First time hearing The Doors 'Light My Fire' Reaction | Asia and BJ

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[thomastimlin]

Ray Manzarek, organist, one of the greatest keyboard players in a band....there was no bass guitar player in the band, it was all Ray on a second keyboard playing bass parts with one hand while jamming on the other keyboard with the other hand. Robby Krieger on guitar, most underrated rock guitarist in history. Guys, it IS psychedelic music, this WAS the psychedelic era! in 1967.they make the Rolling Stones sound like school kids.

[coyote]

Light My Fire has an urgency. It’s dangerous, Passionate, hypnotic. The drug reference, the rage in the vocals. For me the quintessential rock song.

[jono]

This reflects the time when albums were listened too in all of their glory....not clipped for radio 2 min 30 sec standard. The Doors are famous for these long mid-song musical interludes where Ray Manzarek on keyboard, Robbie Krieger on guitar and John Densmore on drums go to work while Jim Morrison sways.

[TexasPride]

So glad you guys are tapping into The Doors more. You will vibe out to "Riders on the Storm", "Break On Through" and ""Crystal Ship".

[danstanicki]

Imagine growing up hearing this as brand new music on the radio? I can tell you, it was GREAT!

[myklegue]

The Doors...a rock band with no bass player...all the bass type sounds are created by keyboardist Ray Manzarek, a true musical genius!!

[charobarnes]

Their music is mesmerizing! It’s almost a spiritual experience. ❤️❤️❤️ I love them!

[flibber]

I'm glad you listened to the full version, that instrumental break in the middle is the whole point for me.

[mikecaetano]

The Doors were a psychedelic blues-rock band from Los Angeles that took their name from the title of the 1954 book "The Doors of Perception" by Aldous Huxley, about his experiences under the influence of mescaline which he took as part of a psychiatric experiment in 1953. Jim Morrison died in 1971 at the age of 27. When you're ready for more from The Doors, check out "Riders on the Storm", "Love Her Madly", "Soul Kitchen", "Strange Days", "Five to One", "I Can't See Your Face in My Mind", and "Peace Frog" along with so many other greats.

[donnabruhn]

You don't hear music like this at all anymore,
This is real music, with real instruments and real musicians. This doesn't exist anymore.
Glad I grew up in this era. Stones, Beatles,
Doors, Led Zeppelin it was heaven

[elisaabolafia]

This long version you are playing is a Masterpiece. 🔥🔥🔥Light My Fire was their biggest hit. Back in the day, it was on the radio every 5 minutes.

[surlechapeau]

Asia & BJ, Their "Break On Through", "Love Her Madly" and "Touch Me". John Densmore – drums;
Robby Krieger – electric guitar; Ray Manzarek – Vox Continental organ, piano bass; Jim Morrison – vocals; and guest musician Larry Knechtel – bass guitar.

[tonyelliott]

Robbie Krieger, the guitarist, wrote this song. Among others.

[ProdigyBowlersTour]

The keyboardist is Ray Manzarek (pronounced MAN-zuh-WRECK). The drummer was John Densmore. The lead vocalist is Jim Morrison, one of the legendary young superstars of this era who died much too young, as did Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. (I believe they all died at 27.) This version of Light My Fire was the album (long) version. Top 40 radio played an edited version that was about 3 minutes long, cutting out most of the long instrumental bridge in the middle. This marked one of the very first times in popular music that the album version became the "cool" version that AM radio stations playing top 40 hits wouldn't play because the longer versions taxed their format due to their ridiculously high commercial loads (some stations played as many as 18 minutes of commercials per hour), and helped drive some listeners to FM and the new upstart "underground rock" stations that started to pop up at just about this time. Of course, in 1967, not everyone even owned an FM radio, and automobiles did not come with FM receivers (only FM, unless you paid extra to have an FM receiver installed in your car). So when most people heard this long version of "Light My Fire" for the first time, it was jaw-dropping.

By the way, as you're marveling at the musicianship of these amazing artists, remember that this was long before the days of computers, long before sampling, long before "loops" on computers. They PLAYED all the parts you hear.

The Doors burst on the scene with this remarkable hit that shot up to #1 on the charts and stayed there, leading to the song being the #1 hit of the year. The Doors followed it up with a number of stunning hits, including "Touch Me, " "Hello, I Love You, " "People Are Strange, " "Riders On the Storm, " "Love Her Madly, " and others. (The ones I named were their biggest, along with their biggest of all, "Light My Fire.") You would do well to take a deeper dive into The Doors.

[jimakcelik]

José Feliciano's cover "Light My Fire" is a beautiful love song, his acoustic guitar is immaculate.

[eclconsulting]

This song got The Doors banned from The Ed Sullivan Show when Jim Morrison sang the word "higher" when he had been warned not to. Different times. As a 12-year-old girl listening to this, it was very provocative.

[bpfromowc]

Take look at them singing this song (live) on the Ed Sullivan Show. It’s amazing.

[bradsullivan]

"Touch Me" is a 1968 classic from them.

[JohnDavis-edsg]

I'm glad you listened to the long version, not the short radio one. There is a great video of Ray Manzarek, keyboard player and a nice guy, talking about how they wrote this together. And Jim Morrison - what a perfect voice - powerful and on key without effort. Love it!

[amitychief]

So glad to see a reaction to The Doors where the music and instruments are the highlight. So much has been made of Jim Morrison and his persona that I think the talent of the band doesn't get enough credit for how good they were as musicians and composers.