Rapper FIRST time REACTION to THE DOORS - Light My Fire! This is wild...

[@ceejay1794]

Now go see The Doors performing this on the Ed Sullivan show. Ed told Jim he couldn’t sing the word higher, Jim agreed then proceeded to sing it anyway. The stage manager chewed Jim a new one ending with “You will never be asked to perform the Sullivan Show, again”. Jim, ever the sly one quipped “we just did” 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@betsylocario6453]

Everyone wanted to be on the Ed Sullivan Show. He gave so many young groups their big boost in the USA. The Beatles had their first USA show there, with the girls in the audience screaming and fainting😊

[@dodahlberg]

Then watch Jimmy Fallon's parody of it.

[@chrispowers8339]

Yessss!

[@sanandaallsgood673]

Actually, it was a producer that told the Doors manager that they couldn't use the word higher, not Ed himself. Jim didn't care and sang it anyway.

[@bridgetmcghee6371]

Love this song

[@noelo3950]

Riders On The Storm and People Are Strange for me are two of my favourite Doors songs. Either is worth a listen with good lyrics.

[@derekhines1078]

My favorite 2 for sure.

[@rubyslippers8215]

"Riders of the Storm" -- one of my favs - powerful! He had such a mysterious quality about him. The lyrics of his songs, the music, his persona....That bizarre 27 club took him way too soon.

[@Mko007]

People are Strange 💯 and also Riders on the storm is another 🔥

[@lancewright8652]

Five to One... Unknown Soldier.. and many more!!

[@LynnThompsonAuthor]

Those and Crystal Ship.

[@steve4562]

The Doors are one of those bands that take you places. You're never sure where exactly, but it's a nice trip.

[@vickiemcelhaney5490]

Morrison was a great poet. I'm 70 now and still can remember the words to their music

[@Jane-d4w]

Absolutely. 62 here.

[@pkhyde1]

This was written by Robby Krieger and arranged by Ray Manzarek. Jim just sang it perfectly

[@RockinMamaT]

His book American poet is so good 👍

[@liamstrange4939]

I’m only 49 just and the Doors are one of the best and creative soundscapes I’ve experienced

[@Skeeter123]

Same here & I'm 71 😊

[@danielmarshall3102]

The vocals and soloing on this song and "Riders on the Storm" are the best !!!

[@WayneStewart-p9l]

Don’t know if relevant but I was just singing to Lord.?!

[@stj971]

DOORS UNIVERSAL MIND!!!!

[@Renkk17]

The Doors - People are Strange - Riders on the Storm

[@chelseahaley8350]

So many good songs by them! L.A. Woman, Break on through, Love her madly, Back door man, Love me two times....The list goes on and on!

[@UberDave918]

These are all great choices to continue down the proverbial rabbit hole of the Doors

[@larsbonzai]

@chelseahaley8350 beat me to many suggestions I had- so I'll suggest Peace Frog 😁 One of their best songs!

[@stephaniewarthen]

I still have all their vinyls. A dark room, a lava lamp, and ... stuff ... good times!

[@steveullrich7737]

Especially the "stuff"! 🙂

[@subwaygoddess1]

And some cheap wine and a smoke..

[@JokerInk-CustomBuilds]

In time I let all my vinyls go. But I still have one: The Soft Parade. I got that one as a young boy from my mother. The only record she ever bought as a teen. It has a special place in my heart.

[@JokerInk-CustomBuilds]

@@subwaygoddess1 Thats the "stuff" lol

[@liamstrange4939]

😂me too I got all my copies of of man that was lost in the drug world

[@doomhunter697]

Many songs had a 'radio edit' for length or content. Some of the more 'rock heavy' FM stations would play the longer versions occasionally, often later at night. Imagine having heard only the radio edit of a favorite song, then you hear the full version for a surprise. It was like getting seconds on ice cream when you were five.

[@joeykopack]

Exactly, I always got the long version because I listened to a album oriented rock station AOR for short

[@LonghopeBro-ju6jl]

Light My Fire was popular in the UK in '67 before I moved to the San Francisco Bar Area. It wasn't long before I heard it on KSAN FM and was surprised that it was 7 minutes long. I immediately wrote to my friends back home to tell them that they were missing 4 minutes of the song. I also had to rub it in that it was sunny and warm in December.

[@johndalley1288]

Yup. Your station was cool if they played the long version of this song.

[@deadwood75]

The "album version" of a song was another reason to buy the LP instead of the 45.

[@silvertarot25]

Back in the 90s there was a late night DJ at the local station that would play the full length version In Da Gadda Da Vida regularly...rumor was that was when his gf visited him at the station.

[@JonS0107]

I'm about to turn 70. In 1968 my brothers took me to my first concert when I was 13. It featured the Doors, The Byrds and their opening act was a relatively new singer by the name of Alice Cooper. Ticket prices to see a total of nine bands was only $5. Back then the commercial radio stations were on AM radio and limited songs to about 3 minutes. If you were lucky, you lived in a college town or had FM stations that would play full length recordings.

[@DianeTaylor-m9c]

I'm jealous!!!

[@LsOzVision]

Who said 13 was unlucky?

[@DianeTaylor-m9c]

@LsOzVision 13 is the name of the Doors album that my brother had and, later gave me a copy for a Christmas gift. It is a favorite album of mine...not a bad tune on it. I don't think they put it out as a CD.

[@silvertarot25]

The genius of The Doors was how well the band would adjust to Jim's improv during live shows.

[@myntami]

Love the Doors and Val Kilmer did a FANTASTIC job portraying Jim in the movie I highly suggest if you've never seen it you should! ❤❤❤

[@viracocha03]

I just made the same comment. lol. Watched that VHS until it wore out,.

[@punker-gamer-trucker-guy]

It truly is an excellent movie even if a lot of it is fictionalized.

[@danielmarshall3102]

Agreed!!

[@kevinc6916]

Movie was a total turd. Stone made Jim look like a 24/7 stoner which was incorrect. The cast did a fine job but the movie was a work of fiction

[@viracocha03]

@kevinc6916 it was a movie. Not a documentary . That being said, Jim was a mess a large part of his later life.

[@LadyGnomeofthewoods]

(baby boomer here) My mother told me that women used to scream and faint at Frank Sinatra concerts just like they did for the Beatles.... When the Doors rehearsed for the Ed Sullivan TV show, they had to change the lyrics "girl we couldn't get much higher" to something less drug related. When the show aired live, they sang the original lyrics and got banned from his show for life!

[@karencolley-smidt864]

Love Her Madly, Love Street, and Break On Through. I have loved The Doors since I was a little girl in the 70s.

[@landiahillfarm6590]

Nothing exemplifies the discordant, troubling, divisive times of the 60's better than the sound of The Doors. Their music, almost to a song, had an edgy vibe to it that so reflected the times. I know and feel how divided the country is today, but in so many respects its nothing compared to where we were in the mid-late 1960's. The Doors personified the "LA Sound" and man did they ever strike a chord. Jims dark words and amazing voice with Ray, Robby and John's wonderful sounds... so so so good. This is a very VERY deep rabbit hole you can crawl down into.

[@larsbonzai]

Jim Morrison was a poet extraordinaire. And isn't it interesting that he proclaimed "I am the Lizard King, I can do anything." "Saurus" in Latin means "lizard". And a thesaurus can help make you a master wordsmith. (this is the kind of thinking I do when I listen to The Doors)

[@johnmyers1069]

About a year later, Jose Feliciano released his soulful acoustic version of Light My Fire. It charted #3 for three consecutive weeks. Feliciano won the 1969 grammy for Best New Artist and Best Contemporary Male Pop Vocal.

[@Skeeter123]

This is a great cover of Light My Fire ❤

[@elizabethwade7946]

That was the version my parents listened to. I was in high school when I discovered the Doors. My mom was blown away by the Doors' version of that song!

[@johnradovich8809]

Better than the original!

[@BuddyBoy68]

Hello Black Pegasus! It's Andrew Erroch fae Paisley in Scotland here. I had to check to see if you have reacted to my favourite band of all time, and I'm so glad to see you have. I have seen many acts and many bands over the years, but The Doors just grabbed me when I first came across them, and it was like all I had been waiting for. I was too young when they were popular and I would have been only 3 years old when Jim Morrison joined "The 27 Club" in 1971 by dying far too young, but I have had the absolute pleasure of watching Ray Manzarek and Robby Kreiger play their songs with the Ian Astbury, the front man of The Cult, when they called themselves The Riders On The Storm. To be honest, I first really got into them from the controversial movie by Oliver Stone called 'The Doors', in 1991, mostly about the life of Jim Morrison, played by Val Kilmer and his partner Pamela, played by Meg Ryan. Billy Idol even had a part in this movie. I say controversial because it seems it was very much Oliver Stone's warped version of Jim's life and far from how he actually was. You should hear The Doors keyboard player and founding member Ray Manzarek talk about the movie and on Oliver Stone how he'd "love to deck that guy" because "the movie was jive". You can see that on KZbin. The movie certainly had its faults, but I loved it because it also had their music, and it introduced me to them and had a big impact on me, especially as I've learned so much more about them since. There are so many songs I could suggest of The Doors for you to react to, but I'm sure you will come back to this band time and time again. So, for now, I'm going to suggest 'Peace Frog' and 'Touch Me', as you want to hear more of Jim Morrison's voice. Dive deep down this rabbit hole. In fact, open The Doors of Perception. Æ 🙏

[@vidpie]

Robby Krieger wrote "Light My Fire." He still performs. “There was lots of classical music in my house. My father liked march music. There was a piano at home. I studied trumpet at ten, but nothing came of it. Then I started playing blues on the piano, no lessons though. When I was seventeen, I started playing guitar. I used my friend’s guitar. I didn’t get my own until I was eighteen. It was a Mexican flamenco guitar. I took flamenco lessons for a few months. I switched around from folk to flamenco to blues to rock ‘n’ roll. “Records got me into the blues. Some of the newer rock ‘n’ roll, such as the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. If it hadn’t been for Butterfield going electric, I probably wouldn’t have gone rock ‘n’ roll. I didn’t plan on rock ‘n’ roll. I wanted to learn jazz... “In The Doors we have both musicians and poets, and both know of each other’s art, so we can effect a synthesis. In the case of Tim Buckley or Dylan you have one man’s ideas. Most groups today aren’t groups. In a true group all the members create the arrangements among themselves.”

[@subwaygoddess1]

OMG I loved your reaction to this! I had that same smile on my face that you had! On the radio, we had the much edited version of many songs. We just called this "the album version!"

[@marypittman5821]

People are Strange~ love the Doors!

[@jkgannon1049]

All these & 20th Century Fox

[@MrkBO8]

Unknown soldier.

[@michaelcripe395]

“The End”

[@beverlyrea5713]

Excellent!!!

[@ceejay1794]

A must❤😊

[@jerihalter1339]

My favorite song of theirs.

[@bellac1451]

Yes this, it's more of an experience than listening to a song.

[@beckygrant2258]

YES, YES, YES! Please!

[@richpeltier9519]

Jim's birthday was last Sunday. He was the proto punk, with a golden voice.

[@MarkRichter-j2l]

The Doors-"Moonlight Drive" my favorite Doors song

[@viracocha03]

Mine too !! Love Street is another one in my tops.

[@johnnyd5285]

Jim Morrison had the stage presence and sexual appeal that Elvis had. And the keyboard player Ray Manzarek was the heart of the music.

[@tomaroni6670]

..."Class of 76"...One of my top 5 all time bands...Thx! This is the song he was barred from the live Ed Sullivan TV show for saying...We couldn't get much higher...which he promised he wouldn't say if they let him perform...Now do LA Woman...

[@randyhochstein8455]

Jim was a master of the language. On his grave marker he’s not referred to as a musician, but rather what he saw himself as. A poet. ✌🏼😎🇺🇸

[@SonicProfessor_a.k.a._T._Andra]

He did not think of himself as a poet. He considered himself a writer (and that is more accurate). [But, yes: you are correct about the gravestone. Of course: he himself had no say, whatsoever, in that.]

[@36karpatoruski]

The Doors varied from straight psychedelic to psychedelic pop, straight blues, blues rock, to rock and roll and hard rock, and pure pop, and even some jazz rock fusion. From light hearted love songs, to dead serious dark side carnival from hell. Iconic and great band.

[@judycohentx]

Iron Butterfly “Ina-A-Gadda- Da-Vida” long version. +/- 20 minutes long. When I was in high school one of the local stations would play the long version at 5:20 PM. It has a fabulous drum solo part way through.

[@greglegakis4177]

"Hello I Love You" definitely needs to be on your Doors reaction list.

[@andrewjost6714]

So back in the 60s and early 70s, automobiles and most personal radios were AM radios and those stations played pretty much the "teeny bopper" music and limited to less than 3 minutes per song. Jazz and these long play great rock songs were found on FM stations, which caused a lot of more "sophisticated" listeners to acquire FM radios and even replace thier radios on their cars with FM radios and even 8-track and later cassette decks.

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

If you don't know, the name of the band stems from a book by Huxley "The Doors of Perception"

[@kerrysmethurst3972]

I really got into the doors in the 90’s and I loved all the different styles they brought. The film where Val Kilmer plays Jim is AMAZING you understand all of it “the scene” as it was. Very psychedelic. Very Andy Warhol. Very trippy if ya get me 😉. I do think bio films give you a deeper understanding of the person if they’re done well. Oh and meg Ryan plays Pam his wife. Great job as always BP ❤✌🏻

[@rubyslippers8215]

I need to see that movie...👍

[@beckiramsey9561]

@@rubyslippers8215 you definitely should!❤

[@FrancesThompson-e3m]

I love Santana but this is pre Santana.Four Musicians creating such great music

[@tomfurci3701]

I bought the edited single as a kid when it came out. So many years later...it still sounds HOT AF! This is the full length version of the song, which I didn't hear until years later. They packed a lot of great songs in a very short amount of time. Thanks for the memories.

[@kken7764]

The instrumental was cut for the radio version. It jumped to the organ solo just before he started singing again. Check out Riders on the Storm. I graduated in 1970 and this takes me back.

[@stevecallais1713]

you got this right. he started out as a kid really into Elvis. Then tried to be a crooner, after Sinatra, before finding his blues voice. I was confused when i first listened to the doors with his voice. But now love it. Very influential later ie new wave, Joy Division, Stranglers. His voice and organ went onto influence a whole generation of early 80s bands.

[@dlpowers3898]

There's so much awesomeness with the Doors music, from great storytelling and amazing keyboard play(which sometimes doubled as bass as they didn't normally have a bass guitarist amongst the 4 of them) Jim's hypnotic vocals, original guitar playing and crazy drumming too make it all a complete journey in every song they did! thanks for sharing Black Pegasus :)

[@maxbrazil3712]

Keyboardist Ray Manzarek was a performance level classical music pianist. He gave The Doors the discipline and structure that shot them to the top. Ringo Starr did the same for The Beatles.

[@Tijuanabill]

He played that bass guitar part live as well, on the keyboard while playing the keyboard part. This is a real bass on the album though.

[@kenf3539]

The Doors didn't have a bass player when performing live, Ray did that too. The only used a bassist when recording in the studio.

[@DeniseNicarry]

Ray was the main appeal of The Doors for me.

[@Tijuanabill]

@@DeniseNicarry I think the defining sound of the band is clearly his keyboard play. I agree completely.

[@anitawright7169]

The Doors are awesome! Love this song so much! Love your reaction!

[@viracocha03]

If you have never seen The Doors movie with Val Kilmer, you need to watch it. Watched that VHS until it wore out. Fun fact, he did this song on Ed Sullivan(?) and was told he could not say the word "Higher" on TV. Jim was not one to change his lyrics for censorship, he sung it, it was glorious and the backlash was great.

[@michaelwolfe9496]

It's true that Jim wasn't happy about having to censor the lyric, but he did intend to. However he was nervous about being on TV and forgot. The movie made it seem intentional, but Jim maintained that it wasn't.

[@curtislong6806]

Jim was a singer songwriter poet artist mystic and philosopher. He had an I Q of 160, a degree in film from UCLA, he was a superstar, and he did all of that by age 27. His father was A US Navy admiral. Wat a seven minute video called riding with Jim.

[@2AOnlyWay]

Awesome Musicians! And a brilliant poet!!🔥🔥 “Roadhouse Blues” and many more to come i hope!

[@debbiesinclair-o8m]

Released in 1967 -- two years before Santana performed at Woodstock in 1969. I love Moonlight Drive and When the Music's Over.

[@au5097]

Jim Morrison was a huge Elvis fan, he loved the way Elvis sang, and he wanted to emulate the Elvis croon. Also Ray Manzerick's playing is insane, in this he plays the bass with his left hand and the more Organ sound with his right. Santana got a lot of inspiration from Robbie Krieger's guitar playing. Peace Frog is a absolute banger! You need to check that song out.

[@josephcote6120]

The keyboardist was the late, great Ray Manzarek. A master of his craft. Check out the Doors "Riders On The Storm." Then watch the video titled "RAY MANZAREK-RIDERS ON THE STORM" It's an interview with him about how that song came to be.

[@jenjenb7634]

My brother in law was a keyboardist for a band and they would do this song plus other Doors songs. He would jam out just like the Doors did and my brother in law was great.

[@moniquesewell2670]

You need to watch a live version of any song of his. His charisma, stage presence, etc is unreal!!

[@snowbirdlady7221]

There was the short radio version and the great long album version. High school dances were played by some very very good local bands who covered all the current songs. After you danced to Light My Fire, you knew you had a work out. Always have loved Jim's voice. One of the best in rock, but gone too soon. One of my favorites is Crystal Ship - listen to it!

[@timcampbell5758]

I see a lot of great suggestions, one I haven’t seen is LA Woman. That’s my favourite Doors song. Another is Peace Frog, a real gem of a song!!!! Great reaction BP!!!

[@cyrus2728]

riders on the storm ,when the musics over, la woman, people are strange and love her madly are my favs.

[@Bozers24]

Jim Morrison was a member of the 27 Club. It is a group of ICONIC musicians who died way too early-at the age of 27.

[@dimitrasotirakoglou2553]

One of his greatest creations ❤

[@josephbonsiero8725]

If you want Jim at top voice, LA Woman

[@daveking9393]

Great group great tune. And one of the best reaction channels out there thanks so much for all you do keep up the great work

[@sanandaallsgood673]

This songs lyrics were written by the guitarist, Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist asked for some time with the lyrics. He created the organ instrumental and all of them came up with the overall tone for the song. You are right that they cut the song for radio from the 7 minute version to the 3 minute one, but when FM radio came into being, THEN album cuts could be played and we got the full 7 minute version.

[@realcoolbreeze]

Bought/had this album back in the day. Everyone knew exactly whether this song would be the long version or not at a certain point during the organ solo. Those were the days. I m 75 now.

[@ButterflyNL]

Good day to you @Black Pegasus, i have been visiting your KZbin channel for a while now and i have to thank you, ever since i started to watch your shows , i have been listening to Thin Lizzy again. I forgotten them but i heard your sample a few times and i was like "omg i know that song" so thank you again for shaking up my memory . Keep doing what you do and i wish you and your family a wonderful holiday season.

[@mwinstanley7]

There is a radio edit of this, and I'm pleased you listened to the whole song. The Doors were one of my teen favourites in the 80's. Favourites Five To One When The Music's Over Crystal Ship Unknown Soldier Peace Frog The End (live at the Hollywood Bowl if you're going to react)

[@timmoser3526]

Riders on the storm, Whiskey bar, 20th century Fox, this is the end is wild. Just a few others to rabbit hole down! About time you got here 😂

[@WireWeaver]

Riders on the Storm has been a fav for decades.

[@SdMbL1]

This is one of my favorite jams of all time! Always heard it on the radio as a kid (radio edit) and thought it was good. Heard the full version and thought it was a masterpiece. One of (if not the) first psychedelic rock songs ever they say. Had to be one of the first songs with an instrumental rock jam that long.

[@reality1958]

Yes they did. Some stations played the full length version and others would play an edited version without any of the long keyboard and guitar solo

[@richardbrown9141]

I grew up in Ferguson Missouri. We had a radio station KSHE 95 that would play the whole song of bands like the Doors, or any others.

[@TheOnespeedbiker]

Jim Morrison needed more material for their debut album and told the band members to go home and write a song. The guitarist Robby Krieger came back the next day with the first verse and chorus to Light My Fire; JM wrote the second verse and it was the Door's first #1 hit.

[@linkloudenback8359]

This was one that was made for radio. Yes they played the full song. Pop stations usually play 3 to 5 minutes but rock stations will play 3 to 7 minutes sometimes 10 or 15 minutes in the middle of the night so that the DJ can go to bathroom or eat. Once the local rock station that we had here played back in the eighties even played the full version of Iron Butterfly’s “ In A Gadda Da Vida”.

[@FinallyTuned]

The human voice is a unique instrument - a combination of a horn (wind pipe) and strings (vocal chords). It is a reason why orchestras and symphonies are so relatable.

[@czkid54]

Their breakout hit. and Jim Morrison was indeed a charismatic and darkly mysterious figure (Listen to "The End") - truly the "Lizard King"

[@beckiramsey9561]

I think The Doors are an amazing phenomenon! I’m slightly young and missed the time, but love the music and saw the Val Kilmer movie and am stunned and amazed at his talent and the draw he had!❤❤🔥🔥 Thanks for reacting BP!❤

[@hopeklemann1]

🌸 I've been in love with Jim forever and ever.... he had an amazingly high IQ he was an incredible poet... he challenged the norms in the system

[@Redbike961]

Every time this song comes on I enjoy it. I never turn it off. Always makes me dance.

[@BornyPA]

Grew up listening to the Doors as a kid. Roadhouse Blues, LA Woman, The End, Riders on the Storm. So many more. Great rabbit hole..

[@LynnThompsonAuthor]

A lot of the '60s bands used an organ as one of their instruments. I know I've recommended Deep Purple several times to you; their organist, Jon Lord, was an absolute beast! Check out "Lazy" by Deep Purple for an amazing organ/guitar jam to start off the song; the lyrics don't even come in until a few minutes into the song. The ultimate jam song was Iron Butterfly's "In a Gadda da Vita," which took up one whole side of an album (and yes, there was a much-shortened radio cut of it to fit the 3-minute-max format of radio stations). I actually preferred the radio cut of that song; the longer one got a bit tedious, to me. Most of the rock-band organists in the '60s were classically trained musicians, and they took that knowledge and blended it with jazz, blues, and R&B influences to get their sound. Once synthesizers became a thing, the organ in a band was replaced with those, due to their greater versatility at being able to mimic the timbre of various other instruments. That led to the rise of the '70s progressive-rock keyboardists like Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Rick Wakeman of Yes, who were often surrounded on 3 sides by an assortment of keyboards on various levels, like 3 pipe organ consoles. Ooh...you haven't done any EL&P, either, have you? They're worth checking out. "Lucky Man" is a good one to start with, and "Karn Evil 9, 2nd Impression" will have a line or two that may sound familiar to you. I don't think you've done "Long Distance Runaround" by Yes, either; that song has one of the most amazing bass parts of the '70s in it!

[@Reiki0525]

Great, great song. Love the Doors.

[@jenfries6417]

Back in those days, they did edit most of the solos out of this song for radio, but many stations had late night shows where the dj could pretty much do whatever they liked, and then you'd hear uncut full versions of a lot of pretty cutting edge stuff. I was a big fan of overnight radio in NYC, so it was years before I learned there even was a radio cut of Light My Fire.

[@jimphilidor9031]

Jim Morrison was partly inspired by singers like Frank Sinatra, or the so called "crooners", which you can hear in his softer, jazzy parts. It sounds really cool in this psychedelic rock context. But the raw power he had came from the blues. The band was heavily inspired by jazz and the guitarist Robby Krieger was a flamenco guitarist, so improvisation was a huge part of their music. This wasn't Jim Morrison & The Doors but just The Doors. Every individual got their time in the spotlight and that's amazing. As a guitarist I especially love Robby Krieger's solo in this song. I think it's one of the best guitar solos in rock music and Robby is one of the most underrated guitarists ever.

[@BlackMasakari]

What an insanely powerful song - simple and complex at the same time. Thank you, Jim, have a good one up there in the heavens, and thank you to the doors.

[@Navarre-i1j]

Fantastic stuff! Check out 'Roadhouse Blues', 'Riders on the Storm', and 'Crawling King Snake', and pretty much the whole catalog, lol!

[@indii1]

It was the 60s, and he was a wild spirit. The 50s were still pretty buttoned up, and there was no containing him. He was beautiful and sensual when that was a whole new concept.

[@robynfedalen1777]

Great song. Great reaction. ❤️✌🏻🎶

[@MikePhillips-pl6ov]

Jim was a fan of Elvis (you mentioned him), Sinatra, and other great singers. The Doors made 6 studio albums from 1967-1971, all top quality. Still no-one else has ever sounded like them. Genuinely unique.

[@robertleitner5209]

This song came out about the same time rock FM was born. WABC FM in New York was one of these first or maybe the first to come along. It was here that I first heard the 13 minute version of this Doors classic. No longer limited to 3 minute songs. This was the promise and draw for early FM stations.

[@donnamathewson22]

They played this whole track on the FM radio. I remember listening to it. This was the birth of AOR (album oriented radio) channels when FM came along. So you start getting long interesting songs, concept albums, bands that stopped caring about AM top 40 radio. Could Stairway to Heaven become a hit today? Also - since your a musician want to mention the speaker that made organ music distinct back in the day. Look into the Leslie speaker. Wild to hear them live. Keyboardist had control of how fast the horns spin.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

The #1 song of 1967. The Doors first hit single. Of course Top 40 radio (mainly on AM at the time) only played the 45 RPM single version, which, as I recall, was about 3 minutes. It wasn't until FM "progressive rock," a format that would ultimately become known as "album rock," started playing the longer album version (which is the version you used on this video) that the song started to become legendary. Today it stands as a landmark rock and roll classic. But in 1967, it was the #1 song of the year. When you talk about how today songs are more about the vocals, the same was true in 1967. But remember, songs were all edited to be acceptable to AM Top 40 radio stations, which mostly played about 18 minutes of commercials per hour. When FM radio started to become popular (largely because of these progressive rock stations), they played far fewer commercials (8 to 10 minutes per hour when sold out), they could play the "long versions" (the album version) of these songs. The long versions often had lengthy instrumental breaks, as you observed with this song. Jim Morrison, the lead singer of The Doors, was one of several young rock 'n roll stars who sadly died at the age of 27. Others included Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. As long versions of hit singles go, the longest that I can recall was the 18-minute album version of "In=A=Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly. Took up the entire A side of their album. A few other great Doors songs include, "Touch Me," "Break On Through (To the Other Side)," "People Are Strange," "Love Me Two Times," "Hello I Love You," "Love Her Madly," and their masterpiece, "Riders On the Storm."

[@snezzevp]

These dudes were SO far ahead of their time! Two great movies that kinda represented this ( on some level) was Eddie and the Cruisers. Part one and two. Great movies that represent a band way ahead of everyone else. And the soundtrack is freaking amazing!!!

[@hopeklemann1]

🌸 Ray was a classically trained pianist and he was an amazing organ player and all of those things in the band itself

[@ceejay1794]

He was phenomenal

[@czkid54]

the 60's/70's music was about the journey.... the trip

[@premasru]

You got that right. The spiritual journey, the mysterious trip for many, if not for all.

[@curtislong6806]

Robby Krieger fantastic guitarists. Keyboardist Ray manzarek played bass lines on the keyboards

[@Songbird-59]

AM radio played shortened versions of songs and songs that were the 3 minute range. FM radio, which was like underground back in the day, played the full songs and harder rock, blues. Then FM radio took the stage, and we got to hear everything.

[@ginog1398]

Hey man lets gooo! The Doors are number 1 rock band ever, they were all about it, if you'd like to see Morrison in his prime you could check out a live recorded show called ''The Doors Are Open'' and you can find it here on youtube, its from their Europe tour at the London Roundhouse in 1968, there you can see Jim screaming and jumping all around with his full leather clothes, band went off that day also, Jim once said that had to be their best perfomance yet and its cool cause its recorded, there are not a lot of Jim livem video recorded shows

[@flint005]

the Doors are one of my top 5 all time rock bands .. RIP Jim Morrison part of the 27 club

[@VincentManiscalco]

Jim Morrison was just different !! so many of these incredibly talented artists died so young…. My favorite are the doors touch me great song.

[@ericalhalaby7671]

My favorite group with Pink Floyd to retreat within myself. I suggest you hit "Break on through (to the other side) next to get to see the difference between his lyrics and Robby Krieger's for this song, with just a few suggestions from Jim. I seem to remember that the "funeral pyre" was a contribution from Jim to Robby's original song. But I expect you will enjoy expanding your mind with the Doors: "the Crystal ship", "People are strange", "Strange days", "You're lost little girl", "Moonlight Drive", "Love me two times", and these are just a few suggestions from the first 2 of their 6 studio albums. Enjoy!

[@gadam53]

What a great, classic song!!

[@donaldwhitt689]

Classicly trained guitarist Robbie Kreiger wrote this song. His first with the band. Morrison was a fan of Frank Sinatra.

[@tonic8945]

First heard The Doors in the 60s and they still fresh ❤

[@useall7665]

The doors LA woman, is a trip, & love her madley😮

[@beverlywest7627]

You would hear the long versions on FM radio, college stations and such. Everyone had the vinyl, and the music was the best part. The shorter version was on regular AM radio. Decades later, and every single word comes right back. FIRE!!

[@tommcgowan525]

Back in 1970 our highschool basketball pep band was the first one to electrify. We had the church girl who transformed behind the keyboard, we were like a rock band , drove the other schools crazy

[@rhondaserges5136]

Radio played the entire song in my day .. we had many long songs Stairway, Bohemian Rhapsody, Free Bird ... All long songs

[@stuarthornsby7023]

It amazes me at times when I have seen these bands in concert & their ability to play & sing the songs. The copious amounts & types of drugs they did in their day is astronomical. But, others say that is why & how their music is so "good," which I agree it is.