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The Doors studied jazz and blues very hard when they were kids, so their music had a sophistication no other 60s band could match. It still sounds fresh today. Now - “When the Music’s Over.”
@DJ-bj8ku
2 жыл бұрын
Um, the Beatles?
@danielschaeffer1294
2 жыл бұрын
@@DJ-bj8ku I’ve given some thought to your post, and I tend to agree with Frank Zappa on this. “The Beatles were alright, but I always thought the Stones were a lot more interesting. They were a lot closer to the roots.” They were brilliant tunesmiths, but they had no formal training and worked their way along pretty much by accident. For a zillion reasons, I find their stuff a bit dated by now. Besides, I was always more of a blues cat than a rocker, so I guess it’s all a matter of taste.
@DJ-bj8ku
2 жыл бұрын
@@danielschaeffer1294 What I loved about the Beatles is that no album sounds alike and each grew in sophistication, unlike most bands and soloists who have a formula and stick to it. And the sounds they produced were sublime. Even with Yellow Submarine, a simple pop sound, you feel like you’re actually in one. I’ve been around a long time and I like the Doors. Check out the interview with Jim’s father. Very illuminating about the generational divide.
@aisaxonawiat6484
2 жыл бұрын
@@danielschaeffer1294 ..... The Beatles, defined the way on everything and still are the trendsetters to this day, nothing is dated with them, you will find with every musician who has been successful that they were inspired and patterned their work after what the Beatles have done. The Beatles studied rhythm and blues heavily and was the foundation for most of their music at least in the beginning and their objective was to never have an album or song that sounded like the previous one. I'm someone who absolutely loves the Doors and definitely one of my all time favorites, But even the Doors credit The Beatles for many of their achievements. The sounds so common from the Doors and other groups from the sixties were unknown prior to The Beatles.
@deborahclappe108
2 жыл бұрын
Music prior to the Beatles was mature, rich, and full. It was not just music, it was lives lived and experiences that drove it to the depth that was the music of this Era. The Beatles brought fluff music...I always felt like music took a step backward. Bands like The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Eagles, Queen...they laid the foundation for all other music...and they did it without synthesizers or digital manipulation. I don't listen to much mainstream music these days. There are a few contemporary artists that I go to on You Tube, but not many consistently have a lot of substance.
Jim Morrison's father was my commanding officer in the Navy. I was very much aware of that at the time. It was 1968-69.
@randomsasquatchwithwifi4090
6 ай бұрын
Damn, what was that like?
@lpluva1
5 ай бұрын
George Morrison died at 89 in 2008, dude was a highly decorated Rear Admiral Naval Aviator who served in WW2, Korea, was a nuclear weapons instructor, and was commander of Naval Operations during The Gulf Of Tonkin incident. There are sites who say he started the Vietnam War, which isn't true but he was there when it officially started. It's easy to see why a young, sweet, artistic, boy like Jim Couldn't get far enough a way from that life.
@FU05241960
4 ай бұрын
@hkitm is really leaving us hanging
I was born in 1957. The music when I was growing up was phenomenal! The Doors were just one option of a smorgasbord of mind-blowing music that was being produced back then.
@doreenarcher8543
Жыл бұрын
Me too I was born in ‘57. I’m still confused about modern music. But I’m grateful I grew up during the time of such amazing music.
R.I.P. ..Jim Morrison..Legend..died much too young..
@alanstrom2221
Жыл бұрын
Tell us something we don't already know. D'uh!!
This song is a movie, an angoscious movie, and it's also a travel through Morrison's mind. He studied cinematography at UCLA before founded The Doors. Ray Manzarek is one of the most underrated keyboardist of all the time. He was a genious.
The bass was supplied by keyboardist Ray Manzereck using the bass pedals on his keyboard. The Doors never had an official bassist, it was all Ray.
@jamesmcintyre2008
2 жыл бұрын
They often used a bass player in the studio
@daveman_50
11 ай бұрын
@@jamesmcintyre2008 Yes, it was Jerry Scheff on this track.
@johnyvico
6 ай бұрын
RIP ray
This has been a favorite since it was released. Hitchhiking in the '60's was a pretty common way to get around. Did it for many miles around the country
Jerry Scheff , Elvis' bass player, filled the bass guitar position on this album ! In their live performances Ray played bass pedals with one hand and keyboards with the other.
The Doors were if not the most, certainly were one of the most important bands ever to be recognized. Morrison was no joke. His words penetrated the deepest parts of emotion, thought and imagination. Ray Manzereck obviously a musical genius with Robby Kreiger and John Densmore both perfect fits for the Doors musical style. FYI, they did use many of the top studio bass players around and tried to find somebody who would be a good fit to add to the band but finally Ray got frustrated and said screw it I'll do the bass parts. He added a small bass keyboard to the left side of his Fender Rhodes piano and that was that. IMO Morrisons antics may have a lot to do with the problem of attracting strictly professional musicians.
It’s about being born into a world of storm and havoc and having to figure out your own direction overtime in order to survive. You are in essence a rider on the storm of life. The killer on the road is a metaphor for all the obstacles you need to overcome in your journey through life that are trying to stop you.
The doors are iconic in music history. A little before my time but my sisters thankfully exposed me to all types of music from Allman brothers to chet atkins...
Another interesting fact about Riders is that the vocal track is doubled with Jim also whispering the entire song underneath the main vocals. Once you hear it, it just gets creepier...
@jdw5678
Жыл бұрын
And if you listen to the very last refrain of "riders on the storm," there's a third tracking of Morrison screaming out the words, but it's so far down in the mix, you can barely hear it.
@randomsasquatchwithwifi4090
6 ай бұрын
I can't unhear that now.
Lynda from rural Maine ,my Dad told me I wasn't allowed to play the Doors in his house. DIDN'T understand,.listened anyway. My parents thought Jim Morrison was a bad influence. I loved him. Rebellious. Oh well.
Who could ever forget “Light My Fire”. Probably their first hit.
Can you imagine being a hitch hiker back in those days when that song comes on the radio, i bet you’ll start thinking horrible thoughts lol
That Rhodes shimmers and sparkles. It's one of the greatest songs ever. Definitely a favorite road song.
Excellent reaction guys. Riders On the Storm is a perfect song. So well done, so mellow and yet powerful. Manzarek's electric piano is to die for. Great adjectives Nick!
Bass was Ray Manzarek's left hand on keys. Studio musicians filled in real bass during recording sessions including the former bassist for Elvis. 27 club member Kurt Cobain died this very day in 1994, RIP
@davidpeters44
3 жыл бұрын
Bass was played by Jerry Scheff in the later studio sessions, including this song.
@craigedwards2940
3 жыл бұрын
@@davidpeters44 He didn't like it either.:-) Most of the bass work was done by Ray on the Fender Keyboard Bass You can tell because most of the bass parts are just triads, as keyboard players would do. Occasionally there's some good bass parts.
Probably my favorite Doors piece...thanks for the reaction. When I heard it described as "mesmerizing, dreamy, hypnotizing" I immediately thought of "Hypnotized", a great OLD song from Fleetwood Mac. It was recorded before Stevie Nicks and Lyndsay Buckingham joined the group. You guys might want to give it a listen.. Thanks for being here!!
I first heard this on Radio Luxembourg when I was 15 years old and it was my favourite song at the time; I still love it today, over 50 years later. That keyboard solo is staggering!
@robplazzman6049
8 ай бұрын
I first heard it on the John Peel show on Radio 1, around 1974 when I was 14. Completely blew me away, I'd never heard anything like it before or since !
@Jack-D-Ripper
2 ай бұрын
@@robplazzman6049 Ah, the John Peel show. That's where I go into Tangerine Dream and their album "Phaedra". 😎
If this is creepy .. just listen to 'The End' hehehe The Doors , Jim at his very best in all his glorious crazyness , poetic lyrics , misterious . its a masterpiece song ......
@jkm49us25
3 жыл бұрын
Got them booted from the Whiskey for doing the End.
@thomaswest7746
3 жыл бұрын
Unknown Soldier
@Wolverines77
Жыл бұрын
An American Prayer is Jim at his trippiest...
The bass sound comes from Ray Manzarek playing both the Fender Rhodes Bass Keyboard , and the Vox Continental Keyboard at the same time. He was one of the first keyboard players that stacked his keyboards. Ray has several videos where he describes how the Doors would come up with songs. Ray said this song was lifted from the song Riders In The Sky - Vaughn Monroe, when Robby was playing the song on his guitar in the studio, just messing around. Jim then said, "I have lyrics for that," and Densmore said, "We have to add some jazz to this song." By the way, all of them were Jazz players, and took their music roots from Jazz.
This was the last song Jim ever recorded with The Doors before leaving for Paris and his untimely demise.
It was a dark and stormy night... classic beginning.
Oh Jim Morrison! Great song by the Doors! Love it! ❤
You guys are close. The storm is life & we are just riders.
@ErichH68
Жыл бұрын
I’ll buy that!
Jim Morrison was found dead in his bathtub in Paris. They found tons of alcohol in his system (he drank all the time) and the death report said that "his heart gave out" and he died peacefully in the tub. His girlfriend, (Pamela) found Jim in the bathtub dead. She died 6 months later, I believe of a heroin overdose. Very sad. Jim's grave is in Paris. Many visit his grave when traveling to Europe, it is a very historical gravesite at this point in history..
@dwightsmith4641
2 ай бұрын
Sam Bennett carried Morrison from the restroom of club called Circus RR Club to Morrison’s room and put him in bathtub to try to wake him up but it was too late.
I don't usually listen to the radio much anymore. Back in 2016, I was driving home late one night (approx 2:30-3 am) on the highway, which was pretty much deserted, and about 30 minutes outside of town, a thunderstorm started up. I had the radio on to help keep me awake and alert. This song started up just as I hit the heavy rain and lightning, and the thunder was almost overhead. It was the most surreal experience I've ever had...still can't explain it. The small hairs on the back of my neck were standing up. Not sure if it was the electricity in the air or the coincidence that this song came on, but it was both creepy and really cool at the same time. :)
I've been listening to the doors for 40 years .. they have their own style their own genre .. MANY hits . .MANY gems . . Movies made about .. They ended way too soon . . Small band...excellent musicians and Jim wad a poet .
Great band. You guys should watch the movie with Val Kilmer as Morrison, it's great. Probably Kilmer's finest hour.
Jim morrison is the coolest artist of all time.
The Doors- Light My Fire
I was born in 1970, so this song is almost as old as I am, but I've always loved it. It's so psychadelic and soft. I've always found it soothing to listen to and has always been my favorite song from The Doors.
@jmflores1970
Жыл бұрын
I don't fully understand the level of the lyrics, but the part "take him by the hand. make him understand" makes me think of how a god can pull someone out of time for whatever reason then put them back exactly where they were and they won't know time has passed or have any memory of it after the correction update has been installed.
Driving home from work one night recently, driving down a winding mountain road, raining and this song came one, I admit it gave me a bit of a chill, hearing the whispered lyrics laid down on top of the vocal track made it a pretty creepy vibe
I think riders on the storm is a very good song
This song is about an edgy mood, both beautiful and threatening, moving around at night in So California dream world. The words can only suggest the experience, not describe it. It's about trust and paranoia, going from one to the other.
The bass player is Jerry Scheff. Jerry Obern Scheff (born January 31, 1941) is an American bassist, best known for his work with Elvis Presley from 1969 to 1977 as a member of his TCB Band and with the Doors.
As a teen and to this day I always hear waves crashing on the shore at night while it’s raining. Ray’s left hand bass playing was phenomenal.
@dggydddy59
2 жыл бұрын
Except this song has an actual bass player on it. Although it's very deceptive because it sounds like a part a keyboard player would come up with. It's not a part a real bassist would play. But there are places where you can tell its a real bass because he's sliding up and down the fretboard. Plus all the documentation that names Elvis' bass player as the bassist on this song. I thought it was Ray for a whole lot of years and was very surprised to find out otherwise.
Imagine how this is the last song on Jim Morrison's last Doors studio album.
I was at Morrison's grave in Paris in 1981 on the 10th anniversary of his death, I was 14.
@LyndaHill
Жыл бұрын
Ha, I was there the same year. Graffiti and flowers all over his grave.
Just discovered you guys recently, you're all excellent. Intelligent, funny, but not obnoxious, and you have an appreciation for the old stuff like The Doors, which this old fart likes LOL. Those were the idols of my youth. Anyway great job.
For me the saddest part about that song is that it was one of the last songs they did, so that means they almost never played it out live.
@kelvinkloud
3 жыл бұрын
they played it in dallas & new orleans in their last 2 shows w/ morrison.... the dallas show is on youtube. sound quality & jim performance, sub par, but it nevertheless was live.
Nací en el 1956...esta música marco mi juventud...cada día que pasa me alegro de haber nacido en esa época
@kathrinehart4462
11 ай бұрын
He does an amazing Morrison!
My second wife and I hitch hiked from Michigan City ,north Indiana out to southern California back in 1975. I had 50 dollars in my pocket and we met some decent people all the way out. Only got caught in one desert rainstorm in Nevada where I drank from a fountain and got radiation poisoned water in me. I took iodine pills from a pharmacy and all was well. (It made me trip like I was on acid, people.) Took us 3 days and nights to get there ,got jobs, lived across the street from work and saw Led Zep live while living in Long Beach. Dig it! This song takes me back for some reason. Peace & Love.
@franciscoramirez4179
3 жыл бұрын
Dude! You need to put that in a book! I bet it was an experience!
@ballsyrocker
3 жыл бұрын
@@franciscoramirez4179 Yes, my future wife and I were lucky to get good people helping us and we stayed a few days with my former rock band member (Denny) in Vegas, just to get off the highways for a bit. The worst spot to hitch hike (and we waited 3 hours) was St. Louis. Luckily , a van of rare hippies like us came along and gave us R&R with the some home hospitailty and good smoke. The shortest time was with 2 dudes with a huge truck fill of wooden chairs of all types. We were on the west side of the Sierra Nevada Mtns. looking at the expanse of the Mohave desert below and the ribbon of highway that appeared to never end at the horizon, when they gave us a short ride to a desert crossroads.( I might have some facts rearranged since this was 46 years ago.) The coolest dudes were a black brother and a white longhair in a sweet 1963 Chevy Bel Air that shared Coors beer and smoke with us as we spent hours crossing the desert from the desert crossroad to Southern Cal. They are among the heroes of our adventure. Peace. Life has been good.
What I see is this bar in the middle of nowhere in the desert in Nevada somewhere, and it is pouring down in one of those unusual thunderstorms... And you see these people coming out of the bar, and Jim is describing who they are, one by one. They are all Riders of the Storm, living life in the moment. First is the crazy killer (brain squirming like a toad, I LOVE that analogy) coming out with his unknowing victims. Next are the lovers... The heavy rain is obstructing the view so all you really see are the silhouettes of these people. Everyone of the people are taking their cars to ride away from the bar, each with different destinies.
Keyboardist is astounding! Carries the song!
Jim Morrison had really nice voice. I'm liking your reviews more and more. All 3 perspectives add to the video.
The Doors 10/31/1968 Freedom Hall Louisville, Tix $3-$5, in 1977 Led Zeppelin tix were $10
LA Woman you can't do better it's just a perfect album !
The keyboard he plays on is a Fender Rhodes piano. A classic keyboard/stage piano, probably a Mark 2. And other The doors song worth listening to is People are strange and Love her madly
Great reaction guys. I really got into The Doors when I was in high school in the early 80s. When I got my first job I joined the Columbia House record club and eventually had every Doors LP on vinyl. I've never done drugs but I swore I knew what it must be like when I would listen to them for hours at a time. I would love to watch you react to my new favorite band. Again I'm late to the party because this group isn't together anymore either. Although, it's not because someone died. Porcupine Tree, the greatest band you've probably never heard of. Incredible musicians, especially live. If you decide to give them a go, I have a few suggestions: Arriving Somewhere but not Here, live from Chicago. Anesthetize, live from Tilburg. (The shortest 17 1/2 minutes of music you'll ever experience) Cheating the Polygraph, live from Tilburg. The quintessential PT song. (Video title says Live from Anesthetize) Dark Matter, live from Tilburg. The Start of Something Beautiful, live from Chicago. (My personal favorite)
@chrisdespain6949
3 жыл бұрын
Same here,cassette deck,road troppin 80's looped
The keyboard was a Fender Rose - a poor man's Mellotron. The Doors was my favorite 60s group. When Jim died in Paris from a drug overdose, I was beside myself. Riders on The Storm was a befitting summation of a 5 years journey throughout the psychedelic era. I don't know if the 3 of you are still managing this KZread site, but I suggest listening to a short song of them - People Are Stange from 1967. A very typical song of theirs.
Great song! We did actually put this on loop. I was 10 when this came out, and my friend and I recorded this from the album to a small reel-to-reel tape player over and over and would play that at night when going to sleep.
...just masterpiece! also the guitar is fenomenal, the rhythm and the chord changes(this is difficuld for a non experienced ear, to appreciate , for sure a musician can do this).
Hey guys. Nice reaction 🤘 I'm not too sure about the exact facts but I have heard multiple times that the keyboard was the bass. Ray Manzarek played a double keyboard. You can see it in the live clips. Apparently... one hand filled in the piano section whilst his other hand filled in the bass section on the other keyboard. So basically; he was playing 2 instruments at the same time! I really hope that is true and accurate because that would be unnaturally prodigious and otherworldly!!! Beyond genius!!! Thanks guys 🤘
I picked a up a few hitchhikers in the 70,s, regretted every one of them.
Jim Morrison... One of the best american poets!
The restraint... everyone is holding back, creating tension... while it's smooth at the same time. Mysterious. Also, when Ray Manzarek shifts into the funky Ray Charles groove at @12:30 - what a great moment.
According to guitarist Robby Krieger and keyboardist Ray Manzarek, the song was created in the Doors' rehearsing studio,[8][13] and it was inspired by the country song "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend", written by Stan Jones and popularized by Vaughn Monroe.[14] Jim Morrison wrote the lyrics, which portion of it are allegedly influenced from real events of serial-killing hitchhikers.
This was written just after the Tate-Labianca murders in L.A. In her book "The White Album," Joan Didion devotes a chapter to Morrison and the others, and the storm-like aura that seemed to hover around them at the time. If you check out Didion's essay, you'll get some fascinating insight into the milieu from which this song emerged.
Guys like Beethoven and Mozart would even love this song. The keyboard takes over ray Manzarek was a genius.
It's been 52 Years and still no word from Mr. Mojo Risin!
Jerry Scheff, Elvis' bassist, played on this album.
I did read a few years ago about the owner of a rock bar in Paris,on his retirement,felt obliged to reveal the 'real' truth of Jim Morrison's death. He claimed that Morrison died of a drug overdose in the toilet of the club,figuring that this was not good publicity for the place,he & some friends carried the body(& that of Morrison's girlfriend who was unconscious through drugs) back to his flat & put him in the bath tub. Crazy enough to be true?!?!
Listened to this reaction again, and to answer your question about the bass, Ray Manzarek is the keyboard/organ player, and I saw him in an interview where he stated his parents loaned him the money when they started the band to buy a piece to go on the organ to be able to play bass while playing the keys. I'm sorry, I don't know what it was called that they put on the organ. Robby Krieger was guitar, and John densmore was drums.
Jerry Scheff of Elvis fame plays bass on this fantastic tune...🎤👍
It's really Rain and thunder Thank you
I prefer 'LA Woman' on this album, but this is a great tune.
@smffeb58
2 жыл бұрын
LA Woman rocks, but all the songs are great … Changeling !!!!!
Next you should give a listen to their songs Roadhouse Blues or L.A. Woman. Ray Manzarek plays the bass with a Fender bass keyboard and they would fatten it up if need be with a session bass player, but most often it was just Ray playing bass on keyboard with one hand and keyboards with the other hand.
Underneath Morrisons singing is his voice overdubbed whispering the lyrics which really gives a strange effect.
I guess the 1st verse pretty much tells what it's about. Especially this - "...into this world we're thrown like a dog without a bone..." That's probably a bleak view on the so-called "gift of life", but I get it.
This is the first time I've notice that he overdubbed himself singing the song in a whisper to add even more atmosphere!
Great reaction and analysis of a legendary song. You guys are chill as f
So atmospheric... it's their interpretation of the classic Ghost Riders in the Sky.
@bobburroughs6241
Жыл бұрын
No it isn't.
Just so y'all know...on this song (and album) Jerry Scheff played bass. Jerry also played for some guy from Memphis. To hear the story of Ray telling Jerry what he thought the bass line should be, check out the youtube video featuring Ray Manzarek about this song.
Amo-te JIM! Para Jim e The Doors não há comparações! Jim Morrison único , espírito livre, culto,inteligente, grande vocals, poeta... A melhor e mais precursora das bandas! Talvez Jim não sobrevivesse aos dias de hoje,mas se assim fosse diria p tudo o que temos nos dias de hoje: " calem-se " ou " vcs são escravos" hehehe ahhhhh como eu queria tê-lo nos dias de hj, faz falta
Love The Doors and this one is my favorite!
My hubby hates the doors while they were one of my favorites! We had such different tastes but loved music. Echo and the Bunnymen were his genre! Lol I was Chicago, ELP, Bob Seger, smoky, John Mayer, Boz I have a huge playlist! Like his! I miss him so much...
We are all riders on the storm of life
this is great ohohh god first time hearing it omg so gogood it is one of my favourite and yes the rain omg the best everything is so cool and i didn''t even finish the song
On bass was Jerry Scheff as a guest musician.
~ Hi again - I'm trying to catch up on your videos and this song and your review was just awesome! 💝 Someone mentioned that there aren't many songs about rain during the day which brought to mind this beautiful gem "Laughter in the Rain" by Neil Sedaka. I think you'd like it. 🥰
The Doors first hit was called,, light my fire
It’s been a long time since I’ve listened to the doors. It’s interesting hearing people’s take on what this song is about. Maybe being born and thrust into this life that we’re all trying to navigate. Just like you guy have said, regardless it’s a great song
Ray played this live, but in the studio, i've heard it was someone associated with Elvis Presley's touring band.
So many jazz elements, especially John densmore keeping that mood of cool but unsettling
Damn right it storms on sunny days in Florida..... its called EVERY DAY OF SUMMER!😂😂 Love that whole bit, y'all had me laughing so hard. Great reaction!
Sunshower guys. Love this song. There are bad people in the world. Protect your family. Dont risk their safety foolishly.
Ray .. keyboardist .. used his keys to make the bass sound. Jim Morrison was more of a writer and poet. A few of their songs were his poems. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison were all 27 and died months apart. Story is Jim passed from heart failure. Both Hendrix and Joplin died from OD's. I still wonder today where they would be and what their music would sound like if all were alive today. ✝️ RIP to all
@lisar.6670
3 жыл бұрын
"Riders on the Storm" is about a serial killer .. 🎶 There's a killer on the road .. His brain is squirming like a toad ... If you give this man a ride .. sweet memories will die .. Riders on the storm .. 🎶
Jim Morrison did not have to sing his voice is mesmerizing❤
I attended college in France for a while back in the 1970s and hitchhiked everywhere. I did 3 trips to Italy (400+ miles each way) and had a few scary moments, but mostly the people who gave us rides were fantastic. BTW, I never hitched alone. Back to the song, this is one of my all-time favs, and it always reminds me of my time hitching back in the day. The Doors were brilliant musicians, the keyboards, the guitar, and drums. Listen to "The End", "LA Woman" and appreciate each of their parts individually, just amazing. Just turn out the lights and let the movie play in your head.
Jerry Scheff - bass guitar
it reminds me of these creepy truck drivers who might have picked him up while he was walking on the rain hitchhiking for hours. and he hesitates for a second to get in a strangers truck but seeing the storm getting worse and all the lightning does frighten him to the bones. and who knows what these " kings of the road" would ask him to do in return -you can imagine. they are also quite nasty and needy . i must have been an experience.
@debitaylor8361
2 жыл бұрын
My brother hitchhiked from Syracuse ny to California and back in the early 70's . Said no problem and people were great
Yes I’ve seen it sunshine and storm at the same time. Very few times but I’ve seen it down south. Anyway The Doors were imbedded in my brain from 6 yrs old. I never understood the lyrics until I got older and appreciated the music and read his poetry books but his mind was very strange in terms of writing material. Brilliant but strange. Ray on keyboard always steps up their sound so well. That set them apart from the rest.
Manzarek tickling those ivories. Great reaction.
NKP Thailand 70-71 Air Rescue this song made my day no matter how bad it was. Went well the the rotors of my Huey.
Its one of the best albums ever
Ray was a classical pianist john and robbie were jazz/blues musicians Jim a poet. I believe Jim sang this song from the bathroom of the studio.
It's pretty much accepted as truth now that Morrison died of heroin overdose in Paris. Jim had wanted to escape his image of wild child, rock star, after being found guilty of crimes from the Miami concert. The first song on LA Woman was a song called "Changeling". If you listen to the lyrics, it just makes your hairs stand up. He wanted to be seen as an artist and poet and went to Paris to join his girlfriend and soulmate. She happened to have a serious heroin habit and from many things I read and it's a lot, he snorted a line of heroin and went unconscious. No one knows for sure if he knew it was heroin as he wasn't to into downers. Anyway there was no NARCAN back then, what you did was throw them into a tub with ice cold water to bring you back. The official story was he died of hear failure and no autopsy. In the 50 years since then, stories came out of the actual person who sold the drugs to Pam. So using just basic logic skills you can say Morrison was troubled and had many issues health wise drinking and respiratory ones as well the days leading to his death. Pam wanted him to quit The Doors after LA Woman album was recorded. When the recording was done he said his goodbye's and went to Paris. He took the step to change to be with Pam, who didn't want to quit her heroin and her heroin is what killed him. Lot of things are murky but many many came forward and the stories seem to match the scenario that he was put in the tub he died in.
@theincorruptedeye8226
3 жыл бұрын
It's only accepted as truth by those unable to decipher his lyrics. The entire album is about his plan to fake his death and leave Pam, who was not his soulmate, he did not trust her "A call girl will kill you in a darkened room".
@chadczternastek
3 жыл бұрын
@@theincorruptedeye8226 Was that one of his lyrics? I might of heard it. I definitely don't get what you do as far as faking death. Surely he never did. Pretty much my gut tells me it was very simple as him overdosing on heroin. Over the years that story pops up more and more from many spots with integrity. I believe it's true. The bathtub says a lot. I used to do heroin and that was really done to get breathing after a OD. There was no NARCAN then so OD was usually fatal on the spot. Really scary and shows how dangerous heroin. I really wish there is something after we leave this form. Like hope there is some mass transition to elsewhere and go on. Man would I really love to know the real objective truth. Everyone has ideas. They may be right but no one will never know.
@theincorruptedeye8226
3 жыл бұрын
@@chadczternastek You're relying on your gut, trying using your brain instead. The evidence is overwhelming that he faked his death, if you decipher the lyrics. He was sentenced to 6 months in prison.
@chadczternastek
3 жыл бұрын
@@theincorruptedeye8226 thank you for replying. I can in no way at all seem to get where you are. All while being open minded. I am not trying to bash you, but you said the evidence is overwhelming. I think you used wrong word. Overwhelming would of course have everywhere accepting this. Instead, like it usually does, time answers the issue. It's been 50ish years. Sorry but think it out man. Even the bio guys and others are starting to feel the drug OD death. It makes way too much sense when you see everyone react and it's now almost agreed that he overdosed on heroin his cosmic mate got. Simple as Pam being a junkie killed him. Sad too. Like people have surfaced all over the place, all different places and they are from the club he was at where he did the dope. To the people in the bathroom where he overdosed. Friends of the dealer who sold the stuff are out and about talking. It just makes sense. The whole hush thing, no autopsy. Just it's clear man...the most powerful thing to me is the bathtub. As a former junkie myself, before they had NARCAN to bring you back, junkies who overdose are shocked in ice water to get you back breathing. Please let me get to where you are. I really am bad at defining poems and lyrics I usually need some direction. Like over the years and recently, I'm getting behind lot of lyrics and poems that used to baffle me
@theincorruptedeye8226
3 жыл бұрын
@@chadczternastek There are a couple of ways to convince someone. First listen to the album LA Woman. Every song tells about his plan to fake his death and leave Pam. Start with The Changeling. The second way to figure it out is by following the feud between Jim and Marc Bolan. If you do, you'll find the evidence that he was still alive in 1977 when Bolan died. The war of words between the two began when Jim got the Mustang as a gift. The next year Bolan came out with his first album upon which is the song Mustang Ford, insulting Jim's car and lifestyle of partying and womanizing. Jim responded with the song The Soft Parade.
I've been in sunshine while it's raining. Small raincloud, not blocking out the sun. Rare, but it's happened several times at least in my lifetime.