January 19, 2009
"When You're Strange" is a new documentary about The Doors.
And promoting it, here's what's left of The Doors. Old, but — Morrisonless — decidedly not strange.
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Jim had the looks and the voice, but those two old geezers were a HUGE part of the Doors.
Robbie wrote "Light My Fire." Manz played that wonderful organ intro.
Nuff said.
Trey
Who left the Doors open? There is a cold draft of nostalgia Blowing in the Wind.I vote for Chuck Berry to come back and play dueling guitars againt these old guys.
Morrison had become Elvis before he died. Fat and drugged up.
I imagine he'd be playing a Holiday Inn lounge somewhere.
"Hey, how many of you ladies are from out of town? C'mon and touch me baby."
I think Rip Taylor's character (himself) in Wayne's World 2 got Jim and The Doors down perfectly:
I said, "Who are you?" He said,
"Jim Morrison. I'm a dead rock star."
I said, "I'm not familiar with
your work." So he played The Doors.
I said, "You're like a crooner
in the rock milieu, which I like."
Morrison, like Elvis, lived fast and died young, but did not leave a good-looking corpse.
These sorts of inspired Doors revivals (Apocolypse Now, Sugarman’s book, Stone’s biopic) used to generate royalties from the music which went to the old man admiral and his family—a worthy cause. Now that he's gone, I guess it all goes to the surviving band mates.
I got something out of their music, so I hope it lives on through their endeavors.
Off topic:
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Yikes!
How very strange.
Anyway, message is at comment 214, here.
Strange, indeed.
Robby Krieger in that photo looks like a character from Hee-Haw.
Wonder if he'll ask Manzarek "what's for supper?"
Morrison DID NOT DIE FAT....drugged, sure. But really, look at the photos of him right before he died, he lost all the weight and looked good.
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