Imagine you're 12 years old, you buy this album, with four friends you smoke a huge BONG and listen to this album/song. A life changing day for sure. This album is legendary.
Silas: "I'm ready!" Me: Oh, no you're not! 10 minutes later, after the Oedipus Rex section and that amazing instrumental jam...., Silas: "YO, WHAT JUST HAPPENED!" 😎🤣 Great reaction Silas! 👏 More reactors need to do this EPIC song! 🔥🔥 You should try SECOND HELPING by Skynyrd next. Some legendary rock jams on that one.
He thought it was over and when he moved his mouse I was like “not yet buddy” lul tell all the people and hyacinth house just hit for me but when the musics over is top 3 for me along with the end for the doors
The Doors... Jazz drummer and guitarist Poet lead singer And master musician on the keys...making the bassline and even taking over for Jim when Jim couldn't perform.
"The End" is about as bizarre and also as fascinating as anything else in rock music. L.A. WOMAN is my favorite of their albums, even though Jim's voice was more ragged then. "Light My Fire," the long version is one of THE classic rock songs of all-time. It's a legendary track for a reason.
Your next Doors album should be either Strange Days or L.A. Woman. They're about equally good. Strange Days is next chronologically, so maybe do it next for that reason. If you like long story telling songs, you should check out Bob Dylan. Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde are his 2 best albums.
It should be noted that this is a remastered version of the album that contains some significant departures from the original 1967 version, most of which, I think, were meant to convey how the band would have released it, if they had had more control of what could and could not be "said" when it was recorded...For example, on "Break on Through", the line was just "She get", not "she gets high"...They literally just edited out the word "high". For "The End", I can't remember if the "fucks" were actually still there, just buried way down, but they were certainly at least nearly inaudible. I don't remember ever hearing them until this version. They were still pushing a lot of boundaries for the time, but some boundaries remained for a while longer...
Great point. All the "fuck, fucks" during the crescendo of The End wasn't on the original. The record company even edited the song Break On Through on the original - the line "She gets high" was simply "She gets". And during the song The End when he sings, "Mother, I want to fuck ya!", he contorted the scream so it wasn't recognized as the word itself.
I been trying to figure out what was going on. I play the vinyl albums that I bought in the 70's and I noticed the changes. I don't like it. Our society has to quit fixing history. It's noteworthy that Morrison couldn't break that boundary. Rock and Roll had broken so many boundaries. This was 1967. Bobby Kenndy and King were still alive and Ali was champion of the world. Two years later none of that was true. Tricky Dick was in the White House. Morrison was arrested, Doors concerts were cancelled and the radio wouldn't play their songs. This is an important distinction. This version gives the impression that Morrison or anyone could sing these phrases in 1967, Actually it was astounding that he got as far as he did. And he got cancelled for it. And maybe murdered. And we're still cancelling people. By changing history, we lose the tools to figure out what we have become. Jimmy was very political and I think he would agree with me. Open your Doors of Perception.
@@goldbug7127 Well, I appreciate the passion. but let's not equate the release of an alternate version of an album to "society fixing history"...I remember when this version was released, and it was with the blessing and participatory promotion of the remaining band members, and the reasons for releasing it were made clear. It actually provides a fuller picture of history, because this is how the band wanted it to sound at the time. This is not any different than McCartney releasing that different mix of "Let It Be" because he never liked the way the original sounded, or Roger Waters releasing different versions of the "Dark Side" material, just because he can. Remixes and rereleases and remasters have been very common since the advent of digital recording. It's not going anywhere. And if you asked Jim: "Do you want this version with all the fucks in it to be released? Or should we keep it to ourselves because they didn't let us do it in 1967?", I'm pretty sure he'd go for the fucks...
As with all music, listen to it w/in the historical/time context. This is Vietnam War era, lots of death, young men forced to go to war (involuntary draft that was stopped after the war), social upheaval, Civil Rights, sexual revolution, political protests. Crazy times reflected in the music.
The thing to know about Morrison's lyrics.. They're like a good abstract painting. You don't ask "what's it supposed to be?" It's whatever it is to you, specifically 🙂👍
I wish more people your age understood about listening to whole albums. It wasn't until your generation (and the internet) that it became all about playlists. They're missing out on so much. We listened to whole albums, partially because we would buy the physical album and wanted to get our money's worth. This caused us to discover tons of songs we would have never heard. Some we didn't think we liked at first but after several listens we grew to love. Albums expanded our tastes and horizons. I firmly believe that singles and playlists are why music has become so generic and predictable today.
That was the first time I'd heard this version of The End, and I had only recently heard the "she get high" on Break On Through. So i got to share part of your reaction. Hope you do more Doors, I'd like to see you take the trip called The Soft Parade.
Your reactions are great. You epitomize Keanu Reeves' character in Bill and Ted's excellent adventure. As far as next door's album goes, Strange Days, Morrison's Hotel, and LA Woman are absolutely essential but I'd recommend doing Strange Days first since it was their 2nd album, Morrison Hotel as their 5th, then LA Woman as their 6th & last album so you can see how they evolved. And if you thought The End was mind-blowing, wait until you hear When the Music's Over from Strange Days
Lets gooo maaan, i've been wanting to see some the Doors on wour channel and it finally happened, favourite band ever man, Morrison was something else Keep it going dude!!!🎉 also i loved tha fact that they played "the end" at almost every show haha thats fire man, such a good and with Morrisons energy onstage
Just found this channel & Silas is now my absolute FAVORITE music reaction YTer! So much fun to see him dance around (like I do) as the music sweeps us away - like I'm at a concert; the energy is contagious!
Here is a touching interview with Jim Morrison’s sister and his father, retired Admiral George S. Morrison: ruclips.net/video/Kz63-q8otYM/видео.html (8m56s). They explain not only how interesting of a person Jim was, but that they did not know he was in a rock band until this album was released and someone showed them Jim’s picture on the album cover!
you might like: When The Music's Over, Roadhouse Blues, Break On Through, Five To One, People Are Strange and Summer's Almost Gone. by The Doors.. these are awesome too
re the blue bus is calling us...driver where you taking us? This is in reference to when you join the service or get drafted you get on a blue bus to take you to your army base...
Born '71. Heard The Doors in the womb. Literally. Fan since before I was born. One of the all time best. Floyd, Zeppelin, The Doors, AC/DC and Zappa....
Love your reactions. Was just listening to this and couldn’t let the opportunity pass. When he sings about “ little girl’s “, he means “ little girl’s”. And I’m not talking about 16 year olds. Younger!!!
I think in the original version of The End he says mother I want to f*ck you. When they played it live for the first time at the Whisky a Go-Go (when they were the house band there) the owner was appalled by it and he threw them out and fired them but there was a guy from Electra Records there for the show and he offered them a record contract so all was good lol
Yep, it was a definitively Oedipedic fantasy referencing Morrison's family. He had a sister and brother, as well as a serious challenge to authority including his Naval Officer father. So as he "walked on down the hall" it is thinly veiled message of rebellion with a Greek Tragedy twist. That's my take, at least.
Back in the day of LP albums, the producers and artists often arranged the songs in the expectation that the entire album would be heard at once, not just as a collection of songs. The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" album is one example of this, and I think the Doors album is another (see also Simon and Garfunkle's 'Bookends' album, though only the 'A' side was really programmatically arranged). And most albums were distributed with the lyrics on the back of the sleeve or a paper insert, and these would be passed around while the album was playing. Such albums were much more than 'just songs' listened to in the gym as background. There are advantages and disadvantages to every technology, of course, but I think that the demise of the integral album as an art form is a sad side-effect of the demise of vinyl.
I agrre 100%. At that time there were many new innovative albums and there was not enough money to buy them all. So we organize private "little happenings" on Friday or Saturday evening to listen to and discuss the new album together. Recently I got upset by an otherwise well-respected reactor who slammed a Led Zeppelin song by III (today, a song seems to be good or bad on first hearing). Sure, I leave it up to everyone what they think of it. However, I always found the song to be a break, a good change that enriches the whole album. Today "such" albums are rarely released, not even by the "big" artists. Have fun with all kinds of good music.
Hey Silas, that last track is always deep and always unnerved people. Part of the talking section was about the Oedipus complex which is about a son's rivalry with the father, and guys who have the habit to date or marry women who are a lot like their mothers, it's all figurative of course. But the song used to tick off club owners, prior to their album, and The Doors were often fired from clubs for performing it.
One night in 1989 or 1990, several of my college classmates and I were in a dorm room working on math homework together. We found that music played at a low volume helped pass the time. It was my turn to choose the music, and I picked a greatest hits compilation of The Doors. After a bunch of songs had played, "The End" started. At some point, one of my buddies asked me "What the f**k are we listening to?!"
The theme of the closing song “the end” was taken from the greek myth of Edeopus....with, um...its a screwed up myth with incestuous overtones, but its about power dynamics & the like, ect, ect....something like that.
Umm... wait until you hear their follow-up album, Strange Days. Yeah, it's strange. And wonderful. Great getting to explore this album with your fresh pair of ears. Great stuff.
Such a dreamy psychedelic song. End of the night. I can only imagine what this would be like sitting around with some friends. So, after listening to “The End”, I wonder how long after that did Morrison take his life. I see a lot of similarities between him and Kurt Cobain. Both committed suicide at 27 years. Both renegades. Thanks for playing these songs.
John Densmore (percussionist) tried to simulate an orgasm on the drums in THE END. Thats why the buildup then explosion. I heard him discuss it in an interview... 😁
Most (all?) of the Doors lyrics were written by Morrison. There were some recurring themes that appeared briefly in several songs, one was a sort of fascination with what we used to call American Indians; at some point in his youth, on a family vacation, he witnessed a car wreck where some Indians (Navajos I believe) were killed, and it forever stuck in his mind. On stage he would sometimes, like during the very fast finish of "The End," do a sort of Indian dance. There are several good books written about Morrison and the Doors.
It was already said, but i want to reiterate because i saw another reactoer get puzzled by the lyric/word also.....so, From the second video of this series & “alabama song” & the “little girl” lyric.... it was a term that was meant to describe an adult woman, at worst, a young adult woman...women, generally, are smaller than men, obviously...so, in that way, its just an innocent term... no different than a rapper of the last 25 years calling a woman a “shorty”, the term “little girl” refers to her size & not, not to her age...thats all it is...it was more common 50, 60, or 70 years ago... its like 50’s , & 60’s era term...it probably started in the 40’s from the jazz music subculture, jack kerouac used a similar term for pretty women, & thats “gone little girl”....again, much, much more a term relating to size, just like “shorty” from hip hop culture.
Im watching the second video now, obviously... & its the same with “back door man” & the term “little girl” which was a cover of an old blues song by howlin’ wolf....same situation, its a size thing & not an agenthing....if its subversive at all, it may be a jab at a grown woman’s intelligence or immaturity, maybe, maybe not....but yes, its from another era...& i said it may have had roots in 40’s jazz culture, id like to add to that, or correct it...its as equally possible that the term came from the culture of blues music in the first half of the 20th century...anyway, bottom line is that it is NOT about a child...it refers to an adult woman, or a young adult woman....peace!
Hey compliment, great job ❤. Hopefully you'll forget about The Doors "sometime" in the future. There are still some such fantastic songs/gems and of course the last album L.A. Woman, possibly also the 2nd Strange Days. I wish you a happy and entertaining Easter days!!!✌
For another trippy song do In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by iron butterfly! On a totally different note you will need to do Never Mind the Bullocks by the Sex Pistols full album. It was revolutionary for 1977 and a very important album in its own right . All songs are great!
Hey Silas, glad you enjoyed this brilliant album. May I suggest "Fly Like An Eagle" album by Steve Miller Band. Also "Greetings From LA" album by Tim Buckley. I'm sure you'll get a kick out of both of these.✌
Lynyrd Skynyrd Second Helpings is an excellent album, you'll like it. I recommend doing Strange Days next, which is their 2nd album. It was released the same year as their debut album and has the same feel as the first one. It has lots of great songs.
This was the quintessential psychedelic song in the late '60s. IMO, it rivaled The Beatles "A Day In The Life" if not exceeded it. My favorite Doors song and was the perfect pick for the beginning of "Apocalypse Now". Good job Francis Ford Coppola!!
The Oedipus Complex part always creeps me out but.....whatever. Don't let people tell you he hated his father... in my opinion he just wanted to protect his powerful father who was a Rear Admiral in the Navy back then.
The Doors masterpiece “The End” is in the film Apocalypse Now. I recommend watching this great film…it’s a trip
One of my top 3 fav movies
Imagine you're 12 years old, you buy this album, with four friends you smoke a huge BONG and listen to this album/song. A life changing day for sure. This album is legendary.
Jeez. 12? What was it like growing up in Haigt-Ashbury?
@@bartstarr100 Newport Beach O.C. California, back before it became a shithole it is today. Now in Up-State N.Y.
12? No.
14? Yes 😎🚬
I don't need the bong, I listen to this song TO get high. I smoke the bong to come back down.
I'm 48, and I did the same thing back then... and still am.
Silas: "I'm ready!"
Me: Oh, no you're not!
10 minutes later, after the Oedipus Rex section and that amazing instrumental jam....,
Silas: "YO, WHAT JUST HAPPENED!" 😎🤣
Great reaction Silas! 👏 More reactors need to do this EPIC song! 🔥🔥 You should try SECOND HELPING by Skynyrd next. Some legendary rock jams on that one.
Had the same thoughts :D
Silas: "I'm ready!"
Me: Oh, no you're not!
My Exact same thought.
He's still not ready.
I'd like to watch Jordan Peterson unpack this song. The End.
He thought it was over and when he moved his mouse I was like “not yet buddy” lul tell all the people and hyacinth house just hit for me but when the musics over is top 3 for me along with the end for the doors
Yeah, you weren't expecting that, neither were we when it came out, but there it was for all to hear.... Too Cool
The Doors...
Jazz drummer and guitarist
Poet lead singer
And master musician on the keys...making the bassline and even taking over for Jim when Jim couldn't perform.
"The End" is about as bizarre and also as fascinating as anything else in rock music. L.A. WOMAN is my favorite of their albums, even though Jim's voice was more ragged then. "Light My Fire," the long version is one of THE classic rock songs of all-time. It's a legendary track for a reason.
Your next Doors album should be either Strange Days or L.A. Woman. They're about equally good. Strange Days is next chronologically, so maybe do it next for that reason. If you like long story telling songs, you should check out Bob Dylan. Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde are his 2 best albums.
And be sure to check out theMorrison Hotel album.
Cannot stand Dylan myself.
It should be noted that this is a remastered version of the album that contains some significant departures from the original 1967 version, most of which, I think, were meant to convey how the band would have released it, if they had had more control of what could and could not be "said" when it was recorded...For example, on "Break on Through", the line was just "She get", not "she gets high"...They literally just edited out the word "high". For "The End", I can't remember if the "fucks" were actually still there, just buried way down, but they were certainly at least nearly inaudible. I don't remember ever hearing them until this version. They were still pushing a lot of boundaries for the time, but some boundaries remained for a while longer...
Great point. All the "fuck, fucks" during the crescendo of The End wasn't on the original. The record company even edited the song Break On Through on the original - the line "She gets high" was simply "She gets". And during the song The End when he sings, "Mother, I want to fuck ya!", he contorted the scream so it wasn't recognized as the word itself.
I been trying to figure out what was going on. I play the vinyl albums that I bought in the 70's and I noticed the changes. I don't like it. Our society has to quit fixing history. It's noteworthy that Morrison couldn't break that boundary. Rock and Roll had broken so many boundaries. This was 1967. Bobby Kenndy and King were still alive and Ali was champion of the world. Two years later none of that was true. Tricky Dick was in the White House. Morrison was arrested, Doors concerts were cancelled and the radio wouldn't play their songs. This is an important distinction. This version gives the impression that Morrison or anyone could sing these phrases in 1967, Actually it was astounding that he got as far as he did. And he got cancelled for it. And maybe murdered. And we're still cancelling people. By changing history, we lose the tools to figure out what we have become. Jimmy was very political and I think he would agree with me. Open your Doors of Perception.
@@goldbug7127 Well, I appreciate the passion. but let's not equate the release of an alternate version of an album to "society fixing history"...I remember when this version was released, and it was with the blessing and participatory promotion of the remaining band members, and the reasons for releasing it were made clear. It actually provides a fuller picture of history, because this is how the band wanted it to sound at the time. This is not any different than McCartney releasing that different mix of "Let It Be" because he never liked the way the original sounded, or Roger Waters releasing different versions of the "Dark Side" material, just because he can. Remixes and rereleases and remasters have been very common since the advent of digital recording. It's not going anywhere. And if you asked Jim: "Do you want this version with all the fucks in it to be released? Or should we keep it to ourselves because they didn't let us do it in 1967?", I'm pretty sure he'd go for the fucks...
As with all music, listen to it w/in the historical/time context. This is Vietnam War era, lots of death, young men forced to go to war (involuntary draft that was stopped after the war), social upheaval, Civil Rights, sexual revolution, political protests. Crazy times reflected in the music.
The thing to know about Morrison's lyrics..
They're like a good abstract painting.
You don't ask "what's it supposed to be?"
It's whatever it is to you, specifically 🙂👍
I wish more people your age understood about listening to whole albums. It wasn't until your generation (and the internet) that it became all about playlists. They're missing out on so much. We listened to whole albums, partially because we would buy the physical album and wanted to get our money's worth. This caused us to discover tons of songs we would have never heard. Some we didn't think we liked at first but after several listens we grew to love. Albums expanded our tastes and horizons. I firmly believe that singles and playlists are why music has become so generic and predictable today.
Oh man 'The End' is just such a piece of music of its time ... haunting, freakish, poetic, apocalyptic ... just a magical piee of music
Strange days for sure from the doors, the last song on that is really great and is long as hell just like The End
You should reacts to their 2nd studio album “Strange Days” (1967) in its entirety as well . Great reactions ! 🎸🔥🎤
"The End" was featured in Apocalypse Now
Good movie and choice for it as the Vietnam Was was going on when this came out .
It was almost like it was written for the movie.
"The End" kinda Shook You....Yeah? I was 12 when this album came out....I was shook too....LMFAO!!! you are So fun to watch!
That was the first time I'd heard this version of The End, and I had only recently heard the "she get high" on Break On Through. So i got to share part of your reaction. Hope you do more Doors,
I'd like to see you take the trip called The Soft Parade.
Your reactions are great. You epitomize Keanu Reeves' character in Bill and Ted's excellent adventure. As far as next door's album goes, Strange Days, Morrison's Hotel, and LA Woman are absolutely essential but I'd recommend doing Strange Days first since it was their 2nd album, Morrison Hotel as their 5th, then LA Woman as their 6th & last album so you can see how they evolved. And if you thought The End was mind-blowing, wait until you hear When the Music's Over from Strange Days
Lets gooo maaan, i've been wanting to see some the Doors on wour channel and it finally happened, favourite band ever man, Morrison was something else
Keep it going dude!!!🎉
also i loved tha fact that they played "the end" at almost every show haha thats fire man, such a good and with Morrisons energy onstage
Just found this channel & Silas is now my absolute FAVORITE music reaction YTer! So much fun to see him dance around (like I do) as the music sweeps us away - like I'm at a concert; the energy is contagious!
Here is a touching interview with Jim Morrison’s sister and his father, retired Admiral George S. Morrison: ruclips.net/video/Kz63-q8otYM/видео.html (8m56s). They explain not only how interesting of a person Jim was, but that they did not know he was in a rock band until this album was released and someone showed them Jim’s picture on the album cover!
Thanks for the link, I had never heard of it.
you might like: When The Music's Over, Roadhouse Blues, Break On Through, Five To One, People Are Strange and Summer's Almost Gone. by The Doors.. these are awesome too
re the blue bus is calling us...driver where you taking us? This is in reference to when you join the service or get drafted you get on a blue bus to take you to your army base...
Born '71. Heard The Doors in the womb. Literally. Fan since before I was born. One of the all time best. Floyd, Zeppelin, The Doors, AC/DC and Zappa....
Doors are excellent. Aerosmith is excellent too and I'd love to see you review them.
'Oedipus Rex'-ish reference in The End.
Got this Album when I was 11 years old in 1967. Imagine.
This kid does not know how much acid Jim took to write so well. Jim is the greatest!
"Riders On The Storm" has a similar vibe to "The End". You'll like that one...
Love your reactions. Was just listening to this and couldn’t let the opportunity pass. When he sings about “ little girl’s “, he means “ little girl’s”. And I’m not talking about 16 year olds. Younger!!!
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles - the basis for part of The End's psychic terrain. Nice reacting!
1967 was a different time young American men were drafted into the Vietnam War
Surely it's been mentioned; "The End" is played at the beginning and the end of the great film Apocalypse Now, and used beautifully. Enjoy!
I think in the original version of The End he says mother I want to f*ck you. When they played it live for the first time at the Whisky a Go-Go (when they were the house band there) the owner was appalled by it and he threw them out and fired them but there was a guy from Electra Records there for the show and he offered them a record contract so all was good lol
Yep, it was a definitively Oedipedic fantasy referencing Morrison's family. He had a sister and brother, as well as a serious challenge to authority including his Naval Officer father. So as he "walked on down the hall" it is thinly veiled message of rebellion with a Greek Tragedy twist. That's my take, at least.
Back in the day of LP albums, the producers and artists often arranged the songs in the expectation that the entire album would be heard at once, not just as a collection of songs. The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" album is one example of this, and I think the Doors album is another (see also Simon and Garfunkle's 'Bookends' album, though only the 'A' side was really programmatically arranged). And most albums were distributed with the lyrics on the back of the sleeve or a paper insert, and these would be passed around while the album was playing. Such albums were much more than 'just songs' listened to in the gym as background. There are advantages and disadvantages to every technology, of course, but I think that the demise of the integral album as an art form is a sad side-effect of the demise of vinyl.
I agrre 100%. At that time there were many new innovative albums and there was not enough money to buy them all. So we organize private "little happenings" on Friday or Saturday evening to listen to and discuss the new album together.
Recently I got upset by an otherwise well-respected reactor who slammed a Led Zeppelin song by III (today, a song seems to be good or bad on first hearing). Sure, I leave it up to everyone what they think of it. However, I always found the song to be a break, a good change that enriches the whole album. Today "such" albums are rarely released, not even by the "big" artists. Have fun with all kinds of good music.
Did ya know 'The Doors", Sgt peppers and Surrealistic Pillow (with White Rabbit) by Jefferson Airplane all came out the same month? June '67.
check out Montrose - Space Station #5 !!!
Definitely a great song❤
Hey Silas, that last track is always deep and always unnerved people. Part of the talking section was about the Oedipus complex which is about a son's rivalry with the father, and guys who have the habit to date or marry women who are a lot like their mothers, it's all figurative of course. But the song used to tick off club owners, prior to their album, and The Doors were often fired from clubs for performing it.
Killer song "End of the night" There's only one JIM MORRISON
One night in 1989 or 1990, several of my college classmates and I were in a dorm room working on math homework together. We found that music played at a low volume helped pass the time. It was my turn to choose the music, and I picked a greatest hits compilation of The Doors. After a bunch of songs had played, "The End" started. At some point, one of my buddies asked me "What the f**k are we listening to?!"
If you want to more Doors, just go in order, their second album, Strange Days.
At 50, I"ll still smoke that dank bud, in a huge bong rip.. sit back and dive into the Doors; it's still life-changing. xo
The theme of the closing song “the end” was taken from the greek myth of Edeopus....with, um...its a screwed up myth with incestuous overtones, but its about power dynamics & the like, ect, ect....something like that.
Again , welcome to the Journey.
Umm... wait until you hear their follow-up album, Strange Days. Yeah, it's strange. And wonderful. Great getting to explore this album with your fresh pair of ears. Great stuff.
An American Prayer &
Live in NY
Are 2 albums by
The Doors
That should be bumped up high on your list.
Yes please do the 2nd Doors album
Such a dreamy psychedelic song. End of the night. I can only imagine what this would be like sitting around with some friends.
So, after listening to “The End”, I wonder how long after that did Morrison take his life. I see a lot of similarities between him and Kurt Cobain. Both committed suicide at 27 years. Both renegades. Thanks for playing these songs.
Morrison didn't commit suicide.
SILAS, there is an excellent documentary on RUclips you need to see called “The Final 24 Jim Morrison” about his life and death.
It is said the 60's ended at Altamont in 1969. It actually ended in The End.
Gets pretty dark doesn't it.
John Densmore (percussionist) tried to simulate an orgasm on the drums in THE END. Thats why the buildup then explosion. I heard him discuss it in an interview... 😁
Next album released from them is strange Days. But I think You will love LA Women the most.
Watch Apocalypse Now. That's all.
Do 'em in order. The next one is Strange Days.
Most (all?) of the Doors lyrics were written by Morrison. There were some recurring themes that appeared briefly in several songs, one was a sort of fascination with what we used to call American Indians; at some point in his youth, on a family vacation, he witnessed a car wreck where some Indians (Navajos I believe) were killed, and it forever stuck in his mind. On stage he would sometimes, like during the very fast finish of "The End," do a sort of Indian dance. There are several good books written about Morrison and the Doors.
I could tell you what "The End" is about or I could let you listen to it 500 times and figure it out yourself. I think I'll wait.
You should watch the movie The Doors.
I was born in 1967 the height of their fame.
We grew up to this song, over the course of the song.
It was already said, but i want to reiterate because i saw another reactoer get puzzled by the lyric/word also.....so, From the second video of this series & “alabama song” & the “little girl” lyric.... it was a term that was meant to describe an adult woman, at worst, a young adult woman...women, generally, are smaller than men, obviously...so, in that way, its just an innocent term... no different than a rapper of the last 25 years calling a woman a “shorty”, the term “little girl” refers to her size & not, not to her age...thats all it is...it was more common 50, 60, or 70 years ago... its like 50’s , & 60’s era term...it probably started in the 40’s from the jazz music subculture, jack kerouac used a similar term for pretty women, & thats “gone little girl”....again, much, much more a term relating to size, just like “shorty” from hip hop culture.
Im watching the second video now, obviously... & its the same with “back door man” & the term “little girl” which was a cover of an old blues song by howlin’ wolf....same situation, its a size thing & not an agenthing....if its subversive at all, it may be a jab at a grown woman’s intelligence or immaturity, maybe, maybe not....but yes, its from another era...& i said it may have had roots in 40’s jazz culture, id like to add to that, or correct it...its as equally possible that the term came from the culture of blues music in the first half of the 20th century...anyway, bottom line is that it is NOT about a child...it refers to an adult woman, or a young adult woman....peace!
Hey compliment, great job ❤. Hopefully you'll forget about The Doors "sometime" in the future. There are still some such fantastic songs/gems and of course the last album L.A. Woman, possibly also the 2nd Strange Days.
I wish you a happy and entertaining Easter days!!!✌
"The End" is a religious experience
You got to listen to when the music's over by the doors.
For another trippy song do In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by iron butterfly! On a totally different note you will need to do Never Mind the Bullocks by the Sex Pistols full album. It was revolutionary for 1977 and a very important album in its own right . All songs are great!
Hey Silas, glad you enjoyed this brilliant album. May I suggest "Fly Like An Eagle" album by Steve Miller Band. Also "Greetings From LA" album by Tim Buckley. I'm sure you'll get a kick out of both of these.✌
17:26 As Balzak stated, "There goes another novel."
This song really requires a hit of acid to truly enjoy it
lol. are you an old hippie :D
True of so many songs......
Jim Morrison...dad was C eye A. Lots of strange things in that history. Rabbit hole for sure.
JM had extreme delusions of grandeur
Lotta weird things going on in the Hollywood hills back then.
Lynyrd Skynyrd Second Helpings is an excellent album, you'll like it. I recommend doing Strange Days next, which is their 2nd album. It was released the same year as their debut album and has the same feel as the first one. It has lots of great songs.
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Watch the doors movie from 1991!!!❤❤❤❤
LA Woman next!
This was the quintessential psychedelic song in the late '60s. IMO, it rivaled The Beatles "A Day In The Life" if not exceeded it. My favorite Doors song and was the perfect pick for the beginning of "Apocalypse Now". Good job Francis Ford Coppola!!
I disagree. The quintessential psychedelic song of the late 60's is White Rabbit. Instrumentally, lyrically, and vocally, nothing compares.
@@marilynholt3775 Mmmmmm...Ok that's a point well taken ☺
Something else isn't it? Best band ever IMO.
I suggest you watch some of their live performances.
The Oedipus Complex part always creeps me out but.....whatever. Don't let people tell you he hated his father... in my opinion he just wanted to protect his powerful father who was a Rear Admiral in the Navy back then.
Jimmy's lyrics were dark and disturbing. Either you liked them or didn't.
For 50 years the "F.." expletives in "The End" were masked over but I guess in a remaster they were brought out. IMO, it wasn't an improvement.
Bit fake if ye ask me
I like how on some liver performances John does 4 gunshots at the end. Killing everyone in the house