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[ZGuy]

Oh man, I would hope that if I died, my dad would say something better than "that's unfortunate"!!

[subterfuge]

The Lizard King worshipped his Mojo Rising.

[AUJenn]

Anyone seen Almost Famous? Wasn't Fong-Torres a 'character' in that?

[Dick Vomer]

Yeah..... sure, I'm not going to acknowledge my family.... cause he was ashamed of them is why. He was an icon of the populist hippies...and to have a flag officer as a dad...gee, he's lose his "street credibility". He was just a spoiled upper middle class blow-hard drunk that likes to say things on stage, make a little cash, and get laid.

.....just like every other guy in a rock band...hahahahahaha

[truthkeeper]

Andy Morrison recalls that his mother, Clara, who died last year, took him to a Doors concert in Washington, D.C., and asked to see Jim, but he refused to meet with her, and she drove home in tears.
The Morrisons surmise that Jim's hostility was really designed to shield them from too much attention.

I guess that's one way of looking at it...

[trisham]

Morrison was a sick and depraved drug addict. His father is being kind.

[SIDENET]

The Morrisons surmise that Jim's hostility was really designed to shield them from too much attention.

Either that, or Jim was just an arse.

[madprof98]

Maybe he was trying to protect us.

Is there something in the water that keeps people from telling the truth these days???

[EggsAckley]

George Morrison said it was "quite an honor ... for the family" to have his son buried near cultural giants like Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf and Frederic Chopin.

I've been to that cemetery and it's disgraceful what the "tourists" have done to the grave there. It's not hard at all to find Morrison's grave.......just follow the graffiti. I heard a year or so ago that the descendants of people buried there were trying to get Morrison's grave moved out because they were so disgusted with the defacing of their loved ones' grave stones.

[SupplySider]

I might have been at that concert where the Morrisons attempted to see Jim. I saw them at the Washinton Hilton ballroom in November of 1967, the first time they came to DC. There were only a few hundred people in the audience, and it was a fabulous show.

If that was the same show, it may be just as well that Mom and little bro didn't chat with Jim that night, as he appeared to be pretty drunk.

[Landru]

"The father of late Doors singer Jim Morrison has broken his silence to share memories of his estranged son, who once sang about killing him and joked that his family was dead."

Weeg, I'm just so touched to hear this.
Is there a *book* I can buy?

Only regret I have is Morrison's not still alive so he could run for public office on the Liberal-Socialist ticket.

Wait a minute, now.

...on second thought. {g}

[dennisw]

Some of the Doors songs are my favorites.... will always listen when "Riders on the Storm" or "LA Woman" or "Light My Fire" is on the radio

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

I got the new "the doors by the doors" book. My first thought was "wow, these hippies won't think twice about selling their quick buck." Of course, I was in line buying the book at the time.

[unspun]

Did he say, "It's a shame my son was such a pack ass."

[Cogadh na Sith]

Hail the Lizard King.

There surely is a place in God's breast for you.

He was the antidote to the hippies; the first punk rocker.....

[fnord]

1 - I didn't know his dad was an admiral.

2 - "Ben Fong-Torres" ... lol, sounds like multiculturalism on steroids

[weegee]

People are strange when you're estranger...

[Revolting cat!]

"Daddy, daddy, I'm living in ther Northwest!"