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ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE
NOVEMBER 27 2008
ISSUE NO. 1066
Page 95
100 GREATEST SINGERS
No. 47 JIM MORRISON
The difference between Jim Morrison and Elvis Presley, Patti Smith says, “is that Elvis had humility. I don’t think Jim had it.” – Still, Morrison, who was at least as influenced by Frank Sinatra as he was by Presley, was capable of surprising delicacy: On “People Are Strange” and “Light My Fire,” he lets his baritone glide, crooning just above a whisper. Otherwise, Morrison’s vocals were all mood, attitude and sex – he was grounded in roadhouse blues hollering, but able to project the dreaminess of a mystical incantation (“Riders On The Storm”) or the sleaze of a boozy pickup (“L.A.Woman”). And on the Doors hardest rock songs “Break On Through (to the other side)” stands out – his unhinged aggression presaged punk rock. “It was thrilling, sensual, powerful, and experimental,” said Perry Farrell.
BORN: December 8 1943 (died July 3 1971)
KEY TRACKS: “Light My Fire,” “Break On Through (to the other side”, “L.A. Woman”
INFLUENCED: Iggy Pop, Ian Astbury
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NOVEMBER 27 2008
ISSUE NO. 1066
Page 95
100 GREATEST SINGERS
No. 47 JIM MORRISON
The difference between Jim Morrison and Elvis Presley, Patti Smith says, “is that Elvis had humility. I don’t think Jim had it.” – Still, Morrison, who was at least as influenced by Frank Sinatra as he was by Presley, was capable of surprising delicacy: On “People Are Strange” and “Light My Fire,” he lets his baritone glide, crooning just above a whisper. Otherwise, Morrison’s vocals were all mood, attitude and sex – he was grounded in roadhouse blues hollering, but able to project the dreaminess of a mystical incantation (“Riders On The Storm”) or the sleaze of a boozy pickup (“L.A.Woman”). And on the Doors hardest rock songs “Break On Through (to the other side)” stands out – his unhinged aggression presaged punk rock. “It was thrilling, sensual, powerful, and experimental,” said Perry Farrell.
BORN: December 8 1943 (died July 3 1971)
KEY TRACKS: “Light My Fire,” “Break On Through (to the other side”, “L.A. Woman”
INFLUENCED: Iggy Pop, Ian Astbury
END.
