LA Woman is a personification of the city of LA as a woman; it's darkness, bleakness, the underbelly of the city and its denizens. Nope, the Doors didn't perform at Woodstock. Morrison's voice is in the baritone register which helps give it a "mature" sounding resonance. They formed in 1965 in LA and produced 6 albums in 5 years. Morrison died in 1971 and the band tried to continue as a trio until finally disbanding in 1973.

@JFish2384

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. You beat me to it. The song, which is my favorite Doors song of all time, is about The City of L.A. with a twist...He is singing about LA but, as though LA is a woman. Once you get what he's doing and then listen to the song again it makes perfect sense😁

@JFish2384

2 жыл бұрын

Also. I love you guys' reaction vids. Keep going with them 😁

@jmag579

2 жыл бұрын

John Densmore was the guy who inspired me to start playing drums too.

@thereal_ap232

2 жыл бұрын

Facts!!

@chuckwilliams6261

2 жыл бұрын

Mr. Mojo Risin is an anagram of Jim Morrison.

You get a voice like that when you pack 70 years of living into just 28 years.

@negativeindustrial

2 жыл бұрын

27

@stephaneherringtoniowritin4986

2 жыл бұрын

@@negativeindustrial Quite!

@boonnathan9827

Жыл бұрын

Well said

@michaelserby-xp2ih

Жыл бұрын

27.5 years old JDM

@danielbalderas3548

Жыл бұрын

He was 27

This is a love letter to L.A., my friends. The “woman” he keeps referring to is L.A. and this is blues turned into rock music. Many of the Doors music is based in blues.

@eaglebauersrecordcollection

2 жыл бұрын

Correct. Jim Morrison himself said this song is about Los Angeles itself, the only city he ever really considered his home.

@jackkelly7855

Жыл бұрын

Rock is all derived from blues numbnuts

@shawnyoung8752

9 ай бұрын

Him singing Mr. MOJO RISEN? He told some that if he ever disappeared he would contact them with that name. It's a anagram for his name.

A cool fact when recording ‘L.A. Woman” is Jim was singing in the bathroom of the studio and loved how his voice sounded in there. So he recorded the vocals sitting in the bathroom, rigging up a mic while the band played in the actual recording studio.

@wayneshearon3203

8 ай бұрын

Absolutely correct.

LA Woman is a masterclass in jazz/rock/blues fusion. Nothing sounded like this in the 70s. Nothing has sounded like this since. They were at the absolute peak, miles above their peers. That's why anyone that's ever picked up an instrument knows who they are.

@Edward-6909

Жыл бұрын

I agree such a unique capture of magic .those three genres ARE AMERICA jazz/rock/blues are the american origin to all modern day music from american culture rock & rap & all in between & to this day no one has such a sound.

@jwardbass4452

Жыл бұрын

Based Exmilitary profile pic

@bernie4366

7 ай бұрын

The Doors definitely had their own sound, but saying they were 'miles above' The Beatles, Zep, CCR etc is overdoing it a bit lol... there are a lot of incredible and very unique bands in the early 70's, late 60's.

@shuroom57

6 ай бұрын

Without trashing other bands to champion the Doors, I can say that there will never be another band like them: a classical keyboardist, flamenco guitarist, jazz drummer, fronted by a baritone poet with one foot in the afterlife.

@clifftanton8385

5 ай бұрын

Masters The greatest American rock n roll blues jazz and everything else band of this time or that one for that matter transformational

This song is about the city of L.A. viewed as a woman as his perspective!

@mr.invisable6919

2 жыл бұрын

I lived there, it really does reflect the vib of the city.

@noneofurbizness5838

2 жыл бұрын

Bingo! Thanks 👍!

@noneofurbizness5838

2 жыл бұрын

I would recommend watching the movie with Val Kilmer. Don't know how accurate it is but it's a great ride.

@michaeldaugette802

2 жыл бұрын

@@noneofurbizness5838 It wasn’t accurate depiction of Jim Morrison as the Director Oliver Stone said it was just a impressionist painting of the life of Jim Morrison but I still liked it too ! I remember when the movie came out about the hype of the movie ! It was cool though ! I was involved in 60s style music as a guitarist and this a a good way to kinda dive deeper in the late 60s psychedelic rock genre ! It peaked a lot of interest in the groovy hippie vibe!

@edwardcurl3856

2 жыл бұрын

There's an a guy in the comments section trying to say that the line I see your hair is burning hill are full of fire is bout Morrison faking his death and leaving pam courson..it's not that has been debunked by the doors themselves.oh I can decipher what it really means other people can't..smfh..the doors explained this already..in multiple interviews..this nothing but incorporated eye's and others loose interpretation of that specific lyric..smh!!!!

You can hear that The Doors were an excellent band, not only Jim Morrison and a couple of guys. This is one of the greatest rock classics for ever.

I haven't heard one song from The Doors that has been bad. The whole band is the definition of talented.

@jamesrichardc858

9 ай бұрын

here is something youll find interesting, when morrison was singing that song his girl Pamela was giving him head and when he came you can hear it in his voice when hes singing Mr Mojo Risin...which is his name Jim Morrison spelled out Mr Mojo Risin...cool huh

Please react to "The End". Your faces will keep us all thoroughly entertained for about 10 minutes 😆

@MsSweetNNaughty

2 жыл бұрын

Dude….that’s always a fun reaction to watch… lol

@rwfrench66GenX

2 жыл бұрын

There are two versions, you might want to warn them about the x-rated version where Morrison talks about raping his mother

@MrTenkoura

2 жыл бұрын

@@rwfrench66GenX no spoiler..

@rwfrench66GenX

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrTenkoura Brad & Lex run a pretty family oriented channel and it’s not right to suggest a song like The End without warning them about the content.

@bobszejk9620

2 жыл бұрын

@@rwfrench66GenX Last I checked, they're both adults

One thing about Jim is, he was always mysterious - if you rearrange all the letters in Mr. Mojo Risin, it spells Jim Morrison

@johnbruno3285

2 жыл бұрын

You just blew my mind..I never realized that.

@brettkenschaft4239

2 жыл бұрын

Yay! Not many people seem to know that. It's called an anagram.

@TheBlueDragon86

2 жыл бұрын

The Doors are my second favorite band of all time and I never realized that. Wow, thanks for that revelation!

@robertdoble7665

2 жыл бұрын

Just now figuring that out. shit.

@robertdoble7665

2 жыл бұрын

@@brettkenschaft4239 Danica Does anyone notice I cause accidents"? GB

I got to see The Doors in concert twice when they came to my city in 1968 and again in 1970. I was 16 years old at the first concert and 18 years old at the 2nd one. They have always been my favorite band.

Jim was a poet. He had never sung. They had him take singing lessons so he could deliver his poetry. And look what he gave us.

Probably the best groove they ever laid down. This and "Riders on the Storm".

@7777srd

2 жыл бұрын

Roadhouse Blues?

@HorbtheOrangutan

2 жыл бұрын

@@7777srd now that's a groove, for me it's LA Woman, Riders on the storm, Roadhouse Blues, The Soft Parade, and my personal favorite, Ghost Song.

@pimvanderkleij998

2 жыл бұрын

Mr MOJO Risin is an anagram of Jim Morrison

@thebrhinocerous

2 жыл бұрын

@@HorbtheOrangutan Great list...personally, I have to add Maggie M'Gill and Peace Frog in there, too. It's just really hard to go wrong...

@bungholeshagnasty1724

2 жыл бұрын

@@thebrhinocerous Love Her Madly

You're listening to a ragtime/blues pianist, jazz-influenced drummer, playing with a flamingo-styled guitarist fueling a drunken beatnik poet that was way ahead of their time. You're correct in recognizing a young man with an older man's soul. Hard living and abusing intoxicants not only age a person's body but also add years to a shortened life.

@yogijaya2897

2 жыл бұрын

#27club

@bronzegod8037

2 жыл бұрын

Didn't notice the guitarist standing on one leg.

@billyjoechambers8494

2 жыл бұрын

@@bronzegod8037 😃

@Flaschenteufel

2 жыл бұрын

that's just his voice and some whiskey :D just stop :D

@exerciseforidiots2296

2 жыл бұрын

😂👍Well said

My absolute favorite doors song. "Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light Or just another lost angel City of night" So simple, so perfect, so expressive, so elegant.

Brad certainly knows when to stop a track to destroy any build up in the song

"When the music is over" and "The End" are epic songs by the doors.

@JB-xh5mc

2 жыл бұрын

Crystal Ship.

@jdm1066

2 жыл бұрын

@@JB-xh5mc Breaking Bad had a real missed opportunity with using that song somewhere in the show.

@aaronandfelicia

2 жыл бұрын

The End was a classic! That song actually got them fired from the whisky a go go due to its graphic lyrics. Especially the part where he said, "Mother, I want to F*** you". The owner called Jim a sick F**k and fired them. But the Elektra record rep was there and that is when they got signed.

@williamswiniuch7527

2 жыл бұрын

@@aaronandfelicia “cuz that’s what I’m into man!”

@DENVEROUTDOORMAN

2 жыл бұрын

Yup and way better but they re not top 40 so only real men liked the real doors

Mr. Mojorisin = Jim Morrison scrambled This was their last album, where his voice had deepened and matured a bit. He recorded his vocals for this album in a bathroom in their apartment.

@stedevo7149

2 жыл бұрын

In the bathroom of electra recording studios👍

@petehutcheon

2 жыл бұрын

Actually the bathroom of the doors workshop on lac cienaga boulevard

@Music--ng8cd

2 жыл бұрын

Also, he seemed to want to alter his appearance/persona (The Changeling), gaining weight and growing a beard.

@edb6690

2 жыл бұрын

Chain smoking and copious amounts of liquor gave that gravely sound.

@frequentsee3815

2 жыл бұрын

The reason he recorded in the bathroom was because he was drinking so much lol

His goodbye letter to Los Angeles when he left LA for London just before his death. This was the Doors last album & LA Woman is the personification of the city has him saying goodbye his long time home. It's pretty beautiful.

Before I even begin watching this reaction-you picked out-to me-THE best Doors song ever and they have tons of great songs!!!

I love watching young people try and figure this eras music out completely without any understanding of context and out of chronological order of a band’s development not to mention its place in music history...

@josephdockemeyer6782

2 жыл бұрын

In the late 60's, that conversation would have gone much more slowly and with far, far less words but very well enunciated. HER: Hey, man... Isn't that Jim Morrison? HIM: ...right on. HER: ...yeah. HIM: ...right. HER: ...cool.

@treebeard8475

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephdockemeyer6782 “far out”

@treebeard8475

2 жыл бұрын

@Butt Whole it’s not hard to decipher it wasn’t meant to be. If you can’t decipher it it’s not a negative thing. That being said I get where your coming from but I think it more is about the emotion of live music and the music of the time that would make you weep on a rainy night at a concert where drugs may have been consumed. I can desipher most songs from this era and I’m fairly young. Throw on some Grateful Dead and I have a very hard time deciding what the songs are about because some of writing is 1940s and older. And that’s one of my favorite bands! Life is just experiences that mean nothing in my opinion so let your freak flag fly 🤙

@treebeard8475

2 жыл бұрын

@Butt Whole also I think the original comment was less about finding the real message of the music which you would have to ask the writer so you may never know and more about the cultural battles being fought and the crazy crazy times. We also live in crazy times I see very talented artist even today with the same gusto as their predecessors

@LordEriolTolkien

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephdockemeyer6782 groovy, man

You'll have to do riders on the storm or roadhouse blues next :)

@Wasteland_FX

2 жыл бұрын

riders on the storm is incredible, definetly worth checking out

@cathyortiz1280

2 жыл бұрын

Roadhouse Blues is my favorite. Esp the live version where he screams at the beginning. So much energy.

@jamellelangfordiii3586

2 жыл бұрын

@@cathyortiz1280 mine and my wife's as well. I listened to all doors albums, on cd, on a road trip with my mom from socal to Montana. Is a cool memory, really fun trip.

@babylonsister118

2 жыл бұрын

Or Crystal Ships

@sourisvoleur4854

2 жыл бұрын

Add my vote to Storm. Incredible song.

One of the greatest songs ever written and recorded 😘

Morrison had an amazing voice, but it was even deeper and had a whiskey edge to it by the time this was recorded in 1970. He was also sporting a thick full beard by this time and had gained a bit of weight and no longer had the Greek god look that he did in 1967 and 1968. As for the tune, this is straight up blues. Morrison was especially glad that the group was finally recording a pure blues album. Their overall work is very, very eclectic. Stylistically VERY different from not only today but even from other bands in the 60s. They had a very unique sound and played in very different styles from album to album, song to song. Very difficult to pigeonhole them as a group. You just have to listen to their entire works from 1966-1970. Definitely a musical education. Seeing Oliver Stone's movie about them and some documentaries about the band are also recommended.

The Doors have many different sounds and vibes during their unfortunate short career. Roadhouse Blues rocks from start to finish. It might not get many requests but " Peace Frog" is my personal fav.

@rm1387

2 жыл бұрын

I second Peace Frog -- love that song.

@glida458

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately short*

@randomhockeyguy9149

2 жыл бұрын

Peace Frog thirded. One of my favs by The Doors.

@p.b.palaciosalmafuerte3463

2 жыл бұрын

Nex to it, blue sunday.

@annaoswald5943

2 жыл бұрын

@@glida458 Peace Frog/Blue Sunday really what does it for me.

Lex is a quick study on lyrics and intonations. Brad is wondering why everything isn't literal.

@samuraijacques952

2 жыл бұрын

Dude's a robot. She's clearly carrying this channel on her back

@davegutierrez5553

2 жыл бұрын

Jim was a poet first singer second. Its difficult to try to rationalize exactly what the lyrics literally meant. It had different meaning for everyone. True poet genius.

@Rick999888

2 жыл бұрын

@@samuraijacques952 unfair I think. it's the combination that makes it and gives it depth. So many other channels where they just LOOOOOOVE every single tune and always laugh and are amazed in that kind of "internet exploded and twitter blows up" kind of way that seems popular these days.

@Deken

2 жыл бұрын

@@samuraijacques952, you're wrong. Brad certainly is no robot. The genres Brad & Lex have been delving into are neither of their normal preferences of music. This song was their first introduction to The Doors. So, yeah, they're learning and ballsy enough to discuss what might seem like weird lyrics to millennials, but they're *appreciating the music and history.* They also expose many others to songs we members of the channel suggest they react to. Sure, Brad's mind is much more literal when it comes to trying to find meaning in lyrics, but that's just the way he's built. Now and again, Brad will catch things about songs that Lex doesn't. Lex, on the other hand, seems like a sponge soaking in every drop of a song. Then, can wring out a litany of expressions and interpretations of lyrics that are often spot on. They bounce ideas off one another, and both add value to the team they've created. From what I've seen on the live streams, both seem to be genuinely nice people who also have great personalities. So, nope, not a robot.

@timelesstravelclub6240

2 жыл бұрын

Brad is the Dean Martin to her Jerry Lewis. It works!

This is one of those songs that no matter what is going on or how crummy my day is, never fails to switch my mood up. Such an amazing song...

Jim Morrison had an amazing range, and I recall at the time lamenting his loss, as we had lost so many great musicians 1970 to 1972...Jimi Hendrix, Mama Cass, and others basically from drug overdoses and alcohol. RIP to them all.

Jim Morrison was drinking pretty heavy by this time, but keep listening. Check out "Roadhouse blues", "Alabama song(whiskey bar)", "five to one", "Break on through", "light my fire" & "Maggie Magill". Please & thank you. Val Kimer also starred as Jim Morrison in The Doors movie. Not all the lyrics made sense, Jim was a poet at heart.

@zackbalins658

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed…but my guy, you can’t leave out Riders on the Storm. One of my favorites is Love Street though. But all in all, agreed.

@seanbrent8294

2 жыл бұрын

Five to one, baby! One in five…

@Motown-1966

2 жыл бұрын

Luv, luv, luvvvv the “Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)” song. That ‘n “Ppl Are Strange.”

The musicianship of Robbie, Ray and John is just incredible.

@davidkyle5017

2 жыл бұрын

They were brilliant.

@johndef5075

2 жыл бұрын

Very tight...

@Tijuanabill

2 жыл бұрын

Ray playing 2 parts except when he plays 3 is just ridic

@easyrolling

2 жыл бұрын

one of the great fadeouts ever

@nodaysback8390

Жыл бұрын

Densmore's snare hits like a Swiss watch during all of the up-tempo parts and his free-time floats like smoke in the air... Priceless!

All drummers in the 70's rock bands we're jazz devotessss. Mum& Dads money didn't go to waste.

Thank God... The 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and the 90s... golden age!!!

It's about the vices and the dark under belly of L.A.

When Jim Morrison was drinking or drunk...he had an alter ego he named "Jimbo". In this song Jimbo is singing, not Jim. Although he had a strong voice to begin with, drunk he was something else entirely.

@humboldtharry4248

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah he’s perfectly hammered. But in a great way! Love the growl it gives his voice.

@unclesalty9827

2 жыл бұрын

He O.D'd in a bathtub in Amsterdam

@danielmcgee2879

2 жыл бұрын

@@unclesalty9827 I always thought he died in France?.......I need to make google my friend I guess...lol

@unclesalty9827

2 жыл бұрын

It was Amsterdam,I remember when it happened

@unclesalty9827

2 жыл бұрын

Unless it was teenage b.s. like mama Cass choking on a sandwich

That is definitely Jim Morrison singing and you are right there is nothing like this anywhere he was very unique. Thank you 👍

LA Woman is one of the greatest albums ever and the last of the Doors albums in 1971! I highly recommend this album especially with one of the greatest introduction songs ever into a album "The Changeling!" The woman in this song the Doors are singing about is the city LA! Jim Morrison who wrote the words to the songs was a poet!

Absolutely brilliant band. Morrison was a master poet, and the rest of the band had serious chops. Very typical of the bands of that time - talent way beyond what we see today.

@interdimensionalsteve8172

2 жыл бұрын

You ever listen to An American Prayer? Speaking of his poetry side. I love that album but a lot of people don't even know it exists!

@bobbiewallace4008

2 жыл бұрын

People still visit him Morrison in France where he died after an overdose

@omega1231

2 жыл бұрын

"talent way beyond what we see today." ... tell me you don't actually listen to modern music, without telling me you don't listen to modern music at all. Stop listening to the radio and think "that's modern music" Radio is dead, record labels are largelly dead etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. What a tired, archaic arguement.

@tkaki6029

2 жыл бұрын

Krieger, Manzarek and Densmore are under rated musicians

@clash79

2 жыл бұрын

@@omega1231 it makes old people feel better to think their music was the best ever made

Riders of the Storm, The End, Break On Through, When The Music’s Over so many great songs....Mr. MoJo the Lizardking with The Doors I love them

@xenovirus6507

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@tolkiyay3085

2 жыл бұрын

I mean the whole L. A. Woman album is a masterpiece. Hyacinth House is my favorite of that specific album.

@daddyoca69

2 жыл бұрын

five to one

It was the greatest social movement in the history of man. Musicians gave people something you cannot buy today. Thank you

Morrison was basically a poet, who met some musicians… The Doors was the result…

Jim Morrison had a great voice... this was his rock n' roll vocals... he also had a smooth side - listen to 'Riders on the storm' ... 'Waiting for the sun' ... "Hello I love you" The Doors were a 60's band, but this was 1970... shortly before he died in 1971 @ age 27😪

@franciscoramirez4179

2 жыл бұрын

The Cristal ship, universal mind!👌👌👌

@pablposornio1840

2 жыл бұрын

México city!!! Love Morrison,,,,👍🏻🔥🔥🔥

I can ride along LA all day long and play this masterpiece again again and again...this is pure 24k rock and roll!!!

This woman is absolutely brilliant in her beauty. No disrespect. Simply amazing

Arguably the best American classic rock band. Morrison was a poet and his songwriting shows it. Deep with symbolism. Even the band name is symbolism. Doors of perception.

@jerryparks6123

Жыл бұрын

Wrong! The best American classic rock band was BOB SEGERS, SILVER BULLET BAND, HANDS DOWN! The BAND and BOB SEGER were around for 50 YEARS! .

Congratulations, you just heard one of the greatest bands of all time, absolutely love this band, pure class 🙂👍🙂.

@floyd66brescia48

2 жыл бұрын

67’s debut album wuz a masterpiece, Jim was barely 24 years old.

I've listening to the doors since the early nineties I'm now 45 years old they're still my favorite

I really learned to appreciate the drive of the bass in this. I've heard them in the late 60 early 70's and didn't really listen to them a lot but I like some of their stuff. Hearing it again is a treat because it is waaay better than I thought. This is still great stuff.

Jim was DEEP in the sauce when this was recorded. Alcohol can age someone a lot. Especially multiple bottles a day along with who knows what pills and psychedelics.

@johnLennon255

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget cocaine. During LA woman he was using it heavy

@TheNewRevolution

2 жыл бұрын

Morrison was actually drunk AF during the recording of LA woman and actually did the song in 1 take. There's no splicing takes together, no overdubs. The mix is a performance. That's why it sounds like it does. It's live performance without an audience.

@jeffreyboyer3714

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheNewRevolution Yep. If I recall correctly, the rest of the band had laid all the tracks already, because Jim had been missing and never showed up for the recording sessions until they were all done, because he was on a multiple day bender, likely drugged and drunk the entire time, showed up completely hammered, continued drinking, recorded LA Woman in one take, completely drunk. I think the band even included that interlude, anticipating the spots Jim would likely want to go off, as he was usually wont to do...and they nailed it.

Mr. Mojo Rising is an anagram of Jim Morrison's name. Mojo is an old blues term referring to sex, in the song it goes from slow and dark gradually speeding up to represent orgasm. The Doors weren't being subtle. The title of the song is a metaphor, indicating L.A. (Los Angeles) as a woman. We old codgers in our 60s & 70s had some fun back then. LOL, Good reaction guys!

I absolutely love that a new generation are learning about them!! Thank you! You will be this old sooner than you wish!

This has served as a reminder that there is no better keyboardist than the classically-trained Ray Manzarek. No one.

This is about the city of L.A. as if it were a woman. "I see your Hair is Burning," refers to the annual fires that scorch the Hills of Los Angles every year. Jim Morrison was crazy as Hell, but he was a poet, more than a "FrontMan" for a 60s Rock Band. The Doors are freaking legends. If your 50 or older, you know about The Doors. One of the greatest Bands ever.

One of the greatest driving songs of all-time!

There was nothing like the Doors before, and never after. Unique greatness. 😊😊😊😊😊

I lived in LA from 1979 until 1984 and every time I hear the intro to LA Woman I'm back driving once the Santa Monica freeway.

If I’m doing 55 when this song comes on I’m doing 80 by the time the snare starts popping! The bass is just sinister!

Jim was an amazing poet, singer and entertainer!!! Can't go wrong with Doors!!! late 60's early 70's psycelelic rock!!!! 👌👍✌😎

@smokinnplatez1426

2 жыл бұрын

No he was not an amazing poet. He is considered a joke among the poet community. Is easy equivalent to jewel as a poet

@davidpardine342

2 жыл бұрын

@@smokinnplatez1426 his song lyrics are loved by many. who cares what a community thinks of his poetry.

@cathyortiz1280

2 жыл бұрын

@@smokinnplatez1426 Poetry & lyrics are very subjective. Some people don't like Bukowski who was the father of modern poetry but some hate him because his poems don't rhyme & they're very crass. But that's what some people love about him. Some "poetry groups" can be very old fashioned & snooty (like yours, probably) but some can be very modern & hip.

@smokinnplatez1426

2 жыл бұрын

@@cathyortiz1280 you are just drunk on his mystique it is very obvious from your comments

@DanSolo871

2 жыл бұрын

His writing is overrated. If you want a true poet during this time, Jimi Hendrix was a far better lyricist.

The Doors played the "Ed Sullivan Show" which was the biggest tv show back then. They were playing their hit, "Light My Fire".They were warned not to sing the words " I couldn't get much higher", but Jim sang those words live which pissed off Ed Sullivan. Even the Rolling Stones had changed the lyrics of "Let's Spend the Night Together" to Let's Spend Some time together, just for the chance to play the Ed Sullivan Show. They were banned from the show after that.

I saw them live in '69...and they could do it all live...believe me, with the technology of the time...amazing.

LA Woman is the city itself. “I see your hair is burning, hills are filled with fire.” Etc.

The first album I ever bought with my own money. To this day it's the best money I ever spent.

@robertlavorna2968

2 жыл бұрын

i had to stop ,their ignorance with this song got to me, such a classic song done by a classic group...

@karl-heinzfrank1887

Жыл бұрын

My first Album was Deep Purple in Rock. That was 50 jears ago. Still have that Album. Back then Rock Musik was Musik. PS RIP Jim.

That Mind and Heart of Jim Morrison- Welcome To The Soul Kitchen.

_He's an old blues man, been singin' the blues ever since the world began_

Just FYI Jim Morrison is one of America's greatest poets, so please look at his lyrics in that fashion. They make more sense if you know that most songs are poems.

@anthonyv6962

2 жыл бұрын

Let's be real greatest poet? I don't think you will find many to agree with you. Yes he and the doors were hella good. Shel Silverstien is way better as is almost every girl in middle school.

@wiseoldfool101

2 жыл бұрын

Americas greatest poet? hu

@MrThumbs63

2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyv6962 spot on!

@Omegaphats

2 жыл бұрын

James Douglas Morrison

@Omegaphats

2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyv6962 yawn

When you set sail with the doors …..you may not come back, long live Rock n Roll

Lyrics don't always have to make sense. That is part of the genius of song writing.

Jim was a sensitive poet at heart…. When he joined the band he had never sung before. He spent many of their first performances with his back to the audience. Riders on the Storm is my all time favorite song. The last thing Jim recorded was the whisper vocal in Riders…

@wraygett

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that thankyou

@TheKitchenerLeslie

Жыл бұрын

We're going to find out some stuff about him soon when the CIA files are opened. His father was a traitor to the United States.

Listen to that bass - crazy talented Jerry Scheff, Elvis' bass player in the '70's

"Is this like music you'd do 'the twist' to?" LMFAO!!!

bro your so lucky to find a woman with this groove and sweetness

"Riders On The Storm" MUST be next!!!

@DENVEROUTDOORMAN

2 жыл бұрын

Nope When The Music's Over or the End stop the top 40

@richardgibby2911

2 жыл бұрын

You trying to scare them off.

@frequentsee3815

2 жыл бұрын

Riders was the last song they ever recorded

His voice was like that cause of all the whiskey and chain smoking..if you hear their earlier albums his voice is much clearer and youthful..check out crystal ship ✌🏽

Played every nite (early morning) as they were closing - cleaning up the Hilltop Bar & Grill. Thats all I can remember !

It’s amazing that someone can be reading the words as it’s playing and yet still misstate what was said

Aside from Elvis, The Doors' lead singer Jim Morrison was arguably THE most iconic front man in rock history, in terms of his singing ability, being a great lyricist, BIG TIME natural charisma, the ladies went crazy for him, and despite his wild & short life, Jim never shit on his fans or his band mates.

@markhooker8520

2 жыл бұрын

Rickard Ashcroft when with The Verve.

@jessemartinez2606

2 жыл бұрын

Freddy mercury

@geofftottenperthcoys9944

2 жыл бұрын

I was never an Elvis fan, but damn he had a voice!

@tinman7065

2 жыл бұрын

cough....cough Robert Plant....cough

@andymullarx6365

2 жыл бұрын

Except when he was Jimbo. Then watch out.

People are strange is my favourite, the lost boys is iconic

@MikeB12800

2 жыл бұрын

But that was an Echo and the Bunnymen cover. Wish they used the Doors version.

@msouth4375

2 жыл бұрын

@@MikeB12800 100%

watching the movie the doors started me on a journey 20 some odd years ago and. i will never turn back

Just loving all the comments. one of my five favorite bands and my all time favorite song.

Jim Morrison is a legend. His voice is awesome. The Doors have an amazing catalogue. They were so blues mix with rock.. so so sick

@manchesterexplorer8519

2 жыл бұрын

I agree not one bad song.

One of the greatest songs of all time. I grew up listening to the Doors, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, thanks to my dad. My mom raised me listening to the Supremes, Stevie Wonder and the Jackson 5. Looking back now I appreciate my musical upbringing.

Put this tune on with a straight nice stretch of highway in front of you and see what happens. A must on blast in the car. One of the best cruisin songs out there. The Doors at their best are tough too beat. Hypnotic stuff

Jim Morrison had a deep range in his voice🎤🎤🎤🙏RIP JIM MORRISON🙏 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I like the The Ghost Song and The End by the Doors. My mom was a fan so of course I loved them too.

@Blackdog06019

2 жыл бұрын

I had an English project in hs that I used The Ghost Song for.. its such an amazing song and very well done too!

One of my favorite bands from back in the day. I cried when the lizard king died. Mr Mojo Risen is an anagram of Jims name, and a Mojo is from old blues terminology that refers to ones "sex drive." LA woman was one of the last tunes they recorded before Jim went off to Paris where he died!

@sppecials606

2 жыл бұрын

How old are you? First time I hear for his death was 9 years after he actually died (I was 14) so I suppose it was a bit too late to cry but I recall I was like "wait he isn't alive anymore?! Oooo shit nooo whyyy, why had to be that way this is not fair!

@mystisage13

2 жыл бұрын

@@sppecials606 why? Heroin, sadly☹

@sppecials606

2 жыл бұрын

@@mystisage13 @ Pam messed up, he thought it was cocain.

Mr Mojo Risin spells Jim Jim Morrison. He's is singing about LA as a woman metaphorically. The Doors are a jazz blues rock etc band. Unique, 1 of a kind. Timeless.

"He sounds like a whole grown man". 😃Great observation. Morrison was an old soul in a young body.

You should give Peace Frog or Celebration of the Lizard a listen. Peace frog is a short funky grove song. Whereas Celebration of the Lizard is 15 minutes of Jim doing spoken word poetry. He was not a typical song writer, his lyrics were written more like poems, which have a completely different structure that song.

That's just talent, bruh You'll have to listen to other songs to officially say that he sounds like an old man. He was trying to pass his voice of like a blues singer on this song. He was a huge blues fan

The Doors are awesome. Jim Morrison was an intense singer. My favorite songs of theirs are People Are Strange, Riders on the Storm, Light my Fire, and Love Her Madly those 4 songs are all epic to me

Jim Morrison was a rock crooner and a poet . The Doors were one of the biggest groups of the late 60s but they did not play at Woodstock

It's crazy how Jim sounded so old when singing LA Woman, Yet he had the most gentle voice when speaking to anyone. I think the Alcohol and Cigarette's added to his sound here.

The look on your faces when Morrison starts singing is priceless. One quick fact about the recording will surprise you. Morrison was actually very intoxicated and did the song in 1 take. There's no splicing, no overdubs. The mix is actually a performance. I need to catch 1 of your live streams. I've studied Rock since I was a child and I've been called a rock encyclopedia. I can provide tons of useless information for your live streams that your audience may enjoy.

@agents977

2 жыл бұрын

Yep…you said it all for me. No need to comment now.

@nathanlopez3178

Жыл бұрын

He did not do it in one take, there’s other takes that can be found on the doors album alternate takes.

@TheNewRevolution

Жыл бұрын

@@nathanlopez3178 Both Ray Manzerak and Jon Densmore have stated on multiple occasions that LA Woman is one take from start to finish and that Morrison was very intoxicated in the take that was used on LA Woman. They would know, they were there. Explain to me how alternate versions means that it wasn't done in one take? 🤔 Producer Paul Rothschild actually quit when they started the album, because it was so bad initially. So The Doors ended up producing the album themselves. They've stated in countless interviews they just ran through every song several times and almost every song on the album is 1 take. The version of the song on the Alternate Takes album is likely 1 take as well but I have not heard any of them confirm this, so I will not state that definitively. But the original version of LA Woman is definitely 1 take.

@nathanlopez3178

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNewRevolution there’s two different versions. It wasn’t the final take

@nathanlopez3178

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNewRevolution you are right though I wasn’t there, just my observation 🤙

It's an ode to city of LA. Morrison's lyrics are highly interpretive and always disjointed because he was an above average poet. He didn't go in much for the direct. He also wrote most of his lyrics high as a kite on peyote.

The song refers to the night of the city of LA... the doors were of the late 60's - early 70 's, the Doors did not play at Woodstock...to get a feel for the Doors, watch their live performance at the Hollywood bowl.

He boogies differently in each song… Back in the day, LA was the dream destination for youth - 1971. Morrison was a poet.

Brad, “ where did you hear that voice?” Lex’s squirm, priceless. Really appreciate you guys.

Frist, Lex, you are sooo much fun watch when you hear a song for the first time. Your reaction to the "music" is seen on the screen with true joy (or not), and your smile is wonderful. Brad, I think I read somewhere that you come from mostly hip-hop, and the lyrics mean a lot to you. The lyrics of the composers back in the 60's and 70's were drug fueled, and they tried to shield you from the meaning, but give you a taste of what it was, as many words back then could not be used, they were censored. Many of us had to listen to songs a few times to get the "feeling" of it, and perhaps years to interpret what the meaning was. There are arguments to this day about what some songs mean. But, I think if you listen to the song for all its complex notions, (lyrics and sound) and then go back later to interpret to meaning, might better serve you when exploring music from this time period. Also remember that (most) all the members of these bands played musical instruments with no auto-tune for the voice overs.

@scrook1027

2 жыл бұрын

Like when they cut the lyrics to "Let's spend the night together," to lets spend together on the airplay, but the album had the correct lyrics.

I always take a look around to see which way the wind blow when I go somewhere. Love Love Love this song.

This is Jim’s “Ode To L.A.”, the City itself. Elvis’s Bass Player Tearing It Up! Mr Mojo Risin’= Jim Morrison.

The quality of this song shows how bad songs are today. Nothing comes close to this good being put out today. Classic.

@kennethward4985

Жыл бұрын

Days of the New. They even cover 2 Doors songs.

@aquatichighs

10 ай бұрын

Everything about the song is mysteriously masterful.