The Doors - Roadhouse Blues (REACTION)

[@olly8]

"The Blues had a baby and they called it Rock & Roll"...Muddy Waters ❤

[@denroy3]

Rock is an infusion of blues, country, bluegrass, jazz, gospel...it is all melded together. Some forms, bands lean into different influences and sounds.

[@larryoneill7432]

That’s not old school rap, it’s scat.

[@wesalker3479]

Ya beat me to it! . . . . .

[@midnightrambler7716]

I’d also add to all those genres swing music from the 40’s big band era can be seen as one of many influences in 50’s and beyond rock and roll as well. Bill Haley and the Comets Rock Around the Clock being a prime example. Also a lot of progressive rock like Genesis and Yes and ELP etc evolved from classical music as well.

[@JoeSmith-ey2xp]

That's a great line.

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

"I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer. The future's uncertain and the end is always near." Great lyrics!

[@dancarter482]

_LIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG AND LEAVE A BLOATED CORPSE!_

[@Xcris_crosX]

Jim Morrison used a line from a conversation with Alice Cooper in the classic Doors track ‘Roadhouse Blues'. “We were sitting there drinking and Jim comes in and he flops down,” says Cooper on his breakfast show on Planet Rock radio. “I said that I had got up this morning and got myself a beer and while we’re talking he just writes that down. So they go in and they’re doing the song and the next thing I hear is ‘Woke up this morning and I got myself a beer’ and I went ‘I just said that a second ago!’”

[@cameronstestingart794]

@@Xcris_crosXyes, I heard that too

[@elisaabolafia9542]

He did have a morbid fascination with DEATH...or the ENDING.

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

@@elisaabolafia9542 Sure seemed like it.

[@davidbordonaro1631]

for those us around 60 or 70 these guys were as big a part of our musical youth as anyone ! didn't matter the genre you were into

[@suesebree8670]

Amen!!!!

[@robertlavorna2968]

agree, they made the great times even better!

[@syvsinger1]

Got that right! The music fabric of our young lives was very rich and diverse. We were very blessed. 🎶✨️

[@tonym6854]

Jim was a chameleon. He was a changeling. He was a medicine man. You will understand when you listen to more of the Doors 🚪....

[@deaniegarcia5694]

The lizard king! RIP !

[@faithcat7675]

Perfect description ❤

[@syvsinger1]

Indeed 👍

[@324cmac]

In my opinion, he was crazy.

[@davetaylor4423]

@@324cmac He was crazy...the great ones always are

[@mattiefee]

The doors don't get enough rotation nowadays. Such a great band!

[@dianel222]

Foot tapping. 💜💜💜

[@John_Chu]

John Sebastian (Lovin' Spoonful) plays harmonica. He's uncredited due to label conflicts. Sebastian's biggest solo hit was the theme song to "Welcome Back Kotter."

[@AirplayBeats]

Wow. That’s one of my favorite TV show theme songs

[@suesebree8670]

Love John. Darling Be Home Soon. Love his gig at Woodstock!

[@willblood7082]

More hits by John Sebastian: Do you believe in magic; Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind; co-wrote Summer in the city.

[@elisaabolafia9542]

John Sebastian on HARMONICA ❓Thanks for that fun fact 🎵😊

[@brendahhstiles9992]

The Lovin’ Spoonful….💜

[@VintageWanderer]

They have a pretty deep catalog and it’s excellent.

[@midnightrambler7716]

Their cover of Back Door Man written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Howlin’ Wolf is a natural progression from this one. Even more bluesy. Morrison’s vocals are among his best on this one.

[@IAMCAVE]

“There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors.” - Jim Morrison

[@titus2120]

Gentlemen…. Listening to this now makes me so proud. I’mBlack and from Los Angeles, 71 years old and grew up with the Doors. This was some of my starter music while in the Army on my way to Vietnam! Glad you’re taking the ride. Jim Morrison can be a real trip! Enjoy. Jim Morrison and the Door! He was a bad ass!,

[@AirplayBeats]

We appreciate you. Thanks for rocking with us!!

[@davidbooth7778]

Great cruising tune with your friends.

[@mikehutton3187]

“PeaceFrog”, from the Doors, is a must

[@mrysedeers]

Rockin' Blues

[@324cmac]

Jim Morrison got all the attention but it's the musicians in The Doors who are truly outstanding.

[@chitownlee]

This song is pure blues start to finish. I'm from Chicago, I know the blues. 😆

[@willieboy3011]

The Doors had their radio rock (Rider on the Storm), their psychedelic (The End), and their Blues Rock (Roadhouse Blues). Glad ya'll explore them all or otherwise one put them into one category only.

[@kenjohnston1257]

Yep they were the closest thing to the American Rolling Stones

[@citizenghosttown]

Very cool. The Doors were interesting -- they didn't really sound like anyone else and there was no denying Jim Morrison's power and charisma as a front man. This one was just a very solid take on the blues.

[@darrenmaxwell1085]

The Doors is still one of my all time favs to this day. I’ve never gotten tired of them. This is a great rocking blues song!

[@Noelle0026]

That’s John Sebastian from the Lovin Spoonful on harmonica! I woke up this morning and got myself a beer because the future is uncertain and the end is always near.

[@joescott8877]

Cool! Didn't know that! I believe the great history podcast guy Dan Carlin also adopted it as the title of his VERY interesting book ("The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments From the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses") on the ways our fumbling, miraculous species could do ourselves in...

[@suesebree8670]

YES!!!! Been waiting for you to dive into some Doors. LOL. Not literally, of course. Great album in it's entirety! Also do the L.A. Woman album....CLASSIC DOORS!!!! Morrison and Company are in a class by themselves. Something for EVERYBODY on both those albums.

[@newmoon766]

The Blues are among the many roots of Rock.

[@newmoon766]

The taproot, so to speak. 😄@dr.leslieorgelpfeifersyndr5143

[@stephenmichael8837]

Boogie woogie piano … And Jim Morrison could sing it all Sweet - raunchy - soft - kickass loud. Spectacular vocalist. MORE DOORS please

[@suesmith7968]

Imagine a time when you could turn on the radio and hear stuff like this….for free….you guys remind me how lucky I was….☮️❤️

[@suesebree8670]

Weren't we though???

[@amjrpain919]

I don't need to imagine...😎👍

[@johnprice6066]

The Doors often recorded with a bass player, but live the bass was Ray Manzerek's left hand.

[@Molasar54]

The line "The future is uncetain-The End is Always Near" has stayed with me since I heard this 50 years ago.

[@Brian-tb1zs]

“You Ready?,” “Yup.” That’s The beginning of a great reaction video ! Really enjoy seeing and listening to you guys, thanks !

[@jaquestraw1]

The best band Los Angeles ever knew

[@jennhurl]

Great reaction as always. My Mom gave me a 12 page list front & back of all the concerts she has been to in her life. She was a gypsy flowerchild all her life, for real! I texted her & asked about The Doors. Here's what she said: "One of the best shows was The Doors, and the police came to the show. They lined the stage & police chief waited in wings for "lyrics". It was a time of strict decency. Jim Morrison lyrics were so unusual to us kids. We had never been exposed to someone quite like him---And he was like 19 or 20 a college drop out. He had a girlfriend named Pam who he introduced during the show. A hippie type girl. Rich if I remember as her clothes were amazing." Talk to your parents, folks! 💕

[@blakebufford6239]

Very cool Mom. 🤟

[@jennhurl]

@@blakebufford6239 thank you! My grandfather was also a Big Band Leader in the 50's. I grew up with him so that the music I listened to but when I saw Mom it was everything else. She has a spot on memory & always sends me a tid bit about the concert when I ask. She partied with everyone from Paul McCartney to Prince. Here's a fun one - Janice Joplin: "Yep you sure would have had fun. But a lot of them weren't famous till much later. They just showed up at each others shows for the exposure, and so they could play I do remember Janis really well because I had recently been to the circus and she reminded me of the roadies She had on a like tapestry type tunic over a shirt with fringe. It was heavy & hot and she had a hat to start with. Her hair was oily and wild and her voice was like she had screamed all night and then wanted to sing. She was unusual & very talented." Thanks for your comment 😊

[@blakebufford6239]

@@jennhurl thank you for the great info. I live in Monterey area and almost everyday I drive past the Monterey Fairgrounds where they had the first Pop Festival in 1968 and Janis Joplin amongst others was there. Wish I could have been there but was too young at the time. Thanks again for the fun story! ✌️

[@mikeflynn248]

Morrison was a drunken poet. The Doors were magical, mysterious, and dangerous. Not to mention the best American band in the late 60's.

[@rc1564]

They're my favorite American RnR band. Funny, just yesterday I listened to this CD

[@TheRagratus]

"Who is the lead singer on this?" My jaw TOTALLY hit the floor.

[@adamwarnock2929]

The legend himself Jim Morrison

[@clifton8929]

An actual roadhouse inspired this song called The Topanga Corral, a windowless nightclub in Topanga Canyon, California, where Jim Morrison lived. The roadhouse venue was on a winding road, so you actually did have to keep your hands on the wheel. Bands like Little Feat, Canned Head, Linda Ronstadt, and other L.A. groups were often in the crowned. It was a hot spot, so hot it burned down. Love this old Doors song. Great review and commentary, guys. Keep on rockin'.

[@mamaflush9945]

wows, great info. thanks for sharing.

[@elisaabolafia9542]

Thanks for that narrative Clifton ❗Very interesting.

[@michaelgray4964]

Aw, hell, we're off the races now! Good stuff.

[@BlueHen123]

Old school rock is the blues! Love this song

[@anthonyblakely399]

Excellent!!! I love the Doors!!!! This is Old school Blues!!!! Trust me I was there in the midst of the Blues.....If you really know the Blues This was The Blues!!!

[@jackempson3044]

This song always filled the dance floors

[@danw2276]

You two just opened the door the a new experience......BOOM

[@robertschiavone5159]

The future is uncertain and the end is always near such a great line in that song and very true

[@gordonallen7638]

it was one of the first songs i ever heard from them 1970

[@henriettaskolnick4445]

The Doors have a pretty good discography considering the relatively brief time they were together. They definitely utilized the psychedelic sounds of their time as well as blues, rock, and also incorporated occasional strings/brass elements. Their general sound was a strong influence on early post punk/goth music later on in bands such as Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen, and Siouxsie and the Banshees.

[@itsmedrooms6071]

It’s basically a blues shuffle with rock elements or blues rock. A lot of bar bands do covers of this one and my band or bands were no exception.

[@bobbiehazzard2018]

Well this is tasty for brekky! Can we have some Break On Through for Lunch? Love the channel guys, it’s a constant trip down memory lane. Long live Mr. Mojo Risin!

[@midnightrambler7716]

Beer for brekky! It’s in the song! 😂

[@Papabob1957]

Nothing like waking up to The Doors on Saturday morning!! Like the old blues song says the eagle flys on Friday so I think I’m going out to play today!!

[@deaniegarcia5694]

Imagine me at 13, the normal stuff like Paul Revere & the Raiders, Mama & Papas etc, on the box and I hear the Doors….BLAM, BING..my head reels, and then comes Jimi Hendrix…off to the races baby! Out with the old and in with the new…..couldn’t get enough! Loved the reactions, both of them! You fellas are still the best!

[@davidhornbeckmusic7487]

This album is amazing. Peace Frog is also a jam and the lyrics are relevant today. Then it goes into Blue Sunday which is like warm bath water, it’s just gorgeous. That and Indian Summer, so chill. Most original American band ever.

[@edcastillo9342]

Ladies and gentlemen. From Los Angeles, California. The Doors!!!!

[@Jamesd1861]

Great group, Soul Kitchen and Backdoor Man gotta listen to these two songs from them 👏👏

[@t.j.payeur5331]

Your fingers weave quick minarets Speak in secret alphabets...

[@opheliasoto902]

I had my chest autographed by Jim Morrison when I was 16. Wild times in California.

[@t.j.payeur5331]

The future's uncertain And the End Is always near. He got that right, alright...John Sebastian, a real folky, is blowing that blues harp....

[@jacqueline4514]

I can’t think of a more biker bar sounding song 😂. Love this one; “ALL NIGHT LONG” 🔥

[@Xcris_crosX]

Roadhouse BLUES _rock._ I wouldn't call that old school 1950s Rock n Roll piano but rather more like 30s-40s Honky Tonk Blues piano. You guys have mentioned that you've watched movies pertaining to artists. Have you considered reacting to those kind of moves that portray musicians and singers? I would love to see you guys react to movies like La Bamba about Ritchie Valens, Walk the Line about Johnny Cash, etc.

[@ML-un1oi]

A lot to dive into with the Doors. Great reaction fellas! Appreciate you 🙏 ❤

[@e84harrison77]

One of the best drinking songs ever.

[@williamclifford6112]

The Doors actually play a lot of blues songs on their albums.

[@tobinharris8107]

Their lyrics were the best…”cancel my subscription to the resurrection; send my credentials to the house of detention, I got some friends inside”. Thanks guys! 👍

[@dii6266]

One of the weirdest bands ever. I go years without thinking about them but then I hear them and I remember the smoke filled car in my early 80s HS experience. They were great

[@deel2621]

My favorite song by The Doors❤

[@craigstockdale6968]

This isn't the album version which I still have. Greatest American rock band.

[@straycatttt2766]

That’s legendary blues man Lonnie Mack on bass.

[@randyallaben9900]

Jim’s Biography “No One Here Gets Out Alive” will blow your mind. When Jim was a kid, his dad drove past a car crash involving native Americans and he felt the spirit of a dying Indian enter his body.

[@bluerfoot]

Love these guys (band and listeners)

[@rubicon-oh9km]

The late 60's were a time of peace and love and light pop music. Jim and the band said F-that and sang about the dark side of So-Cal society: Sex, drugs, crash pads, and lots of darkness. These dudes are just so good.

[@srt8rocketship241]

Morrison was the definition of Rockstar.

[@davidmastro5406]

When The Doors started out in 1966-67, Jim Morrison was thin and in his "Young Lion" phase where the women just couldn't get enough of him. Over the next several years he drank a lot, got fat, and grew a beard. His health undoubtedly suffered, but his voice got rougher and, in my opinion, cooler-sounding. Another great reaction, gentlemen.

[@elisaabolafia9542]

Oliver Stone's movie on the Doors was a great ride. I own a copy and seeing it in the theater when it first hit was a real treat.

[@davidmastro5406]

@@elisaabolafia9542 seeing it on the big screen was like going to a concert.

[@steveblomerth]

The Doors engineer Bruce Botnick made very clean powerful recordings . And this was a blue/rockin tune.

[@NUNYA79.]

Doors for breakfast Delicious, I appreciate it good stuff. Try riders on the storm. That's my favorite door song, you guys probably heard it before. Anyway, thanks fellas, God bless you.

[@bigdaddypiggy]

Jim was the OG big daddy rock star….before him the world had never seen anything like that….that wild,devil may care approach, but he was smart & fearless & utterly mesmerizing to watch

[@Owlstretchingtime78]

The Doors were first and foremost a blues band. This album is a return to their roots. Morrison was obsessed with the origin of blues music!

[@danrumble74]

Morrison Hotel is their blues album. I recommend. 👍 ..and this version of the song you listened to is a newer re-did version somehow. It has little additions that the original doesn't.

[@danmayberry1185]

A blues boogie soup of Texas, the Mississippi Delta, and everything good in between.

[@jenniferfoster1692]

Yay, the Doors!! These guys have a really deep catalogue and a variety of sounds...from blues, psychedelic to jazzy then just screaming 60s rock. They WERE the 60s in many ways, both reflecting & influencing the culture. Pure legends.

[@richarddoran8123]

Peace and love. I was 11 when I first heard This is the End.

[@silvanorossi6416]

This is pure blues 💯

[@ColetteMalette1]

One of my Favs!

[@CuriousGeorge1111]

Blues, blues, blues!! Done by a classic rock band, putting their flavor on it, like the Stones. Jim Morrison is in the yellow shirt. Love you guys!

[@robertlear2712]

I would call this a blues song for the most part. The Doors also did a cover of a Howlin’ Wolf song “Back Door Man”.

[@Mikeluvdrums]

I wish "the shuffle" would make it's way back to modern pop music .. It really swings

[@edugsm1034]

Fenomenal

[@zunbake3]

"Well, I woke up this morning And I got myself a beer Well, I woke up this morning And I got myself a beer"- Morrison, Kreiger, Manzarek, Densmore

[@ICU2B4UDO]

Morrison Hotel 1967...I have this on vinyl, soooo clean!!

[@JohnMckinney-l3u]

This is blues at it's magstic best Jim's voice is a one off

[@arizrich]

The blues had a child and they named it rock and roll! You know, a big difference in music between then and now is that artists back then were experimenting with sound more than artists do today. Both from album to album and individual songs on each album. I don't see that with today's artists. There just aren't surprises. I respect Taylor Swift for how wildly popular she is with her fans, she obviously connects with them. But she's also so predictable that people are already doing "Her song about breaking up with her football player friend" now. Any current pop artist has a sound and a formula that they stick to. No surprising their audiences. And I don't mean to pick on Taylor, she does write her own songs and performs them well. But everyone knows what to expect, we never did back then.

[@robertlavorna2968]

bravo!!!!! well sad, the best thing about the 60s and 70s is that its endless...i find jems ive never heard all the time..

[@TheDivayenta]

Yes! Each band was a universe unto itself. Exploration was key.

[@jakeenan]

The band are cooking on this.....But the two key elements that make this song gold are: Lonnie Mack, the great Blues guitarist, playing Bass with a way laid-back groove that kills.....And the other, Jim insisted that he sing the song whilst drunk for it to really work. And he nailed it to the wall.

[@tonyhomant244]

My favorite Doors tune.

[@tjmasson1013]

Jim wrote poetry the band put his stuff to music. Was real interesting guy. Iconic voice.

[@TheDivayenta]

And Robbie Krieger wrote Light My Fire at 19.

[@MaddyN999]

My favorite Doors song ❤

[@chrisautry9479]

Those keys are signature doors.

[@mararundell2500]

Love, love, love your channel!!

[@michaeljensen6732]

This is definitely not the original mix, there's added harmonica and vocals that I never heard before. One of the "facts" I've heard about this song is that Alice Cooper was the inspiration for the "woke up this morning, got myself a beer" line. I think Jim was one of the occasional members of Alice's Hollywood Vampires that hung out on Sunset back in the day, which included a Beatle and a Monkee:)

[@jeremiahallender1919]

That’s their best joint! Uptempo funky 🔥🎸🎶

[@robertfleischer-g8f]

Its just a kick ass song. Always was, always will be.

[@mikeat2637]

I really enjoy your reactions. Very to the point and succinct. And I love that you spread far and wide when it comes to artists and genres. Just before this I watched your reaction video to "Don't Fear The Reaper". I noticed that you had reacted to "Hate" by Band Maid. It is a great track, especially from their 10 Year Anniversary Finale Concert last November. Two of their other songs, which are instrumentals, I feel you would enjoy reacting to. The first is the Live Official Video of "Onset" and the second is the MV for "From Now On". They are both superbly composed and performed and remind me of all the great instrumental groups of the early 1960's like The Ventures, The Rip Chords, The Tornados, The Bar-Kays and from England, The Shadows. Another great group from Japan that has a strong blues rock feel is Glim Spanky. They are made up of composer/vocalist/guitarist Remi Matsuo and guitarist Hiroki Kamemoto. They use session musicians for their live appearances and studio work. Remi's voice is like a combination of Janis Joplin, Grace Slick and Susanna Hoffs, with a lot of grit. The two songs I would suggest are the video of "Circle of Time" from their 2020 KZbin Live Concert, and the live studio video of "Breaking Down Blues". It's well worth the time invested to check them out. Thanks again for your reactions.

[@dwgrly]

We were out for dinner at some outdoor riverfront fish joint, we are early boomers, our son is 26. A live band was setting up and doing sound system checks. Roadhouse Blues comes on and my son looks up and says, oh that's the Doors Roadhouse Blues. 😊

[@kennethbrown5164]

Hey guys you can't say that harmonica doesn't scream the blues... One of the Door's best songs.

[@stillstanding8286]

Check out their song “L.A. Woman” next to hear Morrison stretch out his range. There’s lots of other songs where Morrison and the band really let loose, too. The blues was a big influence on The Doors and their sound. On their first album, they did a cover of a blues standard - the legendary Willie Dixon’s “Back Door Man”.

[@MikeOstrowski-iq8wf]

…..you guys are the “Best” 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 great reaction !

[@ginnydominguez5493]

Love the Doors. They have a great catalog.

[@wanderer0617]

It sounds like Chicago style blues, that's more upbeat. I was in Jr high-school when this album came out. We were groovin'

[@TheRagratus]

Ray Manzarek is from the Southside of Chicago. My father-in-law went to HS with him at St Rita.

[@BCHANDLER230]

First, Roadhouse Blues was classic blues with a honky tonk piano. Sometimes your bro thinks everything is either country or rock, while there are many strains in between.