🇬🇧BRIT Reacts To THE DOORS - LA WOMAN!

[@gotham61]

The shots of Jim driving the Mustang are from a short film called HWY An American Pastoral made in 1969. Most of the other driving scenes are from the movies Bullitt with Steve McQueen and Vanishing Point. Yes, JM really did die in Paris from a heart attack in 1971.

[@JonS0107]

I saw the Doors on Saturday, July 26, 1969 at the Univ. of Oregon. Other groups on the venue included Young Bloods, Byrds and many more. The warm up performer was a new singer by the name of Alice Cooper. Oh, and the ticket price was $5.

[@trep8387]

Lucky man !!!!

[@chadszewczyk4094]

Wow! Not long after the Miami concert. Lucky you. Especially during that time period when they were banned almost everywhere else in the States

[@dianetaylor841]

I'm jealous!!

[@jonathanaldecoa1099]

That’s awesome dude. My uncle saw The Doors in Hawaii, when he was stationed in the Air Force in 1969.❤

[@wallacecallow2255]

@@jonathanaldecoa1099 I was at that concert, too. At the HIC Arena.

[@dagmar.6954]

The Doors were among the most controversial & influential rock acts of the 1960s, mostly due to Jim Morrison's lyrics & voice. They had a lot of hits including "The End", "Light My Fire", "Break On Through (To The Other Side)", "Love Me Two Times", "Roadhouse Blues", "People Are Strange", "Hello, I Love You", "Touch Me", "The Unknown Soldier", "Love Her Madly", "Riders On The Storm". Sadly Jim Morrison died in 1971 at the age of only 27 but left a great legacy of music.

[@donbelenger817]

The End is tremendous!

[@ESUSAMEX]

Jim Morrison: born December 8, 1943 in Melbourne, Florida, USA and died July 3, 1971 in Paris, France. He was 27. I was almost 1 years old.

[@joelmogensen579]

I heard Jim was given the Mustang by Elektra Records due to the success of their debut album. Ray opted for a racehorse I believe and John and Robby took musical equipment. The car was a 1967 version of a Mustang GT or 350 Shelby as Jim liked the '65 model owned by his barber Jay Sebring, creator of men's hairstyling who was later murdered by the Manson family at Sharon Tates house. If it still exists somewhere it would probably be worth at least as much as the recently rediscovered Bullit movie car.

[@jeremyfagner6808]

The Doors music will never go out of style. One of my top favorite groups. I was lucky enough to get to see Robby Kreiger the guitar player live a few years ago. Still as good as in the ‘60s.

[@ESUSAMEX]

Morrison died in July 1971 in Paris, a few months after recording this album.

[@loveit7484]

One of my favorites from The Doors is "Riders on the Storm." Hard choice. Theyve soooo many great songs!

[@annarae2396]

The Doors are one of the reasons I live in Italy now. My fiance learned English because he NEEDED to know the words to The Doors songs. So when we meet on a random Instagram page, me in California and him in Italy we were able to communicate, fell in love and now we're getting married.

[@steveullrich7737]

That's a pretty neat story with a happy ending. Shows the power of music to unite and bring people together. It was not just the Doors but other rock groups from the 60s and 70s like the Beatles who inspired many non English speakers to learn English back in the day.

[@annarae2396]

@@steveullrich7737 yes, it is a happy story. Now there is an Italian rock band helping people all over the world to want to learn Italian. It is funny, I read comments from people saying "I love this song, but I don't know what he is singing in Italian" and many non English speakers, reaponding yes that is how it has been for us for many years.

[@Kate_kdlopa1]

To answer your question, yes, Jim Morrison did die in Paris in 1971, shortly after completing the LA Woman album. Attributed to a heart attack, but no autopsy was performed and most suspect a heroin overdose. Member of the 27 club…

[@cortneyperfume_madness480]

I discovered old bands in my late twenties and realized the older generation was just as bangin'!!!!

[@marksilverman4537]

Absolutely , positively MUST HEAR ROADHOUSE BLUES. You will then be captured and entranced by the musical magic of the Doors.

[@ericmoore415]

When Jim Morrison says Mr. Mojo Risin, that's Jim Morrison scrambled.

[@altaclipper]

The Steve McQueen clips were from a movie called "Bullitt" which took place in San Francisco, hence the hills.

[@kevinc6916]

My first favorite band and to this day one of my all time favs. Great song about L.A.

[@gasperdn]

Kabir also if you notice, Mr. Mojo Risin is an anagram of Jim Morrison. Also another Music Video you should check out is "Show Me How To Live" by Audioslave. They use the same scenes from the movie Vanishing Point that are on this music video.

[@louisestevenson5102]

Our out door concerts were free in 70's

[@randalmayeux8880]

Hi Kabir, great song! I could see that you were really getting into it. The Doors had a lot of really great stuff in the late sixties and early seventies, and their varied in style. It was only a four-piece band, guitar, drums and keyboard. The bass was played on the keyboard Jim Morrison only sang ( well to be fair he sometimes played harmonica). He consumed massive quantities of drugs, both off and on stage and was a heavy drinker. Always considered himself a poet rather than a singer. Begin putting on massive amounts of weight, and moved to Paris to work on his poetry. With all the good French food he probably put on a few more pounds. Sadly he was found dead in his bathtub, only twenty-seven years old.

[@billtaylor3382]

I'm 65 and yes it is true the 70's was great! Rock on Kabir!

[@joshuadeshaies7266]

I saw this great band in NH in ‘06. I was so close to the stage I could smell Ray Manczeriks giant leather jacket! They still sounded great! RIP JIM AND RAY

[@candybarney5469]

Love the Doors! The 60's and 70's were way better than now!!!

[@jono8884]

The video is a combo of film from Jim Morrison's movie Hwy and cuts from Bullet w Steve McQueen. Jim also drove a green Ford mustang.

[@RickZackExploreOffroad]

The scenes with the 1970 white Dodge Challenger is from the film "Vanishing Point". The green Mustang (with Steve MacQueen driving) is a 1968 Mustang GT. and was used in the movie "Bullet". In 2020 it sold at auction for $3,740,000. The Mustang Jim Morrison drives is a 1968 Mustang Shelby GT500 that he nicknamed "the Blue Lady".. It was totaled in an accident in 1969. It was also the only car Morrison ever owned.

[@mangelwurzel]

The movie was Bullit ... close.

[@trep8387]

Now your hitting classic American rock n roll from my youth n 60's n 70's JIMBO is one of favorites n most importantly was simply outrageous in his time true LEGEND..that white Challenger was the fastest American production car at that time ..

[@karenward267]

I love this track. At the beginning you see the Mustang Shelby (?) in a clip from Bullitt and how San Francisco looked many years ago. This is always on high rotation when I drive from SF to LA. Jim Morrison is buried in Pere Lachaisse cemetery, in Paris. Riders on the Storm is another great track.

[@prischm5462]

I saw "Bullitt" with Steve McQueen. Lots of steep streets.

[@karenward267]

@@prischm5462 I’m an ex-Brit now living in San Francisco. I still get a thrill when I see Steve McQueen driving his Mustang in older San Francisco. I still get a thrill when I watch “The Streets of San Francisco.” The City skyline has changed a lot but I couldn’t imagine living anywhere else.

[@karenward267]

@@prischm5462 Heart surgeons say we San Franciscans have healthy cardiovascular systems because of the hills we walk up. I’m lucky that I live on flat land near the Golden Gate Bridge. At work, I climb hills many times a week. If you ever get the chance, please come and visit my beautiful adopted home. We’re not perfect, but we have beautiful vistas, great food and we’re a very walkable city.

[@annarae2396]

​@@karenward267 The City will always be the #1 place in my heart (2nd is now Florence after I moved to Italy).

[@georgedolen1486]

And that's also Barry Newman driving the 1970 white Dodge Challenger in the movie "Vanishing Point".

[@maskedman1337]

"kind of like a legendary band"? They are 100% a legendary band :)

[@mortensen1961]

Of course, I have to drool over the blue Mercury Cyclone @3:47. . .

[@carolinagallegos3926]

It was FANTASTIC Kabir!! People from my generation sure did live a great life as a teenager in the 70s!!!

[@philmakris8507]

Oliver Stone did a bio-pic of the Doors featuring Val Kilmer. Of course titled the Doors.

[@hisownfool1]

It was a commemorative video put together a decade or so after Morrison’s death. The Lizard King was a tragic and fascinating dude. He was a Navy brat who graduated from High School about five miles from where i am typing this (Alexandria Virginia). He was clearly smart (Wikipedia says he had an IQ of 149, which puts him in the 99 plus percentile.) He also had little self control and was self-destructive. Freaking tragic. BTW, LA Woman isn’t in this baby boomer’s top five Doors song.

[@danahickman5716]

The white car was a Dodge Challenger. I got one in 1973 and had it for years.

[@TravelingMo]

The Steve McQueen movie you are wondering about is called "Bullitt".

[@mikeciboroski3849]

Just think back in the day the doors were the house band for the whiskey a go go

[@DrMarkAinge]

YOU CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT A KICK TO WAS TO LIVE THROIGH THIS ERA! I lived just outside of Chicago where there were DOZENS of places where you could go and hear great music from knockout concerts to folk and blues. Good Job. Single. Free as a bird. Living an exhilarating life with really good friends. Terribly sweet girlfriends. MAN, what a buzz that was. No more.

[@t.j.payeur5331]

If you want to see America in 1971, then watch Vanishing Point, it's the flick with the white Dodge Challenger..great movie!

[@timheller8475]

The movie clips are from the movies "Vanishing point" starring Barry Newman, and "Bullit" staring Steve McQueen, both cult classics

[@rittherugger160]

Steve McQueen driving the Mustang was from the movie 'Bullet' and it was on the San Francisco hills that he was driving. That Mustang spent a lot of time airborne when cresting them. I believe Steve did all the driving. He did some Formula One racing for a while.

[@mikeciboroski3849]

The Steve Mc queen parts in this were from the movie Bullitt

[@atexandude8303]

I grew up on The Doors, my pops is, quite a big fan haha, I listen to a pretty good spread of music, mostly metal, but classic rock, *some* country, recently delved into Spanish music, love it, some rap, I’ve, attempted pop, can’t, really find a taste in that. But man, with everything I listen to, The Doors are, it, I don’t do a lot of reading, outside of military manuscripts and stories, but I’ve read, anything, and everything Jim Morrison. Guy was a wild man with a wild mind, who created some genuinely beautiful art. His poetry is amazing. There’s not much negative I could say and what is can genuinely be hashed up to “Of course, he’s Jim Morrison”

[@hookalakah]

"L.A. Woman" was and remains one of the great SoCal drive-time songs.

[@xenotbbbeats7209]

If you're listening to the Doors, you ought to hear "Crystal Ship." I was obsessed with that band in the 90s. I read so many books about them. Three piece band too without a bass player.

[@ripsaa2693]

FYI...also when he sings Mr Mojo Risen..it's an acronym for Jim Morrison...scary what a talent 😲

[@parrothd007]

The two main movies depicted are Bullitt with Steve McQueen, and Vanishing Point with Barry Newman.

[@rockymcallister4258]

They are using scenes from two movies. Vanishing Point and Bullett you should do a reaction to them both.

[@user-lj9pb9io8n]

The movie with the white Dodge Challenger is called ( Vanishing Point ) & the movie with the Dark Green Mustang is called ( Bullet ) both massive late 1960's & early 1970's Car Chase Scene hits & are must see Awesome movies 😊👍

[@JimiBurleigh]

Mr. Mojo Risin' is an anagram of Jim Morrison. It was the name he would use to check in to hotels so he wouldn't be bothered by fans. Last year when the wildfires we're raging all around the L.A. area, I thought about the lines in "L.A. Woman" that say; "I see your hair is burning The hills they are on fire" 🔥🔥🔥 This song is Jim Morrison saying goodbye to Los Angeles. Even before the L.A. Woman album was finished, Morrison left and moved to Paris. He wanted to write. I really believe that Jim Morrison wanted to settle down in France and become a writer. He never got the chance, he died in the summer of 1971 at the age of 27. He is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, the same cemetery where Oscar Wilde is buried.

[@Kim-rt8cm]

🙋‍♀️ yes here 60s and 70s So Cal Thank you Ohhh the memories 🤘🏻🤟🥲😎🤗💜☮️🇺🇸

[@jono8884]

If you read about Jim's death you will learn there was no autopsy....so cause of death has been speculated to be from an accidental drug overdose. He also was an alcoholic so who knows.

[@ktkacer1039]

I'd love to see you check out one or more of these "The Doors" greats: "Light My Fire" The Doors (1967) 7:05 "Riders on the Storm" 7:11 "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" 2:26 "Hello, I Love You" 2:16 "Love Her Madly" (Krieger) 3:17

[@snowfan0521]

The white dodge challenger is from the movie The Vanishing Point and the mustang is obviously Bullitt. Both are great car movies.

[@josecarbajal5710]

Robby Krieger is the reason i learned classical guitar style. Still havent gotten my red Gibson SG....with the twin humbuckers

[@william2085]

I remember when that song used to play on the radio. It is a great song to play driving down the highway. "Riders on the Storm" is another great Doors song for driving to. I don't know where all the clips came from, but the ones with Steve McQueen in the Mustang are from the movie "Bullit". The clips with the white Dodge Challenger are from the movie "Vanishing Point". That Challenger happens to be my all-time favorite muscle car. Both movies would be great ones to react to.

[@ronwilcox7716]

Wholeheartedly agree! The song and the movies recommended need more ears and eyes on them. Then check out Deep Purple’s Highway Star for the cherry on top!

[@moonkersd1227]

What a great underrated band!! Check out the movie. As far as I know , nobody has reacted to it. One of Val Kilmers best roles

[@steveyork8069]

Steve McQueen is from the movie Bullit it had the best car chase scene ever put on film and Steve built the chassis and suspension so good originally the studio made him change it because the car would corner too good and wasn’t action enough.

[@loveit7484]

Love the Doors. One of the things that made the 60s& 70s so great is it was a unique sound. You KNEW it was the doors. One of my biggest complaints about music from 2010 on is it all has same background sound. Rinse & repeat. Sad, because many singers are great.

[@karenward267]

Kabir, if you come to the west coast this song is a must driving down I-5 from SF to LA. Even if you don’t make it out here, it’s a classic driving song. Windows down, music on blast.

[@dennisfitzgerald8486]

That was my era, loved the doors and the music from this time.

[@GasMaskParade]

Vocally,he was basically Sinatra and Elvis.But the content and imagery The Doors aimed at conjuring was a revamping of all the Greek tragedy.This song,imo is their most realized form of all they ever wanted to express through music.Their true "magnus opus ".

[@JohnHazelwood58]

James Douglas Morrison was the epic Lizard King < HE could do anything! :) Very, very intelligent guy! His IQ was 150+ and he started his carrer as film maker student and put out some incredible footage. But he wanted to become a poet ... how to get there in the crazy area of the 60s? Just write songs, perform than in front of an audience and become the biggest american band there was at this time. A lot of crazy stuff happend in this period and Jim quit, moved to Paris, France, and became finally the poet he always wanted to be! After he received his dream, he died at the age of 27 as a legend. He is burried on the cementry "Pére-Lachaise" in Paris - wich is btw. not only the last resting place of Oscar Wild, Fréderic Chopin, Jean de la Fontaine, Edith Piaf and others - but also the most visited grave on the yard on the most known cementry in the world! You should check out the Oliver Stone's movie "The Doors" to get some background information about Jim and The Doors. The movie is full of quotes and songs! Very well made, btw. Jim is very well played by Val Kilmer! Maybe you do US viewers a favour and react to the trailer of the movie!?! o_O I'ld really like to see you (first) reaction to the trailer. Than you can decide if you want to watch the whole movie or not ... thanks in advance! :)

[@827dusty]

One of the great 60s Rock Bands in the world. Jim Morrison was like nobody else in Rock. The Doors were different than any other Band.

[@mikeciboroski3849]

The car from the movie sold at the barret Jackson auto auction for 2.4 million dollars

[@markcrawley1889]

Movie is Bullitt and the car is a 1968 Mustang GT Fastback.

[@ralpholson7616]

there are two movies here. There is a brief view of Steve McQueen from Bullett. The white Charger is from a movie called Vanishing Point. It was a drive in theater staple when I was a teen and everyone had a muscle car.

[@827dusty]

Not a movie, but sort of a pre-MTV video made in 1967. Some Bands made little videos of their hit songs, but it was rare, and expensive in those days in the 60s.

[@terryyy1944]

This is more 1960's as he died in 1971.Morrison was a real poet. There are some scenes from the film, "Bullitt." Those scenes were filmed in San Francisco.

[@robertflores9805]

The movies are Bullet and Vanishing Point two good classic movies.

[@traviskelly4161]

Definitely watch The Doors movie. Val Kilmer killed it, easily as good as his Doc Holiday. Jim Morrison was the epitome of the 60’s art/rock/peace and love and drugs movement.

[@annarae2396]

Excellent suggestion for a movie reaction!

[@timreno72]

Kabir, I've been a hard core Metal Head since I was around 8yo. Over the years I've learned to expand my musical pallet with lesser more obscure bands like 'Pomplamoose'. You might want to take 'Bonnie Raitt' for a spin. Not quite Country, not quite Folk but I dig her.

[@ajruther67]

The Doors songs to check out: Roadhouse Blues, Light My Fire, Riders on the Storm, 20th Century Fox, Love Me Two Times, Love Her Madly, Soul Kitchen

[@CliffordLake]

The white Challenger is from the movie Vanishing Point.

[@xenialafleur]

It's not exactly popular music (at least in the West), but you might like Orchestra Baobab's album Pirate's Choice. They're a Caribbean influenced band from Senegal from the late '60's.

[@James-wv3hx]

Thanks ❤. Watch the videos of their concerts. They were WILD! And on Ed Sullivan.

[@gotham61]

@ 4.50 Lighting a match while pumping gas. Always a great idea.

[@kentinatl]

Love your reactions K....YOU ARE TOP 5 IMO

[@spinalobifida]

He's part of what's called The 27 Club. A few singers died at age 27. Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse are part of it with a couple others. They don't build cars like that anymore unfortunately. '68 Ford Mustang Fastback is the car from the movie

[@laurataylor8717]

Jim Morrison from the Doors is in the 27 club so the intro is probably true.

[@josephsoto9933]

Although the dong is L.A. Woman the scenes with Steven McQueen in the green Mustang were clipped from the movie "Bullitt" (1968) that was filmed in San Francisco (a rival city of L.A.). Morrison died in Paris in 1971. This song is a "driving" song......makes you want to drive drive and drive. The chase scene in San Francisco is just about the best car chase scene in film history. Reconstructed limited editions of the green Mustang are made by Ford on special anniversaries of the movie. Everyone wants to be Steve McQueen and have a clone of the real thing.

[@y4fubar]

the movie scenes were from "Bullit"

[@philmakris8507]

Mate I could fill up pages and pages of suggestions. Here, I'll start out with a few U.K. greats from the 80's. The Cult, The Sisters of Mercy, Heaven 17, ABC and Motorhead.

[@827dusty]

This is not a song about a girl. but rather the city of Los Angeles California. (Where the Doors are from) Morrison considered himself a poet first, and Rock front man second. And yes, Jim Died at 27 yrs. old after only about 4 years of superstardom from 1967 to 1970. Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, also Rock legends at the same time period, also died at age 27 like Morrison. They have all been dubbed members of the infamous "27 club." Very strange circumstances, but they all died of alcohol, and or drug overdoses, at the age of 27. Movies have been made of all of their lives. You really should dive into the Doors music catalogue; it will blow your mind. Some of the best Rock/ Blues/psychedelic music ever recorded. The 1960s and 70s was the best music ever. That's why it's called "Classic Rock." Thanks, my friend.

[@davidsutherland667]

The movie with the white Challenger is “ Vanishing Point”

[@drewcliff82]

Love this one. You should really react to the 1991 movie, "The Doors" starring Val Kilmer as Jim Mossison, the bands front man.

[@philmakris8507]

The scenes with the white car are from the great existential classic road movie VANISHING POINT and the Steve McQueen scenes are from another classic car/cop movie BULLIT.

[@kathryndunn9142]

I was a very young child but it was amazing playing out then but now you say hanging out

[@mikeciboroski3849]

Yes the green car was a mustang

[@BridewellSeniorTube]

Yes

[@maskedman1337]

Watch "Apocalypse Now" if you haven't. The Doors' "The End" is the opening music to the film...and absolutely epic in that context.

[@magarthur3420]

Sadly Jim Morrison was indeed one of the many classic rockers who OD'd (probably). He did die in Paris as the radio says.

[@joe10852003]

The movie is Bullet. One of the best chase scenes ever. That mustang is extremely famous

[@BigOleMatty]

Dope song man!

[@bethybarlow2888]

Try Janis Joplin, Santana.. so much great music from the 70’s. Watch Woodstock.. I think you’ll like it!

[@ramonalfaro3252]

After Vietnam the seventies felt very free.

[@ajruther67]

Kabir, when he sings mr mojo rising, that is an acronym of his name mixed up of jim morrison

[@julsbetz9666]

Try Jimi Hendrix from the sixty and part of Woodstock

[@jaxfish43]

That was actually Jim, it was a promo video before MTV came around.

[@scotto5426]

Watch the movie "the doors"

[@ajruther67]

Yes, Jim Morrison and his girlfriend Pam were vacationing in Paris. Pam woke up in the middle of night looking for Jim. it was July 3, 1971. She found him dead in the bathtub. He is buried in a "Famous People" cemetery in Paris. His family, friends and band mates didn't find out about his death until after he was buried. Thousands of people visit his grave every year.

[@CliffordLake]

"Mr. Mojo Risin" is an anagram for Jim Morrison.

[@TheRealdal]

The great ones die young- Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janice Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Lynrd Skyner, Jim Croce, Mama Papas Cass, Kurt Cobain, so many more.

[@fday1964]

This seems to be a fan edit, taken from several films. The official video doesn't have that radio announcement of Jim's death. L.A. Woman was released after Morrison's passing.