Actually there was a song that was extremely similar to The End in both melody and premise that was a hit in Great Britain a few years before Jim wrote The End, but it's (ahem) ending although stalkerish ended in a happier place. I found it on YT about 4 years ago while looking for Marianne Faithful's version of Sunny Goodge St. strangely enough. P.s. To Ms. T..yes Jim Morrison was sexy, although he had a Jekyll and Hyde personality and could be very abusive.
This song got the Doors kicked off the Ed Sullivan Show. Ed wanted them to not say "girl we couldn't get much HIGHER". Morrison agreed then not only sang it but defiantly emphasized it.
@@I_Am_Become_Life Yeah, that's Oliver Stone morphing reality to make a point. The point being Morrison's defiance at being told how to sing their song. In the real version, he just sings it straight. That was defiant enough for him: I'm going to sing my song how it is written. LOL
What I like is that while Ray plays those great notes on the organ, with his left hand he is playing the bass line on a Fender Rhodes bass electric piano.
@beenthroughnam3747 both the fender rhodes piano bass and Larry's bass guitar are on this track. The debut album has piano bass in rvrry song, but half of those songs also have Knechtel's Vass guitar.
Really. His drumming and choice when to use the cymbals are quite atrocious on any doors song. Like a 12 year old playing. You are essencially saying he was better than bonham, ringo and his simplicity and kieth moon🤔
@@Brandi6666 He never "essencially" said anything like that. He said the drummer was underrated, not the best. I agree with Jose on this. One of the better rock drummers in my opinion. Not showy, not loud, not fast, but very jazzy and tasteful.
An iconic singer, group and song. Out in 67. Many other very good songs. Hello I Love You, Love me Two Times, Moonlight Drive, LA Woman, Touch Me and more. This was the long version exactly wasn't played on the radio maybe underground radio then. The 60s were my favorite for music fortunate to have grown up then
@@michaelasay8587 Definitely especially the late 60s. CCR, Doors, Cream, Steppenwolf, Rascals,, some great one hit wonders, and more. Really dug 70, most of 71.Hardly any disco, Got into music in 80 till 89 heavily. To me it went downhill after that except for some.
IMO, the greatest song in rock history. The perfect rock song. Credit, big credit to all involved. The great Raymond Daniel Manzarek on the organ, Robbie Krieger playing the guitar, John Densmore on drums, and of course Jim Morrison, vocals. A number one hit, a short single version was heard everywhere. But if you wanted to hear this long album cut you had to be listening to an FM AOR station.
This song helped get rock out of the "every song is 3 minutes long" rut. Along with In-a-Gadda-da-Vida, Stairway to Heaven, and Rare Earth's Get Ready.
This came out in 1967. Stairway wasn't until 1971. The other big long "singles" early on were Beach Boys Good Vibrations 1966, Moody Blues Nights in White Satin in 1967 (usually with spoken word poem cut), Beatles Hey Jude 1968 (#1), McArthur Park 1968. I don't know if Gadda da Vida was really a high selling AM single, I thought it was more of a FM album cut. There was a 3 minute edited single version of Light My Fire that was played on AM radio, unfortunately cutting out most of the instrumental break. I think Hey Jude was the first really long hit single that was not edited down for radio, although DJs would talk over the fadeout frequently.
Jim is a member of the '27 Club'...not a club anyone would want to be in...he died at the age of 27...some other members are Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin & Kurt Cobain...may they all RIP 😢
Most recent member of the 27 Club was Amy Winehouse. And at 25, she was telling people that she was afraid she was headed for that club membership; she was right.
Yall really really really need to do "the end" long version! It's crazy, frighting, may be true, lyrics are killer. Literally. Jim Morrison is a genius. 🔥 Love you guys!
Such a great sound. Flamenco, Jazz, Early Rock&Roll, the Blues, and Psychadelic Rock all spun together in some kind of crazy mix with an absolute mad man on vocals. There is something so special about The Doors. If you're in the right frame of mind The Doors can just take you on a journey. The music just rolls through you. It's awesome.
I love this song veeerry much!!! I just wanted to let you guys know that there is a Part 2 to this song called "Summertime", there's no studio recording for it but it's a live performance I believe from Live At The Bowl 1968 if I'm remembering correctly. It's an amazing ride, just like this song!
..."Class of 76"... As an old guy The Doors are still my all time favorite #1 band! Only the imagination can think about the great songs we never will hear that was in Jim's mind when he left us....RIP!
The Doors were all about creating an atmosphere, a vibe. Morrison's voice and the whole feel of the band made his possible. So glad you are enjoying and reacting to this one. Peace.
This song, the long version, is a song to be played in the dark, with headphones on, as the rhythmic hypnotic beat takes you to another different place than where you are.
His dad was a Navy admiral. His voice is very haunting and the organ sounds gothic and psychedelic. They were too out there for me. In the book, they say Jim saw a car wreck as a kid and that he felt the disembodied ghost spirit of a Native American who died, leave the scene and enter his body as they drove by the crash site. I don't know if I like them, but he had a good voice and, as an icon, he influenced a lot of guys I liked later like Michael Hutchence of INXS and Scott Stapp of Creed.
His Dad wasn't just any admiral, he was the Navy commander at the Gulf of Tonkin, the incident that lead to the start of the Vietnam War. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stephen_Morrison
@@user-gt2uf8cq9y Yeah that is one of the craziest things ever. Dad is a key figure in getting the US involved in the Viet Nam war. Meanwhile son is a key figure in the counterculture back home. Talk about awkward Thanksgiving dinners...
As much as Tasha couldn't believe T hadn't heard 867-5309, most of us marvel how you could never have come across this tune in a movie if not just on the radio or anywhere - ENORMOUSLY popular classic track!
First listen? Holy crap you youngsters lol. I love the Doors especially in the winter time. Oh dude, Iggy Pop saw the Doors and was totally inspired by Jim Morrison! Also the Stooges have a Slow song that vibes, it's called We Will Fall!!!
Dude and dudess, I was in high school when this came out, changed millions of lives, first shot out the gate. Every guy wanted to be Jim Morrison! Still do once they find out about him. A true Man's Man. 'Redefined Masculinity'. He taught us young idiots, It's cool to be a "Word man, better than a bird man".
This was the last song Jim Morrison performed live. It took place at the Doors concert at The Warehouse in New Orleans on December 12, 1970. Midway through the song, Morrison became exasperated and smashed his microphone into the floor, ending the show. A lot of people do not know that Jim Morrison disliked this song and hated performing it. He also seemed to resent that the popularity of the band derived from this song, which he had just a small part in writing. Some said Jim favorite song was The Roadhouse Blues.
I once heard a long time ago that Frank Sinatra actually liked this song’s rythym,vocals etc.but wouldnt admit it publicly,because publicly he “hated rock n roll” and had to keep his reputation intact….then three yrs. later he must have said “Fuck my reputation” because he loved the song”Something” by George Harrison and The Beatles so much,he covered it,and also called it “the greatest love song ever written.”..True.
My favorite part of The Doors movie is when they're on Ed Sullivan... the control room goes nuts and the producer screams..."YOU LITTLE PRICK...YOU"LL NEVER PLAY SULLIVAN AGAIN!"
I was very young when this song came out, and I have to agree - this organ always felt like bubble gum rock to me. I didn't get the lyrics and the vocals till I was much older.
I was sitting in Art class in HS beside my friend Jill as she was drawing Jim Morrison. Another girl asked who it was. After Jill told her , she still didn’t know. I jumped on the table and started singing this. Ms. Kinder even watched for awhile before making me get down. She said she wanted to see if I actually knew the song
@@BoxerRick As an '82 graduate, I wrote in my yearbook "Jim Morrison Lives!" I used to own a book of his poetry. I wish I still knew where that was. Love The Doors!!!!
The Doors are a rabbit hole you should run and dive headfirst into. They are an amazing group. I'm soooo glad my mom and older siblings introduced me to them as well as other bands of that era.
The appeal of this song is that there is a lot Jazz elements in this. The Doors combined many style types throughout their catalog ranging from, jazz, burlesque, blues, psychedelia, pop and rock.
The long version of “Light My Fire” was often on the radio when we would drive to the beach in southern California, in the magical summer of 1967. I was in my twenties. Other regularly played hits from around that time were “Whiter Shade of Pale,” by Procol Harum, “Incense and Peppermints” by The Strawberry Alarm Clock, “Somebody to Love” by Jefferson Airplane, “Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie” by Jay & the Techniques, and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” by Frankie Valli, along with others by the Beatles, the Buckinghams, Jimi Hendrix, and so on.
I don't see how to avoid mentioning hauntingly captivating or poignant number one hits from the year like "Ode To Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry, "To Sir With Love" by Lulu or "The Letter" by The Box Tops. So many defining songs that reached #1, indeed.
The long version, Yay! All hail the lizard king. Morrison was an odd dude, if you have some time, read "No One Here Gets Out Alive" his biography. His dad was a full admiral in the US Navy. He was as far from that as he could be.
Doors first rock group to be called "PUNK" in media!!! This is their biggest hit😎 But ALL their music is excepional!! Keyboards are also bass. Only two alive today. 😍RIP Jim & Ray😍 Recommend: Roadhouse Blues, LA Woman, Crystal Ship, People Are Strange, Spanish Caravan😉
Late night cruising song and definitely a Band that played in a lot of clubs (Sunset Blvd). Jose Feliciano did a great soulful cover of this song. L A Woman and Riders on the Storm are a great vibe too. Great reaction. 👍👍👍
This song I gives a Very good back in the day Lounge music vibe. When I first came across your channel, T reacted to “The Changeling” I am happy to see you both reacting to a Doors classic. More Doors please. 👍🏻. By the way, when this song plays on the radio, many times it is a shortened version. 😉. Awesome reaction.
Morrison was a force of nature, a true artist and emotive lyricist. Powerful and unpredictable. Shame he died so soon. This song definitely iconic for that era of psychedelia.
I love the joy on your faces from 1.42, then her laugh....yes, only the doors solos can do this. A glass of wine, the doors. Bliss. No other band like them.
True story: the doors was banned from ever performing on the ed Sullivan show, I believe it was. The reason is because they did not want them to use the lyric, light my fire. They said if they wanna perform they have to replace light my fire cause it was controversial at that time and when they went on and performed they used light my fire in the song and that's why they got banned.
My old geezer recollection of this song from back in the 1960s (1967?) is that it came out in the early days of rock on FM radio. FM rock stations frequently played songs that broke the AM radio standard 2-3 minute song length. Many album songs by the Doors, the Beatles, Dylan and many others found their way to radio play.
It was long ago and far away and my older brother was a Marine in Vietnam when this song came out and I'd listen to it on his radio... P.s..there's so much Hammond electric organ in 1960s music because it was the only keyboard instrument at the time that was transportable...
"Zone out" is right. The first time i heard this song i did't want it to end. For the 60s this was something, the Doors were way ahead of their time. Great song and group.
There's a couple of interesting connections between The Doors and punk rock. First, Iggy Pop (front man for The Stooges) was heavily influenced by Jim Morrison's performing style. 2nd, Doors Keyboardist Ray Manzarek produced the first few albums by los Angeles punk band X, even playing organ on several songs. X did a cover of Soul Kitchen (which was on The Doors debit along with Light My Fire) on their debut. X is definitely a band you should check out. Go see them if you can.
The doors have so many unique songs to choose from. But I gotta recommend ones that I haven't seen any other reactors check out yet. - when the music's over - the changeling - five to one - touch me - wild child - not to touch the earth
This recording was originally released on LP about 3.5% slow. That's the version you used in this video. The single, and subsequent re-releases, were at the original speed. The slow version is close to the key of A flat, while the "correct" key is A. Jim Morrison's voice sounds lighter when it's not slowed down. When The Doors appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show to sing Light My Fire, the network execs were concerned about the line, "Girl we couldn't get much higher," because it could be taken as a drug reference. Sullivan got Jim Morrison to promise he would sing the line, "Girl we couldn't get much better" (which would have been awful, IMO). But when the time came, Morrison sang it as it was originally written. Sullivan refused to shake Morrison's hand when the song was over. When someone told Morrison they'd never be on the Ed Sullivan Show again, he replied, "Hey man. We just did the Sullivan show."
That was one of the first long rock singles on AM radio. Great classic tune. Tasha is so cute bobbing and moving to the beat. I think she has a little hankerin' for some Jim. 😉
Just so you know, this is the album cut of this song. The single release (which was a big hit) was a cut-down version of this song with only a short instrumental break. There were lots of styles on the radio back then, with the Beatles, Byrds, Rolling Stones, Motown, Dylan, folk rock and even mainstream pop, but the Doors managed to cut through all the sound with their unique style of blues/rock. Great song.
Light My Fire gets TONS of airplay, even today. It announced the beginnings of what became Album Oriented Rock (AOR) format, which dominated FM airwaves in the 1970s. The Stooges, featuring frontman Iggy Pop is a seminal part of late 1960s music evolution.
To be able to be played on the radio, the Doors had to heavily edit the instrumental section of the song to get it down to a more radio accessible 2 and a half to three minutes in length. It is great to hear the full beauty of this song here.
They were beyond there time nobody had heard anything like this the vibe the lyrics the madness everybody craved Jim the men and women wanted to eat him alive and rightly so he was so sexy. He stage presence was unmatched but he was very shy that’s why he closed his eyes a lot in live preformances and stood with his back to crowd. He was reprimanded for this and began to gain more confidence as time went on ❤ he was a poet and very spiritual man he believed an old Indian soul lived within him ❤ he went to the desert and recorded a whole album whilst high on pioti he was one of a kind ❤❤
The Doors were sexy. Counter culture. Ahead of their time. Jim was a sexy beast of a front man with a voice that could rock or do standards. I don't think Jim gets enough credit for his amazing vocals. Here is music so far ahead of its time you can't measure it. Great song, great memories.
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You gotta realize when this song came out, mainstream music didn't sound nothing like this. Years ahead of it's time.
Exactly. The Doors pushed the envelope.
Actually there was a song that was extremely similar to The End in both melody and premise that was a hit in Great Britain a few years before Jim wrote The End, but it's (ahem) ending although stalkerish ended in a happier place. I found it on YT about 4 years ago while looking for Marianne Faithful's version of Sunny Goodge St. strangely enough. P.s. To Ms. T..yes Jim Morrison was sexy, although he had a Jekyll and Hyde personality and could be very abusive.
Try 2plus2 By Bob Seger. 1967. Detroit Grit
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What's "gritty" Seger got to do with The Doors The End?
I got news....the end is nothing like light my fire.....in any way, shape, or form😂😂😂
What a magnificent beast of a song. Sounds just as good today as in 1967.
This song got the Doors kicked off the Ed Sullivan Show. Ed wanted them to not say "girl we couldn't get much HIGHER". Morrison agreed then not only sang it but defiantly emphasized it.
I heard that Sullivan told the Doors "you will never do Ed Sullivan show again" Morrison replied "We just did Ed Sullivan".
...and then there was the issue of his pants. They were, shall we say, _happy._ 😉
He only emphasized it in the movie, as portrayed by Val Kilmer. In reality, he just sang it normally, as usual. Check out the video on YT.
@@I_Am_Become_Life Yeah, that's Oliver Stone morphing reality to make a point. The point being Morrison's defiance at being told how to sing their song. In the real version, he just sings it straight. That was defiant enough for him: I'm going to sing my song how it is written. LOL
Can you imagine Eminem on the Ed Sullivan show if "higher" was a problem? Better get a mop after all the heads exploding :)
What I like is that while Ray plays those great notes on the organ, with his left hand he is playing the bass line on a Fender Rhodes bass electric piano.
They had a in-studio bassist doing the bass for their studio tracks, live Ray played bass on the organ
@@beenthroughnam3747 You hear on this track that it is the Fender bass piano.
@@mvjonsson "Larry Knechtel - bass guitar" - look up the credits on the song
@beenthroughnam3747 both the fender rhodes piano bass and Larry's bass guitar are on this track. The debut album has piano bass in rvrry song, but half of those songs also have Knechtel's Vass guitar.
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John Densmore is a very underrated drummer in my opinion. Great band that I grew up in the late sixties!
Really. His drumming and choice when to use the cymbals are quite atrocious on any doors song. Like a 12 year old playing. You are essencially saying he was better than bonham, ringo and his simplicity and kieth moon🤔
@@Brandi6666 He never "essencially" said anything like that. He said the drummer was underrated, not the best. I agree with Jose on this. One of the better rock drummers in my opinion. Not showy, not loud, not fast, but very jazzy and tasteful.
He is perfect for the Doors!
John was a big fan of Elvin Jones and other jazz drummers
Did you say this sounds like the Brady Bunch???? 😂
An iconic singer, group and song. Out in 67. Many other very good songs. Hello I Love You, Love me Two Times, Moonlight Drive, LA Woman, Touch Me and more. This was the long version exactly wasn't played on the radio maybe underground radio then. The 60s were my favorite for music fortunate to have grown up then
Mark...you like the 60s better than the 70s?
@@michaelasay8587 Definitely especially the late 60s. CCR, Doors, Cream, Steppenwolf, Rascals,, some great one hit wonders, and more. Really dug 70, most of 71.Hardly any disco, Got into music in 80 till 89 heavily. To me it went downhill after that except for some.
Mark, I agree with you ... except I didn't like too many in the 80"s. So glad I was alive then (60's)
This is the End (both versions)….Riders on the Storm….Peace Frog ….Not To Touch The Earth….LA Woman….Roadhouse Blues
Man let’s go!!!! ✌🏽
IMO, the greatest song in rock history. The perfect rock song. Credit, big credit to all involved. The great Raymond Daniel Manzarek on the organ, Robbie Krieger playing the guitar, John Densmore on drums, and of course Jim Morrison, vocals. A number one hit, a short single version was heard everywhere. But if you wanted to hear this long album cut you had to be listening to an FM AOR station.
This song helped get rock out of the "every song is 3 minutes long" rut. Along with In-a-Gadda-da-Vida, Stairway to Heaven, and Rare Earth's Get Ready.
This came out in 1967. Stairway wasn't until 1971. The other big long "singles" early on were Beach Boys Good Vibrations 1966, Moody Blues Nights in White Satin in 1967 (usually with spoken word poem cut), Beatles Hey Jude 1968 (#1), McArthur Park 1968.
I don't know if Gadda da Vida was really a high selling AM single, I thought it was more of a FM album cut.
There was a 3 minute edited single version of Light My Fire that was played on AM radio, unfortunately cutting out most of the instrumental break. I think Hey Jude was the first really long hit single that was not edited down for radio, although DJs would talk over the fadeout frequently.
Same here
Indeed, John👍
Stairway was never released as a single. "American Pie" is another great example of a long #1 song!
Someone has to mention Vanilla Fudge, and their cover of You Keep Me Hanging On, It was one of the biggest hits of 1967.
"This is one of those songs you can zone out to." Yes you can... I am still zoning out from when I heard them do it on the Ed Sullivan show. ❤☮🙏
Iconically this could be the best song that the Doors have ever done!Ty guys for your take on this classic!
This was an era when the music itself was one of the highlights of the song. Words weren't always needed.
Jim is a member of the '27 Club'...not a club anyone would want to be in...he died at the age of 27...some other members are Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin & Kurt Cobain...may they all RIP 😢
Was going to mention the same thing Connie.
As a punk rock kid Jim n Kurt introduced me to that list, Brad Nowell barely avoided it! Guess it’s science the brightest stars burn out fast 😢
Because you look like a newbie/ trendie to rock, I will excuse you ignoring the founding member, Mr. Brian Jones..smh..
@@IMeMineWho I thought that Robert Johnson sold his soul at the crossroads guy was?
Most recent member of the 27 Club was Amy Winehouse. And at 25, she was telling people that she was afraid she was headed for that club membership; she was right.
Yall really really really need to do "the end" long version! It's crazy, frighting, may be true, lyrics are killer. Literally.
Jim Morrison is a genius. 🔥
Love you guys!
Jim Morrison was a poetic genius, but this song was written by their lead guitarist, Robby Krieger
@@arautus "The End" was written by Jim Morrison. Tommy is talking about "Light My Fire".
@@arautus No, The End was all Jim. Robby did write many of their tunes, but The End was not one of them.
@LunaChick Fringe I know. I was talking about Light my fire.
When the Music's Over beats The End...
Such a great sound. Flamenco, Jazz, Early Rock&Roll, the Blues, and Psychadelic Rock all spun together in some kind of crazy mix with an absolute mad man on vocals. There is something so special about The Doors. If you're in the right frame of mind The Doors can just take you on a journey. The music just rolls through you. It's awesome.
I was only 7 years old in 1967. Still Jammin to The Doors . San Antonio , Texas
I love this song veeerry much!!! I just wanted to let you guys know that there is a Part 2 to this song called "Summertime", there's no studio recording for it but it's a live performance I believe from Live At The Bowl 1968 if I'm remembering correctly. It's an amazing ride, just like this song!
One of my favorite bands!! Thanks for doing this!! 😅
..."Class of 76"... As an old guy The Doors are still my all time favorite #1 band! Only the imagination can think about the great songs we never will hear that was in Jim's mind when he left us....RIP!
I'm 66, and it's a joy hearing and watching young people listening to music that was popular during my youth.👍
From the late, great musical year of 1967, back when rock was young and vibrant.
The Doors were all about creating an atmosphere, a vibe. Morrison's voice and the whole feel of the band made his possible. So glad you are enjoying and reacting to this one. Peace.
This song, the long version, is a song to be played in the dark, with headphones on, as the rhythmic hypnotic beat takes you to another different place than where you are.
"He's Hot, He's Sexy and He's Dead" Rolling Stone Magazine 1981
His dad was a Navy admiral. His voice is very haunting and the organ sounds gothic and psychedelic. They were too out there for me. In the book, they say Jim saw a car wreck as a kid and that he felt the disembodied ghost spirit of a Native American who died, leave the scene and enter his body as they drove by the crash site. I don't know if I like them, but he had a good voice and, as an icon, he influenced a lot of guys I liked later like Michael Hutchence of INXS and Scott Stapp of Creed.
His Dad wasn't just any admiral, he was the Navy commander at the Gulf of Tonkin, the incident that lead to the start of the Vietnam War. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stephen_Morrison
@@user-gt2uf8cq9y With orders, "Don't come back until the Viet Kong fire on you".
@@user-gt2uf8cq9y Yeah that is one of the craziest things ever. Dad is a key figure in getting the US involved in the Viet Nam war. Meanwhile son is a key figure in the counterculture back home. Talk about awkward Thanksgiving dinners...
As much as Tasha couldn't believe T hadn't heard 867-5309, most of us marvel how you could never have come across this tune in a movie if not just on the radio or anywhere - ENORMOUSLY popular classic track!
First listen? Holy crap you youngsters lol. I love the Doors especially in the winter time. Oh dude, Iggy Pop saw the Doors and was totally inspired by Jim Morrison! Also the Stooges have a Slow song that vibes, it's called We Will Fall!!!
Dude and dudess, I was in high school when this came out, changed millions of lives, first shot out the gate. Every guy wanted to be Jim Morrison! Still do once they find out about him. A true Man's Man. 'Redefined Masculinity'. He taught us young idiots, It's cool to be a "Word man, better than a bird man".
Every girl wanted to be with him and every guy wanted to be like him.
This was the last song Jim Morrison performed live. It took place at the Doors concert at The Warehouse in New Orleans on December 12, 1970. Midway through the song, Morrison became exasperated and smashed his microphone into the floor, ending the show.
A lot of people do not know that Jim Morrison disliked this song and hated performing it. He also seemed to resent that the popularity of the band derived from this song, which he had just a small part in writing. Some said Jim favorite song was The Roadhouse Blues.
- roadhouse blues
- this is the end
- backdoor man
- five to one
- break on through
- Gloria
No....The Brady Bunch sounds like the Doors, not the other way around! 🤣🤣🤣 lol JK
Peace
Jim’s baritone voice and words of poetry…
oh my! ❤. Whole band was a secret weapon of ‘60’s sound, takes you on a visual & emotional trip
I once heard a long time ago that Frank Sinatra actually liked this song’s rythym,vocals etc.but wouldnt admit it publicly,because publicly he “hated rock n roll” and had to keep his reputation intact….then three yrs. later he must have said “Fuck my reputation” because he loved the song”Something” by George Harrison and The Beatles so much,he covered it,and also called it “the greatest love song ever written.”..True.
My favorite part of The Doors movie is when they're on Ed Sullivan... the control room goes nuts and the producer screams..."YOU LITTLE PRICK...YOU"LL NEVER PLAY SULLIVAN AGAIN!"
Sullivan didn't play. It was a different time then.
I was very young when this song came out, and I have to agree - this organ always felt like bubble gum rock to me. I didn't get the lyrics and the vocals till I was much older.
I was sitting in Art class in HS beside my friend Jill as she was drawing Jim Morrison. Another girl asked who it was. After Jill told her , she still didn’t know. I jumped on the table and started singing this. Ms. Kinder even watched for awhile before making me get down. She said she wanted to see if I actually knew the song
RickE.. .you remember that from so long ago?!!
@@michaelasay8587 🤣 I graduated in 1984, I’m not senile.
@@BoxerRick As an '82 graduate, I wrote in my yearbook "Jim Morrison Lives!" I used to own a book of his poetry. I wish I still knew where that was. Love The Doors!!!!
Great story!!
This is STILL ON THE RADIO🔴😊❤❤
A lot of 60s rock songs had a long instrumental section.
The Doors are a rabbit hole you should run and dive headfirst into. They are an amazing group. I'm soooo glad my mom and older siblings introduced me to them as well as other bands of that era.
The appeal of this song is that there is a lot Jazz elements in this. The Doors combined many style types throughout their catalog ranging from, jazz, burlesque, blues, psychedelia, pop and rock.
The long version of “Light My Fire” was often on the radio when we would drive to the beach in southern California, in the magical summer of 1967. I was in my twenties. Other regularly played hits from around that time were “Whiter Shade of Pale,” by Procol Harum, “Incense and Peppermints” by The Strawberry Alarm Clock, “Somebody to Love” by Jefferson Airplane, “Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie” by Jay & the Techniques, and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” by Frankie Valli, along with others by the Beatles, the Buckinghams, Jimi Hendrix, and so on.
I don't see how to avoid mentioning hauntingly captivating or poignant number one hits from the year like "Ode To Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry, "To Sir With Love" by Lulu or "The Letter" by The Box Tops. So many defining songs that reached #1, indeed.
An 80s group called INXS had a similar look & sound to the Doors. Look them up
The long version, Yay! All hail the lizard king. Morrison was an odd dude, if you have some time, read "No One Here Gets Out Alive" his biography. His dad was a full admiral in the US Navy. He was as far from that as he could be.
Genius’ tend to be that way…🤷🏻♂️
@@tommyk6719 troubled genius more like.
I've been to Jim's grave in Pere Le Chaise cemetery in Paris. It's a really beautiful cemetery, go see it when you're there.
The lead guitarist, Robbie Krueger , was only 19 when he composed this amazing song!
This is what you get when you put a poet, jazz, rock, country. together
Doors first rock group to be called "PUNK" in media!!! This is their biggest hit😎 But ALL their music is excepional!! Keyboards are also bass. Only two alive today. 😍RIP Jim & Ray😍
Recommend: Roadhouse Blues, LA Woman, Crystal Ship, People Are Strange, Spanish Caravan😉
Late night cruising song and definitely a Band that played in a lot of clubs (Sunset Blvd). Jose Feliciano did a great soulful cover of this song. L A Woman and Riders on the Storm are a great vibe too. Great reaction. 👍👍👍
56 years ago....I was 14. This song and group rocked the charts.
This song I gives a Very good back in the day Lounge music vibe. When I first came across your channel, T reacted to “The Changeling” I am happy to see you both reacting to a Doors classic. More Doors please. 👍🏻. By the way, when this song plays on the radio, many times it is a shortened version. 😉. Awesome reaction.
Nah, nothing about the Doors is like the Brady Bunch--lol!
"Riders on the Storm" is a masterpiece.
The more times go by the more one realizes that the Doors are unique and immortal.
Morrison was a force of nature, a true artist and emotive lyricist. Powerful and unpredictable. Shame he died so soon. This song definitely iconic for that era of psychedelia.
love you two and love your music,great shows.
This song is iconic, period.
This is my favorite zone out song
IMO this song belongs to Ray Manzarek on the organ. Iconic keyboard riffs and that solo! Great reaction guys! 🐕🐕
Krieger makes digital daggers rain on that solo though lol. Epic song all together. But yes Manzareck lol
I love the joy on your faces from 1.42, then her laugh....yes, only the doors solos can do this. A glass of wine, the doors. Bliss. No other band like them.
Yes yes! A cold beer and shot of whiskey at the end of a hard day put on the doors and get lost into another dimension.
The Stooges were definitely influenced by the Doors. But Morrison here was before Ozzy and Robert Plant, so he wasn't competing with them, Jagger yes.
the era..... can't beat it 🎇🎇🎇
Subscribed just because you listened and no stops. Plus the full tune and great commentary at the end. Nice. Gonna check more now 👍🇦🇺
One of the early Rock/Jazz Fusion groups! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😎
True story: the doors was banned from ever performing on the ed Sullivan show, I believe it was. The reason is because they did not want them to use the lyric, light my fire. They said if they wanna perform they have to replace light my fire cause it was controversial at that time and when they went on and performed they used light my fire in the song and that's why they got banned.
It was the lyric "girl we couldn't get much higher" because of the drug allusion. They agreed not to use it, then not only sang it but emphasised it.
Ed Sullivan didn't play around.
My old geezer recollection of this song from back in the 1960s (1967?) is that it came out in the early days of rock on FM radio. FM rock stations frequently played songs that broke the AM radio standard 2-3 minute song length. Many album songs by the Doors, the Beatles, Dylan and many others found their way to radio play.
The Doors were way ahead of their time !! The radio rarely plays the full length version you guys enjoyed.
The short version cuts out the whole instrumental solo which is the best part of the song.
There was a shorter version, too, that most often was played on the radio. One of my favorites.
It was long ago and far away and my older brother was a Marine in Vietnam when this song came out and I'd listen to it on his radio...
P.s..there's so much Hammond electric organ in 1960s music because it was the only keyboard instrument at the time that was transportable...
"Zone out" is right. The first time i heard this song i did't want it to end. For the 60s this was something, the Doors were way ahead of their time. Great song and group.
Timeless. Jim was a kind of angel. A terrified boy with bad stagefright.
Jim's voice reels you in. It was deep, but somewhat very soft sounding. Baritone, they call it. This song melted a LOT of girls hearts.
There's a couple of interesting connections between The Doors and punk rock.
First, Iggy Pop (front man for The Stooges) was heavily influenced by Jim Morrison's performing style.
2nd, Doors Keyboardist Ray Manzarek produced the first few albums by los Angeles punk band X, even playing organ on several songs. X did a cover of Soul Kitchen (which was on The Doors debit along with Light My Fire) on their debut.
X is definitely a band you should check out. Go see them if you can.
L.A. Woman is a defining tune of the greatest period in American music, ever.
Yup…and Roadhouse Blues, LA Woman etc., etc., etc.
After Motown the Doors came out. It was fun.
The doors have so many unique songs to choose from. But I gotta recommend ones that I haven't seen any other reactors check out yet.
- when the music's over
- the changeling
- five to one
- touch me
- wild child
- not to touch the earth
This recording was originally released on LP about 3.5% slow. That's the version you used in this video. The single, and subsequent re-releases, were at the original speed. The slow version is close to the key of A flat, while the "correct" key is A. Jim Morrison's voice sounds lighter when it's not slowed down.
When The Doors appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show to sing Light My Fire, the network execs were concerned about the line, "Girl we couldn't get much higher," because it could be taken as a drug reference. Sullivan got Jim Morrison to promise he would sing the line, "Girl we couldn't get much better" (which would have been awful, IMO). But when the time came, Morrison sang it as it was originally written. Sullivan refused to shake Morrison's hand when the song was over. When someone told Morrison they'd never be on the Ed Sullivan Show again, he replied, "Hey man. We just did the Sullivan show."
That was one of the first long rock singles on AM radio. Great classic tune.
Tasha is so cute bobbing and moving to the beat. I think she has a little hankerin' for some Jim. 😉
Just so you know, this is the album cut of this song. The single release (which was a big hit) was a cut-down version of this song with only a short instrumental break. There were lots of styles on the radio back then, with the Beatles, Byrds, Rolling Stones, Motown, Dylan, folk rock and even mainstream pop, but the Doors managed to cut through all the sound with their unique style of blues/rock. Great song.
Nice to see reactions to this classic! After the Doors...dinner with my parents was never the same!
Saw him sing this one live back in the day. At the end of the song her jumps off the stage and lands in your lap!
The chaos, can you Imagine the flames dancing. What a fire.
Jim Morrison was way ahead of his time and absolute musical genius sadly passed away in 28 years old
27 idiot
This got a ton of radio play on AM short version and FM this version
The Doors had some Bangin Bassists!!
🤣 Ah yes, the bassists!
Light My Fire gets TONS of airplay, even today. It announced the beginnings of what became Album Oriented Rock (AOR) format, which dominated FM airwaves in the 1970s.
The Stooges, featuring frontman Iggy Pop is a seminal part of late 1960s music evolution.
Love The Doors. My 2 favorite Door's songs are Roadhouse Blues and LA Woman. Great selection!
Huge Doors/Morrison fan, I have a bio book that was put together from his sister and has poetry and excerpts from Morrison, fasinating for sure.
To be able to be played on the radio, the Doors had to heavily edit the instrumental section of the song to get it down to a more radio accessible 2 and a half to three minutes in length. It is great to hear the full beauty of this song here.
Groovy jam for sure. Love Ray's double keyboards
The Doors are a great hang-n- smoke music...
Total masterpiece! Thanks for sharing!
Cities were burning that summer. You couldn’t escape this song.
They were beyond there time nobody had heard anything like this the vibe the lyrics the madness everybody craved Jim the men and women wanted to eat him alive and rightly so he was so sexy. He stage presence was unmatched but he was very shy that’s why he closed his eyes a lot in live preformances and stood with his back to crowd. He was reprimanded for this and began to gain more confidence as time went on ❤ he was a poet and very spiritual man he believed an old Indian soul lived within him ❤ he went to the desert and recorded a whole album whilst high on pioti he was one of a kind ❤❤
I was reminded of Crusty the clown singing "Break on through" for some reason.
When I was 15 years old my favorite boyfriend and I had this as our song. After him I never listened to this again until today.
Jim Morrison was a huge influence on Iggy Pop from the Stooges.
My dear departed brother would tell me in 1967 when you would walk anywhere in NYC this would be playing somewhere on somebody’s radio
The Doors were sexy. Counter culture. Ahead of their time. Jim was a sexy beast of a front man with a voice that could rock or do standards. I don't think Jim gets enough credit for his amazing vocals. Here is music so far ahead of its time you can't measure it. Great song, great memories.
He was so hot, and quite a poet too
“I am the Lizard King, I can do anything!”
― Jim Morrison
That 'chaos' symbolizes the passionate fire of 'love making'.
You should do any of their songs from the live at the Hollywood bowl concert!