There’s a tone of great American rock bands that I’ve been into for a long time. But for me, none of them could ever top The Doors. People can say whatever they want about Jim, but these guys were uniquely special.
When i first saw a video of Jim Morrison, i thought he was the most beautiful man i had ever seen. He was the ultimate front man. He should have lived so much longer.
Singer - Poet, Drummer - Jazz, Organist - Classical, Guitarist - Flamenco/Classical/Rock now, what could possibly go right here! LOL, but it did. I believe Peace Frog is the MOST unique and different song which has ever been recorded - just so original. The Doors have always been my favourite of all time
It was alcohol that really did him in years before the H overdose. 50lbs overweight, a chronic cough, a mean menacing spirit that possessed him when he was drunk. It all culminated in the end of a talented singer and poet.
@@vicvega3614I read this recently also that he had syphillis and Jim had said he wondered what it would be like to go insane from it if he didn’t get treatment. Robby said Jim considered it. But Jim did get it treated. Robby also said that once when he was driving and Jim was in the car with him, Jim reached over and yanked the steering wheel and said he was God and was going to eject Robby from the universe! Robby was the youngest in the band and he said it was like he was Jim’s little brother. After Robby said this he said he really liked Jim. Everyone liked Jim.
@@kellywoosley3336 is that in Robbies book? I just started it, its here on TH-cam. Theres a move with Johnny Depp from 2004 called the libertine, he plays the heavy drinking earl of Rochester in the 17th century and he gets syphilis, his nose and other body parts falls off. The invention of penicillin was huge. Its definitely worth a watch something about the character reminded me of Jim. And Depp is a huge Doors fan
@23:00. WTF? "The female and the male gays"? I am 55 now. When I was 15, I had a full size poster of Jim on my closet door. The Doors' music still makes me feel. I have been to his grave. I loved him. AND I AM NOT GAY!!!!!!!!!!!
Jim Morrison is definitely my favorite rock star. I wish he had the power of restraint when it came to sex,drugs and alcohol.That was his downfall. He had it all but alcohol and drugs led to his self destruction. Thank you Jim Morrison for creating the "rock legend " template. I was blessed to see his gravestone in Pere Lachaise in June of 2024. His spirit moved into my soul and I will carry on his and my father's legacy boldly until the day I die. AL HAMDU LILLAH JAMES DOUGLAS MORRISON. ROCK ON.
The Doors are one of the most original Rock bands of all time. They created such a fluid and naturally inspired form of sexual infused music with improvisations and creative freedom of expression. Their music is timeless and still creates a desire into their mythical and well documented history especially Jim Morrison. He had only 5 years to create a lasting memory in the minds of world and he certainly accomplished this in spades. Unfortunately for him the weight of that, as is for most people, too hard to handle and the use of drugs and alcohol a necessity to cope with the level of fame that is very hard to comprehend. The influence of the wrong type of crowds can exasperate this. Jim was simply a young open minded artist that got lost in the glitz of the music industry and his unwillingness to adjust made him make unwise and obtuse decisions about his health and future. In the end it is all written and talked about in countless documentaries. Unfortunately he lost his battle with his demons and in the process left a short wealth of original created poetry and music that will be adored forever ✌🏽♥️
As a long time fan of the Doors, I appreciate hearing the perspectives of those around at the time or at least directly relevant to the situation. I can really do without the two cents of someone who thinks that they can narrate the subject just because they've read a book or an article or two about the subject. Was I alive when the Doors and Morrison were touring and recording? No, but you don't see me making documentaries about it like my point of view means something. It's really just the same story again with someone else acting like they know the first thing about these matters. It's just tired and lazy at this point.
I'm a definite fan of The Doors, I'm also a criminal psychology major who's also a definite fan of being brutally honest and unfortunately Jim Morrison was just a stupid, immature, idealistic kid who never had the chance to finally grow up and learn just how The World worked. Like most arrogant "kids", and for all intents and purposes he was just a kid, he thought he knew it all and never had the time to grow out of that rebellious petulant child phase of growing up. I think towards the end he may have been coming around but by then those damned addictions had a hold on him, not to mention that keeping company with addicts isn't the best thing to do either........and so it goes. I'm sure his father was one of those men who should've NEVER had children and I'm also pretty sure that Morrison's life with his father was a lot like the Robert Duvall movie "The Great Santini"😢
Pretty wild that there was no autopsy for someone of Jim's age and fame. Usually when someone young dies there's an autopsy no matter what pretty much. Just that fact alone is usually enough to warrant one. It's also probably that same fame why there wasn't one though.
Jim named the doors after a line of a William Blake poam not Huxley " when the doors of perception are cleansed, everything will appear to man as it really is infinite "
I have read everything I can find about Jim and the band and I believe it’s just some pop culture myth that he OD’d on heroin. He did have an apparent overdose from it but that was 2 nights before he died. I truly believe from all I’ve read that Jim had a heart attack possibly caused by a blood clot. There are videos about Jim’s last days. I’ve watched- listened to several.
Also Zjim said it was the man’s job to find and purchase the drugs so he went every night to Rock n Roll Circus bar to buy heroin for Pamela . He used to get on her case about her addiction to it.
Would have been good to actually interview Marianne Faithful who was dating the young drug dealer called Count Jean de Bruteil ~who administered a fatal does to Janis Joplin in LA. He was Pamela's dealer and her lover. Jim despised him and he was in Paris at that exact time. Jean died a year or so later and Pamela in 1974.
Also famous people saying they hated being famous is so unjustified. JIM MORRISON WANTED TO BE FAMOUS BUT WHEN HE GOT FAMOUS MAYBE HE COULD NOT DEAL WITH THE NEGATIVE PUBLICITY BECAUSE OF HIS LACK OF SELF DISCIPLINE. PLUS GOING TO PARIS TO GET AWAY FROM HIS LEGAL ISSUES MAY HAVE BEEN A BAD IDEA ESPECIALLY SINCE HE HAD MORE ACCESS TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. SORRY JIM MORRISON I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN THERE TO SAVE YOU BUT EVERYTHING IN LIFE HAPPENS FOR A REASON. YOUR LEGACY LIVES ON. I WILL KEEP WRITING POETRY AND PROSE AND YOU WILL ALWAYS INSPIRE ME TO BE THE GREATEST WRITER I CAN EVER BE. AL HAMDU LILLAH.
The Loved Ones, The Byrds and alot of 1960's garage bands had a similar sound to the Doors. The advantage of Jim was he had a beautiful baratone to off set the carnival esque vibes of the doors.
Lots of facts here, but there are some corrections required: Jim didn't write Light My Fire (it was Krieger's first composition); and Jim was never accused of exposing himself in New Haven, and frankly he never did it in Miami either, despite the charges.
Jim got fat on purpose. He didn't move to Paris because he lost his good looks. The press called him a barbie doll. He wanted to emphasize the poet and de-emphisize the rock star.
Jim Morrison is a Great poet delves into the darkness of life this life is filled with tragedy pain dark thoughts agony sorrow death suffering torture travel through the roads highways opaque darkness darkest mist clouds the Graveyard gates open for the Dead the earth swallow the corpse the desert sees through the emptiness blackness consumes the eyes pierce the flesh coffin lowered to opaque darkest depths
Jim already was an alchoholic at 15 years of age. He didn't develop it in The Doors. It was so uncool to be an alchoholic in the late Sixties, people couldn't believe he was a lush. Not even the band.
Its really sad to see such an intelligent and brilliant mind like Jim Morrison destroy his brain cells on LSD and alcohol. You look at any of those interviews and he is very incoherent. Again, very sad to see and tragic
There a lot of speculation in this documentary and a fair amount of misinformation. For one Rimbaud isn't buried at Père-Lachaise as the man says at 52:25 ...Rimbaud's grave is at Charleville-Mezières cemetery. I have visited both graves and I shot a music video for my song "Bury Me Now" at Père-Lachaise in 2012.
Guy says light my fire was one of the first songs Jim Morrison wrote. Sorry but it was Robbie Krieger. Also Jim Morrison unfortunately died on July 3rd 1971. Enough with the he didn't die. Rock experts
There are some accuracies about Jim, for example, the leather trousers. I would like to leave the following link which analyses Oliver Stone's film The Doors, which also drops the idea of Jim Morrison wearing leather trousers every day, and dirty ones at that. th-cam.com/video/1igiKANb16Q/w-d-xo.html Jim was not an ogre, but quite the opposite.
I think Jim really wanted to be a writer,he really didn't like the rock star image.There will never be a band like The Doors, they had there own sound and the Lead singer was a model looking white boy singing like a older Black man,and the lyrics were so dark and philosophical,and the poetry that Morrison implemented
After reading French Poet Arthur Rimbaud Jim quit the Cabal,faked his death,became political right wing activist and later tv talk show host Rush Limbaugh. Be sure to google images cause you cannot change your hands. Read Rimbaud And Morrison.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds isn't about LSD... It was a picture Julian drew at school.. There is a picture of it in the Peter Brown book the love you take.
Absolutely nothing is worth losing your soul because every thing is nothing but a fleeting moment but eternity is forever, check yourself before you wreck yourself.👶
Such an amazing song writer,, no one comes near him
There’s a tone of great American rock bands that I’ve been into for a long time. But for me, none of them could ever top The Doors. People can say whatever they want about Jim, but these guys were uniquely special.
Hundreds of thousands of fans worldwide? Try 100's of millions of fans.
The guy
When i first saw a video of Jim Morrison, i thought he was the most beautiful man i had ever seen. He was the ultimate front man. He should have lived so much longer.
He loved long enough to be good looking for eternity. 🌺😚
Yes
True story I thought the same thing
Jim seys hi ❤
He wasn't nowhere near Mick Jaggers level as a frontman or even seen as good looking as Jagger
Legend
Singer - Poet, Drummer - Jazz, Organist - Classical, Guitarist - Flamenco/Classical/Rock now, what could possibly go right here! LOL, but it did. I believe Peace Frog is the MOST unique and different song which has ever been recorded - just so original. The Doors have always been my favourite of all time
This is one of the best documentaries of Jim I’ve seen. Yeah, nothing new here of course but it’s told in such a succinct way.
And I am a LONG TIME fan & obsessed with him & the band & his lyrics & poetry. Mind blowing. Gone & ended too soon😢
It was alcohol that really did him in years before the H overdose. 50lbs overweight, a chronic cough, a mean menacing spirit that possessed him when he was drunk. It all culminated in the end of a talented singer and poet.
And syphilis apparently, which he was getting over before moving to France
@@lj90256what? Where did you hear that? That wouldn't be a problem since we have penicillin, would be horrible before antibiotics though, melts face
@@vicvega3614I read this recently also that he had syphillis and Jim had said he wondered what it would be like to go insane from it if he didn’t get treatment. Robby said Jim considered it. But Jim did get it treated. Robby also said that once when he was driving and Jim was in the car with him, Jim reached over and yanked the steering wheel and said he was God and was going to eject Robby from the universe! Robby was the youngest in the band and he said it was like he was Jim’s little brother. After Robby said this he said he really liked Jim. Everyone liked Jim.
@@kellywoosley3336 is that in Robbies book? I just started it, its here on TH-cam. Theres a move with Johnny Depp from 2004 called the libertine, he plays the heavy drinking earl of Rochester in the 17th century and he gets syphilis, his nose and other body parts falls off. The invention of penicillin was huge. Its definitely worth a watch something about the character reminded me of Jim. And Depp is a huge Doors fan
@@kellywoosley3336not sure what happened to my reply? It disappeared 🤷♂️
@23:00. WTF?
"The female and the male gays"?
I am 55 now. When I was 15, I had a full size poster of Jim on my closet door. The Doors' music still makes me feel. I have been to his grave. I loved him.
AND I AM NOT GAY!!!!!!!!!!!
Not that there's anything wrong with that! :)
alright then good for u for telling this just never mention crying shxt like that
please pretty please
Could it be that she was saying " the female and the male GAZE"? 🤷
@@duckbrew 🤣couldn't find a Seinfeld emoji for mr.mojo risin'
"Gaze" not "gays". 🤭
Jim Morrison is definitely my favorite rock star. I wish he had the power of restraint when it came to sex,drugs and alcohol.That was his downfall. He had it all but alcohol and drugs led to his self destruction. Thank you Jim Morrison for creating the "rock legend " template. I was blessed to see his gravestone in Pere Lachaise in June of 2024. His spirit moved into my soul and I will carry on his and my father's legacy boldly until the day I die. AL HAMDU LILLAH JAMES DOUGLAS MORRISON. ROCK ON.
He was a poet and philosopher, not just a singer
I love the random video footage thrown in.
Yeah but thats all, the narrative
Has no basis
Love you Jim
He seys he loves u too❤
He seys he loves u too❤
He seys he loves u too❤
He seys he loves u too❤
The Doors are one of the most original Rock bands of all time. They created such a fluid and naturally inspired form of sexual infused music with improvisations and creative freedom of expression. Their music is timeless and still creates a desire into their mythical and well documented history especially Jim Morrison. He had only 5 years to create a lasting memory in the minds of world and he certainly accomplished this in spades. Unfortunately for him the weight of that, as is for most people, too hard to handle and the use of drugs and alcohol a necessity to cope with the level of fame that is very hard to comprehend. The influence of the wrong type of crowds can exasperate this. Jim was simply a young open minded artist that got lost in the glitz of the music industry and his unwillingness to adjust made him make unwise and obtuse decisions about his health and future. In the end it is all written and talked about in countless documentaries. Unfortunately he lost his battle with his demons and in the process left a short wealth of original created poetry and music that will be adored forever ✌🏽♥️
Quite a few clips I've never seen before. Very cool
As a long time fan of the Doors, I appreciate hearing the perspectives of those around at the time or at least directly relevant to the situation.
I can really do without the two cents of someone who thinks that they can narrate the subject just because they've read a book or an article or two about the subject.
Was I alive when the Doors and Morrison were touring and recording?
No, but you don't see me making documentaries about it like my point of view means something.
It's really just the same story again with someone else acting like they know the first thing about these matters.
It's just tired and lazy at this point.
I'm a definite fan of The Doors, I'm also a criminal psychology major who's also a definite fan of being brutally honest and unfortunately Jim Morrison was just a stupid, immature, idealistic kid who never had the chance to finally grow up and learn just how The World worked. Like most arrogant "kids", and for all intents and purposes he was just a kid, he thought he knew it all and never had the time to grow out of that rebellious petulant child phase of growing up. I think towards the end he may have been coming around but by then those damned addictions had a hold on him, not to mention that keeping company with addicts isn't the best thing to do either........and so it goes. I'm sure his father was one of those men who should've NEVER had children and I'm also pretty sure that Morrison's life with his father was a lot like the Robert Duvall movie "The Great Santini"😢
Robbie Kreiger wrote Light my Fire. funeral pyre was the only part Jim Morrison wrote
All Doors fans know this
He also suggested the 'try to set the night on fire ' part that Robbie liked and kept.
He wrote that entire second verse
The only Doors song i never listen too.
He also wrote: no time to wallow in the mire
Pretty wild that there was no autopsy for someone of Jim's age and fame. Usually when someone young dies there's an autopsy no matter what pretty much. Just that fact alone is usually enough to warrant one. It's also probably that same fame why there wasn't one though.
Maybe since he died s and was buried in France. In the USA I think those those things would of occurred.
Jim named the doors after a line of a William Blake poam not Huxley " when the doors of perception are cleansed, everything will appear to man as it really is infinite "
Appreciate how the documentary shows how complex Jim was
Jim OD'd period. No conspiracy.
And you know this HOW ?
Very possible, but I also think it was organ failure too.
I have read everything I can find about Jim and the band and I believe it’s just some pop culture myth that he OD’d on heroin. He did have an apparent overdose from it but that was 2 nights before he died. I truly believe from all I’ve read that Jim had a heart attack possibly caused by a blood clot. There are videos about Jim’s last days. I’ve watched- listened to several.
Also Zjim said it was the man’s job to find and purchase the drugs so he went every night to Rock n Roll Circus bar to buy heroin for Pamela . He used to get on her case about her addiction to it.
A Navy admiral’s son dies & there’s no autopsy or proper burial?
"You dont make music for immortality, You make music for the moment, for capturing the sheer joy of being alive on planet Earth."
-RayManzarek...
Would have been good to actually interview Marianne Faithful who was dating the young drug dealer called Count Jean de Bruteil ~who administered a fatal does to Janis Joplin in LA. He was Pamela's dealer and her lover. Jim despised him and he was in Paris at that exact time. Jean died a year or so later and Pamela in 1974.
Joplin was on her own when she o.d. on h
Drugs was a lot stronger in those days
I still love the Doors music.
Also famous people saying they hated being famous is so unjustified. JIM MORRISON WANTED TO BE FAMOUS BUT WHEN HE GOT FAMOUS MAYBE HE COULD NOT DEAL WITH THE NEGATIVE PUBLICITY BECAUSE OF HIS LACK OF SELF DISCIPLINE. PLUS GOING TO PARIS TO GET AWAY FROM HIS LEGAL ISSUES MAY HAVE BEEN A BAD IDEA ESPECIALLY SINCE HE HAD MORE ACCESS TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. SORRY JIM MORRISON I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN THERE TO SAVE YOU BUT EVERYTHING IN LIFE HAPPENS FOR A REASON. YOUR LEGACY LIVES ON. I WILL KEEP WRITING POETRY AND PROSE AND YOU WILL ALWAYS INSPIRE ME TO BE THE GREATEST WRITER I CAN EVER BE. AL HAMDU LILLAH.
Love to hear two creeps put this man down and talk about what a big drunk he was. We don’t want to remember that about Morrison..
"Light My Fire" is Robby Krieger's song. Morrison wrote the second verse and part of the chorus ("Try to set the night on fire").
The Loved Ones, The Byrds and alot of 1960's garage bands had a similar sound to the Doors. The advantage of Jim was he had a beautiful baratone to off set the carnival esque vibes of the doors.
"Let me tell you this now; no Eternal Reward will forgive us for wasting the Dawn."
When the musics over turn out the lights
Lots of facts here, but there are some corrections required: Jim didn't write Light My Fire (it was Krieger's first composition); and Jim was never accused of exposing himself in New Haven, and frankly he never did it in Miami either, despite the charges.
Acid isn't dangerous I took it several times, no bad affects 😂
it is the safest thing out of everything he did..!! ...and it is awesome.. huh..!??!! Hahaha
Cigarettes aren’t dangerous either. My dad smoked 2 packs of camels every day for 50 years and lived to 85 🙄
Leave him alone. Let him rest in peace
Jim got fat on purpose. He didn't move to Paris because he lost his good looks. The press called him a barbie doll. He wanted to emphasize the poet and de-emphisize the rock star.
This is mostly all new to me. Interesting
Jim Morrison is a Great poet delves into the darkness of life this life is filled with tragedy pain dark thoughts agony sorrow death suffering torture travel through the roads highways opaque darkness darkest mist clouds the Graveyard gates open for the Dead the earth swallow the corpse the desert sees through the emptiness blackness consumes the eyes pierce the flesh coffin lowered to opaque darkest depths
Jim already was an alchoholic at 15 years of age.
He didn't develop it in The Doors.
It was so uncool to be an alchoholic in the late Sixties, people couldn't believe he was a lush. Not even the band.
That is true. Even his friend Eve Babitz said that people would just walk around him when he passed out in the street, out of embarrassment.
Great docu
There's a picture of a young Jim Morrison seeing Mort Sahl in SF in the late 50s. There's also a great interview with them and Tony Thomas.
Its really sad to see such an intelligent and brilliant mind like Jim Morrison destroy his brain cells on LSD and alcohol. You look at any of those interviews and he is very incoherent. Again, very sad to see and tragic
...it's why he didn't return for his trial. Those felony charges, He slipped away
There a lot of speculation in this documentary and a fair amount of misinformation. For one Rimbaud isn't buried at Père-Lachaise as the man says at 52:25 ...Rimbaud's grave is at Charleville-Mezières cemetery. I have visited both graves and I shot a music video for my song "Bury Me Now" at Père-Lachaise in 2012.
Loved it ♥️
Who the hell decided to put that music in the background around 13:30?! Do you really think that goes with the story of Jim Morrison?
Tbh it made me laugh out loud!
great archive
loneliness kills people.
hard enough being absolutely alone, let alone being alone when everyone surrounds
Every junkie like a setting Sun RIP Jim
The truth
This documentary is amazing but sadly this guy Chris Salewicz is giving some false information about some facts regarding Jim and The Doors
The rose of red wine consume the doom pain rains down the eyes
Nothing new here .
You just saved me over an hour
@@stevep4574 Call it a tenner steve
And me to.Good thumb photo tho
Woh, not heard about the child abuse with all the books I've read as well
Right. I've seen em all
great band, superb lyrics. soft parade intro!
This was great thanks 😊 🙏 👍 🎸 🤘
Long live the Lizard King.
Peggy Lee was one of his fav singers
It was his preferred " vehicle".......Booze!
The body could be exhumed ... all this could have been put to rest a LONG time ago ...
Hundreds of thousands of fans? More like tens of millions.
Guy says light my fire was one of the first songs Jim Morrison wrote. Sorry but it was Robbie Krieger. Also Jim Morrison unfortunately died on July 3rd 1971. Enough with the he didn't die. Rock experts
“Arguably the greatest American group of the later half of the 1960s”
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Is that a serious statement?
❤❤
There are some accuracies about Jim, for example, the leather trousers. I would like to leave the following link which analyses Oliver Stone's film The Doors, which also drops the idea of Jim Morrison wearing leather trousers every day, and dirty ones at that.
th-cam.com/video/1igiKANb16Q/w-d-xo.html
Jim was not an ogre, but quite the opposite.
I think Jim really wanted to be a writer,he really didn't like the rock star image.There will never be a band like The Doors, they had there own sound and the Lead singer was a model looking white boy singing like a older Black man,and the lyrics were so dark and philosophical,and the poetry that Morrison implemented
A sixties icon who crashed and burned out.
Looks like a real paddy
Just a drug addicy.And you know what drugs can dovto a man.
Nothing new ? Maybe not but still a good documentary. Let’s see the naysayers make something better! 😊
This guy is scary, like all the Hollywood MK-Ultra crap!
Can the casket not be opened?
Syd Barrett started it all
Started what?
CRAPPY DOCUMENTARY! There are better ones out there that are more authentic. Better put together than this one!
This is the worst of the Doors/Morrison documentaries I've ever seen. I've seen just about all of them.
Jim traumatic family life warped his adulthood. Probably, self medicating to cope with unprocessed stress. Jim loathed the rock star personae.
Both his parents was overwhelming but don't know about trauma, I heard he had voices in his head so he drank to get rid of em
After reading French Poet Arthur Rimbaud Jim quit the Cabal,faked his death,became political right wing activist and later tv talk show host Rush Limbaugh. Be sure to google images cause you cannot change your hands. Read Rimbaud And Morrison.
Old news
These two people talking.
Random old guy and fan girl have no clue what they are talking about.
stop talking nonsense. he had asthma and from it he got heart disease, he took asthma treatment and went into cardiac arrest😢😢
The chick gagging on is annoying.
Garbage
Hard to believe THEY are a Professor of Anything! - perhaps…History of Camp Make-up. Terribly inarticulate!
Lucy in the sky with diamonds isn't about LSD... It was a picture Julian drew at school.. There is a picture of it in the Peter Brown book the love you take.
Jim Lahey more like it
Absolutely nothing is worth losing your soul because every thing is nothing but a fleeting moment but eternity is forever, check yourself before you wreck yourself.👶