I’ll finish your sentence, “I could listen to this forever”. Nods in agreement from the viewers who have been listening to this song for 50 years.
@Lisa-lq8xz6 ай бұрын
I'm nodding my head, in agreement.
@ellbanks4256 ай бұрын
Saw them in person. Great!
@melissabaanders27516 ай бұрын
Yess
@gvlchiro6 ай бұрын
Been listening to them over 40 years and their music is just as great today as when I first heard them. Great to see this fine man appreciate The Doors- keep it alive my man 😎👌
@FilthyBitchGunClub6 ай бұрын
@@ellbanks425 And it didn't cost $1,000 per ticket, lol.
@lsmith9926 ай бұрын
Now you can see why my generation was and is forever in love with our music.
@snowysnowyriver6 ай бұрын
Amen to that! 🎯
@alibabaoofandangle6 ай бұрын
*Spot on. Amen brother.*
@diannehampson77506 ай бұрын
Could not agree more
@julielong87146 ай бұрын
My dad turned me on to The Doors when I was so young I didn’t really know what music was yet. The Doors are part of the soundtrack of my childhood.
@sallybraswell57515 ай бұрын
I am 72 and it gives me complete joy to see young people like yourself experiencing our music. It is so precious and truly a beautiful thing and no matter what our age is, our politics, our views, or whatever we can at least be united with music. Imagine if the world listened to more music and less of everything else how much better off we could all be. Thank you for this! You are a fine young man!😊❤️😊
@carolwarren20205 ай бұрын
We were a very lucky generation to grow up with so much musical talent!!!
@Matt_S1045 ай бұрын
You were. The flipside is if you're open and prepared to go searching every successive generation has everything that went before to experience and draw from. Admittedly there's not much new music today that I would even put in the same ballpark let alone on the same level as pretty much anything by The Doors. But once in a while somebody puts out something that might just stand the test of time.... I think it gets harder for artists to do so... so much has been done before. So much is intentionally or unintentionally derivative. But we are endlessly creative...
@jonathansmith23235 ай бұрын
@@Matt_S104 the difference is something about the music business ... what gets promoted and to whom.
@CuttySobz4 ай бұрын
It's no accident. Read the book Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon.
@lorinapetranova26072 ай бұрын
Don't forget we had NO autotune and schools taught music n art. History. Civics. Real math not Common core garbage. Ya'll will miss us when we're all gone. Many blessings ya'll.
@elowishusmirkatroid48982 ай бұрын
Old Vets will remember how relevant this song was to anyone who served in Vietnam.
@CarolS-wf3dw2 ай бұрын
My brother and his friends graduated from high school and straight to Vietnam.
@michaelsullivan68542 ай бұрын
Thanks for your service !
@ilovemydogs39752 ай бұрын
@@michaelsullivan6854 Amen to that!
@killeronrhodesАй бұрын
Eww
@Lori245Ай бұрын
These songs were written during very very turbulent times with the war going on killing many Americans and protests and assignation’s. It was not good. Feels a little like it now.
@ClifHaley6 ай бұрын
"Riders on the Storm" isn't a song. It's an experience.
@klipkultur36806 ай бұрын
Everytime...
@epoh86986 ай бұрын
Amen to that. Heard it for the first time 40 years ago will never get old.
@rousell686 ай бұрын
Amen.
@larryjewell70486 ай бұрын
Timothy Leary loved it. I think I did. The times are kind of hazy. ;-)
@bradsense74316 ай бұрын
A friend spent lots of money on a quadraphonic system when they came out and the LA Women album was one he had that we played over and over again it sounded so good. This song specifically I would watch other’s expressions as the heard this on that system for the first time. It was special.
@lindsaykooser41492 ай бұрын
Another 70 year old here. This quality of music is what we grew up with, music made by actual talented people. And, today, some of those same people are Still making music in 2024.
@sgholt2 ай бұрын
66 and onward, 100%
@christinegitsham52682 ай бұрын
Here's another 70 year old, we had the best of the best didnt we?😃
@richardoleson79342 ай бұрын
Yep, 72 y.o. here. No autotune or sampled loops or electronic drum machines here. Just pure talent that still speaks to us all.
@user-nd5qr5gx4i2 ай бұрын
also 70- fun watching you discover this wonderful old music
@jhall69262 ай бұрын
Class of 72...😊
@Nrgheal5 ай бұрын
You may not realize that Ray Manzarak was playing the base line on the old style organ keyboard while playing the high end simultaneously, even live in concert, he was incredibly talented!
@gfimadcat4 ай бұрын
The studio version actually had Jerry Scheff (Elvis' old bassist) on bass, but Ray would do it live on his keyboard.
@kirbyculp34493 ай бұрын
And Ray played the keys and produced the first album by X, Los Angeles. And in great style. Check out the instrumental by Luna Lee.
@lsmith9923 ай бұрын
Ray Manzarak really is the the sound of the Doors
@kevino48462 ай бұрын
@@lsmith992 And easily found on KZbin even today.
@elowishusmirkatroid48982 ай бұрын
You should read his book. What a trip!
@lynrowland52825 ай бұрын
I'm 70 and that was when they made great music - real music.
@goldcoastlady53775 ай бұрын
yep, sure did!
@rhondasweeney72715 ай бұрын
69 years young. The best memories 💓
@joebloe47345 ай бұрын
They still make real and great music nowadays. It's different, though. My dad is just a bit younger than you, and he loves the music he grew up on, as well as some of the music we made him discover. One doesn't exclude the other.
@BIGDINKMAN5 ай бұрын
Good comment
@musiquefantastique71274 ай бұрын
they still do.... you just aren't looking hard enough. They don't play it on the radio anymore.
@jazzmaan7076 ай бұрын
Riders On The Storm is a song you listen to in the dark, with the headphones, and with eye closed, as the hypnotic beat takes you on a trip to another place.
@johncoombs31285 ай бұрын
Correct jazzman👍
@pkraatz365 ай бұрын
That's me many, many times!
@jackiewebb69945 ай бұрын
This is one of my favorites to listen to while getting a new tattoo. It takes my mind somewhere else and I can relax and the pain is almost non-existent.
@anneseay49053 ай бұрын
In your beanbag, too!
@rickyrayrosenberg4202 ай бұрын
And a fat loaded bowl bro
@TheForestCrone6 ай бұрын
I have synesthesia. This song is the deepest purple, Jim's voice is chocolate brown with a velvet texture, the bass is a splash of orange throughout, the upper piano notes are raindrops of silver. I've loved this song my whole life. It's such a multi-sensory experience.
@sulathenewfie42776 ай бұрын
Thanks for this! I have always wondered what people with synesthesia ‘see’ with special songs…
@TheDivayenta6 ай бұрын
You should paint this wonderful image! I always see the Carmel shoreline at night illuminated by phosphorescent green sea creatures. The thunder sounds to me are crashing waves.
@zoeherriot6 ай бұрын
huh.. I wonder what colors you get if you listen to "The Figurehead" by The Cure?
@susansquire79686 ай бұрын
That is SO COOL! I always wished I had it.
@theresagomez26056 ай бұрын
I can see that...
@L5player5 ай бұрын
Jim Morrison's haunting voice, especially on this song, was The Door's signature sound. He was unmistakable. He, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix--all dying at 27 within a year or so of each other--were the biggest names in 60s rock. We haven't seen their like since.
@madeleinegrayson83722 ай бұрын
That damn 27 club. Took some greats in the 90s too. So strange.
@brendadickenson35472 ай бұрын
And album was only $2.99, had them all!
@patsmith4706Ай бұрын
Like the song said - if there's a rock and roll heaven, then you know they've got a hell of a band.
@sarahkragness71386 күн бұрын
Horrifyingly tragic year for music...
@brianchadwell25 ай бұрын
The thing about The Doors, is, there is a one singer, one guy on keys, a drummer, and one guy on guitar. They sound so much bigger than they are. Its amazing what they did with so little, True artists.
@DaisyAnnabelle654 ай бұрын
Truly incredible!
@WeedPatch714 ай бұрын
They had actual bass players for the studio recordings and such.
@mrcosta69634 ай бұрын
And a great sound engineer 👍
@gotham23us4 ай бұрын
This song actually has a fifth musician playing bass guitar
@Bert_Farve2 ай бұрын
@@gotham23us I think it was the guy from oasis’s dad
@mmichaeldonavon6 ай бұрын
Came out in 1971, my son was 9 years old. He's now 61 and after 24 years in the military, a successful executive. I, your humble servant, am 84 hoping to make it to 85., Love those Doors. Thanks Polo - love you and your channel.
@michealwescott16716 ай бұрын
My name is Michael as well, and I am 70, we both lived it ---GOOD ON YOU !!!!
@leahdoerr7316 ай бұрын
Ditto...thank you to your son for his service
@JC-gm3zs6 ай бұрын
It was released in June 1971, the last song Jim Morrison recorded. He was found dead in a Paris apartment a month later.
@pjeastwood92416 ай бұрын
I was 10 when this came out and I remember being terrified the first time I heard it. My all time favorite Doors song! I just found out that he achieved that haunting vocal by overdubbing himself singing the song in a whisper.
@user-xl4zf5bk6c6 ай бұрын
Shoulda heard it stoned on acid......😮
4 ай бұрын
The 60s when music was art
@user-hf4tk7pe2n5 ай бұрын
Such a perfect hybrid of jazz, blues, poetry rock ‘n’ roll.
@karencox32352 ай бұрын
Yes, and the lyrics sang with Jim's smooth, haunting voice. Perfection.
@CarnivorenotadoctorАй бұрын
Funny you should say poetry; 20 yrs ago I went to the rock n roll hall of fame in Cleveland, the only thing I found impressive was a sheet of paper that Morrison wrote lyrics/ poetry on.
@jim78us120 күн бұрын
If you have the whole album on at low volume, you would think you're in a jazz club.
@bobwalk20026 ай бұрын
If you don’t know already, you will be amazed to find out that there is no bass guitar player on this song. In fact, the doors never had a bass guitar player. They couldn’t find one they liked so Ray Manzarek found a keyboard that he could play the bass notes on with his left hand, while he played the keys with his right hand. Unbelievable talent to play the keys that well with one hand while simultaneously playing the bass notes with his left!
@laurentgoldstein15376 ай бұрын
Jerry Sheff is the bass player on this track. On previous albums, Ray was doing the bass with his left hand, but not on LA Woman. The contribution of the bass on the album is fantastic.
@andrescuevas90153 ай бұрын
They used a bass player on all their albums. In order to achieve that bottom sound they needed a real bass. It was only during their live shows Ray played keyboard bass.
@kimmorrill70606 ай бұрын
Jim Morrison was 27 when died..and he still makes an impact with his music. Can you imagine if he had not passed away! RiP Jim Morrison you will never be forgotten.
@japhyryder665 ай бұрын
As much as I love Jim, I think he was destined to leave this plane of existence when he did. We will never see his like again.
@karleneblaser12615 ай бұрын
Unfortunately all of "The 27 Club", which began in the 30s with Delta Blues legend, Robert Johnson, is the same. Janis, Hendrix, Morrison, Brian Jones, Alan Wilson( Canned Heat), Kurt Cobain, to name very few...all were extremely talented and very troubled, self destructive souls. Unstable flames that went super nova to out. They all made their huge marks on Rock n roll roots, and none of us can ever quit them. What they gave was a small sample of greatness that is so precious that no one dares ever let them go.
@genataylor4605 ай бұрын
He died, Janis Joplin and Jimmie Hendrix all died within a year of each other. Such a disaster.
@221BBakerStreet5 ай бұрын
@@karleneblaser1261 You forgot Amy Winehouse.
@beckybruce48295 ай бұрын
@@221BBakerStreetShe was much later, but again what a damn loss
@allensmith89056 ай бұрын
Been a backyard/sometimes performing musician all my life (58 years) and I've watched a dozen or so of your clips ... I can't tell you how good it feels to hear someone from another generation affirm that what we put our heart and souls into was and is real, validated and appreciated. You have my ear!
@HBFTimmahh6 ай бұрын
Very same. Started playing bass at 13 and at 15 was gigging every weekend pretty much through the rest of H.S.and into my late 40s. I'll be 58 this year. Frost bite and nerve damage has pretty much put an end to that.
@doubledeuce23556 ай бұрын
Amen!
@scottmcneely19275 ай бұрын
Backyard/sometimes performing musician. I like that. Describes me as well.
@scottmcneely19275 ай бұрын
@@HBFTimmahh sad.
@HBFTimmahh5 ай бұрын
@@scottmcneely1927 it sucks no doubt. But by the early 2000s the 'live scene' was already in the tank. Things just were not the same here in Michigan after 2004/5 as far as playing out and the crowds/scene.
@ariadnepyanfar10485 ай бұрын
This is a mood, a vibe, an experience. There’s no need to diss contemporary music to appreciate how special a lot of the 60’s and 70’s music is. It’s already clear this stuff is going to be played just as much as classical will be loved and played into the future.
@StanBurns5 ай бұрын
contemporary music is all garbage .
@user-eu1gy4dh3n3 ай бұрын
This is as good now as it was 50 years ago and will be that good 50 years from now.
@SweetThing6 ай бұрын
Jim Morrison only lived to be 27 years old, so that "old man" was 27 when he recorded this in 1971., the same year he died. "L.A. Woman" from the same album is awesome too. RIP Jim.
@sallybannister62246 ай бұрын
Yep The 27 club, Morrison, Hendrix, Joplin, Winehouse... Just imagine the fun those guys are having .... I wanna be allocated to their dept when I go ❤
@neilajohnstonify6 ай бұрын
Cobain@@sallybannister6224
@bingbong73166 ай бұрын
Jim Morrison never got to hear the finished article; as soon as they were done recording, he flew to Paris where he died.
@anncain24326 ай бұрын
Isn't it sad to look back to see we lost great writers/musicians so young and long ago. No telling what they could have created but still so grateful for their vital contributions to our era! 💜
@TheBlackMambaa2486 ай бұрын
To be fair, a 27 year old in the early seventies is probably comparable to a 40 year old man now
@martintayler236 ай бұрын
Jerry Scheff, 83 years old and counting, was Elvis's bass player and he supplies the background rhythm with John Densmore's percussion....absolutely superb and then we have Robbie Krieger's deft guitar chords and Ray Manzarek's jazzy keyboard melody....finally, on the last track ever recorded by Jim Morrison, we have his haunted voice. An absolute classic piece of music.
@neilpatrickhairless6 ай бұрын
The fact that Ray was able to play the bass part and lead parts on two different organs live is nuts. This bassline and drum part are such a good groove
@dynjarren83556 ай бұрын
Excellent summation of the final Doors song they recorded. Haunted voice perfectly describes Jims vocal. It’s like he knew he was leaving LA and the Doors behind and moving to Paris where he died. What a final act! He left behind timeless music that will live on forever.
@secularbeast17516 ай бұрын
Great lore, thanks Martin.
@kapturelab6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the trivia. Yes, L.A. Woman, I believe was recorded live in the studio!
@joniewulterin37225 ай бұрын
Just other worldly❤Jim was a beautiful man with a amazing voice. Miss him
@nolemons5 ай бұрын
No bass in any doors tunes except for “piece frog” key board master Ray Manzeric is doing all the bass with his left hand while soloing out like a mad man. Truly legendary artists
@k-matsu5 ай бұрын
Not entirely true. Especially on the studio version of this song. It is true that the bass lines are all originally laid down by Ray on a hammond organ, ad in concert there was usually no bassist. However, session bassists were brought in to overdub the same lines, to give them added "punch" on the album. I believe that the late great Jerry Scheff was the guy who did the overdub on "Riders on the Storm"
@Drewzer1545 ай бұрын
@@k-matsuIt was Scheff and he's still with us last I knew.
@steve441405 ай бұрын
That’s Peace Frog ‘my alarm’ on my iphone
@wobbitt5 ай бұрын
Ray Manzarek made Jim and the Doors.. He was like Don Rich was to Buck Owens, without either there would be mediocracy...It takes two to tango and they tangoed!!!
@reeselayton30315 ай бұрын
No bass? Don't agree.
@robbob53025 ай бұрын
This is a song you can keep on infinite repeat, and nobody will complain.
@jessicalee71196 ай бұрын
What I love most about this song is the restraint they showed in creating it. It was gently powerful.
@neilpatrickhairless6 ай бұрын
Sounds like a jam from a jazz juke. Just finding a groove and a pocket and letting it cook a while
@normadrumm43385 ай бұрын
Well said, spot on and truth spoken!!
@anneseay49053 ай бұрын
YES!
@BL00DRIDER6 ай бұрын
The End will absolutely blow you away
@stratguy17846 ай бұрын
He reacted to it
@neilpatrickhairless6 ай бұрын
it did
@01chittock6 ай бұрын
This record was made for a certain film! AN a great film…….
@sandrazed60895 ай бұрын
@@01chittock Apocolypse Now
@mlerchenmuller5 ай бұрын
The End was on the Doors first album in 1969 Apocalypse Now was released in 1979. The song was not made for the movie, it was chosen for the mood in the scene.
@Bevoe6 ай бұрын
Say what you will about Boomers, but our music is unmatched.
@lornelthaltmer3 ай бұрын
Every generation has it's own class they can't be matched in. Me I grew up listening to music from 1920s all the way up to the 60s till I was 13. Then went on to 70s-2000s
@user-td9ko7tl3p2 ай бұрын
I agree so many great bands wish I could go back though time and relive that era.
@NoURider2 ай бұрын
Like I'll be the match you be fuse, boom 🤔
@HappyDuck112 ай бұрын
Whatever. signed genx
@CrankyGrannyАй бұрын
Absolutely!
@re906524 ай бұрын
Jim Morrison was a Rhode scholar & a poet. He put his poems to song & told his military father he wasn’t going to be a corporate guy. He made music.
@ShamusWoosley2 ай бұрын
NOT a Rhodes scholar.,..O wait! Clever you are!
@TheDivayenta6 ай бұрын
I’ll never forget driving home in the rain with my high school crush as this came on the radio. ❤
@davenunyabusiness48936 ай бұрын
was on varsity swimming in HS and we came out of the locker room to this one (our mascot was Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders)
@laurabrevitz39446 ай бұрын
It kills me to this day that this was played on the radio station my dad listened to in the car. 😂 Quite the experience, looking back.
@brianboye80256 ай бұрын
Same for, a riding song down a desert highway at night.
@margueritemccann85806 ай бұрын
Not on the radio, but on an 8 track, in dash tape player...along with the long version of Inna Godda Da Davida...in a 1955 Chevy...with the boy who became my husband...
@theresagomez26056 ай бұрын
❤
@suzieqmac2.06 ай бұрын
I miss those days. The days of real music, real talent.
@gregeryhamilton72195 ай бұрын
The Doors had no bad songs, they were all amazing!
@paulbonge66174 ай бұрын
When Rock and Roll was REAL. We "Boomers" who grew up with this will never forget the first time we heard this, or "Five Live Yardbirds" or, or, or... Dig it brother!
@happymethehappyone83006 ай бұрын
Couldn't tap on this one any faster,, I KNEW you were going to love it..NEXT:: The Doors "People Are Strange" 🔥
@akeleven6 ай бұрын
Definitely!
@theresagomez26056 ай бұрын
Yes!
@missbettiebondageАй бұрын
Yes!! There is nothing like it. 🎶
@MADM0NK6 ай бұрын
Ray Manzarek just blessed your ears with his keyboard flow 🎹🎶
@ruanniemann26042 ай бұрын
I always loved how you can almost hear the music slide down your brain like rain on a cars window.
@RichlandCommunity3 ай бұрын
Dude, I was a kid at a family barbecue. It had a huge reel-to-reel tape player with huge stereo analog speakers. When this song came on I was so mesmerized I sat at the picnic table between the speakers drinking it in, I kept looking at everyone just laughing around me and talking thinking , “what’s wrong with you people?” That 8 year old fell in love with music that day.
@user-fj5qf7gt6n6 ай бұрын
This is a song that sounds magical: in the dark, looking over a city at night from 14 floors up, drinking some wine, and the music cranked! All the different sounds...🎶🤗
@poloreacts276 ай бұрын
challenge!!
@timpwhit6 ай бұрын
@@poloreacts27 Don't forget your stogie!
@stevedouglas16546 ай бұрын
@@poloreacts27Polo, you gotta do “ LA Woman “ it’s a awesome tune ! 👍😎
@taylorham95326 ай бұрын
not 14 floors above tho!! down on the floor in the meat and potatoes unseen by the public eye. invisible to the common but understood by the on lookers
@BlackGuardXIII6 ай бұрын
@@stevedouglas1654I concur! He will love it.
@gilshows46605 ай бұрын
If Doors are new for you, dig deeper ! They are different, you won’t be disappointed !
@MsKK9094 ай бұрын
We had the best bands and the best music in the ‘70s.
@sj60523 ай бұрын
Jim Morrison was a genius. The world lost a magnificent artist.
@randi_godspeed206325 күн бұрын
Too many in the Died at 26 club. Morrison, Joplin, Gram Pardons, Otis Redding. Same with 27. I still wonder what Buddy Holly would have created as he experienced life.
@talltulip6 ай бұрын
I can't think of a better keyboard solo in all of modern music.
@RickeyWilkersonVoices6 ай бұрын
While this amazing keyboard solo is very,very good, if you haven't heard it before you should listen to Tom Scholz's solo on their song " Smokin' " from the band Boston !
@pwashi8606 ай бұрын
This solo is great for this song but Deep Purple's Jon Lord or Boston have several keyboard solos that smash all others.
@Childofbhaal6 ай бұрын
Steven Wilson- Home invasion/regret 9
@bookhouseboy2806 ай бұрын
One of my favs but keyboard solos in rock don't get any better than Keith Emerson (ELP), Rick Wakeman (with and without Yes), Deep Purple (Jon Lord), Rod Argent
@RickeyWilkersonVoices6 ай бұрын
@@bookhouseboy280 Those are some great ones for sure!
@genevievegroulx51536 ай бұрын
How lucky we were to grow up listening to all these incredible musicians! Thanks for bringing them back to life on your channel, I feel 15 years old again!
@aussiesurfer8052 ай бұрын
Ray Manzarek's tone, feel, melodic blues solos and his everything else, John Densmore's articulation and stick definition on the ride, Robby Krieger's minimalism and back & forth with Manzarek, and THAT one and only haunting, deep, powerful, sleepy voice .... a near perfect song !
@andymachala9995 ай бұрын
Been listening to them for 50 years, hard to beat. In a Gadda da Vida - Iron Butterfly.
@reeselayton30315 ай бұрын
55 😊
@lisamcintyre98323 ай бұрын
Remember when FM radio started up. My older brother had me call and request In a Gadda da vida on FM 100 in Memphis one day! They played it! A whole album side!
@andymachala9993 ай бұрын
@@lisamcintyre9832 There were some stations that played it every hour.
@karencox32352 ай бұрын
Ya know, I ALMOST mentioned Iron Butterfly in a separate comment about when I heard The End for the first time. It was an ethereal experience to be sure. But the most emotional reaction I remember was hearing In A Gadda Da Vida for the first time whilst watching the movie Manhunter in theaters in 1986. THAT was amazing... with the emotion and tension from the scene and the music - it was awesome to me at 19. I remember coming out of the theater and saying to my boyfriend, "I have to get that soundtrack music. That one song when he crashed through the window was amazing." Then he, being a bit older, said,, "That was In A Gadda Da Vida by Iron Butterfly. Not just soundtrack music." The next day I went to work (at a record store, of course) and found Iron Maiden and flipped backwards a little bit and found Iron Butterfly and immediately bought the LP.
@donmorton72826 ай бұрын
Phenomenal song and the movie with Val Kilmer playing Jim Morrison is out of this world.
@maryrayl82606 ай бұрын
Totally agree. Great movie. I watched it a thousand times. Polo, check out the movie as well.
@theresagomez26056 ай бұрын
I'll have to look for that...
@thequeendt6 ай бұрын
He becomes Morrison.
@valkillmore8476 ай бұрын
Yes.
@harpinpoem6 ай бұрын
Yeah you should do a reaction to the movie- Val Kilmer is almost more Jim than Jim. My apologies to those who disagree, I k😮now
@jenniferclick12386 ай бұрын
Jim Morrison's voice was like butter!
@Beth-ou3wj5 ай бұрын
Not to mention those leather pants.
@LyndaHill5 ай бұрын
@@Beth-ou3wjDon't mention the leather pants.
@TheDivayenta5 ай бұрын
What a crooner!
@tss98866 ай бұрын
RIP Jim Morrison, poet, singer, God. Inducted into the 27 CLUB July 3, 1971.
@juliusfucik40115 ай бұрын
Also, Lizard King
@kevinrisser25183 ай бұрын
The late great Ray Manzarek knew that every generation would find something to like about the MUSIC itself
@jesuschrist-alphaomega6 ай бұрын
Dear Polo love ya man. Can you just imagine being 8 9 10 years old when you first hear this. And all the late 60s early 70s music. Mind altering and life changing. Bless era
@sisterhoney616 ай бұрын
I was 10 when this song was released in 1971. This is my Doors' song.
@jesuschrist-alphaomega6 ай бұрын
@sisterhoney61 nice. My sister was 17 an I was 8
@Pitt136 ай бұрын
I was 13 and every year just got better
@DianeLake-sw3ym6 ай бұрын
I was that age at this time. Was in High School in the mid 70s and listened to Dark Side of the Moon and all the Zeppelin albums around. Punk, New Wave hit in my early 20s and in my early 30s grunge. Loved it all. Then the 2000s hit and I saw the end of the road for the great and creative and innovative music I felt privileged to grow up to.
@zippitydoodah56936 ай бұрын
The drummer and bass player are locked in so tight they almost sound like one exotic instrument. In. The. Pocket. Ray's keys pull you in until you forget everything going on outside the world they are creating here. Jim doesn't overdo _anything_ . He's riding the flow like a surfer on the perfect wave. One of my top 3 favorites from The Doors.
@davenunyabusiness48936 ай бұрын
the drummer and the bass player are one person. Ray Manzarek. He played a keyboard bass with one hand and a keyboard with the other
@micheleferrazzani6386 ай бұрын
Ray Manzarek IS THE BASSIST and the Keyboardist. They didn't have a base guitar player. The Doors have always been one of my favorite bands. I was a teenager when they were On Fire. Please keep going down thus rabbit hole. They were iconic. You might have heard their music in a movie about the 60s. Jim Morrison died in 1970. Songs...Unknown Soldier...People are Strange...When the Music's Over...Roadhouse Blues
@maryannturton98306 ай бұрын
Perfectly stated...
@edmjoe6 ай бұрын
@@micheleferrazzani638Not on this song. The bassist from Elvis Presley’s band was brought in to lay down the bass track here.
Manzarek and Krieger are just so unique. To get two guys like that in the same band is truly mind-blowing. Amazing musicians. So uniquely stylistic. And then Morrison's voice on top of it? So dope.
@JONNYHOTROD3 ай бұрын
BOOMER GROOVIN BABY !!!! …..MAN WE WERE SO COOL!!!!!
@cathysmith9972 ай бұрын
Ha! Still are!!
@da39706 ай бұрын
Ever notice how that perpetual motion device in the background always manages to find the beat of every song?
@terryconnelly4846 ай бұрын
4 way Planar axis metronome
@robbiemillar7046 ай бұрын
I have now. Thanks
@marysampietro23596 ай бұрын
I will never be able to unsee that. Thanks.... I can't even see anything but the perpetual motion device. I gotta get one of those for my meditation space
@asabovesobelow74616 ай бұрын
It's jammin
@brianroyster75106 ай бұрын
I love that damn thing
@MADM0NK6 ай бұрын
Other Doors songs you need to hear. Hello, I love you - Light my fire - People are strange - Love me two times... All Bangers guaranteed
@laurabrevitz39446 ай бұрын
I was always enamored of Crystal Ship
@HBFTimmahh6 ай бұрын
King Snake too.
@MADM0NK6 ай бұрын
@@HBFTimmahh yes indeed Crystal Shop and King Snake too. But the problem is that these are obscure. He only wants radio played songs so more people will recognize and click for views. Think radio people don't go off the beaten path with your obscurity it's bad for the channel.
@u4riahsc6 ай бұрын
@@laurabrevitz3944In high school gym class we had to make up a dance routine and could pick our own music. I picked Crystal Ship! It’s a hypnotic song that makes you move like a slow winding river.
@alexdesousa65786 ай бұрын
You forgot to mention 'Roadhouse Blues'
@lalaj58315 ай бұрын
Picture this: Cruising on a motorcycle over the Mississippi River through Memphis at midnight during a blue moon, listening to this song. Best memory ever!
@philipwilkinson9885 ай бұрын
The band you'd dream of being in.Morrison's velvet vocals and charisma backed up by the incredible musicianship of Krieger,Manzarek and Densmore and vast array of killer tunes.Mind blowing.
@dennisbudd81026 ай бұрын
I drove semis for over 49 years and this is one of the songs I would play over and over while cruising down dark lonely roads at night. It was almost magical.
@danielmonger87546 ай бұрын
I can picture it !!!
@kellahella52866 ай бұрын
Hear, hear, keepin the rubber side down. 🎼🎸. 👍
@vivianblack29515 ай бұрын
...and I never picked up a hitch hiker again after hearing this song. It was quite common to pick them up in the 60's.
@carolynmoody515 ай бұрын
Magical is a perfect word to describe this fabulous song., I feel transported through portals when I listen to it.
@BeeLineEast6 ай бұрын
Light My Fire is a masterpiece. When the Music is Over another great one by the Doors.
@TheDivayenta6 ай бұрын
Written by Robby Krueger at age 19.
@BeeLineEast6 ай бұрын
@@TheDivayenta Yes. I could listen to Light My Fire a thousand times and get the same feeling on the song every time. Just my opinion.
@annehemmer51536 ай бұрын
Lots of people’s opinion!
@BeeLineEast6 ай бұрын
@@annehemmer5153 Thank you
@flora80775 ай бұрын
Just discovered your channel Polo and wanna say, as a Boomer lady.... "you're welcomed". Grew up on this great music and I know it sounds corny, maybe unfair to younger generations, but....this music will never be replicated again and will live on forever. Music today will have a shorter shelf life and younger ppl will still be listening to 60's and 70's music. Just sayin', no disrespect. I enjoy watching your videos. 🤘
@THESTREGA6665 ай бұрын
Its taken me 58 years to understand the song. Life... We are the riders of the storm called life. Thanks, Polo! I actually slowed down after a few gummies and listened.
@joelbernard63475 ай бұрын
I came here to post this
@kelvinkloud5 ай бұрын
morrison was at his best w/ grand metaphor. blake influenced. you nail it, its an observation of the culture, & the indiv & collective society role in it.... road=Time (past, present, future). hitcher= destructive temptation. choice to pick up-the fork in the road. free will. free to find love sustainment. warning but also hope. Jim's farewell to the homeland.
@gregorygant42426 ай бұрын
Probably the best keyboard solo in music history . Phenomenal !
@pirbird146 ай бұрын
This song was inspired in part by a cowboy song, "Ghost Riders in the Sky" The part about a killer on the road was inspired by a hitchhiker, Billy "Cockeyed" Cook, who killed an entire family who picked him up. "Into this world we're thrown" was inspired by a Heidegger lecture Jim attended. There's a Wikipedia page about it
@krunohamunajec58416 ай бұрын
I can't believe that someone your age has never heard a classic like this in their life
@tinahamilton90582 ай бұрын
Voice without autoune. Called talent.
@decemberdesigns17146 ай бұрын
Polo (great name), I seem to have stumbled into the rabbit hole of reaction videos (music, politics, social commentary) and in the process stumbled onto you. Your voice is so soothing. Your reactions are blunt but never brutal and usually amusing. You express intense emotions in a clear and reasonable manner. You exhibit such power and gentleness at the same time. Dear man. It’s a pleasure to know you.
@poloreacts276 ай бұрын
Wow, one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me. Thanks and thanks for watching
@TheDivayenta6 ай бұрын
@@poloreacts27they’re right! You have the voice of a late night jazz deejay. Sexy! ❤
@wendycrawford17926 ай бұрын
@@poloreacts27 Dear Polo, I stumbled on to you too, just as the gentleman said. I really appreciate that you don’t keep interrupting the songs. Sometimes, the music is so good and brings back so many memories and evokes so much emotion that it’s hard to listen. On a lighter’note’, two doors songs that l love that are vastly different are, Don’t You Love Her Madly and Touch Me Babe. Sexy, cool, fast and unforgettable. Keep up the good work. You’re a class act.
@mindykloster35406 ай бұрын
Yes! This is one of their pinnacles! Jim was a very dark, mercurial songwriter! I love the lines of “there’s a killer on the road, his brain is squirming like a toad”. Jim wrote poetry and I believe published poems. They really were a genius flash of incredible talent that was quick, but upped the level of art/instrumentation, lyricism and storytelling! What an amazing time to be alive! Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Grace Slick, Carlos Santana, The Mamas and The Papa’s, Joni Michell, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Simon & Garfunkel! There was some GROUNBREAKING MUSIC!❤
@TheDivayenta6 ай бұрын
We lived in such a musically magical time. ❤
@juliangarnier5265 ай бұрын
I’m surprised no one mentioned it but the lines is a killer on the low road and the lines. If you pick them up entire family will die was based on a serial killer from Texas in the early 60s.
@angielawless22385 ай бұрын
Ah. This song touches such a primal chord. Just love it. Sexy creepy funky bluesy the timing with the storm sounds......just masterful.
@pclayton50635 ай бұрын
I got back from Vietnam in 1971 and first time I heard this song I was hooked. Had it taped on a cassette to play all night long.
@seanpaula89246 ай бұрын
Im 59, been hearing this song for a lot of years. Others have come and gone. This hasnt got old yet.
@kelvinkloud6 ай бұрын
the doors at there best had a transcending power. unique signature & elemental themes & sounds... inconsistent band, but when on their A game, like here.... indeed for the ages.
@yvesbarriere29226 ай бұрын
My favorite Doors song of all time. I was working in a car-wash at 14 years old and this was playing all the time.
@brettsmith9026 ай бұрын
This is music from my youth. I really like seeing your generation exploring my high school music and seeing how you react.
@wendycrawford17923 ай бұрын
Yes! An absolutely stunning song, a classic that will never die.
@roberttaylor70646 ай бұрын
The "accidental" overdubbing of Jim whispering every line as he listened to the playback, REALLY makes the song all that more Perfect... once you hear, or know of the Whispering, the more you hear it.
@Drewzer1545 ай бұрын
I knew he whispered the backing vocals, I didn't know it was an accident. If it really was that makes it even more amazing.
@EdwardPeters-zg7rc4 ай бұрын
Would like to heat the whisper
@jeffreybayles11626 ай бұрын
LA Woman is another huge hit
@leahdoerr7316 ай бұрын
Ditto
@williamdemerchant72956 ай бұрын
Roadhouse Blues would also go to Polo's 4Runner.
@ZackHamlin16 ай бұрын
Mojo risin!
@MsSweetNNaughty6 ай бұрын
LA Woman is the ultimate cruising song!
@eddy80762 ай бұрын
I am now 65 , this track is one of my all time favourites , been a fan of The Doors for nigh on 50 years , and will stay as one till I leave the planet
@Dam-a-fence4 ай бұрын
One of the most impressive things seldom mentioned is that there is no "bassist" in the Doors. The man on the keyboard is playing the bass, keeping that perfect time all while rhythm and soloing our minds into timeless wonder. He would also cover vocals if Jim was ill.
@redrooster54444 ай бұрын
Not true. Watch the story of how this was written and the incredibly awkward fingering for the bass.
@MsSweetNNaughty6 ай бұрын
My absolute favorite song of all time. I'm a huge Doors fan! I met Ray many years ago after he wrote his book. He gave a talk and impromptu performance, too. He said that the very last thing Jim recorded before heading to Paris was the whispered vocal on Riders. Check out An American Prayer - it's a mix of music and poetry that is absolutely transcendent.
@OroborusFMA6 ай бұрын
Morrison sounds like he's got one foot in the afterlife.
@mdog866 ай бұрын
You ever watched the Val Kilmer Doors movie? It's pretty damn good in my opinion, Val plays a perfect Jim Morrison. Like it's crazy how much he looks like Jim lol
@aaronstandingbear6 ай бұрын
Quite a career for Val as Doc Holiday AND Jim Morrison he fills his skin with the perfect expression of each character. @@mdog86
@TheDivayenta6 ай бұрын
It’s called a Walking Bassline. Isn’t it great?❤
@HamSandwich-xk3om6 ай бұрын
@@mdog86funny. I remember as a kid saying Val Kilmer looked more like Jim Morrison than Jim Morrison did lol
@josephmenge14986 ай бұрын
Roadhouse Blues and L.A.Woman are both bangers...
@MacBailey5 ай бұрын
This Jazz Rock fusion groove actually goes extremely well with the movement of your kinetic sculpture.
@morpheux25 ай бұрын
And that is Jim F… Morrison and The Doors. Thanks for flying with us!
@AC-um2mk6 ай бұрын
A great song to listen to up loud in the car while driving home through a storm.
@urospredic-ho9cf6 ай бұрын
"Light my fire" is must. Theirs greatest hit by far, but don't hold it against to them.
@rnkim25644 ай бұрын
its lovely to see a whole new generation appreciate a brilliant composition such as this. we were all flabbergasted at the revolutionary genius and newness the first time
@lornstermonster55006 ай бұрын
Lights off, headphones on is the best way to listen to this song
@marykent20245 ай бұрын
After a bowl or two...
@charlesyateschalfant6 ай бұрын
A classic by any measure. They don't make em like they used to.
@gilbertgiuliani.44526 ай бұрын
I am 65 and watch you each week several times I enjoy your excitement at the music of my life enjoy the journey
@randi_godspeed206325 күн бұрын
I love that we grew up with bands & solo artists who sounded unique. We could tell in a few seconds the band. Now everything in every genre sounds the same to me. Give me some of Polo’s faves any day, Animals House of the Rising Sun, Elton’s Madman. Was pretty darn cool. God’s blessings
@tinaj984Ай бұрын
Love the Doors, LOVE Jim Morrison, forever!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@chrisjenkins61206 ай бұрын
🎼I love Ray Manzarek’s keyboards. The bass line is in sync with the drummer and Jim Morrison’s vocal slides right into place.☮️💟
@thesweetone89686 ай бұрын
There will only ever be one Jim Morrison. RIP
@dokwalk6 ай бұрын
Way ahead of his time. He was the key 😉 to the band.
@THCya979616 ай бұрын
I just happened to be five bong rips deep when I happened upon this video…..freakin sweet man!!!! Nicely played.
@jesuschrist-alphaomega6 ай бұрын
Dude
@duanem.57386 ай бұрын
Nice 🤙
@delmaroeton95665 ай бұрын
Check out Regurgitator, bong in my eye lol mowing a few lawns here as well!
@THCya979615 ай бұрын
@@delmaroeton9566 I just checked it out. They’re kicking some bong ass!!! Loved it! Thanks for the recommendation!!!
@margaretkiser63052 ай бұрын
My first husband was my best friend, who I met during the summer before our senior year. He was a Jim Morrison fanatic, introduced me to The Doors. My father-in-law served in Vietnam, and this friend's namesake died there shortly before his birth. I attended the opening of the Vietnam memorial in Dallas Fair Park with the Gold Star mother, where she was warmly greeted by some vets on our way back to the car. She handed me her keys and I had to support her while we walked to her car, and I drove us 'home'. This music brings it all back to my mind, like it was yesterday, thanks to my time listening to her other son's records; which had passed to her grandson and we played them in her house all those years ago.
@robbinrasmussen30602 ай бұрын
I get it. My dad was KIA in Vietnam and this music from that era has been the soundtrack of my life.
@kalikalimai16 ай бұрын
It's incredible that you are listening to this now. This is a history lesson. Jim Morrison, another icon for those days of wine and roses, for us old folks. AND NO electronics.
@madelineanabella64006 ай бұрын
This is the type of song that you listen to when you’re in a chill mood, or trying to be in a chill mood and when you just wanna get lost in a song. It will definitely take you on a journey . Kinda like Pink Floyd does. 😊
@lanpartyanimal52156 ай бұрын
If you really want to go on a journey take a listen of Jade Warrior's Waves part 1 & Waves part 2.
@madelineanabella64006 ай бұрын
@@lanpartyanimal5215 ok, ty… I’ll check it out 😊
@johnkellis84566 ай бұрын
LA Woman, Light my Fire! Another genius we lost way too early!
@user-hu8yr7qv4n4 ай бұрын
And I’m right back to ‘71.Love seeing a new generation appreciate the music I have loved for over 55 years.
@bigsurbill12 күн бұрын
Yeah, our generation had the best music and it's sweet seeing other generations enjoy the music we did!
@jackreigle13876 ай бұрын
Ray didn't play bass on this studio version. Jerry Scheff gets the credit. Look him up, he's an incredibly experienced session guy who deserves to be recognized.
@neilpatrickhairless6 ай бұрын
True, Ray did play the bass part live with his left hand while playing the rest of the parts with his right though and that's crazy because the bass part is 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻
@jimhamblin23486 ай бұрын
When I was 12 I saved up some money and bought my first two albums, Doors - The Doors, and Cream’s - Wheels of Fire. Everyone else was all over the Beatles and thought I was a freak. Still freaking!!
@aussieanne6812Ай бұрын
The Doors’ music was amazing - I grew up with this and other songs of that era as my soundtrack. That’s why so many films today include music from back then … I doubt much of today’s music will last the test of time like the “golden oldies”.
@wayneH4505 ай бұрын
This song completely captures the spirit of a monsoon storm hitting phoenix Arizona. From the wall of dust sweeping in, to the following thunder storm.