"You don't make music for immortality, you make music for capturing the moment of sheer joy of being alive on planet earth." - Ray Manzerek.

@giorgiomedolago5958

2 жыл бұрын

❤

@carlosm...2953

2 жыл бұрын

Manzarek *

@paulhomsy2751

2 жыл бұрын

that's just one man's opinion...

@casinodelosdesertores9672

2 жыл бұрын

and for inmortality. . The Doors at least.

@annagood1392

Жыл бұрын

Would be great if he was alive

What a way to kick off their last album with Jim. Long live the Doors, changing lives forever.

@davidfox7983

2 жыл бұрын

Immortal

@gregorydenisonjr2308

2 жыл бұрын

ja

@pushedplay

2 жыл бұрын

Last album?

@Michael69

2 жыл бұрын

@@pushedplay L.A. Woman, yeah. An American Prayer was not a studio effort as much as it was a compilation of interview segments and poetry sessions overdubbed with music recorded nearly a decade later.

@patriciafalcutila6901

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregorydenisonjr2308 alabama thedoor

This song has been the mantra of my life since high school. "I've never been so broke that I couldn't leave town." 🥰

@shagadelic4210

4 ай бұрын

Shoelace express is free, right😅😅

Who else thinks that keyboard intro is awesome !? ... great music is timeless 🙂👍🏻

@MaximusWolfe

2 жыл бұрын

Ray’s work on this album puts most of his other compositions to shame quite honestly. He was truly inspired throughout. Whether being subtle and delicate (riders of the storm, cars hiss) or supercharged and propulsive he seems to always inject the perfect sense of atmosphere. I guess not having worry about bass lines extricated him in many ways from the short bursts he was limited to throughout the first 5 albums. I wish he had experimented more with jazz (especially fusion) after Jim died instead trying to keep the doors afloat with little success. I feel he and Robbie could have had accomplished (if not lucrative) solo careers.

@jebidiahnewkedkracker1025

2 жыл бұрын

This song should possibly be a reminder to ALL who really like music--ANY music, that popular opinion and tastes are really NOT "all that". Even many Doors fans do not often recognize THIS song as being a Doors "jewel" because they're too busy "oohing" and "ahhing" over a song like "Light My Fire", because some "influencer(s)" or radio station/"Top 10 list" thinks THAT is the only song/album "true fans" should hear. With that being said, I have to admire the concept of the visual switch/change represented ^^^ from Jim to "Jimbo", or rather from "pretty pussy" to "bad ass roaring old lion". Good art and artists inspire other good art/artists, and the visual aspect to this KZread video catches AN essence, if not THE essence of this song. And, yes, the keyboard sounds to this opens yet another can of "Whoop Ass".

@senorniceguy9440

2 жыл бұрын

Amateur rock keyboardist here and I'm gonna start trying to play this!

@kevinmcgiffin10

2 жыл бұрын

Manzarek is an original and the BEST.❤✌

@julianlewis1792

Жыл бұрын

Great job by Ray, and actually by all four Doors and session players too@

Hard to find anyone that was experimenting w/ cutting edge musical styles as this band was in that era. They have to b one of a handful of artists way ahead of their time.

A flat-out masterpiece.

@robbranigin2645

2 жыл бұрын

that says it all. 100% agreed.

Honestly one of my favorite Doors songs and a criminally underrated one.

@chrisbrooke27

Жыл бұрын

Love ❤️ this song

@taurushamilton2739

11 ай бұрын

It’s the💣💯🤘🏾👌🏾

@Say_When

10 ай бұрын

Changeling... Texas radio. . down so low.... It's very strange because I exposed to this album last but I've spent the most time with it. I can't get out of my head. I just love it's fresh. Every time I hear it this album... No matter how many times I've listened to it... Album a lot.. sounds fresh to me every time.. I can't believe I've got a sick video

@familybee2962

9 ай бұрын

The keyboard, the pounding bass. It’s so damn good

@josechinga4842

4 ай бұрын

Just kick ass rock n roll man.

_But I never been so broke that I couldn’t leave…. Town._ The words of a man with no loyalty, but also never led anyone to believe he did either. Love it

Love Morrison's vocals on this track. Great song...one of the best singers to grace this planet.

I love singing this song so much my buddy bought me a flask with "The Changeling" enscribed on it!!! Forever Doors!!

3:44 Love how it ends and fades away with everybody goin wild on their instruments, great intro to a legendary album

Well I woke up this morning and now its time to get a beer. Cheers Jim

@roberthenderson4466

4 ай бұрын

OR ABSOLUTE VODKA ON THE ROCKS.

The jump gospel laden opening salvo to the greatest doors album. LA Woman is among the few truly great rock albums (album understood here as a complete work) ever recorded. It is a an atmospheric tour de force by a band that was clearly reaching and reveling in its apex.

@joshrich6814

2 жыл бұрын

It's truly a great blues album too

@roybean7166

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshrich6814 And Morrison Hotel also very bluesy.

@joshrich6814

2 жыл бұрын

@@roybean7166 hell yes!

@ecc84

2 жыл бұрын

I've always thought that the soft parade is a highly underrated album.

@joshrich6814

2 жыл бұрын

@@ecc84 hell yeah agreed

That’s a sick picture of Jim. Would look good as an album cover

@The98Dude

2 жыл бұрын

The picture illustrates greatly his physical change( ling)

@MustangBoss1973

2 жыл бұрын

WHAT! L.A Woman has an album cover, Has had for fifty years! what an insult.

@sneedball6028

2 жыл бұрын

@@MustangBoss1973 why do you boomers always have to make everything a drag? I know what the cover is I listen to the album everyday

@MustangBoss1973

2 жыл бұрын

@@sneedball6028 Then you should know better than to want it changed.

@michaelbruns449

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely taken by a talented photographer...

He told us he was leaving in this opening track, and said goodbye on the closing track. The saddest album.

@cpt.dr.hawkeye1740

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's the bittersweet truth. Basically Jim had no real intention of returning to the Doors after this album. He left the band and moved to Paris to be taken more seriously as a poet. Even had he lived, I think there's a good possibility this would have still been the last Doors album with Jim, but who knows? I just think it's easier to think about the doors as having a complete anthology as opposed to pondering what could have been.

@cpt.dr.hawkeye1740

2 жыл бұрын

@@BernyMusica tbh I didn't understand or really care for the doors until I listened to them on lsd. Now I'm obsessed with their music.

@BernyMusica

2 жыл бұрын

@@cpt.dr.hawkeye1740 it happens the same to me, is really hipnotic and Jim is kinda like a presence

@cpt.dr.hawkeye1740

2 жыл бұрын

@@BernyMusica yeah I know what you mean. It's a strange but comforting feeling listening to a man who supposedly died 50 years ago but feeling so much of his presence. Jim is truly an immortal being. People will still be listening to the Doors 100 years from now and the impact will be no less. I think that was the whole point of what Jim was trying to do. He's trying to reach out to people and break us free from the self induced mental trance we've become imprisoned in, and awaken a whole new world inside of us, awaken the previously dormant inner life energy we all have inside of us but didn't know we even possessed. It's a truly liberating feeling...

@thetriumphofthethrill2457

2 жыл бұрын

El: And his voice was a ghost of its former glory but still had its character. One of the greatest finales ever.

He truly was a changeling when he sang this. He was transitioning into what he was about to become... for all eternity.

Both this and hyacinth house too underrated. Excellent album !

@StanSwan

2 жыл бұрын

I think Riders and LA Woman are the weakest tracks on the album and that is saying a lot.

@ZachAscot

2 жыл бұрын

Will we ever know what they were doing??

@StanSwan

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZachAscot Doing? They were recording music. All three Doors have written books about the sessions.

@ZachAscot

2 жыл бұрын

@@StanSwan hyacinth house

@Skip.8221

2 жыл бұрын

@@StanSwan I think they're all equal in their own regards. One day you're feeling one song, next day you're feeling another

First time I heard it, I couldn't believe the raw power of this tune. I was literally bedazzled! 😁

this masteriece deserves brand new headphones. Ill be right back

Criminally underrated Doors song. Some of Jim’s best vocal work here easily.

If only all four of them were still alive, I’d want to meet them all and shake their hands. Thanks for making your music Jim, Ray, John and Robby, it’s changed me for the better. It’s been 50 years and I can guarantee you’ll be just as popular in the next 50.

@hermesnone792

10 ай бұрын

I'm george washington aka Jim morrison. Would you still want to shake my hand?

The Doors funk masterpiece with the greatest scream in rock 'n roll! Always loved this song especially cranked to the max.

The aura of JM & his lyrics obscures the fact that w/o their patented, yet diverse sound, it wouldn't b anywhere near the level it reached w/o those other 3 guys.

I have all The Doors albums on original vinyl. They blew my mind then and they still blow it now.

@jfk2214

Ай бұрын

Me too

The voice+ attitude + smartness= Jim morrison 💓💓

This track is an absolute banger. Long live The Doors!

legendary intro for the last album... one of the greatest band ever

The future uncertain & the end is always near.""he knew. He knew 😢

One of the only bands whose albums I can listen to all the way through. Nothing but hits. No filler.

First time I heard this song I was 10 1972. Been hooked on his music ever since. Always play it never a bad song as I got older. I actually listen to the words and there’s a little bit of that in all of us 2024 his music is still going strong and when we’re long gone, his voice will always be heard. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

The one and only Jim Morrison. The best!

@scizmeli

3 ай бұрын

And also the band

A changeling is a mythological creature who is substituted for a human being. They’re often unpredictable, which is how Jim Morrison frames himself in this composition of his. He penned the lyrics in 1968, but The Doors didn’t record the rocker until 1970, when they made what would be Morrison’s last album with the group, “LA Woman.” Commenting on “The Changeling” in 2012, keyboardist Ray Manzarek observed that the tune tells the story of Morrison’s adventurous life in LA, whereas drummer John Densmore said that from the time they met to the time of his demise, Morrison changed from “Michelangelo’s statue of David” to “overweight with a beard.” In 2011, The Doors KZread channel released an official video for this song. 💚🎵💙 You have not been forgotten, forever 27 James Douglas Morrison (1943 - 1971)… 🌹

R.I.P. Jim Morrison (1943-1971)

The last “you gotta see me change” is just wild and magnificent and the double time soon after is pure class. Would love to have witnessed this performance in the studio. My favourite album by them. 👏🏻

@goodgulfgas

2 жыл бұрын

YES! That last one is exceptional. Not many popular singers could pull that off.

Perfect song 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

What an Album and it does not get old! Been listening to it over 20 yrs and still get the chills! That music, that voice!

But I never been so broke that I couldn't leave town-James Douglas Morrison

Jim was no devil. Just another lost Angel

One of the most beautiful talented human beings ever

Yeah, leavin town on a midnight train... Brilliant track, brilliant album, brilliant band.

L.A. WOMAN....first album I ever bought in my life at 12 years old. It was 1972. I picked it up along with Sticky Fingers for $2.88 each at Woolworth's Dept store. I changed that day. For fucking sure. I was the weird kid who's favorite band was THE DOORS. And it wasn't even close. Long, long ago in a land far, far away.

@ollihp

Ай бұрын

I hear u brother. Was a little younger & discovery happend a little later for me but still proud to b a child of the 60's & 70's. These artists have stood the test of time & will continue to thru our progeny.

“I had money, I had none, but never been so broke that I couldn’t leave town!”-- Jim Douglas Morrison. * * * * Shouldn’t never gone to Paris :(

@Dooklawz

2 жыл бұрын

I really don't know all that much about it all, only what was told to us after we lost him as we did, but I've always had this weird nagging suspicion that there was something odd, dark or sinister brewing somewhere in Jim's mind in the days before leaving for Paris to join his woman Pam. If I recall correctly, even the other members of the Doors seemed to sense something different, or a little off with how Jim was in the last couple of days they'd spent with him working on LA Woman... couldn't put their finger on it, but there was just something.... my guess was a deep undefined gut feeling that things were coming to an end, just no one really knew that just yet. You're so right Arte...he should have never went to Paris. * sigh * Miss you Mr. Mojo Risin..... thank you for what you gave us.

@dimethaltryptamine1

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dooklawz I think your right & I think moreover Jim knew exactly what was going to happen in Paris & that's what he went there for...The Ending of the story!~

@dimethaltryptamine1

2 жыл бұрын

Jim wanted to go to Paris..he knew what was happening...he was always a self fufilling prophesy

@bobz9297

2 жыл бұрын

HUGE DOORS Fan & followed them from late 1966 to the end & STILL! I truly believe he was dealing with some remorse & even perhaps some guilt by '71. Struggling with himself even tho he was the great great Jim Morrison with the great great DOORS! Obviously there will never ever be another Jim Morrison AND The DOORS! Fabulous Rock Group! Jimmy= THE Rock Poet! Phenomenal Music & Musicians!!! RIP, J M.

@buzby303

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dooklawz A troubled soul being troubled by the state in which he lived in That’s why he left the states to try & get into a new life just so happens Paris was rife with drugs at the time which didn’t help either of em to say the least.

This is a song I don’t listen to enough

@dinekevinke2268

2 жыл бұрын

Same! this is a masterpiece!

This sounds like a Blues/Jazz/ Rock combination. The rhythm moves you upward Cool, and Morrison really Wail's this!

@parallaxcontinuum7898

2 жыл бұрын

Doors & Airplane , Spirit ,Santana ,each ,WEST Coast bands incorporated elements of modern jazz & it's Latin derivatives -from Brubeck, to Jobim.

@sethiousbell1781

2 жыл бұрын

no one did it better

@TheRunner75

Жыл бұрын

"Billie Jean" 11 years later. Listen to the bass line. kzread.info/dash/bejne/jJ2Tuq6IcqfVj7w.html

Jerry Sheff bass does wonders on that album

@garethrichards9572

2 жыл бұрын

he worked with someone called elvis didnt he? (lol)

@ceebee2092

2 жыл бұрын

Elvis loved The Doors!!!

@roybean7166

2 жыл бұрын

@@ceebee2092 serious ?

@ceebee2092

2 жыл бұрын

@@roybean7166 yes. He let them use his bassist specifically for that reason.

@michaelbruns449

2 жыл бұрын

He was gonna go on tour with them as live bass player, but, obviously never happened..

Just lost the post I tried to send 2 minutes ago so I'll just have to say Right on, been digging The Doors for 40 years plus. Still haven't got a favourite to this day.

Jim's self-destruction. Genius song.

the doors and their openers. always killer

Absolutely, forever open DOORS, Fantastic JIM, fabulous performance music. Thanks. Good time for you

It's a tough choice, but this just may be my favorite Doors song. The groove is just awesome and Jim's vocals are even better.

@ollihp

Ай бұрын

Too many to choose from but it's way up there near the top for me too 👍

This song has been growing on me since the early 1990's (I've been a fan of the doors music for a lot longer) this song is absolutely brilliant!!!

What makes this album so great for me , is its rawness. For example : Something is squeking in the drums (hihat?) AND I LOVE IT! Lol

You know it's going to be a great album when the first thing you hear Jim Morrison say is "get loose"

Showed my dad. He laughed at how insane the guy was when it came to recording. Either a no show, a long time, or just a 20 minute first take and walk out

just gorgeous, this sound rocks, and then Jim's voice is inexplicable!! 😎

Jim Morrison is the most handsome man in the world and his voice is still the best ♥️🦎🎸

Love everything about this song especially the key change !

I love how he can't leave town too broke but we're all rich it's just with love or hate I love Jim

My FAVORITE DOORS tune. Spectacular

I NEED a poster of the thumbnail. It's too good

Live young die fast legend Jim Morrison Bow down from india 🇮🇳🇮🇳🕉️

Jim Morrison sounds like he is singing from the other side....of the universe 😮....the organ sounds so good 😊

My 11 year old son just passed away November 11 of this year. We are still waiting for the toxicologist to tell us what happened. His name was Dakota Sky. He was arawak. But everytime I played the doors songs my son got up and started singing and dancing. I would secretly record him doing it. He talked about being reincarnated from Jim Morrison. The way my son moved around when he sang was exactly like Jim. I wish the band could see. But my son was some how bleeding internally and he had a heart attack. I just hope to get answers. My son talked about space a lot and was so smart. The things he would talk about he never learned from school. He had Jims hairstyle too. His favorite song was L.A. woman. He came up with his own little version to sing to me. My son and I had a bond that will always be remembered and cherished forever. I miss him so much it kills me.

@andrewstephens8055

2 жыл бұрын

Just like Jim had heart attack.im certain you will see both your son and Jim.un the to end we are all a emalgimation of each other's souls

@natashagarciasart3963

2 жыл бұрын

@@ciccioaporta3774 thank you ❤️

@natashagarciasart3963

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewstephens8055 thank you for your kind words ❤️

Love it. Long live to The Doors and their magnetic music. THEY ARE MISSING SO MUCH IN THIS WORLD..

@gracie99999

2 жыл бұрын

🧲

I live uptown I live downtown I live all around I had money, and I had none I had money, and I had none But I never been so broke that I couldn't leave town I'm a changeling See me change I'm a changeling See me change I'm the air you breathe Food you eat Friends you greet in the sullen street See me change See me change I live uptown I live downtown I live all around I had money, yeah, and I had none I had money, yeah, and I had none But I never been so broke that I couldn't leave town Well, I'm the air you breathe Food you eat Friends you greet in the sullen street You gotta see me change See me change Yeah, I'm leavin' town On a midnight train Gotta see me change Change, change, change Change, change, change Change, change, change Change, change, change Change, change, change

Opening track... I still remember when it was first released and my brother brought it home and cranked it up on the stereo!! Timeless!!

50th anniversary... 50 years ago, omg!? This album came out when I was just turning 12 years old, my older brother had it. I remember hearing him playing it, but he would kick me out of our shared bedroom so he and his buddy could listen, as I sat outside... the door...

@ollihp

Ай бұрын

Thanx for sharing it. I wouldn't learn of them until a bit later but honoured to b around in that era.

Dammit Jim...when your resurrected you owe us big dude !!!!

Está canción es toda una joya, no hay más ❤️

This song is amazing! The power they have with Jim's vocals and such simple instrumentation. It's incredible!

Sounds like you hear the voice of a mature man forty or more years old!!! He was only a boy twenty six or so!!! R.I.P Jim, we are greatful for the legacy. Greetings from Hellas!

maybe my favorite all time Doors song. what a jam.

This became my favorite Doors joint after listening to them 20 years

God damn love the Doors since i was 13 and love them 50 times more aged 63.

Played this cover on a live show a while ago with musician friends ! Might be why I dig The Doors since so long ;-)

Genius album find me a weak track this band finished better than they started.. Morrison a genius and an an unbelievable band providing the energy platform..what an album.

Years go by their music stays.

The truth is coming up always be looking for a half of the time we should be merciful and the truth is coming up soon ❤️ u fam God bless you

This is music

One of my favorite songs by the doors. He explains himself how it is! What a legend, this guy used to hang out in dive bars so he’s away from folk. He liked to drink but unfortunately he drank too much and his death is surrounded by drugs. Anything is possible with Jim. What a shame he went so early.

Esta es la canción q mas energia descarga,esos gritos de furia desprenden diversión.después de 50años aun me siguien alucinando.

This is all i need for my Friday. 🚬😎🤘🏼

@JDM_000

2 жыл бұрын

Enjoying it on Friday evening too! Cheers Man! 😁

A Timeless Masterpiece!!! 💖😗. The Spirit of the Doors, and Cleveland Ohio, Moonlight Drive Doors Tribute band Drummer Al Berdysz, are grooving with Daniel W. & Friends inspiring new sounds near Seattle Washington and in Cleveland Ohio!!!!!! Break Core plus!!! Go Daniel!!! Thank you 🤗🙏

Some classic Doors funky blues. Great kickoff to a stellar album.

Perfect start song! You get the feeling from the beginning.

OMG .. this boy was only 27 ... And he was a Genius !!

This song, from what might be their best album, LA Woman and then he was gone. Just imagine all the awesome songs they definitely would have made throughout the 1970s and 1980s, that we'll never hear...

LA Woman is easily one of the best albums ever, up there with Sgt Peppers, Graceland and The Wall.

@alexs9778

2 жыл бұрын

That's a great list of albums!

@FlyinggMushroom

2 жыл бұрын

while the wall is great. it's highly overrated. I would have picked meddle or dsotm

@OsamaBinBallin259

2 жыл бұрын

Love the pfp

@alexs9778

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlyinggMushroom Meddle is fantastic. My personal favorite is The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

@bromidrosis3238

2 жыл бұрын

Sgt peppers is severely overrated. I don’t even think it’s the best Beatles record

So crisp and clear. What a beautiful remastering. The Doors of Perception opened once more! Thanks, I think I’ll go for a deep dive on my L.A. Woman…

Change is permanent

Experienced THE DOORS @ the LA FORM! 1969! ROCK MAGIC AT ITS BEST ! STRANGE DAYS LP JUST RELEASED!🤔🤯

When I was young, my father tried to make me dislike The Doors by telling me that Jim did a lot of heavy drugs, and died as a consequence. Honestly, I think that just made me like the band even more.

Always thought this would have been a great duet with James Brown

@cundalini7996

2 жыл бұрын

That would be so awesome

Ray making the keyboard scream on this track.... unreal !!

Long live the Changeling

Oh, this creak of Densmore's kick pedal is great and full of life forever!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

Mr. Mojo Risin' !

The Doors Forever

God his voice is fucking brilliant.

This says it all about the doors