Jim Morrison - Revision history

Spider of Destiny at 18:17, 22 May 2026

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Jason.Kreitzer at 06:08, 8 January 2023

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Jason.Kreitzer at 03:01, 21 September 2021

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Duncan: /* References to Jim Morrison and The Doors */ Rm unsourced baffling opinion

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References to Jim Morrison and The Doors: Rm unsourced baffling opinion

Jason.Kreitzer at 17:23, 11 August 2021

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Duncan: /* Quote */ Link

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Spider of Destiny at 19:12, 24 September 2020

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Spider of Destiny at 17:21, 22 September 2020

2020-09-22T17:21:29Z

PopFanDoug: cite audio

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Spider of Destiny: /* See also */

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-From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:<br>
+[[File:Jimmorrison.jpg|thumb|right]]
-'''James Douglas Morrison''' (8 December 1943 – 3 July 1971) was an American singer, songwriter, writer, and poet. He was best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the popular American rock band [[wikipedia:The Doors|The Doors]], and is considered to be one of the most charismatic frontmen in the history of rock music.<ref>[http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19802/m1/ Show 43 - Revolt of the Fat Angel: Some samples of the Los Angeles sound. [Part 3]]</ref> He was also an author of several poetry books, a documentary, short film, and three early music videos ("The Unknown Soldier","Moonlight Drive", and "People are Strange"). Morrison's death at the age of 27 in Paris stunned his fans; the circumstances of his death and secret burial have been the subject of endless rumors and play a significant part in the mystique that continues to surround him.
+'''James Douglas "Jim" Morrison''' (December 8, 1943, Melbourne, Florida - July 3, 1971, Paris, [[France]]) was an American rock singer, poet and director best known as the lead singer for [[Wikipedia:The Doors|The Doors]].  Their hits included, ''"Light My Fire"'', ''"People Are Strange"'' ,''"Hello, I Love You"'' and ''"L.A. Woman"''.
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 ==References to Jim Morrison and The Doors==
-*[[The M.O.I. Anti-Smut Loyalty Oath]] was held as a reaction to Morrison's arrest because of public indecency. Morrison showed his penis on stage in 1969 and was promptly arrested.
+*[[The M.O.I. Anti-Smut Loyalty Oath]] was held as a reaction to Morrison's arrest because of public indecency. Morrison  showed his penis on stage in 1969 and was promptly arrested.
 *[[Tinsel Town Rebellion (The Track)]]:'' "It works for all those record company pricks/ Who come to skim the cream/ From the cesspools of excitement/ Where Jim Morrison once stood."''
 *[[After The Mothers: Zappa and the L.A. Philharmonic]]
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 *[[The M.O.I. Anti-Smut Loyalty Oath]] was held as a reaction to Morrison's arrest because of public indecency. Morrison showed his penis on stage in 1969 and was promptly arrested.
 *[[Tinsel Town Rebellion (The Track)]]:'' "It works for all those record company pricks/ Who come to skim the cream/ From the cesspools of excitement/ Where Jim Morrison once stood."''
 *[[After The Mothers: Zappa and the L.A. Philharmonic]]
 *[[We're Turning Again]]

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 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:<br>
-'''James Douglas Morrison''' (8 December 1943 – 3 July 1971) was an American singer, songwriter, writer, and poet. He was best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the popular American rock band [[wikipedia:The Doors|The Doors]], and is considered to be one of the most charismatic frontmen in the history of rock music.[http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19802/m1/] He was also an author of several poetry books, a documentary, short film, and three early music videos ("The Unknown Soldier","Moonlight Drive", and "People are Strange"). Morrison's death at the age of 27 in Paris stunned his fans; the circumstances of his death and secret burial have been the subject of endless rumours and play a significant part in the mystique that continues to surround him.
+'''James Douglas Morrison''' (8 December 1943 – 3 July 1971) was an American singer, songwriter, writer, and poet. He was best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the popular American rock band [[wikipedia:The Doors|The Doors]], and is considered to be one of the most charismatic frontmen in the history of rock music.<ref>[http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19802/m1/ Show 43 - Revolt of the Fat Angel: Some samples of the Los Angeles sound. [Part 3]]</ref> He was also an author of several poetry books, a documentary, short film, and three early music videos ("The Unknown Soldier","Moonlight Drive", and "People are Strange"). Morrison's death at the age of 27 in Paris stunned his fans; the circumstances of his death and secret burial have been the subject of endless rumors and play a significant part in the mystique that continues to surround him.
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 ==See also==
 * [[wikipedia:Jim Morrison|Jim Morrison]]
 [[Category:Rock Artists|Morrison]]

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-''"Well, I knew Jim Morrison too. As a matter of fact, my wife knew Jim Morrison when she was a child. They used to play together. In fact, I think she even hit him on the head with a hammer or something. And so, I know all about Jim Morrison. And, as a matter of fact, [[Herb Cohen]] tried to manage him at one time. And they were playing around LA when we first started. They were working at the [[Whisky a Go-Go]] and all that stuff. And so I am pretty well-acquainted with the rise of Jim Morrison. And the thing that was obnoxious about Jim Morrison was when Crawdaddy decided to proclaim him the Lizard King of rock and roll and went on this bizarre rampage. And the type of merchandising that was originally associated with Doors music I thought was really distasteful and stretching the boundaries of what it actually was beyond the realm of credibility.
+''"Well, I knew Jim Morrison too. As a matter of fact, my wife knew Jim Morrison when she was a child. They used to play together. In fact, I think she even hit him on the head with a hammer or something. And so, I know all about Jim Morrison. And, as a matter of fact, [[Herb Cohen]] tried to manage him at one time. And they were playing around LA when we first started. They were working at the [[Whisky a Go-Go]] and all that stuff. And so I am pretty well-acquainted with the rise of Jim Morrison. And the thing that was obnoxious about Jim Morrison was when [[wikipedia:Crawdaddy (magazine)|Crawdaddy]] decided to proclaim him the Lizard King of rock and roll and went on this bizarre rampage. And the type of merchandising that was originally associated with Doors music I thought was really distasteful and stretching the boundaries of what it actually was beyond the realm of credibility.
 '''Okay. So what you are making fun of is the deification of Jim Morrison.<br>

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