EPIC!| FIRST TIME HEARING The Doors - Love Her Madly REACTION

[@MayfaireOquinn1210]

Amber, I love that you used the word carnival! Ray Manzarek's organ playing has (for many years) made me think of some dark, twisted carnival. The whole band is amazing, but Manzarek's keyboard with Jim's haunted voice gives the Doors a one-of-a-kind sound.

[@danielwalker1538]

The Beatles - Being for the benefit of Mr. Kit. A pretty amazing creepy circus of sounds.

[@danielwalker1538]

Or The Doors - Alabama song

[@shawnk7832]

But Ray Manzarek... Is he on the keys and the bass at the same time??? I'm hearing it!!! 😁

[@shawnk7832]

First time reactors like these two make me hear music differently, thanks to Jay n Amber😁😁😁😍😘

[@shawnk7832]

The Doors The End😁

[@hazzard8760]

Love the way Ray Manczerak's keyboard solo puts a huge smile on their faces.. It does that to me every time...

[@Shrykespeare]

More Doors classics to add to your list - "LA Woman" (Billy Idol also did a KILLER cover), "Light My Fire", "Touch Me", "The End", and "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)".

[@joshsmith302]

I second (Light My Fire) but any of those are worth a listen for them.

[@centuryrox]

- Love Me Two Times - The WASP - The Changeling

[@monkeysuncle2816]

Peace Frog And not that they'd review it, but "The Poetry of Jim Morrison with MUSIC by The Doors"

[@Kckier]

Touch Me is my favorite!

[@canonfodder2068]

I love Billy Idol's version of LA Woman, too! The video with Billy snarling his way through the lyrics is like a little dystopian movie.

[@surlechapeau]

Jay/Amber, Their "LA Woman" and "Light My Fire" are next for you!!! BANGERS!! Classics!!

[@shaunfoulk4233]

Yes, and they would also have to listen 🎶to I'm Blown Away and Break On Through To The Other Side.

[@DianaJG8]

AGREE! "Light My Fire" was the quintessential Doors song and classic for the era!!

[@travis8981]

Two of their best

[@ronjacobs9557]

"Light My Fire" long version !

[@amandatheyahoo411]

I'm definitely a hit or miss on doors but I have always loved LA woman I'm going to look that up and see if you've done it no idea why I like that song and a few more and then the rest of the doors I can't get into. Respect them for sure

[@shellygill5029]

"Light My Fire" and "Touch Me" are Door's classic must do's.

[@shawnyoung8752]

Those were written by Kreiger.

[@rubyswaim1441]

Jim Morrison (R.I.P.) knew how to wear leather pants.

[@krazikofiman]

Don't you love her madly? His voice, the band, the song construction... it's just perfect and stays with you!

[@DavidBMaas]

When the Music's Over is a great song, plus The End.

[@kbusby4824]

Such a great catalogue for such a short lived band. Love Me Two Times by the great Robbie Kreiger isn't mentioned here in the comments so I will mention it. I would say LA Woman should be next. RIP Jim and Ray. Iconic band of the California sound, in many ways the antithesis of The Beach Boys although both bands certainly had a dark side.

[@jenniferfoster1692]

Love Me Two Times is great!

[@michaelserby-xp2ih]

Classic DOORS. ❤😮

[@sallym1171]

When I think classic Doors, I automatically think Light My Fire. Y'all really should listen to that one next.🎶

[@paulamelnyk986]

Couldn't agree more. Love that song.

[@patswanson2870]

Jim Morrison has such a mysterious eerie sounding voice. I love it! He's the Vincent Price voice of Rock music.

[@vicprovost2561]

Alice Cooper also maybe.

[@jacksonmorganfroghin4815]

He has been dubbed, "The crooner from hell" .......in a good way of course.

[@jacksonmorganfroghin4815]

He is also known as The Lizard King.

[@martindalton9372]

That's a funny comment. When I was 17 I was listening to "The Best of The Doors" and my mom asked, "Who is that? He sounds like Edgar Allen Poe came back to life as a rock singer."

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

That's an odd yet apt statement. Vincent Price was an art lover. He collected Remmington etchings when he was just a kid.

[@classiclife7204]

Another Robby Krieger song. The Doors' guitar player has to be the most underrated songwriter of the 60s. He wrote most of their biggest hits.

[@ThisTrainIsLost]

I heartily agree! The only point of variance is in "most of their biggest hits." Leaving aside "best songs," which would be a totally subjective list, when you are talking about Robbie and the Door's commercial hits, I think that it's safe to drop the "most of."

[@timothygarrett2785]

This is my childhood, all these songs are what I grew up to, and I can’t help but put myself back in time whenever I hear it.

[@sheilameyers152]

I do remember that time ….fantastically I go right back there! I like it when he sings “ Don’t you love her as she’s walking out the door!”

[@jon-kl9mk]

I ditto that!

[@glendamott6420]

We were lucky it was great .

[@tghost739]

Mine too

[@deborahpaley21]

Me too

[@exley8100]

My First favorite band. Love the song "The Crystal Ship." It would be great if you guys did that one!

[@nickimontie]

That's my favorite Doors song!

[@cherrybomb1386]

My ex used to sing it to me. Sweet memory.

[@sanzoftatooine]

Great song

[@jenniferobryan3434]

I love the crystal ship it is such beautiful song I love his vocals

[@marybaillie8907]

This song was one of the highest charted song of the Doors. The organ, guitars and the drums in this song are amazing. And Jim's voice is so outstanding. Great reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦 🇨🇦

[@johncagnettajr344]

The best Doors song? Too many choices but “Love Me Two Times” alway comes to mind.

[@pattyestrada6]

“Touch Me” is one of my absolute favorites of theirs, please add it to the list (Amber, you’ll really like this one). Also, Ray Manzarek plays a mean keyboard, doesn’t he! I think I’ll go watch the movie now, I’m in a Doors kind of mood.

[@TangoNevada]

I like a lot of the Doors, but to be honest some of their songs sort of have a Las Vegas Lounge Music sound. Like "Touch Me" and others. That being said, there is an entirely different side that is completely psychedelic and some completely rocking and bluesy. They covered a lot of ground.

[@mnamhie]

I just love Ray. Jim once lovingly said that Ray was the Doors’ “secret weapon.” How true! He had so much passion for music and for life. Say his name: Raymond Daniel Manzarek. Then he lives forever.

[@terrylewis_]

I love "The Doors" movie with Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan etc. you might want to add it to your movie channel - I think you'd like some of the music biopic types. Like "Love & Mercy" about Brian Wilson. So many great ones out there. :) Doors are great though, so many great songs. My fav. is probably "People are Strange"

[@Priasbcbeist]

And ‘Almost Famous’

[@terrylewis_]

@@Priasbcbeist Yes!! I actually started naming movies but my comment got too long. There are so many incredible ones, and others that are also really cheesy but still worth watching. :) That one has so much talent too!

[@mamatay7]

YESSSSS on BOTH movies-- The Doors (I was the BIGGEST Val Kilmer fan in the 80s and 90s-- he was absolutely mesmerizing, and so should have at least been nominated for an Oscar, if not won,) and Almost Famous was one of a very few movies where, as I was coming out of the theater after seeing it the first time, I wanted to turn around and walk right back in and watch it again! It is an absolute remote-dropper-- I'll watch it any and every time it's on, no matter at what point in the movie it is when I find it! One of my all-time favorite movies EVER!!!

[@vickiroman189]

@@mamatay7 Val was almost transcendent as Jim.

[@beckieabbott9342]

The remaining members of The Doors did NOT like the movie. They said it painted a picture of Jim Morrison that left out most of the good things about him. The movie is not accurate according to them.

[@RobertTaylor-cx2fg]

I have been listening to this music since it came out in the 60's. It still takes me to another place. Blows my mind that J. M. made all of the Doors music before age 27. Amazing to say the least. Glad y'all like it so much. On my top 10 list always, maybe higher. Love both of you and your reactions!

[@gtrgar4561]

During Live performances, Ray Manzarek played the bass lines on a Rhodes Bass keyboard. In the studio, a session bass player would be hired. On the Album "L.A. Woman" where this track comes from the electric bass was performed by Jerry Scheff. Regarding Robbie Krieger, besides flamenco music, he also played jazz, blues and folk styles prior to joining the Doors. The Doors were a very special band and capable of exploring any style that the muse wanted for a given song. I am partial to the their songs "The End" and "Riders on the Storm". 🎹🎸🎤🥁 😎

[@lisemzarate4029]

Five to one is awesome, Back Door Man is one of my favorites, Jim's voice never gets old💜

[@JamesCarson-tm8df]

Love the Doors growing up especially the different sounding sound and keyboard like on the End and Love her Madly

[@robertkampfer8293]

"Touch Me" - The Doors with horns!

[@karendavis2668]

I've always loved "The End" by them. One of my all-time favorite bands! 💖🦋

[@Serai3]

Morrison was a crooner, or wanted to be. He idolized Frank Sinatra and molded his voice to that tradition. You can really here it in the way he glides from one note to another, and hangs onto the notes. It colors the kind of rock he's creating. Unique dude, no doubt.

[@JohnLennon99791]

Didn't know that, but something in his voice always reminded me of Frank Sinatra.

[@Tank4Life]

My favorite Doors song. It's been in a ton of movies as part of the soundtrack.

[@sanzoftatooine]

Amber, you talked about how the song is "put together." I'd say The Doors, more than many other rock bands, were conscious of arrangement. There are a lot of ways you can play the same piece of music, but The Doors really paid attention to what each instrument, and what Morrison's voice should be doing at any moment in the song. On a side note, drummer John Densmore says that when JM wrote his poems, he would set them to a melody to help him remember the words. so he would sing the lyrics to the rest of the band using that melody, and they would write the rest of the music around that. Please do "Soul Kitchen" next.

[@joelwatts5260]

Moonlight Drive is a must. The poetic words of Jim Morrison that Ray Manzarek dug so much that he said, let's start a band!

[@otisroseboro5613]

This is my all time favorite Song, I Can Play This Song Over & Over That's How Much I Love This Great Classic Song

[@ClearlyBlissful]

Would love to hear you play the Doors song: Five to One! 💕 (Jim is referring to the number of young people versus the older generation of the time.)

[@ThePittsburghToddy]

No one here gets out alive… Great song!

[@kimberlymiller3262]

Beautiful Doors! A fave : Touch Me.

[@Drumaier]

@@kimberlymiller3262 great song! Somehow I forgot about it, they have so many great songs is hard to keep up with them 😅

[@dylulenspegel01]

John Densmore has roots as a Jazz drummer, and Robby Krieger (guitar) is a classial and flamenco guitarrist. all members of the band bring their unique flavour in. *chefs kiss*

[@tinahairston6383]

Touch Me is probably my favorite song from the Doors. The sax solo at the end plus all the other brass and string instruments...total jam!!!

[@dansullivan8648]

Tina at the end Morrison sings "stronger than dirt" which was a big commercial at the time.

[@Cali_Lisa]

@Dan Sullivan...I was just going to say that. It was in a laundry detergent commercial, which was perfect. Wonder how much in royalties the Doors got for that.

[@waltw4537]

Maybe my favorite Doors song at this point in time. Thanks!!

[@barrymuller5131]

My favorite Doors album is called Morrison Hotel. Not their big hits but so tight and cohesive.

[@vaskylark]

Riders on the Storm, Light my Fire, Break on Through and LA Woman-Doors!

[@jerroldclark7053]

When the musics over, the end, five to one, light my fire, queen of the highway. Great songs by the doors to react to

[@jodyjackson5475]

the doors. Part of my life since 1967. Love them madly forever. Light My Fire. Get it 😊

[@giuliogrifi7739]

Yeees !.....mysterious is the right adjective for The Doors' music !!!

[@LoveBandit1000]

The most interesting thing about The Doors is that Morrison (and the band pretty much) died in 1971 but Morrison was on the cover of Rolling Stone in 1980 (9 years later!) and I read once that 1980 was their top album selling year - that is unheard of. I was in high school at the time and of the 2500 or so students at that school, I was known as the biggest Doors fan. A big part of the huge renewed interest in the band was the release of the book by Danny Sugarman "No One Here Gets Out Alive"...

[@kelvinkloud]

part of the resurgence also due to apocolypse now... also mainstream rock in the early 80's sucked, this helped the doors also.... what % of people in your highschool liked them? ... i was in school back then & about 40% or so of people I knew who liked rock, delved back into the doors & zep strongly.

[@jrox6091]

I read that book in 1980. It satisfied a curiosity I'd always had about Morrison. Also gave plausible explanations for his strange behavior, both on & off stage. Alcohol appeared to be his "drug of choice" but did not stop there apparently. Such a waste. I was the only one of my age group in high school in the late 70s buying Doors & Kinks albums. Born late.

[@kelvinkloud]

@@jrox6091 by ‘81, they had a big resurgence and sold a lot of records… got ray w/ prime property in Napa valley.

[@MrMcSmack]

The very weird thing The Doors did was switching between blues and jazz with no transitions...very unique

[@kellyreiterman]

Four excellent musicians combining their amazing talents to make such a unique sound. They were so fantastic.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

I am so glad you finally got to this. I've been throwing it out in comments every time you've done a doors reaction. I like a lot of their catalog for sure but this is truly my favorite song of theirs. It's just so Whimsical but it's musically super solid and creative, everything about it just resonates. And it's a great dance tune as well. Love it.

[@butchplz916]

'This band is on the same page of we're gonna absolutely kill it." Yes! Their chemistry is unmatched.

[@calabi-yau4894]

Great song! I would love to see you guys react to "Riders of the Storm" by the Doors, such a spellbinding song!

[@kbusby4824]

They did about four months ago.

[@daerdevvyl4314]

calabi-yau *Riders ON the Storm. Although your way might make more sense.

[@calabi-yau4894]

@@kbusby4824 thanks for the heads-up, will look for it. cheers!

[@HappyOne3]

This group was way ahead of their time.

[@gregd8427]

Moonlight Drive, Tell All the People, When the Music’s Over, The Cars Hiss By My Window, My Wild Love, Take It As It Comes, etc.

[@waynesweeten6211]

Youll notice a subtle nod to the Beatles and the Beach boys in the All your love chorus.

[@andrewmorehead8710]

I am what you would call a Doors fanatic. I was defiantly born in the wrong decade. The Doors sound is so unique to the time period, and to this day. Jim's voice and words are so different and beautiful. His poetry is something very special and every song is a poem with music.

[@slimpickins9124]

Always ready for some more Doors.

[@daseguin]

Listen to the whole album Waiting for the Sun on a bright summer day 👍👍👍

[@Pins33ker]

The Doors can really bring a song. Absolutely love the Doors.

[@StevenW1958]

I remember, as a 12 year old boy in 1971, the opening riff and the cool, smooth voice of Jim Morrison.

[@lilpoohbear653]

this song in the context of the time (1971) it was released...it almost defined an era!!!!

[@randyhochstein8455]

As I scroll through the comments, I see people asking for the same old Doors hits like “Light My Fire”, and “Love Me Two Times”, “Roadhouse Blues” or “When The Music’s Over”, but I wish you would take a walk on the wild side of the Doors catalog. Try something like “The Soft Parade”, “Crawling King Snake”, or maybe “Cars Hiss By My Window”. Something a bit more out of the ordinary. ♥️✌🏼😎

[@jemxs]

This was the first song i ever heard by the Doors as a 15yo! I was instantly hooked!

[@KingColehq]

Jim Morrison’s vocal type is called baritone. That low range makes him very mysterious is a singer especially when he inhabits the character

[@studmuffin3028]

Playing bass: Gerry Scheff, who at the time, was Elvis Presley's bass player. While Ray played keyboard bass in concert and in the studio, the Doors used bass players for their recordings. Scheff plays bass on the entire L.A. Woman album.

[@douglasmarkussen8529]

Man, that drummer was killing it too.

[@cindyv1401]

As a younger female years ago 😂🤣 I was so in LOVE....he was something special but drugs ruin it always for everyone !!! R.I..Paradise Jim 💜💙💜💙💜

[@GrandmaEllen]

When my daughter was in high school, she and all her friends were all listening to The Doors. I asked my daughter, when I heard it, and then said, "You're not supposed to like your Mother's music." LOL! So, it was like doing high school twice. LOL! "Riders On The Storm" is one of the best.

[@fugly747]

People Are Strange is a Doors' song performed by Echo and The Bunnymen on the Lost Boys soundtrack. Ray Manzarek played keyboards and produced the song. I own a 12" 45 of that song from the movie soundtrack.

[@CLRoess]

I always hear how masterful a drummer John Densmore is. An amazing amazing musician!

[@JohnLennon99791]

Great comment! Drums are my favorite, so I always "hear" the drums...

[@davescurry69]

Jerry Scheff's awesome bass lines really drive the song along.

[@donstand2195]

My man is thumping that bass line

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Knowing that you guys listened to rap before you started doing these reaction videos, I encourage you to go find The Doors' hit "Riders On the Storm." You will recognize it from a Snoop Dogg single in which he sampled it. It may open your eyes to realize that the sounds you grew familiar with listening to a Snoop Dogg song actually originated with Jim Morrison and the Doors decades earlier. Also by the Doors, you've already done some of these, but here are their biggest hits: "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" (1967) "Light My Fire" (1967) "People Are Strange" (1967) "Love Me Two Times" (1967) "Hello, I Love You" (1968) "Touch Me" (1968) Probably my favorite of them all. "Love Her Madly" (1971) "Riders On the Storm" (1971) There were others, but they were far less memorable, or just weren't very big hits at all.

[@jrox6091]

LA Woman should be on that list. IMO, the album, Morrison Hotel, was a gateway album pushing them into a new decade and era...until Morrison's untimely death.

[@jamesfenwick5329]

Hey guys. I'm a 71 year old man who loves the fact that you love the music I grew up with. Hoping for some more Australian artists.

[@Cali_Lisa]

Yes! INXS, please.

[@snowbirdlady8496]

Love the Doors. Yes, they are so unique. One of my favorite songs is "Crystal Ship". Haunting and Jim's voice is really shown off here.

[@stevemariman8769]

Glad you guys heard this one. "Riders On the Storm" and "Light My Fire" have free-wheeling keyboards too. Piano, electric piano, combo organ..."carnival" vibes, for sure!

[@bradsullivan2495]

"Light My Fire" put them on the map and remains their masterpiece. Also "Touch Me" and so many others.

[@timwhitnell7145]

L.A. Woman, Riders on the Storm, Roadhouse Blues and Peace Frog. Can't go wrong with any of these Doors' classics.

[@thomastimlin1724]

1971. Love Her Madly their second to last single in Spring 1971. Jim Morrison died at ae 27 on July 3 1971. Riders on the Storm was the last single, released just before Morrison's death and reach the chart the first week in July. As usual the single was the shorter edited version, edited for time on radio play. i remember my little Junior High "Rock Band" quickly learned this song [Junior High was 7th thru 9th grade then] for a Junior High dance we played, along with some other current hits like Three Dog Night's Joy to the World, "Albert Flasher" by the Guess who...etc.

[@jeremywilliams2898]

Imo the Doors have one of the best back catalogs in Rock. So many absolute gem tracks and very few sub-par ones.

[@danrumble74]

found The Doors in 1991, and they're my all-time favorite.

[@LordEagle]

My favorite song of theirs,,,,,💥💥💥👍😎

[@pulsarstargrave256]

Lightning in a bottle, there never was a group quite like The Doors and there won't be another! Almost 60 years later and I'm still waiting!

[@rwfrench66GenX]

Great reaction! That picture of Barry Gibb always makes me think you guys need some Doors pictures on your wall. One of the most iconic pictures of Jim with his arms stretched out like he’s about to be crucified, but it’s not fair to just have Jim, the rest of the band are incredible musicians and deserve to be represented.

[@lynnlafever1810]

One of my favorite Doors songs! For some reason this song triggered in my memory Santana's "oye como va", which will be a GREAT reaction! I try to bring obscure info to my comments: Jim's father, George Stephen Morrison was a highly decorated Rear Admiral and naval aviator, who was at Pearl Harbour on 7 Dec, 1941. He served in all subsequent wars, to include Vietnam. Some of what formed his personality.

[@mikenastasi8927]

From the Doors: Soul Kitchen, Five To One, Love Me Two Times, Back Door Man, L.A. Woman, When The Music's Over, The End, Alabama Song, Strange Days, Waiting For The Sun, Twentieth Century Fox, Moonlight Drive, The Soft Parade, Wild Child, Touch Me, You Make Me Real, Peace Frog, The Changeling

[@williamcohe]

Gotta hear Peace Frog by the doors!!! So good!!!

[@Databyter]

LA Woman nd Roadhouse were two of my favorites. In fact I couldn't HAVE a Road Trip without playing Roadhouse Blues really loud during the trip.

[@kpowers]

One of my favorite songs by the Doors

[@fcorso1313]

Anyone who loves The Doors NEEDS to listen to "The End". The Doors were the house band at the infamous Whisky a go go in LA. UNTIL, the night they played The End for the first time. People stopped dancing, stopped talking, bartenders and waitresses froze as if hypnotized, and when they were finished, they we kicked out of the bar and told never come back. Luckily, a music exec was there, and signed them to a contract that same night.

[@despinakollas]

Great way to describe it!!! carnival type of vibe!!! ♥️♥️♥️

[@timgerke8714]

Touch Me and Light My Fire are both fabulous.

[@thegingergyrl455]

Yes! I love this song. I’ve sang it live and obviously I’m not Jim but I enjoyed it. Speaking of blues, they have a song called Roadhouse Blues you should check out.

[@kirkharvey7708]

songs when artist could sing Great singer great band

[@donnalawrence4666]

Finally my favorite Doors song. Thanks!!

[@JonS0107]

I saw The Doors in concert in 1978. My two favorite songs are The End and Riders on the Storm.

[@email5023]

1978?

[@dizzylizzybeth]

Omg! I love him! The Doors are the Goat!!

[@ChuckHackney]

Here is the time I first hit my teen years and started feeling attractions. This is the music of those puppy loves and the times of my youth.

[@AL13NM]

Road House Blues, Light My Fire, L.A. Woman are ALL Fire!

[@Jacob-er5xb]

I don't know if anyone's already mentioned it, but the version of "People are Strange" in THE LOST BOYS isn't actually The Doors. It's the band Echo and the Bunnymen. Their a kind of dark 80s band. Their biggest/poppiest hit is probably "Lips like Sugar" but also check out "The Killing Moon" "The Cutter" and "Bring on the Dancing Horses."

[@artursandwich1974]

One of my three favorite the door songs. And all of them are on the LA woman album.

[@billclarke117]

The Doors 2 most epic songs are 'When The Music's Over' and 'The End'.

[@liza-dh1wg]

Moonlight Drive, LA woman, love me two times, back door man.. my mom introduced me to the doors when i was like 10 and i’ve been hooked since

[@thomascerulli8013]

The Doors and Jim. I first heard them in 67. Still have every original album. I still listen too them. Jim was a Hot Mess, but he lived life on his own terms….Many of us were convinced he didn’t die. He was so disillusioned by the corporate side of music..And many of their later work liken on LA Woman. He’s hinting to I need to get out of here…

[@leisastalnaker3790]

All these years later, The Doors still bring it. Jim Morrison still has one of the sexiest voices and Ray Manzarecks organ playing.

[@ColoradoGrami]

I would never have called myself a "Doors" fan, but each & every time you react to them, I find I know all the lyrics & am jamming along. So clearly, they have been part of my life without my intentional seeking them out. Love it. I learn more about myself watching you guys than I can tell you. Keep up the good work. 💖

[@JohnJTMack]

You were right in picking up on the blues sound. A lot of 60s rock bands like The Doors incorporated blues into their sound. Because if you think about it, what musicians did early rock artists have to look up to? There weren't a lot of rock artists before them except the ones from the 50s. So they grew up on blues, jazz, folk etc.