When you talk about the Doors, it’s inevitable connected with the image of Jim Morrison, enigmatic leader of the band.
James
Douglas Morrison (this is his complete name) was born in Melbourne on 18 December 1943. in
February on 1964 he entered at the institute of dramatic art of UCLA, the university of
California.
The
story starts on the beach of Venice, with the meeting between Jim and Ray Manzarek. They
talk about rock’n roll, Jim tells Ray that he has written some poems, and he
sings one to Ray. He is enchanted. They decided to form a band and “to earn a million
Dollars”.
The
name of the band is decided immediately: the Doors, that derive from a phrase by William
Blake: “there are things known and things unknown, in between there are doors”.
With
the two joined John Densmore and Robby Krieger, the band is complete. In 1966 they start
to perform in the clubs of Los Angeles. After a long mess-tin, and after having risked
capitulating, because dismissed by a lot of clubs, they had a contract by Elektra.
In
January 1967 they published “The Doors”, their first album, that with “sgt.
Pepper’s” by Beatles, will be the most sold album of the year, with the big
approval by the critics, too. Now the band is affirmed. After “The Doors”, are
published 5 albums.
“the
Doors”
“strange days”
“Waiting for
the sun”
year:
1967
year: 1967
year: 1968
“the
soft parade”
“Morrison
hotel”
“L.A.
woman”
year:
1969
year: 1970
year: 1971
Jim like poetWe don’t have to forget that the true desire of Jim wasn’t to be a rock star, but to be a poet. He writes poems since he was an adolescent. Some of these poems have been elaborated for the texts of the first two albums. No one else could mix poem and music like he did. He published a book of poems, with the name of James Douglas Morrison, to separate the image of Jim, the rock star, to the image of James Douglas, the poet.
As
I look back
Over
my life
I
am struck by post
Cards
Ruined
snap shots
Faded
posters
Of
a time, I can’t recall
We’re in
1971. Jim and his wife Pamela moved to Paris. Jim has got some ideas for a film had he
want to escape from the external pressure. But he will find the death. Pamela finds Jim in
the bath of his home on 3 July 1971. the causes of the death aren’t clear: the
official version talk about infarct, but an autopsy on the corpse has never been done, and
he has been buried quickly in the cemetery of Pere’ Lachalse, the “artists
cemetery”, in the city he loved.
ft" hspace="12" Today, 30 years after Jim’s death, his history is legend. Doors music is immortal, because isn’t tied with those years. You don’t have to forget that in the beaches of Los Angeles Hippies groups grew. But in the same time, he dressed in black and sang about the fears of the man. His dead, too, contributed to the myth. The only certain thing is that he has left us a big heredity: his thoughts and his music, that continue make all generation to dream.
Their most famous
song: light my fire
You know that it would be untrue,
You know that I would be a liar,
If I was to say to you,
Girl, we couldn’t give much higher.
Come on baby light my fire,
Come on baby light my fire,
Try to set the night on fire.
The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre.
Come on baby light my fire,
Come on baby light my fire,
Try to set the night on fire.
