Light My Fire

No, he's not.

And Ray Manzarek, great keyboard player, but I have never, I feel like Light My Fire was always like a roller rink riff to a beat.

[laughs] You know, he's from Chicago.

[laughs]

Right.

Well, Touch Me was written by Robbie Krieger, so you know.

Same with Light My Fire, but you know.

[laughs]

Girl, we couldn't get much higher.

Come on baby, light my fire.

Come on baby, light my fire.

Try to set the rain on fire.

[instrumental music] The time to hesitate is through.

Try now, we can only lose.

And our love become a funeral pyre.

Come on baby, light my fire.

Come on, baby,

light my fire Come on, baby, light my fire Shining, setting light on

There you are, known as the Lizard King.

I didn't know that.

He went on to become part of what they call the 27 Club, and that's rock stars who died aged 27.

There's some kind of cult around this apparently, but you think the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, And in fact, it's interesting because Jim Morrison's death came two years to the day that the Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones was found drowned in his swimming pool.

He too was 27 and you look you just heard some of the doors unforgettable music especially jim's great vocals light my fire riders of the storm so many of them and this coming december had he still been with us he'd have been turning 83 but anyway we know he's not but although although there are conspiracy theories flying around i'll tell you about those in a minute but you know in luke in life He was considered and remains so to this day this counterculture rock icon.

And beyond the music, it's the wild stories of his life.

I don't know if you've ever thought about the way this song sounds.

But Shirley Bassey's Light My Fire.

I could have put a lot of...

Yeah, I know why I don't have any of Shirley Bassey on here.

Jim Morrison and the Doors showed up on the Ed Sullivan show today in 67.

It'd be the only time they did it because, well, they asked Morrison to redo a line to Light My Fire.

He said yes and then sang the actual lyric to piss off Ed and his crew, and they never invited him back.

That same night on the Smothers Brothers show, The Who made their U.S. television debut when they did My Generation, blew up the drum kit, and, well, gave ear damage to...

But he had other songs.

He covered Light My Fire.

It was a great version of that.

But he had other songs.

I can still see in my head vividly that performance by Jim Morrison, 'cause it wasn't just edgy, it was dark.

And when he sang the lyrics from Light My Fire, he shouted, "Girl," you can't get much higher.

Shouted it.

He reveled in the rebellion and in sticking it to Sullivan.

it? Oof.

Another song, The Doors, Light My Fire.

Uh-huh.

You know who was singing it in that particular clip?

Murph tells us this date, 1968.

He moved up to number three with his version of the Doors, Light My Fire.

And, of course, 1969, this date, Mominar Gaddafi.

He comes to power, and then he ended up in...

It's impossible that any of them are arguing about innocence.

Except under the grounds of temporary insanity.

I think they would probably be hung up and not able to get a unanimous version from the second-degree murder charge and the... not guilty by reason of insanity.

I think that's where we're hung up here.