I was fortunate enough to see Robby in August, 2016 when he talked about this song at length before playing it (with his son on vocals). He said that Morrison wrote the poem that became this song about “an abortion”, and that the “she came” line was self-explanatory. He is still an excellent player, and was generous with the number of songs that he played and provided a lot of background information about each song.
Great tune. I was one of those 90s teenagers that thought he was Jim Morrison. I outgrew the Doors, then came back to them and IMO they hold up really well. Jim was troubled but the real deal, especially when you consider what came before, how old these guys are and how prolific they were over a short time. Krieger, Ray and Densmore were all fantastic too. One of those bands where the sum is greater than its parts and you really couldn’t swap out any member without screwing it up. Same for most of those artists- they didn’t take 5+ years for an album. It was every 9-ish months. Beatles accomplished their entire their catalogue in about 7 years. From August of 65 to November of 67 they released Help, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour. Doors released their 5 albums in just over 4 years. Edit- that little open string run is also basically the riff for “break on through”.
I'm always so excited when I look up a song and see that you've done a lesson for it. It's fantastic and uncanny how often I find you've covered it. Thanks yet again. You nailed it!
A great song choice. A rare, really guitar driven song for the doors. “My eyes have seen you” from strange days is another. Great stuff, man. I think Robby played an sg similar to yours back then.
I always wondered how Robbie voiced that G chord and whether it was major or minor. Turns out it's neither. I had been playing it as a G7#9 ("Hendrix chord") -- which can be thought of as both major and minor, as the #9 is the octave of the minor 3rd. The bass riff has a b flat in it -- which is the minor 3rd of G. But the guitar licks are in Em pentatonic (E "Blues") -- which has a b natural. Kinda confusing. Although the b flat is the flat 5th ("Blue note") in the E "Blues" scale. But it's usually used as a passing tone. Now I've really confused myself! You got it, kid. Also, nice rhythm on the muted part of the riff. (Not easy.) Very cool. Thanks from a 56-year-old, pretty damn good guitar player of over 40 years. Nice job.
James James es tan buen guitarrista que mejora al original!!!!!!!!!!......G E N I O !!!!!!!!!!!!!! ....................... James James is such a good guitarist that he improves on the original !!!!!!!!!! ...... GENIUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ive always played that G like that in this song. I call it the honky tonk woman G (even though its not open G, but ive hear ronnie do it solo on gunslingers like that), Everclear G (santa monica) or Angus G. I call the open G suspension the keith cradle lol
Hey James, where do you get your T-shirts from?Yes, I've seen your shirts collection video, but that's still not clear. Do you get some of them from ebay? Or they all are from different concerts?
I was fortunate enough to see Robby in August, 2016 when he talked about this song at length before playing it (with his son on vocals). He said that Morrison wrote the poem that became this song about “an abortion”, and that the “she came” line was self-explanatory. He is still an excellent player, and was generous with the number of songs that he played and provided a lot of background information about each song.
Great tune. I was one of those 90s teenagers that thought he was Jim Morrison. I outgrew the Doors, then came back to them and IMO they hold up really well. Jim was troubled but the real deal, especially when you consider what came before, how old these guys are and how prolific they were over a short time. Krieger, Ray and Densmore were all fantastic too. One of those bands where the sum is greater than its parts and you really couldn’t swap out any member without screwing it up.
Same for most of those artists- they didn’t take 5+ years for an album. It was every 9-ish months. Beatles accomplished their entire their catalogue in about 7 years. From August of 65 to November of 67 they released Help, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour. Doors released their 5 albums in just over 4 years.
Edit- that little open string run is also basically the riff for “break on through”.
This is probably my favorite Doors song. Tied with L’America
BLOOD IN THE STREETS TOWN OF CHICAGO!! peace from Chicago James
Playing guitar on a Sunday when you have nothing to do is simply the best
Love this song so much tysm for doing this! Such a funky tune and underrated in terms of Doors hits
I'm always so excited when I look up a song and see that you've done a lesson for it.
It's fantastic and uncanny how often I find you've covered it.
Thanks yet again.
You nailed it!
"Blood in the streets". 50+ years later Jim would be singing about the same topic were he still alive. Sad.
JJ.... You absolute star. What a groovy track mate. Loving the doors videos of late. Enjoy your week
Great as always, thank you very much, love from Italy!
Bud, you just f'n rock !! Love your vids and have learned tons of songs from you..
Thanks JJ its great you are on a Doors video lesson theme lately. Keep them coming.
Cool! I was looking for this the other day and hoping JJ had covered it.
Keep the doors content coming James!
Ooh, I love this song.
Thanks for posting.
A great song choice. A rare, really guitar driven song for the doors. “My eyes have seen you” from strange days is another. Great stuff, man. I think Robby played an sg similar to yours back then.
Thanks for this awesome lesson.
Thank you kindly
Dude I was literally typing a question about the neck pickup when u started talking about it 😂
Thanks for this!
Finally! Thanks James
apprecative 🙏🏼
I always wondered how Robbie voiced that G chord and whether it was major or minor. Turns out it's neither. I had been playing it as a G7#9 ("Hendrix chord") -- which can be thought of as both major and minor, as the #9 is the octave of the minor 3rd.
The bass riff has a b flat in it -- which is the minor 3rd of G. But the guitar licks are in Em pentatonic (E "Blues") -- which has a b natural. Kinda confusing. Although the b flat is the flat 5th ("Blue note") in the E "Blues" scale. But it's usually used as a passing tone.
Now I've really confused myself!
You got it, kid. Also, nice rhythm on the muted part of the riff. (Not easy.)
Very cool. Thanks from a 56-year-old, pretty damn good guitar player of over 40 years. Nice job.
Dang James, I wish my left hand was more "pretzel" esque as yours. I can't make that chord with my thumb included.
Cool man
James James es tan buen guitarrista que mejora al original!!!!!!!!!!......G E N I O !!!!!!!!!!!!!! ....................... James James is such a good guitarist that he improves on the original !!!!!!!!!! ...... GENIUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I always thought he was playing a Wha Wha pedal ? Your chords are right on ! Nice job!
Robbie does play a wah on this tune. You can hear it, if you listen closely.
@@robertshirley3422. Hmm. I don’t know. I think some of the tone comes from the way he bangs the chords with his fingers rather than using a pick.
cool
Ive always played that G like that in this song. I call it the honky tonk woman G (even though its not open G, but ive hear ronnie do it solo on gunslingers like that), Everclear G (santa monica) or Angus G. I call the open G suspension the keith cradle lol
Also the Jimi Hendrix - Love or Confusion G.
@@123jkjk123 e minor 7 is the little wing chord lol
Hey James, where do you get your T-shirts from?Yes, I've seen your shirts collection video, but that's still not clear. Do you get some of them from ebay? Or they all are from different concerts?
From a lot of different places. Nothing is planned. :)
@@jamesjames9275 I'm asking,cause it's a really tough thing to find good shirts like these in Europe:) thx for lessons and stuff btw
So, what would be the underlying chords to that single note passage in the chorus??
Vive le Quebec libre
Thumb bar chorders UNITE !!!
What happened to the ..she came in town and then she go away, sunlight in her hair... part. Did I miss it?
Is that a serious question? Most of this video is an explanation of that part.
@@jamesjames9275 oh. Yeah,😃 it was. Guess I'll watch it again lol. I might be trippin
The opening chord doesn’t sound right to me. It’s missing the top end twang. Sounds more like smells like teen spirit than peace frog.
If it doesn’t sound right to you, you shouldn’t play it that way.