First Time Hearing The Doors 🎵 L.A. Woman Reaction

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  • This is our first time listening to The Doors. We started with LA Woman because it won a poll during a recent live stream.
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Комментарии • 3 тыс.

  • @henriettaskolnick4445
    @henriettaskolnick4445 2 года назад +1246

    LA Woman is a personification of the city of LA as a woman; it's darkness, bleakness, the underbelly of the city and its denizens. Nope, the Doors didn't perform at Woodstock. Morrison's voice is in the baritone register which helps give it a "mature" sounding resonance. They formed in 1965 in LA and produced 6 albums in 5 years. Morrison died in 1971 and the band tried to continue as a trio until finally disbanding in 1973.

    • @JFish2384
      @JFish2384 2 года назад +69

      Yup. You beat me to it. The song, which is my favorite Doors song of all time, is about The City of L.A. with a twist...He is singing about LA but, as though LA is a woman. Once you get what he's doing and then listen to the song again it makes perfect sense😁

    • @JFish2384
      @JFish2384 2 года назад +13

      Also. I love you guys' reaction vids. Keep going with them 😁

    • @jmag579
      @jmag579 2 года назад +22

      John Densmore was the guy who inspired me to start playing drums too.

    • @thereal_ap232
      @thereal_ap232 2 года назад +3

      Facts!!

    • @chuckwilliams6261
      @chuckwilliams6261 2 года назад +63

      Mr. Mojo Risin is an anagram of Jim Morrison.

  • @killerb6792
    @killerb6792 2 года назад +126

    LA Woman is a masterclass in jazz/rock/blues fusion. Nothing sounded like this in the 70s. Nothing has sounded like this since. They were at the absolute peak, miles above their peers. That's why anyone that's ever picked up an instrument knows who they are.

    • @Edward-6909
      @Edward-6909 Год назад +5

      I agree such a unique capture of magic .those three genres ARE AMERICA jazz/rock/blues are the american origin to all modern day music from american culture rock & rap & all in between & to this day no one has such a sound.

    • @jwardbass4452
      @jwardbass4452 Год назад

      Based Exmilitary profile pic

    • @bernie4366
      @bernie4366 7 месяцев назад

      The Doors definitely had their own sound, but saying they were 'miles above' The Beatles, Zep, CCR etc is overdoing it a bit lol... there are a lot of incredible and very unique bands in the early 70's, late 60's.

    • @shuroom57
      @shuroom57 7 месяцев назад +3

      Without trashing other bands to champion the Doors, I can say that there will never be another band like them: a classical keyboardist, flamenco guitarist, jazz drummer, fronted by a baritone poet with one foot in the afterlife.

    • @clifftanton8385
      @clifftanton8385 5 месяцев назад

      Masters The greatest American rock n roll blues jazz and everything else band of this time or that one for that matter transformational

  • @funkadelicatessen
    @funkadelicatessen 2 года назад +50

    You can hear that The Doors were an excellent band, not only Jim Morrison and a couple of guys. This is one of the greatest rock classics for ever.

  • @jg8784
    @jg8784 Год назад +37

    A cool fact when recording ‘L.A. Woman” is Jim was singing in the bathroom of the studio and loved how his voice sounded in there. So he recorded the vocals sitting in the bathroom, rigging up a mic while the band played in the actual recording studio.

  • @bobszejk9620
    @bobszejk9620 2 года назад +366

    Please react to "The End". Your faces will keep us all thoroughly entertained for about 10 minutes 😆

    • @MsSweetNNaughty
      @MsSweetNNaughty 2 года назад +14

      Dude….that’s always a fun reaction to watch… lol

    • @rwfrench66GenX
      @rwfrench66GenX 2 года назад +5

      There are two versions, you might want to warn them about the x-rated version where Morrison talks about raping his mother

    • @MrTenkoura
      @MrTenkoura 2 года назад +3

      @@rwfrench66GenX no spoiler..

    • @rwfrench66GenX
      @rwfrench66GenX 2 года назад +4

      @@MrTenkoura Brad & Lex run a pretty family oriented channel and it’s not right to suggest a song like The End without warning them about the content.

    • @bobszejk9620
      @bobszejk9620 2 года назад +6

      @@rwfrench66GenX Last I checked, they're both adults

  • @peckish_tooth6515
    @peckish_tooth6515 2 года назад +233

    Probably the best groove they ever laid down. This and "Riders on the Storm".

    • @7777srd
      @7777srd 2 года назад +10

      Roadhouse Blues?

    • @HorbtheOrangutan
      @HorbtheOrangutan 2 года назад +4

      @@7777srd now that's a groove, for me it's LA Woman, Riders on the storm, Roadhouse Blues, The Soft Parade, and my personal favorite, Ghost Song.

    • @pimvanderkleij998
      @pimvanderkleij998 2 года назад +11

      Mr MOJO Risin is an anagram of Jim Morrison

    • @thebrhinocerous
      @thebrhinocerous 2 года назад +2

      @@HorbtheOrangutan Great list...personally, I have to add Maggie M'Gill and Peace Frog in there, too. It's just really hard to go wrong...

    • @bungholeshagnasty1724
      @bungholeshagnasty1724 2 года назад +1

      @@thebrhinocerous Love Her Madly

  • @joemaldonado9231
    @joemaldonado9231 2 года назад +120

    This is a love letter to L.A., my friends. The “woman” he keeps referring to is L.A. and this is blues turned into rock music. Many of the Doors music is based in blues.

    • @eaglebauersrecordcollection
      @eaglebauersrecordcollection 2 года назад +10

      Correct. Jim Morrison himself said this song is about Los Angeles itself, the only city he ever really considered his home.

    • @jackkelly7855
      @jackkelly7855 Год назад

      Rock is all derived from blues numbnuts

    • @shawnyoung8752
      @shawnyoung8752 9 месяцев назад

      Him singing Mr. MOJO RISEN? He told some that if he ever disappeared he would contact them with that name. It's a anagram for his name.

  • @tube396
    @tube396 Год назад +19

    I got to see The Doors in concert twice when they came to my city in 1968 and again in 1970.
    I was 16 years old at the first concert and 18 years old at the 2nd one.
    They have always been my favorite band.

  • @goldenbull2157
    @goldenbull2157 2 года назад +109

    You get a voice like that when you pack 70 years of living into just 28 years.

  • @philweeks8459
    @philweeks8459 2 года назад +326

    You're listening to a ragtime/blues pianist, jazz-influenced drummer, playing with a flamingo-styled guitarist fueling a drunken beatnik poet that was way ahead of their time. You're correct in recognizing a young man with an older man's soul. Hard living and abusing intoxicants not only age a person's body but also add years to a shortened life.

  • @zkeletonz001
    @zkeletonz001 2 года назад +23

    My absolute favorite doors song.
    "Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light
    Or just another lost angel
    City of night"
    So simple, so perfect, so expressive, so elegant.

  • @ginoshi3447
    @ginoshi3447 2 года назад +20

    I haven't heard one song from The Doors that has been bad. The whole band is the definition of talented.

    • @jamesrichardc858
      @jamesrichardc858 10 месяцев назад

      here is something youll find interesting, when morrison was singing that song his girl Pamela was giving him head and when he came you can hear it in his voice when hes singing Mr Mojo Risin...which is his name Jim Morrison spelled out Mr Mojo Risin...cool huh

  • @michaeldaugette802
    @michaeldaugette802 2 года назад +249

    This song is about the city of L.A. viewed as a woman as his perspective!

    • @mr.invisable6919
      @mr.invisable6919 2 года назад +8

      I lived there, it really does reflect the vib of the city.

    • @noneofurbizness5838
      @noneofurbizness5838 2 года назад +2

      Bingo! Thanks 👍!

    • @noneofurbizness5838
      @noneofurbizness5838 2 года назад +4

      I would recommend watching the movie with Val Kilmer. Don't know how accurate it is but it's a great ride.

    • @michaeldaugette802
      @michaeldaugette802 2 года назад +4

      @@noneofurbizness5838 It wasn’t accurate depiction of Jim Morrison as the Director Oliver Stone said it was just a impressionist painting of the life of Jim Morrison but I still liked it too ! I remember when the movie came out about the hype of the movie ! It was cool though ! I was involved in 60s style music as a guitarist and this a a good way to kinda dive deeper in the late 60s psychedelic rock genre ! It peaked a lot of interest in the groovy hippie vibe!

    • @edwardcurl3856
      @edwardcurl3856 2 года назад +2

      There's an a guy in the comments section trying to say that the line I see your hair is burning hill are full of fire is bout Morrison faking his death and leaving pam courson..it's not that has been debunked by the doors themselves.oh I can decipher what it really means other people can't..smfh..the doors explained this already..in multiple interviews..this nothing but incorporated eye's and others loose interpretation of that specific lyric..smh!!!!

  • @craigwhip
    @craigwhip 2 года назад +111

    One thing about Jim is, he was always mysterious - if you rearrange all the letters in Mr. Mojo Risin, it spells Jim Morrison

    • @johnbruno3285
      @johnbruno3285 2 года назад +5

      You just blew my mind..I never realized that.

    • @brettkenschaft4239
      @brettkenschaft4239 2 года назад +7

      Yay! Not many people seem to know that. It's called an anagram.

    • @TheBlueDragon86
      @TheBlueDragon86 2 года назад

      The Doors are my second favorite band of all time and I never realized that. Wow, thanks for that revelation!

    • @robertdoble7665
      @robertdoble7665 2 года назад +2

      Just now figuring that out. shit.

    • @robertdoble7665
      @robertdoble7665 2 года назад

      @@brettkenschaft4239 Danica Does anyone notice I cause accidents"? GB

  • @MegaTurkeylips
    @MegaTurkeylips 2 года назад +6

    Jim was a poet. He had never sung. They had him take singing lessons so he could deliver his poetry. And look what he gave us.

  • @roykyme5558
    @roykyme5558 2 года назад +19

    Brad certainly knows when to stop a track to destroy any build up in the song

  • @augustodutra3839
    @augustodutra3839 2 года назад +147

    "When the music is over" and "The End" are epic songs by the doors.

    • @JB-xh5mc
      @JB-xh5mc 2 года назад +6

      Crystal Ship.

    • @jdm1066
      @jdm1066 2 года назад +2

      @@JB-xh5mc Breaking Bad had a real missed opportunity with using that song somewhere in the show.

    • @aaronandfelicia
      @aaronandfelicia 2 года назад

      The End was a classic! That song actually got them fired from the whisky a go go due to its graphic lyrics. Especially the part where he said, "Mother, I want to F*** you". The owner called Jim a sick F**k and fired them. But the Elektra record rep was there and that is when they got signed.

    • @williamswiniuch7527
      @williamswiniuch7527 2 года назад

      @@aaronandfelicia “cuz that’s what I’m into man!”

    • @DENVEROUTDOORMAN
      @DENVEROUTDOORMAN 2 года назад

      Yup and way better but they re not top 40 so only real men liked the real doors

  • @jonathansmith3742
    @jonathansmith3742 2 года назад +146

    The musicianship of Robbie, Ray and John is just incredible.

    • @davidkyle5017
      @davidkyle5017 2 года назад +5

      They were brilliant.

    • @johndef5075
      @johndef5075 2 года назад +1

      Very tight...

    • @Tijuanabill
      @Tijuanabill 2 года назад +1

      Ray playing 2 parts except when he plays 3 is just ridic

    • @easyrolling
      @easyrolling 2 года назад +1

      one of the great fadeouts ever

    • @nodaysback8390
      @nodaysback8390 Год назад

      Densmore's snare hits like a Swiss watch during all of the up-tempo parts and his free-time floats like smoke in the air... Priceless!

  • @philbather6557
    @philbather6557 Год назад +8

    One of the greatest songs ever written and recorded 😘

  • @RetroClassic66
    @RetroClassic66 2 года назад +8

    Morrison had an amazing voice, but it was even deeper and had a whiskey edge to it by the time this was recorded in 1970. He was also sporting a thick full beard by this time and had gained a bit of weight and no longer had the Greek god look that he did in 1967 and 1968.
    As for the tune, this is straight up blues. Morrison was especially glad that the group was finally recording a pure blues album.
    Their overall work is very, very eclectic. Stylistically VERY different from not only today but even from other bands in the 60s. They had a very unique sound and played in very different styles from album to album, song to song. Very difficult to pigeonhole them as a group. You just have to listen to their entire works from 1966-1970. Definitely a musical education. Seeing Oliver Stone's movie about them and some documentaries about the band are also recommended.

  • @annaoswald5943
    @annaoswald5943 2 года назад +271

    The Doors have many different sounds and vibes during their unfortunate short career. Roadhouse Blues rocks from start to finish. It might not get many requests but " Peace Frog" is my personal fav.

    • @rm1387
      @rm1387 2 года назад +20

      I second Peace Frog -- love that song.

    • @glida458
      @glida458 2 года назад +4

      Unfortunately short*

    • @randomhockeyguy9149
      @randomhockeyguy9149 2 года назад +9

      Peace Frog thirded. One of my favs by The Doors.

    • @p.b.palaciosalmafuerte3463
      @p.b.palaciosalmafuerte3463 2 года назад +4

      Nex to it, blue sunday.

    • @annaoswald5943
      @annaoswald5943 2 года назад +6

      @@glida458 Peace Frog/Blue Sunday really what does it for me.

  • @sifkn
    @sifkn 2 года назад +94

    Riders of the Storm, The End, Break On Through, When The Music’s Over
    so many great songs....Mr. MoJo the Lizardking with The Doors I love them

    • @xenovirus6507
      @xenovirus6507 2 года назад +2

      Same

    • @tolkiyay3085
      @tolkiyay3085 2 года назад +1

      I mean the whole L. A. Woman album is a masterpiece. Hyacinth House is my favorite of that specific album.

    • @daddyoca69
      @daddyoca69 2 года назад +3

      five to one

  • @johncannon7248
    @johncannon7248 2 года назад +1

    Just started watching your videos today watched about a dozen. Lex you are beautiful and it is so much fun to watch you getting into the music. He is singing about L.A. itself

  • @ignaciogalvan1732
    @ignaciogalvan1732 Год назад +1

    That's what you call rockn both of y'all rockn!

  • @alexhartman6144
    @alexhartman6144 2 года назад +175

    You'll have to do riders on the storm or roadhouse blues next :)

    • @Wasteland_FX
      @Wasteland_FX 2 года назад +6

      riders on the storm is incredible, definetly worth checking out

    • @cathyortiz1280
      @cathyortiz1280 2 года назад +5

      Roadhouse Blues is my favorite. Esp the live version where he screams at the beginning. So much energy.

    • @jamellelangfordiii3586
      @jamellelangfordiii3586 2 года назад

      @@cathyortiz1280 mine and my wife's as well. I listened to all doors albums, on cd, on a road trip with my mom from socal to Montana. Is a cool memory, really fun trip.

    • @babylonsister118
      @babylonsister118 2 года назад +1

      Or Crystal Ships

    • @sourisvoleur4854
      @sourisvoleur4854 2 года назад +1

      Add my vote to Storm. Incredible song.

  • @markclark6824
    @markclark6824 2 года назад +38

    It's about the vices and the dark under belly of L.A.

  • @patrickcrawford6404
    @patrickcrawford6404 11 часов назад

    I've watched a LOT of these and I'm just working through a bunch of "old" stuff.
    My only statement is I LOVE Lex's enjoyment of all genres. Always makes me happy. Don't ever lose that joy Lex.
    Brad, do not f this up, you won the lottery.

  • @IgorOzz
    @IgorOzz 2 месяца назад +2

    Thank God... The 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and the 90s... golden age!!!

  • @vrvaughn
    @vrvaughn 2 года назад +145

    I love watching young people try and figure this eras music out completely without any understanding of context and out of chronological order of a band’s development not to mention its place in music history...

    • @josephdockemeyer6782
      @josephdockemeyer6782 2 года назад +8

      In the late 60's, that conversation would have gone much more slowly and with far, far less words but very well enunciated.
      HER: Hey, man... Isn't that Jim Morrison?
      HIM: ...right on.
      HER: ...yeah.
      HIM: ...right.
      HER: ...cool.

    • @treebeard8475
      @treebeard8475 2 года назад +3

      @@josephdockemeyer6782 “far out”

    • @treebeard8475
      @treebeard8475 2 года назад +2

      @Butt Whole it’s not hard to decipher it wasn’t meant to be. If you can’t decipher it it’s not a negative thing. That being said I get where your coming from but I think it more is about the emotion of live music and the music of the time that would make you weep on a rainy night at a concert where drugs may have been consumed. I can desipher most songs from this era and I’m fairly young. Throw on some Grateful Dead and I have a very hard time deciding what the songs are about because some of writing is 1940s and older. And that’s one of my favorite bands! Life is just experiences that mean nothing in my opinion so let your freak flag fly 🤙

    • @treebeard8475
      @treebeard8475 2 года назад +3

      @Butt Whole also I think the original comment was less about finding the real message of the music which you would have to ask the writer so you may never know and more about the cultural battles being fought and the crazy crazy times. We also live in crazy times I see very talented artist even today with the same gusto as their predecessors

    • @LordEriolTolkien
      @LordEriolTolkien 2 года назад +1

      @@josephdockemeyer6782 groovy, man

  • @sumonjamal1653
    @sumonjamal1653 2 года назад +81

    Jim Morrison had a great voice... this was his rock n' roll vocals... he also had a smooth side - listen to 'Riders on the storm' ... 'Waiting for the sun' ... "Hello I love you"
    The Doors were a 60's band, but this was 1970... shortly before he died in 1971 @ age 27😪

  • @stacymarietomlinson3288
    @stacymarietomlinson3288 2 года назад

    You guys ROCK!

  • @c4wolf_
    @c4wolf_ 2 месяца назад +1

    A whole Lotta purple haze... thanks for sharing... pretty cool understanding your points of view... I hear this.. I just get flashbacks for hrs😂

  • @Joepacalypse1107
    @Joepacalypse1107 2 года назад +118

    Mr. Mojorisin = Jim Morrison scrambled This was their last album, where his voice had deepened and matured a bit. He recorded his vocals for this album in a bathroom in their apartment.

    • @stedevo7149
      @stedevo7149 2 года назад +6

      In the bathroom of electra recording studios👍

    • @petehutcheon
      @petehutcheon 2 года назад +6

      Actually the bathroom of the doors workshop on lac cienaga boulevard

    • @Music--ng8cd
      @Music--ng8cd 2 года назад +1

      Also, he seemed to want to alter his appearance/persona (The Changeling), gaining weight and growing a beard.

    • @edb6690
      @edb6690 2 года назад +7

      Chain smoking and copious amounts of liquor gave that gravely sound.

    • @frequentsee3815
      @frequentsee3815 2 года назад +2

      The reason he recorded in the bathroom was because he was drinking so much lol

  • @juniorjohnson9509
    @juniorjohnson9509 2 года назад +195

    Absolutely brilliant band. Morrison was a master poet, and the rest of the band had serious chops. Very typical of the bands of that time - talent way beyond what we see today.

    • @interdimensionalsteve8172
      @interdimensionalsteve8172 2 года назад +3

      You ever listen to An American Prayer? Speaking of his poetry side. I love that album but a lot of people don't even know it exists!

    • @bobbiewallace4008
      @bobbiewallace4008 2 года назад +2

      People still visit him Morrison in France where he died after an overdose

    • @omega1231
      @omega1231 2 года назад +4

      "talent way beyond what we see today." ... tell me you don't actually listen to modern music, without telling me you don't listen to modern music at all. Stop listening to the radio and think "that's modern music" Radio is dead, record labels are largelly dead etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. What a tired, archaic arguement.

    • @tkaki6029
      @tkaki6029 2 года назад +5

      Krieger, Manzarek and Densmore are under rated musicians

    • @clash79
      @clash79 2 года назад +2

      @@omega1231 it makes old people feel better to think their music was the best ever made

  • @alneri9041
    @alneri9041 2 года назад +1

    Boom! Great song!!!

  • @PhilRossiMedia
    @PhilRossiMedia 22 дня назад +1

    All time favorite band. Oh my god I love your videos!

  • @robc.8269
    @robc.8269 2 года назад +79

    Jim Morrison was drinking pretty heavy by this time, but keep listening. Check out "Roadhouse blues", "Alabama song(whiskey bar)", "five to one", "Break on through", "light my fire" & "Maggie Magill". Please & thank you. Val Kimer also starred as Jim Morrison in The Doors movie. Not all the lyrics made sense, Jim was a poet at heart.

    • @zackbalins658
      @zackbalins658 2 года назад +4

      Agreed…but my guy, you can’t leave out Riders on the Storm. One of my favorites is Love Street though. But all in all, agreed.

    • @seanbrent8294
      @seanbrent8294 2 года назад +2

      Five to one, baby! One in five…

    • @Motown-1966
      @Motown-1966 2 года назад +3

      Luv, luv, luvvvv the “Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)” song. That ‘n “Ppl Are Strange.”

  • @lordweldatron.9955
    @lordweldatron.9955 2 года назад +79

    Congratulations, you just heard one of the greatest bands of all time, absolutely love this band, pure class 🙂👍🙂.

    • @floyd66brescia48
      @floyd66brescia48 2 года назад +3

      67’s debut album wuz a masterpiece, Jim was barely 24 years old.

  • @johnd.cooney5975
    @johnd.cooney5975 Год назад +1

    Played every nite (early morning) as they were closing - cleaning up the Hilltop Bar & Grill. Thats all I can remember !

  • @MamawT65
    @MamawT65 2 года назад +1

    Going down a rabbit hole good luck and have fun

  • @chrisbooth478
    @chrisbooth478 2 года назад +29

    One of the greatest driving songs of all-time!

  • @murrayspiffy2815
    @murrayspiffy2815 2 года назад +314

    Lex is a quick study on lyrics and intonations. Brad is wondering why everything isn't literal.

    • @samuraijacques952
      @samuraijacques952 2 года назад +63

      Dude's a robot. She's clearly carrying this channel on her back

    • @davegutierrez5553
      @davegutierrez5553 2 года назад +17

      Jim was a poet first singer second. Its difficult to try to rationalize exactly what the lyrics literally meant. It had different meaning for everyone. True poet genius.

    • @Rick999888
      @Rick999888 2 года назад +21

      @@samuraijacques952 unfair I think. it's the combination that makes it and gives it depth. So many other channels where they just LOOOOOOVE every single tune and always laugh and are amazed in that kind of "internet exploded and twitter blows up" kind of way that seems popular these days.

    • @Deken
      @Deken 2 года назад +29

      @@samuraijacques952, you're wrong. Brad certainly is no robot. The genres Brad & Lex have been delving into are neither of their normal preferences of music. This song was their first introduction to The Doors. So, yeah, they're learning and ballsy enough to discuss what might seem like weird lyrics to millennials, but they're *appreciating the music and history.* They also expose many others to songs we members of the channel suggest they react to. Sure, Brad's mind is much more literal when it comes to trying to find meaning in lyrics, but that's just the way he's built. Now and again, Brad will catch things about songs that Lex doesn't. Lex, on the other hand, seems like a sponge soaking in every drop of a song. Then, can wring out a litany of expressions and interpretations of lyrics that are often spot on. They bounce ideas off one another, and both add value to the team they've created.
      From what I've seen on the live streams, both seem to be genuinely nice people who also have great personalities. So, nope, not a robot.

    • @timelesstravelclub6240
      @timelesstravelclub6240 2 года назад +13

      Brad is the Dean Martin to her Jerry Lewis. It works!

  • @ljnv6570
    @ljnv6570 2 года назад +2

    I absolutely love that a new generation are learning about them!! Thank you! You will be this old sooner than you wish!

  • @acason4
    @acason4 Месяц назад +1

    His goodbye letter to Los Angeles when he left LA for London just before his death. This was the Doors last album & LA Woman is the personification of the city has him saying goodbye his long time home. It's pretty beautiful.

  • @bentindle9036
    @bentindle9036 2 года назад +25

    Arguably the best American classic rock band. Morrison was a poet and his songwriting shows it. Deep with symbolism. Even the band name is symbolism. Doors of perception.

    • @jerryparks6123
      @jerryparks6123 Год назад +1

      Wrong! The best American classic rock band was BOB SEGERS, SILVER BULLET BAND, HANDS DOWN! The BAND and BOB SEGER were around for 50 YEARS! .

  • @MsSweetNNaughty
    @MsSweetNNaughty 2 года назад +64

    Jim was a sensitive poet at heart…. When he joined the band he had never sung before. He spent many of their first performances with his back to the audience. Riders on the Storm is my all time favorite song. The last thing Jim recorded was the whisper vocal in Riders…

    • @wraygett
      @wraygett 2 года назад +2

      I didn't know that thankyou

    • @TheKitchenerLeslie
      @TheKitchenerLeslie Год назад

      We're going to find out some stuff about him soon when the CIA files are opened. His father was a traitor to the United States.

  • @guidodiman
    @guidodiman 5 месяцев назад +1

    I really learned to appreciate the drive of the bass in this. I've heard them in the late 60 early 70's and didn't really listen to them a lot but I like some of their stuff. Hearing it again is a treat because it is waaay better than I thought. This is still great stuff.

  • @osocool1too
    @osocool1too Год назад +3

    Jim Morrison had an amazing range, and I recall at the time lamenting his loss, as we had lost so many great musicians 1970 to 1972...Jimi Hendrix, Mama Cass, and others basically from drug overdoses and alcohol. RIP to them all.

  • @p.h.5752
    @p.h.5752 2 года назад +87

    When Jim Morrison was drinking or drunk...he had an alter ego he named "Jimbo". In this song Jimbo is singing, not Jim. Although he had a strong voice to begin with, drunk he was something else entirely.

    • @humboldtharry4248
      @humboldtharry4248 2 года назад +5

      Yeah he’s perfectly hammered. But in a great way! Love the growl it gives his voice.

    • @unclesalty9827
      @unclesalty9827 2 года назад +3

      He O.D'd in a bathtub in Amsterdam

    • @danielmcgee2879
      @danielmcgee2879 2 года назад +4

      @@unclesalty9827 I always thought he died in France?.......I need to make google my friend I guess...lol

    • @unclesalty9827
      @unclesalty9827 2 года назад +1

      It was Amsterdam,I remember when it happened

    • @unclesalty9827
      @unclesalty9827 2 года назад +1

      Unless it was teenage b.s. like mama Cass choking on a sandwich

  • @tomroome4118
    @tomroome4118 2 года назад +127

    "Riders On The Storm" MUST be next!!!

  • @85danny851
    @85danny851 2 года назад +1

    I always take a look around to see which way the wind blow when I go somewhere. Love Love Love this song.

  • @victormendez2789
    @victormendez2789 18 дней назад +1

    Before I even begin watching this reaction-you picked out-to me-THE best Doors song ever and they have tons of great songs!!!

  • @rwfrench66GenX
    @rwfrench66GenX 2 года назад +30

    If I’m doing 55 when this song comes on I’m doing 80 by the time the snare starts popping! The bass is just sinister!

  • @brianfisher6165
    @brianfisher6165 2 года назад +38

    Jim was an amazing poet, singer and entertainer!!! Can't go wrong with Doors!!! late 60's early 70's psycelelic rock!!!! 👌👍✌😎

    • @smokinnplatez1426
      @smokinnplatez1426 2 года назад

      No he was not an amazing poet. He is considered a joke among the poet community. Is easy equivalent to jewel as a poet

    • @davidpardine342
      @davidpardine342 2 года назад +3

      @@smokinnplatez1426 his song lyrics are loved by many. who cares what a community thinks of his poetry.

    • @cathyortiz1280
      @cathyortiz1280 2 года назад +1

      @@smokinnplatez1426 Poetry & lyrics are very subjective. Some people don't like Bukowski who was the father of modern poetry but some hate him because his poems don't rhyme & they're very crass. But that's what some people love about him. Some "poetry groups" can be very old fashioned & snooty (like yours, probably) but some can be very modern & hip.

    • @smokinnplatez1426
      @smokinnplatez1426 2 года назад

      @@cathyortiz1280 you are just drunk on his mystique it is very obvious from your comments

    • @DanSolo871
      @DanSolo871 2 года назад

      His writing is overrated. If you want a true poet during this time, Jimi Hendrix was a far better lyricist.

  • @kylerodgers9323
    @kylerodgers9323 2 года назад +1

    I love that you listen to great old music......

  • @lorenzominotti2942
    @lorenzominotti2942 Год назад +2

    There was nothing like the Doors before, and never after. Unique greatness. 😊😊😊😊😊

  • @ziggymarlowe5654
    @ziggymarlowe5654 2 года назад +11

    Mr. Mojo Rising is an anagram of Jim Morrison's name. Mojo is an old blues term referring to sex, in the song it goes from slow and dark gradually speeding up to represent orgasm. The Doors weren't being subtle. The title of the song is a metaphor, indicating L.A. (Los Angeles) as a woman. We old codgers in our 60s & 70s had some fun back then. LOL, Good reaction guys!

  • @827dusty
    @827dusty 2 года назад +38

    This is about the city of L.A. as if it were a woman. "I see your Hair is Burning," refers to the annual fires that scorch the Hills of Los Angles every year. Jim Morrison was crazy as Hell, but he was a poet, more than a "FrontMan" for a 60s Rock Band. The Doors are freaking legends. If your 50 or older, you know about The Doors. One of the greatest Bands ever.

  • @kennethflores7075
    @kennethflores7075 2 года назад +2

    I can ride along LA all day long and play this masterpiece again again and again...this is pure 24k rock and roll!!!

  • @deanwimbridge9318
    @deanwimbridge9318 Год назад +1

    Classic band . One of my favourite 👏👏👏Deep rabbit hole

  • @jeffreykennedy1266
    @jeffreykennedy1266 2 года назад +22

    Morrison was basically a poet, who met some musicians… The Doors was the result…

  • @christym1974
    @christym1974 2 года назад +28

    I like the The Ghost Song and The End by the Doors. My mom was a fan so of course I loved them too.

    • @Blackdog06019
      @Blackdog06019 2 года назад +3

      I had an English project in hs that I used The Ghost Song for.. its such an amazing song and very well done too!

  • @mikeparker3865
    @mikeparker3865 2 года назад +1

    Just loving all the comments. one of my five favorite bands and my all time favorite song.

  • @ericthiel4053
    @ericthiel4053 6 месяцев назад +2

    This is one of those songs that no matter what is going on or how crummy my day is, never fails to switch my mood up. Such an amazing song...

  • @Phoenix7878
    @Phoenix7878 2 года назад +14

    Listen to that bass - crazy talented Jerry Scheff, Elvis' bass player in the '70's

  • @chief45kc2572
    @chief45kc2572 2 года назад +35

    Jim was DEEP in the sauce when this was recorded. Alcohol can age someone a lot. Especially multiple bottles a day along with who knows what pills and psychedelics.

    • @johnLennon255
      @johnLennon255 2 года назад

      Don’t forget cocaine. During LA woman he was using it heavy

    • @TheNewRevolution
      @TheNewRevolution 2 года назад +2

      Morrison was actually drunk AF during the recording of LA woman and actually did the song in 1 take. There's no splicing takes together, no overdubs. The mix is a performance. That's why it sounds like it does. It's live performance without an audience.

    • @jeffreyboyer3714
      @jeffreyboyer3714 2 года назад

      @@TheNewRevolution Yep. If I recall correctly, the rest of the band had laid all the tracks already, because Jim had been missing and never showed up for the recording sessions until they were all done, because he was on a multiple day bender, likely drugged and drunk the entire time, showed up completely hammered, continued drinking, recorded LA Woman in one take, completely drunk. I think the band even included that interlude, anticipating the spots Jim would likely want to go off, as he was usually wont to do...and they nailed it.

  • @thefobbieii2888
    @thefobbieii2888 2 года назад +2

    LA Woman is one of the greatest albums ever and the last of the Doors albums in 1971! I highly recommend this album especially with one of the greatest introduction songs ever into a album "The Changeling!"
    The woman in this song the Doors are singing about is the city LA! Jim Morrison who wrote the words to the songs was a poet!

  • @edwardmcmanus7496
    @edwardmcmanus7496 6 месяцев назад +1

    Beyond masterpiece.

  • @jeffsartor6577
    @jeffsartor6577 2 года назад +8

    LA Woman is the city itself. “I see your hair is burning, hills are filled with fire.” Etc.

  • @obyvatel
    @obyvatel 2 года назад +17

    _He's an old blues man, been singin' the blues ever since the world began_

  • @jamiesharp152
    @jamiesharp152 Год назад +1

    All drummers in the 70's rock bands we're jazz devotessss.
    Mum& Dads money didn't go to waste.

  • @mattslev
    @mattslev 2 года назад +1

    "Is this like music you'd do 'the twist' to?" LMFAO!!!

  • @ANOK541
    @ANOK541 2 года назад +25

    His voice was like that cause of all the whiskey and chain smoking..if you hear their earlier albums his voice is much clearer and youthful..check out crystal ship ✌🏽

  • @Hillbilly_Travels
    @Hillbilly_Travels 2 года назад +18

    One of the greatest songs of all time. I grew up listening to the Doors, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, thanks to my dad. My mom raised me listening to the Supremes, Stevie Wonder and the Jackson 5. Looking back now I appreciate my musical upbringing.

  • @brianlee6849
    @brianlee6849 Год назад +2

    That is definitely Jim Morrison singing and you are right there is nothing like this anywhere he was very unique. Thank you 👍

  • @scottsulzbach1385
    @scottsulzbach1385 2 года назад +2

    I've listening to the doors since the early nineties I'm now 45 years old they're still my favorite

  • @captaindeliciouspants6910
    @captaindeliciouspants6910 2 года назад +23

    The Doors are awesome. Jim Morrison was an intense singer. My favorite songs of theirs are People Are Strange, Riders on the Storm, Light my Fire, and Love Her Madly those 4 songs are all epic to me

  • @chuckcelemin4345
    @chuckcelemin4345 2 года назад +25

    The first album I ever bought with my own money. To this day it's the best money I ever spent.

    • @robertlavorna2968
      @robertlavorna2968 2 года назад

      i had to stop ,their ignorance with this song got to me, such a classic song done by a classic group...

    • @karl-heinzfrank1887
      @karl-heinzfrank1887 Год назад

      My first Album was Deep Purple in Rock. That was 50 jears ago. Still have that Album. Back then Rock Musik was Musik. PS RIP Jim.

  • @colerche
    @colerche 2 года назад +2

    I saw them live in '69...and they could do it all live...believe me, with the technology of the time...amazing.

  • @sangebassano4355
    @sangebassano4355 2 года назад

    That's a great voice! Hey Robbie!

  • @jaycordner3890
    @jaycordner3890 2 года назад +10

    Jim Morrison is a legend. His voice is awesome. The Doors have an amazing catalogue. They were so blues mix with rock.. so so sick

  • @DanBoyd1111
    @DanBoyd1111 2 года назад +19

    One of my favorite bands from back in the day. I cried when the lizard king died. Mr Mojo Risen is an anagram of Jims name, and a Mojo is from old blues terminology that refers to ones "sex drive." LA woman was one of the last tunes they recorded before Jim went off to Paris where he died!

    • @sppecials606
      @sppecials606 2 года назад +1

      How old are you? First time I hear for his death was 9 years after he actually died (I was 14) so I suppose it was a bit too late to cry but I recall I was like "wait he isn't alive anymore?! Oooo shit nooo whyyy, why had to be that way this is not fair!

    • @mystisage13
      @mystisage13 2 года назад

      @@sppecials606 why? Heroin, sadly☹

    • @sppecials606
      @sppecials606 2 года назад +2

      @@mystisage13 @ Pam messed up, he thought it was cocain.

  • @USTtraining
    @USTtraining 2 года назад

    You guys crack me up. I love the shocked look on your faces figuring out he's a young guy with an old man voice.

  • @tomhaan1633
    @tomhaan1633 2 года назад +13

    The great Jerry Scheff on bass here and many Doors tunes (played bass for Elvis also).

  • @shaunellis3060
    @shaunellis3060 2 года назад +75

    Just FYI Jim Morrison is one of America's greatest poets, so please look at his lyrics in that fashion. They make more sense if you know that most songs are poems.

    • @anthonyv6962
      @anthonyv6962 2 года назад +1

      Let's be real greatest poet? I don't think you will find many to agree with you. Yes he and the doors were hella good. Shel Silverstien is way better as is almost every girl in middle school.

    • @wiseoldfool101
      @wiseoldfool101 2 года назад +1

      Americas greatest poet? hu

    • @MrThumbs63
      @MrThumbs63 2 года назад

      @@anthonyv6962 spot on!

    • @Omegaphats
      @Omegaphats 2 года назад

      James Douglas Morrison

    • @Omegaphats
      @Omegaphats 2 года назад

      @@anthonyv6962 yawn

  • @BusinessToU
    @BusinessToU 2 года назад +1

    He was an old soul. Old around of him was misterious and special. His voice is out of space...

  • @brianforgie7724
    @brianforgie7724 2 года назад +2

    Put this tune on with a straight nice stretch of highway in front of you and see what happens. A must on blast in the car. One of the best cruisin songs out there. The Doors at their best are tough too beat. Hypnotic stuff

  • @msouth4375
    @msouth4375 2 года назад +12

    People are strange is my favourite, the lost boys is iconic

    • @MikeB12800
      @MikeB12800 2 года назад +1

      But that was an Echo and the Bunnymen cover. Wish they used the Doors version.

    • @msouth4375
      @msouth4375 2 года назад +1

      @@MikeB12800 100%

  • @basildavidson4597
    @basildavidson4597 2 года назад +10

    Brad, “ where did you hear that voice?” Lex’s squirm, priceless. Really appreciate you guys.

  • @joykeebler1916
    @joykeebler1916 2 года назад +1

    That Mind and Heart of Jim Morrison- Welcome To The Soul Kitchen.

  • @shawn1432
    @shawn1432 3 месяца назад +1

    When you set sail with the doors …..you may not come back, long live Rock n Roll

  • @mikes3827
    @mikes3827 2 года назад +33

    Aside from Elvis, The Doors' lead singer Jim Morrison was arguably THE most iconic front man in rock history, in terms of his singing ability, being a great lyricist, BIG TIME natural charisma, the ladies went crazy for him, and despite his wild & short life, Jim never shit on his fans or his band mates.

  • @laurilydecker7225
    @laurilydecker7225 2 года назад +53

    Frist, Lex, you are sooo much fun watch when you hear a song for the first time. Your reaction to the "music" is seen on the screen with true joy (or not), and your smile is wonderful. Brad, I think I read somewhere that you come from mostly hip-hop, and the lyrics mean a lot to you. The lyrics of the composers back in the 60's and 70's were drug fueled, and they tried to shield you from the meaning, but give you a taste of what it was, as many words back then could not be used, they were censored. Many of us had to listen to songs a few times to get the "feeling" of it, and perhaps years to interpret what the meaning was. There are arguments to this day about what some songs mean. But, I think if you listen to the song for all its complex notions, (lyrics and sound) and then go back later to interpret to meaning, might better serve you when exploring music from this time period. Also remember that (most) all the members of these bands played musical instruments with no auto-tune for the voice overs.

    • @scrook1027
      @scrook1027 2 года назад

      Like when they cut the lyrics to "Let's spend the night together," to lets spend together on the airplay, but the album had the correct lyrics.

  • @MegaTurkeylips
    @MegaTurkeylips 2 года назад +1

    Damn you guys are so entertaining:)

  • @silversliver1592
    @silversliver1592 Год назад

    Brad & Lex ... the words Mr mojo risin is also Jim Morrison, Cheers and Happy New Year from Toronto Canada everyone

  • @TheNewRevolution
    @TheNewRevolution 2 года назад +43

    The look on your faces when Morrison starts singing is priceless. One quick fact about the recording will surprise you. Morrison was actually very intoxicated and did the song in 1 take. There's no splicing, no overdubs. The mix is actually a performance. I need to catch 1 of your live streams. I've studied Rock since I was a child and I've been called a rock encyclopedia. I can provide tons of useless information for your live streams that your audience may enjoy.

    • @agents977
      @agents977 2 года назад +2

      Yep…you said it all for me. No need to comment now.

    • @nathanlopez3178
      @nathanlopez3178 Год назад +1

      He did not do it in one take, there’s other takes that can be found on the doors album alternate takes.

    • @TheNewRevolution
      @TheNewRevolution Год назад

      @@nathanlopez3178 Both Ray Manzerak and Jon Densmore have stated on multiple occasions that LA Woman is one take from start to finish and that Morrison was very intoxicated in the take that was used on LA Woman. They would know, they were there. Explain to me how alternate versions means that it wasn't done in one take? 🤔 Producer Paul Rothschild actually quit when they started the album, because it was so bad initially. So The Doors ended up producing the album themselves. They've stated in countless interviews they just ran through every song several times and almost every song on the album is 1 take. The version of the song on the Alternate Takes album is likely 1 take as well but I have not heard any of them confirm this, so I will not state that definitively. But the original version of LA Woman is definitely 1 take.

    • @nathanlopez3178
      @nathanlopez3178 Год назад

      @@TheNewRevolution there’s two different versions. It wasn’t the final take

    • @nathanlopez3178
      @nathanlopez3178 Год назад

      @@TheNewRevolution you are right though I wasn’t there, just my observation 🤙

  • @DaCrunkwizard
    @DaCrunkwizard 2 года назад +9

    My Dad is in his Late 60s, this is one of his favorite Bands. I'm 33 remember jamming out to the doors in my teens, check out the doors movie.

  • @ApartmentKing66
    @ApartmentKing66 Год назад +1

    This has served as a reminder that there is no better keyboardist than the classically-trained Ray Manzarek. No one.

  • @Dickey_Moe09
    @Dickey_Moe09 2 года назад +19

    That's just talent, bruh
    You'll have to listen to other songs to officially say that he sounds like an old man.
    He was trying to pass his voice of like a blues singer on this song. He was a huge blues fan

  • @sattymike0155
    @sattymike0155 2 года назад +11

    You can definitely hear the weathering of Jim’s voice from his early tracks to this one no doubt. Still great though. One of my favorites from the Doors is Peace Frog.