The Doors - Riders On The Storm (REACTION)
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This is an amazing night driving song.
Was literally listening to this last night driving in the rain ❤
If you're a Stalker.
yep, first heard it in the backseat at night of my friends sister's car driving us home from a Suns game, never forget it.
This song is so perfect for like..... when there's a killer on the road, and you are driving at night in a storm!!! Far out man!
Gotta love that Ray Manzarek keyboard.
Ray Manzarek on keyboards is brilliant on this song.....
Forget 60's or 70's... NOBODY sounded like The Doors, and nobody has since.
I saw the Doors at the Fillmore East twice, I think that it was 1968. It was an experience that I will ever forget. They played past 3 am!
how good were they live in comparison to all the other great talent of that era??? .... did morrison have an ability to transfix and work a crowd as the legend portends?
The Doors always said their Fillmore East and Roundhouse shows were some of their best.
one of the coolest tunes ever...
An audiophiles dream track. A masterpiece in recording
The Doors were considered dark and foreboding compared to most of the peace and love of the Flower Child music. This is a great track and I recommend “Peace Frog” for a completely different feel.🖖🏼
my favorite, peace frog
Different vibe for sure, but also a dark song.
A true masterpiece that will be around more than 100 years from now!
I think you are right about this because it has some Jazz in it.
I love The Doors, but I seriously doubt that
Jim Morrison, An American Poet!!! Morrison recorded his voice singing then whispered the lyrics before superimposing the two, creating a kind of echo to this story of a murderer on the road.....nice analysis and great listening quality!
I've always loved that whisper effect since I first heard it. Makes it sound creepy, especially on the "killer on the road" verse.
Jumping into The Doors, it’s important to know; Jim Morrison was a Poet, not a songwriter. Jim is also in the 27 Club. Artists that died at the age of 27. RIP beautiful man.
I recall a classmate found in the university library, a copy of a book of poetry he wrote. It was out there, and very cool.
All four of them are credited for writing this, not just Jim.
Not important
Morrison’s father was CIA/DoD as were many other other artists in Laurel Canyon scene
Nope he was a songwriter
Everyone feels that Jim was the band which is hard to argue. I'll just say that Ray Manzarek the other founding band member was an absolute genius. His ability to play a bass line with one hand and the keys with the other is top shelf genius. It resides in every Doors tune. RIP Jim & Ray
rays hand steered the ship.... jim's Eye rested atop the mast.... john & robby were the gears
@@kelvinkloud Robbie who I feel was underrated also had some incredible riffs and melodies that no one else could have
@@acehays John and Robbie are the most underrated members IMO
Eh....playing bass with your left hand is professional keyboard 101. Most jazz and classical players can do it in their sleep; Manzarek stuck out because nobody in "rock" was doing it but in reality it's not that big of a deal. He was a nice player but quite far from Genius level
Ray's equipment is a big part of his sound. He used a Fender Rhodes Bass, which was basically a mini piano equipped with Fender's bass pickups. So it sounded a lot like a Fender bass guitar.
"Into this world were thrown" apparently was inspired by the philosopher Heidegger's concept of "thrownness" (Geworfenheit): "arbitrary character of... experience in the sense of ... having been born into a specific family in a particular culture at a given moment of human history."
Where does he say this?
@@ridgeracer7136 Everything I know, I learned from wikipedia :)
The Doors are a deep deep rabbit hole. You guys seem to be into the lyrics as much as the music so before you get into their big hits, try these tunes… “People Are Strange”, “The Soft Parade” and “The End”
The first and last good but Soft Parade was wimpy not a hit and way too commercialized
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN I believe you must be thinking of something else. Not a wimpy song at all. Pretty strong lyrically and melodically. In addition, how does a non-hit become over commercialized?
Go with Roadhouse blues and Peace Frog for your next reaction to The Doors. Good stuff fellas.
Ha! Was just listening this in the car on the way home last night; a haunting, eerie one, isn’t it? Another great suggestion from your Dad! ❤ For a gritty gritty Doors song, I recommend “Roadhouse Blues”; the ultimate biker dive bar song!!!!
Well, I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer.....
Exactly the sing I was thinking of! Late-stage Doors, where they just did whatever they wanted to.
That chill laid back LA vibe
Did you guys notice the whispered voice singing along with him in the background...?
can you believe that the Doors where playing this when TV was black & white?
If you listen teal close, Jim whispers every lyric at the same time he is singing out loud! He did a whole sepetate track of whispering all the lyrics! Next time listen closely, you'll hear it. Spooky and brilliant!!!
I worked at Fender building the Fender-Rhodes Electric Pianos from 1969 - 1978. I built the piano used for this recording and so many others. I will only say... Think about all the music produced in that era using those pianos... nuf said
That's great stuff Mark. I absolutely LOVE the unmistakable sound of the Fender-Rhodes electric piano. You're absolutely right, there has been an unbelievable amount of incredible music played on that instrument. I used to help a buddy carry an 88 key FR around for our gigs. Good grief that thing was a beast. Especially when it was in the Anvil case he had for it!
This Album is Amazing.
Agree!!!
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In 1971 I was 10years old, I was listening to my old valve radio in bed one night, when I heard the sounds of waves crashing, thunder rolling, the tinkling of a Piano, when a Man's voice said "Riders on the Storm".
The 10-year-old me thought OMG!!! WTF is that??
It turned out to be a song that remains in my Top 5 or 10 to this day, depends on my mood
Think...Charles Manson in Laurel Canyon 😳
This should be good. The bassist, Jerry Scheff, played for Elvis.
I think the overall theme of the song is we come from nothing and are thrown into this life (the storm). It can be a bumpy ride and we need love to get through. Morrison was fascinated by the idea of doors that lead from one reality to another. Hence the bands name.
The Doors took their name from Aldous Huxley's book, "The Doors of Perception".
@@coinneachmaclellan3121 Yes, I know.
agree.... although I think he is also scaling it out reflecting on the overall culture & its direction. present to future.
@kelvinkloud You're probably right. I've picked up on that theme in a couple of other songs. Of course, Jim was a poet not a philosopher, so none of his themes were directly fleshed out. He used poetic imagery.
@@jeffmurray1681 he like and studied symbolist poetry. Blake was a master at it & he loved Blake. Much of Morrison’s later work as here w/ riders implemented that style. More bare bones direct word usage wh/ at first appearance is seemingly simpler then some of his more abstract earlier like, can’t see your face in my mind. That Blake style like in Blake’s poem Tyger however is deceptively much denser than under first view. Like a the 7/8 of the iceberg not seen by the eye. Riders is using this same method as good as morrison ever did. He draws out a pretty simple narrative between a driver and a hitcher, yet the landscape it’s set in is dense. And the word usage though sparse and non abstract, is nevertheless dense and connects like a star pattern to scale out a larger picture. Aside from a spooky mood piece of a tension filled scene out in the desert canyons between a driver and a hitcher, it’s a contemplative ode to the unrest of the greater culture and what it may portend for both the indiv and the collective society. The fork in the road is the option of whether one (or society) indulges in destructive temptation by picking up the hitcher (who on a larger scale represents evil choice) or makes the decision to ride onward past the hitcher down the road (one or societies future destiny) and embrace one’s or societies positive potential of growth via finding love, family, holiday and sustained growth… it’s a really strong work by Jim and the band and quite the coda for him and his relationship and hope for his homeland. It also doesn’t dictate or impose an idea, rather lays out the options and brings the viewer in to contemplate and in turn thru free will, choose. It inspired the screenplay, hitcher and could be further developed in film or story I’m sure. It was also prescient as by the mid to late 70s some boomers did pick up the hitcher (evil choices) dissolved into madness w/ worse drug usage of coke, heroin, rising divorce and even violence as people like Ted bundy emerged. Yet, many others found healing, family and growth as they moved down the road of time in a positive manner. This same construct was shown in forest Gump thru his choices post Nam vs Jenny’s wh/ cost her though she did find peace in the end.
I'm gonna give credit to Jerry Scheff who played the awesome bass part on this. Really moody and the tone is perfect for the song.
Morrison wrote these lyrics about the actions of Billy Cook, the notorious US spree-killer who murdered six people, including a young family, while hitchhiking from Missouri to California in the early 50s.
Light My Fire 🔥 is a must! 🔥🔥
Hey Fellas. The sound of the band and the tone of Morrison's voice made The Doors and interesting band with a vibe and atmosphere all their own. So many great tracks to discover here. They drew from jazz, latin, rock and so much more. Check out "The Crystal Ship" which I sang so many times in cover bands even though I could not duplicate feel of Morrison's voice. Peace.
How great is it that you get to hear music like this for the first time? I just love Ray Manzarek’s jazzy keyboard playing.
The Doors did not have a bass player. In concert, Ray Manzarek provided the bass lines with his left hand. In the studio, they hired studio musicians. On this particular track, Jerry Scheff, who was Elvis' bassist, just played what Ray was playing with his left hand and that's why it's so distinctive.
Thanks. I didn't know they used a bass player in the studio recordings.
When led Zeppelin was on the stage and when Jonh Paul Jones had to be on keyboards for some songs he played the bass line with his feet using his bass pedals
Ray used a Fender Rhodes Bass. It's an electric piano tuned in the bass register. The reason he can make it sound like a bass guitar is that the Fender Rhodes is a piano with guitar-type pickups, so it plays through amps and pedals like a guitar would.
@@jasonremy1627 Thanks for that trivia. I was unaware of that instrument. Very cool.
Glad you said that. I'm a terrible texter!
Oh you are in for a groovy ride
Always loved the entire feel of this song. So creative!!
Roadhouse blues or l.a.woman
Speaking of spooky, I have long had this image in my head of Jim Morrison sneaking into the studio late at night and somehow recording himself overlaying the whispering of "Riders on the Storm" that we hear at the end of the song, as it fades away. I'm sure he did it normal-like, but I like my version better , lol--just Jim, nice and drunk, crouching, maybe, in the shadows of the amps in the softly lit recording space, eyes closed perhaps, whisper-singing "Riders on the storm" as the oblivious world sleeps.
FYI, The Doors had no bass player. Ray Manzarek played the bass parts on the keyboard.
🤭 For some reason, this was my favorite Album to do Science Homework to. 😆Jeez Louise! The Flashbacks I'm having right now gives a whole new meaning to the term "Thanks for the Memories!" 😁🐰
Simply and succinctly put... ROTS is one of best 20 songs ever recorded.
Nice reaction. I love the relatively new and wonderful sound of the Fender Rhodes being played by Ray Manzarek on this song. I was lucky enough to see them in 1968 in Sacramento at the age of 14. This is a rabbit hole to continue down, the Doors sound seems timeless.
Sacramento!!! That’s where we are from. Our Dad moved to Sacramento in 1968.
We will definitely continue down this rabbit hole
how good were they live in comparison to all the other great talent of that era??? .... did morrison have an ability to transfix and work a crowd as the legend portends?
@@kelvinkloud I just saw your post and wanted to at least give you feedback. Morrison was good and the band itself was very good. Morrison as you may know was a wild child and he pushed the limits quite often on stage but when I saw him, he was pretty good vocally and appeared to be very stable. By the way, in 1968 I was also blessed to see Cream and Jimi Hendrix in my hometown of Sacramento. It was a very heady time!
@@rodneyhearne3405 compared to all the other lead singers you saw in that great era, did morrison have the ability to transfix a crowd moreso.... was his command of stagecraft on another level?... i was too young to see him, but that is what is marketed about him in retrospect when you hear the doors talked about. I just dont know if it was overhyped or truly tangible. Ive seen moments on film where I see hints of it. but film & live are different. its why I'm interested to hear your takes. Your were a lucky guy to have grown up in that era. power to you for catching all that great talent. thx for any takes.
Check out Roadhouse Blues. . You guys will love the song
Great Doors tune. You should check out keyboardist Ray Manarek’s RUclips video about the development of this song.
During the 80's, there was a movie released "The Hitcher" that has a killer hitcher and that movie is awesome. You guys should check it out.
That was a true story.
Morrison left us way to young, just like so many others. But they left us with some glorious tunes, and I am grateful. I thought I'd leave another suggestion, in case you're ready to explore another wonderful band such as "Dire Straits - Telegraph Road Live - aLchemy Tour 1983" This concert is legendary.
I saw the Doors at the Retinal Circus which was a small older ballroom in Vancouver in the summer of 1967 when they were just emerging in popularity after releasing their first album. A few people ringed the stage but most people danced.
Very atmospheric song. "Back door Man", and "Crystal Ship".
One of the best frontmen ever.
Fantastic songs
The Door's drummer, John Densmore, was heavily influenced by the jazz drummer for John Coltrane, Elvin Jones. John grew up in LA and in his late teens and early 20s John and his friend were into jazz and went clubs to listen to the music and heard Coltrane several times.
Fantastic ominous, hypnotic song. Thanks for sharing it, guys.
My take:
Verse 1: life is dangerous, uncertain, and lonely
Verse 2: some lose their way, and make it worse
Verse 3: have faith, and make it better
From the web site Songfacts - The song can be seen as an autobiographical account of Morrison's life: he considered himself a "Rider on the storm." The "killer on the road" is a reference to a screenplay he wrote called The Hitchhiker (An American Pastoral), where Morrison was going to play the part of a hitchhiker who goes on a murder spree. The lyrics, "Girl you gotta love your man" can be seen as a desperate plea to his long time girlfriend Pamela
It's Time To Bring Some SERIOUS FUNK Up In Here,, The Average White Band "Cut The Cake" (Live On Soul Train Video A MUST!!)
A classic and benchmark of 70 rock-blues jazz you name it the door was open ...Just do what it takes, no real genre---Free play,
An absolute groove and 'head-space' track! Keyboard master Ray Manzarek (RIP) totally makes this track! The Doors really embraced psychedelia & blues-rock - and their sum is truly better than their parts. Frontman Jim Morrison (also RIP) was an incredible poet. All their songs have a story to tell. John Densmore on drums knew how to lay a groove and always serviced the song, and Robbie Krieger on guitar was/is a master of atmosphere!
I love this band. Future considerations: Light My Fire, When The Music's Over, Break On Through, Waiting For The Sun, The Crystal Ship, and The End (all are absolute musts!)
not sure how much you guys have delved into the doors... but morrison, the lead singer & lyricist of this song, was heavy into poetry. in that context, this song should be seen as a poem, at least lyrically. he also went to ucla film school & was a classmate and friend of copolla (director of godfather movies). Thus his lyrics & musical ideas also have a cinematic scope element to them wh/ you guys picked up on.... sound wise it is indeed jazz based & very atmospheric giving it a spooky modern western vibe, as out driving in the canyons and desert near a storm... back to the lyrics. it is simple but also dense. symbolic poetic style. he was a big william blake poet fan & hes using that techniique here, so much of this is metaphor aside from being a narrative of a driver & a hitcher.... this song was written at the time of manson wh/ was a bad vibe in the culture at that time. along w/ nam imploding and nasty violent protested in the country. hence, the storm is the culture. the rider is the indiv, you, me or him, navigating thru a tough period in society. like weather this is cylical & could apply to now or later in our culture in times of strife. the road is Time. present, past, future. it was the last song morrison did before he left to go to paris & die 6 mo later. its his good bye song to the usa. its full of haunt & warning but also hope if you examine it closely.... hes provide an option & hope. hes acknowledging growing violence & people embracing it (the hitcher). picking up the hitcher represents temptation wh/ leads to worsening deeds & both indiv and collective implosion. yet it also provides the free will option. To ride on, survive & endure the storm. find and embrace family, love & build a family, holiday. Endure & build.... that was his hope in a troubling time.... one of the doors best songs ever & a heartfelt good bye and hope laid out by morrison. RIP. he was misunderstood & underrated poetic vision wise.
I haven't heard that song in many years. Wow! I remember it now. so cool. I had a book of this man's poetry. What a memory this is.
Enjoying your channel and reactions
Light my fire has also been sampled to the max 😂
Now you have to do The End it's Jim's autobiographicay it does most people's head in the first time they hear it
Might want to check out early Chicago with Terry Kath on guitar "Introduction", "25 or 6 to 4", "I'm a Man", "Beginnings", "Poem 58", and more...
Beautiful
Ahh, welcome to the realm of The Lizard King...Mr. Mojo Risin, sometimes eerie, sometimes raucous, but always mind expanding.
Y'all nailed it though, the three musicians of the band; keys, guitar and drums actually came from a jazz background...until they met the one and only Jim Morrison. From then on their genre was "The Doors."
"keys, guitar and drums actually came from a jazz background" No, they didn't. Was is it with you people making up bullshlt in these reaction video comments?
Open up some more Doors. The doors R my top five bands of all time.
Top five? Number one for me. Their live albums are great. Not studio quality but great music
Riders on the Storm is so beautiful that even my easy piano cover sounds good, check it out!! 💥🎹
If interested in more Doors, check out their first and biggest hit, Light My Fire, long (album) version with extended instrumental section.
Exactly should have been down before this
You should really review Five To One! It spoke to my generation! Great song!
Snoop Dogg did a rap to this song. It didn't seem to get much playing time other than a person listening to his album, but It's an amazing collaboration of genres.
"Light My Fire", Not To Touch the Earth", "Moonlight Drive", "Texas Radio and the Big Beat", "Waiting for the Sun", "Roadhouse Blues" and "The Soft Parade"
And driving in through hills around LA on a starry night-to watch this song come by the horizon-for the once, where of stood and went walking about...
Quite a work of art given the time this was created, and the technology available to them. A perfectly captured vibe.
Ray Manzarek on keyboards. 👍👍👍
I know you're not supposed to use a modifier with the word "unique," but The Doors were perhaps the most unique rock band ever. The drummer was influenced by jazz, the keyboardist might have had some classical piano training, the guitarist played many styles, including flamenco, and the singer was a mad poet. Nobody sounds like them, which makes them timeless. In 2009, I think, I visited the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. They had a special exhibit on The Doors, and I saw fans from age 12 or so to 75 or 80.
you gotta check out their tune "LA Woman"
Just found this. After recording ‘Riders on the Storm,’ Morrison flew to Paris where he died. This was also the last time the other band members saw Jim.
Light My Fire - long version!
The killer awoke before dawn. He put his boots on. This kind of storylines feature through out Jim’s songwriting. Best front man of his time. Such presence
great sound when stoned
Masterful piece. The atmosphere on this one is pure rapture. You've got those drums tapping out a nice backbeat with bass walking right beside it, throw in the comping guitar with tinkling jazz keys, what's not to like? Perfection.
Jim seen a horrible wreck on a hiway as a kid. This is what it's about
Great selection. I love your reactions and have watched all of your rock videos. I am 67 and grew up in the golden years of rock.....a couple masterpieces for your consideration:
Johhny Winter, greatest slide guitarist to ever play.....Highway 61 Revisited from the album Second Winter
Steely Dan, you missed three great ones: Bodhisattva, Show Biz Kids and Black Friday
Jackson Browne......Redneck Friend
Arrowsmith....... Train Kept a Rollin, Same Old Song and Dance, Lord of the Thighs
Little Feat...... Apolitical Blues, Cold Cold Cold/Tripe Face Boogie
After you've reacted to these I'll send you some more from the All Time Greatest Rock Playlist
Keep up the great work and thank you
"Long Live Rock"...
You got to remember doors did not have a bass player they did it on the keyboard not too many bands could do that watch the video of them on the Dick Clark shell they did two songs check it out
I like your calm, unexcited way of describing the music. I'd love to hear/see more of "The Doors" from you guys. Thanks for sharing and best regards @all from hamburg (germany)
Please do LA WOMAN and THE CHANGLING by the Doors !
Classic. More Kudos to your Pop. He can pick um!
It was an absolute pleasure to to enjoy this song with you two.
With love from Germany 🤘🏻 😎
LA Woman is a must to react. Keep doin watcha doin!
The Doors music was the keyboardist, He was an amazing musician and music-writer. Jim wrote the lyrics.
"Jim wrote the lyrics" Robby Krieger wrote more of their hits and their better songs than the "poet".
Ray Manzarek played a Vox Continental Organ.
It's about a serial killer
🤔 Spooky Movies at this time included old school 'Night of The Living Dead', 'Invasion of The Body Snatchers' & 'Bugs'. 😕 Mom let me see 🪳Bugs then 😱shipped me off to sleep-away Camp with the Fresh Air Fund for the Summer. 😖I was 1 scarred 7 yr old ..... 😂 But had no problem watching "Ben' cause 😍 MJ singing the title song just broke your heart! .... 😁🐰
Your dad has great taste! 😁 Great band, wonderful song. Thanks for the reaction!
Nice breakdown. 60s music has its own great vibe!
Even when the lead singer is awesome , the music is the star. Case in point. See TOOL.
MASTERPIECE 😅😊
This is from 1971
The "Western" feel at the beginning might reflect the fact the song began as a jam on "Ghost Riders in the Sky", a cowboy song popularized in 1949 by Vaughn Monroe. The Ramrods dropped a rock and roll instrumental version of the song in 1961 -- a sort of cowpunk surf rock tune -- that may have influenced The Doors. The Outlaws took their version of "Ghost Riders" to the charts in 1981. There's a film clip on RUclips of Morrison tooling around the Mojave in a Mustang, gassing up the car, and later messing around with a dead coyote on the side of the road. Check it out sometime. PS. When you're ready for more of Morrison's poetry, check out "I Can't See Your Face In My Mind" from their second album.
This has 0 to do with Ghostriders and was way before the Outlaws
The doors-LA WOMAN
Jim Morrison saw a deadly car crash when he was a young boy. He was with his parents in the car and they had to slow down to a crawl to pass the wreck. I think that it messed him up big time.
Yes, it comes up in Peace Frog.
2 great Doors tracks to check out, Love Her Madly & People Are Strange. Great band and only the 3 of them.
The doors Jimmy page one of the all time greats a new young gentleman taking RUclips by storm is ren - hi ren this video has had 3 million views in 2 weeks and it is pure genius love and respect from the UK 👍👍👍👍👍👍🌟😀😀 amazing channel 👍
Fun fact but not so fun this was Jim's last recording ever he died before this even hit the radio ,he left for Paris like 2 days after this in L.A and was found dead a week later
L A Woman is a must!