For those wondering about my somewhat perplexed expression, it’s because I thought he was singing the words “ Sieg Heil” and for obvious reasons that confused me 🤪
If you want a longer Doors song check out "The End". Not only is it longer, it will probably shock you a bit. My favorite Doors song is "Riders On The Storm" which you should listen to with headphones on, the lights and eyes closed. It will take you on a voyage to a different place.
Diane has already featured _Riders on the Storm_ in a previous video. Scroll back through the list to find it. It was her first exposure to The Doors, and she was very surprised at how chill it was. She expected something more of a rocker.
@@lawrencedavis9246 I think you are thinking of her reaction to "Light My Fire". I looked through all her videos and didn't see Riders. She did LA Woman too.
Diane, not only would the review of "The End" be good, since you have degrees in film, you should make sure to view APOCALYPSE NOW, if you haven't already. Lots of pop music of the 60's featured there. "The End" is an essential component of the film. Studying lots more in music could make your approach to film stronger.
The DOORS are quite the rabbit hole. Many great songs. "Light My Fire" is the "Big Hit". Try "People Are Strange", "Moonlight Drive", Five to One", "My Eyes have Seen You". Great band.
The first track on their first album. Just imagine listening to this explode unexpectedly from your turntable. A fine introduction to one of the all-time great debut albums.
At 3:15 since Jim Morrison sings Everybody Loves My Baby before Singing She get High. Looked up the lyrics. I always thought He was saying Shake it like She was Dancing on Stage to Entertain the Audience. It was the 60s though. This version sounded clearer than the version I've listened to on the Best of the Doors Album.
The Doors are ✨iconic! ✨ The mixture of grooviness and rock in this song in particular is just perfect. 😎👌 This whole album is great, too - I got lucky to find it and add it to my small growing vinyl collection. A great addition the channel's music journey!
At 0:14 Top of the Pops is a good show that has showcased alot of good artist singing live and enjoyable. I didn't know there was a top of the pops 2 that's interesting.
Awesome, More Doors Songs, I've heard all the Doors Songs. I do like sharing the Music Journey, Seeing Your Reactions and Learning what the song is about. I Always Learn Something New about the Music and enjoy You reading it. Thanks for making Wednesday Happy and Joyful. I Enjoy Hanging Out with You and Chewie. Treat Yourself to some Good Food while Listening to Some Music.
At 4:44 I do know what You mean about it sounding beachy like party music that makes You want to dance, eat, drink, and dance. Alot of the 50's and 60's movies filmed at the beach have alot of dance music vibes sound to it.
Happy Wednesday to you Lady Diane! I'm glad that you have chosen to react to a lot of the music by The Doors, because they are just awesome! This particular song is one of my favorites along with both "Light My Fire" and "The End." Thank you so much for sharing this video and for all that you do for your channel. Have a wonderful rest of your week and be well. All the best to you always, Lady Diane! 👋😎🎉🎊
At 4:44 One movie I've always like the the movie back to the beach (1987) it had alot of classic characters in it from 50's and 60's movies plus some 80s celebrities too.
Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) was black, and originally from Seattle, Washington, but did most of his best known work in England. Sir George Ivan Morrison was born August 13, 1945 in Belfast.
Didn't realize it wasn't a big hit for 25 years after it was released. Minor correction with Wikipedia (or wherever the info came from), but Doors of Perception was nonfiction, not a novel
I think "People are Strange " and " Light my Fire" are my favorites but also " Riders on the Storm" and "Love Her Madly" are great as well.😃 I was just having Bread and butter , Kerry Gold of course.
if you want to watch a Doors song accompanied by a video, pull up "The Unknown Soldier" on RUclips. It's an anti-Vietnam song. Equally depressing is that Jim Morrison was dead soon after the video was filmed - which is fitting watching the end of the video and his bandmates are walking up the beach without him.
These songs were written for AM radio play back in the day which meant they were two to three minutes tops. You can find two versions of Light My Fire, one shortened for AM radio play and then the full length album version.
@Diane the 1991 movie "The Doors" features Val Kilmer playing Jim Morrison and includes a crazy/chaotic scene of this song being performed live in concert.
I don't listen to the radio, but I like listening to hour long mixes. If there is a single song on Spotify and I don't know it or not in love with it or even a part of a song I'm not a fan of, I'll skip the song, but when it is an hour long mix I'll persist through a song I don't love to hear the rest of the mix. I like listening to music on vinyl because of the inconvenience of skipping a song so I'll listen to the whole side. I've found some songs I didn't know that I loved after listening to them a few times on a side of a record.
At 7:23 that makes since the song is about drugs though Jim Morrison being a Poet makes Me think the song was about Love and Drugs since that seemed to be about what was talked about a lot in the 1960s era. Though not everyone was on Drugs in the 1960s.
It was common to have radio rotation versions and extended play versions, sometimes short versions were just edited long play, sometimes they were completely different recordings.
Here in the US, in the days of AM radio, songs clocked in at 3 minutes or less (all but one of the songs on the Beatles album "Revolver" was in the 2-3 minute range) Billy Joel's song "The Entertainer" includes the line 'It was a beautiful song, but it ran too long, so they cut it down to 3:05" Radio edits were common...but once FM radio became popular, all best were off!
‘The End’ by the Doors is used at the beginning of Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. Wonderful, wild lyrics, Morrison at his most amazing. And Chewie is at his most adorable…
In the 60's, All cars only had AM radio that was mono. FM stereo started to get introduced into cars in the very early 70's, so before then, short mono songs translated best on AM radio. This song was off their first album. My personal favorites are off their second to last album, the Soft Parade.
It's now after midnight and I just saw this. I don't know why I didn't get the notification. 'She gets high' is what you THOUGHT was "Seig Hail". Lady Diane and Royal Escort Lord Chewy may you both have a WONDERFUL WEEK.
Good reaction love anything from the Doors. I was intrigued by your comment that most rock and roll songs are in some way a metaphor for drug use. It’s very true that drugs have been a theme and a problem throughout musical history. Jazz musicians of the 20s and 30s regularly used marijuana and dabbled in harder stuff. Point of the comment though is to direct you to some really good rock songs with very Anti Drug message. They are out there. Lynard Skynard’ “That Smell”, Neil Young’s “The Needle and the Damage Done” and Stppenwolf’s “The Pusher” all classic rock jams with strong anti drug message. Even some songs everyone was sure were about drugs really weren’t (if we are to believe the groups that sung them” Tje Beatles all vehemently denied that Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” had anything to do with LSD as Peter Paul and Mary have always maintained that “Puff The Magic Dragon” was a children’s song about a little boy and his magical frien a dragon and not a reference to smoking pot.
The Doors were originally from California. The bands that came out of California at this time had that sound. This would also include acts like The Beach Boys and Jan and Dean as well as other surfing themed groups.
Happy Wednesday to you Diane. If you haven’t listened to the song called In-A Gadda Da-vidda by Iron Butterfly, you should check it out, it is from the 1960s too. It is over 17 minutes long and was very influential on what became known as heavy metal. Rumor has it the name was supposed to be called In the Garden of Eden, but the title was supposedly misheard because the singer was high and slurred the words.
I agree, Diane should do an Iron Butterfly Ina gadda davidda reaction video. The music for that song is in a lot of U.S. TV commercials. Also, it's a great song, even if he slurred the words while singing it.
Yeah, rock/pop songs in the 1960s were usually between 2:30 and 3:00 minutes. If you love The Doors and want a longer song, check out “LA Woman,” or “Riders on the Storm.” Love your reactions!
Thanks Diane! I was thinking during the song that it sounded like a psychedelic 60’s song. So I guess a 1967 release date explains that! It reminded me of my dad’s older sister who was a full on hippy back in the day with every stereotype that name suggests. It was definitely a different sort of time back then.
Long songs were started in 67 which had to have the new FM Rock stations to reach the masses. Another phrase is Album Rock. With the Doors you should start with the first album and start your trip. For sure the greatest period in history to be young.
Another reason that songs were shorter back then was that they had to be so that they could fit on 7, 45 RPM records that had only one song on each side. They were very popular back in the day because they were much cheaper than full albums.
"Break on through to the other side" is an invite to explore the other side of yourself, the part that has no boundaries, the zone that is free from the shackles that society imposes on us. It's a place beyond a door, the door of perception, the door that separates us from infinite. Jim Morrison was quite a peculiar guy.
I'm betting you would really like their song The Crystal Ship. BTW, they use to ban song for the silliest reasons in the '60s. Them's song Gloria was banned in Chicago for being suggestive because he said "she came up to my room. She made me feel alright. Same with the song Louis Louis because they couldn't understand the words so it must be dirty. It was tough for us back then.
While it was important for a band to have at least one track of an album to get airplay on broadcast radio, the bands of that time weren't as concerned about such things as the record companies who published their music. The Doors did release a number of successful radio singles, but the singles were sometimes cut-down album tracks. In 1967, F.M. radio wasn't a thing, so all stereo album tracks had to be remixed as monaural recordings for A.M. radio. The album tracks were always better, and sometimes longer. The Doors albums always had tracks that were too long or too controversial to be heard anyplace other than your home, car or live performance. Some examples of longer songs would be _The End_ and _When the Music's Over._ Both songs are at least as well known as any single release because their albums were everywhere.
The Doors were a very "Theatrical" act in their concerts , but that side of Morrison also comes through in his lyrics . With your acting / theatrical background , I can see why you are attracted to them . But then , Morrison always did have a way with the ladies 🙂
This was great. I assumed the confusion in names came about because of your fascination with Jim Morrisons ability to fill out his leather pants in the last video. Focus is always a deciding factor in memories. When Diane started to groove to the beat, the hand motions made me think Diane would have made a great go go dancer in this period. Mini Skirt, knee high white boots, attitude, and blond hair, yep that was the check list. You got it all covered. No wonder Chewie is mesmerized by Diane.
For those wondering about my somewhat perplexed expression, it’s because I thought he was singing the words “ Sieg Heil” and for obvious reasons that confused me 🤪
Have you ever reacted to a John Wayne movie called"The Quiet Man"? It was filmed entirely in Ireland. Great film.
@@davidgilligan4389 Do you know the way to Innisfree?
@@davidgilligan4389 I did, watch the whole thing, but it got taken down 😢
We watched it on Twitch! The whole thing! With professional interpretation from Film Nerd Diane.
You might look into the misinterpreted lyrics genre, it's been meme worthy since before you were wəird.
If you want a longer Doors song check out "The End". Not only is it longer, it will probably shock you a bit. My favorite Doors song is "Riders On The Storm" which you should listen to with headphones on, the lights and eyes closed. It will take you on a voyage to a different place.
Diane has already featured _Riders on the Storm_ in a previous video. Scroll back through the list to find it. It was her first exposure to The Doors, and she was very surprised at how chill it was. She expected something more of a rocker.
The End. Peace Frog. Riders on the Storm. All great.
"Apocalypse Now!"
@@lawrencedavis9246 I think you are thinking of her reaction to "Light My Fire". I looked through all her videos and didn't see Riders. She did LA Woman too.
Diane, not only would the review of "The End" be good, since you have degrees in film, you should make sure to view APOCALYPSE NOW, if you haven't already. Lots of pop music of the 60's featured there. "The End" is an essential component of the film. Studying lots more in music could make your approach to film stronger.
This is such a great song. People are strange. It’s another great song.
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The DOORS are quite the rabbit hole. Many great songs. "Light My Fire" is the "Big Hit". Try "People Are Strange", "Moonlight Drive", Five to One", "My Eyes have Seen You". Great band.
"Back Door Man" . . .
. "End of the Night "
"Soul Kitchen "
" I looked at You "
"The End"
, J. D. M ❤
Their debut album is one of the greatest of all time. Dark, brooding, poetic, mysterious. Wish they had kept that sound throughout their career.
Love to see your reaction to "The End"
The first track on their first album. Just imagine listening to this explode unexpectedly from your turntable. A fine introduction to one of the all-time great debut albums.
To have singles played on radio, they had to be short enough to fit on a 45rpm record for sale to the public.
Yes. About 3 minutes is the max. You CAN fit more time on a 45' with compression, but the quality tanks REAL QUICK.
Also, the 3 minute "rule" fit in better with the Top 40 format.
The Doors & Lady Diane, just Grand!
Aww shucks thanks 🥰
At 3:15 since Jim Morrison sings Everybody Loves My Baby before Singing She get High. Looked up the lyrics. I always thought He was saying Shake it like She was Dancing on Stage to Entertain the Audience. It was the 60s though. This version sounded clearer than the version I've listened to on the Best of the Doors Album.
_She gets_
_She gets_
_She gets_
Hiiighh yeah!
Thanks for reacting to it Diane!
The Doors are ✨iconic! ✨ The mixture of grooviness and rock in this song in particular is just perfect. 😎👌 This whole album is great, too - I got lucky to find it and add it to my small growing vinyl collection. A great addition the channel's music journey!
You have a vinyl collection?! OMG that’s super cool. I’m envious. 🤩
@@DianeJennings aw shucks thanks! 🥹 I'm just a nerdy newbie to it, but it's been fun to collect albums!
If you can find a Mobile Fidelity Half Speed Master of "The Doors" it sounds amazing😲
Groundbreaking album, and it opens with a "Bossa Nova" beat, and later in the album they has a "Oom-Pah" beat !! Love it !!
At 0:14 Top of the Pops is a good show that has showcased alot of good artist singing live and enjoyable. I didn't know there was a top of the pops 2 that's interesting.
At 6:37 I do think The Doors song break on through to the other side is structured like a love song. listening to the lyrics of the song.
“When the Music’s Over” is odd and fun.
That's their best one, in my opinion. Personifying music as a demon that possesses you. The weird double tracked guitar solo. Just an excellent song.
The soft parade or celebration of the lizard
In the movie called, "Two Lane Blacktop", you can hear The Doors song, Moonlight Drive.
Awesome, More Doors Songs, I've heard all the Doors Songs. I do like sharing the Music Journey, Seeing Your Reactions and Learning what the song is about. I Always Learn Something New about the Music and enjoy You reading it. Thanks for making Wednesday Happy and Joyful. I Enjoy Hanging Out with You and Chewie. Treat Yourself to some Good Food while Listening to Some Music.
@@DianeJennings It's true 🥰
At 4:44 I do know what You mean about it sounding beachy like party music that makes You want to dance, eat, drink, and dance. Alot of the 50's and 60's movies filmed at the beach have alot of dance music vibes sound to it.
Another great video Diane!! That one was a gem from them. I also love the song "Roadhouse Blues" of theirs. Great content young lady!
Glad you enjoyed it!
At 11m42s 'The End' is The Doors' longest song. Followed closely by 'When the Music's Over' at 10m56s.
Happy Wednesday to you Lady Diane! I'm glad that you have chosen to react to a lot of the music by The Doors, because they are just awesome! This particular song is one of my favorites along with both "Light My Fire" and "The End." Thank you so much for sharing this video and for all that you do for your channel. Have a wonderful rest of your week and be well. All the best to you always, Lady Diane! 👋😎🎉🎊
Same to you!
Tumble down the rabbit hole and go through their work.
At 4:44 One movie I've always like the the movie back to the beach (1987) it had alot of classic characters in it from 50's and 60's movies plus some 80s celebrities too.
Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) was black, and originally from Seattle, Washington, but did most of his best known work in England. Sir George Ivan Morrison was born August 13, 1945 in Belfast.
I live in Seattle and visit his grave now and than, also where his dad bought him his first guitar on 1st ave.
Hooray another Awesome video. I remember this song playing on the radio back in high school.
Like you I didn't realize the full version of this song was so short. Again, thanks for the background information post reaction.
My pleasure!! I do enjoy the learning part
The "she get's high" was not on the original studio version or radio play.
Indeed -- it was edited because "she gets high" was considered unacceptable, so all we heard for years was "She gets" which made very little sense!
Didn't realize it wasn't a big hit for 25 years after it was released. Minor correction with Wikipedia (or wherever the info came from), but Doors of Perception was nonfiction, not a novel
At 02:12 What I like about The Doors They get You Dancing to the Music. It gets Me to Dance from All the Joy of You Dancing to the Music.
Every Doors songs I've learned about with You seems like there's alot to learn about each song.
Always play the studio version/radio version, please. 😊
Plus, you are completely adorable when you move to the groove.
The Doors is an interesting band to discover. Poetry and stories combined with really cool music.
At 11:44 That is Very Cute when Chewie Cuddles up on Your Arm. He's thanking You for being the Best Mom Ever and Giving Chewie the Good Life.
I love the doors!! 🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪
😂😂😂
I think "People are Strange " and " Light my Fire" are my favorites but also " Riders on the Storm" and "Love Her Madly" are great as well.😃 I was just having Bread and butter , Kerry Gold of course.
"Riders on the Storm" and "People Are Strange" are musts.
Everyone at 1:40 : "Morrison....say Morrison...." 😂
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Van Morrison is an Irish singer known for Brown Eyed Girl and Gloria. The Doors did a cover of Gloria. Jim and Van were friends.
The one thing you have to admit…no band before and no band since have ever sounded like The Doors…such an original sound
This is my favorite Doors song.
I made TFH club! I love this song. So many classic songs you haven’t heard. Oh dear. Slowly changing that though. Yay!
Hey, you broke on through
Love your reactions! Always entertaining! And your dog is cute!
Historically, 78 rpm records could only hold about 3.5 minutes per side, so that appears to have influenced recording artists and radio stations.
Happy Weird Wednesday Diane! Jim Morrison was a different kind of bird, but a great frontman. My favorite song by them is "Roadhouse Blues". Boop!
Nice one! 😊
if you want to watch a Doors song accompanied by a video, pull up "The Unknown Soldier" on RUclips.
It's an anti-Vietnam song. Equally depressing is that Jim Morrison was dead soon after the video was filmed - which is fitting watching the end of the video and his bandmates are walking up the beach without him.
Thanks for the review. Doors have never been one of my favorite bands, but truly enjoyed your review.
Today is Martini Day that goes good with listening to The Doors Music
What a great way to debut an album. Liked 👍 & subscribed & turned on the bell 🔔 . I ❤ The Doors 🚪
These songs were written for AM radio play back in the day which meant they were two to three minutes tops. You can find two versions of Light My Fire, one shortened for AM radio play and then the full length album version.
An oldie but still a goodie……great reaction video Diane.
Thanks pally! 😊
@Diane the 1991 movie "The Doors" features Val Kilmer playing Jim Morrison and includes a crazy/chaotic scene of this song being performed live in concert.
Just love your style and personality. Love your posts.
Aww thanks 🥰
I don't listen to the radio, but I like listening to hour long mixes. If there is a single song on Spotify and I don't know it or not in love with it or even a part of a song I'm not a fan of, I'll skip the song, but when it is an hour long mix I'll persist through a song I don't love to hear the rest of the mix. I like listening to music on vinyl because of the inconvenience of skipping a song so I'll listen to the whole side. I've found some songs I didn't know that I loved after listening to them a few times on a side of a record.
At 7:23 that makes since the song is about drugs though Jim Morrison being a Poet makes Me think the song was about Love and Drugs since that seemed to be about what was talked about a lot in the 1960s era. Though not everyone was on Drugs in the 1960s.
It was common to have radio rotation versions and extended play versions, sometimes short versions were just edited long play, sometimes they were completely different recordings.
💗💗ugh that chewie bit at the end 🥺
Here in the US, in the days of AM radio, songs clocked in at 3 minutes or less (all but one of the songs on the Beatles album "Revolver" was in the 2-3 minute range) Billy Joel's song "The Entertainer" includes the line 'It was a beautiful song, but it ran too long, so they cut it down to 3:05" Radio edits were common...but once FM radio became popular, all best were off!
Some of my favorite doors songs, Indian Summer, I Can’t See Your Face In My Mind, Touch Me, LA Woman ❤
‘The End’ by the Doors is used at the beginning of Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. Wonderful, wild lyrics, Morrison at his most amazing.
And Chewie is at his most adorable…
In the 60's, All cars only had AM radio that was mono. FM stereo started to get introduced into cars in the very early 70's, so before then, short mono songs translated best on AM radio. This song was off their first album. My personal favorites are off their second to last album, the Soft Parade.
It's now after midnight and I just saw this. I don't know why I didn't get the notification. 'She gets high' is what you THOUGHT was "Seig Hail".
Lady Diane and Royal Escort Lord Chewy may you both have a WONDERFUL WEEK.
"Structured like a love song"? I don't think I want to be with the woman who thinks this is a love song. I can't sleep with one eye open.
Happy Weird Wednesday. I really love The Doors Music!! Have a great weird Wednesday.
Same here!
Absolutely magical🐐🐐🐐
This is my go-to Doors song, always enjoy it
At 7:15 A.I. Aged Diane looks Cool with Chewie having Stewie's Voice from Family Guy.
Nice catch!
@@DianeJennings You look good even as a Grandma and talking Chewie Rocks 🥰
Ohh, one I’ve heard before. Also, you’re awesome, Diane. Never forget that.
No, you're the best!
Great song to react Ms Jennings. Take me back to 83 smoking dope on the RR tracks and skipping school.
“Peace Frog” &. “Love me Two time girl” my favorites musically of theirs. Might be worth checking out Diane.
One of my favorite Doors songs, Light My Fire is terrific too.
😊one of their very best!!😊😊
Good reaction love anything from the Doors. I was intrigued by your comment that most rock and roll songs are in some way a metaphor for drug use. It’s very true that drugs have been a theme and a problem throughout musical history. Jazz musicians of the 20s and 30s regularly used marijuana and dabbled in harder stuff. Point of the comment though is to direct you to some really good rock songs with very Anti Drug message. They are out there. Lynard Skynard’ “That Smell”, Neil Young’s “The Needle and the Damage Done” and Stppenwolf’s “The Pusher” all classic rock jams with strong anti drug message. Even some songs everyone was sure were about drugs really weren’t (if we are to believe the groups that sung them” Tje Beatles all vehemently denied that Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” had anything to do with LSD as Peter Paul and Mary have always maintained that “Puff The Magic Dragon” was a children’s song about a little boy and his magical frien a dragon and not a reference to smoking pot.
Such a good reaction
I like your dive into the background of the band and the song.
Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek (keyboarders) studied UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in L.A.
The doors song, Light my Fire has the long mid section. It’s another classic
Not the live Ed Sullivan one but the studio version is long
The Doors were originally from California. The bands that came out of California at this time had that sound. This would also include acts like The Beach Boys and Jan and Dean as well as other surfing themed groups.
Go on Diane, you get your groove on of a Wednesday 🙌x
Wheeeeee!
Happy Wednesday to you Diane. If you haven’t listened to the song called In-A Gadda Da-vidda by Iron Butterfly, you should check it out, it is from the 1960s too. It is over 17 minutes long and was very influential on what became known as heavy metal. Rumor has it the name was supposed to be called In the Garden of Eden, but the title was supposedly misheard because the singer was high and slurred the words.
I agree, Diane should do an Iron Butterfly Ina gadda davidda reaction video. The music for that song is in a lot of U.S. TV commercials. Also, it's a great song, even if he slurred the words while singing it.
Yes. To get radio play time the songs had to be short.
Classic DOORS ❤
You just played a clip with Hello, I Loove You by the Doors. It's a must.
You should learn about backwards masking. the word that is backwards masked doesn't have to fit in the song. played normally.
Yeah, rock/pop songs in the 1960s were usually between 2:30 and 3:00 minutes. If you love The Doors and want a longer song, check out “LA Woman,” or “Riders on the Storm.” Love your reactions!
If you have not already done it, I would enjoy watching you react to The Animals' performance of "House of the Rising Sun" from 1964.
Yes, the Chewster was being adorable.
Happy World Sauntering Day and Real Food Day!
Indeed!
Thanks Diane! I was thinking during the song that it sounded like a psychedelic 60’s song. So I guess a 1967 release date explains that! It reminded me of my dad’s older sister who was a full on hippy back in the day with every stereotype that name suggests. It was definitely a different sort of time back then.
I’ll bet it was a cool time to live through though! As opposed to our dystopian existence now… Partially joking… Partially😂
@@DianeJennings maybe. Although I often find that history gets filtered to meet our purposes.
Might I suggest checking out "'Riders on The Storm" by the Doors.Rock on Dianne !
Long songs were started in 67 which had to have the new FM Rock stations to reach the masses. Another phrase is Album Rock. With the Doors you should start with the first album and start your trip. For sure the greatest period in history to be young.
Another reason that songs were shorter back then was that they had to be so that they could fit on 7, 45 RPM records that had only one song on each side. They were very popular back in the day because they were much cheaper than full albums.
"Break on through to the other side" is an invite to explore the other side of yourself, the part that has no boundaries, the zone that is free from the shackles that society imposes on us. It's a place beyond a door, the door of perception, the door that separates us from infinite. Jim Morrison was quite a peculiar guy.
AM radio stations wanted 2 minute songs to fit in more advertising spots.
I used to like watching the Doors movie. You might want to check it out. Val Kilmer plays Jim.
I'm betting you would really like their song The Crystal Ship. BTW, they use to ban song for the silliest reasons in the '60s. Them's song Gloria was banned in Chicago for being suggestive because he said "she came up to my room. She made me feel alright. Same with the song Louis Louis because they couldn't understand the words so it must be dirty. It was tough for us back then.
Yes, he said everything you thought he did...
Watch the video. Jim Morrisson was a great performer. I had a major crush on him in college and had a full-length poster of him on my door.
While it was important for a band to have at least one track of an album to get airplay on broadcast radio, the bands of that time weren't as concerned about such things as the record companies who published their music. The Doors did release a number of successful radio singles, but the singles were sometimes cut-down album tracks. In 1967, F.M. radio wasn't a thing, so all stereo album tracks had to be remixed as monaural recordings for A.M. radio. The album tracks were always better, and sometimes longer.
The Doors albums always had tracks that were too long or too controversial to be heard anyplace other than your home, car or live performance.
Some examples of longer songs would be _The End_ and _When the Music's Over._ Both songs are at least as well known as any single release because their albums were everywhere.
That’s interesting! I suppose it’s always a balancing act between the artist and the money makers… who become the artist
DITTO:To have singles played on radio, they had to be short enough to fit on a 45rpm record for sale to the public.3 minutes or less.
The Doors were a very "Theatrical" act in their concerts , but that side of Morrison also comes through in his lyrics . With your acting / theatrical background , I can see why you are attracted to them . But then , Morrison always did have a way with the ladies 🙂
Oh, yeah.
This was great. I assumed the confusion in names came about because of your fascination with Jim Morrisons ability to fill out his leather pants in the last video. Focus is always a deciding factor in memories. When Diane started to groove to the beat, the hand motions made me think Diane would have made a great go go dancer in this period. Mini Skirt, knee high white boots, attitude, and blond hair, yep that was the check list. You got it all covered. No wonder Chewie is mesmerized by Diane.
Interesting! As I recall, I was fascinated by the cameramans seeming fixation on focussing on it. Perhaps you’re projecting Jim 😜
@@DianeJennings I don't think so cause you pointed out to me (all of us) 😏