Song is about LA itself. She is the woman here. The doors have a lot of good songs. Thanks for your perspective Diane.
@collectingonthecheap563536 ай бұрын
I agree with that. It's a common theme from musicians from the area, including The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Under The Bridge.
@mikesilva38686 ай бұрын
@@collectingonthecheap56353😊😊😊😊same
@ralphgomez62516 ай бұрын
Mr.Mojo Rising is Jim Morrison.
@kenhamilton14606 ай бұрын
One of their most famous songs was Light My Fire.. Make sure you listen to the long one, not that 3 minute one to satisfy pop rock stations on AM radios of the 50's and 60's..
@stevelever836 ай бұрын
Yep, he is saying goodbye to LA
@ernestconnell80876 ай бұрын
One of the greatest bands ever
@rockerforlife1946 ай бұрын
Definitely.
@bongodave136 ай бұрын
Half a century later, and still sounding fresh. Timeless.
@commiebastard36336 ай бұрын
Never did a bad album. One of the very few bands who have that accolade imo.
@hollywood52746 ай бұрын
THIS WAS NORMAL MUSIC FOR US IN THE 70S AND 80S! COMPARED TO TODAYS MUSIC, IT IS BRILLIANT!
@JasonMoir6 ай бұрын
The looks on your face were fantastic. Confusion, then enjoyment, then confusion again. Pretty common for most Doors songs.
@DianeJennings6 ай бұрын
Such a rollercoaster 😂
@RichardSteigerwald-vb4ed6 ай бұрын
I totally agree... This song takes the listener on a roller coaster ride with tempo changes, lyrics, and chord progressions.. I wasn't even born when the Doors were on the scene. Luckily I had cool parents who made sure I was exposed to all the greatest music from the Generations before me. The Doors caught my ear a little more than the rest.. For reasons I've never actually figured out I always had a naturallly psychedelic outlook even as a young boy.. 🤔😋. I'm glad you enjoyed L.A. Woman so much. This was the first time I saw one of your videos. Watching you jam out was awesome. In the most respectful way possible I have to say that you are stunningly beautiful.. keep up the good work I'll go ahead and su 🤩bscribe now.. ✌🏼🙂👌🏼
@ramonalfaro32526 ай бұрын
John Densmore is the reason I switched from guitar to drums. Amazing underrated drummer who has a ton of signature licks and very little acknowledgment. His style is so perfect it mostly goes unnoticed. pure class!
@AhNee6 ай бұрын
You ever seen him in the film, "Get Crazy"? You can find in on KZfaq. Drummer for Reggie Wanker, played by Malcom McDowell.
@kevinferguson65436 ай бұрын
Same with Robbie, he’s also very underrated. Never gets the recognition he deserves.
@AntonyFleck6 ай бұрын
Jim, what an amazing poet/musician/iconic front man! But the boys, the Band!!!... Ray is the signature sound of the Doors for me personally!!.. X
@harvey19546 ай бұрын
@@kevinferguson6543 He wrote most of the music for their hits.
@arctos496 ай бұрын
Agreed.
@charlie442666 ай бұрын
The Doors were were at least 10 years after the Twist frenzy and on opposite coasts of the USA. The Twist was a fad dance which spawned several dances in clubs such as the Mashed Potato. The Swim. The Doors were personality driven jam band from southern California with inspirations from beat poets, psychedelic music and the Laurel Canyon scene. The two couldn't be more different!
@cazgerald94716 ай бұрын
There are 10 songs with Twist in the title on the 1962 Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles - The Doors debut album was recorded in 1966.
@Walker_Bulldog6 ай бұрын
You should get out more Charlie. "The Twist" itself was a hit song in 1958, 1960, and 1962. The last big Twist hit was "Twist and Shout" in 1964 by the Beatles. The Doors were formed the next year, 1965.
@rrrayrrray4 ай бұрын
@@Walker_BulldogLA Woman wasn’t released until 1971. Even if the twist was top of mind for listeners, it certainly wasn’t top of mind for the Doors. :) The M41 is a really cool tank. RIP Gen. Walker.
@Walker_Bulldog4 ай бұрын
@@rrrayrrray Thanks - nobody until you has made the connection. And I'm sure the Doors never gave the Twist 15 minutes worth of thought in toto.
@rrrayrrray4 ай бұрын
@@Walker_Bulldog Ecxellent!
@jimross76486 ай бұрын
The Doors were a group that crossed a large demographic.They were a unique group that crossed in blues, jazz, classical, and rock and roll musical genres. Morrison was a poet so the bands song lyrics often had multiple layers of meaning, both on purpose or ascribed to them. Within hearing the first few notes, you knew you were hearing a Door's song. They were a product of their time and drugs played a part in the creativity, and the destruction of the band. They were an experimental group, so it is fitting that Editor Diane added some experimental touches to this video.Well Done.
@josephgilbert36326 ай бұрын
Mr. Mojo Risin' being an anagram of Jim Morrison is really great.
@DianeJennings6 ай бұрын
She did 😜
@lashutterbug6 ай бұрын
At 5:45 Jim sings about "Mr Mojo Risin'". That is actually an anagram of "Jim Morrison". When he revealed that to the band, they were mindblown.
@iambob65906 ай бұрын
Correct me if i'm wrong here. This is one of the few songs not written by Morrison himself. I believe it was Manzeric who wrote the song. Don't doubt that Morrison would have added some flare though (as per what you said). Teenager of the 90s myself, and The Doors was and always will be such a huge joy.
@jonathanroach56 ай бұрын
It was absolutely written by Morrison
@davidcosta22446 ай бұрын
@@iambob6590 Jim Morrison wrote the lyrics to most of the Doors songs, while Robby Krieger, and John Densmore wrote the music itself.
@iambob65906 ай бұрын
@@davidcosta2244 I think i'm half remembering something from the book and the movie from when i was teenage in the 90s. Neither of which are the best sources. Could've sworn there was one song where one of the other band members write the lyrics, maybe the guitarist. But like i said, it was a long time ago, and i was probably stoned. :P
@DJBOOTS3786 ай бұрын
@@iambob6590 Light My Fire was written by Robbie Krieger, except for one or two lines
@jamescox94276 ай бұрын
The Doors were famous for playing long extended versions of their songs at concerts. This song gives you a taste of what that was like. And yes, Jim had an amazing voice.
@ferleiva70806 ай бұрын
Jack Kerouac was one of writers of the Beat Generation and his major work is the novel On the Road (1957), based on his friendship with Neal Cassady and their continuous traveling back and forth all over the U.S. I think you're at the perfect age to read On the Road, it's a novel about youth and destiny and love and the meaning of life and it's MESMERISING. Don't know if you're much of a reader but it's really worth it (do NOT watch the silly movie they made out of it, it's worthless). The Beat writers were the immediate predecessors and mentors of the hippie generation The Doors belonged to.
@winowarrior93926 ай бұрын
I agree. I would also suggest reading the exploits in South America. There was even a movie with Courtney Love from... HOLE lol Just watched that video before this one that she mentioned her. All people should also read The Sun Also Rises by Hemmingway. It is fantastic.
@mjeffn2Ай бұрын
@@winowarrior9392….and ‘The Movable Feast’.
@mjeffn2Ай бұрын
Back in 2015 in spent 5 weeks in an artist residency in Romania. I walked into a bookstore in Sibiu and there was a copy of ‘On The Road,’ translated into Romanian so I bought it as a souvenir. Still have it. ‘On The Road’ has become a worldwide phenomenon.
@scott37446 ай бұрын
*Now* you're rockin'. *This* is music. The way it used to be, when the best were at their best.
@meredithlyon31426 ай бұрын
As an actual LA Woman, this my favorite Doors song. Jim Morrison was a musical god, and it's sad that we never got to hear where he would have gone next.
@samson95356 ай бұрын
He wouldn't characterize himself as a musical god, but as a poet who used being a singer in a rock band as a way to get his poetry out there.
@user-sm3ii5dk1u6 ай бұрын
Sadly he went exactly where he needed to go.
@genaromicol73476 ай бұрын
@@user-sm3ii5dk1u cope christian
@douggarrison84324 ай бұрын
Indeed. It pains me to think about the music he wouldve made in the 70's and 80's.
@kerrykelly36996 ай бұрын
Yeah! DRIVIN MUSIC! The target demographic for this music was guys in their '67 Mustangs with a 289 motor and cobra valve covers driving like hell down the 101 freeway with telephone poles whizing by (what's a "telephone pole", grandpa? Shut up, kid.) delivered via 8-track tape player. It was a very specialized venue.
@d.campbell30806 ай бұрын
I loved driving the L.A. freeways at night during the 80s as I listened to the Doors. Windows downs, warm summer breeze, heading nowhere, just enjoying L.A. lights, and Morrison's sexy voice. Those were the days
@DianeJennings6 ай бұрын
Beep beep VROOM 🏎️
@terryevans19763 күн бұрын
Yep and that initial slide in the beginning is supposed to sound like the rev of the engine.
@joehedgecorth85823 ай бұрын
LA at that time is totally different than now. This song captures the night life of LA in 1970, essentially around the Sunset Strip and Santa Monica Blvd. And then and again to parties at peoples houses. And the drugs and the sexuality amongst the young guys chasing women and the woman/girls going for it. SOOOO different than the scene today. LA Woman musically portrays what LA was like for the partiers in their early 20's in LA around the music scene. The best I can try to explain it. I was in my mid teens not far away when The Doors were discovered by the music industry while playing at The Whisky A-Go-Go. I really, really miss those days and can identify with Morrison's lamenting LA just before he died in Paris at 27 years old.
@jrusso47536 ай бұрын
Hi Diane. First timer here. Really like your in depth research on the tune. Yes. I was 19 when this was released. The times were very different. No comparison at all to today. I was a huge Doors fan. You would mostly hear Doors tunes on FM radio. At the time there was no such thing as a Disco (Thank God). There were clubs and bars and concerts. The Doors appealed to a fairly select fan base. It was one of those you either love them or you hate them. I loved them until I discovered Prog Rock. Back then, Morrison was that baddest bad boy in rock. He moved to Paris to escape arrest here in the states. Love your reaction. I'll definitely be back. God bless everyone here. And Diane...stay groovy!
@jim78us126 күн бұрын
Discos didn't really exist yet. The Doors were really more of an FM radio band, but they had some big AM pop hits -- Hello I Love You and Light My Fire, for example.
@eximusic6 ай бұрын
Austin Powers was decades after Jim Morrison lived and died. Mojo was mentioned in many blues songs which Morrison would have been familiar with (Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working). Austin Powers would have been informed by Morrison. This was played on the radio when it came out. Radio was very eclectic in the late 60s, early 70s, and FM radio was just becoming a big rock outlet at the time.
@jenniferfoster16926 ай бұрын
Yes! The Doors were very into Blues music, as all the white 60s musicians were, and that's the mojo they're referencing. The old Blues guys were always talking about mojo.
@mjeffn2Ай бұрын
Mr. Mojo Risen. Is an anagram of Jim Morrison.
@eximusicАй бұрын
@@mjeffn2 Yes, and wouldn't have been noticed or picked if mojo wasn't already a strong blues meme.
@josephjuno95556 ай бұрын
They, and we were ofter "stoned immaculate" so it was even more of an experience!
@sundance90422 ай бұрын
🤍✨
@aerialarboreal90056 ай бұрын
This was the last song they ever recorded.... If you get the chance, watch the movie "The Doors" with Val Kilmer as Jim... It's really good and tells an amazing story about an amazing guy... Mr. Mojo rising!!
@neillenet2916 ай бұрын
Riders on the storm was the last song they ever recorded with jim morrison.
@aerialarboreal90056 ай бұрын
Both from the same album...@@neillenet291
@albertobetto5223 ай бұрын
Wrong, theres actual recorded footage of Ray saying that the last song they all recorded together as a band was Riders on the storm
@winterburden6 ай бұрын
Thanks for reacting to it Diane!
@dongray8556 ай бұрын
They defined the LA music scene. But they had some great music that was definitely their own style. Glad you enjoyed them!
@edkeaton6 ай бұрын
Happy Monday Diane! The Doors are an amazing group and this particular song you had picked is a real banger! It's got a really good beat! Hopefully you can react to more hits by this amazing group in the near future. Glad to see that you had dug it! Thanks for sharing and reacting to it! Have a great rest of your week Diane! Rock on, lovely lady! 👋😎🎉🎊
@bossfan496 ай бұрын
The Twist was from 1960. The Doors released their first album in 1967. No one was Twisting anymore in 1967. Certainly not in 1971 when LA Woman was released. Discos (or Disco music) wasn't really big until around 1977. I know in the UK they had their Northern Soul maybe a year or two earlier which was mostly obscure Motown and uptempo Soul songs.
@kmars216 ай бұрын
pure rock n roll here..this song has got nuthin to do with disco or the twist
@jacklowe34296 ай бұрын
This is one of the classic albums of rock and roll history. If you hear nothing else by the Doors, you're good. It incorporates elements of blues, r & b and poetry and rock. It's the Doors at their finest. I truly hope you enjoyed this album and will return to it, many times, in the future.
@dillonsronce25836 ай бұрын
Jim Morrison was an amazing poet
@BillW16 ай бұрын
I got my Mojo rising! And I've seen the cops in cars, and the topless bars.😃
@DianeJennings6 ай бұрын
🤣
@SCVIndy6 ай бұрын
Doors played at my high school .. back in the day .. in LA
@scott37446 ай бұрын
Here it comes... one of the greatest song moments in rock 'n roll music history! Mr. Mojo risin' Got to keep on risin' Ridin', ridin' Gone ridin', ridin' I'm gone ridin', ridin' I got ta ridin', ridin Yeah ridin', ridin... *And I WHOOO* , *yeah* , *ride!* *OH!* *Mmm* ... *yeah* ... 👍 😎
@mocrg6 ай бұрын
What a great song, the Doors to me are the most iconic LA rock band
@robotjg9626 ай бұрын
Great reaction. While walking around Hollywood one Sat. night i seen their name on the marquee of a small club got a ticket and seen them. Think I paid less than $10. A long and wild show, one of the best I ever seen.
@DJBOOTS3786 ай бұрын
Way less than $10
@tonyharmon85126 ай бұрын
The name "The Doors" is a shortened version of The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley. Jim was first and foremost a poet and his performances were more theatrical than most bands of the day. They also were heavily influenced by significant LSD usage. There is a show that was filmed in the Hollywood Bowl that is good for giving you the basic Idea and it's well worth your time to watch and perhaps also comment on. His poetry (lyrics) is very heavily visual and the imagery is fragmentary but coherent and not only tells the surface story but carries the subtext along with it. In an updated way he carried the beat poet idea into the rock and roll 60's, married them together and gave us this. Performance art on acid.
@thecroft60706 ай бұрын
Probably their greatest song
@vicprovost25616 ай бұрын
That's a tough one, it certainly is the conversation, depending on the day I might say it, Light My Fire or the End. They have so many great songs...
@gablen236 ай бұрын
@@vicprovost2561 Riders on the storm, Break on through, and my favorite "When the music's over", and much more...
@robertkennedy54146 ай бұрын
Roadhouse Blues, Touch Me
@AntonyFleck6 ай бұрын
My favourite is always the last one that I've just listened to!!...
@TheRagratus6 ай бұрын
"Riders On The Storm".
@PhalseProfit136 ай бұрын
Yesssss more Doors please....
@w3cwt6 ай бұрын
It's so nice that you play the whole song without stopping and starting all of the time. Thanks, you're doing an awesome job. Thanks.
@mikes97596 ай бұрын
I'm glad to see younger people starting to listen to this music!! I saw them play live in concert and it was amazing!! In the second row for 6.50!! I saw a few concerts outside where we were all just walking around and partying! I was at a Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer show outside and was 4 feet from the stage!! In Chicago in July of 76. I think tickets were 5 bucks!! And a ton more! Wish I could go back! Doors keyboard players name is pronounced Man zair ick. Just so you know. Keep listening, there's a ton more people to listen to!
@carlj956 ай бұрын
For some unknown reason I thought The Doors were a folk/rock band, but this song feels more like a song written in the styles of the Blues and I love the piano in the opening. Oh, I see as the song progresses it becomes much more rock and roll. And for sure it did feel like more than one style.
@DianeJennings6 ай бұрын
Very much a mush mash stylistically I think
@jeffg.61106 ай бұрын
The Doors were definitely NOT a folk rock band. They were from LA, though, and were contemporaries of LA-based folk rock bands like The Byrds; Crosby, Stills & Nash; Buffalo Springfield; The Mamas & the Papas; etc. So that might be the connection. But whereas those bands would incorporate acoustic instruments along w electric, plus country stylings and a lot of vocal harmonies, the Doors did none of that. They were experimental/acid/rock and virtually all vocals were from Jim.
@padraigallen15536 ай бұрын
I found them to be a Fusion band combining Jazz, Blues, and Rock n Roll. All the musicians in the band were well versed in many genre of music. For example guitarist Robby Krieger played Spanish flamenco music and jazz. Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist, was classically trained and liked rock, jazz, blues, bossa nova. I was in high school in the 70's and this was not dance club music. We would play this really loud on car stereos while driving around, at house parties, and at underage keg parties in the woods. @@DianeJennings
@DJBOOTS3786 ай бұрын
🤾🏻🤾🏻🤾🏾♀️
@rrrayrrray4 ай бұрын
@@padraigallen1553also on “Album Rock” radio stations.
@PaulKeil6 ай бұрын
Millemial - dynamics - mind blown.
@randalmayeux88806 ай бұрын
Hi Diane! This song was played mostly on FM radio, but also on top 40 stations. The Doors were cool, but they also had a lot of commercial appeal. He wasn't throwing up the beer, Diane.😂 Hope you and Chewie are doing great, I love you, until next time, bye bye.
@DianeJennings6 ай бұрын
Oh wow!
@rockerjim80456 ай бұрын
The best band to come out of America
@elizabethleesimpson1077Ай бұрын
The most sensuous poet of my generation.
@SG-js2qn6 ай бұрын
This song is like a modern tone poem. You can easily visualize driving - in a convertible, of course - along busy LA city streets, through the suburbs. Back then, a lot of music was just for listening to via the radio, or your stereo at home. It was either watch TV, listen to music, or read a book, basically. Of course, it was routine to listen to the radio when driving somewhere.
@user-David-Alan6 ай бұрын
This song came out about 10 years after the twist. Interesting reaction. Stay well.
@joeyb.86136 ай бұрын
My mother was a huge Doors fan, so growing up I heard them daily! Can't thank her enough for exposing me to so much great music! Having a mom that was half Beatnik/Hippie and half scholar/PTA mom was the best! Another great song and reaction, Diane!
@peterjamesfoote39646 ай бұрын
Poob! Hi Diane! My favorite song by The Doors is Riders on the Storm!
@xenos_n.6 ай бұрын
To be honest, it would be worth making a video on most of their songs, that's how good they are.
@stankpictures23886 ай бұрын
There was nothing like driving down Sunset or the PCH and listening to this specific song.
@lamp81126 ай бұрын
The Doors was considered a rock band back in the 60 and 70's. Their music was played on the local radio station WPLR 99.1 in New Haven, Connecticut where I grew up. No, it was not disco! I don't know if people really danced to it. I just know the boy across the street blasted it out of the windows of his cool mustang every day. Its funny because his last name was Musto! I had a little crush back in the 70's. Ah high school days, Lol!
@susanmolnar96066 ай бұрын
Can’t believe this but that’s the FM station I always listened to. Yeah!
@AbidingDude4206 ай бұрын
Definitely a perfect song to groove out to. They were firing on all cylinders with this album.
@therabidscorpion6 ай бұрын
They were extremely ahead of their time. Excellent band. There's an interview where back in the 60's, Jim Morrison (The lead singer) is asked where he thinks music is headed, and he says "Spoken word over a beat is going to be huge ". Dude called rap music back in the 60's.
@fidelio19875 ай бұрын
Wow...Memories of my adolescence. Greetings Diane!
@robertchurchill34854 ай бұрын
A band that could have lasted an entire generation if Morrison was not so self-destructive. This song so encapsulates LA during the 60s. A wonderful place to be back then.
@markdoherty37186 ай бұрын
My older brothers were really into The Doors but years ago I had to respond to an emergency call of a young woman that had overdosed in an apartment and this album was blasting so load and no one could figure out how to shut it off. I've never been able to enjoy them since. Great job Diane, hope that you are home safe and sound.
@josephjuno95556 ай бұрын
Out here beyond the perimeter the are no stars, out here we are Stoned, Immaculate!
@joshhencik1849Ай бұрын
One of my favorites of all time!
@rickeycarey45566 ай бұрын
Every time I hear Mojo it trips me out. The High School I went to Permian High school is called Mojo. I even have that on T-shirts that I still have from school that say PHS Mojo on them.
@greypossum16 ай бұрын
Much of the Doors music received little air time on radio stations as so many of their songs exceeded the three-minute limit imposed upon songs at the time. Only a handful of exceptions were made. Hey Jude by the Beatles, is one good example. The Doors did have a song early in their career that got much attention on the radio. This was "Light My Fire".
@bobs55966 ай бұрын
and it was the short version just for radio.
@lapurta226 ай бұрын
That 3 minute rule was on AM radio. They were stalwarts of the FM scene, especially when the DJ wanted to spark a doobie.
@jim78us126 күн бұрын
Hello I Love You was an AM pop hit too. Love Her Madly got some AM airplay.
@jim78us126 күн бұрын
@@lapurta22 Yup. FM radio like that doesn't exist on the airwaves any more, but there are some internet stations.
@boffo63Ай бұрын
Thank you so much for letting the song play thru.
@johnlangis93133 ай бұрын
Perfection! The Doors had it all!
@rogersundean5 ай бұрын
Classic rock music at it's best!!!
@mikem5976 ай бұрын
No one, no one, could present a song like Jim Morrison. What a voice.
@__gene10 күн бұрын
Jerry Scheff, Elvis' bassist was so epic on LA Woman and Riders on the Storm. Both tracks are in my top 10 of all time best songs.
@lethasatterfield96153 ай бұрын
Such a great time to be alive in Los Angeles, CA. I know I'm nostalgic, but it was a freer, happier time. No doubt. The world has become so complicated, I don't even want to engage with it. I NEVER used to feel that way! I always wanted more and more interaction/engagement. I feel sorry for you young people.
@jim78us126 күн бұрын
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood captures the time well.
@FallicIdol6 ай бұрын
I love the Doors. I recommend every Morrison album
@johnhemphill19386 ай бұрын
The Doors, truly reflective of the period
@randallreid7834Ай бұрын
Can't go wrong with Jim and the Doors!!
@pastorbrianediger6 ай бұрын
I never listened to the Doors much, but this was pretty good! It's always tripy when the sound goes from one ear to the middle to the other ear. Lol.
@DianeJennings6 ай бұрын
Thanks a ton! Yes it is!!
@pastorbrianediger6 ай бұрын
@@DianeJennings almost said "welcome hon" to rhyme, but decided maybe that wasn't appropriate. Lol.
@rickeycarey45566 ай бұрын
Try also listening to Waiting for the Sun, Love Me Two Times, Love Her Madly, Hello, I Love You, Touch Me, The Crystal Ship, Spanish Caravan, Five to One, When the Music's Over, Break on Through. Those are all the good songs of the Doors, I thought of from the best of the doors album. The songs You have reacted to so far are really good too.
@rickeycarey45566 ай бұрын
I have heard The Doors L.A. Woman. Listening to The Doors on the Music journey and seeing Your reactions is always very fun. I like the black and white shirt Your wearing. Thanks for Making the Day Happy Joyful.
@DianeJennings6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much😊
@rickeycarey45566 ай бұрын
@@DianeJennings Your Welcome 🎸🎤👱♀😊🎉
@lawrencejhutchinson6 ай бұрын
Recorded live in their rehearsal studio, so they are all having a great time. Morrison needed to forget about his upcoming court case, which could have seen him sent to prison.
@stevepas16 ай бұрын
The Doors were psychedelic rock. Maybe the first. Ty for playing this.
@rickeycarey45566 ай бұрын
I enjoyed learning with You what the song was about and production of the song, Today. I did not know keyboardist Ray Manzarek said its it was about driving down the 405 freeway in L.A. makes sense why Jim Morrison put his Ford Mustang in the Music Video. In the Music Video it does show women of all cultures from all over the world.
@edwardthompson582021 күн бұрын
My favorite band🎉
@michaelt62186 ай бұрын
Some of the greatest bands of the post-Beatles era - like Santana, Chicago, Yes, and the Doors - had a heavy jazz influence, along with rock and roll. That was an amazing time of blending genres, which produced fusion and prog rock. Such wonderfully inventive musicians!
@seeuatthepeak6 ай бұрын
You're so sweet! Very beautiful too! However, I don't believe there would be many people doing the twist to L.A. Woman. You're an angel!
@Greg876016 ай бұрын
I love The Doors!!
@AhNee6 ай бұрын
SO many awesome songs...The End, My Wintertime Love, Shaman's Blues, People are Strange, MOONLIGHT DRIVE....
@macsnafu6 ай бұрын
It's easy to look up. The Twist was a song by early rock and roller Chubby Checker in 1958, so you know, early rock and roll. LA Woman came out in 1971, more than a decade later. So most likely, the dance was popular back in its time, but became outdated by the time the Doors were active. I can't say that I was ever a big fan of the Doors, but Light My Fire was certainly catchy, and I really liked the atmospheric moodiness of Riders On The Storm. Of course, everything I know about The Doors is after the fact--I was only 6 when LA Woman came out.
@gerrydantone68346 ай бұрын
This song was played on rock radio. The Doors were pretty unique and distinctive. IF there was ever a band that played "dangerous" songs, it was the Doors. "The End" may be their most out of the box song of all.
@Mhantrax6 ай бұрын
I absolutely love Jim Morrison's voice, style, all of it. But those three other members are so integrated into the Doors that they just couldn't exist without all four of them.
@lapurta226 ай бұрын
Ray Manzerek was the genius behind the music and Morrison the genius behind the lyrics
@zepmarq6 ай бұрын
Definitely one of their most iconic songs. Hands down, All of Morrison's lyrics were unrivaled.
@kenwheeler36376 ай бұрын
Such a great song.
@peterjamesfoote39646 ай бұрын
Famous saying of drinkers: “You don’t buy beer, you only rent it!” The twist, a famous 50’s song by Chubby Checkers pre-dates L.A. Woman by at least a decade. I was a little too young at the time this came out to tell you what public venues this would have been played at.
@cjimmersive69556 ай бұрын
I was thinking of Chubby Checker's "Twist" as 50's too and was surprised to find it was released as late as 1960. Doors would be around seven years later in 1967.
@ptournas6 ай бұрын
@@cjimmersive6955 Hank Ballard's original version was released in late 1958. It was also a hit, though not nearly as big as Chubby Checker's version. But it did hit a respectable #16 on the charts.
@DonP_is_lostagain6 ай бұрын
OK. Hoping I can recreate my first comment. 😊😉 As usual great reaction! And no it wasn't in clubs. It was however played at places that today would be called hookah lounges, only the hookahs would have a different type of tobacco in them. Discotheques back then were different from those of today. Some of the bigger ones featured women dancers in "cages" up above the dance floor, and generally the music played was far more upbeat, and more pop than the Doors. In fact, the Beach Boys, Rolling Stones, Beatles, and groups like that are the music played in clubs back then. The Doors were one of those groups that many either hated, loved, or were "Meh". I am in the latter camp. With the exception of Riders on the Storm, and The End, pretty much every other Doors song was a car radio song for me. To give them credit though, they were really hitting their stride with the release of this album, and LA Woman was one of the hits from it. The Doors always managed a nice fusion or jazz, rock, and psychedelic rock. They were also one of those bands that would stretch a song out when they were playing live. They were also involved in two well known incidents that almost derailed their careers though. The first was, when they appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, they were asked by a producer (some say at the behest of Ed himself) to change the lyric of the song they were going to sing from "Girl we can't get much higher" to "girl we can't get much better", because the word higher was associated with the drug culture. BUT...when they sang it, they sang it as originally written and were subsequently banned from the show, despite being a really popular act. The second was in Florida when Morrison was arrested during a concert for allegedly exposing himself on stage in front of the audience. He was charged with indecent exposure, fined a bunch of money, and sentenced to 6 months in jail. LA Woman is Jim Morrison's last album, because he died of either a drug overdose or alcohol poisoning in Paris not very long after he moved there. And like others, he was only 27.
@DianeJennings6 ай бұрын
Oh wow! Great job recreating your comment!
@smffeb586 ай бұрын
Mr Mojo Risin is an anagram of Jim Morrison. L.A. Woman is a metaphor to the actual city rather than any one woman, or women. This was the last album that Jim performed on, after finishing it, he went off to Paris to recoup, with an actual goal to clean up, according to Ray Manzarek. Unfortunately he was dead a couple months later. This album is fire 🔥 The Chanegling IMO is the more rocking song on this album. As always Ms. Jennings does reactions the best !!! La Mejor 😉😎
@UplandHunter3546 ай бұрын
You should do Peace Frog and Roadhouse Blues!
@barscotchАй бұрын
DEFINITELY seconding "Peace Frog."
@henash56936 ай бұрын
omg I have hot heard this song for so long ! love it ty
@mtheberts6 ай бұрын
Just wanted to say I have appreciated to your reactions as you really cover a wide variety of genres, you don’t have the same songs a lot of other channels have pandering to what gets lots of views, and you are sincere and honest in all of your genuine reactions. You really just seem to be honestly exposing yourself to new stuff and taking us along for the ride. Bravo, keep on being the genuine you, I think it has led to some quality content and as Squirrely Dan says, “and that’s what I appreciates about ya!”
@juggernautomnimedia10386 ай бұрын
My favorite song by The Doors is their cover of Gloria. Fantastic.
@DJBOOTS3786 ай бұрын
Yeah, the dirty version Roses👁️🔥👁️
@maxh-zv5kf2 ай бұрын
Took a look around see which way the wind blow - where the action is Jim & band @ grew up in the 80s listening to the Doors, Zeppelin, Aerosmith and of course the 80s hair bands.. Thanks Diane J, just passing through - time to time (maybe going back few years i think) i come upon you, your cute fun reactions😺
@StanSwan6 ай бұрын
This song is about Jim moving to Paris France (city of light) and saying goodbye to all the temptations of LA (murder madness). He left with Pam his girlfriend. "Mojo Risin'," is an anagram of his name "Jim Morrison" meaning a rebirth in Paris to cut out on the drugs and drinking and write poetry. The Doors record deal was done after this their 6th album. Jim moved to Paris and ODed on H July 3, 1971. He never heard the completed record.
@scottski516 ай бұрын
You just can't go wrong with ol' crazy/drunk Jim Morrison and his great band... The Doors. This music HAS stood the test of time! Loved it then... love it now. Thank you for bringing it back again, D.J.
@rickeycarey45566 ай бұрын
The Doors does that in songs a lot where it gets calm and quiet almost theatre like then the start jamming with Jim Morrison getting louder while dancing on stage.
@user-ci5bo4rq4k6 ай бұрын
Great job, Diane!
@SuperStrik918 күн бұрын
The Doors are my favorite band.
@chrisfarb6 ай бұрын
Great reaction. I noticed you stopped at the line, " you know they are a liar," which is a subtle pun to their first hit, "Light my fire," where he sings, "you know that I would be a liar."
@blueboy42446 ай бұрын
FM radio.. am radio was pop while FM was college kids and underground music - very often they would play a whole album on FM w/o any commercials or talking for the full 45 minutes - which was really cool for those who could record it. The Doors were to LA what Velvet Underground was to NYC
@CaveatEmptor19666 ай бұрын
Her listening to Heroin by the VUs would be interesting for sure 😊
@brucecronin63966 ай бұрын
Love it !!
@rrrayrrray4 ай бұрын
Brilliant work Diane! Check out the Doors playing “Touch Me” on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Yet another side of the Doors!
@bc63523 ай бұрын
1971 was one of the greatest years in history of albums. The Who, Stones, Yes, T Rex, Crosby Stills Nash, The Doors, Funkadelic, Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Carol King, Joni Mitchell, Bill Withers, and many more.
@brandonwilliams9576 ай бұрын
The "Whisky a Go Go" is a famous bar in L.A. that a lot of bands played at when they were starting out. The Doors played there. It's where "go-go" dancers started. It might be what was referenced in the song, but it's just a guess.