The story is that Jim Morrison, was feeling depressed and went for a walk in Laurel canyon, in the Hollywood Hills area, he stopped and sat down on a ridge overlooking the city of Los Angeles and the lyrics just "came to him." It is the feeling one has when they are so depressed that the whole world seems to be against you...being strange is being depressed...

You must have heard "Light My Fire" by the Doors. It was released in 1966 but has Bern used in movies, ads etc

Doors my all time favorite. Jim Morrison is so dam handsome. Saw the doors in concert in1967. I was 14 and had the iconic poster of Jim hanging in my bedroom. Now at71 I have that poster hanging in my living room. Still in love with the doors and never met a man that beautiful

He said “when you’re strange, the faces come out of the rain”.

This has always been my favorite Doors song, and probably because it was in one of my favorite films, The Lost Boys. Great react fellas!!

You gotta check out the song “The End” by The Doors. The Doors were part of the West coast psychedelic rock explosion that came to be at around the same time they were doing “The Acid Test” you had mentioned. Jim Morrison constantly fought the system and himself, he continued down a path of self destruction until his own tragic end.

Jim Morrison was a Poet first of all. His friend Ray Mansuric/ organ player, met him on the beach and liked his poems. He wanted to make songs out of them. They knew each other from Film school as well. Jim morrison had an IQ of 149.

This song is written by Jim Morrison and guitarist Robby Krieger, but glad you're getting into more of The Doors. There is so much good music. And Jim would really rather be described as a poet, so yes their music is possibly more of an experience than it is "just" music

This was used in the vampire movie "The Lost Boys". Love this song.

Rider's on the storm was great Break on through Roadhouse blues L.A. Women So many

One of the influences on The Doors was the 1920s German songwriting team of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht. The band even covered one of their songs (Alabama Song) on their first album, and several Weill/Brecht songs had that same dark sound and feel as several Doors songs. Ray Manzarek's piano solo on this song sounds half jolly and half sinister.

I’m 35, I love alllll music of any sorts, and The Doors is still my all time favorite band. My mom was a punk rocker when I was young so I was exposed to a ton of different types of music, but still to this day The Doors is my FAVORITE. Something about them just gets me. I don’t know how to explain. I know they’re not the “best” band, but they just do something to me lol. Glad to see this reaction! Also, they didn’t have a bassist, it was the keyboardist that did the bass, so that’s cool too.

Jim Morrisons father was a U.S. Navy Admiral. Jim had a degree in Film from UCLA and wanted to make movies. He had an IQ of 160 and was an avid reader of the classics. He was an artist, painter, poet, songwriter, and Rock God. One of the great artists of the 20th century. And he died at age 27. He was fixated on the Kennedy assassination and was doing research for a book on the subject. Probably killed by the CIA. Rest in Peace, Lizard King.

It's about loneliness, isolation, social norms, and pressure towards conformity.

One of my favorites from Morrison..He was in a league of his own for sure. Light My Fire is a must listen. Great reaction guys. ❤

Another Doors song that has a similar "antiquated" sound like this is Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar). It has an old-time carnival sound with a bit of a German oom-pah band mixed in.

youngblood is spot on. The stride keyboard is stra8 outta the 20's intentionally. The sound influenced the lyrics and that was early 20th century poetry for Morrison. They were prob jammin the riff and he dropped this Brechtian vibe out of his notebook and the rest is magic. They took their name from Aldous Huxley's book "The Doors of Perception" and oh yeah boyee psychedelics were in the air! I loved the Doors cause they scared the shit out of the flower hippies!

This is like circus music which gives it an antique feel. Yeah, not typically a 1960s sound but they did another song on their debut album which is overflowing with bangers. It was called "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" and it also had a circus feel to it.

People Are Strange 1967 single by The Doors "People Are Strange" is a song by the American rock band the Doors. It appears on the band's second studio album, Strange Days, released in September 1967. The song was written by the Doors' vocalist Jim Morrison and guitarist Robby Krieger, although all of the band are credited on the sleeve notes.

I have a big painting of Jim Morrison that my son bought me 15 years ago . I love the doors especially Jim . Lol 😅❤ I have CDs and dvds and vinyls of live shows of theirs and studio stuff . They're so good. He really was an incredible poet. I have books as well.

The Doors took in all forms of music into theirs, including rock, blues, bluegrass, jazz, and soul.

Hi there - Jim Morrison was strange and I think a lot of people remember his name anyway! His words, poems, stage presence and of course his strange character. He became a very successful performer with an excellent stage presence (regardless of whether he was drunk or not) 😏. I like THE DOORS music very much (especially their vinyls) Best wishes @all from hamburg (germany)

This song always makes me think of projection. How people often accuse others of being strange or weird when they don't do what we want. So when folks aren't being friendly to a stranger THEY are the strange ones or when women don't want you THEY'RE the wicked ones. The Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek was a jazz pianist so he was very familiar with 1920s Ragtime.

in the late 60s there was this fad of 20s era influence. you saw it in pop art and in music. it wasn't just the doors you could hear it in some of the mommas and poppas music and elsewhere.

Love street and peace frog are my favourites, mr mojorisin is a God amongst men, such a great history 🙏🦉❤️🐊👍

When the Music's Over is one of my favorite Doors songs. I was a cult-member-like fan in the early 1980s.

If I remember correctly from an old album liner, The Doors was comprised of a Classical keyboardist, a Flamenco guitarist, a Jazz drummer, and Baritone poet. What a phenomenal combination they were.

Always cool to have Andy Rue tagging along!

Also the Doors are one of my favorite late 60's bands, thus us one of thr first I herd way back in the late 70's, l like most of thier music. To think of the late 60' & 70' there were 1000s of bands with very good & great music, there were lots of one hit wonders, For Sure Not The Doors, my favorite Doors you have already done, Riders On the Storm. Also not sure if you done Break on through, & Love Me Two Times, they round out my top three.

Morrison was a poet. There is a book of his poetry

"Light My Fire" is probably the Doors signature song. "Touch Me", "Beak On Through", "Riders On The Storm", "L.A. Woman", "Hello, I Love You" and "The End" were all radio hits.

Watch the interview from 69 with Jim Morrison when he predict the future of music! And thanks for this, was awhile I heard it

Listen to Riders On The Storm, L.A. Woman, Light My Fire, The End. He constantly had police ready to arrest him at all most every concert because he refused to see boundaries in his art. ❤

The piano is meant to sound like an old western bar player from the cowboy days with a touch of the circus has come to town.

Jim Morrison....short life But Major influence R. I. P.aradise Jim 🙏🙏🙏

From Songfacts: Jim Morrison was depressed. He went to Robby Krieger's (Doors guitarist) house, they went to a canyon to watch a sunset, at which time Jim realized he was depressed because "if you're strange, people are strange." He then wrote the rest of the lyrics, which are about feeling alienated.

"Come on Baby Light My Fire" by the Doors. Awesome!

Soft Parade, Whiskey Bar, Waiting for the Sun, Back Door Man. Etc

The End should be the next Doors song that you react to!!!!

LA Woman and Light My Fire are probably thier 2 biggest hits

Just a fun fact..this was played at the very beginning of the movie "The Lost Boys". Great dramady...great reaction, you 2..The Doors were classic back inthe day, and their music still is. RIP,Jim Morrison. ❤

I went through a “just listened to the Doors” phase in the 1990’s. They were my favorite band for a few years.

Omg I’m so excited about this one! I love the Doors, they are my favorite ever….❤

If you get a chance, find the movie called “the doors “, with Val Kilmer, playing Jim Morrison. This will pretty much explain why the music they played sounded the way it did. He was very very strong into psychedelics.

Riders on the Storm , Light my Fire . Good songs to know.

Weird video. There is one out there that has the band in it. You might check it out. Some more of their songs to try out, Riders on The Strom, Gloria, Light My Fire (got them banned from Ed Sullivan show because Jim didn't change the lyrics like they wanted him to) So many great tunes! You should also check out Jim's poetry!

You guys are adorable! My older brother introduced me to The Doors when I was 4 or 5. I ended up stealing all of his records!!! HUGE Doors fan. Check out Riders On the Storm!!

This is my college era music. I had heard that this song was written when he was feeling depressed and alienated. My favorite Doors song, however, has always been Light My Fire. Google the story about when they performed that song on the Ed Sullivan Show. Pretty funny!

Iconic. Your guest was right on with the ragtime genre with the hard banging on the piano (no soft touch electronics) and the stilted cadence.

If you have never heard this.. then you have never seen the movie "The Lost Boys"...which means this isn't real life so I can just put this up to my head and pull the tr

This always gives me a craving to watch The Lost Boys.

Got to do light my fire!!

Listen to "Light my Fire" 1967...It was banned on the Ed Sullivan Show...💛

The album soft parade is fantastic. Every song is a gem to me. Hope you get there one day

Jim Morrison was very much into LSD in any form. The song The End can definitely show you how he was different than anyone else.

It must be the honky tonk piano sound in this song that makes it sound older. You often hear that in those old Western movies. I always thought this song was about touring. He meets all these strangers going from city to city that just want to be close to a star/celebrity. They don't care who he really is. They're all strangers in the end. People are strange.

Echo & the Bunnymen did a great cover of this for 'The Lost Boys'...awesome film.

Fun fact I almost got a tattoo of a lizard (lizard King) in honor of Jim and the Doors in 1995 but went with a quarter moon and star to represent my “cancer” sign and love of the moon.

many of the doors songs have a haunted carnival sound.... steven king was a teen when the doors were in their hey day. he was a big fan. still is.... no one like the doors then. closest wouldve been velvet undergrd. theyre the antecedents of goth & punk.... as far as meaning, morrison was a symbolist poet. he loved blake. so words have symbolic dense meaning & are meant to be connected together to draw out a wider theme. this song is about alienation. think the latest joker movie for a fit. .... you nailed the sound. its gotta a off kilter new orleans '20s ragtime vibe. evil lurks underneath it. that was their signature on other songs also. iconic band worth digging back into.

It's funny Jim Morrison predictrd people will not need a band in the future because computers will do all that for them kinda like what you do. Amazing

Watch a live performance of "Light My Fire".

The Whiskey Song is awesome! Light My Fire,,,When on Ed Sullivan show, he wanted them to change a word. Jim said ok but then didn’t do it. They were never invited back but they didn’t care. Just some trivia 👍

He was a poet first. Loved most of they're music. I was born in 78. I always really thought the opposite that when you're strange people do tend to remember your name I guess depending upon what kind of strange you are. Aren't we all a little strange especially when we're alone in a crowd of strangers. They just have a unique sound in general

good ear young man! The Doors pull from a lot of older style music!!! For example they do a cover of sorts of a 20's Burlesque song called "The Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)" PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE listen to that one!

The Doors like the Beatles, Stones and Led Zeppelin don't have any one style. They just write songs period. They are all very different. These bands all dipped in to different genres. This one reminds me of the Circus which was very big way back too.

Jim Morrison has a film made about his life, called, The Doors. He falls in love with a beautiful hippy girl and in lust with a fiery witch. It’s pretty trippy, so hold on to your hats if you go for that ride.

What's cool about the Doors is that the members are exactly the wrong people you would ordinarily pick for that position in a rock band. The singer was an alcoholic drugee who claimed that he "couldn't sing." Morrison idolized Sinatra and was an aspiring crooner. He insisted he couldn't sing, though I doubt any of us agree with him. The pianist was into classical music. The drummer was into jazz. The guitarist was a flamenco guitarist. None of them had any experience with creating rock music. They ended up with a mix of this kind of old world calliope sound and unusual guitar riffs. Mix that with the meandering, haunting, playful, but dangerous vocals of Morrison, and it was a complete, unique, and wild ride.

You need to watch the movie "The Doors" with Val Kilmer as Morrison. He did all his own vocals.

Went and saw a friend play Hendrix covers on guitar at a bar. He sounded outstanding . Found out he drops acid when he plays.

Jim Morrison's father was a US Naval Admiral and Jim rebelled and left Florida for LA, he had such stage fright he couldn't face the crowd at first. A lot of drugs involved with Jim's poetry and his poetry

There's an original video from 68 that illustrates the song. Good observations on the 20-30s vibe.. Check out Whiskey Bar by the Doors. It's a German 20s musical hall tune.

Thank you for reacting to this great Doors song ! I fell in love with this song when I was 12. Jim Morrison recorded this in April 1967, releasing it in September 1967, when he was around 23. Strange Days is the other fantastic song from this album which is just as equally good as this one.

This was the theme song of the movie "The Lost Boys". They're the original singers of this song.

Yay!!! Andiroo!!!

If you haven't already seen it, watch Apocalypse Now where the Doors sang a song "The End" - unforgettable !

In "The Lost Boys", it was sung by Echo and the Bunnymen, and the scene it is played over is wild. But the sad thing is it now seems kind of innocent compared to what you see in cities nowadays.

This is such a classic song. If you've never seen the cult classic vampire movie Lost Boys, watch it. This song is in it and to me, fits the song and the song fits the movie so well.

I can’t stand some of the things y’all are saying about the Doors. Stop talking about conspiracies man. Jim loved LSD in his early days and he did other drugs but he’s didn’t shoot up. The line is “ Faces come out of the rain when you’re strange”. It sounds weird to you guys bc they had Ray Manzerik who who played “base” with his left hand on another organ and the melody on another organ with his right hand. Robby Krueger played guitar and John Densmore played drums. And then Jim was Jim. Jim walked somewhere at night and wrote this song one night when he was feeling suicidal, he wrote it by the morning. It’s obvious you and the little boy don’t know a thing about the Doors.

If anyone remembers what a reel to reel player is. I have a copy of this from the '60s on reel to reel.

So many hits 👏

This is Granddaddy Rock. I was a child when a lot of this came out.

If you’re going to get into the Doors, I would recommend, LA Woman, Break on Through to the Other Side, and Peace Frog.

Definitely need to do more Doors--L.A Woman (choose a lyric video), Light My Fire, Break On Through, Peace Frog, and Jim’s magnum opus which was The End.

So so good. I was raised on this.

The Doors are the best group. Love all their songs. You should check out The End.

This is called Acid Rock. The Doors are a product of politics, poetry and LSD. Sometimes people did not have a good acid trip and the world became strange. Morrison, as well as Dylan and Leonard Cohen didn't write lyrics for songs, they put poetry to music. It can take many years to unlock the messages. Morrison was a lightning rod for the anti-war, free love, anti-establishment hippie movement of my youth. He was very dangerous to the machinations of people like nixon.

I didn’t mean to be rude to the young man by your side. But the Doors are Amazing, they’re dark, moody and Jim lives in the darkness of the day/night cycle. I want to tell you so much about the Doors but I just can’t without writing a book. And I’ve read so many books about Jim and the Doors. Fact: when Jim died in Paris in 1971, he was buried in Cimetière du Père-Lachaise without an autopsies, the French didn’t require autopsies back then. So many people go to his gravesite that they had to move his body to an unknown site, but they left the site there so people could still visit Jim to feel close to him. To this day Jim’s graveyard is the second most visited site in Paris behind the Eiffel Tower. Just Facts, Jim meant the world to so many people so please look up a bit on Jim before you say stuff thats sooo wrong.

Its also from my fav movies had it as a theme song Lost Boys :)

This song was the opening song for the iconic cult classic movie “The Lost Boys.”

You always say he's a classically trained pianist then never show him the songs with awesome piano. Riders on the Storm for the Doors. And my continued request to show him Bruce Hornsby and The Way It Is

You can learn loads about Jim, Ray, John and Robbie. By watching the Oliver Stone movie "The Doors", starring Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison and Meg Ryan as Pamela.

Get Andy to come back and y’all can react to “Riders on the Storm”: weird lyrics, beautiful keys and mystical atmosphere. They were a very creative band.

Watch The Lost Boys

Jim was a poet who couldn’t put the bottle down. He’s a member of the 27 club, unfortunately.

This young kids can’t comprehend anything haha it’s hilarious

Light my Fire might be one you’ve heard. Great song too. One of his more trippy songs is Riders on the Storm, pretty epic.

This has definitely been in movies.

My name is actually Jim Morrison and being naturally obsessed with the band My suggestions would be Running Blues and Crystal Ship

You got to react to doors when the musics over or soft parade, la women so many clasics by the doors cant even name them all to many

My favorite Doors’ song is Love Street.