Poll: What is your pick for most EPIC song of the Rock Era. Epic in lyrics, music and message....

@TerrickTerran

12 күн бұрын

Has to be from the other day American Pie.

@peterd.9978

12 күн бұрын

The End - The Doors (You called it correctly, Professor!)

@christineml1476

12 күн бұрын

Kansas "Dust in the Wind"

@thetitleisours1

12 күн бұрын

Alan Parsons - As Lights Fall Pink Floyd - The Wall Alan Parsons - Old and Wise Closer to Home - Grand Funk Higher Place - Tom Petty Karn Evil 9 - ELP

@ShandiNicole1982

12 күн бұрын

Iron Maiden - The Trooper and Aces High.

In 2006 I was 400 miles away from home and was involved in a horrible car crash. I was severely injured, with a traumatic brain injury and a dislocated shoulder. I couldn't get back home and had no place to stay. But a friend of mine found a place for me to stay. That place was with Jim Morrison's first cousin, a retired multi-millionaire and gourmet chef. I was injured and temporarily homeless, but spent the next several days as the guest of Mr Morrison, eating gourmet food and listening to stories about he and Jim as children. Unfortunately, my concussion has prevented me from remembering a lot of what Mr Morrison told me. But I do remember the irony of the situation I was in.

That voice is haunting! I never got to see The Doors live. I visited Jim at Père LaChaise in Paris a few years ago. A Frenchman close to the entrance apparently realized we weren’t French. He just said “Jim Morrison?” “Oui, Monsieur”. He said, pointing “That way”. This was almost 50 years after his death. People still leave flowers and souvenirs at his grave.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, from Los Angeles, California... The Doors!" Jim wanted the announcer to say "From Venice, California". I have all three of Jim Morrison's books of poetry and they are intense. My all-time favorite band, at the age of ten (1978) I sang into the end of the pole used to vacuum our family's swimming pool. I mimicked Jim's stage performance and it took my five times longer to clean the pool, but I had to sing every song I knew. Later in my life, I would go north from San Diego to visit the Whiskey a Go-Go just to sit on the same stage The Doors played upon. It was so mystical to me, and magical of an experience.

This song being the opening to “Apocalypse Now” is so perfect for that film. I myself never found anything offensive about it.

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

I love it

@scottboettcher

12 күн бұрын

100% - I can literally not separate the two!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

It’s so fitting.

@marktait2371

11 күн бұрын

same

@alansmith7626

11 күн бұрын

I was gonna say same thing, every movie about Viet Nam...and it still mesmerizes me

A lot of people don't know this. I just recently found this out myself but Francis Ford Coppola and Jim Morrison went to film school together. They were in the same class. Apparently they used to get drunk and play board games all night long.. that's a crazy fact.

@longlongshadows392

12 күн бұрын

thats a cool fact😮

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

That's right!

@RichardNixonsHippieRemoval

12 күн бұрын

FFC used this song in Apocalypse. Added some Moog effects to mix it sounds of helicopters, flying bugs and foreboding of Kurtz' death. It's a fun mix and it's out there, can easily be found here on YT. Not sure if the above is elaborated here. Currently at the 4 min mark.

@JermaineBulls

12 күн бұрын

And Harrison Ford used to sell them weed, lol

@neverthemachine4evr868

12 күн бұрын

@@JermaineBulls I think he also built the doors stages before concerts? I'm Cali mostly

The thing you have to remember about Morrison is that at heart he was a showman and a poet first, a rock singer second. For him it was all about setting the stage and mood and taking the listener on a journey. It was rarely so simple as "Here's this thing, it means exactly what it sounds like".

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

He was not the best singer, but he was a phenomenal interpreter.

@pheresy1367

11 күн бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Yeah... but he was plenty good enough of a singer to interpret what he was expressing... He didn't need an opera-level voice to be "the original shaman rock'n roll frontman"... The Doors wasn't just Jim either... there was pure chemistry with all of them in the moment... I heard an interview with his father and basically laid out what you said here. He didn't think much of his son's singing at ALL, but respected his commitment as a performer to give an audience a "full experience"... like a performing poet sets out to do.

@jammcguire1276

11 күн бұрын

Then pepper in drugs and serious amounts of alcohol!

@guntherdawg

11 күн бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 perfectly expresses meh barks on teh topic

@coreym162

8 күн бұрын

Only pansies took anything from the music of that era seriously.

Apparently, when Jim talks about 'the snake is long, seven miles' he is talking about when he would trip on acid and walk from Coronado, CA to Imperial Beach, CA on the beach that is seven miles. The Navy Seals used to swim that distance in BUD/S training for their seven mile swim. For anyone really wanting to know the impact of Jim, if one goes to Nimitz Hill in Guam where COMNAVMAR (Commander of Naval Forces Marianas) sits, there are pictures in the foyer of every admiral, in order, that served as COMNAVMAR. There is always one picture missing, always, of Jim's Father Admiral Morrison. It doesn't go unnoticed like a missing tooth. No other pictures ever came up missing to include the first COMNAVMAR, Admiral Nimitz. We used to run bets on how long a new picture would last before someone stole it from its slot. Keep in mind, there are security cameras in the foyer and the picture still managed to get lifted. That is the impact Jim had in that many would risk their careers to steal his Father's portrait. When Admiral Morrison died, the San Diego Union Tribune ran a piece on his career (Admiral Morrison still lived in Coronado, CA) and Jim's Sister, Anne Morrison Chewning, commented that the Admiral never understood the impact his Son had on American culture. I sent in the above to the Tribune so that many would understand that people were stealing his Father's picture just to get closer to Jim.

@carolineb619

9 күн бұрын

I drive down the Strand one or two times a week taking people on Lyft rides from the Hotel Del Coronado to Imperial Beach. Thank you for the new story to tell my riders!

One of the coolest stories from my youth. In 1992, Ray Manzarek performed a show at the Tilles Center on the CW Post campus where I was attending college, after which I bumped in to Ray Manzarek outside and after talking a little I invited him back to my dorm room where he and I smoked a joint together.

First time I heard this song I was 14. My best friend had died of cancer and me and others had been drinking beers in his memory. I came home, turned on the radio laid on the bed and this song came on and blew my mind. Still gives me chills to this day and always reminds me of my friend.

@TerrickTerran

12 күн бұрын

always amazing when you can connect a song to a certain memory. Thanks for sharing.

@shawnmartin95358

12 күн бұрын

Drinking beers at 14? Good times

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Had I've known I would've dedicated to him.

@internettroll7604

12 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock Thanks for the thought, that is nice. Hearing those opening words “this is the end, beautiful friend, this is the end my only friend” at that moment in time…. For the first time….it was like the song was sent by him.

@internettroll7604

12 күн бұрын

@@shawnmartin95358 The best of times. 1984 was a different world.

The Doors were always out there. June 1967 Summer of Love in Haight-Ashbury was set to some of the best music. The Doors and this song The End, were played over and over. We all mellowed out to this deep music. This is one of the songs that helped me learn to visualize music. For me music has been better than anything ever to be on television. Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin. The 3 'J's" of 1967. 3 names that shook the world in 1967. All had tragic ends. All left a mark on music forever. Professor of Rock. Once again Sir, You have taken this old woman back to my youth and brought back wonderful memories.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

I always remember “JiJaJi”

@benxamin13

11 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing. For some reason I feel like I know that era, even though I was born later.

@mikes9759

11 күн бұрын

Great comment! I'm an old guy and I've been listening for a long time too! I always tell people I might be old but I got to see all the good bands!! And back then it was cheap! The most I spent then was 9 50 for Zeppelin. 3rd row center. I got to see a lot of them, but I'm fading away with them too. I also was an owner operator and I caught your comment to a guy saying you shouldn't have radios in trucks! I'm glad I came across the Professor also!! He brings a lot of great stories here!! And stuff I remember seeing concerts! Keep Rockin! And listening to Bob!!

@playnicechannel

8 күн бұрын

Yes and sadly foundational members of “The 27 club” imagine the musical tapestry if each of them were granted even just 10 years more. 🎶🎶❤️🎶🎶

@coinraker6497

5 күн бұрын

Hmm, never thought of the "J" connection. Add John Bonham to that list.

Fun fact that will interest no one but me: Jim died on my 5th birthday. I had no idea about rock and roll at that age, but discovered it in 1974 at age 9. My parents listened to country and easy listening music.

Genius and insanity are close together at times

@Code.Name.V

12 күн бұрын

One begets the other in many cases.

@thetitleisours1

12 күн бұрын

@@Code.Name.V How the brain works still has mysteries to it

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

No question.

@Chapps1941

12 күн бұрын

I live it everyday

@miguelservetus9534

12 күн бұрын

Mind altering substances don’t help.

Each time I hear this. .I have my eyes closed...it's almost a transcendental experience . Poetic and involving... beautiful and perverse. The whole band is on fire.

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

I have to agree!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

Indeed.

For me, there is only one singer on the Top Tier of Rock & Roll's GOAT Vocalist. Jim Morrison is beyond human in some of the emotion he manages to convey in his performances. He is Primal. I love Daltrey, Plant, Rogers, and many other OG Rock heavyweights, but Morrison was more than any of them. More real, more raw, more animalistic. His screams put the hair up on ANYONES neck. There has never been, and may never be, another vocalist like him.

@michaelharrington75

12 күн бұрын

Morrison is probably the greatest rock n roll front man of all time. He knew how to work a crowd, and had a great voice.

@marktait2371

11 күн бұрын

yes kreiger told uncut few months ago new book preview he kinda fell into by accident just out of school looking for something to do

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

You’re not wrong

@pheresy1367

11 күн бұрын

Spoken like a fellow Doors fan! Every year has a new crop of Doors fans too... and GONE at age 27... unbelievable.

@peterd.9978

11 күн бұрын

Even with hitting the high notes, he still has a strong masculine voice. The original Rock Star!

"The End" is such a haunting, disturbing and enthralling song. I've loved the song for years. It was very fitting for use in "Apocalypse Now", a fascinating and bizarre movie.

This was a perfect song for "Apocalypse Now", such a timeless classic.

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Such a poignant moment.

@paulleckner8235

11 күн бұрын

It fits the situation like a hand to a glove and a foot to a boot.

@dustybrand

10 күн бұрын

there is no greater song for practicing Katas in your underwear in a motel room.

@paulleckner8235

9 күн бұрын

@@dustybrand Agreed.

A biographer of Jim’s recounted a Door’s concert in Mexico. Jim sang, “Mother, I want to….” And the audience loudly and enthusiastically completed the verse! A great, unique talent.

The Doors are my favorite band of all time

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Very cool!

@andjulia9292

12 күн бұрын

The first song I remember hearing as a child was People are Strange, I must have been 3 or 4. It was mesmerizing and have been a music fan since.

@earlgrey691

11 күн бұрын

@@andjulia9292 'I can't see your face in my mind' for me exemplifies the bands spooky beauty and elegance.

I have always loved The End... Great song and makes you think a lot too. We did play it on Classic Rock radio in 1991-1996 without anyone trying to pits a fit over it. Although radio today is loaded with cowards who are afraid of playing songs that long or anything like this song. ABC/SMN radio played it all the time. We loved it!

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Great comment!

@MykeLewisMusic

12 күн бұрын

I miss those days of real human radio.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

Yeah, they focus on trying to make songs more “radio friendly.” 🙄

@VelveteenRabbitinRedFern

11 күн бұрын

Not necessarily "afraid", just controlled by Tipper Gore.

One fact about Morrison that blows my mind is he'd have turned 80 this past December & was of the Silent Generation! (he was born a couple of days before my dad's 3rd bday & a few weeks before my mom's 2nd bday). Fatefully, forever 27 & a symbol of the counterculture ☮️✌️

I saw the Doors, with the Chambers Brothers and Steppenwolf opening at the Hollywood Bowl in 1968. I was 9. For most of the second half of the show a guy behind me would say “This is the End” at the start of every song. He guessed wrong until they actually played, but me, not knowing the song, kept thinking he was announcing “This is the end” of their set!

@dustybrand

10 күн бұрын

The Chambers Brothers are so boss.

@kingofallwhites

9 күн бұрын

Did they suck live?

@RandalSterling

8 күн бұрын

@@kingofallwhites they didn’t suck, their music sounded great. But Morrison was virtually glued to the mic stand, hardly moved, eyes closed for most of the show. I enjoyed Steppenwolf more. The Chambers Bros sounded frightening but what a tight band!

I have a close friend who just LOVES "The End." It's probably one of his favorite songs by The Doors, maybe even among all R&R songs. Don't know why people would be upset by it. *It's just a song!*

When I was a high school senior in 1982, some one wrote all the lyrics to The End in paint down a corridor at my school. I loved them so much! My brother was 12 years older than I, and listened to them and a bunch of great bands.

@rolf3806

11 күн бұрын

Adam the Doors are one of my favorite bands and I have found over the years my favorite Doors song has changed I’m 67 now look at life and rock with better sun glasses there is no way to pick a favorite rock song. I do love the 70s but it’s impossible

I find it amazing and depressing that the doors appear to have completely disappeared from the national Zeitgeist. They just never seem to come up in any cultural context. I'm not even sure the younger generation knows they existed

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

I think you're right. And they are on the most unique bands ever to grace rock.

@AwlDeigh

12 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRocksaw the live twice…incredible under appreciated mucisians

@n.d.m.515

12 күн бұрын

When you do introduce them to The Doors, unless already music loving, they think of them as too weird.

@texasnewt

11 күн бұрын

Bizarre, isn't it?

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

I’ve heard a couple people talk about the Doors lately.

Many thanks Professor of Rock🤘

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Thanks!

The End of Laughter and Soft Lies The End of Nights we Tried to Die The way he sings those lines has always given me chills!!!...Great video about a dark masterpiece. The End has multiple meanings, the first part seems more symbolic of the death of a relationship or the end of an Era, etc...then the killer/oedipus Rex portion brings the symbolism to a more violent, literal death...but then A section comes back in a softer way now, much darker after what we have just experienced in the violent section...such an incredible song!!!

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

So great!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

This song can be applied to just about everything.

Jim Morrison is perhaps the greatest waste of talent in music history. He wrote such incredibly brilliant works _despite_ (not because of) his ever-increasing drug and alcohol abuse. A true genius in every sense, you can not begin to imagine the level of genius it took to spin this out of thin air live on stage and then be able to remember and repeat it at a later date without ever writing it down! The band did an amazing job of playing behind this mad genius, of course, but the way he worked, the number of songs he wrote and remembered off the top of his head. It's staggering. And he did it all while committing slow suicide seemingly every day of his life.

Neither of my parents listened to rock. I was a teenager listening to rock and classic rock in the late 70’s. I still have the Doors albums from my youth. Thanks for a refresher!

This song, and the rest of the Door's catalog were a major part of my childhood. My Dad played the Doors on so many of the trips to and from his place when he had me and my sibs for the weekend. Great music to listen to in the car at night.

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

I've been a hard rock/metal fan since 1980, but The Doors are my favorite band of all time - mystical, magical and transcendent.

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Mystical is exactly right!

@dmitryowens

12 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock Rock alchemy ✨️

In 1993 I got my very first tattoo. It was The Doors and I was 15. They changed my life forever the moment I first heard them. It was Jim's Celebration of The Lizard that got me into poetry and I've been writing every since.

My first time hearing it was in January, 1980. The first R rated movie I saw at the movie theater was "Apocalypse Now". That first scene was so chilling yet exciting. My friends helped get me into music. We would listen to."The End" while drinking. It is truly a classic. Thank you for covering it. The Doors were truly a revolutionary band with Jim Morrison as the front man.

❤🎉 Love the Doors! Just wanted to say hi before I go into this huge building for more tests! Happy start to the week Professor and Classmates! ❤

@AnnaTrail-xp8pr

12 күн бұрын

Morning and good luck with the tests. I just recently went through the same thing. Started to feel like a 📌 cushion. Good to stay on top of it.🍷 to good health.

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Hey Roger!

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

@@AnnaTrail-xp8pr Hello Anna!

@AnnaTrail-xp8pr

12 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock Hello hope all good with you and the family

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

Good luck Roger! 👍

I first heard The End in Apocalypse Now. I can never hear that part of the song without those images coming to mind. You didn't mention Nico. She's more famous for her work with the Velvet Underground, but on one of her solo albums she did an absolutely haunting version of The End. She captures the essential bleakness of the song at least as well as Morrison himself did.

@earlgrey691

11 күн бұрын

Her and Jim had an intense romantic alignment for some time.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

I love Nico’s voice.

@marktait2371

11 күн бұрын

yes waa described in last months uncut interview

This has been my absolute favorite song since I discovered it as an 18 year old in 1989. This song has gone with me everywhere ever since

We discussed this song in class. Teacher was pretty cool about it and said it was a natural stage for boys to go through. The teacher was female also a skier, skydiver, pretty cool for the 60s 😁

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

This is cool!

@stickman1742

9 күн бұрын

Uh yeah, I never went thru that stage. I can guarantee it doesn't happen that often though I could see where it might. If your mom is Farrah Fawcett or something, the thought might cross your mind. Now my older sister was quite pretty and I knew that, but still never turned to attraction probably because I knew her too well. Some of her friends on the other hand.

Hypnotic, flowing like a lazy river. Great song, love the Doors

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Great description.

Yes, The Doors, one of my favorite bands ever. They definitely had a more cerebral and darker tone, which made them different than most bands of the time. Life isn't always a bowl of cherries!

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

So true.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

Indeed a dark song.

The great thing about the doors was you didn't really know what Morrison was going to do. Another great episode on an iconic band. Thanks, professor.

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

So true. Nobody knew.

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

What's your favorite song?

@texasnewt

11 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock When the Musics Over.

@fivestring65ify

11 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock Riders on the storm

Thank you for covering this, one of my two favorite Doors songs. The other is "Riders on the Storm". Love the line "his brain is squirming like a toad". My father would play it in the car because he knew I got a laugh out of it. Loved that they played "The End" in Apocalypse now.

I was in single digits, age wise, when the Doors were active. I didn't become aware of them until the late seventies. I remember hearing Morrison's voice on the radio, the song being Touch Me. I was struck by the beautiful, mellow quality of his tone in the chorus of that song. I said to a friend and co-worker, "Wow, a rock and roll singer with a real, legit voice." He looked at me like I was from another planet and said, "That's Jim Morrison. You know, The Doors." I had probably heard Light My Fire and others, but it never registered until that moment. I went on an immediate deep dive and remained a fan of their work ever since. In the coming years, The End became my favorite song to listen to when I just wanted to relax and just let my mind go free. Never took any chemical enhancements, that was not my thing. But with Morrison, sometimes his music and lyrics were all you needed to get your mind to go off into space. It was almost trance-like for me, and so relaxing, the Oedipus text part aside. Never took that too seriously.

@ericfielding2540

9 күн бұрын

I also did not get to know the Doors until the late 70’s when Jim Morrison was long gone, for the same reason that I was too young in the 60’s.

@7:24 I'm just drooling over those Fender amps in the background.

Every year some friends and I make a Pilgrimage to see Peace Frog, the best Doors only cover band. Funny almost 60 years later we are all singing along to every single Doors song as if we were 16 again. Jim and The End changed music. For all his wild antics and crazy stories his music is still a must for me. The first album my parents ever took away from me, lol. Fantastic episode professor! Any Doors episode I'm all ears!!

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

I want to see Peace Frog! Thank for the reminder My Name!

@MyName-pl7zn

12 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock fantastic show every time

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

@@MyName-pl7zn Ah... Thank you!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

I didn’t know about Peace Frog! They need to come to NC!

You made the RIGHT call to cover this one. Morrison was on another planet, dude was something else. Jim's Final 24 episode uncovers a lot of what made the Lizard King so infamous.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

He was off his rocker in his final years.

My favorite song by one of my favorite bands.

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Love your profile pic!

@JesseNothing33

12 күн бұрын

Thanks. Morrissey solo and The Smiths are also top favorites of mine.

I drove by Jims childhood home recently. I always think of Roadhouse song when I pass by. The End always makes me think of wars. Fitting for who his dad was and what he did to pull us into the Vietnam war.

Lest we forget the epic guitar playing of Robby Krieger on this song.

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

So great!

@davidzack8875

11 күн бұрын

Always reminded me of a sitar or some other Eastern instrument.

@pinballinc1752

11 күн бұрын

@@davidzack8875 Gibson SG with "open guitar tuning" provides that sound.

@davidzack8875

11 күн бұрын

@@pinballinc1752 Playing with his fingers instead of a pick helps as well.

@dustybrand

10 күн бұрын

Great slide player. He was bold enough to explore raga. The Beatles, Shocking Blue, and later Steely Dan did as well but Robby Krieger's arpeggiations rule.

How The End bookends Apocalypse Now is immense!

Always liked The Doors.This song is great

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

So Epic!

He died at the right time. Forever immortalized at the peak of his creative output. Never to waste away on devolving vocals, pop lyrics and neverending farewell tours.

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Good comment.

@partain2000

12 күн бұрын

Not only Morrison but a lot of Rock n Rollers just rushing to die at a young age. The music was great but at what cost?

@n.d.m.515

12 күн бұрын

​@@partain2000some would say immortality. Take that as you will.

@michaelharrington75

11 күн бұрын

​@@partain2000I don't think most of them are set out to die young. They just live the way they want, and sometimes it's too much on the body. Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Keith Moon, and many other rock stars would take any drug handed to them, while others like Harrison, Lennon, and Jagger had more control over their drug intake. Some people enjoy being high more than others. Depends on which drugs they got mixed up in. Most people think Morrison took LSD every day, but he didn't. Between 1965 and 1968 John Lennon and George Harrison dropped far more LSD than Morrison had in his whole life. Lennon sent a film crew to Monterey pop festival for the sole purpose of smuggling two pints of Owsley's LSD from California to England. It was probably an accidental overdose of heroin that took Jim out?

@texasnewt

11 күн бұрын

Long before the eventual advent of autotune in the mid 80s ... real art was created, which captured and preserved the vocal nuances of the artist -- not machine generated notes!

I don't want to die because I might miss out hearing another great song. Life is good. 😊

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Have a wonderful Monday Catherine!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

On Wednesday it was so hot here that I thought I might pass away. But I’m glad I live to see Adam cover this song.

@catherine6653

11 күн бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Hi. This was the first time I heard this Doors song.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

@@catherine6653 I’m surprised you hadn’t heard it before, but that makes sense! Which Doors songs have you heard?

@catherine6653

11 күн бұрын

There are many- People Are Strange, Light My Fire just to mention a few.

Lol, my wife's water broke while we were listening to this song. We were trapped in our apartment because there'd been a hostage taking next door involving some escaped prisoners, and we weren't allowed to leave for the hospital. We'd been listening to records and we were just letting this one play out while we went to bed when we saw the flashlights through the trees along the river, the barking dogs, and the dozens of armed police officers storming through our parking lot. My kid was born 20 hours later. She's on her way to becoming a lawyer now.

@texasnewt

11 күн бұрын

A very problematic outcome, and a sound argument against subjecting infants to trauma: an attorney ... oy vey!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

Congratulations to her!

@MegaSnakegirl

11 күн бұрын

Did you get to the hospital on time???

Damn. I just rewatched Apocalypse Now.

If you’re ever in New England. A good friend of mine is a tribute band for the Doors. He’s been doing this since the mid 1970s. He’s been singing the Doors songs longer than Jim Morrison. They’re very good. He’s an older guy now. But he also has a younger guy in his band and they switch back and fourth doing old Jim and new Jim. They are Band is called “through the doors.” I try to catch them as much as I can when they’re playing out.

This was one of Adam’s best videos, as befitting such a monumental song. His presentation and insights, not too mention incredible enthusiasm and passion for “The End,” were great. 🤘🏻

This was one of the best scenes in The Doors movie, & perfect for the end of Apocalypse Now!! Definitely one of my favorite Doors track & a masterpiece that influenced countless bands & songs after

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Amen. Great comment.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

Nothing like this song.

I will always associate The End with Apocalypse Now. Great tune from a, classic debut album

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

I think many do!

I always thought the Rnd was about Oedipus Rex. I started listening to The Doors in the 80’s, I went through quite the 1960’s phase, I bought old original albums of The Doors. I always thought this song was really unique and cool

This was a great deep dive. I'm so glad you covered this song and story. As a young teenager 45 years ago I was a Doors addict. A bad Doors addict. lol. Thanks for the great video. You have a great channel.

Love the Doors. Always have. The soft Parade is one of my all time fave albums

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Great record!

Back in the Saddle Again Naturally 📣

@bobdavis4848

12 күн бұрын

Good morning, constipated! You're first!

@constipatedinsincity4424

12 күн бұрын

@@bobdavis4848 Good Morning Captain with a smile and song we sing .🎶We're happy to see 👀 you and all the Joy you bring !😊 Do you remember this ?

@bobdavis4848

12 күн бұрын

@@constipatedinsincity4424 Those are nice lyrics; what song is that? it reminds me of a Slint song "Good Morning Captain" and a little of the Youngbloods' "Get Together."

@AnnaTrail-xp8pr

12 күн бұрын

​@@bobdavis4848maybe first but not to go to the bathroom remember he is constipated!

Very interesting video Professor. I dig it. Beautifully haunting song. I always remember the time in HS laying in bed extremely hungover and hearing this song uncut on the radio.

Thank you for the post! ✌🏼😊

Best use of this song was in Apocalypse Now

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

So great!

Love when the Doors atmosphere resurfaces once in a while like in Joy Division or Interpol's "Turn on the Bright Lights" ; like the warm hum of a dark melodic storm looming up from an inky western night

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Great comment!

@leeaycock8602

12 күн бұрын

Ooh, I like that. I might steal it.

@martineldritch

12 күн бұрын

@@leeaycock8602 I aint stoppin you ! :-))

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

Joy Division took a huge page out of the Doors

This episode was awesome 👌 The Doors still remain near the top of my favourite band list after all of these years. They were the band that after listening to I finally realized the beauty and power of Rock music. A Monolith for sure! I'm going to have to follow on Patreon.

Thanks for this episode..!!! I always loved this story and Love the song as well. This is one of my "stranded on an island" picks for sure..!!

Heard this on Texas radio with a big beat.

After this and your episode on American Pie, you need to do a top epic rock songs list.

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Sounds good!

@floepiejane

12 күн бұрын

Don't forget Supper's Ready and Thick As A Brick

10:24 Hence, "show me.. the way.. to the next.. whisky bar"

I got the Oedipus Rex reference when I first heard it, most people unfortunately don't.

Yep. As soon as you mentioned getting naked and using a fire extinguisher in the studio, there was no other possible person.

@Chapps1941

12 күн бұрын

Sagittarius do nudity so easily

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

Insane!

I love the doors my favorite band. Jim Morrison is the best in my opinion. Tell all the people is my favorite song of the doors from the soft parade album. I love every Jim Morrison doors song. Do more doors songs in the future.

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

WIll do! Thanks Wayne!

The song is haunting and beautiful. It allowed my imagination to to step in.

@marknovak6498

11 күн бұрын

Ok. Yeah it went there but not all the words are literally there.

It's interesting how you stated that Jim Morrison's legacy endures. I'm not old enough to really appreciate the Doors when they were at their peak (I was but 9 years old when Jim died), but I did become a lifelong fan in 1981, when a "Best of" album was released. That compilation (along with Danny Sugerman and Jerry Hopkins' book "No One Here Gets Out Alive) triggered a resurgence of popularity for the band and Doors music started appearing on rock radio in regular rotation, along with REO Speedwagon, Billy Squier, Styx, etc. Rolling Stone Magazine even put Jim on the cover of the September 17, 1981 issue with the headline "Jim Morrison- He's hot, he's sexy, and he's dead". I've since bought all of their albums- including the rather awful post-Morrison albums, and remained a fan for all this time. There will never be another Doors.

The Doors are definitely a significant motivator in my own world of music. It isn't half as much to do with Jim Morrison (though his poetry has definitely impacted me) as it is his bandmate Raymond Daniel Manzarek. Ray's keyboard playing knocked my socks off, a combination of his playing and his choice of a transistor organ (which Ray said was the California influence on him) and Rhides piano bass. In January 1995, my father handed me an ultimatum as I was planning to get out from behind the drums. I planned to become a bass player, but my father wanted me to choose guitar or piano. Having tried and failed to learn the piano, I ended up letting Dad show me how to play the simple guitar voicing he knew, thus giving me the motivation to jump on it. Later that same month, I heard the music of the Doors for the first time. If I had heard that music, "The End" included, only *one month* sooner, things would've been different. Hearing Ray's playing would've been my musical yardstick. I would've become a keyboard player (which I started doing anyway) instead of a guitarist. I would've wanted to do it the way Ray did it.

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Manzarek was a key factor in their sound... No question. Thanks Eric.

@ericbgordon1575

12 күн бұрын

And, he's missed.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

One of my piano teachers once told me to “play like Ray Manzarek once did”. And he was right after all!

Some artist do fairly simple work that feels good. Some have a deeper meaning. Jim went way beyond that. It's hard to understand Jim when Jim doesn't understand Jim. If he hadn't died I think he would have been like Neil Young. Creating but not caring about the business much which wouldn't have made any more popular. Certainly the artist with the tortured soul. Who else would turn Oedipus Rex into a rock song?

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

No kidding. Great comment.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

He had lots of inner demons!

When I was at Minot AFB, ND in 1980 a friend from Long Island turned me on to the Doors, I was 21. I had heard the Doors on the radio but never knew them other than that. I immediately fell in love with them and have been a serious listener since.

It doesn’t mean what I think it means?!? …Inconceivable

It floored me that they used no bass guitar! It was a small bass keyboard that Ray played with his left hand!

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Right!

@bongodave13

12 күн бұрын

They used a bass player in the studio. The keyboard bass wasn't enough for recording.

@marktait2371

11 күн бұрын

yes article uncut recently robbie kreiger said they hired elvis bass player a few times but forget name

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

That is so genius.

@bongodave13

11 күн бұрын

@@marktait2371 They used Jerry Sheff on LA Woman. He was in Elvis's band. Doug Lubahn played on the other albums. Larry Knechtel played on the first album.

My older brother gave me this album in 1967 for my 10th birthday. Best birthday present I ever received. This one changed my life

When I first heard Palaces of Montezuma by Grinderman, It reminded me of The End. With lyrics like, "The spider goddess and needle boy the slave dwarves they employ", and "The spinal cord of JFK wrapped in Marilyn Monroe's negligee". Both had me trying to figure out WTF did I just hear.

A really good poetic song. This kind of writing is a lost art.

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

No kidding. So gripping.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

No one else today can write a song like Morrison did.

Greatest front man in rock history. He epitomized the concept of sex, drugs, and Rock 'n Roll

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

He's definitely in my top 5!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

Including the downsides of living that lifestyle!

Always reminds me of Apocalypse Now. Great Movie, and the song is haunting. Clearly an artistic interpretation of a genius, yet troubled mind/soul.

I first heard this album in "84"or "85" when i found it on cassette. From the first time i heard it has always been a favorite of mine

Morrison had the most laid bavk vocals ever. Even Break on Through had a laid back styling. None like him before or since.

@Code.Name.V

12 күн бұрын

I think Billy Idol is somewhat similar.

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

I agree. Such a great voice!

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Good comp!

@Lam_3-22-23

12 күн бұрын

@@Code.Name.V I can kinda hear that, never actually thought about that comparison. 👍

@marktait2371

12 күн бұрын

last summer i bought billys ghits cd he covers la woman

people are strange when your a stranger faces look ugly when your alone women seem wicked when you're unwanted streets are uneven when you're down when you’re strange faces come out of the rain when you’re strange no one remembers your name

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Such a poet.

@dianewilliams1125

12 күн бұрын

I won't be able to get that out of my head. Love that song! PEACE!

@marktait2371

11 күн бұрын

yeh always like echo macs version on soundtrack cd they performed live club show

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

This song kills me.

Australia - “Unlocking the Doors” - brilliant tribute band, well worth seeing.

C'mon: "Apocalypse Now." That says it all when it comes to this mesmerizing and moving piece of musical art. Astonishing. Thanks for covering, sir! 🤙🎶🎸

Say what you will about Jim Morrison, he knew how to get - and keep - the audience's attention.

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Yes he did!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

For sure! He was an excellent performer.

Hey, y'all.

@LaManteca76

12 күн бұрын

HELLO BAAAY BEEE! (Chantilly Lace had a pretty face...) 😄

@Whisper_292

12 күн бұрын

@@LaManteca76 Sing it, babay!

@LaManteca76

12 күн бұрын

Oh bay-bee that's a what I like! 😁

this is such a great song by one of my favorite bands. Thanks

Didn't this come out in 1967?

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

Yes.

Ray Manz was a cool dude 😎 He was the real talent of the group

@ProfessorofRock

12 күн бұрын

So gifted!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

11 күн бұрын

He is so inspirational.

Thanks for covering the doors. Discovered them when I was 9 and they've been my favorite band since. Very early on I heard the story of the break up as its initial intent but being the great American poet Jim was, I knew there was a little more to it. He wrote in a way that anyone looking could easily garner more than one meaning from it. He often remained vague when explaining song meanings dropping subtle hints as to a possible meaning but telling friends often he liked to leave it open for the listener to interpret their own meaning and whatever they chose to believe it was about, that was its meaning. I believe he kept slot of the more vague songs close to himself. Cheers..

"Riders On The Storm" is a favorite of mine. I was too young to appreciate The Doors music when it was new. 🤠

@ou812true5

11 күн бұрын

Absolutely, one of my favorite songs of all time.

Anybody offended by Chuck Berry's "My Ding-A-Ling"?

@martineldritch

12 күн бұрын

I'm offended that of all his music My Dingaling was his only song to hit number 1 in the charts

@michaelsingletary4526

12 күн бұрын

"You Can Ring My Bell"" Wang Dang Sweet Pootang"

@user-mv5bu2kk8b

12 күн бұрын

Never liked the sobg

@Jims_Camera_at_dawn

12 күн бұрын

Not at the time, but I was kid then. Totally different take on songs today. Isn't that just normal? We get older and wiser with time. If we're lucky.

@johnnyamaro6643

12 күн бұрын

I fell so hard, I heard bells ring, but held on to my ding a ling !!?

Great video, again 45 seconds in I knew who you were talking about. Great information.