Finally - Jim Morrison pardoned
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Sharpstik
Stuck in the 70's
Vintage_Hi-F
Vintage Audio Geek
Did you ever come across that fact that the overwhelming majority of the crowed at the concert (somewhere in the neighbor hood of 80,000 people) didn't see him do it and only around 10-20 say they did. I'm sorry but 10 people out of 80,000 doesn't cut it. Plus even the band says he didn't do it and at this point in time they have no reason to lie about something that there long dead front man did 30+ years ago.
70salesguy
Only 99 easy payments!
Now he can come out of hiding.
michaelhigh
mind's eye music
I met Densmore and Manzarek at Abbie Hoffman's wake in LA in 1989. They played "When The Music's Over" and then waded into the thousands of people who were outside the Unitarian Church Of Los Angeles, and I took the opportunity to meet and speak to them briefly. I'm sure that if Jim was alive at the time and not shrouded in the controversy surrounding his death, he might have been there. I like to imagine that he would have, and that I'd have met him then, too... The Doors movie starring Val Kilmer was filmed in LA when I lived out there in the late 80's, chasing the brass ring in the music industry.
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John Densmore's book on Morrison and the Doors was written when he was well into middle age and reflects a more mature perception than most fan oriented books. It's a pretty touching account of Morrison. I recommend it if you want to look at Morrison beyond the antics.
Permanent Waves
Digital Man
Faulty appeal to majority and authority (who cares what the band says? that's no real evidence either way, and they have a vested interest to protect a friend and the bands "good name" for history's sake if nothing else). Most of the 80,000 were hardly close enough/paying attention/sober to be any kind of trustworthy eye witnesses. Of course eye witness testimony is close to worthless for many reasons overall (perception bias from many factors).
Jimbo was intelligent (supposedly I read an IQ--such as that matters--around 144), but immature as hell (and seemed kind of like a jerk--of course I never knew him, but it seems this way from all I've read about/from him). I don't doubt he would have done it, but then I don't really care either way; just an immature shock tactic I would have been embarrassed to do at age 14 whether he did it or merely pretended to.
similost
Rockin and Rollin....
Jury and excutioner huh?
I've read a lot about it too, and not one bit of evidence to prove it, yet there are pictures of up to that moment, and after the supposed moment, and not one picture of him exposing himself.
I've also read accounts from women that were right in front of him and they said they kept watching and waiting, but said it never happened and sounded disappointed... Now I can't see a woman that was hoping to see something, and didn't that would lie about it if it actually did happen.. .
Either way, it's all about being PC... back then, he was a threat to "society" and the war efforts, and today, it's about making politicians look good..
JimInLhc
Active Member
I met and talked to Jim a few times. The last time was at the carousel in Griffith Park. No, he wasn't sober. I have to admit when I was 16 and he was 23 Jim was a God. Through the eyes of a 60+ old man I can see he wasn't signifigantly more mature back then than I was..
But he wrote, and sang like Thor. I never cared whether he flashed the lizard or not... that wasn't the point was it? Jim reached into peoples souls and that scared the hell out of a lot of people.
But he wrote, and sang like Thor. I never cared whether he flashed the lizard or not... that wasn't the point was it? Jim reached into peoples souls and that scared the hell out of a lot of people.
michaelhigh
mind's eye music
He WAS Thor, the LA version. I like that metaphor.:yes:
Mark W.
Nut house of the Universe
Sorry I like the DOORS and I like Jims music and poetry. But what a total waste of time and money to bother to give a guy dead for 40 years a pardon. Not like it will make a bit of difference in anything but selling a few more recordings cause someone remembered who was being talked about.
