Ray Manzarek in Venice
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- Ray Manzarek gives us a tour of Venice and Santa Monica, talking about the early
days of the Doors. We made this for his 2003 film "Love Her Madly"
We miss you Ray, thanks for all the great music and great stories. - Zábava
This man is so fucking awesome, how he tells these stories... with true passion. Rest in peace Ray.
So true. In Interviews the way he talked about Jims poetry he really connected with it and seen the beauty in Jims words.
Ray Manzarek's verbal virtuosity is powerful enough to carry a story without music, video, or props. I will forever mourn his passing.
ray is dead too? ohhh the humanity
correct!!!
Could easily watch 120 mins of this, is fascinating, the band born out of meaning n mystery n collapsing in 2 mystery ,: 0
I love how much Ray genuinely loves Jim. This is what a true brother looks like. Ray was a great man, true to his friend Jim Morrison til the end. Rare kind of friend to find.
Found you
especially since Jim died in '71 and this was made just 31 years later in 2003.
@@truckerkevthepaidtourist Jim died in 1971
@@AtomicMushroomz typo changed
Totally agree with you
"Thats Jim Morrison, Thats my friend" tears in my eyes...
Totally He didn’t That’s Jim Morrison, the Lizard King or the rock icon or my bandmate...he simply said “my friend.”
Jim was so misunderstood. He was intelligent and could be animates but from all the books and interviews of him you can see he was just a kind and gentle man-nothing like the Jim Morrison shown in the Doors movie. Ray was just as warm and kind. Sadly he got sick and was taken from us too early also.
RIP Ray RIP Jim Good friends reunited at last laughing at us from above. Jim and Ray are freaking legends.
A musical genius right there.
@@KenjiMapes Nice words yours...
Absolutely phenomenal hearing from the horses mouth how it went down..Ray..Jim..reunited and jamming in the clouds..u guys were great
@@KenjiMapes Alcohol can make anyone become asshole , there is no kindness in Alcohol
The Doors were educated men showing their talents. They were not a bunch of slobs that got lucky.
...I don't think those two things are mutually exclusive, and I think there's some truth to both those statements.
Jim got really lucky! To find Ray.
@@grandwonder5858
Ray refound Jim causally strolling Venice Beach, Los Angeles, Calif 1965. Thus History, and the WORLD was Revolutionary Changed FOR THE ABSOLUTE BETTER.
THANX GUYS !!!! (👍👊👌**)
@@johntrojan9653 refound?
@@Carmen-st1uc Oops, RE-discovered.
(My Bad 😩) 👎
The thing I really like about Ray is his endless enthusiasm. I think Jim used to call him Mr. Sunshine.
I think 'dark types' benefit from being around optimists. Or at least one positive thinking friend.
I wonder why we do not hear/read more about stuff or little details like that, there must be more to share with the fans.
And I wonder what the fuck happened to talent and educated people. Why do I feel that these days alot of people seem to be ... dumb.
Ray seemed like a warm, welcoming man and he didn't have that bloated ego that so many rock stars seem to develop in their later years.
Goggle products what the HELL are you on about
@Goggle products theyre music will live on forever who gives a fuck who they were is the music created that matters
I will always remember Ray and Robbie playing as "Riders on the storm in Dublin in 2006. When Ray walked out he toasted the crowd with a class of Irish whiskey to Jim, he then took a flag of Jim from a fan and placed it over the bass drum and returned it to the same fan after the entire set.
I met him. He was very nice. We talked for almost an hour. He wanted to hear my band and told me he loved our music. He thought it was great that my kids love the Doors and wanted to see videos of my kids singing the Doors. He was very kind.
Goggle products The Door’s purpose in music was to open our minds to different perspectives on reality through poetry, literature, and philosophy (With the help of drugs such as weed and LSD) so that we may have the tools to think for ourselves. In essence, they wanted to spark individuality and free thinking through their music and lyrics.
The only surviving member of The Doors who could recall such memories and tell stories in great intimate detail was Ray Manzarek. He was a well spoken and articulate guy. He was a very likable person who could be your friend even though you don't know him. I love listening to him talk as he always keeps your attention. What a terrible loss when he died from bile duct cancer last year. Ray, you are sadly missed. I can now envision you and Jim together reminiscing about your rise to fame.
Ray manzarek isn't the only one still alive he's deceased Robby Krieger is still alive and John Densmore is still alive not Ray manzarek.
@@davidlodiemyer5698 You answered to 6 years old comment?
@@sergeytoropin6428 nothing wrong with that it's still relevant.
I've answered to 10-year-old comments. that's cool is when someone answers back as if it was just freshen their mind and doesn't act like a douchebag
@@truckerkevthepaidtourist I'm not trying to act like a douche, if it seemed like it, I'm genuinely sorry for that.
Rays a cheese ball and he hams the story’s up so much “perpetuities the myth of Jim Morrison” as he calls it when any one else tells him story’s .....apparently only rays aloud to ......I would rather listen to Robby or John tell the story’s any day ......rays book “light my fire” was just him shitting on Oliver Stone the whole book .......riders on the storm johns book is wayyyy better IMO
I could listen to Ray talk about old stories all day! Wish you were still here
I’m just really unlocking these stories and getting to know Jim and Ray. It’s like I’ve met some new best friends but I can’t give to them. They’ve just given me so much that I don’t know what to do with myself. I think everyday what I would say to my heroes.
Ugh ray hams up the story’s so much and perpetuities the “Jim Morrison myth” as he calls it more then anyone else .....I guess when he does ig it’s ok but if anyone else talked about Jim he disagrees.....like Oliver Stone says I listened ray rant an rave about Jim for 6 hours he felt he knew best and no one else knew I think he controlled he mythology to the doors for so long it was hard for him to listen to anyone else’s point of view ....he’s kinda obnoxious .......I would rather listen to Robbie or John any day
@@georgestetson5572 “ hE pErpEtUiTes”-🤡
Ray you were one awesome dude. You are missed.
" I tell yeah - I'd rather have him here with us now - telling us some stories - than up there on the wall " - probably the most sincere and touching lines Ray ever uttered about Morrison and shows you just how much he still missed him ... a great video
That really touched me too... and his speaking of immortality on the mural... meaning we pay for that with our life... very moving.
What was so great about the Doors was the chemistry between them. I can imagine that Jim struggled to integrate himself into normal societies because he maybe was too “out there” and weird for the average person. But not for Ray. Ray understood him and you can tell how much he liked him by watching all these videos and interviews. It think it may have been down to fact that both of them were extremely intelligent and that they connected on the same level, which eventually ended up in them being the best and most famous rock and roll band in the country.
each of their lives would have been so different if they hadnt met each other again on the beach...mindblowing. Whole world is different cause of it.
WELL SAID BRO .
RIP Ray Manzarek. We'll never forget you. A year gone, but your music lives on. Thanks for Lightning My Fire.
Ray was a very well spoken and likeable fellow.
I saw Jim Morrison and The Doors live, at the University of Michigan on Oct 20th, 1967.I am almost 77 years old but 56 years ago The Doors had the desire to make the worst concert in the world to the greatest concert in the universe. Ray,thanks for being Jim's greatest friend. Picking him up and helping him off the stage was compassionate. Also, thanks for hanging in there and sobering Jim up to bring him back from his drunken stupor and giving me and the the sparse crowd of about 100 people, the greatest concert in the universe. I will never forget what I saw. As a matter of fact, I tell all of my friends that you don't go SEE a Doors concert, you FEEL it. Thank you Jim, Ray, John and Robbie. You will always be no.1 in my ❤😊
People of all ages appreciate The Doors; Your experience is rare and valuable thanks for the post;
❤
wasnt Iggy Pop there too?
What an excellent 21 minutes and 15 seconds.
I love hearing Ray talk about The Doors.
Ray also loved to hear Ray talk about The Doors.
It's very magical and special to hear Ray speak. He was a wonderful man and musician.
Listening to him is like a breath of fresh air, the smell of freshly cut grass, and the smell of the pavement on a hot day after a rain. Wish the home owner was home so he could go in.
One of the best short films ever made. Congratulations Ray.
I think Jim was the epitome of someone too smart for his own good.
I LOVE RAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One of a kind man. God I love him.
Loved this. Thanks Ray from
London, Stu X
@@studonaldson1497 :)
He gives a real sense of what it was to be young and wild and free.....love it!
Manzarek is a supreme raconteur. I could listen for hours and hours. Wish this had been a series. Thanks for sharing.
Ray explains things about The Doors so eloquently and tells of Jim’s creative temperament which is what true poets and genuine musicians possess. The Doors music is that cinema, air of alchemy, the last of an erotic science.
One of the Greats, irreplaceable artists of the 1960s
Those steaks were so good.
Nice picture Jim! :)
Haha, you stole the steaks, I get it. HA!!
tube steaks were...
Go vegan man
Those that ever lived on tartar sauce smeared on bread know what he meant.
anyone notice when he knocked on the door to his old house he knocked the opening beat of 'touch me' hahah
jAMES Lawlor I wonder if John desmore tried to claim any royalties 😭
@@michae13james10 hahahah.
I could listen to Ray talk all day.
I could barely listen to that blowhard for 21 minutes.
I would agree with you their also.
I found a copy of Ray's autobiography for a few bucks at a secondhand store. At home I found that it was autographed by the man himself! The proceeds from the shop where I bought it went to support domestic abuse victims, I'd like to believe that's the only reason someone parted with it. He's a magnificent storyteller, was a fantastic book, and autographed?! Can't imagine any other reason why someone would give it away. It's not the lightest of reads, but delicious to anyone who appreciates his depth and sophistication. One of my most treasured possessions. Truly a legend.
Ca I have it?
One of the most amazing keyboard players of all time Ray manzarek rest in peace.
Who knew Jim Morrison was a steak bandit.🤣🤣 What a great story teller Ray is. He makes you feel like you’re right there as the Doors materialize into a band.
What's amazing is when you think about it it was Ray's wife that really helps get the doors open pun intended.
And they stayed married the whole time until his end of his cancer Battle too in 2013
Ray opened the "Doors" to our lives.
He was and always will be amazing.
RIP.
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George Vreeland Hill Hello! What is your name?
What a time and place to be alive. When a person is in their 20s the world is big and full of possibilities. As we age, our path in life becomes more narrow and we follow it closer. What Ray is describing is a time in their life where the path ahead was wide and their direction was yet to be determined. So nice to think back on that time in life and retrace some of the steps we took and places we visited...
LOVE IT!! note: in the 80s Ray Manzerek lived at Ironsides & Ocean Front Walk on the Marina Del Rey peninsula.. in a condo complex to the right side, facing beach, about 4 condos from the corner. we would see him now & then walking on the beach or pathway to his condo & he was the most friendly, upbeat happy laid back neighbor.. I was introduced to him one day by another neighbor in the same complex, Mike Pinera from Iron Butterfly & Blues Image..He said "do you know Ray? he's in the Doors.."
How cool!
My Doors story. I saw them perform at the Whiskey A Go-Go in Hollywood in 1966. Small place but they filled that sucker with sound, thereby blowing our minds officially right on the spot. Fast forward to the '90s. One day my son told me that Robby Krieger was his favorite guitarist. We got to talking and I told him about seeing the Doors. A few months later I saw in the paper that Robby's band was going to be in town so I got tickets. The concert blew my son away and I said, "Let's go backstage and see if we can talk to him." My son said no way they would let us but we went back anyway and there was Robby and we just started talking. He showed my son some guitar licks and was super nice, and humble! which I really dig in somebody who's a genius. I had to finally break it off cause I was worried we were taking up too much of his time.
I'm gonna take the train out to Santa Monica and just sit in that spot and listen to their music
Bella Curcio I love sitting under the pier. Very peaceful.
Bella Curcio good luck w the casting couch
I want to sit on the sand where they first met. I used to live in Santa Monica and Venice had a darker and more dangerous vibe... the few times I walked under the Santa Monica pier... it was scary.... I used to roller skate fast to get out of it faster! Lol
yet now I know where that magical spot is on the beach, I’m going to go there!❤️
@@kimberlyhollingsworth7983 hope you made it there. I found that spot some years ago. Rog. Pacific sunset records .
Did you get there?
gotta love this guy. could listen to his stories for a long time.
Final thought:
Also starting at the 11:50 time marker Ray is reminiscing about the days when he was struggling, trying to scrape enough together enough to have a barbecue, As I notice his expression on his face one gets the impression that it is not the destination that counts but rather the journey. Even though he had long since become well established in his career during the making of this mini documentary, that those days of struggling where among the happiest in his life.
well the best part too is that he had Dorothy by his side who was his Rock stayed married from 1967 until the passing of Ray in 2013. 10 years after he made this little mini doc on Venice.
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Someone else here commented about Manzarek being an awesome Human being, and most assuredly this is the impression I get from all of his interviews he has given over the years. Without knowing him personally, I doubt that a person gets any better than Ray.
It was nice as well to hear Ray read from the original self-published manuscript of Jim Morrison’s poetry
Imagine your chilling watching TV in your little Venice apartment and you hear a knock on the door. You swing the door open and standing there is an old man in a slick black leather jacket that has that look about him. He says "Hi, I'm Ray Manzarek. I used to live here in this apartment back in the mid 60's". You know what look I'm talking about. That unmistakable seasoned musician look.
Exactly Mojo, I could sit here for hours listening to Ray speak his memories of those days. Ya' know Morrison might have been the legend, but Ray was the soul of the band. Ray was THE quintessential keyboard player of all time in my humble opinion. I miss this man and what he meant to my life. Godspeed dear friend !
I love how he is reminising about the old school venice beach!
It is a real shame that Jim passed away back then just imagine what He would be doing now
burping, bloated and farting perhaps
the best video on CZcams,
no questions asked.
what a legendary time!
x
Ray went to found his friend in heaven... RIP....
Ray was the ultimate story teller and keyboardist extraordinaire!
RIP Ray and Jim - you will both live forever in your music...
He really loved and missed his friend. His book made me tear up. He was so happy during that time. His book shows it and made me wish I was with them back them.
What the name of his book?
@@deannabanana3647 Light my Fire
Ray was a one of a kind. Such great memories!
Now you are Ray!! Hope you're having a BLAST with Jim!!
Ray's a great story teller and man I am sure he had many cool tales to tell. I grew up with bands like the Doors and they still sound awesome all these years later. Morrison is still an enigma and stories about him and the band still resonate.
Ray was such a great storyteller and the visionary of the Doors. He and Morrison were such a dynamic innovative pair. Certainly brothers of different mothers. RIP brother your contributions will never be forgotten.
What a nice video. So interesting hearing Ray telling some of their stories, what a delightful and creative guy. Awesome hearing him read some of Jim's poems, it's obvious how much he liked his friend's work. Very nice of him to share all this! :) Wish they were both still here. Best wishes to their families :)
Lovely comment. I also enjoyed his delight in his friend's work 😊 so much love... It makes me happy he had such a good friendship with Jim... How wonderful.
Yes the love and loyalty to Jim is truly heart felt. Strong bonds, that death couldn’t break. Lovely lovely video!❤️
Ray seems like the best kind of friend one could ever have. Brilliant man. RIP.
What a brilliant and entertaining man. I could listen to him talk all day. RIP Ray. I'll never forget you.
This guy is the epitome of cool. Great storytelling and a good vibe. He should start a band.
Thanks so much! I took Ray's passing so hard. I began to get so emotional. The Doors were from my era...Ray made everything so simple to understand, in such a complicating time. When I see a photo of him, it still hurts. I also appreciate your compliment in my great taste in music. Jimi Hendrix was also such a sweet and gentle soul. I use to love him.,Before he got famous, he use to drop down to the Cafe Wha @ the west village, NYC. I couldn't get over how tall he was.
I love this so much! Ray is such a great story teller. He's so passionate and articulate with his story. It gives me a sense of peace listening to him. Specially when he's reminiscing about his experiences with Jim and The Doors. Such an amazing man.
How interesting that it seems only in the sixties that people literally bumped into each other, decided to form a rock band, and the next thing you know, they’re world famous. You don’t hear this kind of story too often today. I know about the hippies and the drugs, but notwithstanding that, it was truly a magical time.
Ray manzarek what a genius! He was the force behind the band, masters degree at age 26! very well spoken, intelligent man, what a great friendship and creative force, very inspiring, RIP they are both united in heavens exploring the unknown
I love how Ray reminisced the whole story and tells it all with passion and happiness while looking back to their golden memories in their early days. He even acted and detailed it even more to make it more specific.
If Jim was a poet, Ray was definitely a storyteller.
RIP Jim and Ray. Two such a beautiful souls gone way too soon. What a lost. You guys are legends and surely missed.
Both are probably considering making a band again together in heaven.
I'm 14 and I've got a long way to go till I die, but sometime I want to, just be with and hang out with Jim & Ray
Ray seems to be the most down to earth guy! You are immortal ray we will keep your music alive
a classy guy , may he rests in our ears and hearts eternely !!!
What a bummer for the guy that lived in Rays old flat, guy probably told friends that would visit, "Yeah I heard Ray Manzerak use to live here" then Ray drops by and poor fella is not even home, also that part about the watch towards the end seemed a bit scripted but either way such a cool tour of Venice with Ray
I was wondering how the lady with Jim’s watch happened to be there , right by the mural of Jim.... yet maybe she lives right in that area... and saw Ray... it was cool. Wonder how Jim’s watch ended up for sale... Rays words about immortality being on a giant mural... means you have to meet your mortality... Ray sure lived Jim and wished he was still on earth.❤️
That wasn’t Jim’s watch ......oh cus ray remembers a bland ordinary watch Jim had 45 years ago ....get real
man that was cool to watch!! absolutely loved it am ray is one cool dude.
Man Ray could talk well, he would have been a great tv star, personality, talk show host. Great character, enthusiasm. He really opened up on stuff about the Doors that we would never have known. Brilliant. Thankyou. RIP.
What a great trip down memory lane. You are sorely missed Ray and I wish I could've said all I wanted to say when I had the high honor to meet you but alas... Looking forward to continuing the conversation when we break on through to the other side. We are all Riders on the Storm! Peace & Love
Fond memories of a magic time to be young.....now lost in the Misty past. You had to have been there to understand the feeling......endless summer days and stoned perfect nights...with the Doors soundtrack...
When they met on the beach again - jim coming down from the roof top, what a magical story, what a feeling of freedom i get from this. Thanks Ray!
I live in Los Angeles and ran into Ray at a DVD store on Pico Blvd called Laser Blazer in the early 2000s. I would go there every Tuesday to load up on new releases. I saw someone with their back to me with a stack of DVDs that matched mine and made some off-handed comment that I can't exactly remember. He turned around and we started talking about film and the whole time I was like "Oh my God, I'm talking to a legend." I finally worked up the nerve and casually said, "I'm a big fan of your music." He was very gracious and we continued to talk about film and "Jimbo" and Ray's refusal to watch The Doors by Oliver Stone because he felt like it didn't honor the memory of Jim. I countered that the movie had its merits and turned on a lot of young people to their music, which he appreciated. We talked about when he knew it was over, when the spirit had left Jim. He seemed very protective of him, like an older brother. Anyway, his wife Dorothy finally walked up, he introduced her and they left. Sweet guy.
Brilliant story
Ray was a good man. A classy guy.
Much love!
LA Woman was one of first rock albums I ever bought. Loved that Doors sound and Ray's keyboard. Listened to it over and over...👍
This just randomly popped up but why not watching it😂 everybody likes Ray Manzarek
Gosh.. what a story teller. I could listen to these over and over again. Beautiful memories.
Doors - i listened to in my kid days. And i am 54 and for no vague reason, i have been on CZcams since last 2 days seeking Jim Morrison. And i was stumped when i realised that he died on July 3rd.
Damn, this was a most excellent video. Great to see Ray Manzarek tell how it all began, in so much detail. Thanks so much for uploading. Too bad Ray has left us, God Bless!
What a storyteller ... I can't believe Ray wasn't pouring out lyrics w Jim and Robbie
'A pact made on sand'
Has narrative poetry all through it...
Great Video!!! So cool to see some of the important Venice-Beach "doors landmarks" that I had only read about. For me, listening to the doors has always invoked a dark, magical, and strange world. And so cool to see how Venice Beach inspired the music and poetry. Ray Manzarek: such a great spirit, keyboardist, intellect, and articulate spokesman for the doors. Thank you for everything Ray!!!
Ray was a real sweet and intellegent person. I had the great pleasure to spend 2 hours alone with him when in 2008-- I got to pick him up from the airport (SFO) and drive him home to Napa. I asked if he wanted to talk, so we talked for a full hour and a half on the way to his home. We talked about his current music that he was playing with Robbie and all his other music gigs. I asked about Jim's death and Ray said that he did not really know what happened then and even now years later he still did not know what really transpired. Ray was generous with his time and was very enthusiastic about his current music. I had a marvelous time with Ray and will always be greatful for meeting him!
That sounds like Ray Great Chicago guy very chill very cool to everybody he met.
They say he loved to just engage and talk with the perfect stranger and that's just how he was very outgoing personality
Ray was always so enthusiastic when he talked about the doors and music in general. RIP Mr Manzarek.
Very interesting history! RIP Ray!
Ray Manzarek - what a great man. Wish I had a chance to meet him or see him perform with Robby. RIP
So much talent in one band. We miss you Ray and Jim.
i can sit all day and listen to rays stories. RIP to a great man.
This man made me go to the library and learn about and read Huxley! This was 40 years ago, after I heard an interview. I wish I were 1/10th as cool as Ray. Truly one of my all-time favorite artists.
Ray of sunshine, thanks for all the great music, what a very down to earth cool guy. I love the Doors music and those 4 guys really connected on a very special wavelength.
Can you imagine Jim and Ray plotting and planning to form the Doors? What a period of time to be alive and experience the music and the creation of music that goes on forever
I could listen to Ray telling stories for hours and hours. RIP
Love the way he tells the stories,, very humble guy,, love this video about Jim,, he was something real !!
Thank you Ray, he create a gift, he's giving us a present by talking about doors, he's is a gift
Fantastic video, I loved the Doors, saw them live 4 times. Ray takes us on a very descriptive journey of the origins of the Doors.
Rip Peace Ray and Jim,You are missed
What a great man and what a great story teller. He was telling facts of his life like it was a faded dream and passion was pouring out from his eyes and gestures. What a great time must have been the sixties. Truly one a legendary band💯
Ray Manzarek is like the blueprint of what all cool grandpas should be
Ray was like the oldest mature brother, leader of the group. Jim was the wild wayward prodigy, and only Ray fully understood and appreciated him. Together they were like yin and yang but with harmonious mutual appreciation on some unspoken level.
Love the reaction of Ray once he find out the name of the band haha Funny man, great film, thank you Ray. R.I.P.
i love how the doors reached for knowledge and awareness and expansion
If you want to reach any real awareness and expansion, try our dear Lord Jesus. You will be real surprised how Jesus takes you places and show you his mysteries.
So glad Ray did this. He is with us still
This is fantastic. He is so generous and so cool. David Lynch, stand up and thank the Doors for your world. They invented it, This group has aged far better than most.
Ray Manzarek had such a great story telling voice!
Ray Manzarek, you will always in my soul and my heart forever. Thank you for the tour that you showed me about the beginning and the end,of you and Jim Morrison. When you talked about Jim, your face lights up, and you look so enthusiastic. Both of you were in the right place at the right time. The Doors were meant to be. When The Doors were opened, I experienced so many wonderful things, that I've never seen nor heard before. R.I.P.