Jim Morrison's far bryder 35 års tavshed
For første gang siden den karismatiske sanger fra The Doors, Jim Morrison i 1971 døde af et hjertestop, udtaler hans far sig til pressen. Det er helt vildt.
Hvis nogen herinde kender til The Doors, så kender de også sangen: "The end" og det berømte citat: "Father? - Yes son? "I want to kill you!"
HUH og nu snakker han om sin søns "uheldige død". Jeg har sgu et ambivalent forhold til den far, allerede inden man har hørt noget somhelst...Nå, men læs hvad han siger:
(Artiklen er fra den 9. november i år, men jeg gengiver den her, fordi man får spat af at gå ind på siden med alle de F*ck-beeeep reklamer!)
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?storyid=2006-11-09T010240Z_01_N08335972_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BOOKS-DOORS.xml&type=entertainmentNews&WTmodLoc=Entertainment-C3-More-2
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - 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.
George Morrison, a retired U.S. Navy admiral, is one of the contributors to "The Doors by the Doors," an authorised memoir released this week. The book's author, rock journalist Ben Fong-Torres, also interviewed the band's three surviving members and Jim's younger brother and sister, among others.
"We look back on him with great delight ... The fact that he's dead is unfortunate but looking back on his life it's a very pleasant thought," George Morrison says in the book.
Jim Morrison, a difficult teen who rebelled against his father's military lifestyle, went on to become one of the most magnetic performers in rock 'n' roll.
But he disowned his family, and once made a throwaway comment that they were dead. He also referenced his parents in the Oedipal rant "The End," singing that he wanted to kill his father and sleep with his mother.
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 had the feeling that he felt we'd just as soon not be associated with his career," George Morrison says. "He knew I didn't think rock music was the best goal for him. Maybe he was trying to protect us."
Adds his sister, Anne, "He liked mystique, too. He didn't want to be from somewhere."
Jim Morrison died of a heart attack in Paris in 1971, and his grave at the Pere Lachaise cemetery is one of the city's top tourist attractions. His family pays the authorities to take care of the site.
George Morrison said it was "quite an honour ... for the family" to have his son buried near cultural giants like Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf and Frederic Chopin.
Reuters/VNU
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Anledningen, for at George Morrison og hans to andre børn udtaler sig til pressen om Jim, er, udgivelsen af box "The Doors By The Doors", som udkom den 7. november.
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Doors/dp/samples/B000002H22/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/103-3774961-5276608#disc_1
Hvis I scroller lidt ned, er der en anmeldelse af den.
Man kan sikkert også få den på Karma ret snart. http://www.karma.dk/Guld_2.htm#Doors_guld (..webmasteren er lidt en skovl til at huske at trykke tekstombrydning i cellerne, men skidt med det, det er det pureste guldmusik, man kan købe der ;o) )
Men guderne skal vide at Jim Morrison formåede med sin brændende poesi og sin lidende sjæl at gennembryde de døre, der adskiller liv fra død, og er forblevet i det ubegrænsede og uendelige rum...
Personligt opdagede jeg først hvem han var et par år efter han var død...så jeg er render virkelig med en illusion i mt hjerte. Til gengæld er den lyslevende, og jeg får aldrig nok af at læse hans tekster og høre hans musik.
Han får stadig livet til at springe frem i millioner af mennesker, med hans dybe poesi og personlige mystik i kærlghed, vildskab og melankoli - så uendelig paradoxalt at livet var ham en pine...
Hvis nogen herinde kender til The Doors, så kender de også sangen: "The end" og det berømte citat: "Father? - Yes son? "I want to kill you!"
HUH og nu snakker han om sin søns "uheldige død". Jeg har sgu et ambivalent forhold til den far, allerede inden man har hørt noget somhelst...Nå, men læs hvad han siger:
(Artiklen er fra den 9. november i år, men jeg gengiver den her, fordi man får spat af at gå ind på siden med alle de F*ck-beeeep reklamer!)
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?storyid=2006-11-09T010240Z_01_N08335972_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BOOKS-DOORS.xml&type=entertainmentNews&WTmodLoc=Entertainment-C3-More-2
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - 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.
George Morrison, a retired U.S. Navy admiral, is one of the contributors to "The Doors by the Doors," an authorised memoir released this week. The book's author, rock journalist Ben Fong-Torres, also interviewed the band's three surviving members and Jim's younger brother and sister, among others.
"We look back on him with great delight ... The fact that he's dead is unfortunate but looking back on his life it's a very pleasant thought," George Morrison says in the book.
Jim Morrison, a difficult teen who rebelled against his father's military lifestyle, went on to become one of the most magnetic performers in rock 'n' roll.
But he disowned his family, and once made a throwaway comment that they were dead. He also referenced his parents in the Oedipal rant "The End," singing that he wanted to kill his father and sleep with his mother.
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 had the feeling that he felt we'd just as soon not be associated with his career," George Morrison says. "He knew I didn't think rock music was the best goal for him. Maybe he was trying to protect us."
Adds his sister, Anne, "He liked mystique, too. He didn't want to be from somewhere."
Jim Morrison died of a heart attack in Paris in 1971, and his grave at the Pere Lachaise cemetery is one of the city's top tourist attractions. His family pays the authorities to take care of the site.
George Morrison said it was "quite an honour ... for the family" to have his son buried near cultural giants like Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf and Frederic Chopin.
Reuters/VNU
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Anledningen, for at George Morrison og hans to andre børn udtaler sig til pressen om Jim, er, udgivelsen af box "The Doors By The Doors", som udkom den 7. november.
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Doors/dp/samples/B000002H22/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/103-3774961-5276608#disc_1
Hvis I scroller lidt ned, er der en anmeldelse af den.
Man kan sikkert også få den på Karma ret snart. http://www.karma.dk/Guld_2.htm#Doors_guld (..webmasteren er lidt en skovl til at huske at trykke tekstombrydning i cellerne, men skidt med det, det er det pureste guldmusik, man kan købe der ;o) )
Men guderne skal vide at Jim Morrison formåede med sin brændende poesi og sin lidende sjæl at gennembryde de døre, der adskiller liv fra død, og er forblevet i det ubegrænsede og uendelige rum...
Personligt opdagede jeg først hvem han var et par år efter han var død...så jeg er render virkelig med en illusion i mt hjerte. Til gengæld er den lyslevende, og jeg får aldrig nok af at læse hans tekster og høre hans musik.
Han får stadig livet til at springe frem i millioner af mennesker, med hans dybe poesi og personlige mystik i kærlghed, vildskab og melankoli - så uendelig paradoxalt at livet var ham en pine...