Agree. TH-cam has been great. Was glad to learn that the “No One Here Gets Out Alive” book character from my middle/high school years wasn’t the whole story.
What destroyed Jim Morrison was his addiction to alcohol. He was already a full-blown drunk when the Doors' debut album was released. By the time "The Soft Parade" was recorded, Morrison's drinking had reached ruinous levels of self-destruction. It was only a matter of time before his short chaotic life was shut down forever. What a shame. "Strange Days" remains a stone-cold classic. It was Jim's personal favourite album.
@@MaureenDeVries-wd9mh Jim was at the very peak of his powers, before fame and alcohol overwhelmed him. The album’s relative commercial failure was the trigger point for his tragic decline.
I don't know what a "full blown drunk" means to you, but that's not what Jim was in 1966. There were lots of hints of his weakness for booze, but he wasn't "full blown" at all, and was still doing psychedelics at that time.
@@ChorusArtists Alcohol and psychedelics are a bad combination! Little wonder Jim Morrison passed so young! My father was a 4 fifths a day man, he destroyed his body and looks. I'm just glad I didn't have to live with him. In the end I had nothing to do with him as he got into Angel dust. Some people just don't grow up! He also died young.
His vocal on Touch MNow, I'm going to love you 'Til the heavens stop the rain I'm going to love you 'Til the stars fall from the sky For you and I Is really, vocally strong. I think they wrote it with a vague thought Sinatra might cover it.
In Paris when Jim overdosed, Pam freaked out not wanting to call the Fire department and not able to speak French, she called her Friends who came too late and found Jim dead. They later put him in the Tub as if he dead of natural causes. Lesson, don't hang out with Junkies.
@@sr2291Not seen dead by Ray,, does anyone REALLY think the son of a vice admiral could somehow disappear in some weird plot? Supposedly an EMPTY coffin was buried in that famous French cemetery but the body was turned over to THREE STAR admiral Morrison and he's in a family plot somewhere...
I find it absolutely disgraceful that Pam's parents would even want to have rights to anything about Jim or the Doors over Jim's Family. But that's greed for you. So what that it's wrong and makes absolutely no sense because they had Zero% whatsoever to do with him or them or any of it, but there was a loophole that landed that opportunity to financially benefit by using what's not theirs so why not. Disgraceful & disgusting to say the absolutely least.
With parents like that, perhaps that explains why Pamela turned out the way she did. It definitely wasn't right what they did and there should have been no question about it whatsoever, never mind Jim's family having to take them to court. But, have you seen how people act after even someone impoverished dies? I can only begin to imagine how much worse the sheer madness is when there is that much money involved. I totally agree w/ you that it was disgraceful and disgusting behaviour on their part.
His Voice? Mediocre at best. Morrison got away with an average voice because of the incredible talent of his bandmates. Even Yoko Ono was a close second to jim.
his voice and how he used it was magic...anyone trying to cover a Doors song fail to the original. And as sad as it is, his incredibly talented bandmates didn't produce anything memorable after Morrison's departure...@@danielbrown3461
He seems to have had the sensibility and sensitivity of a pure artist. The rock and roll world, driven by sales, is a dangerous place for a pure artist.
Big money in any genre of music, eventually destroys it. The big money boys who finance bands, hoping for a return on their investment, love money not music. Always remember what it says in the Bible. It's not money itself, but the love of money, (greed) is the root of all evil.
@cindyspowart555 When I knew him in Michigan, late '60s - early '70s, he did not drink or do drugs. Vince was driven to succeed. He was very professional.
Crazy how in 2024 people as heavy as jim dont exist anymore... rip the poet/musician/writer/filmmaker... rip charisma in general! Who shines anymore? Isn't that insane!! The soul is on the brink.....
History shows a warring nation loses its culture and soul To be sure, blind consumerism and the endless post 911 wars have sapped the creativity and philosophy and science out of the American culture
Pretty nifty song but it is too bad that they released the filthy version of it. Why couldn't they just let us remember it for the great song that it was?
@@festidious2644 you missed the point of the song. It's a symbolic statement from Frederick Nietzsche if I'm not mistaken. I know the part you're referring to. It's not to be taken literally though.
All of us are somewhat responsible for our own downfall. All have sinned. But people are only responsible to the degree they are responsible. There are lots of extenuating circumstances. One person's rent money is stolen, and they have a hard time making the rent. They weren't careless with their rent money: someone just stole it. Their responsibility is not as great as someone who just spent their rent money on luxury things. Someone who gets an injury that causes chronic pain will have a worse risk of opiate addiction than someone with no injury. That is not their fault. So it is dishonest to say that they are responsible for 100% of their problems.
@@lindajohnson4204 Hmm. I tend to disagree. In this life, you tend to get what you give. What you may be seeing is a small portion of the overall story.
@@gwynnielsen5081 Lots of people don't get what they give in this life. The haves love to say that, to torment, discredit and dismiss the have nots. It does not explain why so many thieves have so much. It appeals to the cruel and self-righteous, who love to condemn and crush people when they are down. It does not explain why the sun shines and the rain falls on the righteous and the unrighteous alike.
@@gwynnielsen5081 I think that in Jim's case, only a small portion of the truth is shown, but what isn't shown would explain a lot of the hard to explain things, and about now, someone always chimes in to say (loudly) that it's just another example of how ridiculous, and always 100% wrong, Jim was. Look at his mysterious weight gain in the last years of the 60s, which is held out as an example of how ridiculous he was. But he already was on the receiving end of threats, etc, when the Manson family killings happened. Do people realize that when we read that Hollywood people were feeling threatened because of the Manson killings, Jim knew at least one of the people killed, and possibly more? Because of his interest in film, projects he had worked on, etc, he is fairly likely to have known Sharon Tate, but he definitely knew her ex-boyfriend, Jay (I can't remember the last name), who gave him that famous haircut. This is the kind of guy Jim would have liked a lot, and probably considered a friend. There is a really good documentary about him on TH-cam, and he seems like a great guy, and definitely someone Jim would have liked. He was staying with her and her friends to protect her while she was pregnant, while Polanski was off shooting a movie. If you add to the horror of that, the threats Jim was already undergoing (things like how easy it would be for a sniper to shoot him, especially from a crowded stadium), and there's that much more fear and horror that he had to endure, and somehow accommodate. After awhile, it wears you down, and that's when people don't necessarily take the best care of their bodies. Lots of cause to gain weight in quieting the anxiety, including alcohol, but also sleep, food, any prescription meds, and also not feeling free to get out and get the best, most helpful exercise. By the time those pictures were taken in Paris, he looked pretty good and healthy again, so he wasn't beyond making an effort to be healthy and look presentable: vastly better than he looked, just a few months before, on PBS, and even lots better than when they were recording _LA Woman_ just a couple of months before. There was probably a lot going on that isn't known to the public, and yet Jim has to be regularly dragged through the court of public opinion, making sure that everyone hears and agrees that he is a complete mess-up, 100% to blame for 100% of his problems. That is hardly true about anyone, although we have to take responsibility for what we can control.
@@gwynnielsen5081 My first reply to you was apparently deleted. I took issue with your assertion that people get as good as they give. But thieves steal and become rich, and sometimes live to an old age, and pass the money on to their heirs. There are many other examples: the people who play on the job become popular, while the ones doing the necessary work get worn down. It also doesnt explain why the sun and rain fall on the just and the unjust alike.
I agree. He had those addictive tendencies, especially with alcohol, that he allowed to control his life unfortunately. The other three members used/experimented with substances, but as far as I know never went off the deep end.
he never had a relationship with his dad and bouncing from school to school will always make u feel like an outcast because the roots from your tree never have any soil to plant It's easy to judge from the outside, but much harder to rationalize from within. Remember your kids are your investment, but their outcome is the world's future. If u are not a dad, maybe your upset at yourself for not having kids, and are taking it out on Jim for either being a coward or a quitter. i make a another comparison on the comment section of the correlation to Robert Kennedy and how he had father's issues that eventually destroyed himself and his older brother.
How many people in their early 20s would really have had the ability to navigate the world that he did? There were plenty of traps and he fell into a lot of them.
He's rambling about killing his parents on stage in 1967. I liked a lot of their music, but things were taking a depressing turn long before The Manson family murders. The constant threat of the draft to fight in a war even McNamara knew was unwinnable by 1967, the same year the song was written, probably caused a lot of people to live in the moment, even if it was potentially lethal. Morrison was probably protected from the draft due to his wealth and connections, but maybe he felt guilty about that.
The Miami concert, was really the start of it all..my older sister, went to that concert ( Coconut Grove) and she mentioned it was wild, she also said, that she was close enough to the stage; that Jim, didn't expose himself..
THANK YOU!!! Coconut Grove! I use to live there it was awesome! Wish I'd have been there at that concert. Saw them live 3x met Jim backstage in Phila., too bad Pam was there
@@freewheelingideas They weren't looking for the truth. They were stopping the destruction of our youth. That all seems so innocent compared to what is happening now.
Pam's dealer was the son of a french diplomat who left France the day after he overdosed. So I think Jim died from the heroïn he bought for Pam, then the father protected his son by hiding the true reason of the death. That's why the police report mentions a heart attack and why Jim was buried so quickly
@@freewheelingideas However, I was also interested in alternative theories, notably that of mind control by the CIA. In this theory, counter-culture was initiated by the CIA in order to control young people (who outnumbered their elders with the post-war baby boom, and whose demands threatened the established order), notably through the use of LSD. The CIA would have encouraged the emergence of all these groups by giving the means to the music industry (Jim Morrison is the son of an admiral, he went to school with the singer of the Mamas, herself the daughter of a military officer, Franck Zappa is also linked to the army, etc.) In short, as far as Jim is concerned, he could have become a nuisance. And what better way to neutralize resistance than with heroin? It's interesting to note that Janis Joplin obviously died of the same heroin as Pamela, since they had the same dealer, whose wealthy family was closely linked to power. In the end, the story is the same: Jim goes to buy heroin for Pam, he tastes it, it's too strong, he dies, the death is made up and the body quickly buried.
However, I was also interested in alternative theories, notably that of mind control by the CIA. In this theory, counter-culture was initiated by the CIA in order to control young people (who outnumbered their elders with the post-war baby boom, and whose demands threatened the established order), notably through the use of LSD. The CIA would have encouraged the emergence of all these groups by giving the means to the music industry (Jim Morrison is the son of an admiral, he went to school with the singer of the Mamas, herself the daughter of a military officer, Franck Zappa is also linked to the army, etc.) In short, as far as Jim is concerned, he could have become a nuisance. And what better way to neutralize resistance than with heroin? It's interesting to note that Janis Joplin obviously died of the same heroin as Pamela, since they had the same dealer, whose wealthy family was closely linked to power. In the end, the story is the same: Jim goes to buy heroin for Pam, he tastes it, it's too strong, he dies, the death is made up and the body quickly buried.
Wow! That is some interesting information. It certainly would answer a lot of questions concerning Jim's parents' actions or lack thereof after his death. May I ask you how you learned this? Or if you would mind sharing any additional information on the matter? Thank you in advance. 😊
@@darlynegardner2158 I'm french and Jim died in France, so legal reports and interviews are in french. Here is the medic report (heart failure): wildlove.chez.com/jimprincipal/doc3.gif
The Doors are one of my all time favorite bands. Some of the things Morrison did musically was simply amazing. I read Break on Through in high school. I was amazed at what Morrison would do, drink, push the boundaries of normal society. I recall one of the things Morrison would do. Morison would stay up days on in drinking, walking, and just wandering. My sophomore year in high school I stayed up for two days and just walked everywhere around the beach. I didn’t partake in any alcohol or drugs. I wanted to just walk around and meet people. It was one of the best moments I’ve ever had. I just probably should’ve told my brother I was doing this as he thought I just disappeared. He saw me walking on the beach one evening and yelled my name. He said he was moments away from calling the police and reported me missing. While I did scare the heck out of my brother. It was a good time and I met some interesting people. I still listen to The Doors to this day 34 years later. Great band.
That's interesting. I had a similar experience when I was 17. I had extreme insomnia, I actually did not sleep for a week! I just walked around and talked to people. I was in a psychoedelic state. The doors of perception were open! In later years when I did acid, it was very similar. I experienced extreme moments of synchronicity, and I realized I could influence the world with thoughts and behavior. People actually started following me and I became like a guru for a week. After a while, the "authorities" noticed as I was disrupting the matrix. I was tricked into going into a teen "facility" and was drugged up. When I became morbidly depressed again, the "authorities" declared victory and let me back into the matrix.
To tedwojstic you talking to me? I wasn't trying to be cute. What I experienced wasn't insane, it was the opposite. It was a transcedent experience. That's the point of the name the Doors. The doors of perception are clouded by the "matrix." It would take an encyclopedia to explain this. Millions of people around the world have come to know this. What do you think the whole 60's revolution was about? Score some high quality acid and you'll find out too.
All of Stone's movies are a pack of lies. Even his own story as told in Platoon was a pack of lies. What Stone does is create single characters out of multiple people and then puts those characters into situations that are based on a mix of loosely based truth infused with highly concentrated bullshit. For example, Sgt Barnes in Platoon was an amalgamation of about 3 different sgts that Stone served with, and he (stone) never saw any attrocities in villages, he just took what he heard about my lai and then placed his fake characters into similar situations. Thats what Stone does. It works for Hollywood but you cant ever accuse his movies of being truthful. He is a storyteller, pure and simple.
He really did not have a downfall, as such. He DID have a drinking problem, and he DID choose to snort heroin in his Paris apartment with Pamela... after drinking all day. The combination killed him. But Jim already had several health issues leading up to the day of his death. One of them was an injury to his lungs that he got in a fall from heights. He also was a smoker of tobacco. He was burning his candle at both ends for years, and it caught up with him.
@@normadesmond6017, smoking cigarettes gave him a nasty cough, which got worse after he fell from a third story ledge. Jim opened a window and walked out on the ledge about 3 floors up, and accidentally fell onto the roof of a storage shed. That accident harmed his lungs even more. His friend from film school that had lunch with Jim on the last day of Jim's life noticed this savage cough.
@@hiramwilliams7560 thats correct, the only reason she went to Paris was for " the count" he provided everyone with China white, heroin. Marianne Faithfully was also there at the time for him and the heroin, she admitted in interviews. Pam was almost most of the time with her own friends in the bars on the South Bank of the Seine, while Jim did his own thing. There are some very detailed videos about the people who where with him, on his last weeks and days.
Damaged people tend to surround themselves with damaged people. Unless there is an epiphany of some sort, self destructive behavior to self destruction. All people struggle at some point in their life, and when you're young with little experience, it can be difficult to overcome these struggles. People need to show empathy, or at least sympathy for others struggles. But I have a real problem with the suggestion that anyone was responsible for Morrison's downfall, rather than his own self destructive behavior.
So true...no one forced Morrison to ingest alchohol or drugs. It was his decision. For this reason, classifying addiction as a "disease" rankles me to no end. I can quit drinking or smoking dope. How do I quit cancer or dementia?
This was my era. Lots of confusion, no anchors, and it happened overnight. As I remember, young people were saddened by his death, reverential, but no one was shocked. They were all dying, one after the other, because of drugs/addiction. He had a phenomenal brain, great intelligence. Who knows what he could have done in a different era. But he was the cause of his downfall.
Mick Jagger always wanted to be what he was. Jim Morrison -- not so much. He never aspired to be a rock star, even though it was exciting and fun for a while. By the time he got bored and started to scorn his audience, he was already a major alcoholic. It was too late for a big change. Being drunk all the time, he couldn't have made it on his own (e.g. as an actor). So he continued with the band until he was a physical wreck. Then he "escaped" to Paris but didn't really try to adopt a healthier lifestyle. Sad story.
If you want to understand why Jim was tired of being a "Rock Star", go on line & look up The Doors Touring Dates. That was enough to wear anybody out. Plus, him getting Drunk before & after allmost every concert certainly didn't make it any easier. He was Burned out with the the whloe Trip. Then the Police started fucking with him after Miami. Enough was enough. He didn't give a Shit about money. So touring became a pain in the ass. He wanted out..
It is also very odd that his family is satisfied with not knowing whether his body was in the ground or not. I would expect a military man to demand that they show him his son, in that coffin. I'm sure his mother would demand they show her son in his coffin. I find that really odd that not even his family questioned this. Really odd.
The Dad was just In pure denial that his wicked son was in a prestigious elitist cemetery when he had dishonored his own mother and father in his music and actions. And denial of his own actions and govt. actions in the Gulf of Tonkin.
As was Dave McGowan's book on the subject. Which I did like, but in the end he blocked me when I asked him how he managed to avoid talking about The Beatles in an entire section on Charles Manson. Like, to the point that he mentions them as little as he possibly can. With a band so tied to that man, that it's almost impossible to separate them anymore. On August 9th, 1969, The Beatles cross Abbey Road. Behind them is a Volkswagen Beetle with the license plate ending 28IF. The same day, a time zone away, Tex Watson and members of the Family are heading over to the house on Cielo in a car registered 281P. Roman Polanski's last birthday present to Sharon Tate was a car with the registration PGY 330. (Piggy???) That's a LITTLE bit too coincidental if you ask me. Go ahead ask! He claimed Frank Zappa was against anti-war protesters, and I could not find a single verification of that claim. Zappa thought placards and stomping up and down outside the capitol was a bit futile, but he did not seem to be against anti-war protest that I could locate. McGowan's book has a lot of truths, some strange omissions, and I always thought it was an insider inside scoop. Letting you know what wants known, but not the total truth. @@ofangelsflipz
Of course Jim was the instrument of his demise. Just like every rock star whose addictions fucking buried them. Alcoholism nearly buried me, but I wanted to get free of it and found a way.
I've loved the doors since I first heard "Light my fire" in 67! So sad that he burned so brightly for such a short time. Godbless you Jim and the doors....
You know who also burn brightly....young kids...some as young as 18-19 who are given orders to storm a enemy stronghold such as...the beaches of normandy and who are gunned down. Morrison never had the courage. And he was raised up in relative wealth ....his father being a wealthy high ranking officer so he was never forced into service because of the need for money. In summary he was a semi spoiled brat who was a closet gay.
Alot of our young soldiers and sailors who died in WW1 WW2 and Korea burned brightly for a short time. Had they not fought Morrison would probably not have been born.
His biography said Jims father was ashamed of Jims lifestyle and told him if he cut his hair would be the only way he would be welcome to come home for a visit. It says that Jim was jaded and made an indecent comment to his own mother onstage. Its all very sad.
I know.. some people have made these idiotic comments like “ no one dies at 27” I’m like what? Of course people die at 27 especially if you are abusing your body with alcohol and drugs
As an ex heroin addict...I can honestly say...that if u love a junky...u become one eventually...so I blame his obsession with Nihilisn and yes to a decent extent his relationship with Pam...probably would have died young anyway...but heroin gets u there quicker
Yeah me also. One of the things I read was that he was afraid of needles. Thought he was snorting coke. The count that scored for Pam supplied the heroin that killed lots of the famous. I remember China White being deadly back in the day.
Jim went to school with other military kids that also were moved around a lot, so he was surrounded by kids having the same experience. I know this because I was a military kid who changed schools a lot as well. I doubt he was looked at as odd for being the new kid
His dad had a hand in the Gulf of Tonkin false flag. He then moved to Laurel Canyon where he joined up with other kids of higher ups in the intelligence, defense department and military contractors. Zappa, Baez, Kesey up in San Francisco, Hendrix and Garcia were both in the military…. The whole “scene” is kinda suspect with all the links to government agencies and dark ops of the time.
@@matthewlawton9241 was your father the admiral that was involved in the Gulf of Tonkin? And the friends you have all the kids of higher ups of military contractors and intelligence agencies?
Just go back to his childhood. IMO. Loved JM, as a teenager that sound hit my soul. I never did see The Doors on stage but my sister did - the best gig ever is what she says to this day. She is 70 next week. RIP Jim.
Many circumstances, relationships, and lack of guidance will take anyone young and dumb Down. Morrison was in his own World of pain, creativity, and bad Relationships. Drug and alcohol abuse were seen as weaknesses In people in Jim's time. Now we Understand the causes and needed treatments to help others.
I think what killed him was Miami Court Case. He was worried about how much time he was going to have to do in prison. I think that is why he went to France because he couldn't be extradited when and if he was sentenced. In a way he has achieved immortality.
The family is keeping some dark family secrets from the fans. I’m convinced he had childhood trauma, but based on what Ray said, he had a redneck side that came out when he binge drank.
On another bio about Jim, he said he would need at least a suitcase of tranquilizers to face the trial. And ironically, it seemed he was innocent of that particular charge levied against him! EXCELLENT video, BTW. Many pix I've never seen before and very professional video. Kudos.🎉🎉
There is a very detailed video about his last days in Paris, all people involved speak up without any filter....Agnes Varda and Alain Ronay....the last who saw him alive
Jim Was highly intelligent, his issues were rather a little more complicated. He didn't have any set boundaries and thought he knew what he wanted in his life, he didn't know how to accept it to only a certain point I'd say. His final and main issue was that he had no self control. He was all over the place, and what I mean by that is that he practically did whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted with whomever he wanted to and didn't care for the consequences. That's what got him in the most trouble and ultimately took a downward spiral that in the end he lost his own life.
I've just read the excellent 'Janis' by Holly George-Warren, and the life of Janis Joplin is similar in some respects. She lived absolutely recklessly, and by the age of 19 her coming self-destruction was apparent already. Added to that, I recommend Riders On The Storm by John Densmore, the drummer. All three remaining members of The Doors have written an autobiography, but this one is the best by far for its writer's self-honesty and its analysis of the late 60s and both the light and dark sides of the era. Both of these books are very thought-provoking.
It's the heroin and heavy alcohol consumption that kills them. What better way to stop your heart than to drink lots of alcohol and use heroin. Janus Joplin went out the same way. They can't get enough of those heart stopping drugs. They also don't seem to know their own limitations and I think wealth has a lot to do with that. If a person wants to destroy their health after a successful and lucrative career....I just shake my head and laugh. If Morrison thought the life of a rock star was stressful....he should have tried actually working for a living, then he would have known what stress is.
Love the Doors. A girl I had a huge crush on in high school was a huge Doors fan. I would mock her because I have always been into heavy metal. When I hear Jim sing for the first time, my life was changed. I lost a relationship with a great girl because of being judgemental. It's very ironic that I support Jim's stance against the mindset.
My mom was a Hollywood kid back in the late 60's. She bumped into Morrison on the strip. She described him as a fool (he described himself as a clown); of course, she said she was also a fool at the time. It was a playground back then that started out innocent enough, but turned ugly in the end for so many. She also ran into Charles Manson in Hollywood, before the murders. Steve Parent (the guy who got shot in his car at the Tate house) went to High School with my Mom ... Arroyo HS in El Monte. From the way my Mom describes it, it doesn't help to glorify Morrison or people like him. He wasn't someone to aspire to. He wasn't a god. The music of The Doors is legengary, no doubt, but Jim's poetry books left me disappointed. It sounds to me that he was a classic narcissist who masked his pain with drugs. He was probably intersting to hang out with for short spurts.
Crosby said Jim was an asshole. Everytime he came to a good calm peaceful party Jim would come in and ruin the whole vibe making a loud ass of himself. Yelling at people or pushing people down the stairs.
Just mind boggling that there wasn't an investigation and autopsy. Usually when someone in their 20s dies mysteriously in their home and someone was there they dig a little.
French Connection. Afghanistan to Turkey to France was the route. He was too young to be smart enough to dump the junkie girlfriend, though his physical appearance clearly shows he was putting down gallons of alcohol.
You are correct, and France in 1971 did indeed require all deaths outside of a doctors supervision (someone dying while under medical care), or under the age of 60, t undergo a full autopsy. Either someone was paid off, or more likely, the bane of human reality...gross incompetence and laziness. Most govts. are not out to get anyone, but they are staffed by humans and many humans are lazy idiots.
It's all been said before , but still pleasant to see someone keeping the Lizard King's fire blazing . I was in Miami in 1969 and remember it well . I am also a musician , attended Florida State and Allen Ginsberg wrote the liner notes for my book of poetry . I have a strange connection & empathy for Jim . He was ( is , depending on one's Conspiracy theory opinion of his passing ) a great Artist . Thanks for the Video .
I am 62, and he was a bit before my time, but I have always had a strange empathy for him too. I really really would have liked to see what his life would have been if he had lived.
@@MultiSkyman1 I was born in 76. So, some of the great musicians were either just hitting their peak or going strong. I always loved Jim Morrison's voice. I have to agree with you, it would have been great to see what he would have accomplished. Not only just Morrison, but Hendrix and Bon Scott as well. ❤
@@freewheelingideas Thank you for posting this video! I just found your channel and subbed. I loved the footage that you included in this video. I would have loved to see them perform 'Crystal Ship's live. Not only that, but seeing both Jim and Van Morrison on stage together! Thanks for the great video. I look forward to checking out the rest of your content. 😊
The Doors are my favourite band of all time - I am now subscribed to the fact that some special people who touch us in special ways, like Jim, are just angels with a few artistic steps to inspire and then they are gone. And that is how it is - perfectly - meant to be. Universe bless xx.
Great band, great, legendary music for sure. However, "angels"? We are what we do (did), and what he did killed him. The Universe may have magic, at times and if you believe, but not sure how much of it is used to help those who are as self destructive, and for as long as he was. Just a matter of time.....
As Ray said, all those flashes from all those cameras in the audience and yet not one picture of the so called.. "exposing himself" Being falsely convicted was the final blow to self preservation for Jim The depression and heavy drinking that followed cost him his life Rest in peace our dear Jim 🙏 ❤
If he was such a rebel and anti authoritian as they say he was being falsly convicted would have been met with a smirk. It's clear now that morrison had a soft upbringing. Full of priviledge. He most certainly was a closeted Bisexual.
@@danielbrown3461 Did you watch the trial? He did originally joke around and have a smirk until he realized how crooked the judge was. And his girlfriend...would disagree with you
@@danielbrown3461 Unless he was a close friend or close associate of yours, your last comment is only 10% likely, (that being the best estimate of bisexuality, based on established research). Not sure why you, or anyone else, cares about who another person, famous or not, is intimate with. Am I saying that politely enough?
The best explanation I’ve ever read is, “ imagine being an awkward, intelligent wallflower who took LSD one day at Venice Beach and woke up a Prince…”, something not only that I can understand but relate to but add that and his realisation that the fame and expectations thrust upon him especially during his particular generation were not what he wanted after all and the crass media coverage that almost mocked him and his band and their achievements and so on. Now add to that his reliance upon substances to overcome his aching shyness to even face the crowd and voila. Thanks for the music. 🎸🎤🎹🗽🏴📚
Morrison, like most other human beings, is responsible for his own demise. His unbridled pride, narcissism and anti-social, self-destructive nature certainly directed him down the path that swallowed him entirely. He made the decision to run down his chosen path as fast as he could, only to hit the wall in Paris. The people who surrounded him were unable to get thru the walls he started building during his childhood. Sadly, he found it easier to self-medicate himself off the face of the earth, than seek help. Definitely, one of the most gut-wrenching stories in rock history!
I would imagine that seeking 'help' in those days was quite stigmatized; and adding his anti-establishment views that were popular at the time, it just wasn't going to happen. But, putting together all of the details of his upbringing, along with a strong personality, his own psychological 'defenses' and the pressures of public notoriety, his was a path headed for a cliff. It's easy to judge and find the flaws, but all humans are vulnerable under the right circumstances.
@@empireoflizards Ask EVERY soldier that made it home from Vietnam about the lack of help available in that era. If you were indeed referring that I was judging Morrison, you'd be spot on. However, I wasn't simply making a lame attempt at taking an "easy" jab at Morrison's human fallibilities. I was speaking from personal experience as a once self medicating, recovering cocaine addicted 70's rock musician. I was neither judging nor trying to smear Morrison's reputation. He did that all by himself. Even though his life was obviously a sad state of affairs, and having had actual contact with him on several occasions, I feel I said nothing but the truth. And, I said it in the exact same way that I had to in order to face MY OWN fallibilities to get myself out of the hell I foolishly imposed upon myself. All too often, the truth hurts like hell. We ALL have to figure that out.
To suggest anyone BUT Jim was “behind” his downfall is to enjoy a misogynist tall tale far more than the truth. Jim was no waif. Brilliant mind and a drive to… push the edge.
Director Agnes Varda was called up by Pam to handle dealing with Jim’s body and the Paris police. Marianne Faithfull was in the loop because her boyfriend sold Jim the fatal batch that killed him. It sounded like Jim and Pam were co-dependent but at the same time weren’t exactly monogamous.
04:05 "While Jim dealt with a mostly absent father working away in the military..." Let me translate from MI6 speak. Jim Morrison's dad was US Navy Rear Admiral George Stephen Morrison, who was in charge of the fleet that oversaw the Tonkin Gulf incident, which was the 1964 false flag operation that provided the excuse for the militarization of the Vietnam conflict from 1965 onwards. Google: george stephen morrison wikipedia
@@MrK-wu7ci I don't know what I'm talking about, really, but I am going to cut his dad some slack about that. His father said (way after the fact) that they weren't given any choice. I think that is likely true. What if he had said "we are not going to do it", what would have happened to them all? Do we really think he and the men under his command could have survived saying no to the powerful people represented by McNam. ara? And if they had chanced it anyway, somebody else would surely have done it. So, whether or not he should have done it, he probably had a reason for not playing the hero. A few years ago, maybe ten or so, I listened to a recording of the officer who called in the supposed attack. To hear him is heartbreaking. He just sounds so ashame, yet he's going through with the thing. What is dishonorable to some people is no big thing to others. Judging by this officer, I will give him that he was likely to have felt the same way.
I don’t think the psychedelics were his problem if anything they probably contributed to him breaking out of his shell and exploring possibilities/diminishing fear caused by conditioning. I would go as far to say that a return to the psychedelics as opposed to alcohol would have allowed him to possibly reconnect with himself. In general, I think it’s easy to lose yourself when you are always under pressure to perform and be someone that you aren’t. In the end, I really think he was suffering on the inside as he was so quickly disillusioned or disconnected from himself.
He was moody and Dionysian, boozy and brilliant, that's one reason he was out of step with the flower children, and still underappreciated by rock critics.
"We live, we die, and death not ends it." -JDM He's right there with me everytime I'm listening to the tunes. If its a tear or a smile I get from his lyrics, I come away with just a little bit more of a fortified soul. Thank you so much James, love ya!!!❣️🙏🏻🔥
Fame is a crock, power is a crock, who the hell wants that? Freedom man, freedom, enough money just to be, yourself. No acting, no image, just be. Getting up when you like and doing what you like, dress how you like. If you have somebody who loves and supports you and doesn't want a piece of you? That's probably as good as it gets man. - Mickey Alvarez. (Jim Morrison)
Personally one of the problems that I think Morrison had is that he probably felt like a hypocrite. He was trying to be free of the establishment, but had to sell himself to get there to the point where he became part of the establishment. It's like claiming to want to be free of capitalism, and then asking people to buy your records and t-shirts, which is as capitalist as it gets. Do you see the conflict? You want to be free from posessions and junk, but you have to sell posessions and junk to people to be free. It's a nasty cycle because at the end of the day, living costs and you cant eat dirt, it's a no way out situation that the hippy culture could never resolve and thats why most of them gave in and got jobs. When your face starts turning up on other people's t-shirts, thats when you know your image no longer belongs to you. I think Morrison felt like a fake because he sold out and I dont think he could ever come to terms with it. This is basically the whole premise for "Easy Rider" which sums it all up much better than I ever could. At the end when the one guy says "we did it, we're living the dream" and the other guy says "no.....we blew it"......thats what I'm talking about here. You cant claim to be living a capitalist free dream when you had to sell drugs to achieve it. The same with Morrison's music, image, and life. He had to sell it all. Thats the worst kind of blowing it there is to someone who hates capitalism.
Excellent and accurate until the ending. Jims regular hang out at the Rock and Roll Circus in Paris was friends with the bartender. Bartender testified 2 guys came in to talk with Jim quickly and then left quickly. Jim had scored Pam's heroin and went to the bathroom which had closet like rooms to sit in. The bartender noticed Jims drink sitting so went in bathroom and pushed open the door and Jim was sitting down, clothed dead with blood out of right nostril. Dead. The dealer, Count Jean de Breteuil was one pf P,ams lovers and son of 2nd richest family in France. he also provided Marianne Faithful etc. The bar manager called his friends to get the now dead Jim Morrison out of his bar. Eye witnesses who gave interviews years ago testified they took him in a bed sheet down a hall, out an ally @ 4am up to a hysterical Pams apt. The Medical Officers that reported something very odd? Why was Jims head was under the faucet with same blood out of right nostril and not resting on the incline of the tub as a normal position? Because they were scared to death and they were not thinking and the top half of human body is heaviest....all this is on the web in bits and pieces. The bartender that night liked Jim and did not want any fame or attention but, I have seen him in 3 different interviews over the years. All the exact same. The witnesses in the halls were in there 70's by that time and did not mind recounting what they had seen as so long ago.....I was 18 years old ( 1969) with my girlfriend and heard this strange song come on " Crystal Ship"......that was it for me. Now I', 72 on a beach in Thailand. Waiting For the Sun ( " this is the strangest life I 've ever lived " yyyyaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh)
The truth is important, and cover ups suck, but If what you say is true, and happened, it doesn't matter to me, as an appreciator of Doors music, how he died. What matters in the end is that, by all and consistent accounts, he killed himself slowly with large doses of alcohol 7 days a week.
Those facts & Theory are all very possible, expecially the fact about his head being at the Faucet end of the Tub. Who ever dumped him in the Tub, just wanted to get the Hell out of there. I kinda lean to my own theory, he snorted some of Pam's China White Heroin, felt really good, did some more & OD'ed. No Narcan back then. Pam was probally right there Nodded Out when He died. When she woke for her stupor, he was dead. Freak out time. She called her friends over & they all got him in the Ground before anyody could investigate what happened. She came back to LA ithe next day with Bill Siddons, she went on a down hill slide & OD'ed on Herion a couple of years later. Nobody forced Jim to snort the Smack. What's that old expresion: Shit Happens.
@@Saywhatnow-o3w google airbaja watch "Pam friend or foe" last 7 days.Witnesses. There are interviews with the emergency worker now in his late 70's. jims head in tub was under the faucet and feet up where you would sit. Pam could not have lifted him in tub alone. He was carried from club and put under faucet to try and revive him. Ton's of stuff on all this. when you look.Good luck,,ok?
well if he had any 'downfall', it was obviously because the 'authorities' had a problem with anyone who knew anything about George Orwell or any one like that. The Doors themselves weren't even invited to Monetary Pop fest supposedly because they represented the dark side of the 60's. rock was still new in those days and anyone who went past what Elvis did on stage, or read, for that matter, could of expected trouble at times. it's the whole reason the original Punk Rock scene had begun in the 70's. however, Jim had obviously had enough of what was going on when he fled to Paris, and you have to remember too that being sober wasn't exactly popular in those times either. we have a lot to thank The Doors for after their days when it was still absurd to the point that using a 'swear word' in a song was illegal, and they put up with all kinds of abuse just for having long hair.
I also often forget that his dad was a naval admiral ! An Admiral! I think that family had some good genetics in it ,among everything else Jim had going for him .
Not a huge sample, but I've met lots of smart men and women with daft kids, and vice versa. The gene pool can be tricky. I tend to go with more environmental explanations. Multiple accounts claim he started to drink heavily at an early age, not just episodical drinking, but every day. His weight gain at the end might suggest his liver failing fast. Liver failure can cause other organ failure simultaneously, heart deterioration etc. Liver cirrhosis with heavy daily drinking can be seen at 25 or 55, and there is no set predictability, only that it will happen.
His Father was a Rear Admirial !! One of the Highest Ranking Officers in the United States Navy. He was the Commanding Officer of the Ship that Fired the First Bomb that Started the Viet Nam War. Jim hid that Fact. That's why he always told everyone his parents were dead.
BEING A WORKING MUSICIAN I CAN TELL YOU FOR SURE IT WAS HIS GIRLFRIEND THEY HAVE BEEN THE DOWNFALL OF MANY MANY MANY BANDS.."DO YOU HAVE TO GO TO REHEARSAL" "HOW LONG WILL YOU BE" "CAN I COME" WHY DO YOU HAVE TO TALK TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE AND LEAVE ME SITTING HERE" ETC ETC ETC. GIRLFRIENDS AND WIVES ARE THE DOWNFALL OF MOST BANDS..PERIOD!!!
Pamela? I don't think Pamela was the downfall of Jim. Morrison sadly was an alcoholic and his own worse enemy. And I love Jim. Also, the day in which he was dying? He was hanging out with a friend in France. He fell down, he had stomach issues and still Morrison continued to drink all day. I think Pamela may have given him heroin to smoke for the pain he was in but I don't think Pamela was trying to hurt him. I also don't think Morrison told anyone, including Pam at how much pain he was in physically. I certainly don't blame Pam and I strongly believe Jim would agree. He truly loved Pamela hence why Morrison left her financially secure in case he died. For such an outrageous, original, non-conforming man in life, he made sure Pamela was taken care of. Also, if it was Pamela, the other band mates would have said so. They have never blamed Pam for his downfall or death. Jim Morrison was definitely his own man and did what he wanted. Do what thou will? That was Jim. He wasn't an angel, he was man who had a heavy drinking habit. It's unfortunate because there is no band before or since like The Doors. As far as how he was buried and no one saw the body? Pamela wouldn't have done anything in Jim's death to hurt him. In fact, even if her thinking wasn't straight, she did right by Morrison to the very end. She loved him and as we all know she didn't last long after his death.
Jim's dad says he doesn't have the voice for singing. Later on, after The Doors pop out some records. Soon afterwards, *Sinatra* would say, "That kid is a crooner." Looks like you're wrong, dad.
That era was all about the new vs old And the boomer kids were in the majority Jim and his father were opposite bookends that perfectly described that era There was real energy then. Chaos and beauty. Lots of creativity
Interesting to hear Jim comment on pleasing the audience. I always thought what was so alluring about him was that he seemingly didn’t care what anyone thought of him. At least, he did a really good job of coming across that way.
As a human being (or a junky, take your pick), being inconsistent and a hypocrite comes with the territory. We all do it. Say the right thing when someone shoves a microphone under your nose but then go home and do the very opposite to the thing you said into the microphone. It's a very human thing. What it basically means is that you cant truthfully trust anyone 100%. Everyone has a point at which they turn into a hypocrite. Even more so when you're trying to sell yourself as an image. Add drugs and booze into the equation and you'll be all over the fucking place with inconsistencies. Here be truth for those that have understanding. Junkies tell people what they think they want to hear in order to get what they want. I've had a few junky friends, they all had the same ability to look into your eyes and tell you that they love you, the next minute once they've got what they want from you they're smacking the shit out of you and treating you like dirt. Then comes the tears and heartfelt I'm sorry's and round and round we go. Did I tell you that I love you? I trully do. Can you score for me? So basically, humans and junkies.....everyone is a hypocrite sometimes.
Dont do drugs kids and if you do you have to have the balls and strength to stop doing them. Dont be weak and let it kill you. Im speaking from experience lol. Its hard it's not easy but a few weeks of pain is better than a short life of addiction. Dont be weak, be strong and fight!!!!!
What killed Jim was an addiction to drugs causing chemical changes and dependencies in the brain since a young developing age. Even before he met Pam, he was attracted to alcohol and psychedelics. This left him with a destructive void chemically and psychologically in his brain. His socially unstable upbringing left him with a vulnerability to experiment and get hooked on drugs that altered his perceptions and gave him a form of escape from even his own mind. So he was vulnerable to being in association with any junky. It just so happened to be Pam, the love of his life and the person he felt most connected to, who helped him, (at a time and place (Paris) where he was more secluded) to really go overboard. They also say that his years of drinking so heavily were started to catch up to his health and he was having heart and lung problems. You can see it in the very last photos of him, that, even though he had lost weight, his face was very puffy full of fluid.
Apparently Jim did not die in the apartment that he and Pam were renting at 17 rue Beautreillis. An alternate story exists of him over dosing in the washroom of the Rock n Roll Circus on Rue Mazerine in the 6th arrondissement.
Precisely. Exactly as Marianne Faithfull wrote in her autobiography. It took her 30 years to tell the story of Jim's death (why, I don't know) but I don't think she had any reason to lie about it. Add into your comment that it was Pam's French heroin dealer who introduced her to heroin and her on-again/off-again lover, who was seeing Marianne at the time who gave/sold the heroin to Jim. Finally, finally, someone w/ the correct story (as told by Marianne Faithfull). Thank-you!
The Doors introduced me to a complete new style of rock in the 70s. I’m 60 now and retired. I still love listening to his music. Thanks for sharing this!!!
Jim was my friendly but friend. He spoke for me- he sang for me. I never actually knew him, of course- I lived in NZ. My friends were into smack [heroin]. I was just a skinny country kid- and knew how to survive- to duck and dive. I am still alive now- to tell the tale... ...my nephew Dale died -od-ed over ten years ago. I know the whole story- but family will not tell the whole story. Family is usually scared of the truth.
Being the son if the guy who started Vietnam (Admiral Morrison was responsible for the Gulf of Tonkin) was hard to bear in the rebellious sixties. Might be the key to his drinking spiral and depression.
I was born in 1960. Grew up listening to my two older brothers new rock records. Fell in love with the Doors the first time I heard them. I read the book NO One Here Gets Out Alive. Loved it!!! Finished it in about 2 days. Like the Beatles I love learning new things about the Doors and Jim I never knew. Thank you. Enjoyed this video very much!
Hi friend! I was born in 1961 love the Doors !my older brother played the records and had a tribute band I listened age 10 yrs old . They played in our home garage! Great times . I still tease him to this day!
I was born in 1964 and read No One Here Gets Out Alive as a teenager. I turned everyone I knew on to the Doors. Everyone else was into Van Halen but I was looking back. So glad I picked up that book.
Edward, I hate to Pop your bubble, but that book was made up shit. That's why everyone who knew Jim calls it "Nothing here but a bunch of Lies." That Movie was Shit too. Fun book to read though. just dont believe half of the stuff written in it. There was much more Nice things about Jim to write about.
Being out of breath to climb stairs and his friend asking him if he was alright is a great clue as to his health and medical condition right before his death.If he did heroin and drank booze things can escalate quickly.Just the rapid burial without concern for close family or band members involvement is troubling.
He was also out of shape and obese at the end. Putting on that much weight and a poor diet probably caused him to have high blood pressure. Add in drugs and booze,and I'm sure stress and you have a toxic cocktail.
Plus I read that he had an enlarged heart and high blood pressure as result of childhood rheumatic fever. He also often dangled off of high ledges, and read somewhere a untreated damaged rib from a fall may have meant some inner hemorrhaging. If any of those things are true, he could’ve died without overdosing. Years of drinking, without any of the above causes, also could’ve been fatal. There really should’ve been an autopsy. I wonder if the French authorities always were so careless with suspicious deaths back then.
I did some rethinking and its not a new theory.What if Jim's quick burial was done to stop authorities investigating the how and why he died and who was responsible?. This stops the media circus and any arrests that would have been due. Pamela: If she was around using with Jim, then she could be targeted as a potential suspect. Since She was a well known H addict, She wouldn't want police snooping around.She okay'd the quick burial in Paris,lying and telling authorities that Jim had no guardians and his parents were dead.2.Drug Dealers: Obviously, could put pressure on Pamela to bury the body quickly, with threats and so squelch any further investigations into a bad Heroin ring etc..3>Still don't understand why Jim's father,with high ranking military authority wouldn't have asked to exhume the body and investigate further. A next of kin can do that, let alone one with such an influence as his dad. Quite possibly, they were told the truth and decided it better left as it was.
You see it in singers and athletes especially, and child actors. Art Carney said he was glad he didn’t become famous until he was well into his thirties.
I find it funny when people quote Oliver Stone thinking it's things Jim actually said, we need a movie more based in fact than that ridiculous Doors movie.
Oliver Stone is known in the entertainment industry as an opportunist and con man who invents stuff to match his narrative. But he makes entertaining movies. Does the end justify the means? I particularly enjoyed the LA scenes and locations he used in the Doors movie. But that's all.
@@latkagravas2967 I lived in LA for a short time, and I have this great picture my girlfriend took of me standing on the stage at the whiskey, I used to be a huge fan. Read all the books on Jim, no one here gets out alive etc. etc., I just feel that movie made Jim look like a alcoholic asshole, which he was at times, but there was a nice sweet side to Jim Morrison that no one ever captures
What was behind the demise of Jim Morrison was he lived like there’s no tomorrow,it feels 50/50 at times,and at least his fucked up body failed after his beautiful mind,hit forever 🙏🏽
This was Amazing!! Incredible amount of information. A BAND that will never be duplicated. The odds of four unique band members coming together impossible. Thanks.
Tired of the armchair critics up in this comment section claiming he was his own downfall of his own demise blah,blah, blah, be a different story if you personally knew Jim as a person a human being but none of you did and neither did I for that matter, only Jim truly knew himself soo walk on the halllll🤔👉🏼
Accidental overdose. It seems he snorted a line of Pamela's Heroin thinking it was coke. Her dealer meddled with the scene. His practice was to pig out on drugs. Obviously you can't do that with heroin, as you can with LSD and Coke. He told Pamela he was feeling sick. Not surprising if it was heroin. Very sad accident. I don't think Jim approved of Heroin so I think Pamela might have lied about what it was.
Jim didn't have the absolute greatest voice, but a great voice for someone with no musical training. He was full of charisma in his prime. A great rock star/poet, but his addiction and lifestyle is what killed him
I think he grew away from trying to please his father basically. He was a driven, very intelligent artist who got caught up in self destructive behavior, like millions of others, heroin and alcohol.😢
When addiction takes over the brain the personality amplifies & distorts..Addiction was responsible ...Morrison was self medicating perhaps the pains tht come with being an Artist ..The War With in himself was to furious..
I take issue with the idea that Jim snorted heroin with Pam. It's certainly possible that he did, but there's no real evidence of that. He didn't like that Pam was a junkie, but he was an alcoholic, so they were both slowly dying. Also, Jim had fallen from a window, and punctured a lung just before he went to Paris. He really hurt himself. It's just as likely he died from not getting proper treatment for it, and it worsened. Pam said he'd been coughing up blood. She should have gotten him help immediately, but who's to say why she didn't? Perhaps it was because she was a stranger in a strange land, and had to call a friend to report Jim's death later because she didn't speak French. Maybe she just nodded off and slept until she found him still in the bathtub, dead. I keep seeing videos saying Jim died from heroin use as if it were fact. It's not. It's speculation based on rumors and some supposed "eyewitness" accounts of him dying in a nightclub and being carried to his flat. We don't know exactly why Jim died that night, and we never will.
I just have to interrupt here for a moment , i like some of the Grateful Dead songs but I’m not crazy about them , why did Jerry Garcia rip Jim and the doors the way he did in a scathing interview , what a fucking cocsucker for that bearded prick to talk about another band like that , bastard
There were no treatment /rehab hospitals back in the last century. There was little understanding that alcoholism was a disease . He was on his own with dual addictions . He needed therapy, medical attention and a care facility. These opportunities did not exist . He went to Paris to take care of his health and addictions . He died on a toilet seat at the Rock and Roll Circus from snorting China White . I believe Jim would have had a better chance of survival today . He was demoralized by the Miami Concert as he realized he was going to have to spend 6 months in jail . Rest in peace Mr. Mojo Rising .
The most amazing thing about Jim is that here we are fifty years later and we’re still fascinated by him.
Ask Eric burdon?...😄
That was Jim’s entire objective.
He had a fascinating mind.
Spot on
Agree. TH-cam has been great. Was glad to learn that the “No One Here Gets Out Alive” book character from my middle/high school years wasn’t the whole story.
What destroyed Jim Morrison was his addiction to alcohol. He was already a full-blown drunk when the Doors' debut album was released. By the time "The Soft Parade" was recorded,
Morrison's drinking had reached ruinous levels of self-destruction. It was only a matter of time before his short chaotic life was shut down forever.
What a shame. "Strange Days" remains a stone-cold classic. It was Jim's personal favourite album.
My favorite, too!
@@MaureenDeVries-wd9mh Jim was at the very peak of his powers, before fame and alcohol overwhelmed him.
The album’s relative commercial failure was the trigger point for his tragic decline.
Great songs too he died early.alcohol and drugs together is a bad combination. Tragedy for anyone to die so young
I don't know what a "full blown drunk" means to you, but that's not what Jim was in 1966. There were lots of hints of his weakness for booze, but he wasn't "full blown" at all, and was still doing psychedelics at that time.
@@ChorusArtists Alcohol and psychedelics are a bad combination! Little wonder Jim Morrison passed so young! My father was a 4 fifths a day man, he destroyed his body and looks. I'm just glad I didn't have to live with him. In the end I had nothing to do with him as he got into Angel dust. Some people just don't grow up! He also died young.
Morrison actually had an unusually good baritone voice. He had an unusually strong voice.
If he had been a guy who was inclined, he probably could have had a career as a bel canto singer.
Average at best....on the border of tone deaf.
His vocal on Touch MNow, I'm going to love you
'Til the heavens stop the rain
I'm going to love you
'Til the stars fall from the sky
For you and I
Is really, vocally strong. I think they wrote it with a vague thought Sinatra might cover it.
at most maybe a tenor/baritone but I think a tenor? He wasn't that DEEP in voice
@@Devon-x1u I think he was in the Martin/Presley range, if not the later Sinatra/Goulet range. He was deeper than Lennon and certainly McCartney.
In Paris when Jim overdosed, Pam freaked out not wanting to call the Fire department and not able to speak French, she called her Friends who came too late and found Jim dead. They later put him in the Tub as if he dead of natural causes. Lesson, don't hang out with Junkies.
👍 Amen
"Jim Morrison was never seen dead." - Ray Manzarek
@@sr2291Not seen dead by Ray,, does anyone REALLY think the son of a vice admiral could somehow disappear in some weird plot? Supposedly an EMPTY coffin was buried in that famous French cemetery but the body was turned over to THREE STAR admiral Morrison and he's in a family plot somewhere...
@@micnorton9487 I never said that. But no one legally identified that he was deceased.
@@sr2291 Pam saw Jim dead+ other drug users.
I find it absolutely disgraceful that Pam's parents would even want to have rights to anything about Jim or the Doors over Jim's Family. But that's greed for you. So what that it's wrong and makes absolutely no sense because they had Zero% whatsoever to do with him or them or any of it, but there was a loophole that landed that opportunity to financially benefit by using what's not theirs so why not. Disgraceful & disgusting to say the absolutely least.
With parents like that, perhaps that explains why Pamela turned out the way she did. It definitely wasn't right what they did and there should have been no question about it whatsoever, never mind Jim's family having to take them to court. But, have you seen how people act after even someone impoverished dies? I can only begin to imagine how much worse the sheer madness is when there is that much money involved. I totally agree w/ you that it was disgraceful and disgusting behaviour on their part.
@@RAW-zz7gt wonderful, thanks for sharing this.
Moneys always been the root of all evil ; every time
Pam may have been his handler.
Well said 👏🏻
One of the best rock voices ever
Not even just rock voice but any voice
His Voice? Mediocre at best. Morrison got away with an average voice because of the incredible talent of his bandmates. Even Yoko Ono was a close second to jim.
Merde alors
his voice and how he used it was magic...anyone trying to cover a Doors song fail to the original. And as sad as it is, his incredibly talented bandmates didn't produce anything memorable after Morrison's departure...@@danielbrown3461
@@danielbrown3461 "the incredible talent of his bandmates."
John Densmore, incredible talent?
Oh boy...
He seems to have had the sensibility and sensitivity of a pure artist. The rock and roll world, driven by sales, is a dangerous place for a pure artist.
Very true!
Big money in any genre of music, eventually destroys it. The big money boys who finance bands, hoping for a return on their investment, love money not music. Always remember what it says in the Bible. It's not money itself, but the love of money, (greed) is the root of all evil.
@@Jeffrey-w2b8x well said there, man.👉🔥👈
Artists are some of the biggest arseholes you will ever meet. -Artist, former fine arts professor, etc etc.
This has since been disproven.
You know you're on a bad road when (a not-yet-sober) Alice Cooper is worried about you drinking too much.
Very true
Excellent point! Thank-you!
Alice Cooper didn't drink or do drugs. He wouldn't let his band come to the gig messed up, either.
@@russshaber8071 : After he got clean and sober in around 1983.
@cindyspowart555 When I knew him in Michigan, late '60s - early '70s, he did not drink or do drugs. Vince was driven to succeed. He was very professional.
Crazy how in 2024 people as heavy as jim dont exist anymore... rip the poet/musician/writer/filmmaker... rip charisma in general! Who shines anymore? Isn't that insane!! The soul is on the brink.....
Well said and too depressing to think about. Thank goodness we have this music to turn to.
History shows a warring nation loses its culture and soul
To be sure, blind consumerism and the endless post 911 wars have sapped the creativity and philosophy and science out of the American culture
Very wimpy weaklings rapping about how tough they are, now. Like Eminem, and Kanye. But only because millions of other wimpy weaklings love it.
who shines in 2024? taylor swift is the most amazing, charismatic pop star the world has ever seen: eat your heart out, jim! /s
@@trillioncrowns the secret, of course, is authenticity. a millennial pop star wouldn`t even understand what that`s supposed to mean.
He took a face from the ancient gallery is one of my favorite lyrics of all time
A man agrees.
Jim read that ....
He took a face from the ancient gallery and he walked on down the hall
Pretty nifty song but it is too bad that they released the filthy version of it. Why couldn't they just let us remember it for the great song that it was?
@@festidious2644 you missed the point of the song. It's a symbolic statement from Frederick Nietzsche if I'm not mistaken. I know the part you're referring to. It's not to be taken literally though.
I'm guessing Jim was behind his own downfall. But before he fell, he gave us some pretty amazing work.
All of us are somewhat responsible for our own downfall. All have sinned. But people are only responsible to the degree they are responsible. There are lots of extenuating circumstances. One person's rent money is stolen, and they have a hard time making the rent. They weren't careless with their rent money: someone just stole it. Their responsibility is not as great as someone who just spent their rent money on luxury things. Someone who gets an injury that causes chronic pain will have a worse risk of opiate addiction than someone with no injury. That is not their fault. So it is dishonest to say that they are responsible for 100% of their problems.
@@lindajohnson4204 Hmm. I tend to disagree. In this life, you tend to get what you give. What you may be seeing is a small portion of the overall story.
@@gwynnielsen5081 Lots of people don't get what they give in this life. The haves love to say that, to torment, discredit and dismiss the have nots. It does not explain why so many thieves have so much. It appeals to the cruel and self-righteous, who love to condemn and crush people when they are down. It does not explain why the sun shines and the rain falls on the righteous and the unrighteous alike.
@@gwynnielsen5081 I think that in Jim's case, only a small portion of the truth is shown, but what isn't shown would explain a lot of the hard to explain things, and about now, someone always chimes in to say (loudly) that it's just another example of how ridiculous, and always 100% wrong, Jim was. Look at his mysterious weight gain in the last years of the 60s, which is held out as an example of how ridiculous he was. But he already was on the receiving end of threats, etc, when the Manson family killings happened. Do people realize that when we read that Hollywood people were feeling threatened because of the Manson killings, Jim knew at least one of the people killed, and possibly more? Because of his interest in film, projects he had worked on, etc, he is fairly likely to have known Sharon Tate, but he definitely knew her ex-boyfriend, Jay (I can't remember the last name), who gave him that famous haircut. This is the kind of guy Jim would have liked a lot, and probably considered a friend. There is a really good documentary about him on TH-cam, and he seems like a great guy, and definitely someone Jim would have liked. He was staying with her and her friends to protect her while she was pregnant, while Polanski was off shooting a movie. If you add to the horror of that, the threats Jim was already undergoing (things like how easy it would be for a sniper to shoot him, especially from a crowded stadium), and there's that much more fear and horror that he had to endure, and somehow accommodate. After awhile, it wears you down, and that's when people don't necessarily take the best care of their bodies. Lots of cause to gain weight in quieting the anxiety, including alcohol, but also sleep, food, any prescription meds, and also not feeling free to get out and get the best, most helpful exercise. By the time those pictures were taken in Paris, he looked pretty good and healthy again, so he wasn't beyond making an effort to be healthy and look presentable: vastly better than he looked, just a few months before, on PBS, and even lots better than when they were recording _LA Woman_ just a couple of months before. There was probably a lot going on that isn't known to the public, and yet Jim has to be regularly dragged through the court of public opinion, making sure that everyone hears and agrees that he is a complete mess-up, 100% to blame for 100% of his problems. That is hardly true about anyone, although we have to take responsibility for what we can control.
@@gwynnielsen5081 My first reply to you was apparently deleted. I took issue with your assertion that people get as good as they give. But thieves steal and become rich, and sometimes live to an old age, and pass the money on to their heirs. There are many other examples: the people who play on the job become popular, while the ones doing the necessary work get worn down. It also doesnt explain why the sun and rain fall on the just and the unjust alike.
Jim's demise was on him. He was a heavy drinker from day one. LSD, too.He lived in the moment. Pam only fueled his crazy. A real shame.
Exactly. He couldn't say no and didn't give a damn about his health. Not gonna live long doing that, or want to.
I agree. He had those addictive tendencies, especially with alcohol, that he allowed to control his life unfortunately. The other three members used/experimented with substances, but as far as I know never went off the deep end.
he never had a relationship with his dad and bouncing from school to school will always make u feel like an outcast because the roots from your tree never have any soil to plant
It's easy to judge from the outside, but much harder to rationalize from within. Remember your kids are your investment, but their outcome is the world's future.
If u are not a dad, maybe your upset at yourself for not having kids, and are taking it out on Jim for either being a coward or a quitter.
i make a another comparison on the comment section of the correlation to Robert Kennedy and how he had father's issues that eventually destroyed himself and his older brother.
How many people in their early 20s would really have had the ability to navigate the world that he did? There were plenty of traps and he fell into a lot of them.
He's rambling about killing his parents on stage in 1967. I liked a lot of their music, but things were taking a depressing turn long before The Manson family murders. The constant threat of the draft to fight in a war even McNamara knew was unwinnable by 1967, the same year the song was written, probably caused a lot of people to live in the moment, even if it was potentially lethal. Morrison was probably protected from the draft due to his wealth and connections, but maybe he felt guilty about that.
Jim Morrison was behind his downfall.
It was also the times.
@@l.w.paradis2108tell it to Seattle in the 90s,it used to be the person,I Hate to say
Agreed
Definitely.
Yes
Anyone with acute drug and alcohol addiction is heading for a downfall ....
The Miami concert, was really the start of it all..my older sister, went to that concert ( Coconut Grove) and she mentioned it was wild, she also said, that she was close enough to the stage; that Jim, didn't expose himself..
Wow too bad she couldn’t have testified.
@@freewheelingideasshe actually wasn't that much of Doors fan, to be honest..she was into Joni Mitchell, and Jefferson Airplane, and Jimi Hendrix.
THANK YOU!!! Coconut Grove! I use to live there it was awesome! Wish I'd have been there at that concert. Saw them live 3x met Jim backstage in Phila., too bad Pam was there
A strange dude liveing strange days. Another lost soul.
@@freewheelingideas They weren't looking for the truth. They were stopping the destruction of our youth. That all seems so innocent compared to what is happening now.
Pam's dealer was the son of a french diplomat who left France the day after he overdosed. So I think Jim died from the heroïn he bought for Pam, then the father protected his son by hiding the true reason of the death. That's why the police report mentions a heart attack and why Jim was buried so quickly
Yea ive heard that theory.
@@freewheelingideas However, I was also interested in alternative theories, notably that of mind control by the CIA. In this theory, counter-culture was initiated by the CIA in order to control young people (who outnumbered their elders with the post-war baby boom, and whose demands threatened the established order), notably through the use of LSD. The CIA would have encouraged the emergence of all these groups by giving the means to the music industry (Jim Morrison is the son of an admiral, he went to school with the singer of the Mamas, herself the daughter of a military officer, Franck Zappa is also linked to the army, etc.) In short, as far as Jim is concerned, he could have become a nuisance. And what better way to neutralize resistance than with heroin? It's interesting to note that Janis Joplin obviously died of the same heroin as Pamela, since they had the same dealer, whose wealthy family was closely linked to power. In the end, the story is the same: Jim goes to buy heroin for Pam, he tastes it, it's too strong, he dies, the death is made up and the body quickly buried.
However, I was also interested in alternative theories, notably that of mind control by the CIA. In this theory, counter-culture was initiated by the CIA in order to control young people (who outnumbered their elders with the post-war baby boom, and whose demands threatened the established order), notably through the use of LSD. The CIA would have encouraged the emergence of all these groups by giving the means to the music industry (Jim Morrison is the son of an admiral, he went to school with the singer of the Mamas, herself the daughter of a military officer, Franck Zappa is also linked to the army, etc.) In short, as far as Jim is concerned, he could have become a nuisance. And what better way to neutralize resistance than with heroin? It's interesting to note that Janis Joplin obviously died of the same heroin as Pamela, since they had the same dealer, whose wealthy family was closely linked to power. In the end, the story is the same: Jim goes to buy heroin for Pam, he tastes it, it's too strong, he dies, the death is made up and the body quickly buried.
Wow! That is some interesting information. It certainly would answer a lot of questions concerning Jim's parents' actions or lack thereof after his death. May I ask you how you learned this? Or if you would mind sharing any additional information on the matter? Thank you in advance. 😊
@@darlynegardner2158 I'm french and Jim died in France, so legal reports and interviews are in french. Here is the medic report (heart failure): wildlove.chez.com/jimprincipal/doc3.gif
The Doors are one of my all time favorite bands. Some of the things Morrison did musically was simply amazing. I read Break on Through in high school. I was amazed at what Morrison would do, drink, push the boundaries of normal society. I recall one of the things Morrison would do. Morison would stay up days on in drinking, walking, and just wandering. My sophomore year in high school I stayed up for two days and just walked everywhere around the beach. I didn’t partake in any alcohol or drugs. I wanted to just walk around and meet people. It was one of the best moments I’ve ever had. I just probably should’ve told my brother I was doing this as he thought I just disappeared. He saw me walking on the beach one evening and yelled my name. He said he was moments away from calling the police and reported me missing. While I did scare the heck out of my brother. It was a good time and I met some interesting people. I still listen to The Doors to this day 34 years later. Great band.
Very cool
That's interesting. I had a similar experience when I was 17. I had extreme insomnia, I actually did not sleep for a week! I just walked around and talked to people. I was in a psychoedelic state. The doors of perception were open! In later years when I did acid, it was very similar. I experienced extreme moments of synchronicity, and I realized I could influence the world with thoughts and behavior. People actually started following me and I became like a guru for a week. After a while, the "authorities" noticed as I was disrupting the matrix. I was tricked into going into a teen "facility" and was drugged up. When I became morbidly depressed again, the "authorities" declared victory and let me back into the matrix.
@@HerveMendell Cute story, a bit batshit but cute none the less. The matrix...dude, you crack me up. Keep em coming.
To tedwojstic you talking to me? I wasn't trying to be cute. What I experienced wasn't insane, it was the opposite. It was a transcedent experience. That's the point of the name the Doors. The doors of perception are clouded by the "matrix." It would take an encyclopedia to explain this. Millions of people around the world have come to know this. What do you think the whole 60's revolution was about? Score some high quality acid and you'll find out too.
@@freewheelingideas Why is that cool? Face it! It was very destructive! Wake up!
Jim's downfall was having a heroin addict girlfriend who left her drugs out.
Pam Courson was the worst girlfriend he could possibly have.
Yeah she was pretty sketchy….☠️☠️☠️
That's BS if you've read any books about Jim...He was afraid of pot and didn't touch hard drugs and died because he was a drunk....
Yes he was a alcoholic, but in the early days of the doors he used large amounts of acid as well as weed.@@robertbouchard6719
Jim went to the crossroads and made a 4 year deal with the Devil.
Still to this day I find him the most handsomes man on this earth❤
How about when he was fat and old looking?
@@danielbrown3461 Old? He was 27...
At his peak he was
You'll never know him as an old man
apparently so did Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane - she writes about their one-nighter in her book
I heard during a radio interview Ray Manzerek say Jim was a "hopeless drunk." He also said Oliver Stone's movie The Doors was a "pack of lies."
I heard that, too!
All of Stone's movies are a pack of lies. Even his own story as told in Platoon was a pack of lies. What Stone does is create single characters out of multiple people and then puts those characters into situations that are based on a mix of loosely based truth infused with highly concentrated bullshit. For example, Sgt Barnes in Platoon was an amalgamation of about 3 different sgts that Stone served with, and he (stone) never saw any attrocities in villages, he just took what he heard about my lai and then placed his fake characters into similar situations. Thats what Stone does. It works for Hollywood but you cant ever accuse his movies of being truthful. He is a storyteller, pure and simple.
@@stevebell4853 he's a great filmmaker
@@stevebell4853 That's what Hollywood does lol. Get out and have drink.
@@stevebell4853 JFK, another pack of lies. The only thing he got right in that movie was the date and location of the assassination. Commie POS.
He really did not have a downfall, as such. He DID have a drinking problem, and he DID choose to snort heroin in his Paris apartment with Pamela... after drinking all day. The combination killed him. But Jim already had several health issues leading up to the day of his death. One of them was an injury to his lungs that he got in a fall from heights. He also was a smoker of tobacco. He was burning his candle at both ends for years, and it caught up with him.
wow. he also smoked.... no, that will be one of the major facts for killing you at age 27
@@normadesmond6017, smoking cigarettes gave him a nasty cough, which got worse after he fell from a third story ledge. Jim opened a window and walked out on the ledge about 3 floors up, and accidentally fell onto the roof of a storage shed. That accident harmed his lungs even more. His friend from film school that had lunch with Jim on the last day of Jim's life noticed this savage cough.
Heroin ? No......in Paris he only did alcohol ! Lots and lots of alcohol
@@pleun315 Jim always hated Heroin. He'd never do it. And he hated Pam being a junkie.
@@hiramwilliams7560 thats correct, the only reason she went to Paris was for " the count" he provided everyone with China white, heroin. Marianne Faithfully was also there at the time for him and the heroin, she admitted in interviews. Pam was almost most of the time with her own friends in the bars on the South Bank of the Seine, while Jim did his own thing. There are some very detailed videos about the people who where with him, on his last weeks and days.
Jim's lifestyle killed him.
Damaged people tend to surround themselves with damaged people. Unless there is an epiphany of some sort, self destructive behavior to self destruction. All people struggle at some point in their life, and when you're young with little experience, it can be difficult to overcome these struggles. People need to show empathy, or at least sympathy for others struggles. But I have a real problem with the suggestion that anyone was responsible for Morrison's downfall, rather than his own self destructive behavior.
Liar, CIA did it.
Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.
So true...no one forced Morrison to ingest alchohol or drugs. It was his decision. For this reason, classifying addiction as a "disease" rankles me to no end. I can quit drinking or smoking dope. How do I quit cancer or dementia?
This was my era. Lots of confusion, no anchors, and it happened overnight. As I remember, young people were saddened by his death, reverential, but no one was shocked. They were all dying, one after the other, because of drugs/addiction. He had a phenomenal brain, great intelligence. Who knows what he could have done in a different era. But he was the cause of his downfall.
Jim was a genius and a poet.
Then again you have Steven Tyler and Keith Richards still alive. We won’t say that to them tho. Strange.
Mick Jagger always wanted to be what he was. Jim Morrison -- not so much. He never aspired to be a rock star, even though it was exciting and fun for a while. By the time he got bored and started to scorn his audience, he was already a major alcoholic. It was too late for a big change. Being drunk all the time, he couldn't have made it on his own (e.g. as an actor). So he continued with the band until he was a physical wreck. Then he "escaped" to Paris but didn't really try to adopt a healthier lifestyle. Sad story.
... and then there were those warrants...
If you want to understand why Jim was tired of being a "Rock Star", go on line & look up The Doors Touring Dates. That was enough to wear anybody out. Plus, him getting Drunk before & after allmost every concert certainly didn't make it any easier. He was Burned out with the the whloe Trip.
Then the Police started fucking with him after Miami. Enough was enough. He didn't give a Shit about money. So touring became a pain in the ass. He wanted out..
@@davidhirsch2912 Anyone who toys with the Dark Side gets pulled in.
@@davidhirsch2912 Morrison didn't give a shit about possessions, but he surely needed the money... for accountants, lawyers, his girlfriend and booze.
I agree Georg
Jim was on this Earth to do just what he did! He will live forever!
Amen
Do you really think he's alive right now?
I think he's dead. Like the ðog I had as a kid. Dead.
@@dannymccarty344 Does that make you feel better? It does make you seem childish.
@@williampotter2098 I can say the same about your comment, bro. Your point?
He Dead!
It is also very odd that his family is satisfied with not knowing whether his body was in the ground or not. I would expect a military man to demand that they show him his son, in that coffin. I'm sure his mother would demand they show her son in his coffin.
I find that really odd that not even his family questioned this. Really odd.
The Dad was just In pure denial that his wicked son was in a prestigious elitist cemetery when he had dishonored his own mother and father in his music and actions. And denial of his own actions and govt. actions in the Gulf of Tonkin.
Most of the Laural Canyon stuff, is, odd....
Clandestine service family.
@@ofangelsflipzspookxville usa. Cia cesspool
As was Dave McGowan's book on the subject. Which I did like, but in the end he blocked me when I asked him how he managed to avoid talking about The Beatles in an entire section on Charles Manson. Like, to the point that he mentions them as little as he possibly can. With a band so tied to that man, that it's almost impossible to separate them anymore.
On August 9th, 1969, The Beatles cross Abbey Road. Behind them is a Volkswagen Beetle with the license plate ending 28IF.
The same day, a time zone away, Tex Watson and members of the Family are heading over to the house on Cielo in a car registered 281P.
Roman Polanski's last birthday present to Sharon Tate was a car with the registration PGY 330. (Piggy???)
That's a LITTLE bit too coincidental if you ask me. Go ahead ask!
He claimed Frank Zappa was against anti-war protesters, and I could not find a single verification of that claim. Zappa thought placards and stomping up and down outside the capitol was a bit futile, but he did not seem to be against anti-war protest that I could locate.
McGowan's book has a lot of truths, some strange omissions, and I always thought it was an insider inside scoop. Letting you know what wants known, but not the total truth. @@ofangelsflipz
Of course Jim was the instrument of his demise. Just like every rock star whose addictions fucking buried them. Alcoholism nearly buried me, but I wanted to get free of it and found a way.
I've loved the doors since I first heard "Light my fire" in 67! So sad that he burned so brightly for such a short time. Godbless you Jim and the doors....
You know who also burn brightly....young kids...some as young as 18-19 who are given orders to storm a enemy stronghold such as...the beaches of normandy and who are gunned down. Morrison never had the courage. And he was raised up in relative wealth ....his father being a wealthy high ranking officer so he was never forced into service because of the need for money. In summary he was a semi spoiled brat who was a closet gay.
Perhaps the Greatest Song ........
Alot of our young soldiers and sailors who died in WW1 WW2 and Korea burned brightly for a short time. Had they not fought Morrison would probably not have been born.
He and the band just opened my mind when i was 17 forever love the doors
Jims dad was very proud of his accomplishments, and thats good.
His biography said Jims father was ashamed of Jims lifestyle and told him if he cut his hair would be the only way he would be welcome to come home for a visit. It says that Jim was jaded and made an indecent comment to his own mother onstage. Its all very sad.
I love Jim Morrison as much as the next guy (probably more), but I'm honestly amazed he made it as long as he did
Ditto. But, I propped him up with with bohnerz n amyls n he made it. He's eightyfoattie foive now in Buca Ratoni
@@Betrayerslayer OK
I know.. some people have made these idiotic comments like “ no one dies at 27” I’m like what? Of course people die at 27 especially if you are abusing your body with alcohol and drugs
THE DOORS WERE A TERRIFIC BAND ❤❤❤
@@dukelukas5965 Lol, this dude must be a troll, he has made more than one idiotic or mentally ill inspired comment for whatever reason
As an ex heroin addict...I can honestly say...that if u love a junky...u become one eventually...so I blame his obsession with Nihilisn and yes to a decent extent his relationship with Pam...probably would have died young anyway...but heroin gets u there quicker
Yea I think so
Yeah me also. One of the things I read was that he was afraid of needles. Thought he was snorting coke. The count that scored for Pam supplied the heroin that killed lots of the famous. I remember China White being deadly back in the day.
I was with a junky girl, never gave thought of taking heroin. she wrote out 10 grand from bank account. Glad you gave up the shit.
Jim went to school with other military kids that also were moved around a lot, so he was surrounded by kids having the same experience. I know this because I was a military kid who changed schools a lot as well. I doubt he was looked at as odd for being the new kid
It's often said that roaming bands of military brats gotta bratty wit jfk. Hence, blown away. Yessirno?
Makes sense. May I ask if you attended any public schools? I just realized I know nothing about military kids schooling...
His dad had a hand in the Gulf of Tonkin false flag. He then moved to Laurel Canyon where he joined up with other kids of higher ups in the intelligence, defense department and military contractors. Zappa, Baez, Kesey up in San Francisco, Hendrix and Garcia were both in the military…. The whole “scene” is kinda suspect with all the links to government agencies and dark ops of the time.
Well I too was a military brat, and I absolutely NEVER fit in anywhere. So...
@@matthewlawton9241 was your father the admiral that was involved in the Gulf of Tonkin? And the friends you have all the kids of higher ups of military contractors and intelligence agencies?
Just go back to his childhood. IMO. Loved JM, as a teenager that sound hit my soul. I never did see The Doors on stage but my sister did - the best gig ever is what she says to this day. She is 70 next week. RIP Jim.
Very cool
Many circumstances, relationships, and lack of guidance will take anyone young and dumb
Down. Morrison was in his own
World of pain, creativity, and bad
Relationships. Drug and alcohol abuse were seen as weaknesses
In people in Jim's time. Now we
Understand the causes and needed treatments to help others.
Well put
Jim himself was the cause of his downfall. Addiction will do that to you.
I think what killed him was Miami Court Case. He was worried about how much time he was going to have to do in prison. I think that is why he went to France because he couldn't be extradited when and if he was sentenced. In a way he has achieved immortality.
I thought that too.
The family is keeping some dark family secrets from the fans. I’m convinced he had childhood trauma, but based on what Ray said, he had a redneck side that came out when he binge drank.
On another bio about Jim, he said he would need at least a suitcase of tranquilizers to face the trial. And ironically, it seemed he was innocent of that particular charge levied against him! EXCELLENT video, BTW. Many pix I've never seen before and very professional video. Kudos.🎉🎉
There is a very detailed video about his last days in Paris, all people involved speak up without any filter....Agnes Varda and Alain Ronay....the last who saw him alive
I saw that one too! Excellent video. Thanks for mentioning it.@@pleun315
Jim Was highly intelligent, his issues were rather a little more complicated. He didn't have any set boundaries and thought he knew what he wanted in his life, he didn't know how to accept it to only a certain point I'd say. His final and main issue was that he had no self control. He was all over the place, and what I mean by that is that he practically did whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted with whomever he wanted to and didn't care for the consequences. That's what got him in the most trouble and ultimately took a downward spiral that in the end he lost his own life.
I think devils and demons had a huge grip on Jim’s life. Very tragic
I've just read the excellent 'Janis' by Holly George-Warren, and the life of Janis Joplin is similar in some respects. She lived absolutely recklessly, and by the age of 19 her coming self-destruction was apparent already. Added to that, I recommend Riders On The Storm by John Densmore, the drummer. All three remaining members of The Doors have written an autobiography, but this one is the best by far for its writer's self-honesty and its analysis of the late 60s and both the light and dark sides of the era. Both of these books are very thought-provoking.
I think Robbie’s book is the best and I’ve read them all , just my humble opinion
It's the heroin and heavy alcohol consumption that kills them. What better way to stop your heart than to drink lots of alcohol and use heroin. Janus Joplin went out the same way. They can't get enough of those heart stopping drugs. They also don't seem to know their own limitations and I think wealth has a lot to do with that. If a person wants to destroy their health after a successful and lucrative career....I just shake my head and laugh. If Morrison thought the life of a rock star was stressful....he should have tried actually working for a living, then he would have known what stress is.
pretty sure Jim Morrison was REALLY behind whatever it was that happened to Jim Morrison
Love the Doors. A girl I had a huge crush on in high school was a huge Doors fan. I would mock her because I have always been into heavy metal. When I hear Jim sing for the first time, my life was changed. I lost a relationship with a great girl because of being judgemental. It's very ironic that I support Jim's stance against the mindset.
My mom was a Hollywood kid back in the late 60's. She bumped into Morrison on the strip. She described him as a fool (he described himself as a clown); of course, she said she was also a fool at the time. It was a playground back then that started out innocent enough, but turned ugly in the end for so many. She also ran into Charles Manson in Hollywood, before the murders. Steve Parent (the guy who got shot in his car at the Tate house) went to High School with my Mom ... Arroyo HS in El Monte. From the way my Mom describes it, it doesn't help to glorify Morrison or people like him. He wasn't someone to aspire to. He wasn't a god. The music of The Doors is legengary, no doubt, but Jim's poetry books left me disappointed. It sounds to me that he was a classic narcissist who masked his pain with drugs. He was probably intersting to hang out with for short spurts.
Crosby said Jim was an asshole. Everytime he came to a good calm peaceful party Jim would come in and ruin the whole vibe making a loud ass of himself. Yelling at people or pushing people down the stairs.
@@JohnGaltGurgi. That wasn't Jim. That was his alter-ego "Jimbo".
And Crosby wasn't an r'shole lol@@JohnGaltGurgi
@@JohnGaltGurgi And Crosby knows what an asshole is.
@@JohnGaltGurgi Please, David Crosby was one of the most toxic assholes in rock music. Talk about pot calling kettle black.
Just mind boggling that there wasn't an investigation and autopsy. Usually when someone in their 20s dies mysteriously in their home and someone was there they dig a little.
They wanted to cover it up clearly.
You say "usually" but this was France in 1970. Jim wasn't French. As far as the authorities were concerned, he was just another foreign, hippy type.
Heroin connection to French aristocracy
French Connection. Afghanistan to Turkey to France was the route. He was too young to be smart enough to dump the junkie girlfriend, though his physical appearance clearly shows he was putting down gallons of alcohol.
You are correct, and France in 1971 did indeed require all deaths outside of a doctors supervision (someone dying while under medical care), or under the age of 60, t undergo a full autopsy. Either someone was paid off, or more likely, the bane of human reality...gross incompetence and laziness. Most govts. are not out to get anyone, but they are staffed by humans and many humans are lazy idiots.
It's all been said before , but still pleasant to see someone keeping the Lizard King's fire blazing . I was in Miami in 1969 and remember it well . I am also a musician , attended Florida State and Allen Ginsberg wrote the liner notes for my book of poetry . I have a strange connection & empathy for Jim . He was ( is , depending on one's Conspiracy theory opinion of his passing ) a great Artist . Thanks for the Video .
Wow thank you for sharing and thanks for the positive feedback 🙏 hopefully some young people see these stories too get inspired
Ginsberg was nothing but a bad beard. No brains...
I am 62, and he was a bit before my time, but I have always had a strange empathy for him too. I really really would have liked to see what his life would have been if he had lived.
@@MultiSkyman1 I was born in 76. So, some of the great musicians were either just hitting their peak or going strong. I always loved Jim Morrison's voice. I have to agree with you, it would have been great to see what he would have accomplished. Not only just Morrison, but Hendrix and Bon Scott as well. ❤
@@freewheelingideas Thank you for posting this video! I just found your channel and subbed. I loved the footage that you included in this video. I would have loved to see them perform 'Crystal Ship's live. Not only that, but seeing both Jim and Van Morrison on stage together! Thanks for the great video. I look forward to checking out the rest of your content. 😊
The Doors are my favourite band of all time - I am now subscribed to the fact that some special people who touch us in special ways, like Jim, are just angels with a few artistic steps to inspire and then they are gone. And that is how it is - perfectly - meant to be. Universe bless xx.
Jimi Too
Great band, great, legendary music for sure. However, "angels"? We are what we do (did), and what he did killed him. The Universe may have magic, at times and if you believe, but not sure how much of it is used to help those who are as self destructive, and for as long as he was. Just a matter of time.....
You think dying young of a heroin overdose is "perfectly meant to be"? You're a trog. Seek professional health.
Like Jimi & Janis !!
Great photos of young JDM..
Thank you
As Ray said, all those flashes from all those cameras in the audience and yet not one picture of the so called..
"exposing himself" Being falsely convicted was the final blow to self preservation for Jim The depression and heavy drinking that followed cost him his life Rest in peace our dear Jim 🙏 ❤
Yes I think he was terrified of going back to that
@@freewheelingideas Agreed...he was.. and rightly so
If he was such a rebel and anti authoritian as they say he was being falsly convicted would have been met with a smirk. It's clear now that morrison had a soft upbringing. Full of priviledge. He most certainly was a closeted Bisexual.
@@danielbrown3461 Did you watch the trial? He did originally joke around and have a smirk until he realized how crooked the judge was. And his girlfriend...would disagree with you
@@danielbrown3461 Unless he was a close friend or close associate of yours, your last comment is only 10% likely, (that being the best estimate of bisexuality, based on established research). Not sure why you, or anyone else, cares about who another person, famous or not, is intimate with. Am I saying that politely enough?
The best explanation I’ve ever read is, “ imagine being an awkward, intelligent wallflower who took LSD one day at Venice Beach and woke up a Prince…”, something not only that I can understand but relate to but add that and his realisation that the fame and expectations thrust upon him especially during his particular generation were not what he wanted after all and the crass media coverage that almost mocked him and his band and their achievements and so on. Now add to that his reliance upon substances to overcome his aching shyness to even face the crowd and voila. Thanks for the music. 🎸🎤🎹🗽🏴📚
Morrison, like most other human beings, is responsible for his own demise. His unbridled pride, narcissism and anti-social, self-destructive nature certainly directed him down the path that swallowed him entirely. He made the decision to run down his chosen path as fast as he could, only to hit the wall in Paris. The people who surrounded him were unable to get thru the walls he started building during his childhood. Sadly, he found it easier to self-medicate himself off the face of the earth, than seek help. Definitely, one of the most gut-wrenching stories in rock history!
I would imagine that seeking 'help' in those days was quite stigmatized; and adding his anti-establishment views that were popular at the time, it just wasn't going to happen. But, putting together all of the details of his upbringing, along with a strong personality, his own psychological 'defenses' and the pressures of public notoriety, his was a path headed for a cliff. It's easy to judge and find the flaws, but all humans are vulnerable under the right circumstances.
@@empireoflizards Ask EVERY soldier that made it home from Vietnam about the lack of help available in that era. If you were indeed referring that I was judging Morrison, you'd be spot on. However, I wasn't simply making a lame attempt at taking an "easy" jab at Morrison's human fallibilities. I was speaking from personal experience as a once self medicating, recovering cocaine addicted 70's rock musician. I was neither judging nor trying to smear Morrison's reputation. He did that all by himself. Even though his life was obviously a sad state of affairs, and having had actual contact with him on several occasions, I feel I said nothing but the truth. And, I said it in the exact same way that I had to in order to face MY OWN fallibilities to get myself out of the hell I foolishly imposed upon myself. All too often, the truth hurts like hell. We ALL have to figure that out.
@@Jakexx01 I completely agree with your reply. My comment was more generally directed but you make great points.
@@empireoflizards I wouldn't be here if I had chosen to coddle myself. Peace. Have a great Easter.
@@Jakexx01 A great Easter for you as well.👍
To suggest anyone BUT Jim was “behind” his downfall is to enjoy a misogynist tall tale far more than the truth. Jim was no waif. Brilliant mind and a drive to… push the edge.
Não era abandonado, acho que Jim foi mimado, mas o problema dele foi as drogas, se perdeu como tantos neste mundo. Jogou a vida no lixo.
Director Agnes Varda was called up by Pam to handle dealing with Jim’s body and the Paris police. Marianne Faithfull was in the loop because her boyfriend sold Jim the fatal batch that killed him. It sounded like Jim and Pam were co-dependent but at the same time weren’t exactly monogamous.
Pam cheated like crazy from what I've heard. She also manipulated him.
@@stj971 : Now, aside from their relationship being co-dependent, we would also call it toxic.
04:05 "While Jim dealt with a mostly absent father working away in the military..."
Let me translate from MI6 speak. Jim Morrison's dad was US Navy Rear Admiral George Stephen Morrison, who was in charge of the fleet that oversaw the Tonkin Gulf incident, which was the 1964 false flag operation that provided the excuse for the militarization of the Vietnam conflict from 1965 onwards.
Google: george stephen morrison wikipedia
@@MrK-wu7ci I don't know what I'm talking about, really, but I am going to cut his dad some slack about that. His father said (way after the fact) that they weren't given any choice. I think that is likely true. What if he had said "we are not going to do it", what would have happened to them all? Do we really think he and the men under his command could have survived saying no to the powerful people represented by McNam. ara? And if they had chanced it anyway, somebody else would surely have done it. So, whether or not he should have done it, he probably had a reason for not playing the hero.
A few years ago, maybe ten or so, I listened to a recording of the officer who called in the supposed attack. To hear him is heartbreaking. He just sounds so ashame, yet he's going through with the thing. What is dishonorable to some people is no big thing to others. Judging by this officer, I will give him that he was likely to have felt the same way.
I don’t think the psychedelics were his problem if anything they probably contributed to him breaking out of his shell and exploring possibilities/diminishing fear caused by conditioning.
I would go as far to say that a return to the psychedelics as opposed to alcohol would have allowed him to possibly reconnect with himself.
In general, I think it’s easy to lose yourself when you are always under pressure to perform and be someone that you aren’t.
In the end, I really think he was suffering on the inside as he was so quickly disillusioned or disconnected from himself.
Jim was way ahead of time and highly intelligent maybe a tortured genius.. Rip Jim
Jim killed Jim
He was moody and Dionysian, boozy and brilliant, that's one reason he was out of step with the flower children, and still underappreciated by rock critics.
"We live, we die, and death not ends it." -JDM
He's right there with me everytime I'm listening to the tunes. If its a tear or a smile I get from his lyrics, I come away with just a little bit more of a fortified soul. Thank you so much James, love ya!!!❣️🙏🏻🔥
We live and we die and death not separate the two...do you remember being born?.
No, it must have happened in one of my Black Outs - JWD
Man you put it beautifully ‘ sadness , happiness , a celebration . Theatre , everything that good music and art should be
Fame is a crock, power is a crock, who the hell wants that? Freedom man, freedom, enough money just to be, yourself. No acting, no image, just be. Getting up when you like and doing what you like, dress how you like. If you have somebody who loves and supports you and doesn't want a piece of you? That's probably as good as it gets man. - Mickey Alvarez. (Jim Morrison)
Personally one of the problems that I think Morrison had is that he probably felt like a hypocrite. He was trying to be free of the establishment, but had to sell himself to get there to the point where he became part of the establishment. It's like claiming to want to be free of capitalism, and then asking people to buy your records and t-shirts, which is as capitalist as it gets. Do you see the conflict? You want to be free from posessions and junk, but you have to sell posessions and junk to people to be free. It's a nasty cycle because at the end of the day, living costs and you cant eat dirt, it's a no way out situation that the hippy culture could never resolve and thats why most of them gave in and got jobs.
When your face starts turning up on other people's t-shirts, thats when you know your image no longer belongs to you. I think Morrison felt like a fake because he sold out and I dont think he could ever come to terms with it. This is basically the whole premise for "Easy Rider" which sums it all up much better than I ever could. At the end when the one guy says "we did it, we're living the dream" and the other guy says "no.....we blew it"......thats what I'm talking about here. You cant claim to be living a capitalist free dream when you had to sell drugs to achieve it.
The same with Morrison's music, image, and life. He had to sell it all. Thats the worst kind of blowing it there is to someone who hates capitalism.
Jim had $400,000 in his bank account which is about like 3 million today....what a hypocrypt. He loved money and cars like anyone else.
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Well, there was that one witch.... He needed better company imo, the man was a like a living portal. And he died at 27... it blows my mind.
The infamous "27" crowd. Very odd.
I was behind Jim's downfall...But Jim was in front of his own downfall...
Yea who are you
Excellent and accurate until the ending. Jims regular hang out at the Rock and Roll Circus in Paris was friends with the bartender. Bartender testified 2 guys came in to talk with Jim quickly and then left quickly. Jim had scored Pam's heroin and went to the bathroom which had closet like rooms to sit in. The bartender noticed Jims drink sitting so went in bathroom and pushed open the door and Jim was sitting down, clothed dead with blood out of right nostril. Dead. The dealer, Count Jean de Breteuil was one pf P,ams lovers and son of 2nd richest family in France. he also provided Marianne Faithful etc. The bar manager called his friends to get the now dead Jim Morrison out of his bar. Eye witnesses who gave interviews years ago testified they took him in a bed sheet down a hall, out an ally @ 4am up to a hysterical Pams apt. The Medical Officers that reported something very odd?
Why was Jims head was under the faucet with same blood out of right nostril and not resting on the incline of the tub as a normal position? Because they were scared to death and they were not thinking and the top half of human body is heaviest....all this is on the web in bits and pieces. The bartender that night liked Jim and did not want any fame or attention but, I have seen him in 3 different interviews over the years. All the exact same. The witnesses in the halls were in there 70's by that time and did not mind recounting what they had seen as so long ago.....I was 18 years old ( 1969) with my girlfriend and heard this strange song come on " Crystal Ship"......that was it for me. Now I', 72 on a beach in Thailand. Waiting For the Sun ( " this is the strangest life I 've ever lived " yyyyaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh)
The truth is important, and cover ups suck, but If what you say is true, and happened, it doesn't matter to me, as an appreciator of Doors music, how he died. What matters in the end is that, by all and consistent accounts, he killed himself slowly with large doses of alcohol 7 days a week.
Perhaps it was a hot dose
The intelligence organizations have been outed for whacking several influential rock stars in that era using this means
Those facts & Theory are all very possible,
expecially the fact about his head being at the Faucet end of the Tub. Who ever dumped him in the Tub, just wanted to get the Hell out of there.
I kinda lean to my own theory, he snorted some of Pam's China White Heroin, felt really good, did some more & OD'ed. No Narcan back then. Pam was probally right there Nodded Out when He died. When she woke for her stupor, he was dead.
Freak out time. She called her friends over & they all got him in the Ground before anyody could investigate what happened. She came back to LA
ithe next day with Bill Siddons, she went on a down hill slide & OD'ed on Herion a couple of years later. Nobody forced Jim to snort the Smack. What's that old expresion: Shit Happens.
Dr Phil did a special on his death. You really should check it out.
@@Saywhatnow-o3w google airbaja watch "Pam friend or foe" last 7 days.Witnesses. There are interviews with the emergency worker now in his late 70's. jims head in tub was under the faucet and feet up where you would sit. Pam could not have lifted him in tub alone. He was carried from club and put under faucet to try and revive him. Ton's of stuff on all this. when you look.Good luck,,ok?
well if he had any 'downfall', it was obviously because the 'authorities' had a problem with anyone who knew anything about George Orwell or any one like that. The Doors themselves weren't even invited to Monetary Pop fest supposedly because they represented the dark side of the 60's. rock was still new in those days and anyone who went past what Elvis did on stage, or read, for that matter, could of expected trouble at times. it's the whole reason the original Punk Rock scene had begun in the 70's. however, Jim had obviously had enough of what was going on when he fled to Paris, and you have to remember too that being sober wasn't exactly popular in those times either. we have a lot to thank The Doors for after their days when it was still absurd to the point that using a 'swear word' in a song was illegal, and they put up with all kinds of abuse just for having long hair.
I also often forget that his dad was a naval admiral ! An Admiral! I think that family had some good genetics in it ,among everything else Jim had going for him .
Not a huge sample, but I've met lots of smart men and women with daft kids, and vice versa. The gene pool can be tricky. I tend to go with more environmental explanations. Multiple accounts claim he started to drink heavily at an early age, not just episodical drinking, but every day. His weight gain at the end might suggest his liver failing fast. Liver failure can cause other organ failure simultaneously, heart deterioration etc. Liver cirrhosis with heavy daily drinking can be seen at 25 or 55, and there is no set predictability, only that it will happen.
Yeah he was also involved in the false flag attack in the Gulf of Tonkin. Makes me question everything
Not just any Admiral. He was a key part of the phony Gulf of Tonken incident that got the USA into warring with Vietnam
His Father was a Rear Admirial !! One of the Highest Ranking Officers in the United States Navy. He was the Commanding Officer of the Ship that Fired the First Bomb that Started the Viet Nam War.
Jim hid that Fact. That's why he always told everyone his parents were dead.
BEING A WORKING MUSICIAN I CAN TELL YOU FOR SURE IT WAS HIS GIRLFRIEND THEY HAVE BEEN THE DOWNFALL OF MANY MANY MANY BANDS.."DO YOU HAVE TO GO TO REHEARSAL" "HOW LONG WILL YOU BE" "CAN I COME" WHY DO YOU HAVE TO TALK TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE AND LEAVE ME SITTING HERE" ETC ETC ETC. GIRLFRIENDS AND WIVES ARE THE DOWNFALL OF MOST BANDS..PERIOD!!!
Yes dear..
And if those women ignored you and weren't so clingy. You also would've had a problem
Not Paul McCartney.
That sure works both ways & Being in the business you’ve surely seen how outside relationships can cause wreckage en 😮 route
Pamela? I don't think Pamela was the downfall of Jim.
Morrison sadly was an alcoholic and his own worse enemy. And I love Jim.
Also, the day in which he was dying? He was hanging out with a friend in France. He fell down, he had stomach issues and still Morrison continued to drink all day.
I think Pamela may have given him heroin to smoke for the pain he was in but I don't think Pamela was trying to hurt him. I also don't think Morrison told anyone, including Pam at how much pain he was in physically.
I certainly don't blame Pam and I strongly believe Jim would agree. He truly loved Pamela hence why Morrison left her financially secure in case he died.
For such an outrageous, original, non-conforming man in life, he made sure Pamela was taken care of.
Also, if it was Pamela, the other band mates would have said so. They have never blamed Pam for his downfall or death.
Jim Morrison was definitely his own man and did what he wanted.
Do what thou will? That was Jim.
He wasn't an angel, he was man who had a heavy drinking habit.
It's unfortunate because there is no band before or since like The Doors.
As far as how he was buried and no one saw the body? Pamela wouldn't have done anything in Jim's death to hurt him. In fact, even if her thinking wasn't straight, she did right by Morrison to the very end. She loved him and as we all know she didn't last long after his death.
He was a good man problem that still goes on today . That's people can't handle real . He was real .
He was a closet Bisexual.
no he wasn't. People want to romanticize him. He was an asshole narcissist. He was a great writer and his voice at the end was great.
Jim's dad says he doesn't have the voice for singing. Later on, after The Doors pop out some records. Soon afterwards, *Sinatra* would say, "That kid is a crooner." Looks like you're wrong, dad.
That era was all about the new vs old
And the boomer kids were in the majority
Jim and his father were opposite bookends that perfectly described that era
There was real energy then. Chaos and beauty. Lots of creativity
Interesting to hear Jim comment on pleasing the audience.
I always thought what was so alluring about him was that he seemingly didn’t care what anyone thought of him.
At least, he did a really good job of coming across that way.
As a human being (or a junky, take your pick), being inconsistent and a hypocrite comes with the territory. We all do it. Say the right thing when someone shoves a microphone under your nose but then go home and do the very opposite to the thing you said into the microphone. It's a very human thing. What it basically means is that you cant truthfully trust anyone 100%. Everyone has a point at which they turn into a hypocrite. Even more so when you're trying to sell yourself as an image. Add drugs and booze into the equation and you'll be all over the fucking place with inconsistencies.
Here be truth for those that have understanding. Junkies tell people what they think they want to hear in order to get what they want. I've had a few junky friends, they all had the same ability to look into your eyes and tell you that they love you, the next minute once they've got what they want from you they're smacking the shit out of you and treating you like dirt. Then comes the tears and heartfelt I'm sorry's and round and round we go. Did I tell you that I love you? I trully do. Can you score for me?
So basically, humans and junkies.....everyone is a hypocrite sometimes.
Dont do drugs kids and if you do you have to have the balls and strength to stop doing them. Dont be weak and let it kill you. Im speaking from experience lol. Its hard it's not easy but a few weeks of pain is better than a short life of addiction. Dont be weak, be strong and fight!!!!!
What killed Jim was an addiction to drugs causing chemical changes and dependencies in the brain since a young developing age. Even before he met Pam, he was attracted to alcohol and psychedelics. This left him with a destructive void chemically and psychologically in his brain. His socially unstable upbringing left him with a vulnerability to experiment and get hooked on drugs that altered his perceptions and gave him a form of escape from even his own mind. So he was vulnerable to being in association with any junky. It just so happened to be Pam, the love of his life and the person he felt most connected to, who helped him, (at a time and place (Paris) where he was more secluded) to really go overboard. They also say that his years of drinking so heavily were started to catch up to his health and he was having heart and lung problems. You can see it in the very last photos of him, that, even though he had lost weight, his face was very puffy full of fluid.
What are you? A Shrink?
He liked to get Loaded.
Apparently Jim did not die in the apartment that he and Pam were renting at 17 rue Beautreillis. An alternate story exists of him over dosing in the washroom of the Rock n Roll Circus on Rue Mazerine in the 6th arrondissement.
Precisely. Exactly as Marianne Faithfull wrote in her autobiography. It took her 30 years to tell the story of Jim's death (why, I don't know) but I don't think she had any reason to lie about it. Add into your comment that it was Pam's French heroin dealer who introduced her to heroin and her on-again/off-again lover, who was seeing Marianne at the time who gave/sold the heroin to Jim. Finally, finally, someone w/ the correct story (as told by Marianne Faithfull). Thank-you!
True. Jim died in the bathroom stall of the nightclub
The Doors introduced me to a complete new style of rock in the 70s.
I’m 60 now and retired. I still love listening to his music. Thanks for sharing this!!!
You’re welcome!
Jim was my friendly but friend. He spoke for me- he sang for me. I never actually knew him, of course- I lived in NZ. My friends were into smack [heroin]. I was just a skinny country kid- and knew how to survive- to duck and dive. I am still alive now- to tell the tale... ...my nephew Dale died -od-ed over ten years ago. I know the whole story- but family will not tell the whole story. Family is usually scared of the truth.
If alcohol was invented today, it would be illegal.
They are slowly fading it out..
... or maybe a pharmaceutical company would patent it and promote it as "safe & effective".
Not if the government wanted to tax it.
nice... ....and if you don't drink it, you won't be able to work or get on the bus...@@jeffgarmon1
What about Vaping..and smoking...
Imagine having YOUR life examined under the world microscope through YOUR 20's.
Good point
Being the son if the guy who started Vietnam (Admiral Morrison was responsible for the Gulf of Tonkin) was hard to bear in the rebellious sixties. Might be the key to his drinking spiral and depression.
Wonder if Jim knew it was a false flag?
Painfully ironic. Madness. Two book ends to the 60's culture. The Admiral and the rock star codify the meaning of that generations in fighting
I was born in 1960. Grew up listening to my two older brothers new rock records. Fell in love with the Doors the first time I heard them. I read the book NO One Here Gets Out Alive. Loved it!!! Finished it in about 2 days. Like the Beatles I love learning new things about the Doors and Jim I never knew. Thank you. Enjoyed this video very much!
Awesome and your welcome 🙏 no one sounds like The Doors
Hi friend! I was born in 1961 love the Doors !my older brother played the records and had a tribute band I listened age 10 yrs old . They played in our home garage! Great times . I still tease him to this day!
I was born in 1964 and read No One Here Gets Out Alive as a teenager. I turned everyone I knew on to the Doors. Everyone else was into Van Halen but I was looking back. So glad I picked up that book.
Edward, I hate to Pop your bubble, but that book was made up shit.
That's why everyone who knew Jim calls it
"Nothing here but a bunch of Lies."
That Movie was Shit too.
Fun book to read though. just dont believe half of the stuff written in it.
There was much more Nice things about Jim to write about.
‘No One Here Gets Out Alive’
If you believe in Jesus you do
LA Woman still makes me crank up the volume along with many others! ❤
I've blown a few speakers over the years doing this! 😅😊
Being out of breath to climb stairs and his friend asking him if he was alright is a great clue as to his health and medical condition right before his death.If he did heroin and drank booze things can escalate quickly.Just the rapid burial without concern for close family or band members involvement is troubling.
He was also out of shape and obese at the end. Putting on that much weight and a poor diet probably caused him to have high blood pressure. Add in drugs and booze,and I'm sure stress and you have a toxic cocktail.
Plus I read that he had an enlarged heart and high blood pressure as result of childhood rheumatic fever. He also often dangled off of high ledges, and read somewhere a untreated damaged rib from a fall may have meant some inner hemorrhaging. If any of those things are true, he could’ve died without overdosing. Years of drinking, without any of the above causes, also could’ve been fatal. There really should’ve been an autopsy. I wonder if the French authorities always were so careless with suspicious deaths back then.
I did some rethinking and its not a new theory.What if Jim's quick burial was done to stop authorities investigating the how and why he died and who was responsible?. This stops the media circus and any arrests that would have been due. Pamela: If she was around using with Jim, then she could be targeted as a potential suspect. Since She was a well known H addict, She wouldn't want police snooping around.She okay'd the quick burial in Paris,lying and telling authorities that Jim had no guardians and his parents were dead.2.Drug Dealers: Obviously, could put pressure on Pamela to bury the body quickly, with threats and so squelch any further investigations into a bad Heroin ring etc..3>Still don't understand why Jim's father,with high ranking military authority wouldn't have asked to exhume the body and investigate further. A next of kin can do that, let alone one with such an influence as his dad. Quite possibly, they were told the truth and decided it better left as it was.
NO WAY he didn't have AFIB and he would be easily treated today@@girlfriday-nl9we
@@girlfriday-nl9weBooze and heroin are fatal
That kind of quick, massive fame and adoration and money can easily destroy an unprepared man.
@JoeBlow-fp5ng Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker.
You see it in singers and athletes especially, and child actors. Art Carney said he was glad he didn’t become famous until he was well into his thirties.
Every single one of his poems is a masterpiece.❤
About half were quickly forgotton. Can 1% of todays population name even one of his poems? 2 %?
I love Jim but not
Jim was tired of being Jim Morrison ( but Jim Morrison made MONEY) like a lot them that were tired of their creation that they made.
I'm proud to say Jim was behind my downfall! When you're ready for a downfall I highly recommend Jim as a role model!
lol
Ditto😮
Well said, I followed his Foot Steps too.
But, As Clint Eastwood said, a man's got to know his limitations.
I find it funny when people quote Oliver Stone thinking it's things Jim actually said, we need a movie more based in fact than that ridiculous Doors movie.
Oliver Stone is known in the entertainment industry as an opportunist and con man who invents stuff to match his narrative. But he makes entertaining movies. Does the end justify the means? I particularly enjoyed the LA scenes and locations he used in the Doors movie. But that's all.
@@latkagravas2967 I lived in LA for a short time, and I have this great picture my girlfriend took of me standing on the stage at the whiskey, I used to be a huge fan. Read all the books on Jim, no one here gets out alive etc. etc., I just feel that movie made Jim look like a alcoholic asshole, which he was at times, but there was a nice sweet side to Jim Morrison that no one ever captures
That movie sucked bad.
The other Doors hated it.
I wonder how artists who die young would be regarded if they had lived. Would they still have legend status or would they have simply faded away.
What was behind the demise of Jim Morrison was he lived like there’s no tomorrow,it feels 50/50 at times,and at least his fucked up body failed after his beautiful mind,hit forever 🙏🏽
It is hard to be "intelligent, sensitive and thought provoking" when you drink few bottles of whiskey every day!
Apparently, it isn’t….
This was Amazing!! Incredible amount of information. A BAND that will never be duplicated. The odds of four unique band members coming together impossible. Thanks.
Thank you 🙏
Immpossible? The B-52's had unique band members that came together in a more impossible way. Same thing with rush....who was a far better band.
Tired of the armchair critics up in this comment section claiming he was his own downfall of his own demise blah,blah, blah, be a different story if you personally knew Jim as a person a human being but none of you did and neither did I for that matter, only Jim truly knew himself soo walk on the halllll🤔👉🏼
Well Said.
Accidental overdose. It seems he snorted a line of Pamela's Heroin thinking it was coke. Her dealer meddled with the scene. His practice was to pig out on drugs. Obviously you can't do that with heroin, as you can with LSD and Coke. He told Pamela he was feeling sick. Not surprising if it was heroin. Very sad accident. I don't think Jim approved of Heroin so I think Pamela might have lied about what it was.
Anybody that's been around Drugs can tell the Difference between Coke & Heroin just by looking at it.
what? He knew it was heroin. He knew she took heroin.
Jim didn't have the absolute greatest voice, but a great voice for someone with no musical training. He was full of charisma in his prime. A great rock star/poet, but his addiction and lifestyle is what killed him
I think he grew away from trying to please his father basically. He was a driven, very intelligent artist who got caught up in self destructive behavior, like millions of others, heroin and alcohol.😢
There's a reason people become alcoholic.
@@stj971 Yes this is true and that is unique to each person who falls into the trap regardless of the "why."😞
When addiction takes over the brain the personality amplifies & distorts..Addiction was responsible ...Morrison was self medicating perhaps the pains tht come with being an Artist ..The War With in himself was to furious..
And childhood)family issues.
bs...not pains of being an artist, it is a narcissist getting their way.
I take issue with the idea that Jim snorted heroin with Pam. It's certainly possible that he did, but there's no real evidence of that. He didn't like that Pam was a junkie, but he was an alcoholic, so they were both slowly dying.
Also, Jim had fallen from a window, and punctured a lung just before he went to Paris. He really hurt himself. It's just as likely he died from not getting proper treatment for it, and it worsened.
Pam said he'd been coughing up blood. She should have gotten him help immediately, but who's to say why she didn't? Perhaps it was because she was a stranger in a strange land, and had to call a friend to report Jim's death later because she didn't speak French. Maybe she just nodded off and slept until she found him still in the bathtub, dead.
I keep seeing videos saying Jim died from heroin use as if it were fact. It's not. It's speculation based on rumors and some supposed "eyewitness" accounts of him dying in a nightclub and being carried to his flat.
We don't know exactly why Jim died that night, and we never will.
I just have to interrupt here for a moment , i like some of the Grateful Dead songs but I’m not crazy about them , why did Jerry Garcia rip Jim and the doors the way he did in a scathing interview , what a fucking cocsucker for that bearded prick to talk about another band like that , bastard
It’s really sad to see alcohol and drugs take over people’s lives.
There were no treatment /rehab hospitals back in the last century. There was little understanding that alcoholism was a disease . He was on his own with dual addictions . He needed therapy, medical attention and a care facility. These opportunities did not exist . He went to Paris to take care of his health and addictions . He died on a toilet seat at the Rock and Roll Circus from snorting China White . I believe Jim would have had a better chance of survival today . He was demoralized by the Miami Concert as he realized he was going to have to spend 6 months in jail . Rest in peace Mr. Mojo Rising .
No other band sounded like The Doors. They were UNIQUE and one of a kind. They were, in terms of originality, the greatest rock band in history.
Never forgotten 🙏 ever!
He’s an original!
If he was really vomiting blood, it was probably esophageal varcises, a cause of many alcoholic deaths.