Posted on 07/03/2011 10:17:25 PM PDT by Beowulf9
Jim Morrison's ghost has allegedly been hanging around Paris for decades. Since Morrison died on July 3, 1971, his ghost and his legend have only grown in status. In fact, journalist Brett Meisner even claimed that he took a photo of The Doors' lead singer standing at his grave years ago, as apparent proof that he did "break on through to the other side." If he did, then he has officially been there for 40 years, since today is the 40th anniversary of his death.
It is fitting that stories about his ghost has persisted for years, to add to the bizarre, psychedelic legend of Morrison. In life, he was the most out of control rock star in the business, which was quite a feat in the 1960s. He pushed the envelope with his lyrics and behavior on stage- which crossed the line into the leud one night in Miami and got him arrested.
With that kind of on and off-stage persona, it was inevitable that he would flame out when it was all over. Finally, he did on July 3, 1971, as he died in a hotel bathtub in Paris. It may not have been the wild, over the top death that may have been expected from him, yet it did silence one of the era's most distinctive voices- at least temporarily.
After Morrison died, his fame and that of The Doors slowly became bigger than ever. Sales for Doors records went up every year, as death proved to be the best thing that ever happened to Morrison's catalog. The same would later happen to other dead icons like Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson years later.
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Are there still people claiming that Jim Morrison didn’t really die?
“Are there still people claiming that Jim Morrison didn’t really die?”
Well, if you believe everything Presley says...
His mojo still rising?
Obviously, dying was a good career move.
The book “noone gets out of here alive” about the life and times showed morrison to be a really messed up individual.His father recently passed away and was the youngest admiral in the navy.
Some are born to the endless night.
No one here gets out alive.Took me a minute to remember.
His ghost has turned 40, and is still having a devil of a time stuffing that thing back into his jeans.
An embarrassing way to go through eternity.
I was there that night with my future wife and my best friend and his gal.
It was my (now) wife's birthday and she loved Morrison.
(Dinner Key Auditorium.)
BTW: The Florida state clemency board has pardoned Morrison of his conviction for indecent exposure and profanity during that concert.
Alright....Yeah
I have no reason to lie about this.
I was born and raised in South Florida (Lauderdale) and not only was it my wife’s birthday .. I had just received my ‘induction’ papers and it was my last 48 hours before heading to camp at Fort Bragg.
I know .. none of this is ‘proof’ of my claim but .. there is no way for me to do that because .. I no longer have our tickets.
(I have also spent a drunken evening in the local jail with Sylvester Stewart ‘Sly Stone’ but .. That is a whole nother story!)
I can tell you so many stories about South Florida in the 60’s and 70’s but .. I’m gonna write a book! 8)
Well ? Did he show it or was he just teasing the audience ?
And we laugh like soft, mad children
Smug in the wooly cotton brains of infancy
The music and voices are all around us.
Choose, they croon, the Ancient Ones
The time has come again
Choose now, they croon
Beneath the moon
Beside an ancient lake
Enter again the sweet forest
Enter the hot dream
Come with us
Everything is broken up and dances.
Saw the doors in february 1967, at devonshire downs, in the valley, along with the jefferson airplane and nitty gritty dirt band all on the same venue.
I have no idea if that story is true.
My best friend Gary had gone to take a wiz and all of a sudden the crowd went crazy.
There were cops heading up front and when my buddy got back .. "he" claimed that Morrison was peeing all over the girls up front by the stage.
All of us .. and I DO mean Everyone was totally wasted .. on booze or just on the smoke from the weed that was so thick you couldn't see the stage from where we were! 8)
I saw Elvis at a Convenience Store just the other day. He got away before I could even say hello.
Naw, more like Keith Richards.
And we took concerts like that for granted back then.
Somehow hiphop and rap and sampling just doesn’t measure up.
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