The Doors - Touch Me (Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Performa

[superduck77777]

It is indeed a taped instrumental playing back, the band is miming. The vocal is live, but it's not a missed cue at 1-08. Morrison frequently left out the "come on come on" parts during live performances of this song because he didn't like singing it. 

[jerrysander]

It was a bar fight that Jim fled and Robby took the punches for in this typically late-Doors-era performance. It was a live vocal over taped instrumentals and Jim missing the vocal entrance was typical at this point, given how drunk, stoned and falling apart he was. Stephen Davis says in his book "Jim Morrison, Life, Death, Legend" that the band had basically fallen apart by this point and this was the last appearance of anything like "The Lizard King."

[jerrysander]

Yeah, Stephen Davis' book "Jim Morrison, Life Death, Legend" states that this was live vocals over a taped instrumental track and that the missed vocal cue at 1:08 was completely typical of Jim in this latter, sadder part of his life. Additionally, Robbie's black eye was reportedly the result of a bar-fight that Jim had fled after provoking people. The only one around to wail on was the guitary player.

[EdMaGoFa]

1:08 Ooooops!

[steel7574]

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[szqsk8]

I would live to touch Jim alright!!!

[baconsplace]

Amazing

I love that tinkly harpsichord line in the background.

[Babaziba]

Talk about classic. Astounding.

[mckessa]

Best film footage of The Doors right here...

[giova89]

that smile at 0:40 jeje

[cheyenne86]

Good music, good voice, good lookin end of story

[mpjrdldn]

Jim Morrison was one handsome dude!

[DrBlizzardo]

@mpjrdldn Huh...he looks JUST like Val Kilmer to me!

[52guitarbob]

The music track is recorded but the vocals are live.A regular practice back then

[waterwitch15]

i love jim morrison!!

[cyndidorsfn]

so would we all, hot and sexy. no one like that now that i can think of.

[dvinedzine]

Damn, he was fine. I'd like to touch him, alright.

[martinevans123]

real band, real singing, real strings, real missed cue, real drama, real black eye, real black guy with sax solo, and this was 1969? wow, that WAS reality tv

just electrifying

[baconsplace]

@martinevans123

You are spot on Martin This is a brilliant precis of how I feel about this record in particular and of the first two decades of the rock/pop era in general.

What interests me also is the middle aged classical ensemble backing up the music. Such with pathos and grace! Was it a well paid evenings work for them?

[stellamercury]

Jim Morrison and Robby Krieger we're beaten up a night before. Ray Manzarek said, that in those times it was dangerous to own a long hair. It meant, that you we're protesting against prevailing order and Vietnam war. And everyone like that, hippies, should be killed, they said. Just like Native American. Kill indians and kill hippies.. So Robby and Jim got beaten for the freedom of expression:D

[BeatleMatt]

No, the black eye stemmed from Jim punching Robbie the night before. Robbie himself has stated this in interviews.

[Peacefrog35]

True Robby did say this,but he's confirmed here lately that he made it up and says it was really from a car accident.

[fab4ever20]

It's from a car accident, according to John Densmore.

[Peacefrog35]

You are right and Robby has confirmed in the last few years that he made up stories about it being from a fight because it sounded interesting.

[stellamercury]

The next day makeup crew was frightened, and they wanted to put makeup on Robby's eye,

but Robby wanted to leave it like that, and he said that it was kind of badge of honour! The makeup artists still wanted to hide that black eye, but then Jim appeared to save the situation, and said "Hey, if he doesn't want makeup.. He doesn't need to take makeup. Leave him alone"

[stellamercury]

Jim Morrison and Robby Krieger we're beaten up a night before. Ray Manzarek said, that in those times it was dangerous to own a long hair. It meant, that you we're protesting against prevailing order and Vietnam war. And everyone like that, hippies, should be killed, they said. Just like Native American. Kill indians and kill hippies.. So Robby and Jim got beaten for the freedom of expression:D

[RaananVolesPianist]

I disagree with your comments about long hair re Jim Morrison. Almost everyone in my high school was against the Vietnam War AND had long hair, and we didn't get beat up!

[TheMisprints]

Robby Krieger has a black eye in this as a result of a bar fight the night before

[LuvDoors61]

Sweet... SOOOO. Sweet..Wish I was with him right now..

Thanks 4 the great video/music :-)

[PhilFeedback]

The Smothers Brothers rocked, and the doors did too!!!!

[msmoonlightdrive]

Excellent!