SO DIFFERENT!| FIRST TIME HEARING The Doors - Touch Me REACTION

[@rubicon-oh9km]

So many Doors fans dislike this song because of the horns and strings. I think it's absolutely amazing.

[@Niomieishere]

This is my favorite album BEACAUSE of the horns and strings.

[@dustincoker392]

fuck those people...the horns worked well....

[@PhilipRawbon-rk8uv]

This one song..will knock your socks off!

[@rubicon-oh9km]

@@Niomieishere Absolutely!!

[@tealx8462]

I love it!!!!

[@Mouse.3]

Jim Morrison was crooning in that part Jay was talking about. Jim liked Frank Sinatra and now that you’re familiar with crooners you can recognize the influence they had on singers.

[@RobertSmith-iw2kb]

I heard in those days,Sinatra was asking who'd that kid that sings like me. I guess it's the intervals between lines? Although I never heard that Frank was accused of exposure.

[@ColleenCupido]

Frank Sinatra NOT only crooner

[@larrywakeman4371]

YES, Jim did NOT like hippies or hippie music- Frank Siniatra was his favorite singer and style of music.

[@randytorres8211]

Per Songfacts Doors guitarist Robby Krieger wrote this song as "Hit Me," based on fights he had with his girlfriend. The lyric was, "C'mon, hit me, I'm not afraid." In a rare show of restraint, Jim Morrison insisted on changing it to "Touch Me." At the end of the song, Morrison chants "Stronger than dirt!" The line is from an Ajax commercial popular at the time where a white knight rides around destroying dirt. The last four chords of the song were also lifted from the commercial.

[@deborahbishop3300]

THAT WAS INTERESTING ! THANX FOR THE INFO ! 👍

[@catmanpc9166]

After the song, I literally said "STRONGER THAN DIRT" out loud. I figured no one else was that old! It's amazing the things you remember after so many years.

[@Orange-Jumpsuit-Time]

He sang "Touch me" around the same time he went to Miami and invited the audience to...........touch him, literally. 😅🤣😂

[@mkenific]

@@catmanpc9166 he does actually say it. I heard it right from the start in 68.

[@willdwyer6782]

"Hit me" is a reference to playing blackjack. Jim changed the lyric because he didn't want people jumping up on stage and punching him.

[@j.jennings1722]

This is a great song and one that really does let Jim's vocals shine. I think of this song as his version of a crooner, his lounge lizard king persona, with horns and strings and a great, memorable beat. Love it!

[@padfolio]

This was Jim's best vocal.

[@cartercarter645]

Great image created 🤙

[@donkey3187]

they dont really like it...you can tell

[@thomasconlee4939]

lounge lizard king?😂

[@allendixon7700]

I did like the movie good movie The Doors by Oliver Stone Meg Ryan don't forget

[@batmanforpresident9655]

The Doors are one of the best rock groups ever. Lead singer/songwriter Jim Morrison is the definitive front man: good looks, sex appeal, voice... Their massive collection of hits include: "L.A. Woman", Break In Thru", " Peace Frog", Hello, I Love You ", " Riders On The Storm", Not To Touch The Earth", The End " and one of the best songs ever written "Light My Fire".

[@quinny6920]

Totally agree 💯

[@dianegoldeneye7363]

💯

[@seifman2027]

PEACE FROG!!!!!

[@allengator1914]

I think one of their better songs that doesn't get much recognition is "Wishful Sinful" on the Soft Parade album.

[@johannamcbrien1508]

Add Crystal Ship-dreamy, haunting, and soulful. It’s about drugs, but that’s no surprise. Showcased Jim Morrison’s voice.

[@facetiouslyinsolent8313]

I wasn't born till the early 70's but luckily for me my parents have taste and I was introduced to The Doors at an early age. I remember when I was in highschool late 80's early 90's my friends thought I was strange for listening to this. I'm still listening to it today and thankful to my parents for giving so many beautiful options in life. Great choice for a video, love it!

[@daddyoca69]

same here... april 74... I got everything from old tyme to blues... I was very lucky... also lucky to be old enough to fully enjoy the 80s.

[@jeanine6328]

For me, it was my hippie uncle that put me onto the good music. We all had to have someone, but now there’s the internet.

[@satanlaffing]

@@jeanine6328 sounds like we're all "moon children". I'm born aug. 75 & i was the REALLY weird kid cause I was Jamming To This Stuff In Grade School In The Early 80s.

[@dawnray8550]

I was born in 82. I love The Doors due to my parents. Luckily enough my parents were hippies and loved all this amazing music and so do I. This is actually one of my favorite Doors songs, and one I sing at karaoke. 😁

[@resurrectionwaiting9294]

I'm way older than you and the first time I heard "about" The Doors was when I saw their billboard ad in Los Angeles. It was the first Rock n Roll billboard ever put up, and it caused quite a reaction. I heard them for the first time on my transistor radio, with its single bud ear piece (High-tech stuff for the time).

[@surlechapeau]

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

[@RitaBowen1]

Definitely like my fire

[@marybaillie8907]

Right on. 👍✌️🇨🇦

[@otisroseboro5613]

Yes I agree 👍💯

[@samjones2439]

Yes! L.A.WOMAN AND LIGHT MY FIRE!!!!!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@gsc76]

If they do light my fire make sure it’s the full version.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

If you haven't yet done so, here are some great Doors songs: "Love Her Madly" and "Riders On the Storm." Very different. Props to Ray Manserak, keyboardist for the Doors. He really made this song go. And he's front and center on keyboards on "Riders On the Storm." By the way, if you listen real closely to those last four notes of the song, you can make out the lyrics "Stronger than Dirt." I've never quite understood what that has to do with the song, but those four notes ARE the notes to a famous commercial jingle that aired on radio and TV selling AJAX Laundry Detergent, and the lyrics to that jingle that were sung to those four notes were, "Stronger than Dirt." It's always been plain as day to my ears. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3e9fGiMoLaYqZY. And see, I'm not crazy. This guy noticed it, too, and he even did some research on it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2G1hKJ_mstqd80

[@aep1974]

Yes! Riders on the Storm is amazing!

[@EvenCheekier]

I remember hearing the 'stronger than dirt' notes the first time I ever heard the song, and thinking, seriously? That's the Ajax commercial! Thanks for clarifying.

[@bowlersgazette9449]

i have watched many of your Atlanta area bowling episodes...mine are on Bowlers Gazette for Wilimington, Delaware 1980-2001

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

@@bowlersgazette9449 - Nice. I just watched one of yours. Left a comment. I'm no longer in Atlanta; now in the greater KC area. About to launch Season 7 of PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR on my channel. Taping two new episodes next weekend. Our first episode of the new season should drop about 10 days after that.

[@Stacey7742]

I hear stronger than dirt at the end too and I always thought it had something to do with that laundry detergent ad.

[@Earcandy73]

This was actually their last top 10 hit in early ‘69. It sounds older since many of the sixties bands were paying homage to the big band era 20 or so years prior. I’ve always loved this song, and you were able to find one of the clearest versions. It sounds fantastic! I want to say the cut you showcased is digitally remastered.

[@bassage13]

Can you elaborate? This is the first time I've heard that there was a trend of 60s bands playing big band style of the 20s. I'm an 80s kid and grew up on the older music from my parents. I know the Doors very well but never knew about this.

[@kenhenderson1762]

I know I'm old but I remember seeing The Doors perform this song on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour - with live strings and horns! In the last 3 notes you can hear someone singing "stronger than dirt!" That had to be a shout-out to a well known TV commercial of the time for a household cleaner that used that as its slogan.

[@jimpatterson3286]

I've always heard that, Stronger than dirt part.

[@dianafrost936]

Ajax!

[@quincee3376]

Very cool !

[@badpuppy09]

I'd suggested and hoped they'd watch that live version, Jim adds an extra Yeh!! and the old school musicians accompanying them is just so fantastic!

[@stebstebanesier6205]

The story goes that the studio next door was recording the jingle for a "Mr. Clean" commercial and Morrison could hear it in the hallway and that "Stronger than dirt" part got stuck in his mind, and the only way to get it out, was to put it the record. No guarantee thats correct, but I have seen the same story from two different sources with almost no variation.

[@jackieknows9129]

The joy on both your faces when hearing the song brings a true smile to my face. Love a song that has you both chair dancing

[@blackprix]

The doors were iconic, they were the music of our time. And our time had a lot of different kinds of music. We were lucky

[@ReleaseTheQuackers]

My fave part of this song is the very last line, *"Stronger than dirt."* It was a line form a laundry detergent commercial. It just cracks me up!!!

[@williammcgrath9466]

Spic & Span. I thought but I checked and it’s Ajax.

[@terryconnelly484]

Ajax

[@terryconnelly484]

@@williammcgrath9466 Ajax

[@richardmyers1506]

Now how did you know that? I know you're correct but I thought that was top secret information.

[@williammcgrath9466]

@@terryconnelly484 👍

[@gl15col]

One of the best things about music in this period through the 70's...bands did what they wanted. No feeling limited in what their "sound" should be. The tried a little of this, a bit of that, and whatever made them feel good was what they played. I personally love the way the moods from the same band could change from song to song, never were quite sure what was next and that was worth waiting for.

[@giftedplanksify]

They became a band in 65 and ended in 71 there a 60s band

[@jeremiahrose4681]

The Doors...was so different, so cool, and so great. Nothing like them then or now.

[@jamesy4003]

Buying this 45 when it was new the bass line was so strong the needle would jump on the record player - had to tape a nickel or quarter on top of the tone arm to play it - dam what an odd memory from 55 years ago - you guys rock !

[@ronbruno5942]

I was waiting for them to react to this video. Great song!

[@bradsullivan2495]

Next song has to be "Light My Fire"--a seven-minute masterpiece that put them on the map in 1967.

[@robertjones6971]

You totally must do " the end ", by the doors. 100% have to do the long version to understand the song.

[@leannewilson7184]

I want them to watch the movie “Apocalypse Now” … do powerful paired in that movie.

[@jojokrako7818]

The sax break in this song always reminded me of something one might hear in a cop show from the early 1970's....i.e., Mod Squad, The Rookies, SWAT...

[@ohfour-seven6228]

This was from their fourth album, Soft Parade, not an earlier song. My two favorite songs for you are Moonlight Drive and Crystal Ship. Love The Doors!

[@Jessica_Roth]

This is from the group's fourth album ("The Soft Parade") and producer Paul Rothchild wanted to change up the sound a bit, so they incorporated more brass and strings. The saxophone here is by Curtis Amy, who was the musical director for Ray Charles and later played with Carole King. The band had come off of a long hard tour, so Jim didn't do as much of the songwriting. Thus there were more straight-ahead rockers written by guitarist Robbie Krieger. This is not the album where the group hired Elvis Presley's bassist, Jerry Scheff (remember, the Doors did not have a regular bass player), but I could totally see this as an Elvis song. How have you not done "Light My Fire" as yet? Or did it get blocked? For more Doors, consider "Tell All the People" from this album, as well as a my ongoing requests for "When the Music's Over", "Soul Kitchen" or "Five to One". I know, I know, "When the Music's Over" is too long for the channel, but I have to keep putting it out there. Someday…

[@PoubelleKansas]

It's all of a sudden the summer of 1968 and I'm rockin it in my car!!! When that horn comes in I get a real Iron Butterfly mojo.

[@leannewilson7184]

You have to listen to their song “The End” first then watch the powerful movie “Apocalypse Now” (1979) that is in this drama/war film. Won many awards.

[@jayakers708]

"I'm gonna love you..." Pure crooner! Dramatically updated to the 60's with the upbeat "Touch Me" motif. Cool combo! Nice reactions, again!

[@waltw4537]

May be my favorite Doors song. Great bass line, horns , etc and of course JM. Oh yeah strings too. Nice horn solo coming. Love seeing you guys having fun. "Stronger than dirt" was a reference to a commercial of the time for a detergent. Nice. Thanks.

[@josephmilitello647]

Alabama Song shows just how much variety the Doors had in terms of exploring different genres and styles.

[@Joedirt3349]

show me the way to the next whiskey bar...

[@BensSoZen]

"Moon of Alabama" (the Doors) for sounding old, as in Irish tavern song old, but blown up by those huge keyboard sounds!

[@BensSoZen]

Disingenious pretense

[@anthonyblakely2450]

It's different but not so different when you hear a full album of the Door and not just the songs they put that became hits...they have many gems on their album that have many different styles of music that they did not put out to be hits......you guys got to do a whole album of The Doors to really really appreciate this music as artist....and you will discover some songs that you really like. Yeah this one was like a Frank Sinatra style to it where the Sax and horns are coming in and making the song sound interesting, yeah I really like this one!!! 😁

[@Sadpotatoirl2010]

Especially their first 2 albums is so unskipable.

[@quinny6920]

One of my fav doors songs!! You really can’t go wrong with any doors songs imo!! Whewww. His voice tho!!!!

[@osirispluto8782]

Yes! Love that you guys did this song and that someone requested it. Love the Doors. I think the Doors are my favorite group to see you both react to

[@user-bg7dp5fu7v]

I saw them preview this song at the Forum. Wow what a concert ! So much good music. Crystal Ships and that wonderful classic guitar influence in Spanish Caravan

[@melissadambro8873]

Hard to pick a favorite Doors song, but this one comes close for me!! : - ) This really highlighted Jim's voice, and I always thought it sounded like he was on stage in Las Vegas or something..! Thanks for the reaction!

[@keymack2477]

"The Crystal Ship" and "Love Me Two Times"!

[@420johnas]

STRONGER THAN DIRT!!! Love you guys… you want to know the Doors? Listen to “5 to 1” or “The Unknown Solider” but 5 to 1 first. I love you guys keep up the great work!

[@luckyskittles5007]

That end line "Stronger than dirt" was lifted directly from an Ajax foaming cleanser commercial

[@davidbarker77]

Probably my favourite Doors track, at least musically. Strong recollections of my teen years. Thanks!

[@thegingergyrl455]

Yes! Jim, my man, I adore all of their music but this is one of the earliest.

[@Jill-ni8fe]

So romantic and so many flavors in one recording! Dynamics, layers, what a jam also! ❤️ I agree Amber his voice is so versatile. Underrated? Probably! ✌️

[@pattyestrada6]

Yes it’s different, and I feel that some people don’t like it so much for that reason. I personally really like this song, it’s one of my favorites. I love the use of brass and string instruments (with a sax solo from Curtis Amy). I love Jim’s singing in this one. I think the reason why this lyrically sounds lighter is because it was written by Robby Krieger (the guitarist).

[@rubicon-oh9km]

Huge Doors fan and I LOVE this song. I've heard it a thousand times and never get tired of it.

[@chakleinck]

Play the running blues off of soft parade

[@rubicon-oh9km]

@The Vinyl Music Life You hit the nail on the head. It’s so different than what the doors ever did before or after and the whole lounge feel of it is just magical for some reason. Only Morrison could pull something like this off.

[@josephmilitello647]

The Jim Morrison biography, No One Here Gets Out Alive, explains his mystique and describes his charisma and mesmerizing stage persona fairly well.

[@heidibrown3854]

There was also a biopic in the 80s where Val Kilmer played Jim Morrison

[@Joedirt3349]

1991Oliver Stone directec

[@monsterkhan3414]

You need to listen to "The End", one of the greatest and most iconic Doors songs ever.

[@Jcrash71]

Us Baby boomers had the greatest music without a doubt, we were teenagers during the 60s and 70s, the pinnacle of rock and roll, we saw it all and were age perfect for it. Going to concerts, buying the records, having the posters etc. Hell we even experienced the golden age of rhythm and blues/Soul of the 50s-70s. GenX and millennials will never know what they missed, relying on your parents doesn't give you the same experience.

[@vicprovost2561]

I entered High School to Led Zeppelin 1 and finished my senior year with Dark Side of the Moon. As good a stretch of tunes than anyone could want for your teenage years. Still listen to it and will forever.

[@midnightwriter9658]

So many concerts back then living near Cleveland .... just during the summer of '72 we saw The Stones, Black Sabbath, Yes, Alice Cooper, Humble Pie, Edgar Winter, Deep Purple, James Gang, Mountain, Grateful Dead and more.... plus joints were usually available for .50 cents ....

[@mrnobody3161]

Yes. Born 1960. Cofounded a Progressive Rock Band by 1980. It was an incredibly exciting time to be a musician. Although I never caught a big break, getting famous or wealthy I took music lessons on multiple instruments for 12 years, fell in love with Progressive rock and got to fulfill a dream, with special moments and memories. No regrets. ✌🇨🇦

[@dianegoldeneye7363]

Graduated High School in 71. The music was non stop and ALL good. Almost everything that was on the radio we bought on LP. Vinyl records. Huge stereo speakers were a must. Yes, we heard it all and I’m so glad we did.

[@LittleFatFeet68]

Do not include Gen Xers with Millennials. I think you meant Gen Y. I am Gen X, born in 1968, and even as a young child, because of my older brother, I listened to and fell in love with this era of music, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Black Sabbath, Peter Frampton, and so on. Also, my parents listened to the crooners, classical, jazz, and blues, so I appreciate many different genres. One of my favorite things to do when I was around four years old was stand on the ottoman in the family room, with a hairbrush as my microphone, and I would sing to Elvis from the album “Aloha from Hawaii.” I agree that music from the 1960s and the 70s had meaning, charisma, and beauty, which are lost in today's music. Most everything today is pop music with auto tunes and lip-syncing.

[@VicMikesvideodiary]

Loved the way you guys were groovin to this song near the end. 🤩BTW, the words said at the end are "stronger than dirt" from the old Ajax commercials.

[@IanT820]

The Soft Parade is a very underrated song by The Doors. Really think you guys would enjoy it

[@gailboose6109]

Shows his poetic side. Love that song

[@rubicon-oh9km]

The entire album might be my Doors favorite. Runnin' Blue is amazing.

[@neilmcdonald9164]

The album of the same name is wholly underrated and due reassessment 🎩👍

[@confucius12012]

Yes, they should react to the live version of it they did on PBS(I think it was PBS). Full on Hippy Jim. lol

[@benjaminanderson5263]

Jim and the rest where a true band. All talented , did their part and was there own sound

[@Lemons66]

L.A. Woman is a must banger that you two would enjoy! Billy Idol also does an an excellent cover. You should check both versions out, but start with The Doors.

[@maryannturton9830]

FINALLY! My favorite Doors song!🎙🎶👊

[@snowbirdlady8496]

I've always loved the Doors for their unique sound and for Jim's voice. His voice is one of my very favorites. I think you have already done Crystal Ship, but if not, definitely react to it. One of my favorites from them.

[@cartercarter645]

If you want another Doors Ballad Banger - highly recommend Crystal Ship - it is big time Morrison Mood!!!!

[@gardnerdan17]

Some of my favorites are "Maggie McGill", "Been Down So Long", "Changeling" or "Peace Frog".

[@erickent3557]

Amber just demonstrated why it's high time for a sax resurgence. As for Jim Morrison, as sensual and intriguing and mysterious he may be, he's expressing the same damn thing about his love interest... one pinnacle of life's beauties.

[@jeanstrickland2445]

I know this is different but I have always liked this song by the Doors , Y’all was digging it 💕

[@1972mrgray]

I was young when I bought this 45 rpm record and I played it over and over and over. I loved The Doors!

[@patriotic510]

So much meaning, thought, sole, energy and effort put into the music of this era. Sad to say I don't think we will ever experience this type musical explosion ever again. Hope I am mistaken.

[@rubicon-oh9km]

You're not mistaken. 60's-80's was pure magic to never return.

[@elegantgypsyrose5328]

I'd include the 50's too. Lots of good stuff there. And some 90's...but after that, more garbage than music.

[@Renkk17]

You need to see the movie ( The Doors) that was in the theater about Jim Morrison and his life and the band

[@rubyswaim1441]

The drums and the bass line are on point. And Jim Morrison wore leather pants better than anyone past, present or future.

[@teresajarrell452]

👍😃❣️😃👍

[@paulwagner688]

"Stronger Than Dirt". The OG Ajax detergent thing. It has become a traditional marching band ending.

[@SG-js2qn]

The Doors did make some different sounding songs in the brief time they were together. Offhand, I can't think of another song by the Doors that is like "Touch Me." They're a very listenable band, with even most B side type tunes being surprisingly good. The musicianship is top notch, and of course Morrison adds layers of mystery. Here's a few suggestions: "Alabama Song," "Back Door Man," "The Crystal Ship," "The End," "Five to One," "LA Woman," "Light My Fire," "Love Me Two Times," "Love Street," "Peace Frog," "Soul Kitchen," "Spanish Caravan," "Waiting For the Sun," "The WASP," and "When the Music's Over." You'll want to hear them all, plus a few more. :)

[@laurabrevitz3944]

"Peace Frog" and "Five to One" are FIRE.

[@nolimit7959]

Do Not forget "The Changeling", it has a very Funky sound to it- so much more different than many of their other tunes!!!

[@hardy9429]

@@laurabrevitz3944 for those playing at home, five to one was the chance of dying in Vietnam

[@If6turnsouttobe9]

Seems the more " pop" or " radio friendly" etc. tunes were Robbie's. I think he dug the far out stuff Jim came with, but he just wanted to be a rock/blues band guitarist. But... that's what made it what it was, the four of them with really differing music backgrounds at a weird time for music.

[@If6turnsouttobe9]

@@hardy9429 I did not know that. But, makes a great lyric even greater to know it wasn't just the right meter he needed, but actually has a meaning. No one here gets out alive. An unfair number of my family sure didnt...

[@linkloudenback8359]

This song was heavily influenced by the big band sound of the 20’s though the 40’s . The members of the band grew up listening to this type of music so it’s not surprising that they would have written a song that has a big band sound.

[@robrobertson4619]

It is pretty early, written in 1968 and on their 1969 album. always a cool thing to see him do this in a live performance 👍

[@laurabrevitz3944]

And in 1970 Jim was dead. What a catalog in such a short career.

[@timothycook2917]

"Soul Kitchen" and "Twentieth Century Fox" are my two favorite Doors tunes

[@hellokittyx7]

Amber, you would love the live video of this song… Jim Morrison cracks a sweet smile during the performance, I think sometime during the chorus.

[@msmrsro]

I went through a big Jim Morrison and Doors phase in college, 1986-1991. I had a full, door size black and white poster of Jim, I had their albums on cassette, had books about Jim (No one here gets out alive) and of his poetry. I love revisiting them with you.

[@marybaillie8907]

One of my favourite Doors songs. This song is so great. 🔥 It is just revved up from the very start to the end. You want Horns AMBER You Got It, wait for the end. Jim's voice is raw and gravely and just penetrates your inner brain. He's sooo believable. Rock on Jim.🎶🎶🎶 Great reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️ ❤️ 🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@200beluga]

The Doors were band from the, Ed Sullivan show, after they appeared. They were supposed to change some words to, “Light my Fire”, when they preferred it live. Morrison didn’t think they should, an sang the original words.

[@Sammylu-greenbeatsred]

Love this song. It does remind me of a Frank Sinatra vocal style. Awesome! Looks like you still haven't reacted to their greatest hit of all time, "Light My Fire".

[@margehalgash5377]

This was one of their first hits I remember hearing in high school 1967, loved them then and still do!!

[@robertdtimmerman6507]

If you want to listen to a Doors song that will relax and smooth your ears, Riders on The Storm is that song. Any Doors song is worth listening to.

[@ruthparker9756]

They did that one 🙂

[@LaptopLarry330]

The Doors performed this song on an episode of "The Ed Sullivan Show" on CBS in 1967. It should be available for viewing here on KZbin.

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

Great live, great studio musicians!!!😎

[@bradsullivan2495]

It came out in 1968, with Jim Morrison almost sounding like a crooner. It definitely had a glitzy Vegas touch that was different for them.

[@deb5710]

One of the best Doors songs to review is, "Riders on the Storm"!

[@jessicalee7119]

For me, the best thing about the bands from the 1960's is they were so open to thier own creativity. They always tried new sounds and styles. They were ARTISTS! Unconcernered with wether people liked them or not. THEY liked what they were creating ~ I think its what made us, as listeners, more open to "different sounds" and styles of music. SO grateful to have grown up during the 60's ~

[@vicprovost2561]

Yes, the Doors are always a good thing, next try their epic, When the Music's Over, an all time classic and a major workout of their magical, musical skills. Enjoy! 🎵🎹🎤🎸🎶

[@craigplatel813]

Summer of 1980 taking 2 classes at college with lots of free time between studying and working. Decided to listen and learn the lyrics to every doors song. Achieved it. Knew a lot already but took a while with the lest known songs. 40+ years on remember more lyrics than the classes I took.

[@jessortiz8181]

You guys have got to listen to Light My Fire by the Doors next. The song is one of Jim's well known songs. I think Amber will dig his climatic primal scream at the end of the song .I know I do. I love Jim's raspy singing voice . To me Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin mirror one another as far as their singing styles are concerned. Love me two Times is another gritty Jim Morrison primal scream singing song as well as Five to One. I feel like I have to send you guys a Jim Morrison An American Poet poster now to make you guys honorary fans of the Doors now. But I don't know where to send it to? I don't know your P.O Box address? In your reply to this if you can send me the P.O Box number, cool and I will see what I can do from my end of getting you guys a Jim Morrison or Doors poster? Hey Jay and Amber, little bit of a fun fact for you guys ? Jim Morrison was a Frank Sinatra fan. So I don't doubt that he wanted the song Touch me to be sung in that Crooning manner. As a way to pay homage to Frank maybe? You guys have to remember that Jim saw himself more as a poet than a rockstar. You guys should react to his poetry album An American Prayer. It's a good album chalk full of just different moods, different sounds. He recites his poetry with a musical background behind his words. The song Touch Me is from the band's fourth studio album The Soft Parade. The concept of that particular album is more a jazz influenced background. Hence Touch Me's feel to you today.

[@caseymoe816]

It’s in their “more info” for each song… per the drop down menu: PO Box 6501, Moore OK 73153

[@jessortiz8181]

@@caseymoe816 thanks

[@UncleQue]

I’m sure that someone here has already mentioned that the final notes we hear them say “Stronger than dirt!” Which was a slogan from Ajax laundry detergent back in the 60’s.

[@BigPete44]

The Doors! Awesome!! 😎

[@mtinta2000]

This was the first 45 I ever bought with my own money. Hey! It was hard for me to come up with $1. I remember I gave it to my sister to get me another 45, it might have been Midnight Confesión by The Grassroots, they didn't have it and she came back with Touch Me. I got so mad at her! But then I absolutely loved it.

[@magneto7930]

This is Jim Morrison at his Frank Sinatra best! "Stronger than dirt" are the last three words you hear at the very end, which was a popular slogan for an Ajax Cleanser commercial back then. By the way, you still haven't reacted to the Doors biggest hit, Light My Fire.

[@cindyphifer970]

My Daddy worked the night shift and I came home from school one day and this song was cranked up and caught my Daddy dancing to it

[@Cynthia...]

Love The Doors. They did so many wonderful songs. Jim Morrison got into trouble more than once for being a bad boy on stage. But the music was great.💜☯️

[@Cynthia...]

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[@cheryljackson5659]

I was very young, but I recall there being an issue with Morrison exposing himself on stage during at least one concert.

[@fcorso1313]

@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee film from that show proves he did NOT "whip it out", it was the microphone that he stuck into his pants and pulled out from the zipper. He was still arrested and charged with public lewdness and vulgarity.

[@elegantgypsyrose5328]

@@fcorso1313 I've seen Bruce Springsteen do something similar. At the Tacoma Dome in the 80's on the Born in the USA tour. The song was I'm on Fire. He positioned the mic so that the lights threw a shadow very similar. It was not unnoticed by many females in the audience. 🤣

[@josephlaw927]

Awesome! Great video and reaction! The Doors and Morrison are one of my favorites! Thanks guys!

[@easyrolling]

You know this album that this song was on.. (It was a number 1 song) is considered the worst studio album of theirs by the critics, for me personally, I love it.. especially the long groove of the Title cut.. The Soft Parade.. but what do I know?.. I love the 2 albums after Morrison had died (which I'm sure you will never get into) because it showed the musicianship of the band without Jim even if the songs were not mainstream.. But this power hit rocked the radio at the end of 68 . Glad you loved the ending.. much different for The Doors.. as this album was also... but you should have watched the live TV performance from The Smothers Brothers show.. Super Super reaction!!

[@dennish3032]

The ending is just like a tidbit of a laundry soap commercial. "Stronger than dirt"

[@billr686]

It’s extremely rare for a cover song to be even better than the original. “light my fire” is the doors greatest hit. But Jose Feliciano did a cover of it that even surpassed the original and it also was a hit record.

[@TigerRogers0660]

Great song Jay & Amber!! My very fave Doors song. This is from their mid period - 1969.

[@craigreid7178]

This was one of the Doors earliest hits. This and "Light My Fire" were the first 2 Doors songs I ever heard.

[@barblibrarian]

This was one of the Doors most popular songs. The keyboard and drums are so prominent, oh, and that sax…

[@johncampbell756]

This is actually from their fourth album. Written by guitarist Robby Krieger. It ends with everyone chanting a line from a (Pine Sol?) commercial over the last notes. "Stronger than dirt." Once you hear it, it can't be unheard.

[@Rollin_L]

I did not become familiar with The Doors until about the end of the 70s, or very early 80s. I can remember being at work when Touch Me came on the radio. I was immediately taken with that voice, and the spectacular tone and smoothness that Morrison displays in this song, the chorus particularly. I stated to one of my friends, "Wow, a rock and roll singer who has a legitimate voice!" My friend looked at me funny, as if he couldn't believe I didn't know the band and singer. He told me who it was, and I went on a deep dive and became a huge fan of The Doors. Hard to imagine myself, now, that I had missed them for all those years when I was in my childhood and teens.

[@otisroseboro5613]

Love your cool t shirt Amber

[@garyarnett1220]

Growing up with them, you got to watch their musical progression from Light My Fire to this to Riders On The Storm. Each song / year presented new things they were doing. (Kinda like The Beatles did.)

[@billwince7907]

The song at the end says stronger than dirt which was a laundry Soap commercial

[@Governor1993]

“Light My Fire” is a great next one! Also The Doors movie was pretty good.

[@TheJoshuaPimentel]

Yep, Jim is a whole mood.

[@2384barney]

"love me two times". "5 to one". "Alabama Song", " Light my Fire", "Break on through", "Back Door Man",'" The End". Just a sample of great Doors songs you need to hear

[@ronbruno5942]

If I am not mistaken, When VH1 started up and used to play retro videos, they used a video of them playing this song on the Ed Sullivan Show. I think there was an orchestra also.

[@bradsullivan2495]

Actually Smothers Brothers, since Ed banned them after Light My Fire. It's ironic that Robby Krieger's original title was "Hit Me" because he appears in that video sporting a black eye.😂

[@ronbruno5942]

Thanks Brad for the info. I forgot that Ed Sullivan banned them. "Can't get much higher!!" I did not know that about Robby Krieger. That was also interesting info. The one thing that sticks out from that Smother Bros show is that they decorated the set where the Doors were performing with all these doors and doorframes and I was thinking to myself that they have no clue where or how the band decided on the name The Doors.

[@ptournas]

It wouldn't have been the Ed Sullivan Show. I remember watching them on Ed Sullivan and they did "People Are Strange" and "Light My Fire". That was their only appearance on the show. Before they went onstage a producer told them that Sullivan said they had to change the line "Couldn't get much higher". Some members of the band said they agreed others said they didn't, but whether they did or not, Morrison sang very clearly "Couldn't get much higher". Sullivan was enraged and told Morrison they wouldn't play the Ed Sullivan Show again. Morrison replied "Hey, man, we just did the Sullivan show.". But you're probably right about the clip coming from a TV show, because they did appear on several other TV shows after that.

[@GuitarGerber]

My grandfather always complained that in rock and roll, people don’t sing as much as scream. When we were in the car together once, this song came on and he exclaimed that THIS is a great song! Transcends generations!