The Doors were among the most controversial & influential rock acts of the 1960s, mostly due to Jim Morrison's lyrics & voice. "Riders On The Storm" is my favorite song by them but they had a lot of hits including "Roadhouse Blues", "The Crystal Ship", "People Are Strange", "Break On Through (To The Other Side)", "The End", "Love Me Two Times", "L.A. Woman", "Hello, I Love You", "Touch Me", "The Unknown Soldier", "Love Her Madly" etc. Sadly Jim Morrison died in 1971 at the age of only 27 but left a great legacy of music.
Once years ago I was driving down the freeway late at night on my way home from work when I happen to catch an interview of Robby Krieger the Doors guitarist who said that Riders on the Storm was the very last song The Doors ever recorded together.
This is The Doors only appearance on Ed Sullivan. Jim and the boys were banned by the producers of the show. Jim was asked to change the lyric "Girl we couldn't get much higher" because of its drug reference. He didn't obviously and after the show when the producers told them, "You could have been on six more times" Morrison replied "Hey man, we just did the Ed Sullivan show"
The Doors are pretty much a genre unto themselves. No one sounded remotely like them back then, and people have been merely imitating them ever since. Once you hear a Doors song, you know what it is, in the same way that you know a Queen, Beatles or Beach Boys song immediately.
A real classic golden oldie. Doors were a unique band with their own sound never duplicated. Did you notice they didn't have a bass player on stage. The keyboard player often played bass on his keyboard. All of their songs are worth a listen. Keep on rocking. 🎸 🥁 😊🎉❤
The doors were among the most prolific rock groups ever as I listen to them through the years I developed on anthropological descendants from each of their ascending admirations
I know they didn't have a bassist. (Until like the last album or whatever). But are you telling me that Robbie whatever his name was played electric guitar without frets?
“There are things known and there are things unknown. In between are... the doors."-Jim Morrison. The Doors are my favorite band!❤ Jim Morrison, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek and John Densmore. Legends. Inna, welcome into the "rabbit hole" of The Doors! Break On Through, The End, When the music's over, Riders on the storm, Love street, L.A. woman, People are strange etc.. this is just a few songs from them.😊 Hello from Serbia 🇷🇸!💓💓💓
My first concert was the Doors in 1970. What a trip! Jim was the best front man ever, & was what Mick & Robert & Roger emulated. Great song, but the album version blows this one away. ✌️❤️🎶
As a teenager in the 80's, I LOVED, and I still LOVE THE DOORS, Jim Morrison was my IDOL for years!! 😊 I used to tell people that his spirit moved into my body, I was born in 71, right around the time of his Death.
"LA Woman" the title track of their final album was Jim's love song and farewell to Los Angeles. He moved to Paris soon after release, then died just a few months later at the age of 27. Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist, produced the first four albums for LA punk band X. Their 1980 debut album "Los Angeles" includes their cover of the Doors "Soul Kitchen", and Ray played keys on several of the songs including a rousing organ solo on "The World's a Mess: It's in My Kiss"
It's debated what Jim Morrison's actual words were when he was told that they were banned and would never play the Ed Sullivan show again. He replied " We just did the Ed Sullivan show". Rock on
Light my fire it's a masterpiece from the first album The Doors. I always recommend you from that album, The End. Masterpiece and testament of Morrison's poem.
I live in the west and Jim Morrision said one time when Dick Clark asked Morrison why they like to live in California and all Jim said was - "The West Is The Best" He was right.
Thanks for the great reaction, Inna! I've liked & subscribed. The Doors are one of my all-time favorite bands. You have to know that when their songs first hit the radio in the US ('66/'67), 'heavy metal' really hadn't appeared yet. Led Zeppelin (at least on US airwaves) were still a few years away ('68/'69). The Doors were so original and unique that they really didn't fit into any category (although their handful of longer songs 'The End', 'When The Music's Over', and 'The Soft Parade') got classified as 'theater rock'. Try listening to their 2nd album 'Strange Days' all the way through. Imho, it's one of the top 20 or 30 best rock albums of all time. Thanks. I will check out your other reactions! 🙂
"Love Me Two Times" and "Twentieth (20th) Century Fox" will be a couple of tracks you will like. You will also begin to recognize the classic Doors sound.
About 1984 here in Finland our music magasin called Suosikki made giant poster where was Jim Morrison on the other side and Elvis Jailhouse rock on the other side and that was a gigantik proplem!!!😂😂😂❤❤❤
The band was warned not to say the word "higher" on this performance before they went out. They said they would, but instead, Jim went out there and sang it the way it was supposed to be sung with the word "higher", and when they finished, they were told they'd be banned from the show and never play on it again. The Doors never did play the Ed Sullivan show after this. But they didn't care.. they had just done the show 😁
This was in 1966/67 when this aired. The Doors had no bass player. The bass player was the keyboardist Ray Manzarek. He'd play keyboard bass with his left hand and the right he'd play lead keyboard.
Jim Morrison lived like a hurricane. His songs, voice, controversial stage performances, use of drugs made The Doors a rock band we still remember. They made some great songs I still love listening to, like The End, Riders on the storm, People are stranger, Light my fire and maby L.A. Woman is my favourite of them all. Morrison's hurrican came to an unfortunate early end when he unexpectedly died at 27 in a Paris aparment. I have been to his last resting place at the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris where many other famous people are buried as well... Chopin for instance.
Jim screamed "fire" because he wanted to irritate Ed Sullivan who asked the band not to use that word because the show was a "family" show but Jim did it anyway.
Lead singer Jim Morrison known as The Lizard King because he wore leather pants a lot. "Light My Fire" was the beginning of the Doors. The Doors were banned from the Ed Sullivan Show for not alternating their lyric "Girl We Can Get Much Higher" for the show as they had agreed previously. Lots of great music from the Doors to dive into! "Riders On The Storm", "Touch Me" & "Hello, I Love You" were their most successful singles but "Roadhouse Blues" and "L.A. Woman" are my faves. Keep smiling Inna😎
Listening to one Dorrs song and thinking you know what they sound like can't be any further from the truth. Jim was a poet and fan of singers like Frank Sinatra, Robby Kreiger's guitar background was flamenco/Bosa Nova, Ray Manzerick music education was classically oriented (keyboards), and John Densmoore is a jazz drummer. Their genre fits best in the psychedelic blues/rock genre, but they went wherever and did whatever they wanted. L.A. Woman, Roadhouse Blues, Touch Me, Backdoor Man, Hello I love You, Love Me Two Times, Love Her Madly, Five to One, When The Music's Over, People are Strange, Riders on the Storm, G-L-O-R-I-A, The End, Backdoor Man....etc.
Doors my favorite band and Jim Morrison my favorite singer ,,He was famous for his deep, baritone voice, uncommon for a rock singer at that era , he was very controversial the epythome of the rock star, sexy charismatic,good looking ,wild , He created the archetype of the rock star in leathers , he was a highly intellectual guy, considered himself rather a poet..The Doors were a unique mixture of psychodelic, rock blues , jazz..unfortunatelly due to his destructive self he died very young in Paris .There's a movie about them directed by Oliver Stone .
The music from this trio, has a lot of pop, rock, ballad, blues, almost every modern music gender. Drumming from John Densmore is pretty underrated, and you`ll discover my dear every time you get discover song by song. The blues vibe one i would recommend is "Roadhouse Blues", you will enjoy it, that`s for sure, and thanks for your reaction, and don`t worry for any mistake from you, girl, the real Rock World wide community is gentle and serious, I deeply hope that.
Jim did not have a lot of vocal range but man when he got into a song he shredded his vocal cords. He knew he only had to do two songs that day and went for it in this song. The other is People are Strange that is almost a talking vocal. They were banned from the show for saying "higher" in the lyrics. Ed Sullivan show was the biggest TV show at that time.
The Doors were a psychedelic rock band from the 1960's... They were controversial for their time because singer Jim Morrison considered himself a poet and said whatever was on his mind without censorship, which got the band in trouble... Nowadays, their music would be considered 'tame' compared to the explicit lyrics in pop music today. But in the 60's, it was a very different time... This performance on the Ed Sullivan show in 1967 (The Beatles performed on the show in 1964 for the first time in the US) would be The Doors' only performance on it... They had a #1 single 'Light my fire' ... written by guitarist Robby Krieger on their 1967 debut album 'The Doors'... the band was asked to change the lyrics from "Girl we couldn't get much higher..." (because the show's producers didn't want a drug reference on air) to "Girl we couldn't get much better..." Jim Morrison sang the original line twice... The Doors were never asked back to perform on the show, even after another #1 single came later - "Hello, I love you"... The Doors were depicted in a rather dramatic and trippy biopic movie by Oliver Stone titled 'The Doors'... released in 1991 starring Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison... and actress Meg Ryan as his girlfriend (later wife) Pamela. Jim Morrison was a college student in California and an aspiring poet when he met Ray Manzarek on a beach in 1965... Manzarek was an organ player and loved Morrison's poetry and asked to join a band that would give Jim Morrison a vehicle to perform his poetry onstage... Robby Krieger (guitar) and John Densmore (drums) joined and The Doors were formed and played regularly in local clubs... Jim Morrison struggled as a singer at first, but over time, he developed a charisma and onstage image that drove women wild... He was also using drugs and that made him unpredictable onstage where he would improvise his lyrics as The Doors played live. The Doors were signed in 1966 to Elektra Records... but the band was notoriously fired from the L.A. club Whiskey a-go-go after Jim Morrison improvised a rather disturbing depiction of murder at the end of the song 'The end'... The Doors released their self-titled debut in 1967 and 'Light my fire' became a # 1 single and the band became famous overnight and Jim Morrison became a reluctant rock star - he just wanted his poetry to be heard but stardom increased his drug use and appetite for women offstage. In late 1967, Jim Morrison verbally berated the police from the stage (He had an incident w/ a cop backstage and was upset) at a show in Connecticut and was arrested... Charges were later dropped. More success came w/ the album 'Strange days'... and 'Waiting for the sun' in 1968 as The Doors scored another #1 single "Hello, I love you"... but a frustrated Jim Morrison felt that pop fans were not taking the band or his poetry seriously the way The Doors' early fans had in smaller venues. Their single 'Touch me' became another #1 selling single in 1968. At a1969 show in Miami, Florida... a drunk Jim Morrison was a disaster and authorities accused the singer of exposing his junk in public at the concert and he was arrested and charged for indecent exposure... Morrison was convicted without any evidence that he had exposed himself... Even photographers at the show said he did not. Jim Morrison wanted to quit The Doors, but Ray Manzarek asked him to stay and complete the album 'The soft parade' in 1969. In 1970, The Doors returned w/ the album 'Morrison Hotel' and it is considered one of their best records w/ songs like 'Roadhouse blues'... 'Waiting for the Sun'... 'Peace frog'... A live album 'Absolutely live' charted at #8 in the US that year. However, Jim Morrison's addictions and onstage fits left the band unable to tour again after late 1970. Producer Paul Rothchild also quit working for the band after producing all their records. In 1971, The Doors recorded and released their final album w/ Jim Morrison - 'L.A. Woman'... w/ Bruce Botnick producing... It sold very well, becoming their 2nd biggest-selling record w/ hit songs - 'Riders of the storm' ... 'L.A. Woman'... While appealing his Florida conviction, Jim Morrison and wife Pamela left for Paris, France... a few months later in 1971, Jim Morrison was found dead by Pamela in their bathtub at age 27, likely from heart failure as a result of years of drug abuse ... Pamela Morrison passed away 3 years later from a drug OD. Jim Morrison was the 3rd iconic rock star death after the tragic passing of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin just before him. The Doors attempted 2 more albums as a trio w/ Ray Manzarek singing... but they failed without Jim Morrison and split up soon after. They did reunite in the studio to record music to Jim Morrison's spoken word poetry which was released in 1978 as 'An American Prayer'. Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger did spend a few years playing The Doors' songs together in concert after 2000, but were prevented by Morrison's family and drummer John Densmore from legally using The Doors name... Ray Manzarek passed away in 2013.
"A fortnight later The Doors made their fateful appearance performing Light My Fire live on The Ed Sullivan Show - complete with Morrison’s broken promise to Sullivan not to sing the line: ‘Girl, we couldn’t get much higher.’ Sullivan went ballistic, yelling that The Doors would never do the show again. Morrison shrugged: “Hey, man, we just did The Ed Sullivan Show.” "
Ed Sullivan band them from the show for singing the words We could not get much HIGHER ! They were supposed to change that to something else ,but sang it anyway !
The Doors had a very unique sound, not quite any genre but all of them. Jim Morrison didn't die in 1971. He might be dead now, but he had been charged with lewd and lascivious because they thought he had shown his peepee onstage, and he was sick of the rock and roll persona. So what he did was go to France and "die" on one of their national Holidays when nobody was there to check but privately paid people.
The producers & ed sullivan forbid jim to say the word "higher"...he did anyway...thats why the keyboard player looks a little pissed off/angry, & the other band members look a little nervous, & trying to hide in concentrating on the music, not looking at anyone...the producers were livid & in a rage backstage as this performance was live on air, & they couldnt do anythung to stop it...the doors were never invited back to the ed sullivan show again...ed sullivan was a HUGE show then, it was where the beatles made their historic american television debut 3 years earlier in february of 1964
Perfect example of not giving in to authority. Stand your ground. This performance would have made them a laughing stock if Jim listened to Ed and changed his own lyrics in this performance.
If you think about it, the doors were out before led zeppelin. Zep didn't release their first album until 69. Jim Morrison was amazing. I listened to an interview with Ray on keyboards that there were times that Jim would be so high that he couldn't come out and sing. So Ray would sing and people thought it was Jim singing backstage. Cheers
The Doors were pretty much their own thing. Definitely their own flavor of psychedelia. I've always liked them, but I know some people hate them. You should definitely check out Riders On The Storm or The End next.
I would have bet money that you've heard the Doors somewhere. Maybe, you have and didn't know who it was. Like other 60s bands, their music is in Vietnam and pop culture movies. "Light my fire, Hello I love you, 20th century fox, LA woman, Break on through, Back door man, Riders on the storm, People are strange," and there are more. THE DOORS, is one of the biography movies out there and has Val Kilmer as Jim. Yes, Val does the singing. Keep livin' and learnin', Inna.
They were all such good musicians. Robbie was underrated as a guitarist. His style fit in so well. And Ray, John... I liked this version the best as far as Jim's vocals. He belts it out! But I prefer some of the other live versions as far as the instrumentals, because they do the long versions.
We forgive u, Inna. U have such a sweet, warm personality. I love that u wanna learn and seems like u are really enjoying and embracing this journey. It’s fun to watch. The Doors were amazing! Morrison was one of the greatest lyricists ever. The Doors were one of the most unique bands ever.
Jim knew he just broke a major rule. They were forbiddened to use the word higher... as Ed Sullivan's show didn't want to condone drug use. They promised not to use it but Jim did anyway! He was an ultimate rebel!
The Doors are their own music genre ..... This is the Beginning . "Light my Fire" was their 1st hit song . After this performance they were banned from The Ed Sullivan show because Morrison sang the line ( as it's written in the lyrics) "Girl We Couldn't Get Much Higher" to something "Less offensive" 🙄. I'd suggest now taking a trip to the end of the Doors story & check out "L.A. Woman" from their fianl album of the same name and then start working your way into the stuff in between the beginning & end 🙂
Jim Morrison and The Doors are among the best of classic '60s rock. Ray Manzarek on keyboards, a big part of their signature sound. Perhaps you know that Morrison is buried in Paris, France.
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Whenever you hear and imagine the word "Rock Star", Jim Morrison is one of the templates.
One of the most charismatic front men in rock history. Gone way to soon.
He's in Peru..saw him yesterday and we had plantains
@@sardonicsisyphus Really? Who paid for the plantains?
The Doors were among the most controversial & influential rock acts of the 1960s, mostly due to Jim Morrison's lyrics & voice. "Riders On The Storm" is my favorite song by them but they had a lot of hits including "Roadhouse Blues", "The Crystal Ship", "People Are Strange", "Break On Through (To The Other Side)", "The End", "Love Me Two Times", "L.A. Woman", "Hello, I Love You", "Touch Me", "The Unknown Soldier", "Love Her Madly" etc. Sadly Jim Morrison died in 1971 at the age of only 27 but left a great legacy of music.
Once years ago I was driving down the freeway late at night on my way home from work when I happen to catch an interview of Robby Krieger the Doors guitarist who said that Riders on the Storm was the very last song The Doors ever recorded together.
The Doors are their own genre. The studio version of this song has a brilliant keyboard solo.
Don't forget the guitar solo! Robbie!!
The keyboard god was often the only sober one on stage, meandering through 10 minute solos while the others "remembered" where they were lol.
Jimbo is The Lizard King - he can do ANYTHING! ♥
He can't celebrate a 28th birthday...
@@vampfashions OMG ... that is true. 😂🤣
One of the greatest hits. Biut like the longer version better. One of the greatest singers and performers in rock history.
This is The Doors only appearance on Ed Sullivan. Jim and the boys were banned by the producers of the show. Jim was asked to change the lyric "Girl we couldn't get much higher" because of its drug reference. He didn't obviously and after the show when the producers told them, "You could have been on six more times" Morrison replied "Hey man, we just did the Ed Sullivan show"
Still get goosebumps listening to this song..so many amazing songs.❤
The Doors have a unique sound that is all their own 👍😎
Psychedelic or acid rock is the best genre to describe The Doors' music.
One of the greats of the 27 club.
indeed
He's in Peru..saw him yesterday and we had plantains
@@sardonicsisyphus Only plantain near Jim was in his pants lol
Everybody loved that bad boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Doors are pretty much a genre unto themselves. No one sounded remotely like them back then, and people have been merely imitating them ever since. Once you hear a Doors song, you know what it is, in the same way that you know a Queen, Beatles or Beach Boys song immediately.
A real classic golden oldie. Doors were a unique band with their own sound never duplicated. Did you notice they didn't have a bass player on stage. The keyboard player often played bass on his keyboard. All of their songs are worth a listen. Keep on rocking. 🎸 🥁 😊🎉❤
The doors were among the most prolific rock groups ever as I listen to them through the years I developed on anthropological descendants from each of their ascending admirations
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They didn't have a bassist, and their guitarist played without frets. Amazing.
Um....no. His SG was fretted. I saw them twice and can confirm that. And I've never seen a pic of any of his instruments being fretless.
I know they didn't have a bassist. (Until like the last album or whatever). But are you telling me that Robbie whatever his name was played electric guitar without frets?
@@aldito7586 I think this guy mean Robby sometimes playing on slide guitar. You can play on slide guitar without frets use only your ears.
He played without a pick
0:45 Chick's love Jim Morrison.
He was like Elvis. He admired Elvis, too.
@@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344 Morrison is the pictures on my wall as a teen❤️
Movie Star looks, great voice & band they had it all.
My favorite band from the sixties, along with The Band. (i'm of that generation.
You didn't mention his biggest talent, he was a poet of all time.
@@vampfashions Yes, I'm aware of that. I have a book with some of Jim's writing.
“There are things known and there are things unknown. In between are... the doors."-Jim Morrison. The Doors are my favorite band!❤ Jim Morrison, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek and John Densmore. Legends. Inna, welcome into the "rabbit hole" of The Doors! Break On Through, The End, When the music's over, Riders on the storm, Love street, L.A. woman, People are strange etc.. this is just a few songs from them.😊 Hello from Serbia 🇷🇸!💓💓💓
Actually the quote is from Aldous Huxley.
"Riders On The Storm" is another great Doors track!
some doors can not be closed once you've opened them 🚪🔥
My first concert was the Doors in 1970. What a trip! Jim was the best front man ever, & was what Mick & Robert & Roger emulated. Great song, but the album version blows this one away. ✌️❤️🎶
Still my favorite band of all time since I discovered them around 1990 or '91 😎👍
My absolute favorite song of all time
I'm a huge metal head, but I love the doors and Jim Morrison is one of my favorite singers ever. Rip lizard king.
Jim gives women chills 53 years post life. (Allegedly)
This performance was edited for TV air time. The original album studio version runs 7 minutes and 6 seconds. It includes a long keyboard interlude.
As a teenager in the 80's, I LOVED, and I still LOVE THE DOORS, Jim Morrison was my IDOL for years!! 😊 I used to tell people that his spirit moved into my body, I was born in 71, right around the time of his Death.
He's in Peru..saw him yesterday and we had plantains
When he say's "we can't get much higher" it was pretty accurate.
"LA Woman" the title track of their final album was Jim's love song and farewell to Los Angeles. He moved to Paris soon after release, then died just a few months later at the age of 27.
Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist, produced the first four albums for LA punk band X. Their 1980 debut album "Los Angeles" includes their cover of the Doors "Soul Kitchen", and Ray played keys on several of the songs including a rousing organ solo on "The World's a Mess: It's in My Kiss"
It's debated what Jim Morrison's actual words were when he was told that they were banned and would never play the Ed Sullivan show again. He replied " We just did the Ed Sullivan show".
Rock on
Instead of saying: "Girl we couldn't get much higher." Ed Sullivan was told the lyrics would be changed to "Girl we couldn't get much better."
Watching reactions like this and reading comments related to the band and song help me expand my musical knowledge. Thank you for that!
Check out Riders on the Storm from The Doors. Jim Morrison's voice is legendary.
Remember one thing, this was late 60s and the doors were changing the music industry
Jim was high af that day 😎
Light my fire it's a masterpiece from the first album The Doors. I always recommend you from that album, The End. Masterpiece and testament of Morrison's poem.
Inna and the Doors! Can it get any better than this?
They were on fire 🔥
One of our favourites when we in Vietnam 69/71 along with Hendrix and Country Joe.
Thank you for you service!
Now we know where Bono got his look from.
I live in the west and Jim Morrision said one time when Dick Clark asked Morrison why they like to live in California and all Jim said was - "The West Is The Best" He was right.
Thanks for the great reaction, Inna! I've liked & subscribed. The Doors are one of my all-time favorite bands. You have to know that when their songs first hit the radio in the US ('66/'67), 'heavy metal' really hadn't appeared yet. Led Zeppelin (at least on US airwaves) were still a few years away ('68/'69). The Doors were so original and unique that they really didn't fit into any category (although their handful of longer songs 'The End', 'When The Music's Over', and 'The Soft Parade') got classified as 'theater rock'. Try listening to their 2nd album 'Strange Days' all the way through. Imho, it's one of the top 20 or 30 best rock albums of all time. Thanks. I will check out your other reactions! 🙂
"Love Me Two Times" and "Twentieth (20th) Century Fox" will be a couple of tracks you will like. You will also begin to recognize the classic Doors sound.
About 1984 here in Finland our music magasin called Suosikki made giant poster where was Jim Morrison on the other side and Elvis Jailhouse rock on the other side and that was a gigantik proplem!!!😂😂😂❤❤❤
The band was warned not to say the word "higher" on this performance before they went out. They said they would, but instead, Jim went out there and sang it the way it was supposed to be sung with the word "higher", and when they finished, they were told they'd be banned from the show and never play on it again. The Doors never did play the Ed Sullivan show after this. But they didn't care.. they had just done the show 😁
This was in 1966/67 when this aired. The Doors had no bass player. The bass player was the keyboardist Ray Manzarek. He'd play keyboard bass with his left hand and the right he'd play lead keyboard.
Çlassic DOORS ❤
Jim Morrison lived like a hurricane. His songs, voice, controversial stage performances, use of drugs made The Doors a rock band we still remember. They made some great songs I still love listening to, like The End, Riders on the storm, People are stranger, Light my fire and maby L.A. Woman is my favourite of them all. Morrison's hurrican came to an unfortunate early end when he unexpectedly died at 27 in a Paris aparment. I have been to his last resting place at the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris where many other famous people are buried as well... Chopin for instance.
During the late sixties, The Rolling Stones were dark, the Doors were dread!
Jim screamed "fire" because he wanted to irritate Ed Sullivan who asked the band not to use that word because the show was a "family" show but Jim did it anyway.
No, the word he was not supposed to was "higher" which he did.
Lead singer Jim Morrison known as The Lizard King because he wore leather pants a lot. "Light My Fire" was the beginning of the Doors. The Doors were banned from the Ed Sullivan Show for not alternating their lyric "Girl We Can Get Much Higher" for the show as they had agreed previously. Lots of great music from the Doors to dive into! "Riders On The Storm", "Touch Me" & "Hello, I Love You" were their most successful singles but "Roadhouse Blues" and "L.A. Woman" are my faves. Keep smiling Inna😎
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Great reaction, Inna!
Listening to one Dorrs song and thinking you know what they sound like can't be any further from the truth. Jim was a poet and fan of singers like Frank Sinatra, Robby Kreiger's guitar background was flamenco/Bosa Nova, Ray Manzerick music education was classically oriented (keyboards), and John Densmoore is a jazz drummer. Their genre fits best in the psychedelic blues/rock genre, but they went wherever and did whatever they wanted.
L.A. Woman, Roadhouse Blues, Touch Me, Backdoor Man, Hello I love You, Love Me Two Times, Love Her Madly, Five to One, When The Music's Over, People are Strange, Riders on the Storm, G-L-O-R-I-A, The End, Backdoor Man....etc.
ed sullivan show was everything in those days afterall, ed introduced us to the beatles in 1964
Doors my favorite band and Jim Morrison my favorite singer ,,He was famous for his deep, baritone voice, uncommon for a rock singer at that era , he was very controversial the epythome of the rock star, sexy charismatic,good looking ,wild , He created the archetype of the rock star in leathers , he was a highly intellectual guy, considered himself rather a poet..The Doors were a unique mixture of psychodelic, rock blues , jazz..unfortunatelly due to his destructive self he died very young in Paris .There's a movie about them directed by Oliver Stone .
The music from this trio, has a lot of pop, rock, ballad, blues, almost every modern music gender. Drumming from John Densmore is pretty underrated, and you`ll discover my dear every time you get discover song by song. The blues vibe one i would recommend is "Roadhouse Blues", you will enjoy it, that`s for sure, and thanks for your reaction, and don`t worry for any mistake from you, girl, the real Rock World wide community is gentle and serious, I deeply hope that.
Iconic!!! Please watch the movie with Val Kilmer.
Jim did not have a lot of vocal range but man when he got into a song he shredded his vocal cords. He knew he only had to do two songs that day and went for it in this song. The other is People are Strange that is almost a talking vocal. They were banned from the show for saying "higher" in the lyrics. Ed Sullivan show was the biggest TV show at that time.
The Doors were a psychedelic rock band from the 1960's... They were controversial for their time because singer Jim Morrison considered himself a poet and said whatever was on his mind without censorship, which got the band in trouble... Nowadays, their music would be considered 'tame' compared to the explicit lyrics in pop music today. But in the 60's, it was a very different time...
This performance on the Ed Sullivan show in 1967 (The Beatles performed on the show in 1964 for the first time in the US) would be The Doors' only performance on it... They had a #1 single 'Light my fire' ... written by guitarist Robby Krieger on their 1967 debut album 'The Doors'... the band was asked to change the lyrics from "Girl we couldn't get much higher..." (because the show's producers didn't want a drug reference on air) to "Girl we couldn't get much better..."
Jim Morrison sang the original line twice... The Doors were never asked back to perform on the show, even after another #1 single came later - "Hello, I love you"...
The Doors were depicted in a rather dramatic and trippy biopic movie by Oliver Stone titled 'The Doors'... released in 1991 starring Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison... and actress Meg Ryan as his girlfriend (later wife) Pamela.
Jim Morrison was a college student in California and an aspiring poet when he met Ray Manzarek on a beach in 1965... Manzarek was an organ player and loved Morrison's poetry and asked to join a band that would give Jim Morrison a vehicle to perform his poetry onstage... Robby Krieger (guitar) and John Densmore (drums) joined and The Doors were formed and played regularly in local clubs... Jim Morrison struggled as a singer at first, but over time, he developed a charisma and onstage image that drove women wild... He was also using drugs and that made him unpredictable onstage where he would improvise his lyrics as The Doors played live.
The Doors were signed in 1966 to Elektra Records... but the band was notoriously fired from the L.A. club Whiskey a-go-go after Jim Morrison improvised a rather disturbing depiction of murder at the end of the song 'The end'... The Doors released their self-titled debut in 1967 and 'Light my fire' became a # 1 single and the band became famous overnight and Jim Morrison became a reluctant rock star - he just wanted his poetry to be heard but stardom increased his drug use and appetite for women offstage.
In late 1967, Jim Morrison verbally berated the police from the stage (He had an incident w/ a cop backstage and was upset) at a show in Connecticut and was arrested... Charges were later dropped.
More success came w/ the album 'Strange days'... and 'Waiting for the sun' in 1968 as The Doors scored another #1 single "Hello, I love you"... but a frustrated Jim Morrison felt that pop fans were not taking the band or his poetry seriously the way The Doors' early fans had in smaller venues. Their single 'Touch me' became another #1 selling single in 1968.
At a1969 show in Miami, Florida... a drunk Jim Morrison was a disaster and authorities accused the singer of exposing his junk in public at the concert and he was arrested and charged for indecent exposure... Morrison was convicted without any evidence that he had exposed himself... Even photographers at the show said he did not.
Jim Morrison wanted to quit The Doors, but Ray Manzarek asked him to stay and complete the album 'The soft parade' in 1969.
In 1970, The Doors returned w/ the album 'Morrison Hotel' and it is considered one of their best records w/ songs like 'Roadhouse blues'... 'Waiting for the Sun'... 'Peace frog'... A live album 'Absolutely live' charted at #8 in the US that year. However, Jim Morrison's addictions and onstage fits left the band unable to tour again after late 1970. Producer Paul Rothchild also quit working for the band after producing all their records.
In 1971, The Doors recorded and released their final album w/ Jim Morrison - 'L.A. Woman'... w/ Bruce Botnick producing... It sold very well, becoming their 2nd biggest-selling record w/ hit songs - 'Riders of the storm' ... 'L.A. Woman'...
While appealing his Florida conviction, Jim Morrison and wife Pamela left for Paris, France... a few months later in 1971, Jim Morrison was found dead by Pamela in their bathtub at age 27, likely from heart failure as a result of years of drug abuse ... Pamela Morrison passed away 3 years later from a drug OD.
Jim Morrison was the 3rd iconic rock star death after the tragic passing of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin just before him.
The Doors attempted 2 more albums as a trio w/ Ray Manzarek singing... but they failed without Jim Morrison and split up soon after. They did reunite in the studio to record music to Jim Morrison's spoken word poetry which was released in 1978 as 'An American Prayer'.
Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger did spend a few years playing The Doors' songs together in concert after 2000, but were prevented by Morrison's family and drummer John Densmore from legally using The Doors name...
Ray Manzarek passed away in 2013.
"A fortnight later The Doors made their fateful appearance performing Light My Fire live on The Ed Sullivan Show - complete with Morrison’s broken promise to Sullivan not to sing the line: ‘Girl, we couldn’t get much higher.’ Sullivan went ballistic, yelling that The Doors would never do the show again. Morrison shrugged: “Hey, man, we just did The Ed Sullivan Show.” "
A fortnight later than what? I thought this was the Sullivan show performance. Is this a different one?
Ed Sullivan band them from the show for singing the words We could not get much HIGHER ! They were supposed to change that to something else ,but sang it anyway !
I got so into The Doors in my 20s.
The Doors had a very unique sound, not quite any genre but all of them. Jim Morrison didn't die in 1971. He might be dead now, but he had been charged with lewd and lascivious because they thought he had shown his peepee onstage, and he was sick of the rock and roll persona. So what he did was go to France and "die" on one of their national Holidays when nobody was there to check but privately paid people.
Check out The Doors When the music is over live at the Hollywood bowl, love the performance.
Detesto cuando veo bailar a alguien cancioes de The Doors , su musica era seria, seria seria y honesta
The producers & ed sullivan forbid jim to say the word "higher"...he did anyway...thats why the keyboard player looks a little pissed off/angry, & the other band members look a little nervous, & trying to hide in concentrating on the music, not looking at anyone...the producers were livid & in a rage backstage as this performance was live on air, & they couldnt do anythung to stop it...the doors were never invited back to the ed sullivan show again...ed sullivan was a HUGE show then, it was where the beatles made their historic american television debut 3 years earlier in february of 1964
Jim said "higher" multiple times...lol....i take it back, robbie on guitar is enjoying himself, ha.
Perfect example of not giving in to authority. Stand your ground. This performance would have made them a laughing stock if Jim listened to Ed and changed his own lyrics in this performance.
If you think about it, the doors were out before led zeppelin. Zep didn't release their first album until 69. Jim Morrison was amazing. I listened to an interview with Ray on keyboards that there were times that Jim would be so high that he couldn't come out and sing. So Ray would sing and people thought it was Jim singing backstage. Cheers
Eres. La mejor viva el ROCK
They got their name from a book called The Doors of Perception.
Jim's Passion
It's psychedelic rock from the sixties. If you like, you will adore "Too much to dream last night" by the Electric Prunes.
There's only one person who can do justice in covering this song. Check out Light My Fire, Jose Feliciano.
You light my fire😍
The microphone is for the drums.
You said he looks so serious, he's probably tripping his balls off. That was good acid back in the sixties.
You have to say he was impressive.
The Doors were pretty much their own thing. Definitely their own flavor of psychedelia. I've always liked them, but I know some people hate them. You should definitely check out Riders On The Storm or The End next.
I would have bet money that you've heard the Doors somewhere. Maybe, you have and didn't know who it was. Like other 60s bands, their music is in Vietnam and pop culture movies. "Light my fire, Hello I love you, 20th century fox, LA woman, Break on through, Back door man, Riders on the storm, People are strange," and there are more. THE DOORS, is one of the biography movies out there and has Val Kilmer as Jim. Yes, Val does the singing. Keep livin' and learnin', Inna.
Much more from the Doors for you. You'll like the Crystal Ship I'd bet
They were all such good musicians. Robbie was underrated as a guitarist. His style fit in so well. And Ray, John... I liked this version the best as far as Jim's vocals. He belts it out! But I prefer some of the other live versions as far as the instrumentals, because they do the long versions.
We forgive u, Inna. U have such a sweet, warm personality. I love that u wanna learn and seems like u are really enjoying and embracing this journey. It’s fun to watch. The Doors were amazing! Morrison was one of the greatest lyricists ever. The Doors were one of the most unique bands ever.
beautiful eyes, greetings from mexico
Good choice of clip. It’s one of the very rare times Jim was sober enough to perform.
I bet you would enjoy "Touch Me." 👍😊
Did you notice Ray Manzarek yelling Come On near the end?
Bella reaction
Jim Morrison =LEGEND
Jim knew he just broke a major rule. They were forbiddened to use the word higher... as Ed Sullivan's show didn't want to condone drug use. They promised not to use it but Jim did anyway! He was an ultimate rebel!
Jim Morrison so sexy in leather outfit. Love The Doors
Morrison was a fascinating person.
The Doors are their own music genre ..... This is the Beginning . "Light my Fire" was their 1st hit song . After this performance they were banned from The Ed Sullivan show because Morrison sang the line ( as it's written in the lyrics) "Girl We Couldn't Get Much Higher" to something "Less offensive" 🙄. I'd suggest now taking a trip to the end of the Doors story & check out "L.A. Woman" from their fianl album of the same name and then start working your way into the stuff in between the beginning & end 🙂
The doors are the doors ,full stop
Jim Morrison and The Doors are among the best of classic '60s rock. Ray Manzarek on keyboards, a big part of their signature sound. Perhaps you know that Morrison is buried in Paris, France.
The Doors are a group which you should listen to complete albums.
7000 people commented on the higher verse because they don't think anyone else knows that...bunch of geniuses on youtube
Well, likely 7000 people were high while typing lol
Jim Morrison was a notorious drunk, who died at 27 of heart failure but I'm sure you are aware of this by now. Enjoyed your take on this song.
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