The Doors - The Changeling (live Dallas 1970)

[TheMauvetys]

perrfect intro...ahhh

[astralhed]

recorded from cell phone

[ledbaloon15]

@astralhed Cell phones hadn't been invented by 1970.

[bigsteve68]

i love how from the beginning the base starts then everything just starts coming together

[bigbadG1992]

thank u god for letting me listen to this

[skidmarks000]

Its a bummer, these guys never got to tour with this album after its release, not sure if morrison would have been up to it though, he seemed one tired soul even at this point. R.I.P Jimbo.

[KKCvids]

Once upon a time there was music!

[CarGon1]

@shamanking022 do you have Riders on the Storm from this concert? I would love to hear that song. Thanks once again for these posts. Very well done.

[CarGon1]

Anybody know if there is a recording of Riders on the Storm done live in Dallas? I know they only performed it once live and it was one of the two shows in Dallas. If so please let me know. I would enjoy hearing that. Anyway these are great posts. Love listening to these later shows in their career.

[SuperEliteTim]

@CarGon1 they never played Riders live. It is a myth.

[kpsars]

@SuperEliteTim unfortunately, you're right...

[caveunderwater]

hELL YEAH PUT MORE LOCO!

[stepha551]

i fucken love jim

[greatcomedian18]

this bassline is more fun than the studio version

[imgone54321]

Jim was a bit tired that day & all night, not to proud of that performance.

[samuel6927]

Sound's like shit no offense....

[TutteFlaske]

COPY AND PASTE if you love Jim Morrison´s poems and lyrics !



[pedaenano]

@TutteFlaske daaah

[BlueMeanieSulk]

Ladies & Gentlemen,

Please do not respond to 'MERCURHILLMANIAC' about this song. It does not understand

[foutupourfoutu]

3:59: now THAT'S powerful

[prospectus91]

Any chance you could post the Miami '69 concert? It was up for a few months but was taken down... . THANKS.

[gladia82]

big the doors

[foutupourfoutu]

I wish they'd release it with a decent sound...We're talking about the verey best songs of this band here...

[Wouldntyoumissme]

there has to be more cleared up versions, but I realize this is a really rare concert and very sought after considering The Doors are performing music from LA Woman.

[greatcomedian18]

at 3:49 you can clearly hear jim sing street not suite

[goofymandan83]

damn his voice is raspy....but thas why i like it

[greatcomedian18]

@SpyridonKaprinis well you know the doors did "steal"(as they call it) ideas from others

break on through has: paul butterfield blues band shake your money maker as guitar inspiration, ray charles what i'd say for bass line

bossa nova drum beat from brazil

when the music's over: herbie hancock's watermelon man

hyacinth house organ solo: chopin's polonaise in Ab maj

light my fire: soloing coltrane's cover of my fav things

etc etc

[jegotcher]

I was at this concert in Dallas december 1970. This was Morrison's last complete concert...he was in New Orleans next, but passed out after one or two songs. Then on to France and you know the rest...Great concert though!

[DerekBayRoberts1]

Alot of these songs werent even on an album yet when he performed them, like this one. I guess they played them at concerts first to test if thier good enough songs to sell on an album.

[xterra43]

Is this the next to last show of the Doors ever? Jim was drunk as a skunk. They couldn't tour any longer.

[TheKenney81]

he sounds fucked. shame

[Rusty0555]

Doesnt sound like there is much enthusiasm from Morrison here, I would imagine his best concert performing days were behind him, sad to actually listen to this, in comparison to Morrison in his prime in 68

[greatcomedian18]

@Rusty0555 yes and lets not forget that morrison probably knew the end was coming up for him some of his LA woman songs sound that way to me he just sounded so very tired here and not to mention he was scared about the miami trial and he was still drinking a lot here and whoever recorded this was a crappy engineer and i dont think this was done by bruce botnik

[goofymandan83]

this is who he was...he wanted to be more pure...his hoarsy voice from smokein for 5 years...this is the more authentic jim

[morrison444]

what a beautiful bass line. I love Ray's left hand.

[BonzoMitchell]

The Doors are The doors! always the best

[thelawya]

when I got LA Woman this was my favorite song, and cars hiss by my window...back when I knew nothing about the doors... LAmerica?  wow...they're pretty special

[bigsteve68]

And wtf is kelvinkloud sayin

[stevom31]

@bigsteve68 kelvinkloud is a doors fanatic of the highest order ..me thinks he likes LSD too much RIP Syd

[bigsteve68]

Bluemeanie is right only jim knows. I love how john densmore opens in this song.

[thelawya]

and fucking ray manzarek

[thelawya]

holy cow

[Patroclo007]

Legen...  ... dary!

[slipdrum80]

The Music never suffered.The last album had a different style, but it was bad-ass! It was the In your face blues. Thats what Jim wanted, he grew that beard out and just let the blues come out. . People say he got fat, but if you watch the PBS show, in which he has the big beard he was still skinny as always, just his face looks bigger cause of the beard.Live, Jim would sometimes be wild and drunk, but people forget it was only sometimes. 95% of the time, he shared his great talent and feel.

[utubedannyb]

I just love JM's voice as it got more so called 'whiskey soaked'. 'Changing' is just so understated, its becoming for me, one of the most enjoyable voices i can listen to. A f*cking brilliant studio voice - so rich, full, throaty and bluesy. A great direction they were heading towards with L.A. Woman, we can only dream of what was gonna come. However , such is life, some come and go quickly, famous or not, this guy did 'alright'... well done lad!

[BlueMeanieSulk]

I appreciate your thoughts but....I don't think anyone but JM knew what was going on inside.

[MERCURHILLMANIAC]

@BlueMeanieSulk YOUR KIDDING ME RIGHT???? I DONT THINK EVEN KNEW ...HE JUST EXPERIANCED AND TRIED TO TELL US ABOUT IT ...SHAMAN

[dualityofman999]

Morrison set the the tone for most of The Doors songs & sound. If he was down & feeling blue, that's what you got & that was the case the last couple years of his life. I think he was a depressed person, maybe even bipolar & therfore self medicated. Morrison never sold out though. He saw the future of corporate, arena rock & wanted no part of it.

[poupolousi]

america before financial tsunami

[deathwishone]

fuck you all like mick would say its only rock and roll and like it.

[chpub1]

The original, bad boy of rock! Hell he invented the image....and L.A Woman, was the perfect way to end his drunken amazing soul, a rock/blues album that will never be touched ....btw all the Doors where bad ass...opened up for Robby one night, one shy, but cool amazing cat..

[TheChangeling1]

You know he write this song about me...

[goldmont1]

vai a fare in culo

[internalpeaceseeker]

no, cause at that time, even your parents didn't meet yet

[cripplewoox]

jim had just gone 27 here

[AnthonydWalsh]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UPLOADING THIS TRACK!!! A great live clip of Jim & the boys late in their career's. Jim sounds good but sadly he wouldn't be with us for much longer after this recording :(

Long live The Doors & their music & long live the Lizard King :) ;)

[watchinshadows]

The doors rocked!, and Morrison was one of the coolest front men ever!

[michelst14]

the sound is sadly not so good, but it is not

so important. I feel 'the changeling' track has something near the stooges 1969 .

also i begin to understand the lyrics.

[kelvinkloud]

this song was a declaration of freedom for morrison... it came after miami & was telling the media, phony fans, the detractors & the law that he was one step ahead of u if u tried to chain him down... by this time he was 56 in a 26 yr old body in re to experience... but he would fight & go out on his own terms. the lords & creatures would not eat his soul... so sad this unique eye faded to the loam less the a year later in paris.

[Pedronology]

this insinuated assumption of the meaning of lords and new creatures you use illustrates it rightly. JImbo was telling the world to be free to be artists to wake up. Artistry is a new religion, where everyone's an artist impersonating their life

[sunmote]

he didn't fade, he LEAPT into the loam!

[AndJusticeForMe]

Garbage. By this time, Morrison was already dead on his feet.

[fireproofcouple]

Hey man, Jim was dead on his feet on at 3:00 am at the circus club, seven months later. He's sounds like he's still breathing, although he's mocking christ

[lizardking932]

maybe, but he was still one bad motherfucker

[uomorozzo]

my good

[jennfierw11]

Go Jim! Go Jim! I love you

[loiponmalaka]

I had money I had none

[Schwarzalbenheimen]

Their second to last concert ever and they still sound awesome.

[korky94]

man their last album was soo good..

shame they couldnt perform more of it..

would have been interesting!

[JamesWilliamson82]

I wish that except the bootleg there were available encore tracks they did in Dallas. I've heard that these were 'Light My Fire' and also premiere version of 'Riders On The Storm'!

[rrrorkk]

jim sounds as rough as a badgers arse , and thats the way i like him

[bebe1001]

if that night morrison was drunk or on drugs, is his own business.

people cant pretend he will sing perfectly every time. It would be unhuman !!!!

[kcsunshine64]

Yup this was a bootleg, I've got a copy of it. Not good sound quality. By all accounts this was an excellent concert. The next night was a disaster in New Orleans. I don't think there's any bootlegs of the final concert.

[korky94]

the disaster was described in the books :(

[mrhydebluevelvet]

one more to go and i'm out of here!

jim's voice is demoniacal in this state...obviously due to drug,alcohol,and tobacco abuse!nevertheless another doors history page...

does anyone have any material from the last new orleans concert?

[korky94]

HOLY SHIT...I didnt know they played songs from this album live...HOLY SHIT

Thanks for posting

[Dudiebell]

please post all these songs from this concert,I was at this concert and didn't know this was recorded.Thank You so much for memories of Jim!

[manzarek88]

Excelent post man! do you have some New Orleans' stuff? Jim's last concert.

[xoxGIRxox]

thanks for the song!

[cripplewoox]

they played love her madly,backdoor man,ship of fools,the changling,la woman,when the musics over,performed on 11-12-70,dallas mc,farlin auditorium,state fair music hall

[shamanking022]

if you're interested i'll post the other songs from this concert. Please let me know

[GeddyStarkey]

are there any others that they don't usely play?

[mitjazz]

is there a recording of the new orleans concert?

[cripplewoox]

yes a certain person owns the original new orleans tapes,he aquired them from a stagehand who was present that night in dec 70,but he wants a lot of money before he releases them,its all true

[mitjazz]

thanks

[thecesarin1981ify]

@shamanking022 yea post more songs from this concert ; ''please'' tank's men

[shamanking022]

@thecesarin1981ify you can find the others on my channel

[metyuewb]

@shamanking022 naaah, keep 'em.....HELL YEAH WHAT'RE YOU WAITING FOR!!

[lollinotn]

@shamanking022 yeah please post them...it would be really awesome..thank you...we won't forget the Doors and Jim.

[crowman1979]

Wonder if the Doors ever taped this concert. Because this sounds like a bootleg version.