The Doors - 'Riders on the Storm' Reaction! Tackling the Darker Side of Human Nature!

[@umpdaddy1]

This is what happens when a classicly trained jazz keyboardist gets together with a jazz trained guitarist, a solid rock drummer and a poet with a great voice. L. A. Woman or Roadhouse Blues are awesome as are many other songs they did.

[@thatmanstumototours2270]

The drummer(John Densmore) was a straight up jazz drummer before he met these guys...

[@RabbiSteve1]

@umpdaddy1 💯%!

[@sharkdog111]

L.A. Woman is my favorite Doors song.

[@joannholmes8726]

Thanks.

[@jiffin1]

"LIght My Fire," "Break on Through to the Other side," "Roadhouse Blues," "L.A. Woman" ... check out the rabbit hole

[@myrdozer]

Morrison's voice was hypnotic and even without "recreational help", it would grab you and hold you for as long as he wanted to.

[@JackBaer-r7p]

The song is a literal mind trip... Hypnotic... Entrancing... You feel lost...and found at the same time. Emotional. Impossible to NOT sway rhythmically as your entire being is drawn into another place. A true immortal classic!

[@kelvinkloud]

I think, even moreso then the End, it has their most timeless feel.... the doors were inconsistent, but wow, when they were on their A game, the had few to no peers, even in that very talent laden era. this song holds up better then anything from that era. I put it up w/ machine gun.

[@charlottedixon6628]

Lyrics are timeless. Perfection Jim..RIP.♥️

[@captainglam1113]

Ray Manzarek is why I keep coming back to The Doors

[@hannejeppesen1809]

He was great, however if you are female and of Jim's generation Jim is what keep us coming back. He has such stage presence and look very sexy in leather pants. Besides he wrote some great lyrics.

[@captainglam1113]

@@hannejeppesen1809 I can understand that. I think the whole group were talented. It's just that I love Ray's keyboard playing :)

[@hannejeppesen1809]

@@captainglam1113 No argument from me about that. However Jim was the front man, so of course most of us will single him about.

[@captainglam1113]

@@hannejeppesen1809 👍

[@chrisjenkins6120]

Ray Manzarak moves you through this number real sweet like in the back with awesome key work.

[@klipkultur3680]

Band of geniuses: Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek, Morrison... Thank you again!

[@DaveBeard24]

The Doors and their music stands the test of time-riders on the storm pure classic 🤘🔊🔈🔉🔈🔊🎼🎵🎶🎤🎸🎹🥁🎼🎶🎵✅💯🔉🔈🔊🤘🔥🔥🔥💨💨💨

[@WilliamGuess-ns6th]

The thing that always intrigued me was how Jim had such a mature voice at this very young age!

[@kelvinkloud]

he could tap into a very deep baritone when he needed to. he did it on the spy on the album before.... hes underrated really b/c of all the hype around his image, death & wild lifestyle. it obscures what a talent he was when he got it right.

[@D1Gr8hansGraf]

The Doors did not have a base player. Instead, Ray Manzarek played an electric keyboard base with his left hand and the always amazing keyboard solos with his right hand.

[@bstaff1901]

The doors used number of session bass players. Jerry Scheff plays bass on this track.

[@BogeyDopeYT]

Bass

[@santosmadrigal3702]

True the Doors didn't have a bass player , but there is one on this song . You can't deny the sound of a bass guitar on L.A. woman too .

[@cherrypickerguitars]

Ray played bass on his organs foot pedals. Peace

[@msmrsro]

I always share that same fact. Went through a big Doors phase in college, late 80s.

[@jillgehrke]

In 2000, I visited Jim's grave at Pere La chaise in France. It was sort of a religious experience. Great memory.

[@MTB-Idle]

Nice one, I’ve been there a few times too as far back as the 80’s when the bust of Jim was still there before it got stolen

[@RogerThatImages]

I went to his grave in the early 90's. The sad thing was all the graffiti in the cemetary. All over near his grave, and all the spray painted "Jim" with an arrow giving directions to his gravesite. All spray painted on other people's grave sites. Also there was about 20 or 30 people there the day I visited. You had people sitting on other people's headstones and gravesites around Jim's. I would post some pictures if you could on KZbin.

[@raysouza6535]

I grew up liking The Doors as a young kid, but then in my late teens I took a job and met a guy named Howard, we became friends and used to ride motorcycles and party, every time we would jump in his beat ass old mustang to go kill off brain cells he would play the doors, and I got even more into them, one of the greatest bands ever, psychedelics and listening to the Doors are a great combination...R.I.P Jim Morrison and R.I.P Howard miss you brother.

[@InkedMisfit]

Jim was a Mustang guy too. As a matter of fact his Shelby mysteriously disappeared after his death.

[@GodLovesComics]

You could have listened to Ray Manzarek for "10 minutes straight?" Well lucky for you because he's happy to play 10-minute keyboard solos while Jim Morrison drifts around in the spirit world on stage. The keys really do dominate this song, which makes me surprised that no one mentioned how jazzy it sounds. The drums and keys really just sound like a jazz band improv.

[@jimtatro6550]

“There’s a killer on the road, his brain is squirming like a toad.” Great lyric

[@angelagreen778]

Toads have the deepest "call"! They make you grateful & respect the waters within you by frequency! Nature RULES!

[@kelvinkloud]

@@angelagreen778 nice info... morrison was a symbolist. he also loved nature as metaphor. thats the first time ive seen that interpreted as you did & it fits. thx.

[@kelvinkloud]

whats cool about this song's lyrics is both the simplicity but also the depth. thus they scale up to multi layered meaning that also mesh into larger theme.... road grounds one down to the level of the present & movement. the hitcher in the desert standing on its side as the lone car winds & works thru a canyon to meet him as a storm is brewing. sets the mood..... yet, as the songs lyrics also do, it scales up to a philosophical examination of ones choice & the greater cultures influences on the indiv. in that regards, the road becomes Time. (one past, present & future arc thru this exsistence). not only ones choice, destiny & fate but even the culture's collective options & forecast. crossroads. pick the hitcher up & find evil -0r- ride on & endure the culturals strife (storm) & sutain, find a lovers hand, build family & endure.

[@kelvinkloud]

it reads like a blake poem. on one level clear & engaging on another symbolic to larger themes these images draw & mesh to.

[@johnfrank3177]

Hey Fellas. One thing about the Doors is that they were always atmospheric and this song is the perfect example of that. Thanks for reacting to this one. Peace.

[@franksullivan1873]

Cruising in my 65 American rambler convertible on a dark summer night in a rain storm listening to this song in 1972.Ah great memories with my best girl at the time just running through the night looking for a jamming party.The teenage life back in the day.

[@Ozarkprepper643]

I was cruising then in a 67 Falcon Ranchero 390. Those were the days.

[@franksullivan1873]

@@Ozarkprepper643 very nice

[@325Bertie]

Nothing like sitting in the dark, enjoying this song at night with no distractions. Totally drug free. Anybody can enjoy this çool song, the pure tingling of the musical part of your brain. I was a teenager when I first heard this.

[@Jane-d4w]

I swiped my brother's records when it came out.❤

[@DaveMustang74]

The first time I truly sat down and listened was a stormy night in the early 90s when I was a teen, too. I had my own copy soon after. I'm generally a metal head, but great music knows no genre.

[@richardlicht7927]

The Doors were my number one band in high school. I graduated in 1980. My yearbook quote was taken from their song, "People Are Strange". "L.A. Woman" or "Roadhouse Blues" would probably be at the top of the list to do next but they've got a lot of great songs. If you want something long and trippy you could try "When The Music's Over" or "The End". A great short song of theirs is, "Touch Me". Jim does some real singing on that one.

[@joannholmes8726]

I had their record in 1969, I am 71 years old now. Still rockin' amazing stuff,

[@marisolmanzano2041]

Fun fact :Jim Morrison and the keyboard player Ray Manzarek met at UCLA, both studying cinematography .. along with Francis Ford Coppola ..eventually Coppola used one of their most iconic track, The End for his movie :Apocalypse Now

[@thisisitreactions]

Dope info!!!

[@kelvinkloud]

copolla was friends w/ morrison. jim dated his sister, talia (adrian in rocky). stallone is also a doors fan.... an excellent poem jim wrote about a general & his regrets read by martin sheen was also going to be in apocolypse now but ended up on the floor. it can be seen that as it was later released... if morrison had lived, they probably wouldve collaborated. morrison was shifting more to screenwriting & maybe even direction. talented era from wh/ they sprang from.

[@thehorrorfanx]

Break On Through To the Other Side - The Doors. Another great one!

[@tonic8945]

Quality ❤, it sounds as fresh as the first time I heard it way back when.

[@robertbootier8223]

A genius poet with a silky smooth voice, backed by great musicianship.

[@JamesJohnson-ig6of]

I remember looking through a pile of old yellowed Rolling Stone music magazines from the 70s and a lot of articles were about Jim Morrison getting arrested while performing on stage. Morrison did have a pitch-perfect voice. So he could flat out sing. The Doors has a whole bunch of records that went gold. An early song "People Are Strange" still gets play on Classic Radio. I think you guys might like "Touch Me Babe" which moves right along. THANK YOU GUYS!

[@angelagreen778]

My rock radio station locally would play this song when it rains! Iconic! 80's to 2000's.

[@renelpatat]

Love Jim Morrison, may he rest is paradise!

[@DrewP-ev1oy]

Great song to sit by the fire and have a nice glass of Irish Whiskey 🔥🥃

[@rickpopham5400]

HEY!! No fire here, but listening to this while sipping a Dingle Batch No. 5 Single Malt. Great reaction guys!

[@GodLovesComics]

Even better than...Come on baby light my 🔥Come on baby light my 🔥Try to set the 🌌on🔥!?

[@EileenParise]

This has always been one of my favorites !

[@billwoods9302]

This was the last song Jim Morrison recorded with The Doors, prior to his sudden death in Paris on July 3, 1971. I wasn't really a fan of The Doors for most of my life. But they grew on me as I got older, and now I think a lot of their stuff is poetic genius. L.A. Woman is the only LP I own of their music, but I have it on vinyl and a 5.1 format SACD. Long after Morrison's death, The surviving members of The Doors wrote new music to accompany old recordings of Jim reciting his own poetry. They released it in 1978, under the title: An American Prayer.

[@mnn1265]

Love this song for road trips! Great classic music.

[@tonitemperance9960]

Once in a lifetime voice and soul❤ RIP Thank you for this

[@Jude_196]

OH - MANZAREK'S KEYS!!! Such a dark & BROODY tune.....have loved this song: just about FOREVER!! :) :D THANKS, YA'LL, for the REACTION!! ENJOY!

[@ericaweiler94]

I didn't care for The Doors when I was younger. Their sound was too slow for me to keep my attention. However, I would occasionally listen to them to help myself fall asleep. 😅 Now that I'm 48, I've grown to enjoy and appreciate them more. They're poetry in music form for me and a vibe for sure. They always make me wanna light up a doobie and have a lil smoke session. 😂 Another great reaction, guys! Much love from Oregon! ❤

[@thisisitreactions]

Much love! We have had the same take on a lot songs we didn't appreciate at the time, but grown to love! Much love back at cha!!

[@glennsmith8390]

Ray Manzarek was the king of the keyboard back in the days. He was phenomenal. The Doors were eclectic-played every type of music and were so good at everything they played. Jim Morrison had himself one hell of a great band backing him up.

[@jenniferfoster1692]

No other band like the Doors. They were very unique & created a big number of iconic songs. Jim Morrison is always legendary, for sure. And they have so many different styles...mysterious like this, blues, psychedelic, rock, jazzy etc. Great reaction, guys!

[@bigdaddypiggy]

I’ve been hearing-listening to the Doors my entire life so far ,I was born in 1971…I’ve never gotten tired of their music 🤘🏻🖤

[@johncampbell756]

The whispered vocal was the last thing Jim recorded with The Doors.

[@jdw5678]

And if you listen to the last four refrains of "riders on the storm," you not only hear the overdubbed whispered vocal, but also a barely audible third vocal on the last two refrains -- Morrison screaming out the words.

[@JimeLello]

That's actually really creepy

[@TahoeNevada]

OlliWoo making the ghosts of Jim Morrison (singer) and Ray Manzarek (keys) smile with that Western movie vibe! Manzarek said in interviews, Riders started out as a Country jam.

[@actuariallurker9650]

The song hit the top 100 the week Morrison passed away at only age 27

[@kbrewski1]

I was a preteen when The Doors were releasing their albums, so obviously I never saw The Doors live. But I was so glad Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger formed the 21st Century Doors and toured. Just seeing all their iconic songs played live by 2 members, especially watching Ray play those organ classics in a small theater, was very cool.

[@cellyblank9919]

3 incredibly talented musician and a poet inspiring each other to create platinum music! Glad you guys loved it. Great reaction!

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

A couple of years ago I took my older grandsons on a road trip around the UK, France, Spain and Portugal. On the road from Orléans to Paris, I played this song and other Doors music. Then, in Paris we visited Père-Lachaise to see Morrison's simple grave. There were people from five countries there at the time, beside us. We also saw the graves of Maria Callas, Edith Piaf, Chopin, Oscar Wilde, Moliére, and Proust. So Morrison lies in distinguished company.

[@scottlaughlin9897]

Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek are the true stars of this band. Ray on Keys is in my top 3 keyboardist for sure.

[@davidwilkins5932]

Great reaction. The electric piano is timeless. The Doors have a lot to offer. You really should check out ‘L.A. Woman’, which also has tons of vibe.

[@flash218ily]

I was in a college dorm with a guy who listened to rock music all the time, but he said he didn't like The Doors....when I asked him why, he said he didn't think they were very good musicians......I never spoke to him again about music!

[@kelvinkloud]

theyre an acquired taste. i ran into similar experiences. many people dont care for or get them. it was that way w/ fans when jim was alive. & it was also that way w/ peers in their own industry. theyre a polemic band.... yet many did & do like them. no middle ground w/ them. they were unique & singular. thats what gives this song its timeless feel.

[@kathyrizzi8754]

This is a great song by The Doors. “ Jim Morrison had a really good voice, “ Light My Fire “ is one of his best songs! 👍🔥🔥💙💙💙

[@djl9919]

I love the Doors and you'll enjoy all the tunes. Rock on THIS IS IT

[@taxfree4]

This is the beauty of this channel. Your ability to listen to music that would, otherwise, be overlooked, and ignored, just goes to your open ears to appreciate all good music. This was the music of my youth, which I hold dear to me, and to see it relevant till today warms my heart. Thank you brothers in song and may your channel continue to grow.

[@Ou81gi812]

🎉 “L.A. Woman,” is a MUST!!!

[@doriwiljt]

Big rabbit hole. So many great songs. Roadhouse Blues, Peace Frog, LA Woman, Soul Kitchen, Light My Fire, just a few to start with.

[@rickherron3875]

You guys are the kind of folks I'd love to hang out with. These videos are great. Thanks guys.

[@genaseidenschwarz2119]

Genius review! MUCH obliged.

[@jamescofer3261]

They were jamming in the studio playing Ghostriders in the Sky by Cash and Jim came up with new lyrics.

[@timothyslaughter476]

This song freaked me out when i was a kid in the early 70s. Got a real dark vibe. Of course now i love the doors and the song la woman is top 5 all time for me. Riders is awesome!

[@Peggi109]

Loved your reactions. This is my favorite song to mellow down with.

[@christopherhuot2826]

Me and my buddies in the early 80's would do AIR PIANO, 😆

[@kelvinkloud]

thx for giving this song the room to breathe & taking it in.... too many reviewers dont do that. & this song in particular requires it.... one of you guys accurately picked up the cinematic vibe to it... the keyboardist & lead were both ucla film majors before they formed this iconic band. few bands have ever been as good at atmosphere, visual layout, large scale themes & epic long arc composition. They also helped put that structure on the map.... this was the last song the singer sung before leaving to paris & dying 4 months later.... the doors had to this day, their own unique signature & this song epitomizes that. jazz & blues influenced w/ william blake succinct but dense meaning lyrics. on one level it is a haunting desert hitcher story. yet, ingeniously morrison thru symbolist word usage draws you into a larger examination of the greater culture. its like the camera pans up & you get a hawks eye view above to emphasize the larger forces drawing on the characters. the road becomes Time (before, present, forward)...the storm (cultural unrest & struggle)... the hitcher (temptation & evil). pick him up & indulge in death... the moving car (ones station in the present). presented w/ choice. pick him up & implode or ride on, weather the storm, find the lovers hand, build family. endure.... it was jim's last song & some say a good bye & warning to amer, but also hope. the crossroads choice as amer entered the '70s: embrace evil (the hitcher ) & self destruct as people like ted bundy soon would. or endure & build a family & hope & many other boomers would. same themes explored in forest gump. this song brilliantly puts it into musical, narrative & poetic form. & as you guys said, it plays like a movie in your head. yes, these guys were good when on A game. RIP jim & ray.

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

The line "An actor out on loan," refers to the studio system in Hollywood in which the major studios had most of the power. They would sign actors to long and strict movie contracts in which the actor was obligated to perform in a set number of movies. If another studio wanted that under contract actor, he might be "Loaned out." As an example, Robert Young had a contract with MGM, and MGM loaned him out to British Gaumont so he could do few movies with Hitchcock. Morrison was a film student and lived in the era when the studio system collapsed. He knew what an actor on loan was.

[@JenoFletter]

Great reaction.

[@williamstlouis3368]

Your expressions gave away your positive reception to this great song. Great reaction guys. Peace out.

[@CharlotteBrown-bh1cd]

Manzarek on keyboards, 60's, we were trippin for real out west.

[@Ou81gi812]

🎊 You described the official video to a “T”‼️ Great observation; the best I’ve seen you make yet.

[@thisisitreactions]

Wow, thank you!

[@bluesrock1]

The unusual effect on Jim Morrison's voice was a backing vocal that was mixed to be like a whisper. Listen to it again and you'll hear it.

[@deborahpaley21]

Beautiful song. The Doors are eternal. Talent through the roof.

[@bwphotographer3484]

I never thought I see the light of day that some guys react to a song (one of my top 10 songs by the way) without interrupting. Loads and loads of kuddo's for that Guys.

[@thisisitreactions]

That's our style! Listen, watch, then talk (for the most part on the talking)! Thanks for rockin with us!

[@jameskirschling7887]

I can still picture in my mind when my older brother came home from work with the afternoon edition of the Detroit News and he showed me the article announcing the death of Jim Morrison. I was twelve years old. Roadhouse Blues, L.A. Woman, Break On Through, Love Street and of course The End are a good start down the rabbit hole. Also, to me this wasn't Psychedelic Rock, I think it should be "labeled" Fusion Rock. And, it was nice seeing all three of you enjoying the song.

[@kaychristensen4394]

One of the best Door's songs. Beautiful! ❤

[@Inked-Smash]

Big song for a first time Doors listening! 👏🏻 one of my favorite bands I discovered in high school in the late 90’s early 2000’s! This is a always favorite!

[@kierstenridgway4634]

😂😂😂😂 Ollie always cracks me up!! You've been there! 😂

[@allanjones1680]

Great reaction ...Ollie funny as hell!!!!

[@daveman15]

You three started really getting into it about halfway through the piano solo. That's when Ray Manzarek starts channeling Ray Charles. Fantastic.

[@michaellamb9596]

That’s some straight jazz right there

[@philowens7680]

My all-time favourite, They will play this at my funeral. Thank you!!

[@maxh-zv5kf]

Preach on, ride through the storms, wile quietly chillin methodically ease on through, it shall pass - enjoy the ride

[@botlus4727]

Roadhouse blues you would like, I guess 🔥 Nice reaction, the Doors have a big catalog to listen to. Cheers from Berlin 👍🍀😎

[@mararundell2500]

Thanks, guys. I could listen to this song for hours.

[@deborahjesser2028]

Years ago I was driving down the freeway late at night on the way home from work when I happened to catch a radio interview with Robbie Krieger their guitarist. Robbie said that Riders on the Storm was the very last song The Doors ever recorded.

[@Noelle0026]

There is a video that on here of Ray Manzarek talking about recording this song which is fascinating. Ray was a master musician.

[@RichardEidson]

I really like the way you guys listen to the music without all the interruptions like other reactors 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@terryconnelly484]

Jim Morrison was a poet.He didn't really want to be in a rock band he was very shy but the philosophical nature of his lyirics and their sound Put them in the front in 70s

[@maxbrazil3712]

My favorite Doors deep track is "Peace Frog"

[@terryconnelly484]

Sit back have your favorite drink or smoke or any libations you prefer and listen to this whole album

[@christinewaide5249]

They have so much good music!!

[@brooksboyd1959]

Always enjoy y’all’s reactions!

[@thisisitreactions]

Thanks for rocking with us!!

[@G30949545Z]

Wow!! I've known this song for decades, but never knew what the phrase "Riders on the Storm" meant... until OlliWooDDA said that we are the riders on the storm !!!!

[@susanmurray7654]

Jim was a poet. His lyrics are deep and interesting

[@mikegazanchyan2423]

Mr. Ray on the piano is a 🐐

[@stoneybrotherbass]

Oh this is a deep rabbit hole, check out Peace Frog, LA Woman, Texas Radio and the big beat, so many great tunes.

[@tim2024-df5fu]

The first time I heard this was in a Canadian movie Called Slipstream (1973) about a DJ.out in the middle of nowhere central Canada. It deals with the coming of what was called "robot radio". When major corporation's started buying up small town radio and TV stations in the US and Canada.

[@jenniferfoster1692]

Their hits: People Are Strange, L.A. Woman, Five to One, Road House Blues, Light My Fire...that's just to start, lol. So happy you all enjoyed it so much.

[@Pok-001]

Many great songs to choose. IMHO best way to get the doors is to listen to the entire album. Each have their own vibe. Some of my favorite songs are deep cuts. Like “crystal shop” or “L’America…

[@MikeOstrowski-iq8wf]

Great reaction to a great band 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@bullsheet1968]

Roadhouse blues baby!

[@museworx6066]

This is beautiful and all glory goes to THE DOORS!....Have You read the lost poetry by Jim if not then get to it this will blow your mind!

[@philb323]

Every time I saw a grin and nod I was like “yea daddy” these guys like this.

[@TerryTsotigh]

Roadhouse Blues!

[@davidfisher8821]

This has an almost subliminal feature, there is a “whisper track” Jim added that plays along side his regular vocal, once you hear it, you’ll always hear it

[@charliewhicker1460]

Yall in my bag! Definitely Roadhouse Blues and LA Woman.

[@terryconnelly484]

Preacher Oli ....speak brother!!

[@actuariallurker9650]

If you see the classic war movie Apocalypse Now there are key Doors songs on the sound track