Understanding Jim Morrison's Lyrical Characters
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INFO: James Douglas Morrison, Better known as Jim Morrison was a poet, songwriter, and probably best known for being the distinctive voice of The Doors, one of the most beloved bands of the 60s and 70s. But it wasn’t just the poetry and the music Morrison made with his band that made him stand out. He also had a wild personality, an intense stage presence and outrageous lifestyle. Throughout his entire life, he had somewhat of an obsession for death and personal reinvention and discovery. This came out as vulgar and gloomy themes and disturbing characters in his lyrics. Some would argue that these characters represented Morrison’s alter-egos. Segments of his self-sabotaging behaviour as he dealt with the sudden fame and acceptance. In this video we’ll examine these characters in order to understand Jim Morrison’s personality even better.
I know a lot of you waited looong for this one. Thanks for the patience!
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CAN
Björk pleaseeee
Burzum (Varg Vikernes)
John Lennon
Blue Cheer or Sleep. Also Understanding The Who's My Generation.
Morrison is the most intriguing and mystifying artist in rock & roll history.
Opaque Visions nice pfp
@@grimabsolssbm thanks. My 3 favorite groups are Doors, Moody Blues & Pink Floyd.
Don't forget about Jeff Buckley, he was an actual angel.
@@danielavelasco2788 I love Jeff Buckley! You never hear about him much his music was fantastic. This is our last goodbye. Ahhh. So touching.
Ian curtis ? Hello?
He even makes a car accident sound like poetry.
He was born a poet.
“Indians scattered on Dawns Highway bleeding”
Archie Currie Ghosts crowd the young childs fragile eggshell mind
He was a hero
@@goodmorning77777 other poetry. Don’t let me die in an automobile, i want to lie on an open field...
The Doors - most majestic, hypnotic and dark rock and roll band of all times. Jim...well...a man of many faces.
An Icon for Eternity.
Word! Loved what you said here. So true. Greetings from Norway.
@@LieLikesMusic An inspiring video. Keep up the good work! Greetings from Belgium!
When you trip on acid and listen to the Doors it’s like everything makes sense
yup
To be fair though when you're tripping on acid even static in the tv will have a universal interconnected message haha
@@humanoidbastard673 not always, but I get your point
True i remember being high on acid listening to light my fire, as you say everything make sense. im still really surprised how out of this world was music then
When you listen to Coil without drugs, everything makes sense. Before John Balance lost his balance and died, he was a bearded shaman just like Jim Morrison. But Coil were psychedelic electronics. Listen to Constant Shallowness Leads to Evil or Love’s Secret Domain.
A 16 minute video on Jim Morrison with amazing visual editing and well put together and researched information? Thank you Lie. This is what I call quality content.
Thanks for appreciating it that much :) Would love to know what you'd like to see next.
@@LieLikesMusic Hopefully there will be Jim Morrison pt.2 in the future !!! This video was great :)
Lydia McGowan ikr? His videos are so well produced
Lydia McGowan yeah, I’d never have the patience to make a video like this. I’m glad there are people out there who do it.
Oh yeah yeah
🌺 put on Riders On The Storm and instantly your life is a movie. where you are, where you’re going, everything you’ve ever done and every moment becomes perfectly in place and tells your personal story and legend. What a ride.
Love the doors. Timeless. Excellent video.
Haha that's so true. It's like the perfect movie soundtrack. Thanks for your support and for sharing your thoughts.
I'm listening to a track that you produced right now (checked out your channel) and this is really good dude!
Dude especially when its raining, just to add that extra bit of atmosphere
RRAREBEAR I’ve always loved that song cuz my name is Ryder, my mom would play that song for me every night as a kid
@@intertonality9846 - That's a beautiful name! What a Mom!!!
Jim has to be the most unique, obscene, wild, intriguing, mystifying, and oblique artist ever seen. Incredible human being
The Occult, baby, the occult...
@@Dzanarika1 He didn't believe that nonsense.
Absolutely love The Doors, such a unique and brilliant sounding band.
jim morrison is the only man ive loved to hear scream in my ears like a madman
Jim morrison and kanye west
@@SomberCarlo hell yeah brother
Trent Reznor
"The future's uncertain and the end is always near."
let it roll . . .
No, "blood in the streets " in Peace Frog is from "Abortion Stories" in his notebooks. Its not about the natives accident. "Indians scattered on dawns highway " IS a direct reference, however.
Ah okay. I didn't know that. Thanks for emphasizing this.
@@LieLikesMusic And therein lies the rub. You're positing yourself as an authority when you're not. It's a nice video, I guess, but your research is lacking and is, therefore, misleading. Sadly you've just rehashed the same old perspectives, without delving deeper to reveal just how complex a person he was. Read 'Jim Morrison' by Frank Lisciandro and 'Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend' by Stephen Davis to get a fuller picture.
I was just about to tell this "LIE" character the same thing. I can't stand when people falsify information especially when I goddamn well I have educated myself for numerous years on the subject of THE DOORS AND MORRISON. Like a person with an ear for good music would say....I should've knew when I heard this "LIE VOICE"
@@psycholifer86leonard54 This guy obviously knows zero about his subject. Just making videos to get views. Facts be damned. On top of it he's a smug asshole.
Frank's book is actually: 'Jim Morrison, A Feast of Friends.' First hand accounts about Jim by people who knew him. After reading that, I came away with a much better picture of who the man really was. I really was meant to be born way later, in 1964.
LA Woman hadn't been mixed when he left, it's part of what made Ray uneasy about his travelling to Paris. Jim left during the early mixing process just after all the recordings had been done, trusting that Ray, Robbie and John would do a good job without him. Also good to note that whilst in Paris he spoke to Robbie on the phone and talked about wanting to go back on tour to play the songs from LA Woman, with that being the last contact he had with the band before his passing
He actually spoke to John on the phone and expressed eagerness to go on tour.
To Understand Jim Morrison you need to understand the work of William Blake; and that is pretty hard.
Why? One of his bigger inspirations?
To quote Robbie Krieger, talking about the early years of the Doors..
"I don't know, Jim took a awful lot of acid"...
@Lie Likes Music Jim took the name of The Doors from a poem by William Blake, I tried to read his poetry but silly me couldn't understand it.
@@mr.evasion I think what you said here says at least as much as this video. With respect to it's creator, I'm not trying to be harsh.
Luis Mario Guerrero Sánchez Jim got the name “The Doors” from the title of Aldous Huxley’s book, “The Doors of Perception”, Huxley took the name from a William Blake poem though ya.
5:35 his dad couldn't possibly be any more wrong. He's one of the most talented and unique songwriters I've ever heard. His melodies are extraordinary.
He’s was talented, but his father was also worried that he was going on the wrong route in life and well which he was right
Everything about Jim is incredibly interesting, his outlook on life is just so different than most. If he were still alive today, he would be one of the most influential people in the world. If you let him convince you to look at the world through his perspective one time it gets addicting.
Jim had a dark presence with him and around him. I wish he chose Jesus' Kingdom instead of the dark kingdom.
“People are strange when you’re a stranger”
Eternal words from a broken poet. Let’s never say Jim is survived by the characters he left behind, he wouldn’t want that
Survived? What do you mean? He left a huge legacy. Tons of music, poetry, stories and films. It is what it is.
So basically Jim Morrison is a gothic musician before goth music was a thing?
If that's how you want to interpret it, sure.
Edgar Allen Poe was the true goth poet.
Jim Pickens I had no idea our leader was a doors fan, but I guess it makes sense.
The way he died (in the tub) is even very prevalent amongst goths as a very romantic way of death
Not really
Dude, I read his biography and I agree with what he said once. He said that he became who he was because he wanted to be so fearless, so unrestricted so much in power like Alexander the Great.
That is why he had that hair cut all throughout his career. He wanted to look like Alexander.
I guess he really thought highly of himself during that whole time then.
“I received an Aztec wall
Of vision
& dissolved my room in
Sweet derision
Closing my eyes, prepared to go
A gentle wind inform’d me so
And bathed my skin in ether glow”
-Jim Morrison Poetry♥️
12:55 freedom of speech is not the 2nd amendment
Wow, I didn't even catch that but yeah, a bit of an oversight. Great video though.
My bad guys..
Lie Likes Music it’s all good, it was a phenomenal video like always. Keep up the great work
Sage Brush
1st amendment.
Soft Parade was also released in 1969, not '68.
AWESOME DUDE THANK YOU SO MUCH I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ANYONE WHO has a a channel based on music to talk about Jim Morrison and analyze him and the Doors
No problem man. I think his story is really fascinating, so it was great to make an updated overview of who he was
and what he was interested in as an artist. Cheers from Norway!
I am the lizard king,.. i can do anything !
You are shark dude
Part of what makes him larger than life is his own embellishment of reality. Dreams beget reality, he knew that stories, with all their embellishments and added details are what breathe life into what might otherwise be mundane.
Jim should not have dabbled into the occult, but he was born into it, so I am not judging him. I do not like how depressed and unhappy he was 99% of his life.
Wow, great video. Jim came into my life unexpectedly and his music and poetry changed my life forever. Thank you.
Thanks! He hasn't made a huge impact on me yet, but i gradually get more interested every time i tune into
their music.
Jim is who i want to meet when i go.
Spanish Caravan is one of my personal favorites, I don't know why, it's so short and simple. Plus it has Asturias, if you're a horror fan, you probably heard it play in the opening of Mirrors.
Never seen Mirrors. And it's been a long time since i listened to that song, so i'll give it a spin soon.
Thanks for watching btw :)
I love that song too. I think it is its carefree vibe that makes it so beautiful.
Also who doesnt want to be taken to Spain and Portugal? Hah
Jw-N Asturias? I believe it to be "Andalusia with fields full of grain". I'm not familiar with Mirrors.
No no, the beginning of the song is a small piece of Asturias.
@@jwnj9716 Hah hah.... I never knew what that classical piece was called before, but now I know. :) Thanks.
When I lived in LA, I made friends with Robbie's classical guitar teacher's daughter. I was star struck when I finally got to meet him.
Some interesting interpretations, but you assume too much about him like saying "he thought more about death because he was on top, because he feared death". Too much assumption based on superficial notions.
I agree, I don't believe Jim usually was worried about arbitrary things like money and power to begin with. He was always obsessed with death, and also the focus on the occult didn't start towards the end of his college career it was his whole life, in high school he wrote a paper based on a 16th century book about the occult and satanism, which his teacher didn't believe he read or had, so she went to congressional library, and indeed did find the book was writing in reference to. I thought the video had some interesting interpretations, but I agree that a lot of the information provided was misleading and based off superficial notions.
Well what's true is that he thought about death quite a bit. The reason why is still a mystery. Like i said in the video,
he was going though depressive episodes. And "maybe" it also had a connection to him being on top of the world.
That's ONE example of a personal take. I think there's room for personal thoughts here and there.
ALSO:
What proof is there that Morrison was into demonology?
If the person who posted this can detail such proof, then I will believe it.
Otherwise, take this video down!
@@emotionalmodels8463 Jim studied many things in order to perfect his poetry. These people are describing the Jim that they want him to be. I've yet to hear anyone decipher any of the words properly.
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Your voice and accent make your videos extremely enjoyable and relaxing... love your work!!
Thanks man! That's very nice of you. Any other artists/bands you wanna see in future videos?
@@LieLikesMusic Steely dan would be great
My oldest hard core Bro & I have a 🐍 on our Left , Leopard on Our right.I taught myself to read @3 am the first born of a USMC football star quarter back,circa 1957.Jim was Bi-polar- as am.I Love, Understand & Pray for Jim.
"Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin."
Wake up!!
And they say i can't hear comments 💔
OMGGG ALL MY LIFE HAS LED TO THIS VERY MOMENT
Hope you enjoy this moment then hehe
SAME!!
You wrote this while tripping? It seems so.
MrBegmar it also seems pretty obvious that I was being dramatic on purpose.
I know the feeling. You should listen to Jordan Peterson’s early lectures on Carl Jung, prior to all the controversy and bullshit.
He was undoubtedly the most abstract lyricist. All hail the LIZARD KING.
Jim and the doors have a special place in my heart. I have been listening to their music since about the age of 10, I was introduced to them by my father who spent a few years in the USA.
Cool. I just started to get into them honestly. The more i listen the more i dig them.
@@LieLikesMusic great video BTW 👌🏻😊
When I first listened to The Doors I immediately liked their music and was fascinated by some pics of Jim Morrison, but I've never thought that his character is so relatable for me. Thanks for this awesome video!
12:55 Wait, did he refer to the FIRST Amendment for freedom of speech and you misspoke, or was he just high and actually referred to the Second Amendment (right to bear arms) for freedom of speech?
Yeah i messed that up
@@LieLikesMusic make an annotation
@@martin8313 Don't dance on the grave of my childhood
@@LieLikesMusic I genuinely wasn't sure to be honest - if this video taught me anything it's that Morrison wasn't always the uh... Clearest.
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Your analysis of people are extremely amazing. Not only do we learn even deeper about the mysteries of these musicians, but we have a great narrator like you to have these videos told to us. Great videos as always.
Nobody sounded like the Doors ever 🖤 🎶🎵🎶 🇺🇸 EVER
Highly recommend reading the biography on Jim. It's called NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE. Jim was beyond intelligent when it came to knowledge of books and writing. Coming from a strict background, he was the black sheep of the family.
Great book right there
Its a nice book. But Riders on the storm by densmore is also very good
I might buy both of these the next time i decide to make a Jim Morrison/ The doors video.
Apparently No One Here Gets Out Alive is a highly fictional book. Riders On The Storm strikes me as a very honest account from Densmore.
@@luminosway5249 I agree with this. Both are good but Densmore paints the picture better.
can you please do Frank Zappa my good sir
Koffeekups yes
I'll do more about him sometime in the future. But for now:
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dude was a musical hero of mine only kid at 13 that was trying to get his friends to watch 200 Motels also grew up in Quartz Hill California where he spent his childhood out in the Antelope Valley still a bunch of weird scenes still spawn from that place to this day though its become much more of a shithole from lil gangbangers
@@LieLikesMusic yes!
I've enjoyed many of your videos and thought I kinda knew what expect from this one, but it was even better that what I expected- you've created a great in-depth look into Morrison's psyche and art. Thank you!
"I'm the lizard king..." that's from Not to Touch the Earth off of Waiting for the Sun
Well there's two versions of that song. It's included in the Celebration of the Lizard compilation too.
It was supposed to be one whole piece of compiled songs and poetry from what i understand.
One of the best tracks off of Waiting...
Lie Likes Music , I may be wrong do I would ask your help with verification. Although Jim's Poetry was sometimes sung aloud, " The Celebration of the Lizard " is a brilliant Piece of Prose / Free verse Poetry, similarly performed like a Spoken word. It's not an actual Song . Rather it wasn't recorded as a music Track.
Thank you Lie. Really enjoyed this. Saw The Doors live twice in Cleveland when I was in High School. They put on great concerts both times. Mesmerizing. My favorite band of all time. Still my fav.
Thank YOU for watching! That's great. I'm just starting to get into their music tbh, like 50 years later lol.
It's never too late.
I love Jim more than i love my self
You should not, because he was just a mere human being who needed Jesus Christ. Do not let yourself be deceived like Jim and his followers. I love Jim, but he is not the person to be looked up to. Poor guy needed some serious help during his lifetime. He was under mind control, he was deceived.
Been waiting a long time for this one. Thank you so much.
"Can you picture what will be, So limitless & free" - Jim Morrison.
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Hell yes.
Yeeeeeeeah!
Awesome video, Lie. Your videos are amazing the way they are. The editing, quality, research and so on are all very satisfying. Keep it up.
Thanks man! I'm glad you appreciate it. Let me know if there are any bands/artists you wanna see next.
@@LieLikesMusic I'd be thrilled if you did a piece on Soft Machine, more specificially Robert Wyatt and how he almost joined the 27 club.
A video on Can would also be amazing.
Good presentation! Great work.
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I'm a huge fan of the Doors and l like all the info I can about them especially Jim.
That's great Greg! Any other artists you wanna see featured in future videos?
I cannot stress how grateful I am, that you made this video. Fantastic, A1 my guy subbing right now.
Thank you for such an articulate analysis of my favorite musician. Great job
I fucken love The Doors, especially my love Jimbo. It's crazy how short and sweet you made the ending. There are many wild stories of how Jim's life ended 💔
Well i think the most sensible and well-known story of how he died, was that he died in a bathtub.
From what i've heard the doctors never did an autopsy. So we'll never know for sure if he was way
too drunk, drowned or overdosed on other drugs
I love how masculine Morrison was, just absolutely inspiring as a sex symbol
Yeah absolutely. A sex symbol but with real intelligence.
That wasn't his goal. That completely ignores his incredible mind.
@@Dzanarika1 But there was a conscience. Rebellion against God for allowing stuff to happen to him, but there was more god-fearing than you'd think.
Always enjoy your videos man! Keep them coming
I come back to this video whenever I feel anxious. This was the first video that introduced me to Jim Morrison and his poetry (which later inspired mine) ❤️
Mmm
Can you do understanding Syd Barett please, Very nice video btw ❤✌🌻
I've already done one about Syd czcams.com/video/zQgNjjmTKqA/video.html
alice in chains?
Finally ! I’ve waited so long for this !! !!
"Are you still there?" Hit me right in the feels
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I must admit i just absolutely appreciate this guy's passion for making CZcams videos......keep up with the good work man
One of the best videos from you so far. Thanks so much!!
Thank you Chris! If you wanna talk more about The doors or any other bands, feel free to join our discord server
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I have all of his collections of poetry. He is beautiful. I love his voice. His self sabotaging behaviour is in part due to that reinvention, and rising like a Phoenix and falling like a Phoenix. It was also just Jim, Jim just not wanting what he has in the moment. Great video. 👍
He was a genius and a true artist. He was bound to make an impact, somehow, someway. It just happened to be rock music at a pivotal time in history. Gave him a platform to be a shaman of sorts. Also, he was very perceptive concerning the death of a America and the direction of humanity. He saw this mess coming. I consider him and Hunter Thompson two of the most important voices in that era. We should have headed their warning.
I've said the same thing! Hunter and Jim has influenced a large portion of my life.
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John Wilson that isn’t too hard lol
@aa fxmous Lmao, true
I love Led Zeppelin
@@oscarrasmussen7154 me too
Simple rubbish
Thanks for this video man, waiting for this so long thanks Lie!!!
No problem ;) I'm glad it lived up to your expectations.
You deserve a lot more subscribers man, and I'm sure they'll come soon. Keep up the great work brother!
I'm sure they'll come too. I just need to become smarter and work as hard as ever. Thanks for your support btw. It means a ton!
Finally the lizard king!!!!
Awesome as always
Thanks Henry!
I think this is your best video. you really outdid yourself here. Perfect mix of research and production=final product!
Thank you! I really appreciate your support. I still think i can do even better though. But maybe i'll improve my writing
for the next one.
this was one of the best informative videos i have ever seen! thank you very much for this one, i enjoyed it a lot🦎
I'm glad you did. There's more to come every thursday, so stay tuned. Any artists you wanna see next btw?
God your editing gets better everytime. Wish i could like you hahaha
Thanks! You just have to push yourself and raise your standards.
FINALLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH
No problem. Nice profile pic and name.
Very good video, compliment and thank you!
Been waiting for this video. Thanks man!
Thanks for having the patience man. Cheers from Norway!
You can download the Miami concert of the Doors..Morrison was extremely drunk, during the concert. The concert was in Coconut Grove, in a airport hangar.
It's crazy that they converted an airport hangar into a concert environment. Must've been a huge place!
Too bad the organizers only thought about the money, and removed some of the seats...
Jim Morrison was a mystic
Love the way you give us the in4 it's not out of a Rush Rush spill of the mouth information therefore thank you for taking your time with your views to give us good & sound information, it is very much appreciated.
Great video man. Very interesting!!
Jim was one rare and a beautiful soul !
He sure was. Thanks for watching.
Love your videos! Great work! I personally would love to see something on Alice In Chains or Layne Staley...
Thanks for your feedback! I'll see what i can do.
This video is incredible. Great job, seriously
thank you ive been waitin for this for a fat min love ur videos keep up the good work homeboy
Thanks for the patience dude. There's plenty of videos to come, so stay tuned!
Awesome editing on this one Lie. Worth the wait. Maybe do Ministry?
Thanks! I'm trying to up my game for every video. Next time i'll try to focus more on writing better.
Ministry? Maybe. Why should i do one about them? Do they have an interesting story?
@@LieLikesMusic hi Lie. Yeah, if you like NIN, Ministry is in the same category. Industrial, sometimes melodic, beautiful/crushing soundscapes. Really good lyrics. Also they played the early Lollapaloozas. Starting in the early 80s with a decidedly New Wave sound, they morphed into a metal powerhouse. It was the scariest stuff I ever heard when I was growing up. Check em out :) Psalm 69 is their masterpiece.
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Great video as well.
Was really hoping for a video like this. The Doors have such an interesting story that you don't hear enough about.
Great as usual, Thanx!!!
Finally jim morrison
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Beautifully done. Thank you!
Thanks Leah. Cheers from Oslo, Norway.
Thanks, I've been waiting to watch this! R.I.P Jim..he was born a great poet.
No problem. Hope you enjoyed watching as much as i enjoyed making this.
Thank you very much, and of course everyone appreciates this!
Jim the Best 💜He lives forever ❤️🌹
Hey thanku That video was incredible good work... i think Jim deserves some credits too😂😂
Yeah Jim deserves a ton of credit. Thanks for watching and supporting what i do :)
amazing video, very well done
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Peace Frog is mostly about abortion,especially that part of the lyrics. Yes,he loved Baudelaire,but he was much more on Rimbaud.
Yes i should've used the phrase about the indians that comes later on in the song.