This is a great song! I havn't listened to much of the post-Jim songs, but I really dig this. Ray I guess by most standards wouldn't be classified as a great singer, but I think he's great. Just very raw, and he does sound angry, and I'm sure it's because of Jim. One of his best friends died because of self destruction. The song is rockin, but kind of sad really.
I think Ray sounds like the voice Lou Reed uses onstage, where he yells and projects himself more than in the studio. And Ray obviously isn't worried about whether he has a conventionally great voice, he throws himself into this vocal with total abandon.
A bad bad thing is that manzarek and kreiger didn't got a personal style on this one !! They got a great voice but it's sound like a tribute to mick jagger and the stones !
No one is really sure if Jim died on July 2nd or 3rd 1971, he could have died before midnight July 2nd we will never really know but the official (guess) was he died after midnight.
It's a real pity that we crave their music so much that we need to resurrect them for a public show. I think musical genius should be left where it is to be rediscovered and something new to grow out of it.
you can sorta tell that the more poetic lyrics of the doors isnt there but now theres more of a rockier tune. they probably enjoied their new sound but still greived jim's death.
@xXBlinDXx12 This song was actually written by Morrison about Brian Jones after his death. After Morrison's death, Ray Manzarek rewrote some of the lyrics so that they would apply to both musicians. So technically, it's not a post-Morrison song, and the Doors had already gone in a new direction, at least with this song.
This song is Ray venting anger and disappointment towards Jim Morrison destroying himself with alcohol and drugs. Brian Jones died on July 3, 1969 and Morrison died on July 3, 1971, thus the lyric. Morrison also walked around hotel window ledges outside many stories high while drunk on the road, so the stories go. Tightrope Ride was a fitting title. It was all about Jim, even on Other Voices.
@SecretTimeWarp Apparently Tightrope Ride started out as a tribute song to Brian Jones when Morrison was still alive. But after Jim died the surviving members of The Doors went back and changed the lyrics and made it a tribute song to both Jim and Brian Jones, with Ray venting anger towards Jim for following in the footsteps of Brian Jones to self-destruction. Other Voices was released after Jim died. Ray, Robby, and John had time to make that album their own statement, hence the title.
This song was originally written about Brian Jones, but then lyrics some lyrics were changed around after Jim's death. So now its kinda for both of them now.
I remember buying this in Derry City around about 84/85, knew the doors from "light my Fire" and the other usual hits, but could not figure out who Morrison was from the cover!(The fact that there where only 3 of them escaped my)....I played this song to death!!!!!...Genius!
Worse again, I have only (through Youtube)found out that it is Ray Manzarek singing it?..When, I finally realised that Jim was not on this album, I assumed for years that Robby Krieger was singing!...
quite strong voice anyway of course its hard top jim´s
Wycuse28 2 weeks ago
I seen Ray and Robby at the Riviera last April in Chicago, old as shit! But they were awesome! I feel a little completed in life.
666playwithknives666 3 weeks ago
Thinking about this song with Jim's voice...
HighwayStar89 1 month ago
1 gay eminem fan
toughserb145 1 month ago 4
Almost Allman brother’s quality guitar at the end. This is the End seem m going round in
gerardos3001 2 months ago
Shame Jim never sung it
gerardos3001 2 months ago
Just like Brian Jones
karlmoles65 3 months ago
This is a great song! I havn't listened to much of the post-Jim songs, but I really dig this. Ray I guess by most standards wouldn't be classified as a great singer, but I think he's great. Just very raw, and he does sound angry, and I'm sure it's because of Jim. One of his best friends died because of self destruction. The song is rockin, but kind of sad really.
MeanObiwan 4 months ago
I think Ray sounds like the voice Lou Reed uses onstage, where he yells and projects himself more than in the studio. And Ray obviously isn't worried about whether he has a conventionally great voice, he throws himself into this vocal with total abandon.
Turtle152 4 months ago
questo sarebbe stato un album straordinario se c'era jim, uno dei migliori della loro discografia ...
lvolcu 5 months ago
Does anyone know how many post-jim albums the doors sold?
kman1759 6 months ago
@kman1759 .....Two post Morrison LPs , Other Voices and Full Circle
SEVFEST 2 days ago
Manzarek's voice + Krieger's solo = Win
penumrocker25 6 months ago
A bad bad thing is that manzarek and kreiger didn't got a personal style on this one !! They got a great voice but it's sound like a tribute to mick jagger and the stones !
alex426373 7 months ago
Brian Jones
Deathsquad49 7 months ago
Rays getting down!
DrRonPaul 8 months ago
thumbs up if rays voice on this sounds bit like mick jagger?
DHOriginalMusic 8 months ago
The lyric is awesome...TEARS...
fuckthenuns 9 months ago
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Does anyone know where I can get this song to put on my MP3 player? Rhapsody doesn't offer it.
Foreverpats 9 months ago
@Foreverpats ..... If you still need Tightrope Ride for your MP3 player send me an addy and I will email it to you
SEVFEST 2 days ago
Does anyone know where I can get this song to put on my MP3 player? Rhapsody doesn't offer it.
Foreverpats 9 months ago
This is a good song it just doesn't feel like I'm listening to The Doors.
kraken589 10 months ago
WARNING:
Do not go and listen to your favorite Jim Morrison w/ Doors Song after hearing this. Major nostalgia might take affect.
xXXPrinceAlbertXXx 11 months ago 2
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xXXPrinceAlbertXXx 11 months ago
I have this on vinyl - original release. AWESOME! No other way to listen to it.
lucasmcconnell1977 11 months ago 3
R.I.P. BRIAN JONES.. ABOUT TIME SOMEONE MENTIONED HIM IN A SONG..
exgroupiefromelmont1 1 year ago
RIP Jim. We all love u
purplesage53 1 year ago
No one is really sure if Jim died on July 2nd or 3rd 1971, he could have died before midnight July 2nd we will never really know but the official (guess) was he died after midnight.
StanSwan 1 year ago
The eight string bass that was used on this track is for sale on ebay
phatjaxx1 1 year ago
Happy Birthday, Robby!
JoAqUiNBandit 1 year ago
You're all alone like Brian Jones on a tightrope ride.
PolarSkua 1 year ago 5
@PolarSkua For sure!
Xesumaidem 7 months ago
sounds great. its just not the doors without jim.
skatcrazdude 1 year ago 2
Love this song!!! Thanks for posting!!
ledavidwaits 1 year ago
one of the greatest Doors songs ever! :-)
hasso123 1 year ago 3
really sad...but nonetheless its a pretty groovin song! they still kick ass for sure.
juliannadevorah346 1 year ago
It's a real pity that we crave their music so much that we need to resurrect them for a public show. I think musical genius should be left where it is to be rediscovered and something new to grow out of it.
Longniddrie 1 year ago
Unexplainable emotions!... and my favorite guitar solo ever written!!!
FULLmeltHASH 1 year ago 2
you can sorta tell that the more poetic lyrics of the doors isnt there but now theres more of a rockier tune. they probably enjoied their new sound but still greived jim's death.
xXBlinDXx12 1 year ago
@xXBlinDXx12 This song was actually written by Morrison about Brian Jones after his death. After Morrison's death, Ray Manzarek rewrote some of the lyrics so that they would apply to both musicians. So technically, it's not a post-Morrison song, and the Doors had already gone in a new direction, at least with this song.
u2youtoo 1 year ago
man1 : there are 3 door there , sir you get to pick one
man 2: (laughs) i get it , because jim died
zigzigmig 1 year ago
This has my favorite Robbie Krieger guitar solo.
kittyhawkwb 1 year ago 2
Sure this isn't j.morrison? In a session w/ brian jones on bass?
broodyart 1 year ago
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rvhawkeye 2 years ago
i cant believe this, never heard it in my life.
this isnt very well known at all is it?
colemann76 2 years ago 4
@colemann76
No. No, it's not.
psychkoala 1 year ago
@psychkoala well i don't mind it
colemann76 1 year ago
i love this song especially the brian jones reference
beefheart67 2 years ago
This is my favorite post Morrison song. John, Robby and Ray still rock!
azcitizenbrain 3 years ago 23
GENIUS.
die2no 2 years ago
This song is Ray venting anger and disappointment towards Jim Morrison destroying himself with alcohol and drugs. Brian Jones died on July 3, 1969 and Morrison died on July 3, 1971, thus the lyric. Morrison also walked around hotel window ledges outside many stories high while drunk on the road, so the stories go. Tightrope Ride was a fitting title. It was all about Jim, even on Other Voices.
jsmc11 3 years ago 13
I read that Jim wrote the song about Brian jones, and then the band changed lyrics for it to be about jim and brian. Meh who knows..great tune.
ASEEDEESEE 2 years ago
Yeah, I read the same thing. I'd love to have heard it with Jim singing though
RobPic914 1 year ago
@jsmc11 were did you learn that, pretty interesting
beastieboy019 1 year ago
@jsmc11 How could that be? All of "Other Voices" was written while Jim was alive. They were rehearsing it before he died.
SecretTimeWarp 3 months ago
@SecretTimeWarp Apparently Tightrope Ride started out as a tribute song to Brian Jones when Morrison was still alive. But after Jim died the surviving members of The Doors went back and changed the lyrics and made it a tribute song to both Jim and Brian Jones, with Ray venting anger towards Jim for following in the footsteps of Brian Jones to self-destruction. Other Voices was released after Jim died. Ray, Robby, and John had time to make that album their own statement, hence the title.
jsmc11 3 months ago
@SecretTimeWarp Nope; only Down on the Farm was.
RnSTutorials 2 months ago
The music sounds great, but Ray couldn't hold a candle to Jim. Just imagine what he could've done with this song.
sneezepal 3 years ago
whos on vocals?
0812remember 3 years ago
raymond daniels mancazark
lerner6872 3 years ago
its ray by the way it sounds
die2no 2 years ago
This song was originally written about Brian Jones, but then lyrics some lyrics were changed around after Jim's death. So now its kinda for both of them now.
smartass2st 3 years ago 2
I remember buying this in Derry City around about 84/85, knew the doors from "light my Fire" and the other usual hits, but could not figure out who Morrison was from the cover!(The fact that there where only 3 of them escaped my)....I played this song to death!!!!!...Genius!
Worse again, I have only (through Youtube)found out that it is Ray Manzarek singing it?..When, I finally realised that Jim was not on this album, I assumed for years that Robby Krieger was singing!...
Slainte
lukessummer 3 years ago
robby does on the song i'm horny i;m drunk and stoned
markmaille 3 years ago
robbie voice too soft to sing this song.
die2no 2 years ago
Jim would rip it...
JohnHagstrom 2 years ago