So many birds in that part of LA. Im a big doors fan, got to see them when i was a kid . Jim Morrison is,was the best rock star in my opinion always Loved the music. Great Songs.
Not sure JM was from this planet...his soul seem conflicted in his incarnation here as a poet, rock star! He did not seem at all fearful of his mortality and was mystical in his "expanded consciousness", what he came here with and what the hallucinogens opened up for him. Kind of like an Indigo child, he left his mark and opened the minds of many in his unique way. After all, many years later, we are enthralled by his life. I believe in one of your great episodes the quote (i'm paraphrasing) "I'm much less afraid of death than I am living. It is much harder to live a life than it is to die".....that is another orbit of perception. Without question, JM broke through to the other side. Earth can be a hard gig. Thanks for sharing your awesome productions.
The Health Edge, totally agree with what you commented here, so many people are making fun of people like us because they have not attained any life wisdom yet. They yet need to go through some life hoops to even start connecting the dots. They are still swimming in the shallow waters, wait until they start drowning.
You my friend are doing a great job with these videos. I hope one day if you have time you can do San Francisco during the late 60's. The music scene. The artists. The summer of love. The haight. The downfall from the love scene into hardcore drugs. Great videos. Much appreciated. 👍🇬🇧
Mr Mojo rising.....well I woke up this morning and got myself a beer...the futures uncertain and the end is always near......kinda says it all...the doors visionaries surfing on the tallest waves....great series man. loved them all..brilliant analysis
@@memoryfield I loved the way you looked for the human touch in this series..you tuned into the neuances of the psyche..not just with Jim but with Cass Elliot and Frank Zepps too..it seems the creative spark within is a reflection of all aspects of being..the shadow self needs also to be recognised as an essential part of creation.. Ying and Yang. light and dark..we can't have one without the other...i think Jim in particular struggled with the balance...id recommend the book...no one here gets out alive. about the doors..." if the doors of perception were fully open..we wiuld see ourselves as we truly are..timless magnificent unique beings "..William Blake...im definstely planning a trip to laurel canyon. ..thanks again wonderful series...From freezing Ireland....lol
Dude, I’m of the same opinion. Jim Morrison was *the* greatest frontman in rock n’roll history bar none. He had the perfect combination of elements that you’d want from a frontman.
Yep, I've felt that way since I came of age in the 80's and discovered them when I was about 14. I wouldn't want to end up the way Jim did, but I can certainly appreciate the legacy that he left us.
Thank you for offering a thoughtful considerate look at his life …. as a boomer his music certainly defined my life especially back in Malibu summer of ‘74 … I have refused to see Oliver Stone’s movie and thanks for affirming why I never should … as I have worked through my shadow sides, I especially appreciate the raw honesty of his lyrics and music … may he & Pamela RIP
Stone always tries to go "over the top" in his movies about famous people...In an interview concerning criticism of his JFK movie, he admitted that he felt it was OK to throw most every conspiracy theory against the wall, to grab people's attention, and make them think.
Well done! Clearly, Morrison is your man crush....lol. Trust me I get his unreal talents but in looking at all of the talent you have covered in this tremendous series I am reluctant to ever assign the title "greatest" to anyone. There are simply too many variables!
I've read many books about the life of Jim Morrison, including the latest book that was written by bandmate Robby Krieger called "Set the Night on Fire". Right from the get go, I loved The Doors...especially Jim Morrison! Whenever I hear that familiar keyboard rift to "Riders on the Storm", it takes me back to my junior year in high school. And when I hear "The End", I'm reminded of the movie "Apocalypse Now". I was in 7th grade when The Doors performed the now infamous "Light My Fire" on the Ed Sullivan Show. It was years later that I became aware of what Jim had done and that he was never invited back to perform ever again. I always had the feeling, though, that at some point he would eventually self-destruct and I agree with you that when he went to Paris, I don't think that he ever intended on coming back. "L.A. Woman" will remain one of my all time favorite Doors albums. Ah...what might have been. A bright star that was extinguished much too soon.
Yeah, I need to get that latest one by Robby Krieger. A lot of the information I used for these videos came from the book Riders on the Storm by John Densmore. I tried to stay away from the one by Danny Sugarman because, although I have read it, I have also heard that much of it has been shown to be embellished for shock value.
It's a great book. I 'listened' to it here on YT. That one commenter has to remember that when told they would not be invited back to Sullivan Jim said "So what. We just played Sullivan". LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹
Like Jim, my family moved around a lot because my father was in the military as a career. By the time I graduated high school (an American school in Germany, which was as bizarre as it sounds) we had moved 10 times. What this did to me was it made me not want to get too close to people, because no sooner had I made close friends, we were moving again. And I don’t mean moving from Texas to Oklahoma, I mean moving from Virginia to Japan. Even worse was falling in love and sating, I had my heart shattered too many times. My solution was smoking pot in high school and college, which was A LOT of fun, and had no negative effects on my life (thankfully I never got arrested). So I understood why Jim began drinking, unfortunately alcoholism was in his family, so he was unknowingly playing with a revolver that had 5 bullets in it. His attempts to stop drinking prove that he was aware he had a problem, but that combined with the prison of fame was likely all too much to deal with any longer.
Hey Mike, thank you so much for sharing all of your personal comments and your insight. Jim was a tragic and a sad story that ended before any of it could be corrected or made any better. He may have wanted to, but his demons just got the better of him at the very end. Very unfortunate.
My dad was a journalist and moved us roughly every two years until I was 12. It had a similar effect on me to what you describe. I have friends, but have had no long-lasting love affairs.
I’ve always felt sad for Jim Morrison. To me he was a perfect example of “Be careful of what you dream” and/or ask for. Great songs great band. I agree with you and his rock star image! I also place Bon Scott of AC/DC in that rarified place. My favorite Doors song is L’America.🎶 once again thanks for this video series….love,love, love it man!
That level of stardom would be difficult for just about anyone to handle. Throw in the added difficulty of having a propensity for alcohol and/or drugs and it all just becomes a ticking time bomb. B. Jones, Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison, Parsons, Cobain, Winehouse, etc. etc. The list goes on and on.
I remember sitting in my friend's room listening to The Doors. I thank my friend for putting me on to this beautiful band. I've read quotes by Jim Morrison, truly a poet, a poet with a huge heart. I didn't approve of the movie, it was irresponsible to put out a movie like that when Jim wasn't even with us anymore, it was poorly done. "Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws" Jim Morrison. Truly a sad loss, Memory Eternal.
Yeah, I definitely hear you on all of that. Bad movie about a great poet and vocalist who deserved better than that. Thank you for your comments. Much appreciated!
I think that Jim was both...gentle and wild. He was wild when he needed to be (on stage mostly), but in reality he was really a gentle and kind person that had some problems. I loved The Doors music. I am really enjoying this series of videos! This is part 1 of episode 8. Is there going to be a part 2?
Very much agreed. He was also shy and found it difficult to make lasting friendships. And yes, more to come. John Lennon, Cass Elliot, etc. Thanks for your comments! :)
In every alcoholic there lives two people and Jim was no different. Combine that with youth, money, fame and an endless number of "yes" people and what comes out are LA rockstars.......we still see it today!
If greatest equates with mysterious then yes, Jim was the super rock star of all time. I lived two blocks away from where the Doors practiced in the early Sixties. The Little Store garage off of Rosecrans in Manhattan Beach.
All your episodes should be on Netflix in the entiere world ! It's fantastic ! Have you seen "The Castle" where Arthur Lee and Love lived ? They made a song on their second album.
Haha, thanks! Yes, I have seen the castle up in Beachwood Canyon, used to be called the Madge Bellamy Estate, where the band Love used to live and I believe it was a run down old junky place that they only had to pay the property tax for and they used it as a party house 7 nights a week. Allegedly Jim Morrison punched guitarist Bryan Maclean in the face next to the pool and was asked to leave.
Yes, Jim also had a thing for Topanga especially in the 1969-70-ish years. I'm pretty sure Roadhouse Blues was written about driving up and down that canyon road.
I agree, Jim Morrison was one of the best in poetry , singing and rock'n the stage. So it is hard not to over patronize him. There are tens of thousands of comments on how he might have died, what more he would have done had he lived and how he faked his death. I had a chance to go to a Doors concert years ago , but wasn't with ''the in crowd'' enough back then. To this day , to me, he had the most charisma and best baritone singing voice !
I get what you are saying, sir, but I have a very soft side when it comes to Jim. Nobody is perfect in this world, and we all have dark sides to ourselves. Deep down, I know he had a good, sensitive side to him, and that he, also, had some deep issues that he was dealing with nobody knew about. Jim was hurting too much, dis not know how to deal with that and probably was acting out from his own suffering. On the other hand, I love 💕 your informative, beautiful videos.
Thank you so much for your very nice comments. Agreed on all of that about Jim. He supposedly had a very lonely childhood and the family moved around constantly from state to state.
For me as an absolute DOORS FAN this series has brought back a lot of memories "Thanks Billy" great storylines, camera work, and it shows you have a passion for the subjects you cover which puts it at the top of my RUclips channels, great work! As a Doors fan I'm asked what I thought of the Oliver Stone Doors movie ALOT ! So here it goes. I am actually glad that it exists and personally sort of like it as a fantasy film ...yeah I know it is highly inaccurate, portrays Jim as a stooge at times etc. But as a true fan I know better. I like this film because it gave a new generation of mostly Gen X exposure to this amazing band that they may have otherwise ignored. It kind of gave the brighter parts of the new audience basic keys to dive deeper and unlock doors not yet discovered. I did get to ask Robby Krieger about the 91 film and he did say ' it was a great video' and liked it but that was in 95 or so. Of course John and Robby were actually in the movie with cameo appearances I also asked Ray the same question and he said the movie was a "Stone Cold Turkey" ..sounded pretty negative! ...Could it have been better ? Absolutely YES . But through the lens of 1991 I think it was par for the course.
About all I can say about the Oliver Stone movie is that it helped me become re-interested in the music of The Doors as a person in my early 20's who only thought of them at that time as a band that went away before I came of age. But as I got a bit older and learned more about the actual REAL Jim Morrison and the true story of the band I came to dislike the movie as I returned and watched it again. It was entertaining for me at first but then I began to resent how simplistically Jim was being portrayed in the film as a selfish, violent drunk. He was way too smart and way too complicated to be portrayed accurately in just a few hours in a Hollywood adaptation. As far as I'm concerned, Jim is a defining figure in the history of popular music of the 20th Century and he also transcends just the mere "rock star" of the era. We'll still be talking about him decades from now. Jim Morrison's legacy will stand the test of time. The movie will eventually just be forgotten as an unimportant footnote.
@@memoryfield It's been a few ice cream seasons since I saw the Stone movie. More or less to reminess the 90s. I will say I appreciate the time and effort in not only creating a class A production but actively participating in deep dialog with your viewers. Thanks Billy
@@memoryfield I met Ray in a small mountain town between LA and Death Valley while pumping gas at a convenience store.......I was a bit surprised by how tall he was and he was in no mood to have a chat but was nice enough. I later read an interview where he said his mom (I think he said his mom) owned a convenience store and I have often wondered if that was her store! hahahaha! I also know a guy that sold Ray an old Fender keyboard bass without knowing it was Ray until they actually met for the transaction! What a shock it was for my friend!
They apparentlyvall hung out at Olivia's soul food restaurant in Venice Beach, after performances in LA. How long this happened is something I know nothing about. But it was fascinating to me to realize that all those people knew each other. I doubt that they hung out beyond that gathering place. But it's understandable that they might have wanted to compare notes about being the people of this music movement at that time, and there might have been other reasons to be together and talk about stuff.
That is where he started eyeing Linda Ronstadt up....I still wonder if they wrote it about her...later on down the line Linda called the police on him...lol..
Makes you wonder if anything written about this man is a fact. I had heard way before Oliver stones movie stories about him. I guess sometimes the myths are bigger than the mortal man with no regard to human frailty. Btw, love all the laurel canyon musicians and artists from this time period. Joni Mitchell is so haunting and poetic.
Did you ever read Patricia Kennealy’s book? She claimed to be Jim’s wife (the witch in the Oliver Stone Doors movie). She portrays him as really very cruel at times, but inexplicably started using his surname in the 1990’s, referring to herself as his widow, and claimed to have never loved another man. She died in 2021 at the age of 75.
......I believe it was summed up by his reply to Ed Sullivan,when Ed said" you'll never do this show again" because the doors performed "light my fire" with the words Ed told the band to leave out.....and Jim said, something to the effect of,"it didn't matter,we already did it once"... That would make sense to what Morrison was thinking when he walked away from the doors and America....
My older brother was an alcoholic as was my father. If you ask the people who knew them (I never knew my father but have talked to cousins who did) they would tell you they were two people. One who, when sober, were kind funny people. The other drunk versions of them were mean selfish bastards. The same could be said about Jim and Janice to some extent. By God's grace I was able to overcome my own alcoholism. I think because of my personality I was never a mean drunk. Jim an Janice represented the best and worst of thier times. From afar, I loved them both. Excellent series! ALL biographies have "errors" in them. Heck, my own family can't agree when reflecting back on our own lives let alone someone else's.
Thanks for sharing, Andy. Glad to hear that you have managed to get yourself back on track. Many people just never do. And then it ends, usually in a very unhappy way. And yes, I have since learned of many of my errors in my research but whatever, I did my best. LOL. And I had fun doing it too. Thanks for watching! :)
FYI...Janis was a heroin user too!...That Southern Comfort thing, was just a ruse, to cover up her serious drug problems...People on this comment section need to do more homework!
@@curbozerboomer1773you are correct sir but I never said she wasn't addicted to heroin. She started drinking in high school and was an alcoholic until she died. She also got addicted to uppers and went back home from SF early on when she failed to get her career going at first. She succeeded, but heroin and southern comfort got her in the end. Pretty much everyone I knew in high school started drinking (less illegal than drugs) first. However, my own first high was from downers. Of the people I knew who did heroin they started drinking first and never stopped. 2 eventually died from OD's. Maybe, just coincidence?
Another great video! By what has been written by those who knew him, Jim Morrison's IQ was 149 or 150. Still very high. Though there seems to have been a great deal of importance placed on IQs in the mid-century, I would have to question the measurement methods at the time. Nevertheless, I think it was fairly obvious that Jim's IQ was very high. He marched to his own drummer, didn't really suffer fools, was not a big 'joiner', and seemed to have uncovered some profound truth in life, as evidenced through his poetry. Thanks again for an awesome video!
I lived through the sixties, and was only a few years younger than Morrison...I do not remember my ever knowing my own IQ, and never understood as to why anyone would really care about that number...I never have met anyone who took a specialized test to determine what their IQ was!...I think our host was purely speculating about that.
I'm always a little skeptical of celebs with supposed high IQs. The now old time movie star Jayne Mansfield was said to have a high IQ, something in the range of 150 or 160. But exactly when or where her IQ test took place was never made clear. Not to dis Morrison, but he could have had an average or somewhat above average IQ and still have done what he did with the addition of a special talent. And yeah, back in the day IQ tests might have been lacking in total accuracy.
Everyone knows Ray was a pompous pretentious odd bird too. However Oliver Stone did a fine job just like you. Oliver was right about JFK. When that came out people criticized it, now he's having the last laugh. Anyway, you are amazing. Thanks !
Thoughtful words, Billy. I think there would have been more to come from Jim, if his health had improved. I believe he OD'd accidentally. He was quite a remarkable singer. Strangely, although his father was proud of his success and fame, he never understood his appeal musically or even just vocally, in one interview I watched. As for the Oliver Stone film, well I wasn't there, but nor were the other band members at least half the time. And of course, neither was Stone. It wasn't just Jim that made the Doors so interesting though. Ray Manzarek's moody keyboards, the absence of a bass player, John Densmore's dramatic drum fills against Jim's mesmerising voice and Robby Krieger's edgy guitar made for a unique blend that has never been duplicated and is just as listenable today as it ever was. But without that vocal touchstone, further success without Jim was not to be. A pity.
True story---I was in the Navy, at my desk job in San diego, when I heard about Jim's death...well, his dad was a big-shot Naval Officer, who was a friend of the big-shot Naval Officer I worked directly for...so I mentioned Morrison's death to my dude...he said--Yeah, I heard about that, it is such an embarrassment to that fine Naval family! That illustrates the cultural divide that existed between generations, back in that time.
I really wonder how bad that Miami business could have been. Wrong time wrong place I imagine mostly. I saw The Damned and The Cramps when I was 14 or 15 and both Captain Sensible and Lux Interior stripped completely.
Of course, the biggest problem with coming back to LA was that he was facing 6 months of jail time and had already been convicted and sentenced (appealed). In France he was being sheltered from extradition back to the US.
@@memoryfield Could non-extradition apply only to those who are citizens of France? I think Roman Polanski is a citizen of France and may be the reason he can't be extradited.
@@uhdudewhy7980 that is true, although i know someone who is a non-American, went to her native country, and her own country had extradited her back to America even though they never had extradition treaty. Money talks, forget the laws 😂
That pic of him crashed out by the drums reminds me of The Cheetah one nite when he couldn’t finish the concert and pass out behind the drums. Backstage you could smell the booze from feet away. It was sad.
@@memoryfield And the local band The Hamilton Streetcar. They opened for The Doors on many occasions when I was dating one of the guys in the band in 67. Lee was always around, I saw the Doors a lot (Cheetah, Las Vegas ect.) that year.
John Densmore said that shortly before his death, Jim Morrison called him from Paris to find out how L.A. Woman was doing, then said to John something along the lines that when he returned from Paris he thought they could do a Blues album. The Doors went on to record a couple more albums without Jim Morrison but they were pretty much soulless songs that lacked the charisma and depth of their six previous studio albums (not including American Prayer which though recorded as just spoken poetry was overdubbed with music by the remaining Doors in the later half of the 70's. Wanna say 76 or 7.) As the two albums sans Jim were not well received, the Doors broke up. Each went on to other projects but never attained the level of success they enjoyed in the Doors.
Right on. Jim was the spark, and without him it seems like The Doors just weren't going to be able to recreate all the magic. I still give them immense credit for the music they all created and the ability to deal with Jim's antics and unpredictable behavior. I've been in bands with some very difficult people, and I have to say that it was not very enjoyable at times trying to keep it all together when someone is trying to destroy everyone else's hard work.
I don't think Frank Zappa fit the Laurel Canyon "hippie" image either. He was openly disdainful of flower power stuff, in some of his songs and in interviews. I do not see Zappa or Morrison hitting it off. Frank was a music composer, a true genius in this. Jim was mostly a poet. The other Doors often had to turn Jim's words and fit them to music.
I heard David Crosby in an interview say that he thought Jim Morrison was a masochist because he would start fights with guys much bigger and get his butt kicked at parties he attended with him. I believe that he died from a accidental heroin overdose. Many people have said that Pamela felt guilty about it because it was her stash that he got into. I don't think he was into drugs simply because as an alcoholic you don't need other drugs because booze is so powerful. Unfortunately I know this from first hand experience.
I don't have any knowledge of Crosby or any of his dealings with Morrison so I'll have to take your word on that. And yes, many different theories about how Jim died and the circumstances behind it. I wish I knew.
@@memoryfield actually the crosby comment on Morrison I read in a printed interview so it might not be accurate. But kind of sounds like something he would say. Some people don't like david Crosby but I find him down to earth and to the point. He doesn't seem to care who's toes he steps on and I like that.
I think it's more like he was just resigned that he was going to get his ass kicked, by "bigger" guys, and that way, he at least got to draw the line, himself. It made it more on his terms than otherwise.
@@memoryfield Maybe you have read the two very interesting books that the late Danny Sugarman-Jim's hand-picked special assistant, wrote...Sugarman is very revealing about his own bouts with drugs, including heroin...that nasty drug was becoming very rampant, particularly in the early to mid-70s, when Sugarman was heavily involved..his book " Wonderland Avenue", covers the whole sordid scene at that time.
I thought the heart attack was a cover up story and that Jim had overdosed on heroin, as did Pam a couple years later. As no autopsy was done, we will never have a conclusive answer. I believe the band had fulfilled it's 7 album contract with Elektra Records with the release of LA Woman so there was no obligation for Jim to return for recording. Except for his court appearance for the Miami case which was under appeal he was finally free.
That is where the real issue lies. To be internationally famous and on top of the world once, regardless of the contract being expired, a person can never EVER go back to their private/old life again. It is literally like a prison. A famous person can check out many times, but can never ever really leave. Listen to the song called "Hotel California" by the Eagles. They sum this up well in the song. Fame is nothing but a trap for human soul.
@@memoryfield odd Jim had such a close friendship with Max Fink. I think it shows how isolated and insulated he became at that time. Fink was known to be a scoundrel.
Great series. I've been listening to some really great Doors bootlegs here on RUclips that are of excellent sound quality. Check 'em out, on a channel called The Doors Collecion. LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹
Whether you like Stone's movie or not it does contain facts about Jim that are 100% true He really did follow Pam home and she really did ditch her boyfriend and hook up with him ( for example) That ease and trust is what I miss the most now. Not the music because music is eternal Not speculation on what music might have been made if any musician who died young might have created. We will always have the music but JFK, Manson, Altamont, all the events in our history that culminated in trump and the normalization of fascism have destroyed the beauty of ease and trust in this country. Ask yourself this, if a guy followed you home right now, climbed up on your porch and tried to woo you would you look at him as Romeo or call the cops? That's what I miss most about the past and that's what I'm thinking about when I still listen to LA Woman.
I was recently looking at Rush Limbaugh's brother and Jim's brother....they look alike. I could only find one pic of Jim's brother. Just sayin'. Rush got the Presidential Medal Of Freedom right before he died....lol....for what exactly?
Rush Limbarf................corrupting millions and millions through the EIB Network.................fitting he gets the highest civil award America has to offer.
Very much agreed on that one. When I saw that movie, 30 years ago, I thought it must have been overblown because if Jim really acted that way all the time I think his band would have lasted about 6 months and they would have imploded.
It's hard to give that to Jim Morrison, when there's Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard. Oh, then there's Freddie Mercury. I seriously doubt Morrison could hold a massive audience in his hand the way Freddie did at Live Aid. I'm not a big fan of any of these guys, but I'd have to go with Freddie.
@ 2:22 when children are "messed with" (MK ULTRA) and are damaged, I would not blame the victim for coping best that they can. Who started the Viet Nam war? When the "Cong Navy" attacked the USN? Who was in charge? naw, just random right?
I have often wondered if Jim Morrison was in fact Homosexual. Maybe it was the repression of his sexuality that was the cause of all his angst. I know he is often gossiped about as a womaniser but that is often the case for an attractive man who is hiding his real feelings. In fact I cannot think of anyone in the music scene from that era who has admitted to being gay, and there must have ben at least a few, so maybe it was something he even had to hide from his peers, It is a very common story for gay men of that era.
Jim was probably not actively a homosexual but rumors have persisted that he secretly flirted with the idea, not with any intentions to actually have sexual relationships with other men, but just to observe anything he perceived as taboo and/or forbidden by societal norms. He was seemingly obsessed with the idea of sexual terror and/or anything dark or secretive. Jim led a strange and interesting life but also one filled with self-doubt and loneliness. I don't believe every single thing I read about him, especially when it comes from a source trying to sell a book or from someone who claims to have "known him better than anyone else", etc. but I know that others have said he would flirt with other gay males but then leave the situation after just toying with them for a while. I think maybe he treated it like it was a funny game. Pamela, on the other hand, didn't find this funny at all and would often accuse him of deviant behavior and when angry she would threaten to tell others of his "secret life".
If Oliver Stone’s intentions were honourable then he made a crap movie of someone I don’t recognise. Personally, I think although there are some familiar events recounted, his Doors movie was a character assassination, maybe for financial reasons.
I think that like just about any Hollywood biopic, he was going to embellish Jim's life no matter what the truth was or wasn't. People are drawn to controversy and sensationalism and that's what makes a big production like that one make the money. Only, in this case, I'm pretty sure this one did not really do all that well and the box office. Not for an Oliver Stone movie, anyway. When I first saw it, I took it all in as if they were telling the truth about him. Then many years later I was like... Hey, wait a minute...
@@memoryfield: I took a g/f and another couple who just about knew Light My Fire. It was such a let down and I’m sure they were thinking “What the heck does DonQ see in this Jim Morrison?”
Such a tragedy that he didn't make it thru that dark phase and get the chance to start a better life, maybe as a poet. Or else stay with The Doors and keep making even better music with them.
If you aren't fully developed as a person by the age of 27 then there is something wrong with you and you never will be "fully developed". Jim Morrison liked to party and he had way too much money and all the opportunities in the world to indulge in excess. It killed him. End of story.
Your belief that Jim was The Greatest Rock Star ever is totally flawed & absurd 😢. Everyone has their own favorite Of course . My opinion also counts & I Truly believe. The Greatest Rock Star Singer/ Frontman. Is Absolutely Without Question Freddy Mercury & Mick Jagger Steven Tyler Robert Plant all make a fool of that dark minded Morrison Cheers 🍻. Thank You So Much for all your great History Lessons. I’ve watched so many in the last 3 days. ❤. Cheers 🥂 from Los Angeles ZoSo 666 The Number of The Beast. Bruce Dickinson Rules 🤘🤘😎
So many birds in that part of LA.
Im a big doors fan, got to see them when i was a kid . Jim
Morrison is,was the best rock star in my opinion always
Loved the music. Great Songs.
Not sure JM was from this planet...his soul seem conflicted in his incarnation here as a poet, rock star! He did not seem at all fearful of his mortality and was mystical in his "expanded consciousness", what he came here with and what the hallucinogens opened up for him. Kind of like an Indigo child, he left his mark and opened the minds of many in his unique way. After all, many years later, we are enthralled by his life. I believe in one of your great episodes the quote (i'm paraphrasing) "I'm much less afraid of death than I am living. It is much harder to live a life than it is to die".....that is another orbit of perception. Without question, JM broke through to the other side. Earth can be a hard gig. Thanks for sharing your awesome productions.
The Health Edge, totally agree with what you commented here, so many people are making fun of people like us because they have not attained any life wisdom yet. They yet need to go through some life hoops to even start connecting the dots. They are still swimming in the shallow waters, wait until they start drowning.
@@Dzanarika1 yes!!
Great series. Thanks for all the time and research.
Thanks for watching! We appreciate your comments.
Great work, please keep them coming. Many thanks from the uk.
Thanks, will do!
As someone who was also born on December 8th 27 years after Jim I know exactly who he was and how we are.. Love your channel thanks!
Wow, thank you!
Me too Jim was
Really the best,
Crazy God of rock ❤
Your endings (let alone your substance) are sterling. 🐦
So glad to hear that. Thank you so much!
You my friend are doing a great job with these videos. I hope one day if you have time you can do San Francisco during the late 60's. The music scene. The artists. The summer of love. The haight. The downfall from the love scene into hardcore drugs. Great videos. Much appreciated. 👍🇬🇧
Thanks! That would be a big project and a lot of fun. I'll start saving my money now for the long trip!
Wherever he is I hope he is happy
Mr Mojo rising.....well I woke up this morning and got myself a beer...the futures uncertain and the end is always near......kinda says it all...the doors visionaries surfing on the tallest waves....great series man. loved them all..brilliant analysis
Thanks so much for your comments and thanks for watching! We love the Doors.
@@memoryfield I loved the way you looked for the human touch in this series..you tuned into the neuances of the psyche..not just with Jim but with Cass Elliot and Frank Zepps too..it seems the creative spark within is a reflection of all aspects of being..the shadow self needs also to be recognised as an essential part of creation.. Ying and Yang. light and dark..we can't have one without the other...i think Jim in particular struggled with the balance...id recommend the book...no one here gets out alive. about the doors..." if the doors of perception were fully open..we wiuld see ourselves as we truly are..timless magnificent unique beings "..William Blake...im definstely planning a trip to laurel canyon. ..thanks again wonderful series...From freezing Ireland....lol
This from Hendrix: "surpirse attack, killed him in his sleep that night"...He was just as obsessed with Death as Morrison was.
Dude, I’m of the same opinion. Jim Morrison was *the* greatest frontman in rock n’roll history bar none. He had the perfect combination of elements that you’d want from a frontman.
Yep, I've felt that way since I came of age in the 80's and discovered them when I was about 14. I wouldn't want to end up the way Jim did, but I can certainly appreciate the legacy that he left us.
Thank you for offering a thoughtful considerate look at his life …. as a boomer his music certainly defined my life especially back in Malibu summer of ‘74 … I have refused to see Oliver Stone’s movie and thanks for affirming why I never should … as I have worked through my shadow sides, I especially appreciate the raw honesty of his lyrics and music … may he & Pamela RIP
Stone always tries to go "over the top" in his movies about famous people...In an interview concerning criticism of his JFK movie, he admitted that he felt it was OK to throw most every conspiracy theory against the wall, to grab people's attention, and make them think.
Another interesting addition thank you! RIP The Lizzard King! ✌
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for coming back!
Well done! Clearly, Morrison is your man crush....lol. Trust me I get his unreal talents but in looking at all of the talent you have covered in this tremendous series I am reluctant to ever assign the title "greatest" to anyone. There are simply too many variables!
I've read many books about the life of Jim Morrison, including the latest book that was written by bandmate Robby Krieger called "Set the Night on Fire". Right from the get go, I loved The Doors...especially Jim Morrison! Whenever I hear that familiar keyboard rift to "Riders on the Storm", it takes me back to my junior year in high school. And when I hear "The End", I'm reminded of the movie "Apocalypse Now". I was in 7th grade when The Doors performed the now infamous "Light My Fire" on the Ed Sullivan Show. It was years later that I became aware of what Jim had done and that he was never invited back to perform ever again. I always had the feeling, though, that at some point he would eventually self-destruct and I agree with you that when he went to Paris, I don't think that he ever intended on coming back. "L.A. Woman" will remain one of my all time favorite Doors albums. Ah...what might have been. A bright star that was extinguished much too soon.
Yeah, I need to get that latest one by Robby Krieger. A lot of the information I used for these videos came from the book Riders on the Storm by John Densmore. I tried to stay away from the one by Danny Sugarman because, although I have read it, I have also heard that much of it has been shown to be embellished for shock value.
It's a great book. I 'listened' to it here on YT. That one commenter has to remember that when told they would not be invited back to Sullivan Jim said "So what. We just played Sullivan".
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Thoughtful. This is great. Thank you.
Billy is very interesting, I like knowing about the music hero's I listened to back in the 70s 80s amazing facts. thanks Billy
Thanks for saying so. Much appreciated and glad you liked the videos!
Another great job. Thanks!
Thanks again!
This is a great series. So evocative
Well thank you for saying that, Kelley. Glad you found us here on RUclips!
Like Jim, my family moved around a lot because my father was in the military as a career. By the time I graduated high school (an American school in Germany, which was as bizarre as it sounds) we had moved 10 times. What this did to me was it made me not want to get too close to people, because no sooner had I made close friends, we were moving again. And I don’t mean moving from Texas to Oklahoma, I mean moving from Virginia to Japan. Even worse was falling in love and sating, I had my heart shattered too many times. My solution was smoking pot in high school and college, which was A LOT of fun, and had no negative effects on my life (thankfully I never got arrested). So I understood why Jim began drinking, unfortunately alcoholism was in his family, so he was unknowingly playing with a revolver that had 5 bullets in it. His attempts to stop drinking prove that he was aware he had a problem, but that combined with the prison of fame was likely all too much to deal with any longer.
Hey Mike, thank you so much for sharing all of your personal comments and your insight. Jim was a tragic and a sad story that ended before any of it could be corrected or made any better. He may have wanted to, but his demons just got the better of him at the very end. Very unfortunate.
My dad was a journalist and moved us roughly every two years until I was 12. It had a similar effect on me to what you describe. I have friends, but have had no long-lasting love affairs.
I’ve always felt sad for Jim Morrison. To me he was a perfect example of “Be careful of what you dream” and/or ask for. Great songs great band. I agree with you and his rock star image! I also place Bon Scott of AC/DC in that rarified place. My favorite Doors song is L’America.🎶 once again thanks for this video series….love,love, love it man!
That level of stardom would be difficult for just about anyone to handle. Throw in the added difficulty of having a propensity for alcohol and/or drugs and it all just becomes a ticking time bomb. B. Jones, Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison, Parsons, Cobain, Winehouse, etc. etc. The list goes on and on.
@@memoryfield Yes,
It can become a messy existence real quickly.
I remember sitting in my friend's room listening to The Doors. I thank my friend for putting me on to this beautiful band. I've read quotes by Jim Morrison, truly a poet, a poet with a huge heart. I didn't approve of the movie, it was irresponsible to put out a movie like that when Jim wasn't even with us anymore, it was poorly done. "Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws" Jim Morrison. Truly a sad loss, Memory Eternal.
Yeah, I definitely hear you on all of that. Bad movie about a great poet and vocalist who deserved better than that. Thank you for your comments. Much appreciated!
Thanks for the video keep em coming.
More to come!
I think that Jim was both...gentle and wild. He was wild when he needed to be (on stage mostly), but in reality he was really a gentle and kind person that had some problems. I loved The Doors music. I am really enjoying this series of videos! This is part 1 of episode 8. Is there going to be a part 2?
Very much agreed. He was also shy and found it difficult to make lasting friendships. And yes, more to come. John Lennon, Cass Elliot, etc. Thanks for your comments! :)
great stuff,thank you brother,we'll done 👏 👏 👏
Much appreciated!
In every alcoholic there lives two people and Jim was no different. Combine that with youth, money, fame and an endless number of "yes" people and what comes out are LA rockstars.......we still see it today!
If greatest equates with mysterious then yes, Jim was the super rock star of all time. I lived two blocks away from where the Doors practiced in the early Sixties. The Little Store garage off of Rosecrans in Manhattan Beach.
All your episodes should be on Netflix in the entiere world ! It's fantastic ! Have you seen "The Castle" where Arthur Lee and Love lived ? They made a song on their second album.
Haha, thanks! Yes, I have seen the castle up in Beachwood Canyon, used to be called the Madge Bellamy Estate, where the band Love used to live and I believe it was a run down old junky place that they only had to pay the property tax for and they used it as a party house 7 nights a week. Allegedly Jim Morrison punched guitarist Bryan Maclean in the face next to the pool and was asked to leave.
Nicely done Billy. I seem to remember Jim was hanging out with Alan Wilson of Canned Heat but maybe that was more in Topanga.
Yes, Jim also had a thing for Topanga especially in the 1969-70-ish years. I'm pretty sure Roadhouse Blues was written about driving up and down that canyon road.
I agree, Jim Morrison was one of the best in poetry , singing and rock'n the stage. So it is hard not to over patronize him. There are tens of thousands of comments on how he might have died, what more he would have done had he lived and how he faked his death. I had a chance to go to a Doors concert years ago , but wasn't with ''the in crowd'' enough back then. To this day , to me, he had the most charisma and best baritone singing voice !
He was one of a kind, that's for sure and I don't think he will ever be forgotten. They'll be talking about him for a very long time.
Jim And Janis Are My Too All Time Favorite Singer's Ever
I get what you are saying, sir, but I have a very soft side when it comes to Jim. Nobody is perfect in this world, and we all have dark sides to ourselves. Deep down, I know he had a good, sensitive side to him, and that he, also, had some deep issues that he was dealing with nobody knew about. Jim was hurting too much, dis not know how to deal with that and probably was acting out from his own suffering. On the other hand, I love 💕 your informative, beautiful videos.
Thank you so much for your very nice comments. Agreed on all of that about Jim. He supposedly had a very lonely childhood and the family moved around constantly from state to state.
For me as an absolute DOORS FAN this series has brought back a lot of memories "Thanks Billy" great storylines, camera work, and it shows you have a passion for the subjects you cover which puts it at the top of my RUclips channels, great work! As a Doors fan I'm asked what I thought of the Oliver Stone Doors movie ALOT ! So here it goes. I am actually glad that it exists and personally sort of like it as a fantasy film ...yeah I know it is highly inaccurate, portrays Jim as a stooge at times etc. But as a true fan I know better. I like this film because it gave a new generation of mostly Gen X exposure to this amazing band that they may have otherwise ignored. It kind of gave the brighter parts of the new audience basic keys to dive deeper and unlock doors not yet discovered. I did get to ask Robby Krieger about the 91 film and he did say ' it was a great video' and liked it but that was in 95 or so. Of course John and Robby were actually in the movie with cameo appearances I also asked Ray the same question and he said the movie was a "Stone Cold Turkey" ..sounded pretty negative! ...Could it have been better ? Absolutely YES . But through the lens of 1991 I think it was par for the course.
About all I can say about the Oliver Stone movie is that it helped me become re-interested in the music of The Doors as a person in my early 20's who only thought of them at that time as a band that went away before I came of age. But as I got a bit older and learned more about the actual REAL Jim Morrison and the true story of the band I came to dislike the movie as I returned and watched it again. It was entertaining for me at first but then I began to resent how simplistically Jim was being portrayed in the film as a selfish, violent drunk. He was way too smart and way too complicated to be portrayed accurately in just a few hours in a Hollywood adaptation. As far as I'm concerned, Jim is a defining figure in the history of popular music of the 20th Century and he also transcends just the mere "rock star" of the era. We'll still be talking about him decades from now. Jim Morrison's legacy will stand the test of time. The movie will eventually just be forgotten as an unimportant footnote.
@@memoryfield It's been a few ice cream seasons since I saw the Stone movie. More or less to reminess the 90s. I will say I appreciate the time and effort in not only creating a class A production but actively participating in deep dialog with your viewers. Thanks Billy
You're very welcome. I actually enjoy all of this. :)
@@memoryfield I met Ray in a small mountain town between LA and Death Valley while pumping gas at a convenience store.......I was a bit surprised by how tall he was and he was in no mood to have a chat but was nice enough. I later read an interview where he said his mom (I think he said his mom) owned a convenience store and I have often wondered if that was her store! hahahaha! I also know a guy that sold Ray an old Fender keyboard bass without knowing it was Ray until they actually met for the transaction! What a shock it was for my friend!
I think Jim saw himself as a poet, so the alcoholism is understandable. Great video, THANKS !
the doors are my no.1 band of all time great video keep up your great work.........
Thanks, will do!
They Sucked 😂
They apparentlyvall hung out at Olivia's soul food restaurant in Venice Beach, after performances in LA. How long this happened is something I know nothing about. But it was fascinating to me to realize that all those people knew each other. I doubt that they hung out beyond that gathering place. But it's understandable that they might have wanted to compare notes about being the people of this music movement at that time, and there might have been other reasons to be together and talk about stuff.
Yes, I do believe that was the inspirational place for the song "Soul Kitchen". Thanks for sharing!
That is where he started eyeing Linda Ronstadt up....I still wonder if they wrote it about her...later on down the line Linda called the police on him...lol..
@@freddieblue6351 Linda Ronstadt called the police on Jim Morrison??? Never heard that one.
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Yep. We're working on it! Thank you for watching. :)
Makes you wonder if anything written about this man is a fact. I had heard way before Oliver stones movie stories about him. I guess sometimes the myths are bigger than the mortal man with no regard to human frailty. Btw, love all the laurel canyon musicians and artists from this time period. Joni Mitchell is so haunting and poetic.
Did you ever read Patricia Kennealy’s book? She claimed to be Jim’s wife (the witch in the Oliver Stone Doors movie). She portrays him as really very cruel at times, but inexplicably started using his surname in the 1990’s, referring to herself as his widow, and claimed to have never loved another man. She died in 2021 at the age of 75.
......I believe it was summed up by his reply to Ed Sullivan,when Ed said" you'll never do this show again" because the doors performed "light my fire" with the words Ed told the band to leave out.....and Jim said, something to the effect of,"it didn't matter,we already did it once"... That would make sense to what
Morrison was thinking when he walked away from the doors and America....
Morrison was a real hoot. When he was sober, I bet he was actually fun to be around with a great sense of humor. It was the drink that ruined it all.
My older brother was an alcoholic as was my father. If you ask the people who knew them (I never knew my father but have talked to cousins who did) they would tell you they were two people. One who, when sober, were kind funny people. The other drunk versions of them were mean selfish bastards. The same could be said about Jim and Janice to some extent. By God's grace I was able to overcome my own alcoholism. I think because of my personality I was never a mean drunk. Jim an Janice represented the best and worst of thier times. From afar, I loved them both.
Excellent series! ALL biographies have "errors" in them. Heck, my own family can't agree when reflecting back on our own lives let alone someone else's.
Thanks for sharing, Andy. Glad to hear that you have managed to get yourself back on track. Many people just never do. And then it ends, usually in a very unhappy way. And yes, I have since learned of many of my errors in my research but whatever, I did my best. LOL. And I had fun doing it too. Thanks for watching! :)
FYI...Janis was a heroin user too!...That Southern Comfort thing, was just a ruse, to cover up her serious drug problems...People on this comment section need to do more homework!
@@curbozerboomer1773you are correct sir but I never said she wasn't addicted to heroin. She started drinking in high school and was an alcoholic until she died. She also got addicted to uppers and went back home from SF early on when she failed to get her career going at first. She succeeded, but heroin and southern comfort got her in the end. Pretty much everyone I knew in high school started drinking (less illegal than drugs) first. However, my own first high was from downers. Of the people I knew who did heroin they started drinking first and never stopped. 2 eventually died from OD's. Maybe, just coincidence?
Another great video! By what has been written by those who knew him, Jim Morrison's IQ was 149 or 150. Still very high. Though there seems to have been a great deal of importance placed on IQs in the mid-century, I would have to question the measurement methods at the time. Nevertheless, I think it was fairly obvious that Jim's IQ was very high. He marched to his own drummer, didn't really suffer fools, was not a big 'joiner', and seemed to have uncovered some profound truth in life, as evidenced through his poetry. Thanks again for an awesome video!
I lived through the sixties, and was only a few years younger than Morrison...I do not remember my ever knowing my own IQ, and never understood as to why anyone would really care about that number...I never have met anyone who took a specialized test to determine what their IQ was!...I think our host was purely speculating about that.
I'm always a little skeptical of celebs with supposed high IQs. The now old time movie star Jayne Mansfield was said to have a high IQ, something in the range of 150 or 160. But exactly when or where her IQ test took place was never made clear. Not to dis Morrison, but he could have had an average or somewhat above average IQ and still have done what he did with the addition of a special talent. And yeah, back in the day IQ tests might have been lacking in total accuracy.
@@slimjim7161 intelligence and wisdom are two different things. You can be very intelligent human being yet have zero wisdom.
Exactly!!!
The doors were definately the best band to come out of L.A.
No arguments here!
That statement is highly limiting…Buffalo Springfield? Crosby Stills Nash & (Young), Poco, etc. they all made their mark on music history
The album LA WOMAN IS MY FAVORITE!!! Of course it was a dark time in my life when we were jamming that LP… 1978/1979.. but I survived ❤
Beach Boys, Van Halen
Meh…
Everyone knows Ray was a pompous pretentious odd bird too.
However Oliver Stone did a fine job just like you.
Oliver was right about JFK.
When that came out people criticized it, now he's having the last laugh.
Anyway, you are amazing.
Thanks !
What a silly statement...there has not been one verification of any of the bogus theories that Stone threw against the wall..do some reading.
@@curbozerboomer1773 Apparently you havent read the newly released material. Typical...
Thoughtful words, Billy. I think there would have been more to come from Jim, if his health had improved. I believe he OD'd accidentally. He was quite a remarkable singer. Strangely, although his father was proud of his success and fame, he never understood his appeal musically or even just vocally, in one interview I watched. As for the Oliver Stone film, well I wasn't there, but nor were the other band members at least half the time. And of course, neither was Stone. It wasn't just Jim that made the Doors so interesting though. Ray Manzarek's moody keyboards, the absence of a bass player, John Densmore's dramatic drum fills against Jim's mesmerising voice and Robby Krieger's edgy guitar made for a unique blend that has never been duplicated and is just as listenable today as it ever was. But without that vocal touchstone, further success without Jim was not to be. A pity.
True story---I was in the Navy, at my desk job in San diego, when I heard about Jim's death...well, his dad was a big-shot Naval Officer, who was a friend of the big-shot Naval Officer I worked directly for...so I mentioned Morrison's death to my dude...he said--Yeah, I heard about that, it is such an embarrassment to that fine Naval family! That illustrates the cultural divide that existed between generations, back in that time.
I really wonder how bad that Miami business could have been. Wrong time wrong place I imagine mostly. I saw The Damned and The Cramps when I was 14 or 15 and both Captain Sensible and Lux Interior stripped completely.
I wish Jim made it out too, but it was predestined. I had read he wanted to come back to Los Angeles.
Of course, the biggest problem with coming back to LA was that he was facing 6 months of jail time and had already been convicted and sentenced (appealed). In France he was being sheltered from extradition back to the US.
@@memoryfield Yes I know that was looming over his head. But, Jim had the advantage of it possibly being turned into a lesser charge.
@@memoryfield Could non-extradition apply only to those who are citizens of France? I think Roman Polanski is a citizen of France and may be the reason he can't be extradited.
@@uhdudewhy7980 that is true, although i know someone who is a non-American, went to her native country, and her own country had extradited her back to America even though they never had extradition treaty. Money talks, forget the laws 😂
I believe that he was the greatist rock star ever🎉❤
He was garbage 🗑️
Yep.
That pic of him crashed out by the drums reminds me of The Cheetah one nite when he couldn’t finish the concert and pass out behind the drums. Backstage you could smell the booze from feet away. It was sad.
Yes, there was a lot of sadness surrounding Jim and all of his weaknesses. Too bad he couldn't figure out how to kick the booze in time. :(
Do you know ifLee Hazelwood had anything to do with the doors?
@@pjbear8656 no. Gram Parsons, Duane Eddy, Nancy Sinatra.
@@memoryfield And the local band The Hamilton Streetcar. They opened for The Doors on many occasions when I was dating one of the guys in the band in 67. Lee was always around, I saw the Doors a lot (Cheetah, Las Vegas ect.) that year.
John Densmore said that shortly before his death, Jim Morrison called him from Paris to find out how L.A. Woman was doing, then said to John something along the lines that when he returned from Paris he thought they could do a Blues album. The Doors went on to record a couple more albums without Jim Morrison but they were pretty much soulless songs that lacked the charisma and depth of their six previous studio albums (not including American Prayer which though recorded as just spoken poetry was overdubbed with music by the remaining Doors in the later half of the 70's. Wanna say 76 or 7.) As the two albums sans Jim were not well received, the Doors broke up. Each went on to other projects but never attained the level of success they enjoyed in the Doors.
Right on. Jim was the spark, and without him it seems like The Doors just weren't going to be able to recreate all the magic. I still give them immense credit for the music they all created and the ability to deal with Jim's antics and unpredictable behavior. I've been in bands with some very difficult people, and I have to say that it was not very enjoyable at times trying to keep it all together when someone is trying to destroy everyone else's hard work.
I don't think Frank Zappa fit the Laurel Canyon "hippie" image either. He was openly disdainful of flower power stuff, in some of his songs and in interviews. I do not see Zappa or Morrison hitting it off. Frank was a music composer, a true genius in this. Jim was mostly a poet. The other Doors often had to turn Jim's words and fit them to music.
True ...
I heard David Crosby in an interview say that he thought Jim Morrison was a masochist because he would start fights with guys much bigger and get his butt kicked at parties he attended with him. I believe that he died from a accidental heroin overdose. Many people have said that Pamela felt guilty about it because it was her stash that he got into. I don't think he was into drugs simply because as an alcoholic you don't need other drugs because booze is so powerful. Unfortunately I know this from first hand experience.
I don't have any knowledge of Crosby or any of his dealings with Morrison so I'll have to take your word on that. And yes, many different theories about how Jim died and the circumstances behind it. I wish I knew.
@@memoryfield actually the crosby comment on Morrison I read in a printed interview so it might not be accurate. But kind of sounds like something he would say. Some people don't like david Crosby but I find him down to earth and to the point. He doesn't seem to care who's toes he steps on and I like that.
He is most definitely a polarizing figure. Love him or hate him, it seems.
I think it's more like he was just resigned that he was going to get his ass kicked, by "bigger" guys, and that way, he at least got to draw the line, himself. It made it more on his terms than otherwise.
@@memoryfield Maybe you have read the two very interesting books that the late Danny Sugarman-Jim's hand-picked special assistant, wrote...Sugarman is very revealing about his own bouts with drugs, including heroin...that nasty drug was becoming very rampant, particularly in the early to mid-70s, when Sugarman was heavily involved..his book " Wonderland Avenue", covers the whole sordid scene at that time.
I thought the heart attack was a cover up story and that Jim had overdosed on heroin, as did Pam a couple years later. As no autopsy was done, we will never have a conclusive answer. I believe the band had fulfilled it's 7 album contract with Elektra Records with the release of LA Woman so there was no obligation for Jim to return for recording. Except for his court appearance for the Miami case which was under appeal he was finally free.
That is where the real issue lies. To be internationally famous and on top of the world once, regardless of the contract being expired, a person can never EVER go back to their private/old life again.
It is literally like a prison. A famous person can check out many times, but can never ever really leave. Listen to the song called "Hotel California" by the Eagles. They sum this up well in the song. Fame is nothing but a trap for human soul.
Who is Max Fink?
He was Jim Morrison's personal attorney.
@@memoryfield odd Jim had such a close friendship with Max Fink. I think it shows how isolated and insulated he became at that time. Fink was known to be a scoundrel.
@@hubriswonk Interesting! I did not know this.
@@memoryfield A video on Max Fink would be interesting...
@@hubriswonk apparently, Jim told Max Fink that his own father had raped him and was crying while telling him this.
Great series. I've been listening to some really great Doors bootlegs here on RUclips that are of excellent sound quality. Check 'em out, on a channel called The Doors Collecion.
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Oliver Stones film- The Doors IS rock and roll.
Whether you like Stone's movie or not it does contain facts about Jim that are 100% true
He really did follow Pam home and she really did ditch her boyfriend and hook up with him ( for example)
That ease and trust is what I miss the most now. Not the music because music is eternal
Not speculation on what music might have been made if any musician who died young might have created.
We will always have the music but JFK, Manson, Altamont, all the events in our history that culminated in trump and the normalization of fascism have destroyed the beauty of ease and trust in this country.
Ask yourself this, if a guy followed you home right now, climbed up on your porch and tried to woo you would you look at him as Romeo or call the cops?
That's what I miss most about the past and that's what I'm thinking about when I still listen to LA Woman.
I was recently looking at Rush Limbaugh's brother and Jim's brother....they look alike.
I could only find one pic of Jim's brother.
Just sayin'.
Rush got the Presidential Medal Of Freedom right before he died....lol....for what exactly?
Good question, lol.
Strange life, isn't it?! 😂
People are strange...
Rush Limbarf................corrupting millions and millions through the EIB Network.................fitting he gets the highest civil award America has to offer.
For towing the ultra-conservative line.
Family people won't sell movies. The Doors movie was meant to sensationalize Jim Morrison.
Very much agreed on that one. When I saw that movie, 30 years ago, I thought it must have been overblown because if Jim really acted that way all the time I think his band would have lasted about 6 months and they would have imploded.
He saw through all the hippie bs, the song five to one gives a little insight. Not his kinda crowd.
You are probably very right about that.
Robert Plant! Could Be!!
It's hard to give that to Jim Morrison, when there's Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard. Oh, then there's Freddie Mercury. I seriously doubt Morrison could hold a massive audience in his hand the way Freddie did at Live Aid. I'm not a big fan of any of these guys, but I'd have to go with Freddie.
Hey Billy You should investigate Rush Limbaugh and Jim Morrison you might be surprised.
@ 2:22 when children are "messed with" (MK ULTRA) and are damaged, I would not blame the victim for coping best that they can. Who started the Viet Nam war? When the "Cong Navy" attacked the USN? Who was in charge?
naw, just random right?
Could it have been daddy Morrison?
I have often wondered if Jim Morrison was in fact Homosexual. Maybe it was the repression of his sexuality that was the cause of all his angst. I know he is often gossiped about as a womaniser but that is often the case for an attractive man who is hiding his real feelings. In fact I cannot think of anyone in the music scene from that era who has admitted to being gay, and there must have ben at least a few, so maybe it was something he even had to hide from his peers, It is a very common story for gay men of that era.
Jim was probably not actively a homosexual but rumors have persisted that he secretly flirted with the idea, not with any intentions to actually have sexual relationships with other men, but just to observe anything he perceived as taboo and/or forbidden by societal norms. He was seemingly obsessed with the idea of sexual terror and/or anything dark or secretive. Jim led a strange and interesting life but also one filled with self-doubt and loneliness. I don't believe every single thing I read about him, especially when it comes from a source trying to sell a book or from someone who claims to have "known him better than anyone else", etc. but I know that others have said he would flirt with other gay males but then leave the situation after just toying with them for a while. I think maybe he treated it like it was a funny game. Pamela, on the other hand, didn't find this funny at all and would often accuse him of deviant behavior and when angry she would threaten to tell others of his "secret life".
@@memoryfield and would write 'fa***t' on his favorite shirt.
@@memoryfield I think you nailed this topic!...while a young teen, Jim would occasionally "doodle" images of people indulging in sex, of all kinds!
Just because you have a hard on for some guy doesn't mean they are gay too.
If Oliver Stone’s intentions were honourable then he made a crap movie of someone I don’t recognise. Personally, I think although there are some familiar events recounted, his Doors movie was a character assassination, maybe for financial reasons.
I think that like just about any Hollywood biopic, he was going to embellish Jim's life no matter what the truth was or wasn't. People are drawn to controversy and sensationalism and that's what makes a big production like that one make the money. Only, in this case, I'm pretty sure this one did not really do all that well and the box office. Not for an Oliver Stone movie, anyway. When I first saw it, I took it all in as if they were telling the truth about him. Then many years later I was like... Hey, wait a minute...
@@memoryfield: I took a g/f and another couple who just about knew Light My Fire. It was such a let down and I’m sure they were thinking “What the heck does DonQ see in this Jim Morrison?”
I hate Oliver Stone s movie. I don t think he was that bombastic. Silly movie.
Agreed. It was mostly fiction and only slightly entertaining.
I saw him fall off the stage in Cleveland. Pretty drunk and out of control, I'd say. Fame ain't pretty.
Tom Petty
Obnoxious always seem to enter the conversation!
He was only 27,not fully developed as a person
Such a tragedy that he didn't make it thru that dark phase and get the chance to start a better life, maybe as a poet. Or else stay with The Doors and keep making even better music with them.
Yes, I agree! Jim Morrison is not given credit for how very young he was. He hadn't even started to begin his life.
If you aren't fully developed as a person by the age of 27 then there is something wrong with you and you never will be "fully developed". Jim Morrison liked to party and he had way too much money and all the opportunities in the world to indulge in excess. It killed him. End of story.
Your belief that Jim was The Greatest Rock Star ever is totally flawed & absurd 😢. Everyone has their own favorite Of course . My opinion also counts & I Truly believe. The Greatest Rock Star Singer/ Frontman. Is Absolutely Without Question
Freddy Mercury & Mick Jagger
Steven Tyler Robert Plant all make a fool of that dark minded Morrison Cheers 🍻. Thank You So Much for all your great History Lessons. I’ve watched so many in the last 3 days. ❤. Cheers 🥂 from Los Angeles ZoSo 666 The Number of The Beast. Bruce Dickinson Rules 🤘🤘😎
well, that was a kůhhnty way of putting it.
Morrison was a psycho, yeah?
He certainly had his moments, for sure.
Nobody liked the "hippie lameass bands" especially REAL rock bands like The Doors, Cream and THE WHO.