The Doors - L.A. WOMAN (REACTION!!!)

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  • @jasejones212
    @jasejones212 Před 4 lety +960

    Classicly trained pianist + flamenco guitarist + jazz drummer + possessed poet = greatness

    • @gscogginjr
      @gscogginjr Před 4 lety +26

      Morrison, Manzarek, Krieger and Densmore. 'Nuff said!!

    • @crashraynor
      @crashraynor Před 4 lety +32

      = panties flying

    • @gearswarrior902
      @gearswarrior902 Před 4 lety +42

      "Possessed Poet" bro nice. He's like the 70s reincarnated Edgar Allen Poe. A distraught genius.

    • @pokerface1967
      @pokerface1967 Před 4 lety +2

      LOVE IT

    • @O_Towne_Bear
      @O_Towne_Bear Před 4 lety +3

      "self possessed"

  • @fleetwood3754
    @fleetwood3754 Před 4 lety +333

    The beauty of the song is that it is studio live. No over dubbing, no added tracks. Just start recording, jam, done.

    • @YouAreMySunshine2
      @YouAreMySunshine2 Před 2 lety +9

      He wrote it in a few hours too.

    • @BobbyGeneric145
      @BobbyGeneric145 Před 2 lety +2

      Theres clearly overdubbed guitar.

    • @ILikeTrip-eb8wq
      @ILikeTrip-eb8wq Před 2 lety +29

      @@BobbyGeneric145 that’s actually not true, they brought in a rhythm guitarist and a bassist for this album

    • @-Mwk-
      @-Mwk- Před 2 lety +5

      “Possessed poet” now THATS a way to describe Jim

    • @theccpisaparasite8813
      @theccpisaparasite8813 Před rokem +4

      @@ILikeTrip-eb8wq they played it live. The frequently used session bass in the studio. They got the kick ass session player Jerry Scheff for this.
      Weird because this voice is the Morrison voice that I think of when I think of the Doors

  • @jeremyflowers9363
    @jeremyflowers9363 Před 3 lety +143

    I always loved how he sings "Lets change the mood from glad to sadness" and then he does.

  • @trudypedersen-french3593
    @trudypedersen-french3593 Před 3 lety +114

    Jim Morrison, a lovely troubled soul and a professionally supportive band heightening his lyrics of poetry to perfectionism. I love every single song.

  • @cavscout62
    @cavscout62 Před 5 lety +564

    Jim has a thousand voices man. This is a great driving song.

    • @aaronstillman2413
      @aaronstillman2413 Před 4 lety +11

      Great driving song through a downtown highway, lights, tracers...

    • @sernastephenj
      @sernastephenj Před 4 lety +18

      OMG this is one of my favorite songs to drive to I completely agree. Windows down glasses on smile on my face

    • @canineesque3063
      @canineesque3063 Před 4 lety +7

      Light My Fire was also a great driving song. . . On LA freeways especially, yeah?

    • @pamdelaney5149
      @pamdelaney5149 Před 4 lety +1

      Almost as good as Radar Love by Golden Earring.

    • @delphinbringsby6768
      @delphinbringsby6768 Před 4 lety +5

      You can listen to L.A. Woman on the 105 and move 3 feet.

  • @TheZogsvengali
    @TheZogsvengali Před 5 lety +571

    A lot of whiskey and cigarettes went into that later voice.

    • @Psymon1471
      @Psymon1471 Před 5 lety +8

      He was also drunk most of the time in the studio.

    • @DickChisqo420
      @DickChisqo420 Před 5 lety +7

      Too much cocaine made his voice all gravelly...facts

    • @petethepirate730
      @petethepirate730 Před 5 lety +1

      @@DickChisqo420 I didnt know cocaine was his thing.

    • @DickChisqo420
      @DickChisqo420 Před 5 lety +1

      @@petethepirate730 ....More so the later years Definitely!!!

    • @vovindequasahi
      @vovindequasahi Před 5 lety +10

      EXCEPT! Riders On The Storm is on the same album, and he sings totally differently on that, smoothly and softly....

  • @mojorider8455
    @mojorider8455 Před 2 lety +47

    "Motel money murder madness..." line is in reference to the mysterious homicide of R&B singer Sam Cooke, who died in an LA motel. Great lyrics by Morrison to go from driving down your freeways where everything is sunny and care free to the dark underbelly of LA.

  • @thenibnetwork4638
    @thenibnetwork4638 Před 4 lety +141

    30 years of owning this album and I never noticed America the Beautiful and you heard it first take. This is what a fresh perspective is all about. Love this channel. Love it.

    • @BRO77TX
      @BRO77TX Před 3 lety +4

      That’s not on the studio cut!! 🤔

    • @1967dooter
      @1967dooter Před 3 lety +6

      Sounds more like the British national anthem to me.

    • @Geezer-yf8hv
      @Geezer-yf8hv Před 3 lety +1

      @@1967dooter ...You are correct sir! Americans changed the lyrics...”Our country ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty......Not “America the Beatiful”

    • @thomasnelson5758
      @thomasnelson5758 Před 3 lety

      @@BRO77TX It's on the 40th anniversary deluxe release of the album

    • @mahbramah
      @mahbramah Před 3 lety +4

      I bought the best of the Doors back in the 80's and there was no riff in the beginning of LA WOMAN; Just that hot rod sound dying out in the distance as the music fades in. So hearing that America the Beautiful riff for the first time is great.
      I feel like I was cheated 😕😪😔

  • @ck_sidekick8306
    @ck_sidekick8306 Před 5 lety +370

    Roadhouse Blues will make the play list most def!

    • @OGTonyP
      @OGTonyP Před 5 lety +3

      Hands down

    • @rochajraphael
      @rochajraphael Před 5 lety +2

      Yes yes I hope they do that next. They would love that track.

    • @rayenrico3495
      @rayenrico3495 Před 5 lety +2

      Definitely Roadhouse Blues! You gonna love it. Also Touch Me, Love Her Madly and Back Door Man!

    • @themercurialmoxie
      @themercurialmoxie Před 5 lety

      Absolutely!

    • @courtbox
      @courtbox Před 5 lety

      Charlie Smith YES!!!!!!! Best Doors song ever👍👍👍👍

  • @andreacalo483
    @andreacalo483 Před 5 lety +1430

    You got to check out Roadhouse Blues guys. You'd definitely love that.

    • @walkingwounded3824
      @walkingwounded3824 Před 5 lety +18

      A must!

    • @chicken2jail545
      @chicken2jail545 Před 5 lety +19

      Yeah, that's my favorite Doors song.

    • @patrickc.mcevoy2065
      @patrickc.mcevoy2065 Před 5 lety +16

      Oh yeah, thats like 99% certainty theyd love roadhouse blues....got up dis mornin an got myself a beer...breakfast of champions..

    • @rom65536
      @rom65536 Před 5 lety +14

      "Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel" was the first thing my dad said to me when he gave me my first driving lesson. I'm not even certain he knew he was quoting The Doors - he was a doo-wop man, and much more likely to quote The Drifters than The Doors.

    • @thealaskanforever
      @thealaskanforever Před 5 lety +3

      Definitely a must

  • @voltakackackack4303
    @voltakackackack4303 Před 3 lety +69

    As soulful as Morrison's voice is in this song, there is a sort of gritty anger and aggression to it.

    • @CilvaRangz
      @CilvaRangz Před rokem +1

      Lol I’m glad I wasnt the only one who could perceive the anger in this song

    • @ga7654
      @ga7654 Před 4 měsíci +1

      He was pretty drunk at the time.

  • @careym3901
    @careym3901 Před 4 lety +101

    Morrison was an educated man and very intelligent. Despite all the contrary nonsense that he was an out of control hippy dippy. He had a keen incite on the 60's. Sadly he was a flawed man like everyone else and couldn't escape his demons! If he had lived I think we would have sought out his wisdom as an enlightened man.

    • @pattiespetitetanks6181
      @pattiespetitetanks6181 Před 4 lety +4

      Well said.

    • @iamthelizardking6239
      @iamthelizardking6239 Před 4 lety +4

      The lizard king actually hated hippies, he thought they were disingenuous.

    • @deborahmontgomery7881
      @deborahmontgomery7881 Před 4 lety +2

      He does live. Any great artist lives on through their art. When you listen to the music or read his lyrics in those moments he is alive.

    • @mjeffn2
      @mjeffn2 Před 3 lety +5

      Jim Morrison was has anything but, Hippy Dippy.” Back in the day he may have referred to himself or identified as more of a “freak,” than a Hippy. Jim was hard core in every way possible. He was a highly intelligent, educated, deep thinker who was as rebellious and brilliant as they come. He was probably also the sexiest man alive at the time according to my GF. I was 13 when this album was released and pulse increases when ever I hear Jim’s voice. The Doors’ music never leaves you.

    • @jeremykirk1334
      @jeremykirk1334 Před 3 lety +1

      Morrisons dad was a us admiral one of the most powerful men in us navy.

  • @nataliebowman79
    @nataliebowman79 Před 5 lety +414

    It Jimbo's voice. Jimbo was Jim's drunk alter ego. Jimbo recorded LA Women.

    • @jackblair7943
      @jackblair7943 Před 5 lety +1

      He really was a worthless person, tru dat.

    • @nicepolice12
      @nicepolice12 Před 5 lety +17

      Jimbo is also my drunk alter ego my real name is james.

    • @deantait8326
      @deantait8326 Před 5 lety +11

      @@jackblair7943 he was an obnoxious drunk but worthless? My date and I did leave a door's concert early. Alcohol destroys...... Morrison was a ucla film major,

    • @jackblair7943
      @jackblair7943 Před 5 lety

      @@deantait8326 Completely worthless.

    • @justsomenerd8925
      @justsomenerd8925 Před 5 lety +22

      @@jackblair7943 Okay, calm your tits.

  • @charliemiller1123
    @charliemiller1123 Před 5 lety +170

    If "L.A. Woman" made your play list then you MUST LISTEN to the doors The End", "People are strange" and "Roadhouse Blues" to truly understand Jim Morrison's voice range.

  • @janalaine
    @janalaine Před 4 lety +60

    I got a speeding ticket listening to this song, on the way to Saint Louis...the trooper said if I don't drop this down a mile an hour, you are going to jail. I told him what was playing on the radio and he told me to head on out and slow down....

  • @docbradleydc
    @docbradleydc Před rokem +15

    One of the best songs ever made by one of the best bands to occupy the earth.

  • @chrissavage8502
    @chrissavage8502 Před 5 lety +174

    Fun fact: Jim Morrison was a poet and overall wordsmith of sorts and “Mr. Mojo risin”, the nonsensical lyric during the breakdown, is actually an anagram for Jim Morrison.
    Also the doors DID NOT have a full time bass player. This track had a studio musician, but What you’d be hearing live, and in the studio on most of the earlier albums, would be bass being played on these lower notes of a separate keyboard called a Vox Continental. Ray Manzarek would often split duties between bass rhythms and lead keyboards. Sometimes at the same time.

    • @derkabronen
      @derkabronen Před 5 lety +8

      They were jaming with Elvis Presley's bass player, Jerry Scheff I think... and he came up with the bass line if I remember correctly.

    • @barryismygod
      @barryismygod Před 5 lety +6

      Chris Savage nope it was a Fender Rhodes Piano Bass keyboard

    • @bugmandu1
      @bugmandu1 Před 5 lety +3

      Jerry Scheff played electric bass guitar.

    • @barryismygod
      @barryismygod Před 5 lety +2

      Donald Ulrich he’s one of many bass players that played in the studio with the doors

    • @bugmandu1
      @bugmandu1 Před 5 lety +2

      @@barryismygod Yes but he played bass on this song.

  • @Oxmustube
    @Oxmustube Před 5 lety +261

    Upbeat music with dark lyrics was a trademark of the Doors.

    • @wesleyhudnall3353
      @wesleyhudnall3353 Před 5 lety +2

      That phrase reminds me of Third Eye Blind.

    • @MS-it9vv
      @MS-it9vv Před 5 lety +3

      I have to think that The Smiths were influenced by the Doors (happy-sounding music with decidedly dark lyrics and undertones).

    • @vanyadolly
      @vanyadolly Před 5 lety +3

      @@MS-it9vv I think the Smiths were just inspired by a man wallowing in his misery.

    • @ineffablemars
      @ineffablemars Před 4 lety

      Like The Smiths

  • @michelletittle4689
    @michelletittle4689 Před 4 lety +68

    Listen to “Love her Madly” and “Break on through to the other side.”😎

  • @DemianRusosky
    @DemianRusosky Před 4 lety +69

    I don´t know if someone else already said this, but Mr Mojo Risin is an anagram for Jim Morrison :)

    • @theincorruptedeye8226
      @theincorruptedeye8226 Před 3 lety +1

      Actually the name was derived from a piece of junk-mail that Jim received, after which he adopted it.

    • @frankburns2414
      @frankburns2414 Před 3 lety +3

      Figured that out being bored in an English class in ‘82

    • @theincorruptedeye8226
      @theincorruptedeye8226 Před 3 lety

      @@frankburns2414 You figured out that it was not an anagram?

  • @brentbeardsley655
    @brentbeardsley655 Před 5 lety +100

    Mr. Ray Manzarek was a genius on the keys, absolute beast!

    • @Jamesmartens55
      @Jamesmartens55 Před 5 lety +5

      RIP

    • @AlexanderNixonArtHistory
      @AlexanderNixonArtHistory Před 5 lety +3

      John Densmore and the bass too!

    • @BongEyedBastard
      @BongEyedBastard Před 5 lety +4

      Love Riders On The Storm too, the man is so tasteful in the jam.

    • @johnswright2598
      @johnswright2598 Před 4 lety

      @@AlexanderNixonArtHistory the bass player his name was Jerry chef and he was Elvis's bass player from 1968 until his death in 1977 which thrill gym two pieces because Morrison was a huge Elvis fan

    • @AlexanderNixonArtHistory
      @AlexanderNixonArtHistory Před 4 lety

      @@johnswright2598 I am so grateful you shared that information with me. You are talking to the official, #1 Doors fan here. ;)

  • @dashoot99
    @dashoot99 Před 5 lety +111

    L.A. Woman was their 6th and final album before Jim Morrison’s death. All six albums with Jim are excellent!

    • @Veggamattic
      @Veggamattic Před 5 lety +3

      Debateable.

    • @steveclapper5424
      @steveclapper5424 Před 5 lety +3

      Not to me.

    • @dashoot99
      @dashoot99 Před 5 lety +1

      Todd Kelly I’ll admit - I’ve been skipping “Horse Latitudes” the last decade or so LOL

    • @drew9719
      @drew9719 Před 5 lety +2

      Shoot3347 horse latitudes is art

    • @dashoot99
      @dashoot99 Před 5 lety +1

      Talking Deaf THIS is art: czcams.com/video/ROJjDWQPSw4/video.html

  • @TheFairyintheFishBowl
    @TheFairyintheFishBowl Před 3 lety +19

    You two are my FAVOURITE reactors, your’e so smart, insightful and your’e authentic...it never feels fake with you. I wish you uploaded more videos!

  • @gran29ty67
    @gran29ty67 Před rokem +16

    What an amazing song. Jim Morrison lyrics at his best. I grew up listening to the doors. What a great band. Morrison died way too soon. He was a great poet.

  • @LAFAN008_
    @LAFAN008_ Před 5 lety +123

    It's funny when George says he imagines a fat dude with a beard singing. Jim was heavier and had that full beard at that point.
    Roadhouse Blues should be next

  • @fleegerbriggs5694
    @fleegerbriggs5694 Před 5 lety +128

    Interestingly, Manzarek was classically trained on piano, Kreiger was a Flamenco guitarist, and Densmore was a jazz drummer.

    • @twelveytwelve
      @twelveytwelve Před 4 lety +18

      And Jim was a tortured soul and alcoholic with a genius IQ. Together, they created something unique and special.

    • @bradhardisty1652
      @bradhardisty1652 Před 4 lety +8

      Their was a big difference then because if you wanted to learn to play an instrument in the 60s, you were taught to play Jazz or Classical music. Then, they learned Rock on their own or with friends. Now people study Rock
      They might go back and learn Jazz styles. Mosr of the great drummers from the 60s were Jazz trained, Ginger Baker, Mitch Mitchell, Bill Wyman, John Bonham, Ian Paice.

    • @mowattbigsly2996
      @mowattbigsly2996 Před 4 lety

      And Jim was a drunken poet...

    • @zwood1838
      @zwood1838 Před 4 lety

      Also Robby had only been playing electric guitar for six months when he joined the doors

  • @neilmartin99
    @neilmartin99 Před 4 lety +268

    He is not singing about a woman as an actual living being.
    In the context of this song, L.A. IS the woman.
    Hope that helps.

    • @pdogone1
      @pdogone1 Před 3 lety +11

      reminds of american woman.. had to point out to younger coworkers that it is not about a woman.. it is about the US

    • @derekarmstrong3590
      @derekarmstrong3590 Před 3 lety +7

      You sir, are a Doors fan.

    • @JeffPenaify
      @JeffPenaify Před 3 lety +6

      I thought the song was about hitting LA looking to score 😂

    • @luvlgs1
      @luvlgs1 Před 3 lety

      @@JeffPenaify right on man. that too.

    • @luvlgs1
      @luvlgs1 Před 3 lety +2

      hills are filled with fire

  • @SebsBeenHere
    @SebsBeenHere Před rokem +11

    The Doors live concerts must have been out of this world! Jim Morrison was so hypnotic as a poet and to follow up with him, you got Ray, John, and Robby who were all masters of their craft. One of the greatest fkn bands ever dude

  • @McDougle625
    @McDougle625 Před 5 lety +213

    The Doors were waaaay ahead of their time. Much like Black Sabbath was as well.

  • @nfbuckeye
    @nfbuckeye Před 5 lety +41

    Robby Krieger is criminally underrated as a guitarist.

    • @jaymzb.1713
      @jaymzb.1713 Před 5 lety +2

      Preech!
      They all were extremely talented musicions but most people focused on Jim who was an excellent lyricist, not the best singer though, but a great frontman. Ray got a lot of their props too because of his organ play AND because he was their most outspoken member. John could play his ass off too. They were all good individualy but its the beauty of them playing in unison that brings the magic of The Doors to life.
      Peace

  • @zoniekat
    @zoniekat Před 4 lety +27

    Mr Mojo Risin is an anagram of his name. I love that.

  • @joemaldonado9231
    @joemaldonado9231 Před 3 lety +12

    Sadly, The Doors never got to play one song live from LA Woman. An absolute crime. RIP, Jim.

  • @ChristianW1975
    @ChristianW1975 Před 5 lety +316

    Finally another Doors video 😁👍🏻

    • @JBjopa8
      @JBjopa8 Před 5 lety +4

      Yes I agree 💯

    • @PsychedelicRealities
      @PsychedelicRealities Před 5 lety +6

      Yes, The Doors are significant to know. I would like them (LOST IN VEGAS) to listen to Ghost Song, a post-Jim's death-song. Jim is also consider to be a Poet, and the other members/instruments were equally Geniuses as well!

    • @bradhardisty1652
      @bradhardisty1652 Před 5 lety +2

      Jim Morrison didn't have a stylist. He created his look, approach, stage persona, and most all Rock singers have talen from his playbook.

    • @Nobody-br1rq
      @Nobody-br1rq Před 4 lety +1

      @@bradhardisty1652 almost correct but he admired Brian Jones from the Stones

    • @martygras378
      @martygras378 Před 4 lety

      @@bradhardisty1652 He also admits to learning a lot from opening for Van Morrison

  • @Eire-327
    @Eire-327 Před 5 lety +112

    Oh thats jim alright. He had more than one singing style, very versatile

    • @justindearmond1
      @justindearmond1 Před 5 lety +12

      it wasn't a different style, he was drunk off his ass while recording this album.

    • @derekfletcher8934
      @derekfletcher8934 Před 5 lety +11

      @@justindearmond1 don't forget this was their last album, he's 5 years older than when they first started and his voice had been ravaged (not being dramatic, it's true) by drugs, booze, cigarettes and the constant screaming over the yeats. He did not take care of his singing voice at all.
      I think if Jim had lived, eventually his singing would've become a lot like Tom Waits.

    • @martygras378
      @martygras378 Před 4 lety

      @@justindearmond1 I think you're likely dead wrong on that, see my earlier comments.

  • @Fingers_Dupree
    @Fingers_Dupree Před 3 lety +1

    you guys crack me up. Great video! The way you guys reacted to this song is how I react every time I hear it

  • @MrThankman360
    @MrThankman360 Před 4 lety +8

    For those arguing about the rhythm at the beginning - It’s the rhythm for “God Save The Queen” and/ or “My Country Tis Of Thee” They both used the same rhythm. “God save the Queen” first, and then “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” used it later. So...for those arguing...you’re both correct.

  • @VnnDgd
    @VnnDgd Před 4 lety +93

    Jims blues era towards his death were some of the best songs.

    • @ramonalfaro3252
      @ramonalfaro3252 Před 3 lety +3

      They cut out the crap and stripped it down. Just your everyday next door superstar garage band.

  • @shawnlovering1841
    @shawnlovering1841 Před 5 lety +71

    Dudes that comparisson between Tool Anema and LA Woman, you are genius! It has the same vibe, different style same message, of course Tool is more apocalyptic.

  • @neeps9596
    @neeps9596 Před 4 lety

    I love you guys for sitting through this, one of my favourite tunes. And for that I'll take the time out to listen with an open mind any tune you hit me with. You guys have great chemistry and knowhow.

  • @RachidElGuerrab
    @RachidElGuerrab Před 3 lety +1

    Great and enjoyable reaction! Can’t wait to see you react to more Doors songs: light my fire, the end, when the music is over, touch me, and many more!

  • @Guild0fGamers
    @Guild0fGamers Před 4 lety +154

    "My image is this heavy set, grungy, big bearded. . . "
    By the time they recorded L.A. woman, your not far off.

    • @tonyrock5313
      @tonyrock5313 Před 4 lety

      Are you thinking of Elvis?

    • @96goham
      @96goham Před 3 lety +12

      Tony Rock no he is not. Jim Morrison got fat with a beard

    • @OldGrumpyDude
      @OldGrumpyDude Před 3 lety +5

      "How about some tacos?" Jim Morrison

  • @stevevolpert4197
    @stevevolpert4197 Před 4 lety +78

    Y'all get it. That's why I keep coming back.

  • @abbefaria2596
    @abbefaria2596 Před 4 lety

    love this channel, you'r amazing. keep it up!

  • @katwebbxo
    @katwebbxo Před 4 lety +4

    That's the beauty of his voice. It came from a messed up place but it was beautiful. 💖

  • @kitoyobeni1
    @kitoyobeni1 Před 5 lety +52

    The Doors are the perfect soundtrack to summer cruising at night, convertible optional.

    • @navocar
      @navocar Před 5 lety

      Definitely driving music. When I came to LA on my first business trip I drove down Sunset Blvd windows down with Doors full blast!

    • @theccpisaparasite8813
      @theccpisaparasite8813 Před rokem

      Speeding ticket song

  • @tonyavallejo7790
    @tonyavallejo7790 Před 5 lety +180

    I’d love to see y’all react to People Are Strange by The Doors, Nights in White Satin by The Moody Blues and Spill The Wine by Eric Burdon and War.

    • @-EndlessHorizon
      @-EndlessHorizon Před 5 lety +3

      Wait I think you mean lost boys by the doors

    • @Norman-Bates
      @Norman-Bates Před 5 lety +12

      If you are going to mention 'Nights in White Satin' you MUST acknowledge
      'A Whiter shade of Pale' by Procol Harum ...
      You are a classy lady, bless your heart ❤️

    • @coltphipps1415
      @coltphipps1415 Před 5 lety +1

      Yesss

    • @maceomaceo11
      @maceomaceo11 Před 5 lety +1

      War will change their lives. Everybody knows 'Low Rider', but something like 'Slippin' Into Darkness' or 'The World Is A Ghetto' would blow their minds.

    • @Daniel.Miranda
      @Daniel.Miranda Před 5 lety +1

      Hell yeah good taste

  • @1969cmp
    @1969cmp Před rokem

    Good analysis. A great song. One of my all time favourites pieces.

  • @andrewgothard4992
    @andrewgothard4992 Před 2 lety

    I honestly love both of your perspectives on music, coming from people who predominantly grew up listening to hip hop and stuff like that. I listen to a wide variety of music, ranging from metal, to classic rock, to classical music, and its funny how you two pick up on things so fast listening to a wide range of music. Rock on guys.

  • @cjvirnig
    @cjvirnig Před 4 lety +68

    Morrison definitely sings this song. He was absolutely hammered during nearly the entire recording session for this album.

    • @theincorruptedeye8226
      @theincorruptedeye8226 Před 3 lety +4

      According to who?

    • @Jonesy1978
      @Jonesy1978 Před 2 lety +1

      @@theincorruptedeye8226 read Robbie's book, he was smashed 24-7. full blown alcoholic

    • @johnnytocino9313
      @johnnytocino9313 Před 2 lety +3

      He was an alcoholic so comes with the territory.

    • @PubeCrust
      @PubeCrust Před rokem +2

      @@theincorruptedeye8226 everyone ever who knows the doors lol I was literally named after him I’ve researched all about him

    • @johnnyboy1237
      @johnnyboy1237 Před 10 měsíci

      ⁠@@theincorruptedeye8226most of their songs are based off acid lol

  • @Tarantulisimo
    @Tarantulisimo Před 4 lety +147

    This is Jim Morrison's alter-ego "Mr. Mojo Risin" -- Hammered as hell in the bathroom of a Hollywood bungalow

    • @danieldeanmasterfinisher4715
      @danieldeanmasterfinisher4715 Před 4 lety +16

      Mr. Mojo Risin is a acronym for Jim Morrison

    • @danieldeanmasterfinisher4715
      @danieldeanmasterfinisher4715 Před 4 lety +1

      You should really do something from The Rolling Stones . “Missing you.” “Going to a Go Go”. “Symphony for the devil “ maybe you have and I missed it? I’m 51 years old and have loved all music from an early age. So glad to see you guys putting this kind of stuff out there for the younger people to experience . Props to you both #lovinit

    • @50shadesofgandalfthegrey57
      @50shadesofgandalfthegrey57 Před 4 lety +11

      Daniel Dean Not an acronym, an anagram

    • @serpentlady4551
      @serpentlady4551 Před 4 lety

      @@danieldeanmasterfinisher4715 *'Sympathy foe the Devil'*

    • @burntweeniesandwich64
      @burntweeniesandwich64 Před 4 lety +3

      Mr. Mojo Risen, is simply Jim Morrison"s name jumbled up>

  • @rsohlich1
    @rsohlich1 Před rokem +2

    Let err rip! Jim's vocals have an incredible power here. I've always loved that part at the middle-end. So much soul and gusto!

  • @josephdinki8082
    @josephdinki8082 Před 4 lety

    So appreciative of both you great gentlemen! I feel as I am learning so much through your ears and comments!!!!!

    • @josephdinki8082
      @josephdinki8082 Před 4 lety

      Lived when this song was brand new...it is again!!!!!

  • @arisnikolaou5204
    @arisnikolaou5204 Před 5 lety +78

    Jim Morrison had a very versatile voice. He doesn't sound the same in any of the Doors songs.

    • @sarahwyatt2697
      @sarahwyatt2697 Před 4 lety +6

      ARIS NIKOLAOU he was drunk and fat and tired.

    • @gregrambo606
      @gregrambo606 Před 4 lety

      @@sarahwyatt2697
      Yep. Cigarettes, beer etc. deepened his voice.

    • @wes_m
      @wes_m Před 4 lety +3

      He's a changeling.

  • @Shaulfaulkner
    @Shaulfaulkner Před 5 lety +32

    Peacefrog, Moonlight Drive, Break on Through..... So many more

  • @smidon
    @smidon Před 2 lety +12

    This track is great, the album is magnificent. More of this bluesy quality on it as you all know. Of course it followed Morrison Hotel where that twisted alt-country-blues sound started for the Doors.

  • @shangrilana
    @shangrilana Před 3 lety +2

    That's Jim singing🥰. I used to listen to that cassette every day on my Walkman on my way back and forth to work ( making meals for the homeless) every day for a long period in 1988. He really made my days💃

  • @clintatk
    @clintatk Před 4 lety +49

    "Woke up this morning and got myself a beer." Morrison could write beautifully as well.

    • @zenhaelcero8481
      @zenhaelcero8481 Před 3 lety +2

      Old story goes that he was chatting with Alice Cooper, and got that line from him.

    • @johnstorton
      @johnstorton Před 3 lety +4

      "Let me photograph your soul, memorize your alleys on an endless roll." Heck, that sounds good even just speaking it!

  • @jarshall2
    @jarshall2 Před 5 lety +141

    The End is very much it’s own thing. It’s not about getting to know The Doors, it’s just a weird trip, that doesn’t hand you a good example of what this band does best.

    • @toecutterjenkins
      @toecutterjenkins Před 5 lety +3

      The end was a short song when written. The Doors used to have long improvised instrumentals to fill thier set at the whiskey. These instrumentals allowed Jim to improvise poetry in the moment. His poetry is open to interpretation, Jim said himself "it means what you want it to mean".
      I've loved this band since the first time hearing my father play it when I was 8.

    • @neilpatrickhairless
      @neilpatrickhairless Před 5 lety +9

      Shiioiit. The End is EVERYTHING the Doors were the best at

    • @tmage23
      @tmage23 Před 5 lety

      The End, Celebration of the Lizard, The Crystal Ship, When the Music's Over etc. are all just as essential to understanding the band as their radio friendly stuff. Morrison was a poet (with wildly varying results) and his work was heavily influenced by psychedelics so you can't really separate that stuff from the rest of the band's output.

    • @shawnbasil1600
      @shawnbasil1600 Před 5 lety +1

      The End is probably the darkest Doors track. If you've watched Apocalypse Now, you've heard this song at the beginning and end. It is powerful both for its dark beauty and its unsettling theme.

    • @arongamman9360
      @arongamman9360 Před 5 lety

      The Doors were mostly a blues band in my opinion even if they had other aspects.

  • @Wildrover82
    @Wildrover82 Před 3 lety +2

    love how you dudes are feelin this track. respect.

  • @unomunoz7893
    @unomunoz7893 Před rokem +1

    Guitarist, keyboardist, drummer, vocalist created mystical, mythical, magical tunes for us to rock to.

  • @earlmontgomery8650
    @earlmontgomery8650 Před 4 lety +132

    "When the music's over". You gotta do it . The best Doors song ever

  • @adolf4
    @adolf4 Před 5 lety +29

    "Love her madly" that's a very underrated song by the doors

    • @andyo3689
      @andyo3689 Před 5 lety +1

      at the time Love Her Madly was on the radio ALL the time...it might have been a number one. All these years later the bigger epic tunes get more attention but you're right Love Her Madly was fIRE

    • @davidwozencroft7488
      @davidwozencroft7488 Před 5 lety +1

      Love her madly is excellent

  • @dantapedeck3642
    @dantapedeck3642 Před 3 lety +6

    Dude you captured it! "Motel, money, murder, madness! Let's change the mood from glad to sadness!" Total L.A. Woman right there! This is their city and The Doors world! Things are up and they are down but it's the world they are living in L.A.

  • @bigdaddypiggy
    @bigdaddypiggy Před 3 lety +8

    For a band that had so many great songs this is probably my favorite (this & Roadhouse Blues) it never gets old & is probably one of the best driving songs ever recorded....check out “Peace Frog”

  • @johncummins6033
    @johncummins6033 Před 4 lety +334

    He’s not mimicking, he’s just drunk jimbo.

    • @michelletittle4689
      @michelletittle4689 Před 4 lety +3

      LA has a hidden very dark side. Many make reference to it but people like to breathe so don’t bring it to the forefront.

    • @briannewell6064
      @briannewell6064 Před 4 lety

      Nailed it.

    • @MrMister1972
      @MrMister1972 Před 4 lety

      I'll go with mimicking and drunk. lol

    • @humboldtharry4248
      @humboldtharry4248 Před 3 lety +3

      His drunk growl was legendary

    • @progger53
      @progger53 Před 2 lety

      You must have read Ray's book. I borrowed his "Jimbo" describing another L.A. woman cut where Jim's voice was real tough sounding.

  • @neilzo1776
    @neilzo1776 Před 5 lety +37

    Peace Frogs. Short but SWEET!!

  • @misschienniet
    @misschienniet Před 3 lety +3

    These 2 guys are great. They feel music

  • @Cosmic86x
    @Cosmic86x Před 4 lety +1

    This song and driving through the Hollywood hills in a cabrio in the summer = pure bliss 😄

  • @ollyhudson9931
    @ollyhudson9931 Před 5 lety +132

    The Crystal Ship.

    • @facelessandnameless
      @facelessandnameless Před 5 lety

      Olly Hudson 👌

    • @austin910
      @austin910 Před 4 lety

      one of my favorite moments in any song ever THE CRYSTAL SHIP IS BEING FILLED 1000 GIRLS 1000 THRILLS

    • @mikestanton931
      @mikestanton931 Před 4 lety +1

      Would love to hear these guys lose their minds listening to ‘The Soft Parade’

  • @roseblake5803
    @roseblake5803 Před 5 lety +12

    This is JIM MORRISON, he could sing so melodic and beautiful and in one second rip your heart out with a blood curdling scream !!!! Jim loved singing blues. Great job guys !!!!

  • @vandy2715
    @vandy2715 Před 3 lety

    WOW. I really dig how you guys berak down the tracks... Very cool, you have yourself a new sub. Keep up the really epic work guys.

  • @barbscott8342
    @barbscott8342 Před 4 lety +2

    at least 3 speeding tickets have come my way because of this freaking tune! Love it!

  • @chitoryu12
    @chitoryu12 Před 4 lety +157

    You were mostly correct! The distorted sounds at the beginning are "My Country, 'Tis Of Thee".

    • @raidrfrk
      @raidrfrk Před 4 lety +4

      Bingo

    • @bendream544
      @bendream544 Před 4 lety +31

      @@raidrfrk wrong it's God Save The Queen. English National Anthem

    • @pumasgoya
      @pumasgoya Před 4 lety +1

      @@bendream544 or God save the King

    • @yarnpower
      @yarnpower Před 4 lety +13

      Ben Dream both songs share the same melody.

    • @SonicProfessor_a.k.a._T._Andra
      @SonicProfessor_a.k.a._T._Andra Před 4 lety +13

      That wasn't added-to/contained in the opening of the song, until the 40th Anniversary edition of L.A. Woman (released in 2012). ...The "My Country 'tis Of Thee" thing is a new element (never part of the classic version or people's memories of the song) [It IS cool, and effective, though!]

  • @deboraharellano4334
    @deboraharellano4334 Před 5 lety +56

    Love you guys. I see all these channels trying to imitate what you guy's are doing, but at the end of the day they don't appreciate the greatness of a song and break it down like you all. You are absolutely correct on this song being a metaphor. Jim Morrison was a brilliant song writer. Cops in cars, never saw a woman so alone - great stuff. It's metaphoric, the physicality of the town and thinking of a woman and we need to take care of her. I'm from East LA, a part of LA that isn't glamourous at all. I love the end this song, Morrison repeats MOJO Rising. Jim Morrison created an ingenious anagram of his name by re-arranging the letters to spell “Mr. Mojo Risin. A mojo is a voodoo magic charm. It can be specifically a fertility charm, or just a generic word for voodoo magic or if you have a collection of charms you keep them in a "Mojo Bag"If the bag were red, it would be a mojo for love and you would have to put a personal item, such as hair or bit of clothing in order for the mojo to work. If the mojo were made out of a black bag it would be for death. Back then people thought mojo meant sexual energy, including Jim Morrison. I think Muddy Waters is the first to reference MOJO in one of his songs, "Mojo Blues". I love this song being from LA and all, if you really think about about the lyrics, it is a sad song. Love you guys! Keep up the greatness. Con Mucho Respecto Y con Mucho Amor.

    • @justoxin1902
      @justoxin1902 Před 5 lety

      In their early days they kept it short n sweet n it was perfect to watch! Now they just drag on about their opinions and it just gets a massive eye roll from me

  • @topoisomerace
    @topoisomerace Před 3 lety

    Love how seriously you take these reviews. Keep doing your thing.

  • @pat7504
    @pat7504 Před 3 lety +1

    This is by far my favourite song to play live with any band I'm in, usually goes down really well too.

  • @Rbeavs
    @Rbeavs Před 5 lety +30

    The bassist on this album was Elvis’ bass player from the 60’s until Elvis’ death

  • @Dano_in_Texas
    @Dano_in_Texas Před 5 lety +16

    L.A. Woman is definitely fire! Hard to call any one song of theirs, "their best," but, for "just a good jam" purposes... this one could easily be referred to as one of their best, if not THE best.
    That being said, my personal Doors favorites are;
    * The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)
    * Roadhouse Blues
    * Spanish Caravan
    * Break On Through
    * The Unknown Soldier
    * When the Music's Over
    Keep it up guys! Lovin' it!
    #feelthemusic

    • @jenniferhaar7934
      @jenniferhaar7934 Před 5 lety +3

      Love Break on through!! on of my all time favorites!!

    • @DarthDavin
      @DarthDavin Před 5 lety +1

      Dude love that hashtag! #feelthemusic

  • @whogrl
    @whogrl Před 4 lety

    One of my favorite Doors’ songs. Great review!

  • @inJesusname1992
    @inJesusname1992 Před 2 lety

    Amazing reaction guys

  • @natejones6832
    @natejones6832 Před 5 lety +83

    That IS Jim in the flesh my man. Dude could sing twenty different ways if you asked him

    • @robertopics
      @robertopics Před 5 lety

      Yup, when I hear yes the river knows I realized that.

  • @mrbunghole
    @mrbunghole Před 4 lety +33

    The Doors were like Faith No More back in the 60s. Extreme singer. Great keyboards. Unique guitar player.

    • @ClifHaley
      @ClifHaley Před 4 lety +2

      That's a really good comparison.

    • @danpeak
      @danpeak Před 4 lety +5

      Or Faith No More was like the Doors.

    • @trentrez6643
      @trentrez6643 Před 4 lety

      Not a bad comparison. But a better comparison of those 2 were that they both gave rock music the kick in the nuts it needed to move forward

    • @bevrosity
      @bevrosity Před 4 lety

      and a helluva bassist

  • @ericsahagun3607
    @ericsahagun3607 Před 3 lety

    Damn I'm just checking out that black background and the City of Lights at night behind you what a perfect way to illustrate this song you guys are the BOMB! Eric

  • @thepunks7060
    @thepunks7060 Před 3 lety +1

    Lived there for 10 yrs you guys are pretty spot on, good job! It took a little digging and squirming but you figured it out. Trust me been a fan sense 67 the band is built around Morrison, it's always him singing. The Boys were smart enough to know an Alien from another dimension/world landed for a few years, so their music backed up his brain. The Doors are a journey into the underworld/other-world.....

  • @michaelpodgorski1692
    @michaelpodgorski1692 Před 5 lety +30

    Ahh, The Doors make me swoon. James was such a unique man. Their music, for me, is profound on a spiritual level.

  • @gregjones861
    @gregjones861 Před 5 lety +61

    To go from this to The Soft Parade would blow your heads open.

    • @DMB088
      @DMB088 Před 5 lety

      But are they ready for that?

    • @johnswright2598
      @johnswright2598 Před 5 lety +2

      Did you stop to consider
      How it will feel
      Cold grinding
      Grizzly bear Jaws
      Hot on your heels...
      Do you ever stop and listen
      Has Saturday's shore
      The whole world's a savior
      Who could
      Ever ever ever ever
      Ever ever ever
      Ask for more?
      Do you remember
      Will you stop will you stop
      The paaaaaaàiiiin.

    • @mentalcompassno1
      @mentalcompassno1 Před 5 lety +1

      And
      czcams.com/video/MgZcGh92qLQ/video.html

    • @Eight8888888812
      @Eight8888888812 Před 4 lety

      Yah LA Women and Soft Parade are my favorite, just sooo much shit going on

    • @johnswright2598
      @johnswright2598 Před 4 lety

      @@Eight8888888812 or. ....
      "Come back,
      Baby....
      Back into my arms......
      We're gettin tired....
      Of hangin around....
      Waitin round....
      With our....
      Heads to the ground....
      I hear a very,gentle sound..."

  • @vickybrackin7483
    @vickybrackin7483 Před 3 lety

    I LOVED THIS! Although I am from the generation I never took the time to listen The Doors!! Their jam is undeniably great stuff!! Thank you

  • @boogama1
    @boogama1 Před 4 lety +2

    Ahh, one of the best drivin/road trip songs ever :)

  • @davidbrandi7602
    @davidbrandi7602 Před 5 lety +16

    Ray Mandzarek was perhaps the greatest pianist in rock. He would play piano with one hand, a bass line with the other.

    • @sidhedanu
      @sidhedanu Před 5 lety +1

      Tori Amos would give him a run for his money. She plays piano and keyboard/harpsichord/whatever, straddling the bench and going from one mic to other depending on which instrument is primary at the moment.

    • @shanefrancis368
      @shanefrancis368 Před 5 lety

      John Paul Jones

    • @nltcrow9575
      @nltcrow9575 Před 5 lety +2

      No one mentioned here has the chops Keith Emerson had and none were as groovy or nasty as Jon Lord!

    • @shanefrancis368
      @shanefrancis368 Před 5 lety +1

      NLT Crow JPJ was the 1st to pop into my head. John Lord is one of the greats. Keith Emerson from...Emerson Lake and Palmer? I am a young buck of 48 and really never listened to them much.

  • @greggeller450
    @greggeller450 Před 4 lety +14

    "... topless bars. Never saw a woman so alone, so alone..." Hard to imagine a more powerful, visual statement with so few words in rock lyrics. Well-crafted, thoughtful poetry in an eternal song.

  • @bobbydavis3723
    @bobbydavis3723 Před 4 lety

    Love yu guys

  • @RicoBurghFan
    @RicoBurghFan Před 4 lety +1

    Good insight into the Doors music, good insight period.

  • @ozz33nyc
    @ozz33nyc Před 5 lety +107

    Mr. Mojo Risin. Spells out Jim Morrison

    • @anthonygajewski1464
      @anthonygajewski1464 Před 4 lety +3

      wow thats cool. never knew that either .

    • @anotherlittlepieceofmyart
      @anotherlittlepieceofmyart Před 4 lety +2

      That was my dog's name, best dog ever. Rip MOJO 😚

    • @crazierthan-u7571
      @crazierthan-u7571 Před 4 lety +2

      Been listening to this song for 40-something years and never knew about this anagram. Wow.

    • @markantone7989
      @markantone7989 Před 4 lety

      @@crazierthan-u7571 wow
      "Pretty neat
      Pretty neat
      Pretty good alright" - Jim MORRISON live

    • @theashrook6129
      @theashrook6129 Před 4 lety

      ozz33nyc did not know that, dam

  • @jdovma1
    @jdovma1 Před 5 lety +41

    Crystal Ship, Break On Through and People Are Strange are also worth checking out.

  • @brandonmaynard8879
    @brandonmaynard8879 Před 3 lety

    I always get inspired by the music, thanks to you guy's.

  • @ryanedwards4512
    @ryanedwards4512 Před 4 lety +1

    That's Jim..what a great band and even better front man

  • @botabob
    @botabob Před 5 lety +33

    Great reaction. You all break it down. Very professionally produced video.

  • @chaost4544
    @chaost4544 Před 5 lety +62

    Jim Morrison was the ultimate front man. Could you imagine how different this would sound in the 70's?

    • @deejay7060
      @deejay7060 Před 5 lety +5

      Chaos Thierry this album came out in 1971. It was the 70’s

    • @goldenageofdinosaurs7192
      @goldenageofdinosaurs7192 Před 5 lety +12

      Dee Jay 70 I think the OP meant how groundbreaking it would sound to someone living in the early 70’s..

    • @deejay7060
      @deejay7060 Před 5 lety +1

      chris maggiora HAHAHAHA. I didn’t even think about it that way.

    • @Bogbilly
      @Bogbilly Před 5 lety +2

      If I had a time machine this is a something I would do. Just go back and follow the band and see as much live concerts as I could. What a prolific band

    • @LuchaLibertaria
      @LuchaLibertaria Před 5 lety +1

      There were tons of songs like that in 1971, it was the height of the classic rock era. However this would sound very different to a 15 year old of today who have never listened to this kind of music before.

  • @Wise-Lady-La-Aura
    @Wise-Lady-La-Aura Před 3 lety +2

    Wow, man I loved your reaction.
    The Doors captured the truth and the feel of LA in 1970, and that same truth and feel applies to LA today! LA Woman was recorded in 1970, and released in 1971. You nailed it! You're right, Mr. Mojo Risin' was Jim Morrison's alter ego. As the story goes, when Jim Morrison was a boy, his family came across a fatal accident involving a bus full of Native American Indians. He said that it was a really bad accident scene with a lot of bodies so badly injured, still laying in the road and on the side of the road as his family drove by. He said he saw some of them look right at him!! He couldn't look away and then he said he saw their souls leaving their bodies. Jim said that one of them entered his body!! He felt him inside his mind as a little boy. He said that man would come out sometimes, and when he got older, that man became his alter ego! Remember, the country was at war in Vietnam. The teens and 20 somethings were doing drugs. Everyone was fascinated by drugs. I might have only been a kid, but growing up in a big family in the city, I watched it all happen. The Doors were playing on every radio on every street corner as we all watched the older teen boys being marched off to war. The average U.S. soldier was a 19-year-old man from a poor or working-class family and they were drafted. The draft didn't end until 1973. This amazing one of a kind song brings back my childhood days. Every teen and 20 something , even, kids were mesmerized by the Doors. I still listen to it when I want to feel young and wild. THANK YOU for your appreciation of this counter culture song . Gotta' keep on risin'! Risin, risin!! Yea!

  • @9090Glenn
    @9090Glenn Před 4 lety +15

    The Doors never really considered themselves part of the Hippie peace generation - they related more to The Beat generation that preceded it - one reason their music was so strongly influenced by Blues - I think the Miami concert was when this division really came out as Jim screamed at the crowd of hippies who wanted to hear Light My Fire and called them all "slaves" - he was out of his mind and got arrested later on and charged with public indecency and all that jazz ...

    • @WHEATLYWANTTOBE
      @WHEATLYWANTTOBE Před 4 lety

      What a guy😂 no one like Morrison an there never will be