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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 7:22 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 7:48 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 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 8:40 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 10:14 pm to sleepy gnostic
Don't know if anyone on here has ever seen this video. It was made while Morrison was a student at FSU. Hard to believe it's the same guy that sang in The Doors.
FSU Promo
FSU Promo
Posted on 2/27/15 at 11:37 pm to sleepy gnostic
Not exactly
Alcohol was always Jim's weakness and drug of choice
Alcohol was always Jim's weakness and drug of choice
This post was edited on 2/27/15 at 11:45 pm
Posted on 2/28/15 at 12:41 am to sleepy gnostic
This isn't exactly news. He grew up as a military brat. I was a huge fan of the doors in my teens (like most I imagine), but you grow out of it, at least I hope people do. It's fun to revisit their music from time to time for pure nostalgia, but the music and morrison's "vision" is more hype than substance outside of a few tracks. However, the use of this is the end at the beginning of apocalypse now is still one of my favorite movie openings ever.
Posted on 2/28/15 at 1:29 am to sleepy gnostic
Every time The Doors come on the radio:
Me: I swear, I just don't get it. How did anybody ever like that guy?
Wife: It was those LSD people.
Me: I swear, I just don't get it. How did anybody ever like that guy?
Wife: It was those LSD people.
Posted on 2/28/15 at 1:09 pm to sleepy gnostic
I've never heard of anyone that didn't like The Doors. I hate to think of what these people may like..
Posted on 2/28/15 at 9:27 pm to sleepy gnostic
He bought acid at the pharmacy?
Posted on 3/1/15 at 2:28 pm to sleepy gnostic
Hell, if any of us spent a month on a rooftop eating fruit and dropping acid, we would be mystical poets or something similar (homeless mutterers)
Aint no big deal
Aint no big deal
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