Jim Morrison's arrest in New Haven, told by Ray Manzarek

[mnpd007]

Yes, Ray is the best of storytellers, especially if it's a monologue with him doing the talking. Don't ask questions, or say anything he doesn't agree with or you could see a flip side of Ray. If you really want to see him jump time, ask him "could Jim still be alive?".

[Musicalmage]

That is a true story my mama can tell about! Wow. What a situation and what carefree and gutsy freedom-of-speech maker Jim Morrison was.

[super8m0nsters]

I hate when Ray embellishes his stories. And that Back Door Man vamp sucked!

[zoszo19sl]

@super8m0nsters your mom sucked even more on my dick.

[scentless2apprentice]

manzarek is so cool. FUCK DA POLICE!

[anciLovesJim]

Ray's so cool,he still has so much energy.:)

[MrMojoRisinGuy]

Fantastic

[Dezpimp]

I wish he was my grandpa

[007gumshoe]

this jesus(dog shit )country

[ChiSportsNut18]

A little blue man, in a little blue cap, a little blue PIG. XD way to go Jim, don't take some shit from some guy who maces somebody who's allowed to be backstage.

[ilikemusic493]

THATS SOME BULL SHIT lol

[JamesBStudios]

love you ray

[mastermooky]

That's what happens when you let others make rules for you. Question authority. Always.

[dashmasterful]

this is just great

[TheJordant83]

They arrested him because he told the people about how he was maced for making out with a girl. That makes sense.

[manganzoncineymusica]

Lean nuestro tributo a Jim, a los 40 años de su muerte, en nuestro sitio en español... Salud, maestro!! Te extrañamos, aunque nunca te conocimos

[Zetio2255]

Fuck , I missed about 40 years

[TanjaDoor]

I just love them, doors 4ever, ray was and is great!

[ialsked]

ray's voice is incredibly charismatic.

[ZOOTV1991]

Ray is a fantastic story teller.

[internalpeaceseeker]

@ZOOTV1991 definetely he's a bowl of fire

[JimLedRock]

Connecticut police sucks, so as all the police around the world. Fuck you all -I'm the Back Door MAN.

[OnlineMadSkillzz2]

Pigs back then pigs now whats the difference they still screw us all

[BuyBenco]

Ray is socal 60s surfer stoner dude

[nekichika]

Long live in Africa Jim Morrison!!!

[delgj074]

Ray you tell the story and it makes me feel like i was there with you.. You guys were and will always be the greatest rockband that everlived!!! When i listen its like hearing it for the firsttime everytime. Yea~n~baby the doors will live on 4~eva

[BarryPuppetSoetoro61]

Ray's the man, who can Really make a Story Come Alive..BLuePigs!

[sambomesmo]

Jim Rocks!!!!!!!

uoooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuu yeaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!

all right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anima14]

Yay fascism.

[jerryjuicebag]

always count on ray to tell the stories.blessing he was in that band! wernt for him I dont think we'd know half of what really went on back then.

[locolalo1364]

@jerryjuicebag Indeed ray is the best storyteller ever

[dummytree]

Funny how over the years the band members don't always tell the exact same stories...

[ioriorioriorio]

Later in the '70's Capt. Kelly was caught masturbating at Jakes bar in new haven then thrown off the force

[Tettuli]

is there good video from that gig, send me link

[youstolemybaby]

Manzarek is an ace story teller...

[esask8]

Ray manzarek you freakin RULe!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kevindlinc]

Land of the free-if you're rich,wait its the same everywhere isn't it?

[StainOnTheWall]

@rhinohippo calm the fuck down, man. Came to watch a video about a person who doesn't believe in hate and war and I have to see a paranoid fucking comment like that

[jimhunt81]

Looks like free speech wasn't as free back then.

[pretorious700]

@jimhunt81 and you think it is now?

[mateothejoker]

jim tenia esa personalidad rebelde un tanto anarquista.

[rhinohippo]

Now the hippies and the leftists of the 60's are today's Ruling Class and they are as disgusting as the Rulers in the 60's. The 60s Ruling Class hippies want to censor Talk Radio, stifle the Internet and impose their "liberal fascism" on "We the People". And Jim next someone is robbing your house, call a hippie, oh you can't because you overdosed yourself, doing to yourself something far worse than the cops ever did. And you can't bait the audience into attacking the cops and expect them to..

[Zeppelinliveon]

Ray was the only one in the band that understood Jim the whole way through.... John and Robby are always whining about Jim's nature in the interviews about how it was so bad and blah, blah, blah... Ray just ate it up, he thought it was great, but anyone who really gets it would think so!

[ZBone12]

Tell em how it is RAY!

[Amanda58398]

La actitud de Ray es tan diferente a la de Jim: mientras Jim estaba peleando con los policías, Ray debía tocar su órgano con la mirada hacia abajo. Es verdad que los dos son distintos, pero en el fondo tienen muchas cosas en común. ¡Y su manera de contar es tan entretenida! Me recuerda al documental "The Beatles Anthology" cuando Paul McCartney cuenta con alegría lo que hacía John Lennon. ¡Qué lástima que no hay un documental de los Doors donde ellos mismos cuenten su historia!

[captainalbator]

Why does New Haven only make news when it embarrasses itself? This really is a pissant little town.

[bellavistacreations]

I was at the Clemency Board meeting on Thursday it was really quiet interesting. Please watch the 3 part video I have put together to see how the pardon happened.

Tahnkyou, Mr. Mojo Risin.

[warriorsfunny]

SCREW RULES DON'T BE SLAVES

[TheGrownUpAdult]

I wish Ray was my granddad. :( I loved this scene in the movie "The Doors".

[hq72hotmale]

well told ray

[Nariz2000]

Manzarek is a fucking master!!! one of the best artist ever-

[DwnWilliamHughes]

OK let's give all cops an intelligence test before we give them a gun, mace or a uniform. What should be the passing IQ be? HowAbout 110. How many would we have to fire if we started now? 10% of the force, 20% what? Why don''t cops EVER get fired?

[blackjacket51]

Fuk you captain Kelly

[kookieduck61]

You can watch the cops throwing, kicking and hitting kids on the Doors latest documentary. It's shocking to see.

[rockking05]

what is too far?What is it?Can someone ask me what is too far

[lemurianchick]

Man, what happened to Ray's Southside Chicaggah ahk-scent? He sounds like he's been in Canadah, or something. He seemed to say ABOOT, LOL

[SuperIMpulsiV]

The best scene is this: 0:11 - 0:20 ! :D

[i3l00dl1n3]

lol wow i guess Jim is the Wild Child

[luisserasgirl1]

Jim is innocent

He always was i mean sure he was wild guy and did some drugs but he's a innocent man but come on you can't be a rock star and not just go wild when all those people are cheering you on You Gotta Scream and Howl for the crowd and he was just saying that he didnt like what he got they can't just automatically arrest someone cause they tell what they feel that cop was a total douche bag! 

[lu5do]

where is this interview from?

[Wonka275]

@lu5do Classic Albums on VH1C

[pigletized]

It's the same today, always will be in rock n' roll. It's part of it. It's part of being real and good.

[Finnstudios]

Ray is Awesome, but still for instulting the pussy new haven police?, I live in MA and i feel ashamed that New England Cops Did THAT TO JIM MORRISON WTF!!!!

[iloveduchess]

@Finnstudios imagine how i feel being from connecticut.

[Bodomterror696969]

@iloveduchess either a fuckin idiot or a fuckin idiot

[mazyrun09]

yeah , Ray is a straight gory-teller ....Long Live The Doors !

[sic82]

Fuck the pigs.

[mustangTNT]

So much for FREEDOM OF SPEECH in America!!!

[oakland3496]

I've seen the Doors live and yeah, they're great. Saw them in Hollywood live back in the day when they were just starting out. Ok, Ray's a great bullshitter. But you're hearing HIS version of events as told from HIS perspective, and there's a fair amount of artistic bullshit thrown in for effect. He's an entertainer. Jim was a great entertainer....but he's dead now as a result of being a stupid person. I had hair down to my ass in those days and I never had any run-ins with the cops.

[bottom62]

@oakland3496 your profile says that you are 50,so that would make you 11yrs. old when he died?

[oakland3496]

@bottom62 ......no, it would make me 16. Profile is bullshit.

[pigletized]

@oakland3496 You are so right!

[caioenzo]

Fuck the police, man.

[oakland3496]

@caioenzo Fuck your whore mother while you're at it. Ya know what? Show some balls and walk up to The Man and tell HIM....FUCK THE POLICE. Ya cunt. Ya can't do it!!

[caioenzo]

@oakland3496 of course i cant, i like all my teeth in their places!!!

There is no pussy ass pepper spray where i live, they would break me down to pieces.

Now, how old are you? You really saw The Doors live back in the day? You're fucking awesome, man ;D

i wish i had this luck.

[oakland3496]

@caioenzo ....if you said fuck the pigs as a spontaneous unthinking remark, I'll let it go. If you said it because you meant it, and that's your mindset, then my original reply stands. Yes, I saw them live. Shows were much cheaper than and not such a racket. I think the ticket was $6.50. I'll see Tom Petty and ZZ Top this weekend, and the tickets ran me $430.00 apiece.

[doubleBdasher]

he has a lot of charisma! when i realize that this guy spent years of his life with jim morrison he seems like a prophet to me

[kevinnn1591]

A little blue pig:)

[CindyVision]

Manzarek reminds me of Bill Kurtis, of A&E fame.

[noobpowner901]

We all have to agree with Jim, here. Why should a famous person not get maced? Sounds like a slave owner saying that only slaves and blacks are treated harshly. It makes me wanna tell everybody that they're slaves..oh wait

[tombo820]

ty for posting, great stuff. God bless you!

[ikosabre]

Yeah! Go Jim

[MrDcstevo]

If i was Morrison before the cops get close to me i would jump to the crowd and surf the crowd

[mikesis42]

Could listen to this man speak as long as he wanted!!!

[RogerMurdock]

@mikesis42 I'm with you man - as long as he wants

[andrefreakincreator]

You see? This is living. To always have a good episode to tell.

[ChickenNoodle357]

lol. This is a very 'Censored' example of Jims dialogue when speaking to the cop. lmao.

[melloyelo54]

what a dirty corrupt scumbag cop. JIm was only telling the truth.

[Tatacocodrino]

I remember, I was in front of Jim.

[valhala56]

This is F@#king Great! My has our society turned around. Now people want a Police State!

[MontgomeryShrapp]

HI! THIS IS MONTGOMERY SHRAPP! HAVE A LOOK ON OUR SONG "JIM" (DEDICATED TO JIM MORRISON&THE DOORS)!

[lovetaylorlautner100]

that has to be the worst arrest ever, i feel bad for jim! like ugh im pissed, fucking cops just jealous cause he doesnt get the girls:)

[loveandhaight67]

Ray seems like such a cool guy to talk to. Really, really wanna meet him.

[Amioran]

@ilamasarus1 on what biography did you read that idiocy? Everybody knows how the story really did go. It is written everywhere. The warning of what? What the hell are you talking about? A) You don't tell people that they cannot stay here or there BEFORE knowing why they are there. B) Having a suit doesn't give the right to treat the others as inferiors, C) the policeman later excused saying he didn't knew he was famous. That's like saying: oh sorry, you have money, I close an eye.

[llamasarus1]

I read his biography. Jim din't get maced because he was makin out with a girl (that is what he did). He got maced for not listening to the warning and calling the cop a motherfucker and an asshole. He just flat out hates the cops.

[JoanRudith]

My Mommy was at that concert! LOL. I always heard about that!

[lupedro77]

@JoanRudith COOL! :)

[queefbreeze]

I got thrown out of high school for masterbating into a bucket of cool whip

[Nigelxman]

@queefbreeze Bummer that there's no video for that.

[ChillTime240]

@queefbreeze wtf

[blastingcaps]

@queefbreeze good work.

[scrambledpenis]

@queefbreeze your a fucking idiot!

[Nazteh]

@queefbreeze You're not Jim Morrison though. So its not that cool.

[RaghavnairMr]

@queefbreeze  dude i owe you....

[Koopaking96]

@queefbreeze LOLOLOLOL

[Jazzmodom]

@Koopaking96 laugh out loud laugh out loud laugh out loud

[jmelisabetty]

voleva molto bene a jim.....

[eightysworst]

I really think that Ray Manzarek wanted to play his little instrument and be famous. Robby Krieger was like yeah alright, I can dig. I'll follow you. John Densmore wasn't that smart, or just maybe really shy. Okay guys, I'll just play the drums and we'll all be friends. Jim Morrison was like, I am a poet. I am something. The Industry was like hey you're pretty, you are now a sex idol. Now... you can't fade out, so just be reckless, be you. Jim died, but Ray picks up the pieces and profits???

[AllKindsaGirls]

@eightysworst hey dumbass. maybe he's just telling jims story because jim isn't around to tell it.

[eightysworst]

@AllKindsaGirls hey asslicker. maybe you are an idiot. ever think of that? no you haven't. because you are an inbecile. go pick fights in real life you little pussy.

[AllKindsaGirls]

@eightysworst It's just ignorant to make the assumption that he's hungry for money. yes, he's probably getting paid for all these interviews. but hell they're just trying to get some of these great stories out to the people, they probably felt like they had to pay him. who knows maybe i'm wrong. maybe he is a money hungry goblin? i wouldn't know, and unless you got any proof of your accusation it's not even worth saying.

[MERCURHILLMANIAC]

I GOT THROWN OUT OF HIGHSCHOOL FOR INCITING A RIOT ...IT WAS A GREAT FEELING ..INCITING THE RIOT THAT IS..GETTIN THROWN OUT OF SOMEWHERE I DIDNT WANT TO BE FELT PRETTY GOOD TOO...AH THE 70S.

[TheGrownUpAdult]

I saw a reanactment of this in a movie about the Doors. I was totally with Jim haha. But though i wish he would've laid down the whiskey and LSD. It was a very scary movie.

[carlosperezvidal]

jim had the right to sing what he wanted freeeeedom of fucking spech god bless america

[Aguz25]

Ray is the coolest old man ever. You can feel his eternal 60's young soul in every word and move. And he aged very well!!

[14721mark]

Best Keyboardist of All Time.

[Huzzyful]

Ray will always be THE MAN!

[55Diddley]

Only Jim and Ray can tell a story using only a keyboard and voice and make it sound so fucking cool.

[kurtkords]

GR8 Interview, and as Ray is saying here, in other words "Justice is blind"

[thot4]

@kurtkords Yeah. Blinded by mace.

[cmskid20]

Ray Manzerek is my hero

[Paneeks1960]

He must have told the most amazing stories to his children at bedtime. Just imagine being his kid and having dad playing the portable Casio and telling you a Morrison memory right before you lay down to sleep at night? That true rock and roll.

[BombsOnTrees]

back door man fuck yes

[ifuliki]

If u start throwing these cretins off the police force the first time they abuse their power, then publicise it in the newsopapers and on TV, it would serve as an example or a warning to the others. KEEP THE GOOD ONES AND WEED OUT THE BADDIES. The police forces attract the wrong kind of man and wes should be very strict in our attitude to police Malfeasance. THAT IS THE ANSWER.

Aled

[3443bh]

Gotta love this interview! Great video, thanks 4 sharing.

[myfriendsdeleteme]

morrison getting arrested for telling a story of getting mazed is a violation of freedom of speech

fuck captain kelly

[Zzsmile]

everyone knows the pigs like to throw their authority around...Thanks for the story Ray.

[sammmiii13]

I really like Manzarek.

It just amazes me how mental those cops were back then. Wow, unbelievable!

[hazor777]

@sammmiii13 : uhh...then? how bout now? they're worse now!

[sammmiii13]

@hazor777 yeah but in australia we dont get sprayed in the face with mace haha.

It's just their mentality is odd. OH its a hippie! spray them!

[pkbreakers]

@sammmiii13 lmaoo cops are the exact same fucking way now.

[acent2112]

Arrest that man!! That guy playing the piano got away?? This is an outrage!

Legalize MARIJUANA ALREADY!

[TheWhoLive73]

I love Manzarek awesom musician.

[Aguz25]

Morrison & Raymond....really special, classy and superb guys. Ray is a living legend.

[blood666fall]

Eccentric.......

[szqsk8]

F-ing bullshit man!  What about Jim's right to free speech? I'm glad I (1) don't live in New Haven, and (2) that I came of age in the 70s. The 60s were damn freaky!!!!

[bluegrassman776]

80 percent of cops these days are pigs, and love to hurt people or worst , thats the truth and no one wants to believie it. now 20 30 years old their was more good cops but their will always be bad cops.

[bawoman]

Ray is so cool.

[TheBrownTies]

what a great story teller. amazing

[LinkBulletBill]

The little blue pigs! Ohh that got them!

lol

[rockking05]

how old was the girl that jim was making out with

[hangmanneal]

my friend just met him on the train!!!!!

[mysmilingskull]

I really liked the way he explained this, its right on no BS xD.

[JJFrancio6314]

Ray is such an entertaining man !

[theburningpunks]

FUCK THE POLICE from poland

[1122denisefan]

rays great

[JuggaloCarl]

FUCK THE POLICE!!!

[Sawampbilly40]

There's a story about Ray in "The Dirt" by the members of Motley Crue. While they were recording the shout at the devil album, Ray would come in their studio and drink all their booze then bolt.Mooch?

[freddiebarry93]

hah. ray manzarek is awesome

[BobReidy]

I love interviews with Ray.He is hillarious.

[roflcopter2225]

wow

[szqsk8]

We also vote them out too. I was in grade school in the later 1960s and had no clue any of this stuff was even happening. Where we the lawyers for the Doors? They got totally screwed by the local fuzz - not that Jimbo didn't own some of this with his behavior. Still, the Supreme Court says it's freedom of expression to burn our beloved flag but the Doors got shoved off stage for some bad language? WTF?

[szqsk8]

What about free speech? What about Jim's rights? Makes you wonder what the kids of New Haven put up with daily from the fuzz, especially the 'long hairs'.

[crazyhorse99999]

Yes, what about free speech that We The People are supposed to be guaranteed under the Constitution? Haven't you noticed they keep taking it away, twisting it around, and telling us when, where, and how WE can use it? Mark these words, There will come a day when we don't have any free speech any more or any Constitution. The ironic part is WE vote THEM in!!!!!

[TheBaphomet89]

Ray is a great storyteller!

[DLROG89]

i was ROFL the whole time i was watchin this

[RogerRabbit94]

this part in the movie makes jim look like an ass. and the movie makes all the band members look like they dont like him. but rigght here ray supports it

[NaNaTea5463]

Jim was an incredible person with incredible personality....wish i could've met him. one of the greats

[EliLevac]

Ray you're so great man

[theBoxOfRain]

can you actually arrest someone for like saying something?

[popupwool2]

Thanks ray for telling it how it is...was.

[donnasking]

excessive alchohol consumption destroys cardiac muscle and eventually will decrease your ejection fraction placing you at significant cardiac compromise. Lesson... Dont drink excessively. It just destroys your cardiac contractility. This is what happened to Morrison along with a probable gi bleed from esophageal or gastric erosion.

Lif e is so much better taken straight.

What a wasted life.

[love1401]

"what a wasted life"?? are you for real ? Jim did a lot for being 27yrs old ! I don't think he wasted a damn thing.. he made the most of it!

[donnasking]

He died too soon. He was wreckless with his health. Yes, 3/4 of his life was wasted to death. That is very sad

I do have respect for the gorgeous and creative man that he was. I also enjoy his music but that guy had some serious personal , emotional issues.

I dont know his parents but I suspect that they did some significant things wrong for Jim to have felt and behaved the way he did. I know they are deceased now. Too bad they couldnt mend. I suspect that this was the root of Jim's problems.

[llamalax117]

yesh he had issues. but everyone does. i mean who cares. he had a magnificat soul. personally i think the world would be so much better if more people were like jim. Not saying we should all trip on acid and do drugs but i say we should love more and not be selfish

[Rafterman123]

Live fast, die young.... Live slow, die old. It's a trade-off most of the time.

[andrew18651]

he did more in 27 years then most people woul din a hundred years

[Coreythecheese]

@donnasking recreation in moderation is a great way to live.

A great way to bring about spiritual realisation, fun, emotion, confusion, situations that let you know you're alive and much more. indulgence to the point of compulsion renders you a slave, but recreational indulgence is beautiful

[NickB1967]

@donnasking: Heroin was what killed him, but the hard drinking didn't help.

[sochmo]

Where is this video from? Ray Manzerek is a great story teller.

[delmar3skate]

indeed

[Wonka275]

@sochmo this is on VH1 Classic Albums about their 1st album

[cvjucla3]

Manzarek is one of the best storytellers that has ever lived.

[unclemeat2u]

Yeah, ErikD71,

complaining about getting maced by cop for no good reason is "starting a Morrison religion."

You're such a Herbert.

[ErikD71]

Now let us pray, please turn to

Morrison 9 verse 10, and here he says

" DEAD CATS DEAD RATS, THINK YOUR AN ARISTOCRAT, CRAP THATS CRAP ". Its a new religion, The Doors are the religion of the liberals. They freed us.

Amen.