Remembering Jim Morrison, The Late Singer Of The Doors, On What Would Have Been His 69th Birthday
- by Stoogeypedia
The late Jim Morrison of The Doors, the charismatic, most influential and controversial, provocative singers in music history, would have been 69 years old today.
With a life and legend shrouded in constant dissection, awe, praise, disgust, carelessness, and out and out creativity which grabbed from a well of poetry, classic literature, and an eye and finger on the pulses of human life, existence, dark mysteries, and constant reaching for new life and soul education, the pedigree and output of work from Jim Morrison still stands as a checkpoint for all who followed him, and there were many and still are many to this every day in the musical universe.
Like Elvis Presley and using a lot of the physical posturing, attitude, and energy that Presley pretty much invented, and utilizing the swagger of Frank Sinatra, Morrison fused the two together, dressed them both up in shamanic clothing with a take-no-prisoners attitude, and as the lead singer of The Doors, became a mighty force in rock and roll, a typhoon who lived life on the edge of the edge, walking barefoot on its razor sharp precipices. There are so many stories and opinions as to who Jim Morrison was, what made him tick, what made him sprint out of the starting gate to become almost like a prophet to millions, and eventually a pariah.
