Whats the closest to Jim we have seen since 1971?

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

We know the guy was a total ONE OFF but just for a bit of fun WHO do you think is the closest we have seen to Jim Morrison in terms of poetic vision, artistic integrity, lifestyle, stage persona and prescence.
Not some idiot who dresses like the guy and poses about like a fart in a fit but a genuine contender for all that Jim held dear to his heart.


My contender may well surprise those who know me but I choose the 'Welsh Haridan' the lovely Cerys Matthews who started as a busker in a Cardiff street and went on to mega stardom with the wonderful Catatonia.
Fiercely proud of her heritage and commited to her music to such an end that it nearly drove her insane.
Forced to give it all away at the height of her success as her lifestyle began to overwhelm her both pyshically and mentally she rediscovered herself and went on to produce a superb solo album.
Now a happy mum in America she lived the life and survived and for me Jim would certainly have noticed Cerys if she had ever shared a bill with The Doors.
She was certainly aware of Jim and The Doors as her songwriting partner Mark Roberts once said that before he wrote a song he would take a moment to think how Jim Morrison would write the words.
I used to detest these guys until one day I sat down and listened to 'Way Beyond Blue' and it blew my mind.
She could certainly blow away posing farts like Bono and Mike Hutchence and could outdrink Shane McGowan.
Her words were always full of poetry and pathos and she could send an audience crazy with her superb stage prescence. A small club or a football stadium....she always shone on a stage and had a voice that was mesmerising in its intensity.
Also she could kick ass on stage up there with the best of 'em. For me she is the nearest we will ever get to Jim ever again.....fuck all those drug taking alchys who think that being an asshole in leather trousers spaced out of thier brain makes them fit to clean the dogshit off Morrisons cowboy boots. A mad Welsh witch in a dress pisses on the lot!

When faced with my demons
I clothe them and feed them
And I smile, yes I smile
As they're taking me over
And if I cannot sleep for the secrets I keep
It's the price I'm willing to meet
The end of the night never comes too quickly for me




So who inherited the Jim Morrison baggage best and made the best grab for his mantle after 1971?

[jym]

I think Courtney Love, at least in lifestyle & stage show, she doesn't need leather pants because she ain't wearin no panties, but then neither did Jim

[ensenada]

yeh but coutrney love is a cock muncher! ;D cant be doing with her. I cant think yet, i will have to ponder this over my crimbo pud! although i can say the dude from razorlight is similar to the fact that he absolutley hates the fact that bands sell their music for tv commercials!

[strangenightvstone]

ensenada said:

yeh but coutrney love is a cock muncher! ;D cant be doing with her. I cant think yet, i will have to ponder this over my crimbo pud! although i can say the dude from razorlight is similar to the fact that he absolutley hates the fact that bands sell their music for tv commercials!

Kurt Cobains suicide attempt in Rome 1994 was because his wife Courtney said she was too tired to make love. He tried to OD.
Courtney was in Los Angeles when Kurt was found dead in his house. He had been missing from rehab and no one knew where he was.
Check out Bradley Nowell and Sublime for the spirit of Morrison.

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

I been listening to the early Alcie Cooper albums and I think they certainly inherited a lot from Jim and The Doors.
The Doors supported the band when they came to LA when nearly everyone else hated them.
Alice himself told the story of when they were at the Toronto Rock n Roll Revival and the crowd were booing and he felt like walking off stage but he looked to his left and saw John Lennon smiling at the band as he stood watching them and to his right was Jim Morrison who put his thumbs up when he saw Alice look in his directions. So Alice carried on.
Alice wrote Desperado for Jim Morrison and took the idea of theatre to it's logical conclusion with the Copper's stage show.
The bands albums Love It To Death, Killer and School's Out doff a cap to The Doors in the respect of their dramatic overtones.
The band were certainly influenced by The Doors and even though they were far more outrageous than the band they contained that sense of drama Jim Morrison had so Alice himself is a contender.