I am 77 year old grandmother! I have never gotten tired nof these songs. Lookng back on my wild past! Staying alive, but almost all my old Hippy Friends left me. They went Riding on the Storm!
I love this song, I love the solo, but I think that saying that anything is the best is over-reaching a little. I mean, Rod Argent's solo on Hold Your head High is pretty good, Jon lord of Deep Purple said it was his favorite. Steve Winwoods solos on The Low Spark of High-heeled boys is pretty good. Rick Wakeman's Roundabout Hammond organ solo is great. Greg Allman has some great solos on Live at Fillmore East. Even the Oberheim Four Voice synthesizer solo on Styx's Angry Young Man (Fooling Yourself) is pretty kick-ass. Or how about Keith Emerson's Karnevil 9 solos ? i could go on, but I won't. You get the picture.
Bonjour. J'ai entendu les Doors la première fois en 1972. C'était '' Stranges days ''. J'ai aujourd'hui 63 ans et j'aime toujours autant les Doors. Portez-vous bien. 🎶🍺🇨🇵🆓🍷
I’m a fairly lonely sort of person, which no longer really bothers me, cause I’ve kind of gotten used to it. Late at night, I make a hot cup of tea, put on The Doors and sit looking out at the rain. It soothes my soul. Whoever and wherever you are, I wish you peace ☮️ ❤😊
I couldn't agree more, what a player, great riffs he knew how to vibe & he knew exactly when less is more. I remember reading Jim saying "Robbie doesn't get enough credit". The first song Robbie wrote was "Light My Fire" an unbelievable talent.
@@ricovali9245 There are a couple of lines that MAY be a reference to a specific killer (can't remember the name), but that's it. There's no indication that it's explicitly about one single thing.
@@ricovali9245 The song is about several things, The idea that we're born against our will, the killer on the road like you said, and the simple feeling of being loved. Its a hearty song.
Jim Morrison! Happy 81st birthday in heaven! Even though you have gone to heaven, your masterpieces and the great achievements you left behind will live on forever and will be immortal! May you rest in peace.
It's fall, 2021. Was sitting in my truck right next to the beach in Ocean Beach, Ca. I could hear the waves and there was a wicked lightning storm all around that night. This song was playing and for a few minutes, it was synchronicity.
The Doors are the gold standard for the best in American rock music, and this song is arguably their pinnacle. Also, it's the final song on their final album. What a final statement!
Their hit to bust ratio is outta this world! Like all other artists, i can find a few songs on their albums that i dont like. With the doors, theres maybe one song per album that i dont like. Thats why i cant call myself a beatles fan. I like some of their songs, but i dislike waaaaaay more. Same with the stones!!!
This incredible masterpiece by the doors just makes me want to get in a car on a dark and rainy night in the middle of the summer and just drive through the back roads of America to get away from all my problems and just experience things i have never experienced before. I just want to live.
My parents wouldn't allow a TV and we would only be allowed to listen to classical music. My neighbor was washing his car and blasting this. My very 1st pop/rock song. Been in love with the Doors ever since
This whole album is timeless Bought it right away - that was 71 or 72. Still is listening to it - 23. This mix of rock, blues, jazz and sadness, Jim’s voice, keyboard and guitar makes it in-temporal.
@Ashton Pickering I was trapped in my room with my sibling and there was a loud storm outside. The electricity kept going out and the TV spelt out some weird words.
Dear Beta Tod: whereby some reason, you've oppened somehow your own door. No botter, hope it had happens on full moon, like Jim himself would has wanted...!
I first heard The Doors in 1979 at the tender age of 10., fell instantly in love with Jim's poetic lyrics, set to some of best music ever conceived. Now at almost 54, I love it even more.
Don't want to take away credit from Jim Morrison, he was a genius of his time, but the Doors just wouldn't be the Doors without Manzarek's masterful key playing. His playing makes this and the rest of their music instantly recognizable. Edit: also keep in mind, Ray plays the keys section, but he ALSO plays the bass line in every doors song. The doors didn't have a bassist, it was all Ray.
I was saying something similar to some co-workers a few years back, but took it a bit further. I said that The Doors were one of those few bands that were a real band, that if you took out any member and replaced them with somebody else that it would be a completely different band.
Sad and surreal, hauntingly beautiful and far away was how I felt when I first listened to this song in 1971. I still feel the same way in 2022. This is the mark of all powerful music. Timeless!!
This song is soooo haunting.... and beautiful. The last song Jim ever recorded with the band. The ending is so eerie, you can almost see Jim himself fading away.....
One of my dad's favorite songs. Monsoon season here in Tucson doesn't feel complete until this song comes on at least ONCE somehow. The perfect jam for late night driving, cruising through the rain, or enjoying a cloudy, dreary day.
Just looked this up cause it came on the radio while I was driving home in a pitch-black, windy nighttime rainstorm up here in the woods of Maine. It was euphoric to say the least
Love how Manzarek started playing around with this piece on his keyboard.Then a masterpiece was born. Bass, drums, keyboard and Morrison's voice. Love to you all xxxx
Riders on the storm Riders on the storm Into this house we're born Into this world we're thrown Like a dog without a bone An actor out alone Riders on the storm There's a killer on the road His brain is squirmin' like a toad Take a long holiday Let your children play If ya give this man a ride Sweet memory will die Killer on the road, yeah Girl, ya gotta love your man Girl, ya gotta love your man Take him by the hand Make him understand The world on you depends Our life will never end Gotta love your man, yeah Riders on the storm Into this house we're born Into this world we're thrown Like a dog without a bone An actor out on loan Riders on the storm Riders on the storm Riders on the storm Riders on the storm Riders on the storm
I remember listening to this on my dad's old vinyls in the basement as a kid... Now me and my 10 year old are listening while we wait for school to start.
I met Ray Manzarek in an Ace Hardware in St. Helena Ca in the early 2000's. I didn't recognize him and while we were standing in line, I said "Has anyone ever told you that you look like Ray Manzarek?" He replied: "Yes, my wife says that all the time." Great memory.
That must have been a magical feeling! I met John Densmore in the mid 90s when he played a solo drum show at my college campus, University of South Dakota of all places! I wrote for the college newspaper at the time and was invited to the after-show mixer where only about 20 people were there. I walked right up to John, shook his hand and proceeded to tell him about a play I was writing in my creative writing class inspired by the Doors music. John smiled and then said, "If you make it to Broadway, call me up!" Still to this day I am amazed at my luck that day meeting him. Years later I was also able to see the Doors play in concert with Ian Astbury, which was phenomenal. The Doors played for about 2 1/2 hours and the band let people get up on the stage and dance. Very fun memorable experience.
Man... the band was so tight on this classic song. Manzarek's amazing keyboard play sets the tone, and they just go from there. Incredible set of musicians. Everyone talks mostly about Morrison, but let's not forget the 3 guys behind him.
Younger, when I came back at home, completely drunk after a party, alone in the cold night at 2 a.m, I was listening to this tune. What a perfect way to sober up. And you know what ? I do the same now, lost in the lightning of my new town, Paris, not so far from where he dies.
The band is amazing, and the original members can never be replaced. They all had a very important role in every album they made, and each song created was magical and mysterious.
I remember my Uncle Martin told me when i Was 15 yrold 'hey kid,listen to this' while we were driving through the Desert highway to GUADALAJARA CITY. and i remember thinking in my mind, about those sounds like 'Damn,whats this!!!!' it Was just another concept of music to me.. but all that Album fit in through that trip.. Then LA. WOMAN started and it blew my mind.. I REALLY ENJOYED THAT MOMENT.. and now that he have passed away im thankful to him,for showing me WHAT REAL MUSIC IS.. AND SHOULD BE.. 👌❤ I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM FOR THAT.. ❤😎
Doesn't matter where I am or what I'm doing, if this song comes on the radio it stops me in my tracks and I just HAVE to listen to the very last rain drenched chord - and no other song I've ever heard makes me do that. Pathos has never been so perfectly put to music.
Right on. Don't know why, but I always match up this song with a overnight heavy rain and in the morning sun up burning away the clouds, but everything is still wet.
I was 14 when this came out and I remember sitting in the kitchen doing my homework whilst listening to this on radio Luxembourg, the coolest station on the radio. 208 longwave with the music fading in and out but it was the way it was back then.
Pues sorprendentemente, aunque sea una obra maestra es y será una de las mejores canciones de la historia, pero no figura aunque resulte paradójico entre las 500mejores canciones de la historia.😮
I wanted a song to play to my baby in utero that I could also play after they were born to sooth them to sleep as a reminder of the womb. I chose this song because I absolutely love it and I’m so glad I did because I will never get tired of playing it to my baby to send them to sleep… I always discover something new in the many beautiful layers each time we listen to it - as for baby, he especially likes the keyboard…
@mattscott4382 Look at what they did in not even 4 years though. Look at the albums they put out and the touring and everything it definitely took a toll on Jim.
This band is so far ahead of their time that I sometimes think these guys were time travelers who cut straight from the future to the 60s and decided to form The Doors, so they made a deal like "let's try to play to their rhythm to don't scare them."
@@thomaslafore-doc8992more like guaranteed. Zeppelin would've dominated the 80s had John Paul Jones not died. Same with Skynyrd. They were just reaching the heights of their popularity when the plane crash happened in 77
One of the best songs of all time, everything about this song is just perfect, it feels like a trip in a misty and rainy day, everything is built so perfectly, a really trippy song,love it!!!
Was listing to this just now; both my kitties and Boxer dog perked up their ears and looked up at the ceiling…they thought it was truly storming outside. The Doors could recreate nature so perfectly…wow!! 😻
Olympia resident here. 57. I love the rain. I'm a transplant, been here 15 years. I love Seattle too. I'm about a third of the way through Jimi's biography written by his brother, I recommend it highly. Music used to be sooo good, didn't it ? The great thing is, it's all still there to discover. I'm from L.A., and I was a teenager in the 1980's, but even at that time there, the Doors were held in high-esteem by the local rock stations - KLOS, KMET, KWEST, and they played them all the time. It was the first band that I acquired all of their records at swap-meets and such. They were true artists. be well my brother.
I first heard the song on the radio while I was in a car on a motorway with my father when I was 5 years old,outside it was thunder and lightning and it was raining in buckets.However around that time I could't speak english,but I felt this mystical feeling and shivers went down my spine.Meanwhile I m 55 and it still feels the same.This song is not just a song,it is a revalation~[I was born on the first of december in 1966] Into this house we born.....Thank You Jim,Ray,Robbie And John🙏Namaste♾
This Doors number is a true classic for eternity. The brilliant but tragic Jim Morrison had 3 of the finest musicians with him.Ray Manzarek RIP Ray miss you man.Robby Krieger great guitarist !!!!!!John Densmore one of rock music's finest drummers Those 3 just blended together so brilliantly. Their music will live forever !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just finished listening to the album for the first time. Easily one of the best albums of all time. My favorite Doors album along with their debut. Long live the Doors!! 🙏💗💫
Good on you Rhino for uploading your own music, and not disabling comments like all of the auto generated playlist. At least we can discuss the good oldies from one record label.
The first time I heard this masterpiece was sitting in the radio shack of my US Navy Ship in the middle of the night cruising off the California coast! Couldn't have been a better sitting!😊
Absolutely agree with you 100% because I feel the same way, ray manzarek has always been my favorite keyboardist and I think he is the greatest keyboardist in rock music history!
My family and I took an RV road trip in the early 70's. This was always on the radio. (Along with a number of far more embarrassing songs.) Always makes me think of driving, driving no matter the rain, always driving.
I listened to this on repeat, driving for 4 hours in dense fog....it was chillingly awesome😊 Its the most played music track I have ever listened to. Jim Morrison and The Doors were genius❤
It is strange to be a loner who is also an acid fiend, drunk and narcissist who threw it all away for more booze, more acid and just had to cheat and cheat until he finally needed Pamela but it was too late and now all the loner does is blame the heroin she was shooting up and giving him too while over in Paris. Yes, it's a strange thing being a loner from Florida with a naval dad who never understood you so you move to sunny LA and do more acid while discovering film at UCLA and meeting your greatest friend who just happened to be this great, nerdy musician named Ray who carried you and your reputation even after you checked out. Because you were a loner. And it was strange. So strange...
I just moved across country and one of my favorite vintage stores in my hometown plays this song, and hearing it instantly transports me back to that tiny cramped space filled to the brim with cool stuff. ❤️
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Adding the "rain effect" made this a timeless classic. Deep, dark, poetic with tragedy and hope all infused. Love it
The most blues class act of the late sixties and early seventies. timeless and irreplaceable.
It was real rain recorded
@@blackberrycobbler4me Very, Very Cool....
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One of the most complete, perfect songs ever written and performed.
Perfectly stated
The first good song to take lsd. Hence the doors of perception.
@@tdb4763 What?
Facts
without doubt
well put
To the ppl listening to this now, thank u for existing.
No doubt
its a peak song.
You're welcome :)
no problem at all😎🎤🎸🎹🥁🎵
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I am 77 year old grandmother! I have never gotten tired nof these songs. Lookng back on my wild past! Staying alive, but almost all my old Hippy Friends left me. They went Riding on the Storm!
It makes me happy to read this as a 29 year old dude, I wish you the absolute best. Keep on havin' fun for many years to come!
That’s sad 😞
Yep ...many are gone now...74
Rise well
Rise and shine
Man, The Doors are timeless. Pure Rock n Roll.
Rock blues right?
Jazz. 😊
Fan di Undertaker EXACTLY if you don't hear blues in that track you're DELUSIONAL
@IiIiIiIiIiIodkeis if you want to say Rock I guess but that track that is almost entirely rhythm and blues.
It's pure 60s
Probably the best keyboard solo in rock history
RIP Ray Manzarek. Also see Light My Fire.
I love this song, I love the solo, but I think that saying that anything is the best is over-reaching a little. I mean, Rod Argent's solo on Hold Your head High is pretty good, Jon lord of Deep Purple said it was his favorite. Steve Winwoods solos on The Low Spark of High-heeled boys is pretty good. Rick Wakeman's Roundabout Hammond organ solo is great. Greg Allman has some great solos on Live at Fillmore East. Even the Oberheim Four Voice synthesizer solo on Styx's Angry Young Man (Fooling Yourself) is pretty kick-ass. Or how about Keith Emerson's Karnevil 9 solos ? i could go on, but I won't. You get the picture.
First heard this in a little bar in Ostend Belgium called Sloopys.I was 17 .I’m now 67.And it still blows me away.All time great.
Bonjour. J'ai entendu les Doors la première fois en 1972. C'était '' Stranges days ''. J'ai aujourd'hui 63 ans et j'aime toujours autant les Doors. Portez-vous bien. 🎶🍺🇨🇵🆓🍷
I was 4 years old in 1971 when this song came out.
...wow...!
Nice sr.
@@jamosh1967 Ad Jim was only 27. He looked twice that.
I’m a fairly lonely sort of person, which no longer really bothers me, cause I’ve kind of gotten used to it. Late at night, I make a hot cup of tea, put on The Doors and sit looking out at the rain. It soothes my soul. Whoever and wherever you are, I wish you peace ☮️ ❤😊
Благослови тебя Бог! ❤
@@Nat.Ka1Thanks , and you too 😊
Late night and The Doors are an amazing combination. Sorry to hear you're lonely, though. Wish you all the best. Take care.
Hugs
Iam with ya!
Robbie Krieger - probably the most underrated guitar player ever. Every riff a masterstroke.
I couldn't agree more, what a player, great riffs he knew how to vibe & he knew exactly when less is more. I remember reading Jim saying "Robbie doesn't get enough credit". The first song Robbie wrote was "Light My Fire" an unbelievable talent.
So true and the reason why I got a Gibson sg for my son's 1st guitar.
have you seen Robbie with the band black moods remake of road house blues?
One of best singers ever. Such a bluesy soulful voice.
SUUUURE !!!!!
The best
No fucking words can describe the magical feeling of this song.... So much darkness, love, and romance.
It is "Riders on the Storm" by The Doors
The song is a about a serial killing hitchhiker. Youre way way off
@@ricovali9245 There are a couple of lines that MAY be a reference to a specific killer (can't remember the name), but that's it. There's no indication that it's explicitly about one single thing.
I agree...Also it was the last song Jim ever recorded. What Beautiful legacy! Life - as art - cast on a sheet of...vinyl.
@@ricovali9245 The song is about several things, The idea that we're born against our will, the killer on the road like you said, and the simple feeling of being loved. Its a hearty song.
Jim Morrison! Happy 81st birthday in heaven! Even though you have gone to heaven, your masterpieces and the great achievements you left behind will live on forever and will be immortal! May you rest in peace.
It's fall, 2021. Was sitting in my truck right next to the beach in Ocean Beach, Ca. I could hear the waves and there was a wicked lightning storm all around that night. This song was playing and for a few minutes, it was synchronicity.
yep riding down OB from upland calf thou desert early 1970s see my grand parents reminds of this song
Also a trucker, in Scotland. This is a midnight drive in a storm tune😉🏴
I’m from SD and OB is my go to beach
Are you serious? How Awesome. Yes! Total etherial moment. It's a shame though at the same time.
@@SpaceAce1993Same!
The Doors are the gold standard for the best in American rock music, and this song is arguably their pinnacle. Also, it's the final song on their final album. What a final statement!
Supposedly it was the last song Jim Morrison ever recorded, pretty cool.
Their hit to bust ratio is outta this world! Like all other artists, i can find a few songs on their albums that i dont like. With the doors, theres maybe one song per album that i dont like. Thats why i cant call myself a beatles fan. I like some of their songs, but i dislike waaaaaay more. Same with the stones!!!
The gold standard for the best in the World rock music, I would rather say.
I wont deny what you say but Metallica and Alice in Chains are kinda untouchable as well.
@@raducimpian5931 Metallica? they have a lot of flops
This incredible masterpiece by the doors just makes me want to get in a car on a dark and rainy night in the middle of the summer and just drive through the back roads of America to get away from all my problems and just experience things i have never experienced before. I just want to live.
This summer...do it.... you'll never regret it unless you don't get out there.... it's what I do every couple weeks...saves my sanity
I'm right there with you. Let's ride!
This song is almost like the movie lost highway by David Lynch
we're all here to help, no matter what your problems are.
@@michaelakoskovick3And the references are noir films and mystery books. It’s just perfect!
My parents wouldn't allow a TV and we would only be allowed to listen to classical music. My neighbor was washing his car and blasting this. My very 1st pop/rock song. Been in love with the Doors ever since
Did You have a transistor radio hiden in Your bedroom?
AWESOME JOB... WELCOME TO THE BEST CLUB 🎉🎉
Nice 😊
I got to hear more. How old were you at the time? Where did you grow up?
Love this story. Wish it was mine lol
my favorite song of the band! everything on this is pure magic! R.ip Jim Morrison (1943-1971)
Hello 👋🏻 nice to meet you Carlos, hope you’re safe and well?
@@cheryldylan9506 Yes, mate.
This whole album is timeless
Bought it right away - that was 71 or 72.
Still is listening to it - 23.
This mix of rock, blues, jazz and sadness, Jim’s voice, keyboard and guitar makes it in-temporal.
same here bro
A lot of their songs/albums were AMAZING. Morrison Hotel and Soft Parade are my favorites
I’m with you, 1947 here.
I slept and this song came on the radio and I heard this in a dream. Definitely one of my best dream.
@Ashton Pickering I was trapped in my room with my sibling and there was a loud storm outside. The electricity kept going out and the TV spelt out some weird words.
Dear Beta Tod: whereby some reason, you've oppened somehow your own door. No botter, hope it had happens on full moon, like Jim himself would has wanted...!
@@pedropolanco9042 maybe it was that in gibberish language.
The Doors, the Sunset Strip, the unsettled 60’s, the trifecta in Sublime mental introspection
Great Music never dies. This is one that never will.
The older I get the more I love this wonderful poetry to outstanding music.
Hello 👋🏻 nice to meet you Cynthia, hope you’re safe and well?
@@cheryldylan9506 stop doing that to people you don't know it can make them scared 😨.
I first heard The Doors in 1979 at the tender age of 10., fell instantly in love with Jim's poetic lyrics, set to some of best music ever conceived. Now at almost 54, I love it even more.
Don't want to take away credit from Jim Morrison, he was a genius of his time, but the Doors just wouldn't be the Doors without Manzarek's masterful key playing. His playing makes this and the rest of their music instantly recognizable.
Edit: also keep in mind, Ray plays the keys section, but he ALSO plays the bass line in every doors song. The doors didn't have a bassist, it was all Ray.
Absolutely! :-)
I was saying something similar to some co-workers a few years back, but took it a bit further. I said that The Doors were one of those few bands that were a real band, that if you took out any member and replaced them with somebody else that it would be a completely different band.
@@dscharlesworth1 Very true. Listen to what Robbie is doing on guitar. Never obtrusive, but exactly what fits for the song.
The unique blend of all 4 made that impossible to recreate feeling in their music
True that!
Best piano "walk down" in rock and roll.....
Sad and surreal, hauntingly beautiful and far away was how I felt when I first listened to this song in 1971. I still feel the same way in 2022. This is the mark of all powerful music. Timeless!!
This song is soooo haunting.... and beautiful. The last song Jim ever recorded with the band. The ending is so eerie, you can almost see Jim himself fading away.....
One of my dad's favorite songs. Monsoon season here in Tucson doesn't feel complete until this song comes on at least ONCE somehow. The perfect jam for late night driving, cruising through the rain, or enjoying a cloudy, dreary day.
Your dad sounds like one cool cat. ❤️💪🔥
Ditto!
And we are still waiting up here in Central Phoenix for a proper Monsoon to show up to play this with!
Absolutely 💯
Just looked this up cause it came on the radio while I was driving home in a pitch-black, windy nighttime rainstorm up here in the woods of Maine. It was euphoric to say the least
timeless classic.
really really amazing actually.
chills
so soft and subtle, yet affects you so much.
Always loved the influence of jazz in this composition, especially in the exceptional keyboards.
Ray and Robbie were jazz guys.
@@billvill61 it was ray and John, robbie had classical guitar training before he started playing electric guitar.
In the whole Album , actually
I was a Vietnam Vet, 2 tours Airborne, love the music.
God bless you, and thank you.
Thank you sir
You still are a vet! Always will be. Thank you for your sacrifice. My pops is a vet also. 101st airborne
@@richardcerda6667 godbless you’re father! I’m Canadian but I can always respect a man who served and protected this country ✊✊
I’m not even an American but god bless you and thank you for your service ✊ my respect goes to you.
Love how Manzarek started playing around with this piece on his keyboard.Then a masterpiece was born. Bass, drums, keyboard and Morrison's voice. Love to you all xxxx
Yeah, funny how a now infamous song could come from just a small inkling of an idea.
1971, what a great year for music.
As well as Sticky Fingers/Stones and Zeppelin VI
I was a baby then, but yeah it was..😊
As well as the movie A Clockwork Orange
Nursery Cryme by Genesis as well
Since 1965 I have been hip to these guys At 75 I am still ALL IN
1947 here
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house we're born
Into this world we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out alone
Riders on the storm
There's a killer on the road
His brain is squirmin' like a toad
Take a long holiday
Let your children play
If ya give this man a ride
Sweet memory will die
Killer on the road, yeah
Girl, ya gotta love your man
Girl, ya gotta love your man
Take him by the hand
Make him understand
The world on you depends
Our life will never end
Gotta love your man, yeah
Riders on the storm
Into this house we're born
Into this world we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out on loan
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
@@anniedarkhorse6791 what's it matter to you
@@anniedarkhorse6791 buzz off
👌
...intimate realities facts, from we all should be concious awaken through... just in order of breakin' parallels... To the other side, my friend...!
It's "sweet family will die"
Without a doubt my favorite Doors song
Eh, I prefer "People are strange"
This is _the_ favorite Doors song... There is no better melting sound!
I remember listening to this on my dad's old vinyls in the basement as a kid... Now me and my 10 year old are listening while we wait for school to start.
Awesome....👍👍
Start them off young on the classics I love it haha
I met Ray Manzarek in an Ace Hardware in St. Helena Ca in the early 2000's. I didn't recognize him and while we were standing in line, I said "Has anyone ever told you that you look like Ray Manzarek?" He replied: "Yes, my wife says that all the time." Great memory.
you are lucky
that's great
That must have been a magical feeling! I met John Densmore in the mid 90s when he played a solo drum show at my college campus, University of South Dakota of all places! I wrote for the college newspaper at the time and was invited to the after-show mixer where only about 20 people were there. I walked right up to John, shook his hand and proceeded to tell him about a play I was writing in my creative writing class inspired by the Doors music. John smiled and then said, "If you make it to Broadway, call me up!" Still to this day I am amazed at my luck that day meeting him. Years later I was also able to see the Doors play in concert with Ian Astbury, which was phenomenal. The Doors played for about 2 1/2 hours and the band let people get up on the stage and dance. Very fun memorable experience.
@Tony E TWICE HERE...(STRANGE DREAMZ)
James McKnight what ah story 👍👍
Man... the band was so tight on this classic song. Manzarek's amazing keyboard play sets the tone, and they just go from there. Incredible set of musicians. Everyone talks mostly about Morrison, but let's not forget the 3 guys behind him.
Right - also bass guitarist Jerry Scheff is not credited but is part of the groove - in fairness, he played a bass line created by Manzarek.
@@gordonhuskisson8809 - yep, give credit where credit is due. Shame he did not get his name on the album liner notes.
ES UN CLASICO TEMASSO
@@gordonhuskisson8809- and it was a b*tch to play on the bass guitar... easy on keyboards
There were two additional musicians. One of them was Elvis' bass player.
One of my favorite rain-songs
Younger, when I came back at home, completely drunk after a party, alone in the cold night at 2 a.m, I was listening to this tune. What a perfect way to sober up. And you know what ? I do the same now, lost in the lightning of my new town, Paris, not so far from where he dies.
October 23 1997 til PRESENT…
The band is amazing, and the original members can never be replaced. They all had a very important role in every album they made, and each song created was magical and mysterious.
Jim Morrison’s final song, and an excellent one too. Rest In Peace: 1943 to 1971
This song is timeless. Jah blessed me with the privilege to listen to The Doors
Morrison had one of the greatest ever male voices in Rock. It's the best part of this song.
Vier mannen op de juiste tijd op de juiste tijd bij elkaar, goud man!
Zonder één van hen had dit niet gelukt, zo simpel is het!
Driving in a thunder story listening to this song is epic and timeless
I remember my Uncle Martin told me when i Was 15 yrold 'hey kid,listen to this' while we were driving through the Desert highway to GUADALAJARA CITY. and i remember thinking in my mind, about those sounds like 'Damn,whats this!!!!' it Was just another concept of music to me.. but all that Album fit in through that trip.. Then LA. WOMAN started and it blew my mind.. I REALLY ENJOYED THAT MOMENT.. and now that he have passed away im thankful to him,for showing me WHAT REAL MUSIC IS.. AND SHOULD BE.. 👌❤ I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM FOR THAT.. ❤😎
This song is a mood - a mood I love to revisit over and over for decades
God bless Ray. Ray was the glue. Ray was the motion. Ray was, though he would never admit it, The DOORS.
Doesn't matter where I am or what I'm doing, if this song comes on the radio it stops me in my tracks and I just HAVE to listen to the very last rain drenched chord - and no other song I've ever heard makes me do that. Pathos has never been so perfectly put to music.
I cry every time I hear this. Having lived at this time, and so grateful to God I wasn't drafted and sent to Vietnam.
Right on. Don't know why, but I always match up this song with a overnight heavy rain and in the morning sun up burning away the clouds, but everything is still wet.
I was 14 when this came out and I remember sitting in the kitchen doing my homework whilst listening to this on radio Luxembourg, the coolest station on the radio. 208 longwave with the music fading in and out but it was the way it was back then.
I'm 14 years old
Can only imagine but this must have made experience this and other great songs like it feel almost unreal, like a miracle in a not spiritual way.
Brilliant
Impossible to not like this timeless Blues Rock classic.
I wouldn't underestimate the importance of john Desmore in the group, i like his drumming
He puts a nice pace on this song
One of the top 10 songs of all time!
Pues sorprendentemente, aunque sea una obra maestra es y será una de las mejores canciones de la historia, pero no figura aunque resulte paradójico entre las 500mejores canciones de la historia.😮
I wanted a song to play to my baby in utero that I could also play after they were born to sooth them to sleep as a reminder of the womb. I chose this song because I absolutely love it and I’m so glad I did because I will never get tired of playing it to my baby to send them to sleep… I always discover something new in the many beautiful layers each time we listen to it - as for baby, he especially likes the keyboard…
That’s so wholesome
Thanks! Ya went and made me cry,,, 😢 lucky kid 👍
No band today can make timeless tunes like this. Agree guys?
Yes i agree whole-heartedly
Absolutely
yes.....but also Arthur Lee and Love......check them out
Every time I listen to this masterpiece I have a goosebumps from beginning.
Hello 👋🏻 nice to meet you, hope you’re safe and well?
@@cheryldylan9506 hello there, thank you, I am good, how about you?
@@dafaceman2884 I’m very well thanks for asking, glad you’re okay.Nice connecting with you here.
I'm from New Jersey 🇺🇲.
July 3rd, the body may be gone, but Jim will still forever with us
It's raining outside... somehow this song is so perfect.
Every storm, I play this song for the family. It's our tradition
Peace, love, and happiness everyone. ✌️❤️
Greatest band of All time, PERIOD.
Yeah
Queen for me. Doors are def up there. Top 4 or 5 easy.
Its crazy how many people come back to this everyday... this song is a masterpiece!!
How lucky are we to witness this collective genius. Think what they could have done given another 10 years.
Jim seemed to be a fat drunk by the end. He wouldn't have lasted 10 more years. But I understand your point.
@mattscott4382 Look at what they did in not even 4 years though. Look at the albums they put out and the touring and everything it definitely took a toll on Jim.
my dad introduced me to the doors, never stopped listening to them ever since. Thanks dad!! ❤❤
This band is so far ahead of their time that I sometimes think these guys were time travelers who cut straight from the future to the 60s and decided to form The Doors, so they made a deal like "let's try to play to their rhythm to don't scare them."
Also Jim was practically the blueprint for most frontmen afterwards
I’m Jim Morrison aka George Washington and I’m Jesus Christ ahahahh I’m really a time traveler ;)
My Doors are closed now what?
The Doors were just hitting their stride. They would've owned the 70's.
unlikely
Agreed no rock n roll band had their sound, so unique
Would've been fascinating to hear what they came up with; Morrison's vocals were as strong as ever in 1971
@@thomaslafore-doc8992more like guaranteed. Zeppelin would've dominated the 80s had John Paul Jones not died. Same with Skynyrd. They were just reaching the heights of their popularity when the plane crash happened in 77
@@deanabaker4128 respectfully, you don't know what you're talking about
Jim forever!!! here 2024.
One of the best songs of all time, everything about this song is just perfect, it feels like a trip in a misty and rainy day, everything is built so perfectly, a really trippy song,love it!!!
No matter what happens in my life good or bad,i always come back to this song.
Was listing to this just now; both my kitties and Boxer dog perked up their ears and looked up at the ceiling…they thought it was truly storming outside. The Doors could recreate nature so perfectly…wow!!
😻
59 yo, Seattle. Thanks Jim.
Olympia resident here. 57. I love the rain. I'm a transplant, been here 15 years. I love Seattle too. I'm about a third of the way through Jimi's biography written by his brother, I recommend it highly. Music used to be sooo good, didn't it ? The great thing is, it's all still there to discover. I'm from L.A., and I was a teenager in the 1980's, but even at that time there, the Doors were held in high-esteem by the local rock stations - KLOS, KMET, KWEST, and they played them all the time. It was the first band that I acquired all of their records at swap-meets and such. They were true artists. be well my brother.
@ryanjones4150 yes yes
I first heard the song on the radio while I was in a car on a motorway with my father when I was 5 years old,outside it was thunder and lightning and it was raining in buckets.However around that time I could't speak english,but I felt this mystical feeling and shivers went down my spine.Meanwhile I m 55 and it still feels the same.This song is not just a song,it is a revalation~[I was born on the first of december in 1966] Into this house we born.....Thank You Jim,Ray,Robbie And John🙏Namaste♾
A different time and a different world, it only we could turn back time. Love this song.
YES.. if we Cld only turn Bk the hands iof Time... 😥 😭
R.I.P. in France, Music lives Forever
the most mysterious and beautifully melancholic song ever.
This Doors number is a true classic for eternity. The brilliant but tragic Jim Morrison had 3 of the finest musicians with him.Ray Manzarek RIP Ray miss you man.Robby Krieger great guitarist !!!!!!John Densmore one of rock music's finest drummers Those 3 just blended together so brilliantly. Their music will live forever !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just finished listening to the album for the first time. Easily one of the best albums of all time. My favorite Doors album along with their debut. Long live the Doors!! 🙏💗💫
Good on you Rhino for uploading your own music, and not disabling comments like all of the auto generated playlist. At least we can discuss the good oldies from one record label.
A masterpiece forever.Thanks The Doors 💫👏👏👏
One of the all time great songs. Robbie Krieger, great player.
One of The Gr8est Songs EVER Written.
+1. One of my favourites too!
With the events now we are Riders on the Storm...
Jim lives on, 2024❤❤❤
The first time I heard this masterpiece was sitting in the radio shack of my US Navy Ship in the middle of the night cruising off the California coast! Couldn't have been a better sitting!😊
So much depth. It pierces the soul...
can hear the whisper so good behind the vocals.. turn it upp
Darn right...not everybody pay attention to it , "atmospheric" so to speak!
Certified Hood Classic.
That ending fade... trippy guitars and keys with rain
Priceless.
Listening while there is a storm
I like this song since I was 13 years old. It has a haunting and intimate sense of loneliness in it which I can still recall. It is a master piece.
Greatest beginning to a song, ever! Wonderful keyboard playing by Ray.
Absolutely agree with you 100% because I feel the same way, ray manzarek has always been my favorite keyboardist and I think he is the greatest keyboardist in rock music history!
Ray played the rain?
@@jolyondavis3519 yes he did the sound effects of a thunderstorm on the keyboard, absolutely epic!
@@jolyondavis3519 Sure did. It's in the opening keyboard piece of Riders on the Storm.
@@danielwillette3895 thats ace]
My family and I took an RV road trip in the early 70's. This was always on the radio. (Along with a number of far more embarrassing songs.) Always makes me think of driving, driving no matter the rain, always driving.
My absolute favorite song from the doors and one of my many favorite songs to listen to when I am drunk & stoned out of my mind!
Me too
You'd enjoy it more sober.....
I listened to this on repeat, driving for 4 hours in dense fog....it was chillingly awesome😊 Its the most played music track I have ever listened to. Jim Morrison and The Doors were genius❤
As good as it gets, the keys are sublime, the atmosphere and rhythm....pretty hard to think of a better moment in music gold
One of the most relaxing songs ever recorded.
My older sister says I used to sing this when it was originally released. I was three at the time. Been my favorite band ever since.
It isn't that strange to be a loner. It isn't that lonely to be a stranger either.
Shit I would say to myself homeless going across the country
It is strange to be a loner who is also an acid fiend, drunk and narcissist who threw it all away for more booze, more acid and just had to cheat and cheat until he finally needed Pamela but it was too late and now all the loner does is blame the heroin she was shooting up and giving him too while over in Paris.
Yes, it's a strange thing being a loner from Florida with a naval dad who never understood you so you move to sunny LA and do more acid while discovering film at UCLA and meeting your greatest friend who just happened to be this great, nerdy musician named Ray who carried you and your reputation even after you checked out.
Because you were a loner. And it was strange. So strange...
@@qwj68boots history is so rich
Amen brother
@@sethdominickortiz Yeah Man !
I just moved across country and one of my favorite vintage stores in my hometown plays this song, and hearing it instantly transports me back to that tiny cramped space filled to the brim with cool stuff. ❤️
It shows the complexity of their music!
One of the greatest song so far...the voice, the music the atmosphère, so brilliant ❤