My first time listening to The Doors Light My Fire take me there...

[@sn-uk3sc]

Morrison sang this on Ed Sullivan, you should watch that performance. Morrison was told he couldn't say the word "higher" on the show, but he did anyway. Rock history.

[@carahaines1012]

Rebel!

[@nancyborden5860]

I watched that back in the day, and when he said "higher " he did it right to the camera! He wasn't allowed on the show anymore !

[@8044868]

"Hey, man. We just did the Sullivan show."😄

[@sn-uk3sc]

@@8044868 exactly. 😆

[@orchidwave2574]

The day it was broadcast was the day I was born! Tomorrow my cover band's playing a little show (I play keys and 2nd guitar as needed). We've just learned this one, so I get a nice workout on the organ solo. Our new drummer requested we learn this one...and the rest of the guys - at our first practice of it together -assumed we'd do the short version, under 3 minutes. I said 'But I just spent hours getting a handle on the organ solo!!'. They said nope, it's too long if we do that. I suggested we at least give it a try with the solo. They grudgingly humored me. 2 weeks later...it's unanimous, the organ solo will be in there!!

[@Emilypost70]

Well now darlin that was just a thrill for a 71 yr old lady to watch …your face was priceless and I just knew what was coming after the instrumental and couldn’t wait to see your face as Morrison finishes in grand fashion! Your channel is like watching my son walk for the first time …precious ….I’m loving this bro …keep bringing it on ❤

[@HotPeridot2]

Totally with you - I'm also 71 - this brought back so many memories, especially after I married my husband in 1975 (he passed 4 months after our 46th anniversary).

[@Emilypost70]

@@HotPeridot2 my condolences ♥️

[@HotPeridot2]

@@Emilypost70 Thank you for your condolences - it's been a little over 3 years now. When we got married, we found out we both had this album and others from groups like Pink Floyd, Steppenwolf, Led Zeppelin, and a few others.

[@Emilypost70]

@@HotPeridot2 so precious …my husband is currently in palliative care so I’ll be dealing with what you’re dealing with all too soon and I giggled when you wrote the bands that you had albums for …my husband said …make sure you play Pink Floyd …Wish you were here for me hon …..aw😢 but great memories ♥️

[@HotPeridot2]

@@Emilypost70 I'm sorry you're going through this with your husband. My husband went through his 18 month battle with sinus cancer during Covid and was in hospice the last 3 months. My heart goes out to you. Take care of yourself.

[@jimmywilmore1881]

I would like you to react to Riders on the Storm

[@JustMe-vk4fn]

:D I would like that too. TY jimmy for the suggestion.

[@johndalley1288]

Yes. Another masterpiece of their's and one he needs to react to

[@moe92870]

Yes please

[@janflewelling6277]

My favorite hands down.

[@gcxred4kat9]

Riders on the Storm was my 1st favorite song. I was like 4 or 5. Coulda been Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress... whichever came 1st.

[@deannemorgan3477]

Why am I here? One word: Joy. The joy of hearing great music from the years of my life and the joy of seeing you hear it for the first time.

[@fscottgray9784]

This and Riders on the Storm must be cranked to fully enjoy.

[@RosaGarcia-vr8oc]

One of my favorite songs by the doors like my fire

[@RosaGarcia-vr8oc]

Absolutely

[@RosaGarcia-vr8oc]

I remember the band playing this song in a night club.I was in.Of course I was only sixteen but anyway i've always loved this song

[@RosaGarcia-vr8oc]

Just had to add this i'm seventy two now

[@rickmeister]

Only the vintage listeners here will understand the term "cranked" in the music perspective. Most of us tried this on our Dad's stereo, but now we've reached the age where we can have a nice stereo system of our own. Headphones etc don't hold a candle to listening to vinatge music with the volume almost at max. Subwoofer and all. The only way to properly listen to this.

[@craigmitchell905]

im 70 and remember this music like it was yesterday and yes things have changed. we listened to the radio ( wolfman jack) and of course there were so many "artists" expressing what moved them and not just what was popular. it was a magical time. to me jim was the only writer that rivaled bob dylan. please go deep into the doors, you will fell a lot about the 60s. the writers and musicians of that time truly walked on the water......peace

[@dianeskurjunis3311]

I love some of the reactions from Sebs !! This was our times, our music. At 73, I love this music ❤

[@joonzville]

Another "hypnotic", trippy, psychedelic and iconic multi-instrumental solo song would be "Inna Gadda Da Vida" by Iron Butterfly from 1968 (make sure to listen to the album version for full effect). Magical guitar, organ and especially drum solos.

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

Also used in Manhunter The original Story and prequel to the Silence of the Lambs series of films.

[@CharlotteBrown-bh1cd]

We are a different generation. We were taking LSD. Rebelling against the Vietnam war, trying to establish the civil rights movement, and we would turn on, tune in, and drop out. It's good to enjoy your interest in the music we grew up with. Best to you young man !❤

[@RosaGarcia-vr8oc]

Well, I was gonna write something like that, but you said it all.

[@iraseiler9570]

Sit back, roll a fat one, close your eyes and enjoy.

[@jpmnewyork]

I loved all the music, I marched against the war, and I never touched a drug. And still never have! Don't really feel like I missed anything.

[@sueprator9314]

@@iraseiler9570 You didn't even have to be high to trip to this at all..........

[@Sweetrose333]

@@iraseiler9570 Those were the days🎉

[@janetmcneil5503]

Morrison was a very dark lyricist...he was a beautiful but tortured soul ...loved him ❤

[@IAMCAVE]

Robbie Krieger wrote the song, not Morrison.

[@TheGunslingerRoland]

​@@IAMCAVE, Break on through, L.A. Woman, Hello I love you and The end, all written by Jim Morrison.

[@IAMCAVE]

@@TheGunslingerRoland yes, yes he did.

[@IvanPolyansky]

@@IAMCAVE Jim helped write the song, the pyre bit

[@MKLDDS]

Sebs the reason you don’t know these artists is because “record players” became obsolete. As a girl, my grandparents played Enrico Caruso music. If you were in the house, you heard it. Ethel Merman,CarolChanning etc. They talked to us about their music. My parents were the Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Louis Armstrong,Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles etc etc. The music was on a record player. If you were in the house, you heard it all. My generation still record players The Doors,Beatles,Beach Boys, Rolling Stones. There were no iPods No portable head phones. We just heard it all. You have beautiful guitars but they can’t tell you the history of the songs. You are doing a great job. Love your reactions and choices

[@diannklotzbier7447]

Very well said. Kids and the social media have chged all that😩

[@r3adrpro811]

I was just talking about this with my 22-year-old niece . She grew up in a multigenerational household with her grandparents, who played Big Band and Frank Sinatra, and her parents played 60's-90's. She was born in 2002, which goes into current pop and hip-hop. And we all listened to jazz, classical music and opera, show tunes... And so much was on vinyl. She was exposed to the music of so many eras and genres. She gets it all! But we were talking about how she and her sister are pretty unique in their musical experiences. You are just getting to experience them yourself and that is exciting

[@Reba-123]

Yes I was born in 1952 …I remember my parents had one of those big record player .. dad played a lot of Mantovani.. watched lots of music shows many from America mum loved Frank and parents also owned a Cafe with a jukebox so I grew up with so much music around me…The Beatles changed the music and fashion scene so much fantastic era to grow up in

[@susantownsend8397]

The first songs I learned were from The King and I and a Harry Belafonte album played on a huge stereo record player.

[@susantownsend8397]

I was never a Doors fan because I thought Jum Morrison was creepy. Listening today I realize that I missed the powerful instrumentals of the rest of the band.

[@beckineeley7355]

Val Kilmer played Jim Morrison in the movie The Doors and he did an awesome job . and he looked quite a bit like him

[@vickiroman189]

Didn't he actually do all the singing also? Loved it!

[@Reba-123]

@@vickiroman189 yep even the surviving members said it was difficult to distinguish between Val and Jim … praise indeed

[@francesmeyer8478]

@@vickiroman189 Yes, he did.

[@MsAppassionata]

My second favorite role of his after “Tombstone”.

[@vickiroman189]

@@MsAppassionata I'm your huckleberry 🙂

[@Ou81gi812]

🎊 The Doors, 1967. Don’t you think this blew the socks off a SIXTH GRADER with a transistor radio‼️ (69 and counting!)

[@mr.mcewan9261]

Montgomery Wards Transistor and KAAY, Little Rock Arkansas. Late at night we could hear it in southern Wisconsin. (70 and counting)

[@Ou81gi812]

@@mr.mcewan9261 How fantastic! I remember “Monkey” Wards…and when the ionosphere was our friend! It bums me out that we spent THOUSANDS of hours listening to the best music ever made…in Mono…and these people reacting to OUR music get to use both ears‼️ It’s just not fair; but they’re keeping the oldies alive.

[@Zenergy0101]

@@mr.mcewan9261 The mighty 1090! Beaker Street with Clyde Clifford. Good times!

[@yeahno990]

WLS music radio, Chicago!

[@Ou81gi812]

@@yeahno990 WLS has to be one of the most famous radio stations…ever!!!

[@FleagleSangria]

No bass player in the group. Ray did it all on keyboards. People either love or hate the “carnival” keyboard sound. Jim was quite the charasmatic character. I kind of consider The Doors the godfathers of goth music in some ways. Fairly dark and brooding. My suggestion for the next Doors listen: “Roadhouse Blues”

[@czkid54]

they used studio musicians for bass in the studio

[@BaxterThewall]

Doug Lubahn.

[@LadyDath]

Patty Sullivan was the bass player when The Doors first formed and she played on their debut album. After she left the band they used a number of musicians in the studio and on tour, but Ray also had a bass piano that he used as well.

[@unmalo2768]

One of the best and most iconic bands in the history of rock!!!! Ray Manzarek on keyboards is the greatest keyboard player of all time! Classic! Awesome!!!!

[@rorystorm4284]

And Robby Kreiger an amazing guitarist. Still alive and playing/recording. Classic first album!

[@sn-uk3sc]

Mind Blown. 🤯 Welcome to Psychedelic Music, Sebs! 😆 This was the BEST to watch you follow along! From a Boomer who lived it!

[@billwalker7556]

Yes. Exactly what I was going to say. Weren't those great times to be alive? They were for me.

[@MichaelSerby]

It ŵas a trip man

[@sueprator9314]

Yep I am trying to handle his generational lack of patience, lol with the LENGTH....which we tripped out to..........even if straight..........we just allowed the music to carry us........

[@akeleven]

For our generation, these were our poets and our light. The influence was Eastern meditation. Trippy is the word, It's about a head experience. It is a journey that you see in your mind's eye. No other media experience let us fly as music did. When I watch your channel I see you surfing across the top of the 60s and 70s, picking out the cream and ignoring the milk. The whole experience is a mystery to you because you only experience it piecemeal, not even in chronological order.

[@ejtappan1802]

OMG yes... Trippy... that word was right on the tip of my tongue and I couldn't find it, lol. I hope he reads your comment so he can associate it with this kind of music.

[@KellyTate-dc3ki]

Piecemeal. Thats what he is missing. He cant hear the progression and depth over time w these artists. And yes very trippy.

[@sueprator9314]

The well meaning but young reactioners sometimes over analyze instead of just allowing the music to carry and don't "trip out" on the lyrics too much.........

[@MichaelSerby]

Yes

[@Getsmart68]

I totally get why you never heard it. It's a generational thing. I am almost 70 and I grew up in the peace, love, and rock nroll Era. Saw many of the greats, including Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. Love this song. Wish I had saved all my concert ticket stubs because the memory fades. ❤ your channel.

[@kaarlimakela3413]

My dear fellow traveler, these kids haven't seen a good movie yet either I fear. Learn history kids including pop culture so-called.

[@kaarlimakela3413]

Oh, my Mom saw Janis just before she hit it big, at the old Cinderella Ballroom in Detroit which is insane it's so tiny. Anyway my Mom was maybe 32 at the time. I was not there. We didn't do that. Nobody heard of Janis at the time, that didn't last long. Mom was bowled over! ❤

[@Getsmart68]

@@kaarlimakela3413 Great story. I saw her in NYC. I was around 18 at the time.

[@deantait8326]

A revolutionary song… absolutely nothing like it, at the time. Always felt so lucky to hear the original, long version on the car radio back then

[@sherryreed9246]

I was fortunate enough to have seen them perform it live. If I remember correctly at the Long Beach Arena in California. I was so close to the stage I could almost touch Morrison. I remember being completely mesmerized by him. We lost a poet for our generation.

[@IvanPolyansky]

@@sherryreed9246 lucky you. cherish that memory man.

[@gretchenlofgren4820]

thank you for explaining how you’re only now experiencing this music. i was blessed to have grown up with it lol and i guess i’ve taken it for granted. my 72 year old grandpa bought me this doors album to listen to at their house before i was 10. guess he was a hip grandpa ❤

[@tonialaws2776]

Riders on the Storm.

[@tomh1754]

The Doors are a very deep rabbit hole i hope you take the journey and find out how unique this band is. Ray Manzarek's solo on Rider's on The Storm [this song is also a real trip] is his best solo according to Robbie Krieger and John Densmore. Another awesome organ solo is by Jon Lord of Deep Purple on Lazy [studio version]

[@Adam-vs2in]

Morrison was a see eye ay plant. He didn’t even grow up playing guitar or even plan on singing. Just learned from nowhere and came from nowhere. He’s a rabbit hole alright.

[@williambouker3861]

Welcome to psychedelic rock and roll. There's a lot more waiting for you. Enjoy the ride.

[@williamcabell142]

It’s Rock/Jazz fusion…you know shit!

[@williambouker3861]

Commentors like this remind me of a product one might purchase on a Summer's Eve.

[@williambouker3861]

The Doors have always been classified as psychedelic. Call it what you like but that's how it is

[@larrypierson8381]

The 1960’s and 1970’s had a plethora of unique artists, without benefit of technical support, who are still a pleasure to enjoy. There are a lot of great artists today, but sometimes the level of cookie cutter styles is boring.

[@giuliogrifi7739]

In music (rock music I mean) mostly everything has been invented during the 50s, 60s and 70s.....very little has been left to do for these days !.

[@MaryAnnGallego-dj8zl]

Wow! saw The Doors on the Ed Sullivan Show on black & white TV as a kid 😊

[@MaryAnnGallego-dj8zl]

Also a big controversy and told could not sing the lyrics 'light my fire' bcuz too risky😂😂😂

[@MaryAnnGallego-dj8zl]

Jim Morrison said ok but on live TV- he sang it anyway 😂😂😂 rebel poet

[@54fighting5]

​@@MaryAnnGallego-dj8zlWhen The show's producer stormed into the dressing room after the appearance and yelled "You will never play the Sullivan show again" Morrison reportedly told him "That's okay we've already done it".😂

[@jimvanderpool2946]

I was in 6th grade when this album came out. My neighbors were two college coeds and I would have to go to their house after school until my mom got home. Every afternoon they would put this on, get high, turn on black lights and groove out. Two years later I won tickets to my first concert on the radio to see the Doors. Needless to say the Doors are a big part of my music appreciation today.

[@JohnMazetier]

Remember, it is not quite possible to separate out this music and the countercultural context of the times, especially psychedelic experiences. The Door's music was an accompaniment to, and an incitement to, altered states of consciousness. Those hypnotic, sinewy lines of keyboard and guitar pull you in and help you lose yourself to the moment...

[@mikefannon6994]

A little trivia- Morrison & Manzarek met on the beach, I think it was Santa Monica. The band's name- "Doors"- was taken from Aldoux Huxley's book- "The Doors of Perception ". Huxley was an LSD pioneer.

[@chadro_g1145]

Did you notice that after the lengthy solos, that chews up a lot of time ( which I love ), that Jim’s first line after coming back in is “the time to hesitate it through”. As if to say, okay we’re done with that part now and on with the song, as well as the lyrics fitting the “story” being told. I’ve always thought that was very cool and creative writing. To me, the craziest, most diverse song they ever did because it covered so many genres in a single song, has to be “The Soft Parade”. He practically raps in it at one point lol. Oh, the wild thing to is the keyboard player is playing his organ and a Fender Rhodes bass organ at the same time, one hand for each. That’s how they played drums, guitar (finger style, no picks for Robbie), the organ, the bass (albeit in keyboard form), and a singer. All from 4 guys.

[@IvanPolyansky]

listen to Rock is Dead full 1 hour jam, he he !

[@beckieabbott9342]

"Touch Me" is another interesting one, Also "Roadhouse Blues".

[@anniebygrave9300]

You just heard a track that was born to be played live, with the audience mesmerised, high and dancing with their tops off. That is really what The Doors were. Superb live improv musicians who could play and play for hours. And Jim Morrison would be dancing too, moving sensuously around the stage in leather trousers with his eyes shut, just grooving to the sounds, until he finally breaks back into song with a smooth deep crooning voice that rises into incoherent screams. Listening to The Doors is like total immersion. Not every track is like this but a lot of the album tracks are. They take you to another place. The lyrics are often quite strange. Jim was a poet, very well read and a deep thinker and philosopher who drew on works of English literature and Greek myth, wrote poetry and made songs out of it. Some of the songs were quite dark. He was a troubled soul who left this world far too soon. Listen to The Doors songs Break On Through and The End (studio versions) and The Unknown Soldier (live performance). Turn off your mind. There is a beginning and an end. What you'll get in the middle is anybody's guess but it'll hook you in. However don't listen to it if you are feeling depressed. That wouldn't be a good idea.

[@kmasters765]

Riders on the Storm is AMAZING!

[@dianaverschure3360]

THIS WAS THE DOORS FIRST HIT . HE WAS HANDSOME, A RADICAL IN HIS TIME WITH THE HIPPIE GENERATION SMOKING WEED AND THE ROCK CULTURE. THE 60S AND 70S WAS A GREAT TIME IN HISTORY AND MY GENERATION I WISH SO MUCH TO GO BACK IN TIME WHERE WE WERE YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL, AND TRUELY FREE. PEACE , LOVE, AND UNDERSTANDING WAS THE HIPPIE GENERATION MESSAGE . MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR. AND I LOVED THE CLOTHS!!!! THEY WERE FAR OUT, MAN!!! LOL! I LOVE TO WATCH THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS REACTION TO MY GENERATIONS MUSIC. ROCK ON!!!

[@francesbass1322]

And they overdosed on drugs, became addicts, cheated with each other’s boyfriends/ girlfriends, spread sexually transmitted disease, treated their parents abominably, had babies out of wedlock went to prison, and on and on but hey that was the best of times.

[@hannejeppesen1809]

@@francesbass1322 You are describing the worst of the worst. Most of us just had fun, enjoying the great music. Yes, we partied and dated, and did some drugs, (I never personally did much drugs in the sixties, a little weed, which I didn't care for). I made friends for a lifetime back then. I was an au pair from Denmark in Westport Ct. I met 2 other au pair, this many years later we are still in touch. A guy I dated for 10 months is still one of my best friends. I fell in love with his best friend and we had a 2 year love affair, very passionate and memorable, we stayed in touch over the years, he passed about 6 years ago, but he was always there for me. Yes some overdosed and became addicts etc. However, most of us just had a good time for about 3-4 years, and then settled down, married, moved to the suburbs and had children.

[@IamThePedestrian]

@@francesbass1322 That's a pretty broad brush you're painting with.

[@b1bmsgt]

The way I heard it, Morrison told the guys that they needed to write some stuff because he was getting burned out writing everything. Robbie Krieger had never written a song before, but he decided to give it a try. AND HE CAME UP WITH THIS, FFS!!!!!!

[@DebbieMcCall-j2g]

Pretty good first attempt I'd say

[@60sbaby456]

I never get sick of that era of gold music ❤

[@nygener]

I just came back from Paris where I went (again) to visit Jim Morrison's grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery, I recommend everyone that visits Paris go to his grave, it's a gathering place for all his fans. R.I.P. Jim, gone to soon but not forgotten ☮

[@debbygesaman3892]

@@nygener peace out ✌🏽☮️

[@sherigrow6480]

Now one of your next steps is to listen to José Feliciano's version. So different and just really good,

[@michellelennon1387]

I was just telling my husband if Sebs likes The Doors Light my Fire - José will rock his world.

[@jimmywilmore1881]

L.A. Women is another fav of mine. To listen to one cut is just a sample. You need to dive deep to get the experience and message of Jim Morrison and the Doors

[@sn-uk3sc]

YES!

[@janflewelling6277]

I was in 7th grade when this came out and I remember our church youth group leader told us we shouldn't listen to it because it was about sex. Yeah - that's gonna stop us. 🤣🤣🤣

[@kinexkid]

Jim morrison was such a powerful figure to me growing up. I was born in the early 90s but my dad raised me on classic rock and roll. Peace Frog was my favorite song in high-school. It wasn't until I was in college that I found out I share a birthday with Jim Morrison and soon after I discovered his poetry. He's the kind of person you'd expect to find in a Shakespeare play; he will always surprise you and be eloquently wild while doing it

[@Tarkus_]

That instrumental section is so sick! 🔥❤‍🔥🔥

[@KRAMPUS_420]

I did do psychedelics while listening to this song and the affects are mind blowing. Everything they did was revolutionary. Morrison was, is and always will be "An American Poet". You need to check that out as well.

[@susankievman642]

When I was 14, My 16 year old brother brought home a Doors album. I had never heard of them (1965). He said “This band is going to be huge!”. We listened to this song and other on the record and were blown away! Never will forget that!

[@jamespruner-he8qp]

Yeah, growing up in southern Cal. The Doors played at my High School in67. Lowell High Whittier Calif. The Standels opened for them.

[@DianeTaylor-m9c]

Lucky!!!

[@davidgermano5480]

You spoke about people asking why you have never heard various musicians that they feel you SHOULD know. One answer is the death of independent radio stations. Unless you can find some great college radio station out there where maybe they let the DJs do their own programming. Otherwise you just grow up with the pop Pablum most people are subjected to today. I know its all out there on the web but you need someone to guide you to these greats both past and present.

[@christianmattison6096]

Well said!!

[@stevebengel1346]

💯

[@DebbieNeibert-Shanle]

Very true!

[@sharoncarlisle9453]

Facts!

[@robertmoraga1501]

One of the greatest debut albums in Rock And two things grab you; the unique sound of guitar and keys so well blended in complement, and the incredible talent that Robbie, Ray, John and Jim brought to the studio. A very, worthy rabbit hole!

[@jchow5966]

Jim was gorgeous and was brilliant. What a voice. 💟☮️

[@jimmywilmore1881]

Yes this was the psychedelic era of music.

[@RicoCosta317]

The psychedelic journey of the Doors only ended when Morrison died.

[@francesbass1322]

They had not played in a while before he died

[@beverlywest7627]

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland has a display dedicated to Jim Morrison's life with lots of memorabilia and actual hand written papers of poems he wrote. Jim Morrison was a poet first, and an artist .

[@debbygesaman3892]

Soft Parade… The cool thing is you didn’t have to be high to experience their “high”

[@daveking9393]

My favorite LP by them...

[@benneclone7991]

THIS. I felt that way on Santana's Caravanserai.

[@mr.mojorisin1616]

The Doors were a completely different animal than what was the "norm" in the 60's! Jim Morrison's lyrics were some of the best of the times. Check out Riders on the Storm and The End for more of the hypnotic effect The Doors were so greatly known for. They don't write like this anymore!

[@gloriajean1507]

just watched yr video and was pleasantly surprised to have Light My Fire take me back to the 70's when I danced to this at last a million times with eyes closed feeling the exotic rhythm flow thru my body like liquid. You and your wife need to play this with dimmed lighting, eyes barely open and just allow the music take you on a slow and titillating journey, and you will feel the magnetic pull toward her. You won't need drugs to get you high, the music does it all on it's own. I'm 78 and I'm still affected by this recording. i can"t think of any music that"s better than what was produced in and around the 70"s. You need to explore more of that era...it's truly art at it's best.

[@teresamerkel7161]

The journey not the destination; you hit the nail on the head....I hadn't listened to this for a while. It has a lot in common with classical music.

[@DeAndresTellez]

Almost no one talks about it, but Jim Morrison was a great composer of melodies: Even in those songs that he didn't write (like Light my fire), he changed the melody and improved it. In my opinion, the best American composer (and we are talking about someone who did not know how to play instruments: the melodies simply came to his mind and he put them to words so as not to forget them). A real genius.

[@liatherose6275]

You seem so anxious! Just relax and listen and get into the middle of it.memories of smoking some stuff, putting on earphones, and lying flat on the floor, floating

[@sectiondrecords4580]

Like Doc Holliday in Tombstone, Val Kilmer’s portrayal of Jim Morrison in the movie is the best

[@michaellockhart554]

I think Kilmer's portrayal of Jim Morrison is MORE iconic than his role of Doc

[@michaellockhart554]

I've seen others do a great Doc Holliday, but I believe he literally channeled Jim Morrison

[@sectiondrecords4580]

Hmmm tall order as Val’s Doc Holliday is acclaimed as most iconic Doc of all time introducing actual sayings and accent of a Southern Gentleman of the day. If you can list a movie (besides Dennis Quaid in Wyatt Earp which was workman like) please reply as I would love to watch it.

[@michaellockhart554]

@@sectiondrecords4580 my favorite has always been Victor Mature in My Darling Clementine, though some say it was Ceasar Romero in Frontier Marshall

[@sectiondrecords4580]

@@michaellockhart554 Its been a long time since I watched those but will give um a try again

[@DH-gk8vh]

I remember hearing this song as a kid and being mesmerized. I was born in 1958, and this song came out in what, 1967? I don't know how old I was, but I loved it. Just loved it. When I hear it that feeling I had in that moment, all those years ago came rushing right back like I'm there again. I'm 66 now. It's funny how music 🎶 can do that to you. What an amazing feeling. There aren't many songs with great organ pieces added to them, but this is one. I know I heard it on and off as a teenager, too, mostly in the car. It's very unique and completely amazing. I'm so glad you did this one!

[@patlittle2881]

77 and I got to dance to this LIVE at small club before they Became "THE DOORS"! The drums were hooked to a stop light for flashing, spinning disco ball and black light strobe! WILD!

[@mightbeanybody]

Ditto but not live unfortunately.

[@deantait8326]

Were you at the Whiskey? I was only 18, looked 15 and couldn’t get in but we drove by often, while ‘cruising’ Sunset Bl in our mid 60’s hot rod cars

[@patlittle2881]

​@@deantait8326Yes at the Whiskey a Go Go! Was hard to dance to 😂 it just kept going and going Try dancing to it .. exercise 😂 with the disco ball and black light flashing 😂

[@jamesbassett1484]

This was a huge hit in the summer of 1967. Only the previous fall (1966) "Cherish" by The Assocation was a huge hit. Music was changing SO FAST! Summer of 1967 also brought us "White Rabbit by Jefferson Airpane. The new age had arrived!

[@patriciaclements9457]

This was the time I discovered FM radio. AM radio could not play songs of this length, and most music was substantial at this time, so FM it was.

[@normajohnson9431]

My daughters are around your age and they knew our music because we are a musical household .They may be a bit older than you. Feel free to share this and all music with ur family well good music. That brings a bond you guys will always enjoy. I’m 72 years old and I Am singing along to everything you are playing it is fun and takes me back to my younger days. Smiles

[@iamstevec1656]

Have you done Inna Godda Da Vida by Iron Butterfly yet?

[@ericclayton6287]

Talk about difference in attention spans.

[@Arkryal]

@@ericclayton6287 "Attention Spans"... one cannot listen to Iron Butterfly without smoking at least a half-ounce of pot, to do otherwise would be sacrilege. Don't confuse a long attention span for completely forgetting you have feet while music plays in the background. 😉

[@larrymarvin2453]

Absolutely a must listen for the psychedelic experience.

[@ericclayton6287]

@@Arkryal saw them back in 68 or 69 with a Canadian group called The Collectors, they put Iron Butterfly to shame, see if you can find some of their work.

[@Littlebigbot]

Short radio version please.

[@robinbowles5731]

When this came out, a missionary in our little branch painted a very psychedelic multi-colored head and hair of Jim Morrison on one of our sliding glass doors. We LOVED it, even the parents. It stayed there for several years. His name was Elder Rousch from Phoenix, AZ. I still remember him 55 years later...

[@debramirez2110]

Just sit back and enjoy every sound and experience without any expectation of what comes next. The joy is in the journey man!

[@jchow5966]

One of the best rock n roll slngs. And seeing them plau it om “the Rd Sullivan show” is epic -it is on youtube. This band is in the top ten list of rock bands. They wee innovative and revolutionary in rock n roll and the (huge) youth culture of the 6os….and people still love them. 💟☮️

[@josephvanchierijr.2486]

José Feliciano did a version of this

[@gcxred4kat9]

I was thinking he might really like that version.

[@kipkaercher3257]

Yes! It was very good too!

[@lenellamaxwell6934]

Absolutely loved these groups back in the 70's because we could listen to the long playing songs on FM radio. We would either listen to them on the radio or play them on the record player or stereo. We would get high on pot and just grove out to these hypnotic solos. It was absolutely "out of sight!" Truly not be able to be captured in this day and time. It was an amazing time in history!

[@sherrybirchall8677]

I think you should, as a treat to yourself, listen to this again, as an actual journey, with no talking breaks. Just enjoy the trip.

[@sueprator9314]

EXACTLY!!! CHILL DUDE!!!!!!!! Just allow the music to carry you! Tripping is allowing your mind to go with the music more than anything.......mind drugs were not mandatory.........

[@cynergy4]

I was 11 when this came out and loved it right away. "When The Music's Over" will blow your mind!

[@dagmar.6954]

The Doors were among the most controversial & influential rock acts of the 1960s, mostly due to Jim Morrison's lyrics & voice. "Riders On The Storm" is my favorite song by them but they had a lot of hits including "Roadhouse Blues", "Break On Through (To The Other Side)", "Love Me Two Times", "L.A. Woman", "Hello, I Love You", "Touch Me", "The Unknown Soldier", "Love Her Madly", "The End" etc. Sadly Jim Morrison died in 1971 at the age of only 27 but left a great legacy of music

[@patriciaclements9457]

My favorite was "Riders on the Storm".

[@Jims_Camera_at_dawn]

Music stimulates the mind, body, and soul. This music concentrates on the mental component. Go in a dark room at the most comfortable temperature for you. Get in a most comfortable position and listen to this with your eyes closed.Just ride the experience. Once over, then think about the experience. Might want to tape that part. I'm interested in where your mind will take you and let you feel. ☕️☕️🎶🎵🎶

[@tonycheise2513]

So many good Doors songs, Next song should be: Break on through to the other side, or Touch Me, or Riders on the Storm....

[@zenams63]

I was 4 years old when this came out. I remember my teenage brother and cousins listening to this record in their psychedelic room. Dang! Hypnotic and ear-catching. I loved it but didn't know what it was. A decade later, the Doors sold more records in the late '70s and early '80s than when they were new. I remember them being on the cover of Rolling Stone around 1980 with the caption saying something like "The Living Dead." Great song, album, and group! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@belvagurr403]

Add a room full of “smoke” or a few drinks and you become one with the music. Just GROOVE and let it flow. I’m 78, a darkened room and the incredible sound was all you needed.

[@patriciaclements9457]

I am 80 and I understand and agree with all you said.

[@kathyrizzi8754]

I was 18 when I first heard this song & I turned it up, way up while driving. I still love it today!

[@michaelshultz5584]

Vinyl.....

[@snowdove0917]

8 tracks

[@robbob5302]

Vinyl is the best!

[@CoLLectiNgCAtS-q2q]

My husband is jazz piano player. Graduated degree in Classical music. My daughter grew up on music from 50's up. She's 29. She sang some in college. She's a psychologist. Her voice is amazing but she never wanted to do more than sing with a band here and there. Her friends were tripping on her knowledge of music thru the eras. Jazz, Blues, classical etc abd how she could sing it all. She tried out for a play at local theater at 8. Her audition song was Paperback Writer by Beatles. She floored the 60 year old pianist as she nailed every note. He did a double take when she gave him her music. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Grew up with my dad playing accordion. He's from Germany. Mom and dad both played piano. My 3 brothers rounded out my mix of music. I LOVE IT ALL!!! I lived on Dio and Jurassic Priest for a long while in between Pat Benatar and Blondie!😂😂😂😂

[@kinexkid]

They performed this song on the Ed Sullivan show and were told to censor the word "higher" for it's reference to drugs and being high. Much to his nature, Jim gave a vocal middle finger to them by refusing to censor it and even excentuated the word even more to drive it home he wouldn't be told what to do. Something similar happened in the song The End, but I'll leave that up to you to look into more, maybe even do a video on it 😉

[@chrisvickers7928]

I was 15 when this was released. The first time I heard it was in my parent's car heading back down island from a camping trip. My younger sister talked our mother into turning on a Vancouver AM station. After a few songs this came on and I was blown away, as was my sister. When the song ended my mother turned off the radio saying 'That's enough of that noise." While I was disappointed at the time I now realize she didn't turn the radio off until the song ended despite the fact she hated it.

[@Monica-sw9ld]

It's called a trip. 😂 (I was a kid with an older sister when this came out. I heard The Doors coming from her turntable a lot. Then I grew up listening to an album oriented classic rock radio station, so I know every note of that solo! 😅 I'm old...lol.)

[@patriciaclements9457]

Me too--80!

[@Festvangelist]

Keyboardist Ray Manzarek was awesome and was the musician and artist that lead the group while Jim Morrison was the front man, lead singer ( poet) and image of the band. I was 17 when the song was released…Loved this Song still do and the ending is epic. Robby Kroger s composition and guitar work is a masterpiece in psychedelic rock history. The solos for me were a psychedelic jam.

[@chadro_g1145]

To me, the craziest, most diverse song they ever did because it covered so many genres in a single song, has to be “The Soft Parade”. He practically raps in it at one point lol.

[@angelinaduvallcameron]

To me this song makes you feel like you are exactly back in the 60’s. You know what’s going on yet it feels happy on a whole new level. Body, mind and soul calm down, you enjoy the sounds and let go. All cliches of the now era, but that is how you feel. Free, happy, and yes possibly stoned.

[@757optim]

I'd say Jim Morrison was a troubled genius.

[@yu2gm]

He was an alcoholic, drug addict and a poet. He died chasing his next high with his codependent girlfriend. Just think how far he could have gone had he stayed clean.

[@rebeccapointer3466]

When this song came out, you have to understand how and to whom it was presented. It was in hot, dark, standing only room with everyone very high mostly on LSD. There would be strobe lights, which added to the Psychedelic atmosphere. Thank you for taking me back to one of the most influential songs for people of my generation.

[@memorylane7068]

Please also check out Jose Feliciano's version. Light My Fire is the only song to launch two musical careers, the Doors and Feliciano. When I was young, I liked the Doors version better. Now, I LOVE Jose's version and his Spanish guitar virtuosity - my now favorite.

[@MrFjellias]

This was an iconic peace of music… I am almost 82 and I can remember my biker friends listening to this in a garage stoned out of their minds! That 7 minute session felt like an hour to them. Unfortunately, I was the designated driver 😵‍💫

[@mattshaw6180]

_Bluesy_ Doors: "Roadhouse Blues," "L.A. Woman." _Trippy_ Doors: "Riders on the Storm," "Peace Frog." _WTAF_ Doors: "The End," "Not To Touch the Earth." Dive in, Sebs!

[@jodyjackson5475]

There’s so much history and so many memories for most of us listening to these tunes that make them so rich. As lovely as listening for the first time might be, the fact that they are so deep in all of us that grew up with the evolution and discovery of this ‘new’ music 50 plus years ago has the power that cannot ever be shared with new listeners - the beauty of the tune and skills of the musicians can be appreciated I’m sure….BUT I’m so thankful I knew it then ❤

[@ellencourtney7187]

MTV & VH1 had shows on all the greats back in the day-but maybe it wouldn’t be something you would be interested in. I had older siblings so I knew who all the legends were

[@doomhunter697]

I was 7 when this came out. My parents hated rock, I would rarely hear it at that time. (They later came around to it.) We went to a family gathering and I was being a bit of a brat, so they asked an older cousin to entertain me. She took me to her room and put this on. It blew my mind, and I have been a synth fan ever since.

[@DianaMcDonald-yj9lo]

Please do LA Woman!!!!!

[@whitmanhughes6544]

I am almost 77 years old and when the Doors came out with this album I was 19 years old and had just had my son (1967). He is now 57 years old and my youngest is 54. They grew up with all of this music. My youngest is very outgoing and funny. I told him he should do a reaction channel but that wouldn't work because he's heard all of the music from my generation up through his and beyond. We are a musical family.

[@michaelshultz5584]

Great artist

[@LaurelT1948]

The musicians show their jazz backgrounds. Also listen to Riders On The Stirm for some truly great keyboard. L.A. Woman and Roadhouse Blues are fabulous. The End is a trip in itself. I loved The Doors’ music back in the day, and it still holds up today.

[@MikeGaines-f9r]

Jim Morrison was high during many of his performances which only enhanced the darkness and spiritual quality of the songs. Many of the listeners back then heard this through a cloud of smoke in the room. 😂

[@alansmith7626]

THE best thing about your react was when you just flashed that big smile! Didnt even need words man!

[@jimmywilmore1881]

I think that is accurate. When you are my age you’ll be watching reactors listening to music from your era.😊

[@sc2824]

I doubt it. Poor imitation music has no longevity. Hundreds of recordings from the golden age of Classic Rock were fire when released and remain so today, regardless if the listener is hearing them for the first time or the five hundredth.

[@user-tp6kb9sm5h]

@@sc2824 Fully agree. Grew up in the 60s they knew how to write music and play with real instruments not the fake electronic substitute sounds you hear now.

[@827dusty]

I was an 11-year-old kid in 1967 when this came out. You knew this song in a split second when you heard the iconic organ opening of this great song by Ther Doors. Great Classic Rock Band in the late 1960s. This was a hell of a time to be alive, no matter what age you were. "The Turbulent 60s" as they became known, were both amazingly cool and fun, and also horribly violent with Vietnam video on the evening news, race riots across the nation, assassinations of MLK, A President (JFK) and his younger brother RFK, all within a few years of one another. The music was the best ever though. You took the bad with the good. The music of the era was unmatched.

[@SIXX2772]

FIRST badboy of rock...welcome to the Doors Sir!

[@taointarot9187]

This was the FIRST TIME a popular song went over 6 minutes in play time. I caught it on a Canadian station (living in Detroit). It blew me away. Twice as long as ANY popular song of the day and then there's that middle of the song jam...right along with Ina-Goda -Davida (Iron Butterfly) and Nights in White Satin (Moody Blues) it opened my head to all kinds of creative music of the upcoming era. NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT...