Jim Morrison And The Doors
Many of you that read this may be a little bit surprised by this because of my young age, but I really am into the band called The Doors. More specifically, the lead singer Jim Morrison.
It is very hard to believe that someone who is as talented as Morrison was is no longer with us. In fact, it has been nearly 53 years since his death in Paris, France at the age of 27 which makes him a member of the 27 Club.
Heck! it has nearly been 60 years since the Doors were formed back in 1965 when Morrison and Ray Manzarek created the group while attending UCLA. They launched their first album named The Doors in early 1967 which included their first hit Light My Fire.
Fun fact, from what I researched, I discovered that the name of the band comes from a book by Aldous Huxley called The Doors of Perception.
Personally I really enjoy listening to songs like Rider of the Storm, Break on Through and People are Strange.
What draws me to Morrison was his poetry in his lyrics. And just the sound of his voice just takes me to another world. For example, the song People are Strange is very special to me because when I learned about the lyrics it takes about being alienated from people or just simply being an outsider. Despite the fact this song was out long before I was even born, I can really relate to this song.
Throughout my research for this blog post, I discovered another reason why I like Jim Morrison was his poetry and his interests in some of the books that he has read. Stuff like mythology, mysticism, religion and symbolism in which I myself am very much into.
He always seemed to be such an intelligent person in my humble opinion. In fact, I learned that Morrison had an IQ of 149!
I also can relate to his struggles with his family.
But it really is a shame what happened to him. I mean, I understand that Morrison was had a bit of a reputation of being "out there" and his struggles with alcohol. But I really believe there was a beautiful soul in there. And he is a big influence on not just me but many others as well. RIP Jim Morrison 🙏🙏🙏
Until next time! God Bless and Be Safe!
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