Iconic '60s Rockers Have Fans Saying They'd 'Give a Kidney' to See Them Reunite

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Iconic '60s Rockers Have Fans Saying They'd 'Give a Kidney' to See Them Reunite originally appeared on Parade.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the groundbreaking rock band the Doors — and the group's two surviving members are just as determined as ever to keep the music alive for their legions of devoted fans.

In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning shared on TikTok this week, guitarist Robby Krieger, 79, and drummer John Densmore, 80, opened up about why they're still performing the same legendary tunes all these decades later. (Krieger has been playing a Doors album in its entirety every month at West Hollywood’s Whisky a Go Go — where the band got their start —since March, and Densmore recently sat in on drums.)

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"These two geezers are still breathing," Densmore said in the clip, gesturing at himself and Krieger. "Keith [Richards] and Mick [Jagger] are 80 and they're out there pumping. There's other roads," he added, with Krieger agreeing, "We're still here."

Commenters couldn't get over the idea of seeing the duo perform together, with one admitting, "I would give a kidney to see both of these legends live."

"It just doesn't get any better than this," another fan agreed, with somebody declaring, "There would be NO Doors without these 2 goats. Give them their flowers! Legends."

"Couldn't be more cool than Robbie and John. keep the Doors alive," added someone else.

In an interview with Variety earlier this year, Densmore reflected on why the music of the Doors has lasted for generations.

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“People ask me all the time why teens and millennials are interested in our dinosaur band. Maybe it’s the drums,” he said. “My roots are in playing jazz, so there’s that swing."

"The Doors had a genius songwriter who always improvised," Densmore continued, referring to the late Jim Morrison.

"He was no musician, so to remember the words, he had to invent incredible melodies — and I knew how to improvise behind him. I respond to melodies, intuitively. I think listeners respond to immediacy. And the songs. I can remember Jim singing ‘Crystal Ship’ for us...that’s a complex melody to go with complicated poetry like that. And he just thought all that up on the spot.”

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Iconic '60s Rockers Have Fans Saying They'd 'Give a Kidney' to See Them Reunite first appeared on Parade on Jun 27, 2025

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