One of the infinite things that is amazing about The Doors, the greatest band of all time, is that they just never did a song the same way twice; true experimentation. It's as if they were mad scientists with musical equipment. There will NEVER be a band like this again. TDFFTD
I saw the Doors at Madison Square Garden, NY after Waiting for the Sun and before Soft Parade. They were amazing and Jim joked between songs. He said they had to climb a fence and "ripped my balls off climbing it." Also, he asked audience for a cigarette and 100's hit the stage and then for a light and the whole place lit up with lighters. Some thrown on stage. Their music was so good it sounded like right off record but longer versions.
We are extremely fortunate to have this recorded... only known performance of this awesome song recorded live.... amazing to see the song extended and turned into something the album version never could be. Maybe we can all start a collection and buy the supposed tape from the New Orleans show (the next day and truely the last Doors show with Jim)... they only want a cool few hundred thousand..... every fan tosses in a buck!
jims voice sounds surprisingly strong here. its shows he wasnt completely burned out & still had the tools... just a shame he couldnt restructure his destructive side, the doors still had game here & couldve been very productive thru the '70's.
It's funny...I remember I saw the Doors live in Frankfurt, Germany, in the summer of 68...the room wasn't even full and the most of the audience left after the Jefferson Airplane,who opened the night,ended their gig...I remember I stayed to see the Doors, that I didn't even know that well,and they played for nearly 30 minutes...but it was pretty exciting,I still remember that!
The gitarsolo after 5.18, I can't live without such atmosperes. So glad they made this music, hopefully some other band in the near future will create such special things.
thanks Ray for askin Jim to sing something at Venice beach, in wich two undiscover blessed guys felt the moment of ligth, and later share that moment with all of us. Thanks forever!!!!
john looks stressed in the taco picture...i love Jim's performance here in this song. I just wish Jim had lived long enough to make million more blues albums!
Jim was huge personality,he knew that he had to die to promote his message.His message was,to be free spirit,to live to the edges.Better a short life with many memories and experiences than a big life with nothing to remember.Jim was Dionysus,he came to earth,he joked with us and thn left so quick.
Thanks so much for posting this. This has been one of my most favourite songs for over 30 years. We had a radio station at my high school and I liked to play this song...a lot. My teacher ruefully told me he wished she'd walk out the door and never come back . I always got a chuckle out of that but often wonder if she thinks back to those days like I do. Again thanks the memories. I'd never heard a live version before.
@dollarmtn This was not their last performance. They did, I think, 1 more after this in New Orleans. A concert in which Jim had a break down and refused to play. Show ended early. At that point, the other members decided to call it quits.
I think the point he's trying to make is that Morrison's whole life was essentially a statement about his sentiments towards society. He made an effort to live his whole life on the fringe. For Jim, life was more of a science experiment. He was born to test the limits of his own existence. Yes, it was excess that killed him, and he's not a Christ figure, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have plenty to teach us about life, death, love, etc.
I appreciate the opportunity to hear this---though I think it's probably from 1971, not '70. In one of the Morrison biographies, this concert is mentioned in detail. JM essentially had a meltdown there, either refusing or being unable to finish the show. It was described as the Doors' last concert. Sad.
No man can judge Jim, He doesnt need to be judged, he was everybit the King , Elvis was!!! He was & will be royalty forever , ,, you rule Lizard King, you rule!!!!!!
I think Morrison sounds good at this concert. Listen to The Changeling or L.A. Woman from this. He sounds quite drunk sure, but he tends to, and considering this is their second to last concert and the first of this tour, I'd say he sounds pretty damn good. I'm pretty happy we have live versions of Love Her Madly, The Changeling, and L.A. Woman available to us. They're the only live songs from L.A. Woman that are currently known.
Really? Whats with this idea that Morrison Hotel is bad vocals? I think that album is quite obviously the peak of his skill as a vocalist. He sounds truely professional with an astonishing range and control. Have you ever tried to sing "Blue Sunday" ? lol
actually, the other 3 Doors considered the two Dallas, Texas 1970 concerts to be a comeback-success.........it's very strange that the following night, in New Orleans at the Warehouse Club, Jim would ruin the band's live career by being so EFFED up on alcohol & opium that John Densmore threw his drumsticks down and said that very night he would "NEVER play with that as*hole again"........after LA Woman, they were planning on taking Jerry Scheff and Marc Benno out on tour with them in late 1971.
in no one gets out of here alive it said during the recording of L.A. Woman Bruce Botnick and Jac Holzman had speculated saying they were hearing Jim's last album as a vocalist his drinking actually made his voice fade in the end which sort of could be like foreshadowing of what was to come in July of that same year.....it's really to bad...his lyrics and poetry are my favorite that I've ever read/heard but I'm only 15 so there's alot that left to do:)
Ok! Now I understand. When you said go back and point our middle fingers back to this time I thought you meant it as in 'f**k that time'... Now I see. I completely agree.
nearly all of the songs from LA Woman were actually performed live. In Dallas they did Changeling, Love Her Madly, LA Woman and most likely (although there's no actual recordings and Ray once stated they did never performed it) Riders On The Storm. Been Down So Long has been played during the 1970 tour, Cars Hiss By My Window as a blues improv in 1969. WASP in its early jazzy incarnation during the European tour '68, Crawling King Snake and You Need Meat during the early days and in 1970.
Jim was soo fucking hot!!!! I'm a huge fan I have a wall size poster and paintings I've made! Next I'm getting a tattoo of his face the doors rock! Forever and ever
Other Voices was already half done before Jim even died. He was outta there. There wouldn't have been any more Doors + Jim records probably.. at least not for awhile. Unless they ended up like Zeppelin in their later years... only getting together for an album every 2 years.. throwing a tour in here and there. In 1971 Jim said "I see us doing a few more albums and then going to do our own seperate things" to paraphrase
@SerhatKBD you're only partially right. In the 60's and part of the 70's it was normal, even for quite famous bands, to play gigs in small places and in festivals, with very little soundcheck, sharing the equipment with other bands on stage. The doors could play the same arrangements of the studio albums but it would have been ridicolous and in contrast with the spirit of rock . It still appens today but only with garagebands gigs for 100$ in pubs around the real world /watch?v=JLiJx6ZvSU8
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@ilikeyouallot A poet called William Blake wrote a poem The marriage of heaven and hell, in this poem is something about 'the doors of perceptions' Jim and Ray liked the poem but 'the doors of perception' was too long in their eyes, so they decided to call the band the doors...
not A, the ONLY live vrersion of this song ever, after this here the doors only gvae one more concert with jim, and that was a day later on 12th december at the warehouse in new orleans, but that wasn't recorded.
Do any of you ever stop to think about the lyrics of the songs, or do you just want to speculate on non-sense? And, furthermore, what's wrong with his voice: nothing. He's not forcing as many high notes. He's singing in his more natural range: baritone. In the early recordings, Jim would force his voice to go high than it should have gone. But, as time wore on, he learned and his voice said: enough! And, in my opinion, L.A. Woman is the Doors' best LP.
One of the infinite things that is amazing about The Doors, the greatest band of all time, is that they just never did a song the same way twice; true experimentation. It's as if they were mad scientists with musical equipment. There will NEVER be a band like this again. TDFFTD
Pink Floyd
Well said 👏
What does "TDFFTD" mean?
I saw the Doors at Madison Square Garden, NY after Waiting for the Sun and before Soft Parade. They were amazing and Jim joked between songs. He said they had to climb a fence and "ripped my balls off climbing it."
Also, he asked audience for a cigarette and 100's hit the stage and then for a light and the whole place lit up with lighters. Some thrown on stage. Their music was so good it sounded like right off record but longer versions.
Thank you for this insight. I’m 24 and starting to really look into these guys.
Amazing
wish i could see the doors too! sadly i was born 30 years later
Youre about Jims age youre about to know what he felt like
We are extremely fortunate to have this recorded... only known performance of this awesome song recorded live.... amazing to see the song extended and turned into something the album version never could be. Maybe we can all start a collection and buy the supposed tape from the New Orleans show (the next day and truely the last Doors show with Jim)... they only want a cool few hundred thousand..... every fan tosses in a buck!
To hear the New Orleans tapes will be a mind-blowing experience. Hopefully it will be released one day.
What a talented poet he was, died way to young, had so much more to give...RIP Lizard King, you are still missed...
FtFirst This was when he was drinking himself to death. R.I.P
I agree, but Love Her Madly was written by Robby Krieger.
jims voice sounds surprisingly strong here. its shows he wasnt completely burned out & still had the tools... just a shame he couldnt restructure his destructive side, the doors still had game here & couldve been very productive thru the '70's.
There is no better performances than the doors live, they take you into another realm
powerful voice, most definitely unique and one of a kind..
My mom was at this concert. She saw The Doors twice... sigh...
It's funny...I remember I saw the Doors live in Frankfurt, Germany, in the summer of 68...the room wasn't even full and the most of the audience left after the Jefferson Airplane,who opened the night,ended their gig...I remember I stayed to see the Doors, that I didn't even know that well,and they played for nearly 30 minutes...but it was pretty exciting,I still remember that!
The gitarsolo after 5.18, I can't live without such atmosperes. So glad they made this music, hopefully some other band in the near future will create such special things.
I could listen to this all day..
when the music was made with heart and soul
The doors la mejor banda de todos los tiempos😆
sii
thanks Ray for askin Jim to sing something at Venice beach, in wich two undiscover blessed guys felt the moment of ligth, and later share that moment with all of us.
Thanks forever!!!!
john looks stressed in the taco picture...i love Jim's performance here in this song. I just wish Jim had lived long enough to make million more blues albums!
Jim was huge personality,he knew that he had to die to promote his message.His message was,to be free spirit,to live to the edges.Better a short life with many memories and experiences than a big life with nothing to remember.Jim was Dionysus,he came to earth,he joked with us and thn left so quick.
That is very true this was a real treat to listen to.Brand new to me.
I LOVE THIS SONG
I really never got to see the band perform live. but I heard from my brothers it was a rockstar
This is some rare stuff. The Doors last appearance in Dallas. There were actually two shows that day.
Thanks so much for posting this. This has been one of my most favourite songs for over 30 years. We had a radio station at my high school and I liked to play this song...a lot. My teacher ruefully told me he wished she'd walk out the door and never come back . I always got a chuckle out of that but often wonder if she thinks back to those days like I do. Again thanks the memories. I'd never heard a live version before.
The doors una leyenda
Incredible music! : )
men i look for the music video of this song every where but i couldnt find the original its my fav. its me and my huby's song awesome
@dollarmtn This was not their last performance. They did, I think, 1 more after this in New Orleans. A concert in which Jim had a break down and refused to play. Show ended early. At that point, the other members decided to call it quits.
Thanks OropherThanduil. I had no idea it was that rare, which explains why I never heard it before. I will love this song forever. :-)
Can you imagine being at one of teir shows!! random all the time!
Love the little improvised bit around the 8min mark. 'Maybe, not for sure, no no'
I think the point he's trying to make is that Morrison's whole life was essentially a statement about his sentiments towards society. He made an effort to live his whole life on the fringe. For Jim, life was more of a science experiment. He was born to test the limits of his own existence. Yes, it was excess that killed him, and he's not a Christ figure, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have plenty to teach us about life, death, love, etc.
they tried time and again ... Jim was on a mission !! Often wonder what their next albums would have been like ..la woman was magic !!!
thanks, it is interesting. i am happy these things exist.
Si sombre et brillant.
Profond orage...
Ça cogne au coeur, ça tape l'âme.
Les Doors... Oh...
i never new they even got to sing this live
There are things known, and there are things unknown, And in between are the Doors.
@discodelirio wow that is a fantastic story, thankyou friend
@HateDisease
this is why i must buy every one of their live albums i can get my hands on
He sounds great.
I appreciate the opportunity to hear this---though I think it's probably from 1971, not '70. In one of the Morrison biographies, this concert is mentioned in detail. JM essentially had a meltdown there, either refusing or being unable to finish the show. It was described as the Doors' last concert. Sad.
That song and Jim Morrison are awsome but I'd like to SEE them live, not just to EAR them.
I wish I was alive to see Morrison, sadly I think my mom was in HS when this was released.
That was at the Lucky U. It was a favorite restaurant of the guys. That pic was taken during the MORRISON HOTEL photo session.
I love that with all his money and fame he spent his time in L.A. in a rent-by-the-week motel.
That was great.
My hometown... RIP Jim and Ray. Morrison, Manzarek, Krieger and Densmore caught lightning in a bottle.
i love song
No man can judge Jim, He doesnt need to be judged, he was everybit the King , Elvis was!!! He was & will be royalty forever , ,, you rule Lizard King, you rule!!!!!!
I think Morrison sounds good at this concert. Listen to The Changeling or L.A. Woman from this. He sounds quite drunk sure, but he tends to, and considering this is their second to last concert and the first of this tour, I'd say he sounds pretty damn good.
I'm pretty happy we have live versions of Love Her Madly, The Changeling, and L.A. Woman available to us. They're the only live songs from L.A. Woman that are currently known.
oo ths is very good! love it! hey shamanking i apreciate it so much!
Really? Whats with this idea that Morrison Hotel is bad vocals? I think that album is quite obviously the peak of his skill as a vocalist. He sounds truely professional with an astonishing range and control. Have you ever tried to sing "Blue Sunday" ? lol
Thé Doors thé best band in music history
actually, the other 3 Doors considered the two Dallas, Texas 1970 concerts to be a comeback-success.........it's very strange that the following night, in New Orleans at the Warehouse Club, Jim would ruin the band's live career by being so EFFED up on alcohol & opium that John Densmore threw his drumsticks down and said that very night he would "NEVER play with that as*hole again"........after LA Woman, they were planning on taking Jerry Scheff and Marc Benno out on tour with them in late 1971.
Can’t win em all, man. I went through that phase too.
1:09-2:20 is such a great pic. Jim gettin ready to grub on some awesome lookin tacos,Rays overflowing bowl of charro beans and Robbies mouth full.
ur one of my heros
i never knew they played LA Woman stuff live, with the exception of King Snake
What's so wrong about having the voice of a 47 y-o blues singer? His voice on LA Woman is just incredible
Catch The Doors film "When You're Strange" in theater's now!!!
*10 years later*
amazing :)
I didn't know the Doors performed Love Her Madly live with Jim. Now it's this and the Wasp that were performed from the LA Woman album with Jim.
in no one gets out of here alive it said during the recording of L.A. Woman Bruce Botnick and Jac Holzman had speculated saying they were hearing Jim's last album as a vocalist his drinking actually made his voice fade in the end which sort of could be like foreshadowing of what was to come in July of that same year.....it's really to bad...his lyrics and poetry are my favorite that I've ever read/heard but I'm only 15 so there's alot that left to do:)
U still got the same opinion?
Ur the same age as when he died now
@foutupourfoutu
He and Joplin, and also Cocker and Burdon.
god, what voices they had.
I wish their was video at the dallas state fair in 1970
HUH? Ever listen to LA WOMAN? Recorded in Feb ?March. 70, it's the best there is!
ROBBY KRIEGER:GRAN COMPOSITOR !!!
A great entertainer and a Roman Catholic.
Well said.
Ok! Now I understand. When you said go back and point our middle fingers back to this time I thought you meant it as in 'f**k that time'... Now I see. I completely agree.
you are so lucky i hope i get to see him in heaven
Is that a taco he is eating at 1:10?? If it is, then that's pretty awesome!
In that picture they are in Mexico, I don't know if in the city or in Puebla, but they are eating REAL Mexican food
nearly all of the songs from LA Woman were actually performed live. In Dallas they did Changeling, Love Her Madly, LA Woman and most likely (although there's no actual recordings and Ray once stated they did never performed it) Riders On The Storm. Been Down So Long has been played during the 1970 tour, Cars Hiss By My Window as a blues improv in 1969. WASP in its early jazzy incarnation during the European tour '68, Crawling King Snake and You Need Meat during the early days and in 1970.
They were jam sessions. A lot of improvisation in the studio. But they were still recorded in a studio.
love her madly mai sentita dal vivo! hai tutta la mia stima shamanking022...anzi...un pò ti invidio
Jim was soo fucking hot!!!! I'm a huge fan I have a wall size poster and paintings I've made! Next I'm getting a tattoo of his face the doors rock! Forever and ever
@johnnyBuz72 there's recorded live version of L.A. even on youtube i just got done watching one they did in dallas.
Other Voices was already half done before Jim even died. He was outta there. There wouldn't have been any more Doors + Jim records probably.. at least not for awhile. Unless they ended up like Zeppelin in their later years... only getting together for an album every 2 years.. throwing a tour in here and there. In 1971 Jim said "I see us doing a few more albums and then going to do our own seperate things" to paraphrase
@SerhatKBD you're only partially right. In the 60's and part of the 70's it was normal, even for quite famous bands, to play gigs in small places and in festivals, with very little soundcheck, sharing the equipment with other bands on stage. The doors could play the same arrangements of the studio albums but it would have been ridicolous and in contrast with the spirit of rock . It still appens today but only with garagebands gigs for 100$ in pubs around the real world /watch?v=JLiJx6ZvSU8
I cant wait to see him in heaven:)
Isabel Bella He was an atheist lmao
Grim Absol wrong...he was a theist. Several writings of his own prove this.
If he was an atheist, he was doomed. Ugh terrible.
IF that was the case then Jim would have to have know the ONE and ONLY REAL DOOR.. JESUS CHRIST. We will only truly know on the "Other Side"...
Love me madley
nobody should fight. wise men dont fight each other
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The Doors rock
@discodelirio hello man! Im franco from Chile. A if you saw the doors live? Tell me more about that, man ... it's fantastic
@ilikeyouallot
A poet called William Blake wrote a poem The marriage of heaven and hell, in this poem is something about 'the doors of perceptions' Jim and Ray liked the poem but 'the doors of perception' was too long in their eyes, so they decided to call the band the doors...
1:10 Jim eating TACOS hahahah!!!!
scared of spicy Mexican salsa?????
Great picture!!!
Viva Mexico cabrones!!!!
yeah!!! morrison le entraba a los tacooooos!!!!! =D jajajaja
@MarkMarkieMark93 ... Weeeell, maybe it's because videos didn't exist back then, it was 8mm or just tape (old, big ones, ya know). ;)
totally^^
Agreeeeeeeeeeeeee
so fucking awesome at 440!
@ilikeyouallot After a line in a poem by William Blake "“If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear as it is - infinite”"
Excelent sound quality bro, where did you get this relic ?
jim no ha muerto!!!! solo volvio a casa!!!
not A, the ONLY live vrersion of this song ever,
after this here the doors only gvae one more concert with jim, and that was a day later on 12th december at the warehouse in new orleans, but that wasn't recorded.
He's Blitzed
love u The Lizard King
Jim was destroyed in Dallas 70'. I'm a huge Doors fan, but sorry, this is the true. Jim's legacy is on Honolulu 70', Chicago 70' and Detroit 70'.
Do any of you ever stop to think about the lyrics of the songs, or do you just want to speculate on non-sense? And, furthermore, what's wrong with his voice: nothing. He's not forcing as many high notes. He's singing in his more natural range: baritone. In the early recordings, Jim would force his voice to go high than it should have gone. But, as time wore on, he learned and his voice said: enough! And, in my opinion, L.A. Woman is the Doors' best LP.
I my god restauración please.
@ilikeyouallot if you read a book of the doors you will learn all you want to know and more its an amazing band with a strange history
john looks stressed in the taco picture
1:10 echando unos taquitos
EVER LIVED
Brian, that's because he didn't worship possessions and money like they were Gods. It's funny that people find his non-superficiality so strange.