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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Jun 15, 2006 20:09:11 GMT
[glow=red,2,300] James Douglas Morrison:40 Years Gone! [/glow]  "I have just returned from Paris, where I attended the funeral of Jim Morrison. Jim was buried in a simple ceremony, with only a few friends present.
The initial news of his death and funeral was kept quiet be- cause those of us who knew him intimately and loved him as a person wanted to avoid all the circus-like atmosphere that surrounded the deaths of such other rock personalities as Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix.
I can say that Jim died peacefully of natural causes. He had been in Paris since March with his wife, Pam. He had seen a doctor in Paris about a respiratory problem and had complained of this problem on Saturday, the day of his death.
I hope that Jim is remembered not only as a rock singer and poet, but as a warm human being. He was the most warm, most human, most understanding person I've ever known. That wasn't always the Jim Morrison people read about, but it was the Jim Morrison I knew and his close friends will remember."
Statement of Bill Siddons July 9, 1971
JIM MORRISON, LEAD SINGER OF THE DOORS, DIESJim Morrison, the 25-year-old lead singer of The Doors rock group, died last Saturday in Paris, his public relations firm said today. His death was attributed to natural causes, but details were withheld pending the return of Mr. Morrison's agent from France. Funeral services were held in Paris today.
In his black leather jacket and skin-tight vinyl pants, Jim Morrison personified rock music's image of superstar as sullen, mystical, sexual poet.
The Doors, a quartet founded in 1964 in and near the film school at the University of California at Los Angeles, became by 1967 one of the most popular groups in the country, attracting the attention of serious critics who discussed their music's origins and meanings, as well as screaming, hysterical teenagers who sometimes had to be peeled off the performers by the stage hands at the group's frenzied concerts.
Their performances were invariably treated by reviewers as events of theater, for the Doors helped to take the electronically amplified rock music that bloomed on the West Coast out of the sound studio and into the concert hall.
Their music was loud and distinctive, but perhaps the most attention was paid to the lyrics, written by Mr. Morrison, which were filled with suggestive and frequently perverse meanings abetted by Mr. Morrison's grunts, sneers and moans on stage.
"Think of us," Mr. Morrison once said "as erotic politicians." One critic echoed others when he called Mr. Morrison's presentations "lewd, lascivious, indecent and profane." Indeed, in one of his most famous episodes, he was arrested and later found guilty of indecent exposure at a rock concert in Miami in March of 1969.
It was this concert, which shocked even some of his teenage fans, that led to a giant Rally for Decency in the Orange Bowl later that month, attended by 30,000 persons. Mr. Morrison was also forcibly removed from a New Haven stage in 1967 after he allegedly exposed himself.
Mr. Morrison's first two hits were Light My Fire and People Are Strange. One of his important works was The End, an 11-minute extended popsong that ended with a vision of violent death. New York Times 1971 What are your thoughts on the lead singer of The Doors as both Poet & Performer? What do you like about the guy and if you are into his poetry....why? Share any thoughts you may have on the phenomenon that was James Douglas Morrison.... Also check out the Jim Morrison sections on this forum which are packed with information on both Poet and Performer PoetMan Myth LegendAlso includes articles and interview sections.... |
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Jun 16, 2006 11:25:37 GMT
Jim Morrison was more than the crazed out of control rock loony he is portrayed as in books and by those who use him as a meal ticket and claim friendship with him.
Here are just a few snippets of the warmer human side of Jim Morrison because this thread is meant to be a tribute to the person....NOT the T Shirt...true he could be an arce when he wanted....just like any of us....but he was NOT always an arce.......The Doors may feel the urge to slap his face on a new Best Of and call that a tribute to someone who was meant to be their friend but not in my eyes....feel free to add anything here.....
“When all of the Rashomon aspects of the Doors are dissected ad nauseum, one powerful memory lingers and it is more in my heart than in my mind. On February 15, 1968, the doorbell rang in my Los Angeles home.
It was the evening of my son Adam's tenth birthday.
There was Jim, now a star, shifting uncertainly from foot to foot, clutching an erratically wrapped present for my musically inclined son.
He came in, sat quietly with Adam, and showed him how to play the kalimba, an African thumb piano. They sat there for an hour, fully absorbed - two children in their own world.”
Jac Holzman
"The Doors were boys who kept sitting on the stoop and asking me if they could come in and audition. The one who did the most talking was Jim Morrison. I said 'well Jim you got to wear shoes to come in here'.
So he turned around went back out and sat on the ledge, just joined the hippies as inside The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield and Ike & Tina would play.
And then he'd hit me again a couple of days later. 'We want to audition'.
And I said....'well Jim we can work it out but you gotta wear shoes'.
One day he said 'Bill can we come in now'.
I leaned over the counter and he had one shoe on.
I walked around the counter and I seen that he didn't have a shoe on the other foot.
I said 'did you lose a shoe?'
He said 'no I found one so I could get in'.
Bill Gazzari ....from Follow The Music
"To be a poet meant more to Jim than writing poems.
It meant embracing the tragedy, fate had chosen for him and fulfilling that destiny with gusto and nobility"
Paul A. Rothchild 1993
"Jim regularly visited poets in Venice and he always bought a number of copies of their books and passed them out to his friends. He contributed money to the LA Art Squad, mural painters in Venice and Hollywood. They always needed funds for paint, scaffolding, just to have lunch. They would turn up at the Doors office bearded and longhaired, shabby clothes and Jim would empty out the petty cash or write them a cheque".
Frank Lisciandro.
"He was striving for respect for in many ways a dead medium- poetry. That's something I've always been interested in, and I found it very easy to relate to the frustration of writing a bad poem. I know what it's like to write a bad poem and still be in love with the idea and not get it across and be lost in that way."
Val Kilmer 1991
'I never saw him do anything violent Other than maybe drive a car. I never saw him choose anybody off, or swing at anybody, or even yell at anybody.
Violence was totally not part of his personality of any kind.'
Babe Hill
'Jim never knew the time and was usually late to all events and appointments. People took this to be yet another sign of bad manners, but it was just a matter of time sliding by and Jim being entranced by its elusiveness.'
Frank Lisciandro
'He had a unique way of walking. I don't think I could describe. He never hurried anywhere, it did not matter if we were going to miss the plane....Jim was not hurrying'
Cheri Siddons
'The Southern Shuffle is the walk....it was a slither. It was like he never lifted his heels off the ground but he didn't scrape. It wasa glide sort of feline. But he was clumsy at the same time. He was forever tripping up curbs, up steps and tripping over his own feet. I mean the things are sort of antithetical but maybe because his eyes were half closed in a sexy way he couldn't see where he was going'
Kathy Lisciandro
"Andy warhol had given Jim a present. A sort of Louis XIV gold phone in a box. The car stopped at a light and there was a bum on the sidewalk. Jim rolled down the window and handed him the box. As the light changed and the car rolled away into the night we saw the bum standing there opening the box"
Steve Harris
"I remember one time we were having dinner in a restaurant and some young girls came in. They were walking by and looked in the window and they came up and asked Jim for an autograph in the middle of his meal. And he was his polite Southern gentleman person. 'Where are you from, whats your name'....that kind of thing.
Talked to them for maybe ten minutes and they went away just ecstatically happy'
Cheri Siddons
"I was deep into my own study of the occult forces and Jim liked to sift through my collection of books on the subject, selecting paragraphs at random to read aloud, setting off another round of talk. On this subject, we usually chose our words carefully and used them sparingly for we were both well aware that words, thoughts made meaningful through sound, conjure and invoke the invisibles."
Robert Gover close friend of Jim
"he spoke very slowly. It was a very deliberate way of talking as if he was thinking of what he was saying. Words just did not fall out of his mouth without him thinking what he was saying"
Kathy Lisciandro
'We spent about an hour, having a couple of beers and talking to the old guys. Jim loved to hear them talk about their lives. When we were through, Jim said ‘C’mon lets go into a couple of other bars.’ We’d sit at a table, buy some guy a drink and let him talk. Jim didn’t say much himself. He’d sit there and just nod and have that little smile on his face, like he was drinking in stuff, observing life and people.'
Henry Diltz during the Morrison Hotel photo shoot.
'I liked the man, you see. My wife liked him, and we both liked Pam. We all grew very close. I liked Jim's complexity, his brilliance. I think he was one of the finest, clearest spirits of our times.'
Mike McClure
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Jun 16, 2006 12:05:42 GMT
'First of all, I can tell you that Jim Morrison was a good friend, kind,generous and thoughtful... at least he was with me. Most of the people who considered him a friend have this same impressions of him. He treated everyone fairly, both friends and those he didn't know. He constantly argued with the other members of the band for lower ticket prices for Doors concerts. He was always ready to buy drinks or a meal for whoever he was with. He gave things away, as if he feared that they would become attached to him. If he received a gift from a fan, he would give it to the next person he met. Money seemed to have no meaning to him. He never owned anything of any value, except for one car. He never owned a house or expensive art, or furniture, or those special luxuries we expect rich stars to own. He traveled with the clothes on his back, his notebooks and whatever book he was reading. He was extremely intelligent and well read. In my life (at least to now) I have not met more than one or two people who are as brilliant or as quick witted as Jim Morrison. He read everything (novels, pulp fiction, trashy magazines, scientific journals, history, philosophy, psychology) and remembered most of what he read. This wonderful gift enabled him to quote from books almost word for word.
He was a poet with the moods and conflicted spirit of poets. My opinion (and that of many others) is that he was one of the most talented and accomplished American poets of his day. To be fully appreciated his poems need to be read in their original language.
He was easy to be with, and could be very charming. As a child he had learned good manners and could fit easily in any society that expected politeness. He was very funny and loved telling jokes and having a good time. And he could be serious, discussing films or music or theater in the most profound way.
Yes he was an alcoholic, but no he was not a 'drug addict'. He might have used LSD, and even abused it, but he used it to search for something, not to escape from anything. I never saw him use heroin, and he disliked smoking marijuana. His preferred anesthetic was alcohol, and he drank too much and too often.
He lived his life with a calm, unhurried simplicity, and honesty.'
Frank Lisciandro
'So what was my first impression of Jim? He scared me to death.'
Bill Siddons
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Post by mywildlove4371 on Jun 18, 2006 15:17:55 GMT
While I don't have the time to discuss in full my fascination with Jim, I Honor Jim Morrison, He for some unknown reason came to me in the early 90s around 93.. With Poetry first, then music then the movie.. I remembered hearing the doors on the old Rock station my sister and I listened to.. I was as young as 6 when I would tell my mother I hated country music and would turn the dial to 99.7...Rock 99. I was more interested in the music from my mothers era.. Cream, mamas and papas, the doors. I got a hold of a copy of wilderness.. and I was blown the fuck away. The more I read the more I thought I knew.. and the more I knew made me realize.. No one , absolutely no one.. really (knew) We all have our idea's about Jim the man himself, and what he would be like if he were here today. My 9 year old son out of the blue said yesterday "when I grow up I want to build a time machine" I said "why" He replies " I think it would be cool to travel through time,I would take you back in time and and find Jim So you could talk and share you poetry." I wasn't at all shocked My son bestows upon Jim the kind of loyalty,and appreciation any mother would be proud of. I have seen several visions of Jim, Never when I was of sound mind and body, but I think sometimes thats an indication of stumbling onto something more real than one could imagine. There is some spiritual connection of life and reality combined with a sub conscience state of mind. And somehow I was given a son born on Jim's birthday Dec 8 2004
He is 18 months old now, He knows Jim's picture and I believe Or at least I like to think He will one day write poetry and Do great things with his life.When we celebrate Dustin's birthday every December, We have a Lil banner w/ Jim's name on it ( I have gotten my entire family into Jim)And we read a poem or two. My niece Has started writing poetry, And it has all evolved because of Jim. He has this sort of power and I have found no one else in this world with kind of brilliance and knowledge, and power to grip people and show them this black hole that we have all broken through. On July 3 of this year Sadly I will be working instead of basking in the Paris sun with all of you I have come to think of as great friends & family! RIP JIM
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Post by ensenada on Jun 19, 2006 20:40:07 GMT
cheers crystal...it wiill be cool to see you there one day!
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Post by gizmo on Jun 30, 2006 14:50:25 GMT
my opinion about jim (and other celebs) is quite short. I think we know 10% of the real jim morisson, the other 90% will be something we'll never know. like what was going on in his mind and answers to actions he did (like new haven or miami) why (and how) did he write his poetry and songs, what was his meaning and feeling by each song?what was his urge to create? i'm sure there are a lot of things hidden for the rest of the world, secrets only the ppl know who were there and even they don't have a clue on the why part. if everyone knew instantly that jim did a lot(read to mutch) drugs and alcohol why did they let him go and do it instead of giving him a warning(like in a company(the doors were a company) or like friends?). everyone around jim knew he looked bad and was unhealthy but noone told him or took some other action coz they were all scared that jim would leave the doors (and jim was(the face of ) the doors (for the audience in that time(and now for a lot of ppl) so he took care for a lot of the incoming money. would you shoose the money or would you let it go and try to make your money in annother way? times change but never change a winning formula unless the ppl who buy your stuff want it and change it that way. ppl wanted jim so why send him away to a clinique for HIS own health(thats what friends are for) for me jim is the greatest preformer and poet ever. a great example and a man who cleared the road for other artists(the peppers play with only a sock around their cocks(jim would'nt have tried it in miami)). Jim was one of a few to shake and shout the world awake, who openly tried to fight the law and order by himselve (like don quishotte fought against windmills) jim will never get part of the credits for the freedom we have nowadays. jim , we salute you and drink plenty of pints to ya cheers mate for all you have done for us (and take good care of marcel or else i'll kick your ass when i die) p.s. this post is longer as i expected  |
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Post by ensenada on Jun 30, 2006 17:09:38 GMT
very good post gizmo!
i often wonder why jim's immediate friends and band members didnt advise him to chill out on the old drugs and booze intake. obviously i dont think that had clinics in those days, so that couldnt help him. but surely anyone close enough to him must have realised what he was doing to himself. unless of course they were all just as fucked up as he was.
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Post by gizmo on Jun 30, 2006 18:01:02 GMT
i think,from what i have read and seen on tv, that ppl where more indiviual at that time and everyone was treated as an unique creature with all respect (something wich has gone ever since) so if jim wanted to drink himselve to death, it was his choice.
happyness and feeling good where more important than becoming old. healthcare was something less important than it is now. ppl took care of each other in providing things but if you wanted alcohol? you got it as well (and as mutch as you liked).
today, ppl are more focused on becoming old instead of being happy and feeling good. rich ppl have money enough to feel good and being happy but they want it all for themselve. even chairity costs to mutch money.i hate showoffs (thoug i do that too with my weed,but i share it so is that showing off?).
i dont think the humanity of the ppl from the 60's will ever come back. we don't wanna fall out of line in this soceity, we want a tv , stereo, nice car,nice friends and stuff like that.
it where different times, something we probably can't understand. it had good and bad sides.
nobody's perfect
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Post by strangenightvstone on Jul 1, 2006 6:13:12 GMT
very good post gizmo! i often wonder why jim's immediate friends and band members didnt advise him to chill out on the old drugs and booze intake. obviously i dont think that had clinics in those days, so that couldnt help him. but surely anyone close enough to him must have realised what he was doing to himself. unless of course they were all just as fucked up as he was. Doesn't it seem that Jim avoided the office/rehersal space when he was drinking? If The Doors had supported him, and allowed him to sit at the desk with his whisky bottle, and coke spoon they could have recorded a lot more music. It seems like Jim wasted so much time getting away from people lecturing him. He was hiding the whisky from them, why not allow him to indulge without giving him attitude? |
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Post by gizmo on Jul 1, 2006 8:32:17 GMT
very good post gizmo! i often wonder why jim's immediate friends and band members didnt advise him to chill out on the old drugs and booze intake. obviously i dont think that had clinics in those days, so that couldnt help him. but surely anyone close enough to him must have realised what he was doing to himself. unless of course they were all just as fucked up as he was. Doesn't it seem that Jim avoided the office/rehersal space when he was drinking? If The Doors had supported him, and allowed him to sit at the desk with his whisky bottle, and coke spoon they could have recorded a lot more music. It seems like Jim wasted so much time getting away from people lecturing him. He was hiding the whisky from them, why not allow him to indulge without giving him attitude? i think that jim drank more we want to know. in the village where i live is a man who drinks 1.5 bottle of jenever(gin like(40%)stuff) a day each day. his blood is dark purple and medical staff(from the hospital he was lying in) can't imagine that he's still alive. he's doing this for 35-40 years and still denies he's drinking. i think that's why jim hid hid botlles, he didn't want to admit for himselve that he was a heavy drinker(depends on the idea of what the drinker has of being an alcoholic). ppl say i drink to mutch too but i think it's not dangerous for my health or work. i ain't got an alcohol problem, when there is plenty of alcohol. the way ppl think and act when and why they drink is for every person a different thing, most ppl try to find excuses for it (like i got a lot of things on my mind, or something to celabrate). would you be proud when someone asks you if you're an alcoholic,and you have to answer it with yes? when ppl know you're a heavy drinker they start to give you advice and start talking to you in a concerned way, and thats something you don't want to hear. the same with coke btw. you're on a different level when you drink or sniff, and thats the way you talk. i can see and hear from a person if he drank or sniffed, coz i did it to mutch myselve. and whats the problem with that? (btw i stopped using harddrugs coz of my kids but i used like 500 euro's a week on coke,200 euro's a week on speed and 150 euro's a week for alcohol, weed is free for me) hardrugs is lovely stuff , but know when to quit, and jim had such a problem |
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Post by strangenightvstone on Jul 1, 2006 8:58:26 GMT
quote] i think that jim drank more we want to know. in the village where i live is a man who drinks 1.5 bottle of jenever(gin like(40%)stuff) a day each day. his blood is dark purple and medical staff(from the hospital he was lying in) can't imagine that he's still alive. he's doing this for 35-40 years and still denies he's drinking. i think that's why jim hid hid botlles, when ppl know you're a heavy drinker they start to give you advice and start talking to you in a concerned way, and thats something you don't want to hear. the same with coke btw. you're on a different level when you drink or sniff, and thats the way you talk. i can see and hear from a person if he drank or sniffed, coz i did it to mutch myselve. and whats the problem with that? (btw i stopped using harddrugs coz of my kids but i used like 500 euro's a week on coke,200 euro's a week on speed and 150 euro's a week for alcohol, weed is free for me) hardrugs is lovely stuff , but know when to quit, and jim had such a problem Have you had a lot of MDMA? I think that should be called marriage therapy. The point about the hard alcohol is that if Jim were "allowed" to have the whisky bottle sitting on his desk, Kathy could have brought him ice and soda to mix it with. He would drink slower, alcohol needs sugar to absorb properly. Chances are went into the bathroom and pounded hard liquor. He would do this over and over. He would have to be quick. If could have made cocktails at his desk while ansering the office phone, he could have been kept busy all day with mail and stuff like that. Don't you think Jim would be using a computer nowadays? The Doors should have given him a type writter and soda to mix with his whisky. Wouldn't Jim have sniffed less if he didn't have to do a whole line quickly in the bathroom? How much would you do at the time of 500 euros? A little on a key? Is that an eightball 1/8? |
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Post by gizmo on Jul 4, 2006 20:35:03 GMT
the problem (own experience) with alcohol and cocaine or speed is that you can keep on drinking and it makes you feel sober and sharp again so you can keep on drinking for a long time without feeling exhausted or so.
alcohol and cocaine are physical adictive drugs, so your body don't gives a sign to your brain that it needs alcohol or coke (or speed) but your brain wants a shot to feel at ease.
and that's what jim liked(and so do i )about alcohol and drugs(i guess) , your mind is taking a run with you but you don't know where it's going. and thats what drugs and alcohol adiction is all about. your brain is your leader instead of using your brain to do what you have to do (you still can do it for as long as you got enough of the substance you like, if not you got to score some before you can do it and that can take a little time).
it's not in what way you get it (like wisky-cola) but how mutch you get at one time coz your brain sais how mutch you need (if cocaine is cut really bad you draw 2 lines instead of one)
is i had for 500 euro's of coke in my house , i guess it would be all disapeared into my nose within 2 weeks, becouse it's there and i like it to mutch (in my "bad" period i did 300 euro's a week of coke, but it was so easy to get)
an eightbal is coke mixed with heroin i thought but it could be speed as well(HEROIN IS REALLY BAD SHIT. DON'T LET IT COME TO YOU!!!!)(i'd seen pll who where pretty normal before they started doing heroin and are or dead or nearly dead. DON'T DO IT)
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Post by nick on Jul 18, 2006 2:16:45 GMT
I think you're thinking of a Speedball. An 8-ball is an amount. 3 and a 1/2 grams or 1/8 of an o.z.--Could be wrong--I find it hard to believe Jim unknowingly used it, and if it’s true he was afraid of needles I don’t see how being drunk would derail that fear. I’ve been pumped fulla meds before in the hospital and Still cringed at the needles.
Didn’t people more commonly shot it back then? You wouldn’t think smoking it or snorting it would have done him in. Tried it twice not knowing what it was, and later got into it with the guy when someone in the room told me on the slick, and it didn’t drug me too bad (last time I did drugs). You feel warm and zone out. I’ve known junkies and most wouldn’t let someone set there and kill themselves. For one they’re gonna be afraid of the law becoming evolved and it’d be an issue of one person using everything up. If that is how he died, and we’ll never know, there must have been some irresponsible mother-fuckers in the room.
You hear that shit here and there like that IS how he died, but unless you were there… you don’t know….The gossip mongering of some of those that knew him, one in particular, is sickening….I wouldn’t find it altogether in plausible perhaps, like Gizmo was saying about the ability to intake large amounts of alcohol when high on cocaine, that maybe he’d been doing something like that and battery’d out.
At any rate. Rest in peace.
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Post by sparky on Jul 18, 2006 20:14:22 GMT
the problem (own experience) with alcohol and cocaine or speed is that you can keep on drinking and it makes you feel sober and sharp again so you can keep on drinking for a long time without feeling exhausted or so. alcohol and cocaine are physical adictive drugs, so your body don\\\'t gives a sign to your brain that it needs alcohol or coke (or speed) but your brain wants a shot to feel at ease. and that\\\'s what jim liked(and so do i )about alcohol and drugs(i guess) , your mind is taking a run with you but you don\\\'t know where it\\\'s going. and thats what drugs and alcohol adiction is all about. your brain is your leader instead of using your brain to do what you have to do (you still can do it for as long as you got enough of the substance you like, if not you got to score some before you can do it and that can take a little time). it\\\'s not in what way you get it (like wisky-cola) but how mutch you get at one time coz your brain sais how mutch you need (if cocaine is cut really bad you draw 2 lines instead of one) is i had for 500 euro\\\'s of coke in my house , i guess it would be all disapeared into my nose within 2 weeks, becouse it\\\'s there and i like it to mutch (in my "bad" period i did 300 euro\\\'s a week of coke, but it was so easy to get) an eightbal is coke mixed with heroin i thought but it could be speed as well(HEROIN IS REALLY BAD SHIT. DON\\\'T LET IT COME TO YOU!!!!)(i\\\'d seen pll who where pretty normal before they started doing heroin and are or dead or nearly dead. DON\\\'T DO IT) I AGREE WITH THE HEROIN THING. but 300 euro of coke?  shit i used to do that every weekend. now i have stopped. i had a couple of lines friday night and i was ok. im not going back to square one again this time. and since this weekend i have cut pills out too, because i dont feel in control of myself when i take them and that scares me. as for jim dying of an overdose i dont believe it, or maybe that i dont want to believe it cos i think it is such a terrible way to die. |
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Jan 7, 2011 12:23:35 GMT
"People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they’re wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It’s all in how you carry it. That’s what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you’re letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain."
Jim Morrison
Rather profound for someone so young but it shows that Morrison even if he had not acheived greatness as a poet indeed had the heart of a poet.
To pay tribute to the Poet Morrison 40 years on share your thoughts here and your favourite quote or poetry.
But don't just post snippets of Morrison try to explain why you put them here.
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Jan 8, 2011 10:57:33 GMT
Some of the views of friends, admirers and aquaintences.
"Jim Morrison probably got the closest to being an artist within rock and roll, I think. . . .His death made me sadder than anyone's. He was a really great poet."
Patti Smith
"To be a poet meant more to Jim than writing poems.
It meant embracing the tragedy, fate had chosen for him and fulfilling that destiny with gusto and nobility"
Paul A. Rothchild 1993
Suddenly, Morrison started throwing empty glasses up the stairs.
I grabbed him by the arm and yelled, "What the fuck are you doing, for Christ's sake?"
He ignored me and threw another glass up the stairs, simultaneously letting out another of his bloodcurdling screams. I expected a small army of cops to come charging down. After one final glass and one final scream, Jim turned and was gone. I was frustrated because I wanted to tell him that finally I had met someone who was truly possessed.
Tom Baker
And at the end he got drunk for the simple reason that that is what alcoholics do.
Danny Sugerman (biographer)
But Jim Morrison didn't want to be a god. Jim Morrison wanted to be a poet.
Danny Sugerman
"An American Prayer documents a fragment of the passion of Jim Morrison. It is not art as he would have it, but nothing posthumous is perfect. It is not the whole picture but the best part of the trip is intact. And like finding a roll of Diego Rivera's under an industrial sink, it is treasure unearthed. We feel a sense of
guilt but we are grateful for the glimpse. Notes toward a symphony of ritual. Last movements to reach out, to penetrate. New information. Interesting, inspiring new ammunition and that is truly something."
Patti Smith Creem Magazine 1979.
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Nov 9, 2012 10:04:08 GMT
Earliest example of Jim Morrison poet. THE PONY EXPRESS 21st May 1954The pony express carried the mail
Over hill, over dale.
Over rough rugged trails
And the brave men that carried it
Didn't complain,
For they knew they were helping their good country's name
They rode and rode through
Strong winds and rain just
To carry the mail and build
Up our name
Over Indian country and great sandy plains,
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