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Jim Morrison: Early Days
Posted on 2/27/15 at 7:05 pm
Posted on 2/27/15 at 7:05 pm
Learned something today, thought I'd share.
I would guess most of us share the wild man vision of Jim that was personified in the great movie, The Doors.
I found it interesting that Jim was a pretty normal guy when he was at UCLA, short hair, a little pudgy, and pretty disciplined.
At the end of his time at UCLA he opted to stay in LA instead of going back to NY.
He took a notebook, oranges, and acid (bought over the counter) to a rooftop above an abandoned office building and began his metamorphosis.
He spent nearly a month on the rooftop exploring his conscious -- eating only fruit, taking copious amounts of acid, and writing in his notebook. What came out on the other side was a much learner guy, with longer hair, and a notebook of songs.
Before the rooftop Jim had seen just a couple concerts, didn't know how to play an instrument, wasn't into music all that much -- but through his altered state of consciousness he was reborn as a mystical poet.
I would guess most of us share the wild man vision of Jim that was personified in the great movie, The Doors.
I found it interesting that Jim was a pretty normal guy when he was at UCLA, short hair, a little pudgy, and pretty disciplined.
At the end of his time at UCLA he opted to stay in LA instead of going back to NY.
He took a notebook, oranges, and acid (bought over the counter) to a rooftop above an abandoned office building and began his metamorphosis.
He spent nearly a month on the rooftop exploring his conscious -- eating only fruit, taking copious amounts of acid, and writing in his notebook. What came out on the other side was a much learner guy, with longer hair, and a notebook of songs.
Before the rooftop Jim had seen just a couple concerts, didn't know how to play an instrument, wasn't into music all that much -- but through his altered state of consciousness he was reborn as a mystical poet.
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Posted on 2/27/15 at 7:14 pm to sleepy gnostic
"Mystical poet" is a bit of a stretch, and I say that as a fan.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 7:15 pm to sleepy gnostic
He broke on through. To the other side.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 7:16 pm to Evolved Simian
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"Mystical poet" is a bit of a stretch, and I say that as a fan.
I don't think whether or not he was really matters to what was shared.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 7:22 pm to sleepy gnostic
It's well proven that acid produces good songs. We wouldn't have any doors songs or the second half of the Beatles without it, but in the case of Morrison, the acid wasn't enough and he died young.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 7:24 pm to TideJoe
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, the acid wasn't enough and he died young.
What do you mean?
Posted on 2/27/15 at 7:30 pm to sleepy gnostic
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Posted by sleepy gnostic
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, the acid wasn't enough and he died young.
What do you mean?
He got into all kinds of other shite and ultimately lead to his death. The acid wasn't enough. The dude lit the candle on both ends.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 7:38 pm to TideJoe
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He got into all kinds of other shite and ultimately lead to his death. The acid wasn't enough. The dude lit the candle on both ends.
Saying the acid wasn't enough is kind of odd for a number of reasons. I don't know if I can muster the metaphysical might to explain why.
I'll add he was also much more calculated and in control than how he was branded, it was intended to be that way. Most things he did, even the exposure incident was premeditated (that particular incident was influenced by something he went to a few days prior).
Posted on 2/27/15 at 7:48 pm to sleepy gnostic
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I found it interesting that Jim was a pretty normal guy when he was at UCLA, short hair, a little pudgy, and pretty disciplined
Son of a Navy admiral.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 7:57 pm to Reservoir dawg
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Son of a Navy admiral.
Yeah. That's what the podcast said.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 8:01 pm to sleepy gnostic
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What do you mean?
He swallowed some magma and torched his insides.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 8:06 pm to diddydirtyAubie
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He swallowed some magma and torched his insides.
I think the magma was injected.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 8:15 pm to sleepy gnostic
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mystical poet.
Motherfricker please....The Doors are so overrated.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 8:18 pm to sleepy gnostic
Where did he poop?
Posted on 2/27/15 at 8:18 pm to sleepy gnostic
No, it was swallowed.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 8:27 pm to AUCatfish
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Motherfricker please....The Doors are so overrated.
Probably true.
Maybe he was a bad mystical poet, still a mystic, and a poet.
I think some of you just like to club the moles as they pop their heads up. Cavemen.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 8:40 pm to sleepy gnostic
He wrote about sex and drugs so I'd say mystical poet is a bit of a stretch.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 8:49 pm to sleepy gnostic
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Maybe he was a bad mystical poet, still a mystic, and a poet.
No and no.
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I think some of you just like to club the moles as they pop their heads up. Cavemen.
No. While Morrison was a decent song writer, and the Doors were a decent band, they get god like status because he died. There are at least 20 bands ahead of them in the pantheon of great 60's bands.
Had Morrison lived, he would probably be playing the state fair circuit with REO Speedwagon.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 9:18 pm to AUCatfish
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No. While Morrison was a decent song writer, and the Doors were a decent band, they get god like status because he died. There are at least 20 bands ahead of them in the pantheon of great 60's bands.
Did anyone say they were the best band of the 60's?
I feel like you're being oddly confrontational. This isn't a thread proclaiming the awesomeness of the band.
Moral of the OP - Jim was a military brat, a short haired, semi pudgy normal guy until he transformed himself physically and mentally on an abandoned rooftop in LA over the course of a month.
You can think Jim sucks, I wouldn't totally argue, but to deny that he was a mystic and a poet is just craziness.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 9:22 pm to sleepy gnostic
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You can think Jim sucks, I wouldn't totally argue, but to deny that he was a mystic and a poet is just craziness.
A bad poet and as mystic as someone working for the psychic friends network.
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I feel like you're being oddly confrontational. This isn't a thread proclaiming the awesomeness of the band.
You are proclaiming him as a "mystic and poet" not being confrontational, just pointing out you are wrong.
So yeah, I guess I'm being confrontational...lol
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