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Stern Magazine On-Line (Germany)
27 March 2007
Interview: Carsten Heidboehmer
(Translated From German To English)
Doors Founder Ray Manzarek
"I have Sex and Coffee"
Together with Jim Morrison it created 1965 the Doors. Now Ray Manzarek brings the complete work out that again again volume. In stern.deinterview tells the musician of the wild 60's, who clouds present - and why the future becomes absolutely better.
Directly with their debut album the Doors played itself 1967 over night into the first league of the US music scene and developed to one the most influential music volume of the 60's. The group was created 1965 of the two film students Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison. Together with guitarist Robby krieger and the schlagzeuger John Densmore erspielte itself the quartet fast a call as legendary live-band and 1966 of the California label Elektra record under contract was taken. The sound of the group was strongly coined/shaped by Manzareks urgent organ play and Jim Morrisons of dark, sonorer voice. Above all however its charismatische radiant emittance and its excessive life-style developed to the brand name that volume.
Up to their dissolution 1971 the Doors published six Studioalben, which are again merged again presented now. To it a new hit collection appears parallel: "The Very Best OF" gives it in two remarks: The "1-CD edition" covers 20, the double CD 34 Songs. The interview took place briefly before.
Good morning Mr. Manzarek. With you in Los Angeles it is straight 9,30 o'clock in the morning. Rather early for a skirt star. Do you lead no more Rock'n'Roll life?
But, my wife and I are each night up and make party. I am today only so early awake, because I knew that you called. Normally I would naturally still sleep - I am a skirt star!
The Doors had always the image, a life with Sex to lead Drugs & Rock'n'Roll. Did this image apply?
Yes, absolutely. It applies still. John Densmore for example holds still much of Sex and drugs.
What is with you?
I also. I have Sex and coffee.
Otherwise still which?
And wine! My God, I drink much wine! Although I am 68 years old, I am still a wild and crazy animal.
In the 60's the press was always fixed on the wild life of Jim Morrison. Was that a problem for the other volume members?
Yes, we had a problem to keep up with it. We tried it, but it was so wild and celebrated so hard that we became tired of it. Jim became never tired against it, it always continued. It was dionysisch, as the Greeks would say.
Philosophical background
In its book "the birth of the tragedy from the spirit of the music" works the philosopher Friedrich Nietz with the pair of opposites apollinisch and dionysisch. Apollini, derived from the Greek God Apollon, place the intellectual, after order and harmony striving impulse into the center. On the other hand the Dionysi all intoxication-clung, impulse-clung and impetuous one underlines. The Greek tragedy combined for the Nietz intoxication-clung of the dance with a strict apollinischen form and led the classical Greek art to a completion never known. The spirit that antique tragedy lived for Nietz by the music Richard of wagners away. Jim Morrison was affected of Nietz strongly and saw themselves as a modern Dionysos.
But it was not straight this mixture between the ungezuegelten, dionysischen Jim Morrison and the moderate, apollinischen remainder that volume the success secret, which makes the Doors until today successful?
Yes, I believe. It was the dionysische insanity of Jim Morrison and the apollinische order of the volume members. Of it the German philosopher Friedrich Nietz spoke exactly into "the birth of the tragedy": The artist must carry out the Vermaehlung Dionysi and Apollini. Exactly the Doors did that.
Did those break volume in the moment, where they could not hold the balance between this Poland for no more?
Yes and then Morrison died. We could not hold the balance any longer, and it died. It died in a dionysischen dream in Paris - wild and moves. But which for a life! All your readers should meet once in the life such an wild and crazy animal. It was so much joy.
I nevertheless know numerous humans, who on that Paris cemetery Père Lachaise is gepilgert, where Jim Morrison lies buried.
Very well (laughs). I also made that. There also John Densmore and Robby krieger were. We all dear Jim Morrison and miss it much.
Together with the two other remaining Doors you publish these days the six Studio albums of the Doors and a new hit Compilation. Does it give still humans on this planet, which does not possess an Doors album?
Naturally! More humans possess much plates of Kiss than from the Doors.
Are you there safe?
Kiss is much larger than the Doors. Many more importantly, and many more popular. Clearly, there are many humans, who possess Doors albums. Also in Germany. Germany and the Doors - my God! Bertolt break and Kurt Weill. German music and Doors music are practically identical. When I studied in the 60's as well as Jim Morrison in L.A. at the college, we had a course with Joseph of star mountain, the large director of "the blue angel". This film - that was German philosophy of Friedrich Nietz with German music. Naturally Beethoven and German cinema. That was very important for us.
Do you want to say with the fact that the Doors was affected by German culture?
Absolutely. Of German art. And of building house.
What is the reason for the timeless popularity of the Doors?
Good music. We were not simply a few Hippies, which herumgenudelt. Our Songs is well composed music pieces, and they are absolutely wild and moved. The Doors represents liberty. We require ourselves of the listener, over church, state, to raise school and family and become free. That is naturally not easy. But the Doors says to you: Come with us! Leave all behind you and become free humans on the planet earth.
When the Doors 1967 published its first album, US troops were complicated into a bloody war on another continent. Today the USA are in a similar situation - however young humans do not revolt in the measure against the war, as they did it before 40 years. What does that lie?
They do not take LSD.
They really believe, which helps?
They do not take nothing at all: No mushrooms, no LSD - the people have fear to open their gates of the perception. Because if they did, would be nobody there, which helps them. They would be completely alone, free. Then they could say: Stops the war. But momentarily they have before it fear. In America we have all fear of George Bush. But it is nearly past. The sheet turns straight. I look forward to the future, the new age of the love.
Do you want to say with the fact that the ideals of the 60's of Love and Peace will fulfill themselves in the new century?
Yes, it becomes around 2012 loose-goes. Then a cycle ends in Maya calendar, the Maya from Mexico. The Maya calendar moves in large cycles of 700 years. Many humans fear that thereby the end of the world occurs. But that is not natural the case. It will be the end of the Jewish-Christian-Muslim age. We begin straight to leave the prevailing Religiositaet behind us.
Does the music of the Doors without drug consumption function?
Naturally. For me however LSD or mushrooms is not drugs. One takes a few sheets, dries and smokes her. Is that drugs? Thus one opens the gates of the perception. Drugs are for me heroin, cocaine and Crystal Meth.
More to the topic
Specially: 50 years skirt ' n ' roll The Doors became popular in the 90's by the film of olive Stone. They did not like the film at that time. Why?
The film was haven-guessed/advised none of Jim Morrison, but of olive Stone as a skirt star. The man in the film is not that, with which I made music, it has no self-check. Someone asked me:
How could ever make in the condition music for it?
In the film one sees only drunk gameness. Jim Morrison was many more intellectual. As more soberly, many more intelligently. Is worst: In the whole film nobody laughs. Nobody seems to have a good time. But that were the Sixties - we laughed at that time very much together. We had a good time with the Doors. The film operates this time into its opposite.
Interview: Carsten Heidboehmer
Org. Source
www.stern.de/unterhaltung/musik/:Doors-Gr%FCnder-Ray-Manzarek-Ich-Sex-Kaffee/585671.html
27 March 2007
Interview: Carsten Heidboehmer
(Translated From German To English)
Doors Founder Ray Manzarek
"I have Sex and Coffee"
Together with Jim Morrison it created 1965 the Doors. Now Ray Manzarek brings the complete work out that again again volume. In stern.deinterview tells the musician of the wild 60's, who clouds present - and why the future becomes absolutely better.
Directly with their debut album the Doors played itself 1967 over night into the first league of the US music scene and developed to one the most influential music volume of the 60's. The group was created 1965 of the two film students Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison. Together with guitarist Robby krieger and the schlagzeuger John Densmore erspielte itself the quartet fast a call as legendary live-band and 1966 of the California label Elektra record under contract was taken. The sound of the group was strongly coined/shaped by Manzareks urgent organ play and Jim Morrisons of dark, sonorer voice. Above all however its charismatische radiant emittance and its excessive life-style developed to the brand name that volume.
Up to their dissolution 1971 the Doors published six Studioalben, which are again merged again presented now. To it a new hit collection appears parallel: "The Very Best OF" gives it in two remarks: The "1-CD edition" covers 20, the double CD 34 Songs. The interview took place briefly before.
Good morning Mr. Manzarek. With you in Los Angeles it is straight 9,30 o'clock in the morning. Rather early for a skirt star. Do you lead no more Rock'n'Roll life?
But, my wife and I are each night up and make party. I am today only so early awake, because I knew that you called. Normally I would naturally still sleep - I am a skirt star!
The Doors had always the image, a life with Sex to lead Drugs & Rock'n'Roll. Did this image apply?
Yes, absolutely. It applies still. John Densmore for example holds still much of Sex and drugs.
What is with you?
I also. I have Sex and coffee.
Otherwise still which?
And wine! My God, I drink much wine! Although I am 68 years old, I am still a wild and crazy animal.
In the 60's the press was always fixed on the wild life of Jim Morrison. Was that a problem for the other volume members?
Yes, we had a problem to keep up with it. We tried it, but it was so wild and celebrated so hard that we became tired of it. Jim became never tired against it, it always continued. It was dionysisch, as the Greeks would say.
Philosophical background
In its book "the birth of the tragedy from the spirit of the music" works the philosopher Friedrich Nietz with the pair of opposites apollinisch and dionysisch. Apollini, derived from the Greek God Apollon, place the intellectual, after order and harmony striving impulse into the center. On the other hand the Dionysi all intoxication-clung, impulse-clung and impetuous one underlines. The Greek tragedy combined for the Nietz intoxication-clung of the dance with a strict apollinischen form and led the classical Greek art to a completion never known. The spirit that antique tragedy lived for Nietz by the music Richard of wagners away. Jim Morrison was affected of Nietz strongly and saw themselves as a modern Dionysos.
But it was not straight this mixture between the ungezuegelten, dionysischen Jim Morrison and the moderate, apollinischen remainder that volume the success secret, which makes the Doors until today successful?
Yes, I believe. It was the dionysische insanity of Jim Morrison and the apollinische order of the volume members. Of it the German philosopher Friedrich Nietz spoke exactly into "the birth of the tragedy": The artist must carry out the Vermaehlung Dionysi and Apollini. Exactly the Doors did that.
Did those break volume in the moment, where they could not hold the balance between this Poland for no more?
Yes and then Morrison died. We could not hold the balance any longer, and it died. It died in a dionysischen dream in Paris - wild and moves. But which for a life! All your readers should meet once in the life such an wild and crazy animal. It was so much joy.
I nevertheless know numerous humans, who on that Paris cemetery Père Lachaise is gepilgert, where Jim Morrison lies buried.
Very well (laughs). I also made that. There also John Densmore and Robby krieger were. We all dear Jim Morrison and miss it much.
Together with the two other remaining Doors you publish these days the six Studio albums of the Doors and a new hit Compilation. Does it give still humans on this planet, which does not possess an Doors album?
Naturally! More humans possess much plates of Kiss than from the Doors.
Are you there safe?
Kiss is much larger than the Doors. Many more importantly, and many more popular. Clearly, there are many humans, who possess Doors albums. Also in Germany. Germany and the Doors - my God! Bertolt break and Kurt Weill. German music and Doors music are practically identical. When I studied in the 60's as well as Jim Morrison in L.A. at the college, we had a course with Joseph of star mountain, the large director of "the blue angel". This film - that was German philosophy of Friedrich Nietz with German music. Naturally Beethoven and German cinema. That was very important for us.
Do you want to say with the fact that the Doors was affected by German culture?
Absolutely. Of German art. And of building house.
What is the reason for the timeless popularity of the Doors?
Good music. We were not simply a few Hippies, which herumgenudelt. Our Songs is well composed music pieces, and they are absolutely wild and moved. The Doors represents liberty. We require ourselves of the listener, over church, state, to raise school and family and become free. That is naturally not easy. But the Doors says to you: Come with us! Leave all behind you and become free humans on the planet earth.
When the Doors 1967 published its first album, US troops were complicated into a bloody war on another continent. Today the USA are in a similar situation - however young humans do not revolt in the measure against the war, as they did it before 40 years. What does that lie?
They do not take LSD.
They really believe, which helps?
They do not take nothing at all: No mushrooms, no LSD - the people have fear to open their gates of the perception. Because if they did, would be nobody there, which helps them. They would be completely alone, free. Then they could say: Stops the war. But momentarily they have before it fear. In America we have all fear of George Bush. But it is nearly past. The sheet turns straight. I look forward to the future, the new age of the love.
Do you want to say with the fact that the ideals of the 60's of Love and Peace will fulfill themselves in the new century?
Yes, it becomes around 2012 loose-goes. Then a cycle ends in Maya calendar, the Maya from Mexico. The Maya calendar moves in large cycles of 700 years. Many humans fear that thereby the end of the world occurs. But that is not natural the case. It will be the end of the Jewish-Christian-Muslim age. We begin straight to leave the prevailing Religiositaet behind us.
Does the music of the Doors without drug consumption function?
Naturally. For me however LSD or mushrooms is not drugs. One takes a few sheets, dries and smokes her. Is that drugs? Thus one opens the gates of the perception. Drugs are for me heroin, cocaine and Crystal Meth.
More to the topic
Specially: 50 years skirt ' n ' roll The Doors became popular in the 90's by the film of olive Stone. They did not like the film at that time. Why?
The film was haven-guessed/advised none of Jim Morrison, but of olive Stone as a skirt star. The man in the film is not that, with which I made music, it has no self-check. Someone asked me:
How could ever make in the condition music for it?
In the film one sees only drunk gameness. Jim Morrison was many more intellectual. As more soberly, many more intelligently. Is worst: In the whole film nobody laughs. Nobody seems to have a good time. But that were the Sixties - we laughed at that time very much together. We had a good time with the Doors. The film operates this time into its opposite.
Interview: Carsten Heidboehmer
Org. Source
www.stern.de/unterhaltung/musik/:Doors-Gr%FCnder-Ray-Manzarek-Ich-Sex-Kaffee/585671.html