say the same.
Matthew Drake in the 6th grade did a dance routine to that song!!! Lol 😆
Or the second longest rock song, the medley from the back of Steppenwolf Second
@@matthewdrake4385 Allmans, Floyd, Yes, ELP, Yes, Genesis All have songs much much longer than that
Just when you think you can’t get any higher the organ solo ends and the guitar solo begins and you realise you can get higher👍🏻
No other song captures the zeitgeist of the late 60s for me more than Light My Fire. The mood and atmosphere it creates is sublime. I probably listen to it at least once a week.
The Doors were kicked off the Ed Sullivan Show over those lyrics. They were supposed to change "we couldnt get much higher", but Jim refused to change them, so after their performance, they were asked to leave and never come back. That performance is on CZcams.
I had no idea that The Doors were old enough to be on the Ed Sullivan show! Thanks.
@@lisaredwine4857 They were on a few weeks after the Stones in 67' I think.
And as the story goes, Ed Sullivan told the band they will NEVER be on again! And Jim replied, "Who cares we were just on!"
@@BlueHen123 I've heard this and believe he most likely said it. But I'd guess that Ed Sullivan didn't care what they sung. All he was after was ratings and he was just covering his tail by telling them to change the words.
Jim said that he forgot to change his lyrics but was glad he did!
“Riders on the Storm” is probably my favorite due to the chill level being turned up to 12.
I 2nd and 3rd Riders. Great mellow tune
That's my favorite too.
When that came out my brother bought the album and I'd turn the light out and take a trip in my mind.I loved all of it.Roadhouse blues and
LA woman.
We our Generation was the bomb.
Yesssss
me too
Late one night in 1988 I caught an interview with Robbie on my way home from work. He said the 'Riders on the Storm' was the last song the Doors ever recorded.
Robbie Krieger is a criminally underrated guitarist. He kills it over and over in every song
One of THE GREATEST songs EVER 💖
This song came out about the same time as FM radio. AM only played the short version... hello, FM, buh bye AM forever!
Inagodadavida, Whipping Post, Frankenstein, etc etc etc all got air time on FM radio. THANK GOD. 🎶
This was the first album I actually bought... because of this song. 😢
Died way too young with a fantastic voice he had
Crazy to think he wasn’t even a singer, he was a poet who expressed his poetry through music. One of a kind truly. R.I.P Jim Morrison 🙏🏻
"Light My Fire" was the first song that was over 6 minutes to play on the radio.
What about Like A Rolling Stone?
I thougt they played the shorter version on the radio ?
@@dodowdr3 They did, but soon convinced them that it's much better to hear it as intended.
@@uclatrunks1318 without ???? Why do the idiots at CZcams keep changing my words? I keyed in the word "thruout" and idiotic CZcams changed it to "without" so I had to give up on this comment.
@@IanPunter maybe just write throughout instead? Plus it's not CZcams, it's your keyboard that's on auto-correct.
I did a speech in the 9th grade on them. Read three biographies, listened endlessly... another brilliant scholastic background for them. And it reflects in their music.
My husband drove by my crazy hippy camping party in the woods in 1997. He was on a dirt bike. We were a bunch of Dead Heads trying to get the campfire lit after 3 hours of drenching rain. He drove to his place and got some dry firewood and lit the fire, and kindled a romance at the same time. That’s how we met. This is also my ring tone for him. ❤️
When they did this song on the Ed Sullivan show in '67 they were asked to change the "girl, we couldn't get much higher" line which they did in rehearsal but during the show Jim sang the original lyrics and they were never invited back 😄
way to stick it to them
Coolest moment after Elvis
The greatest part of this story to me is that afterwards Ed said "You will never be invited back to the Ed Sullivan show." And Jim replied with something along the lines of "That's fine. We just did the Ed Sullivan Show."
@@danielmogyorosi4598 LOL. I love that!
The movie depicts the Ed Sullivan show perfectly
It’s the 60’s, we all know the true meaning.
😝😋🤪😝
Incredible talent! Jim died way too soon... he was only 27. Like Jimi Hendrix, Janice Joplin, Curt Cobain, Amy Winehouse... they all left us at 27 years old.
The DJ’s played this version when they needed an extra long bathroom break, mostly on FM channels back then.
Do a reaction to changeling from la woman
I love the Doors! I remember when they did this song live on The Ed Sullivan show (although i was a kid). He told them they had to leave out the line "girl we couldn't get much higher", but they didn't. Jim was so insulted that he emphasized the line, and especially the word "higher". Sullivan was pissed, and so were the sponsor's of his show. And the censor's were absolutely incensed. Needless to say, the Doors were never on his show again. A spectacular moment in TV history lol.
If you go back and watch the Sullivan performance, he really didn’t emphasize that line (like the Oliver Stone movie portrayed)...he just sang it as he always performed it. He didn’t care if the show didn’t like the lyrics or not. Jim Morrison had a lot of integrity.
There's a movie called The Doors with Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison. You should check it out!
Free Guy I remember seeing it in the theater in 1991. Beer bottles hitting the floor, a faint smell of something in the air. A good time was had by all. Except my buddy, he slept through it.
It's an entertaining movie but it paints Jim as a sociopath which he is was not. He was a goofy, joker, drunk. Oliver Stone stated he was making a movie about the myth and legend of The Doors. Not a biopic. Having said all that it's a good movie and Val was mesmerizing.
not an accurate depiction of jim, but an enjoyable movie
Don’t forget the LSD or mushrooms
There is a Doors Tribute To Jim Morrison movie. Don't do the drinking game 🤮
I saw the Doors do this live in 1968. Awesome! One of the greatest songs of the 60s.
I visited Jim Morrison’s gravesite in Pare LaChaise cemetery in Paris, France. It was so moving, beautiful and peaceful. Prior to Paris we visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and they had a special exhibit on the Doors. Was was done really well and was fascinating. RIP Jim.
Listening to the Doors is a treat as John Densmore is such a varied eclectic drummer, Robbie Krieger plays sweet fills and Ray Manzarek is just amazing on the keys, then we get to Morrison and his vocals. Wonderful.
I'm so glad Ray was willing and able to record some of those sessions and tapes of him talking (and playing along) about the making and recording The Doors' music, he was such a phenomenal player.
Morrison’s poetry is quite special as well. Cemetery, cool and quiet, hate to leave your sacred lay. Dread the milky coming of the day. When the music’s over, Soul Kitchen, Peace Frog and Blue Sunday together. Keep em coming J.
don't forget Love street.
@@robertopics and Wild Child, Sharman's Blues, Crystal Ship, Land Ho, Maggie M'Gill. Hell, just play them all. They do a kick ass version of Little Red Rooster, better than The Stones.
The guitar player, Robbie Krieger, wrote Light My Fire. Morrison wrote the second verse. I believe Krieger also wrote Peace Frog.
Without question, the greatest band to come out of the 60's...bar none!!!
American band from the 60s you mean, How about Pink Floyd , The Beatles , The stones......The Who...............
Very unique sound
Led Zeppelin, The Animals, The Kinks...
Jim was the sexiest man who ever walked the earth, even though he died when I was 8
Michael Hutchence is my generation’s Morrison
I agree Jim is the sexist man ever! His looks, his voice, his poetry, everything about this man just oozes sex. I was born 5 years after he died. Not being alive in the time of The Doors is one of my biggest regrets. Best band ever!
I appreciate Jim like artist...but honestly I m more sexy😄
@@Katt560 Who?
@@peopleskarmasquad1042 Frontman of the INXS, google is your friend :D Great aussie band
I used to have a framed mirror with Jim Morrisons face etched into it from Spencers gifts pver 40 yrs. ago that I kept all of my concert stubs lined up in. Have been a fan for years. Love the song " Down so Long". Also gotta say that Val Kilmer did an excellent job portraying Jim Morrisons character in the movie! Always enjoy your reactions my friend!
When The Music's Over, Five to One, The Crystal Ship !! SO MUCH MORE !!! HOURS
Michael Schaff yes!! Crystal Ship for sure!
Yes to all of these songs!!
Yes! OP knows what's up. And to finish off your list, add 'A little game'. 👍😉
Can yall convince me to finish listening to all of Five to One, I listened to the first minute and I can't stand his Axel-Rose mixed with Austin Powers voice but there was an awesome guitar Solo right afterwards, is there anything else after that thats good?
@@gandhialwaysleavesanonion679 If you have to be "convinced" it is all ready to late...
I used ‘Roadhouse Blues’ for the walk on music for my models in my finals fashion show when I graduated. Thank you, DOORS forever, forever DOORS.
Jim Morrison was a real poet, in love with life. He enjoyed pushing the limits on everything in life and drugs helped him find limitless boundaries. Then like so many of us do fall in love with life on drugs. He really fell hard for drugs and alcohol and really lost himself. He will forever be missed.
Ah yes back in high school. A sophomore in Seattle. We love the 7 :06 long version and was always pissed off in the car when the radio station played the 2:52 version. Go Jamal!
Did you listen to KJR ?
@@matthewshropshire71 Of course! 95 KJR. Lan Robets, Bwana Johnny, "World Famous" Tom Murphy, Garry Shannon, Gary Lockwood, Ichabod Caine, Robert O. Smith, Kevin O'Brien. Those were the days of car radio my friend! These guys inspired me so much that I spent 20 years in radio as a disc jockey and later a copywriter.
@@uncabuzz118 bit more of my dad's generation, he would talk about wanting to get home for school to listen he liked Pat O Day. I was more KZOK and KISW
I could tell the difference right away. The short version started at a faster clip.
Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown ( 1968 ) - a really cool tune you will never forget from the second it begins
I was a little kid , remember hearing the song. It’s an interesting song.
Arthur Browns a nutter! Using a colander with lighter fluid on his head sing with it lit.
“Love Her Madly” is a great tune by The Doors. Try it!
Mi papá siempre ponía estás canciones cuando yo era niña y yo pensaba "que buen ritmo" mi papá ya es un viejito y espero que me dure muchos años más, está es su música favorita y la mía también.
Robbie Krieger (guitar) is doing just fine.
severely underrated...he always is
The guitar on Five To One, is incredible
I saw him a few years back with his jazz band. His son did vocals on all the Doors songs. Pretty fun experience.
As for "higher", there's another song from this album called "Break on Through". In the released version, Morrison sings "SHE GETS..." a few times. In actuality, he sings "SHE GETS HIGH", and they edited it. This version was released some years ago.
I found that out reading the biography No One Here Gets Out Alive. I finally heard an uncut version.
If you listen to the last time of each verse as he songs "SHE GETS" the last one he does sing "SHE GETS HIGH", at least on the album I have. But that might be an original release.
@@zwiftrogue3938 On the released/edited version, there's a "groan" of sorts after the last one, but it's just a groan. On the unedited version, he clearly says SHE GETS HIGH and then you hear the same groan. Unedited version: czcams.com/video/-r679Hhs9Zs/video.html, edited version: czcams.com/video/rOpQjD-rX0g/video.html
@@SiriusJMoonlight ever been to SPAWN RANCH If not there is still markings of Jim even after the Vatican took the rock with all the carvings 🎙️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The moment when all you could do was close your eyes when that solo kicks in says it ALL. I am a huge new fan of your channel! the timelessness, diversity and passion is inspiring!
I was riding in front seat with my Dad in his golden Plymouth 65 Barracuda in a snow flurried upstate November 1967 introduced to this iconic song I was ten. Those were the times and I miss them.
Ray Manzarek, RIP, is the best keyboardist who ever lived.
Ray WAS the doors, as far as I'm concerned. I miss him.
Hornsby better
Honestly, not even close. All he did was copy and take from everyone else. No originality at all. However it did all fit into the doors music perfectly. The doors would be a very different band without him. But he's not the best.
Big call
The Doors were best at NOTHING except biting styles like Jim Stole every antic McJagger had on stage.
This one got them banned from the Ed Sullivan Show.
The '...get much Higher' line.
True
It did indeed.....Jim didn't care😂
Yes, old Ed wanted to change the word “higher”.....sure, says Morrison.....then sings it anyway. I love that Morrison put his family as “deceased” on his bio with the record company......they were fine and living in Florida. Hilarious!
Truly a Masterpiece!
I love that scene in the movie "The Doors":
"You could change it to 'girl, we couldn't get much better'."
"How about 'girl you couldn't bite my wire'?" 😆
When in high school our marching band won competitions with this song. Fire batons lit up the sky. In the early 70' s. Thank you, Doors.
Joni Mitchell was a genius songwriter during the 60's and 70's. She was a part of the epic L.A. music scene at the same time as The Doors. Amelia or Free Man In Paris. Case Of You. I could go on and on. Love what you do Jamal. You're a great vibe and have an open heart. The world needs you. Thank you!!
"The Doors" names after "The Doors of Perception" by Aldous Huxley Who also penned "Brave New World"
Of course, Brave New World....Aldous Huxley....I read it when I was 13 as my older sister was in college and it blew me away. This was like 1963.
The Doors of Perception, in turn, was a reference to William Blake, if I recall correctly.
@@srbaran That is correct. It's originally from Blake which is where Jim recognized it.
Stan Lee was reading it on a bus in Dr. Strange.
@@SiriusJMoonlight And an original copy too! I was the only one of my friends in the cinema that day who picked up on that
Ray is smokin the hammond .....and the bass line at da same time...Doors Doors Doors !!!
It's a Vox actually. He played the Hammond on a couple songs but he usually preferred the Vox (maybe just because it was portable), and I think its sharp, slightly buzzy timbre is a major component of the Doors' sound.
And the G101
On the Vox.
Keyboard, drums and guitar is all you need when your vocalist is a poet ☮️😎
A great song I never get tired of hearing. Hard to believe this song was released in 1967. Definitely a timeless classic.
Jim Morrison had such stage fright early on, he would sing with his back to the crowd.
That and he was a shy introvert. Was the reason he tried drugs in the first place.
@Mike Ross Very true. It's a vicious cycle, drink get depressed , sleep drink to feel better, get depressed even more, then the next step is self medicating with anything any one says will help whether it be cocaine, LSD, speed from back then was crazy, uppers, downers, and so on. Such talented lyricist and singers are often delicate in that their emotions stay raw all the time. He needed people to understand and help him not just throw drugs at him. Very sad.
Teresia Diane you shouldn’t compare LSD with any of those drugs. It’s difficult to abuse or get addicted to, isn’t physically harmful and has many creative and mental benefits
@@RafR204 I didn't say it was addictive. I simply was saying of the many drugs he took that was one of them. In his fragile state of mind he should not have been taking it or any other drugs.
It was also shown on the The Doors movie
The doors are the best. Try "love street"
Peace Frog?
My favorite Doors song.
The greatest song in rock history! Everyone literally on fire recording this.
When the musics over live at hollywood bowl 1968 - the doors. Legendary performance
Same year - Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale
Also Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire cover
Jose Feliciano 👎👎👎
timothy jensen i know shoulda made that clear 🙏🏻
Feliciano's is the original
Fredd Barragan lol no it’s not.
Fredd Barragan Dude Robbie Krieger wrote the song Light my Fire
Touch Me by the Doors...
Screaming Jay Hawkins “I put a spell on you”
In his hey day Jim Morrison had to be the most beautiful front man in any band ever.
Ray Manzarek's playing really makes this song great. The extended musical passage in the middle with Ray playing all those keys really sets the mood and was a big definer of their sound.
Yeah!! More Doors!!! May I recommend Soul Kitchen and Break On Through. Just 2 personal faves. Love 💘 watching your reactions. Thanks for spreading your good 👍 vibes!
my favorite song by the doors is always going to be roadhouse blues check out that song whenever you can! i just found out you did a video on it I'm stoked to watch it!
Saw them at Berkeley Community Theater, November '66, when this was new. One of the best rock shows I ever saw, and I was in SF during "those years" and saw basically everybody but the Beatles.
66 is very early for these guys. That’s was before the 1st album was even released.... what was the buzz on these guys by this point? How good were the doors live compared to all of the other great Bands then? Was the Morrison magic legit?
They're smoking weed, getting high, light my joint.
Required listening for parties in the 70s; dropping acid and what not
Riders on the Storm...epic.
Was introduced to the Doors by my older cousins who were teenagers in the 60s. Learned a lot about music from them, some really great bands and musicians. Still love a lot of the music from that era.
i’m very glad that you did a react video to this song. it’s my favorite song of all time, and music is a major part of my life. i literally got a portrait tattoo of jim morrison (the same pose that’s on that album cover) on my forearm, because of how much i love this song and the doors in general. i even have paul mccartney’s face tatted right next to jim’s, and this song is still my #1 favorite. it has a perfect mix of vocals and instrumentals, it’s a perfect length, and it flows so perfectly.
The door you have opened my friend.
The door to the Doors. Enjoy.
Pretty Please more Neil Young!
Cinnamon Girl
Like a Hurricane (live in Berlin)
Sugar Mountain
Hey Hey, My My
Cowgirl in the sand also!!!
Don't forget into to songs in to the black out of the blue. Then in to the blue out of the black
Like a hurricane the live in Berlin version is incredible and on you tube!
Any of the berlin sets are killer
Cinnamon Girl Definately!
THIS is Much fun! Thank You!!! We use to get the longer version, even entire albums when FM first started, was almost like underground, I was blessed to them live in Hawaii...was hard to believe he was gone shortly after...life is bro...but lives forever as long as somebody listening....never gets old
This was in the 60's when only FM stations played the long versions of anything. I was so fortunate to have seen them TWICE at the Fillmore East! They played past 3:00 am. Gotta love growing up in New York...
This was their first big hit. There's short edited version (originally available on a 45rpm) which is what got played on the radio. The ling version was on the album
J - Jim & Co. at their commercial best. Manzarek is really cooking on this tune. Check out Roadhouse Blues, live for a straight up rocking tune. 👍🏻✌🏻💯
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My bad. 🤪
I once heard the Doors music as sounding like a chipmunk dancing on a high tension wire. I was 15 when this song was released and I fell in love with the Doors. So many great musicians came out when I was a teen... Beatles, Doors, Hendrix, Cream, Led Zeppelin... and on and on.
Born in '71 but listened to the doors regularly in highschool in mid 80's during our teenage experimental days.
Boy does this take me back!
Good on you for appreciating music of all genres and ages!
Check out Jose Feliciano version of "Light my Fire" it is classic as well.
Don't tell anyone...I like his version better...
@@terrisue4059 I do too!
A live version from the period should be viewed - poor video quality, but FEEL the music -
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@@terrisue4059 It is very nice..but if you were 18/19 yrs in 68' 69 you will always Love the Doors version as it was a right of passage for us....
Jose was awesome! He did a really nice "California Dreamin" too and "Sunny" and "Ain't No Sunshine When You're Gone"....
I've heard stories that this song made them popular on the Ed Sullivan Show. They were told not to say the word higher. End of the show someone told that they will never be on the show ever again that Ed Sullivan was furious. Frontman for The Doors Jim Morrison said hey man we were just on the Ed Sullivan Show, for sure lol.
Ed Sullivan told them this.
Jim got them fired from the Whiskey a Go Go for the lyrics in The End." Mother, I want to F__k you
@Grant Le Bon interesting story, I'm sure he still woke up and " got myself a beer" even on Sundays?
Thank you!!!! This song will drop you to your knees,ring you out and set you on the line to dry. So happy to see the younger generation discovering my music from the 60s. Far out!!!!
I could not WAIT for you to get to this greatest old classic rock song ever. That band was sooo good and Jim Morrison was a poet and so talented, maybe genius. THANKS for the great music/reactions!
Hey Jemel if ya could a couple others from the Doors are Peace frog!! 21 century fox!! Thanks for the reactions. Stay safe my friend!
Peace Frog and Blue Sunday are a great couple of songs
One of my favorite songs from the late 60's. Guitar riff reminds me of Santana. BTW, listen to Black Magic Woman by Santana.
This song showcases each band members talent! They all take a turn to show it off!
Awesome song ..awesome band!!
Stay safe and healthy!
✌❤🎶
What's truly amazing, is the keyboardist was also playing the bass "notes" also on his keyboard at the same time! Talk about incredible "timing!"