Full Very Rare Jim Morrison Interview Part 2 Of 5

[Mcfirefly2]

(One more). Jim knew that to deplore our own upper-or-lower-middle-class origins was both phony and dangerous for society, and this is what it has been, becauses aspiring to be considered classy and seeing ourselves a cut above others, we have allowed the middle class to almost disappear. In the interview with the CBC interviewer, he talks about this, and what happens when the middle class disappears. Jim was raised to take these issues seriously, and to honorably defend freedom.

[Mcfirefly2]

...was "the one, great good". Jim was a fan of Nietzsche as a young man, a teenager in high school; I believe he was really sold on the idea of the artist as a misunderstood nobleman, who should be given freedom and allowed to "rule" through the influence of art, but I don't believe Jim agreed with Nietzsche's political philosophy at all. Jim was a real democrat, not an elitist, but he knew that the people would have to take responsibility to stay free. He was real, down-to-earth,as this shows.

[Mcfirefly2]

About hippie "standards setters": they tended to see themselves not as stodgy amd uptight, but as activists who were shaping what the movement would be allowed to become. When 60s people seem to inexplicably go against our freedoms, now, it is usually because they believe they are taking the future in their hands and creating the world that they became so sold on the idea of creating in those years. They embrace their "will to power" just like ruling elites, and of course Nietzsche said this...

[Mcfirefly2]

...he seems to be expecting to be humiliated by someone who thinks journalists are fair game (instead of someone who took journalism seriously, but expected them to stand up for freedom and tell the truth, pulling their own weight), so the whole thing is one misunderstanding after another. Jim is not reading or writing, not doing much of anything, and is probably seriously depressed. But he is friendly, not hostile or condescending; Howard should've seen that and loosened up, but he's human too.

[Mcfirefly2]

...anticipating being treated like the kind of sleazy creep who'd expose himself to attract attention (who he was _not_ at all); he'd been unjustly treated that way for awhile now, and it must have hurt badly. Howard comes on like he's expecting that person as well as a slick fashion pimp and "Vogue poser" instead of a serious intelligent guy--notice that Jim says he'd prefer directing or writing to acting--and Howard seems to be expecting to be treated badly. Even when he is treated well...

[Mcfirefly2]

..."American boy, American girl;" Jim would not have thought that we should belie our middle class (or southern) roots if that was who we were. Jim expresses pain, really, at being treated so badly by the press, shows something in his expression (some sarcasm about freedom of the press because he probably suspected that some of it had political power behind it and was done in hypocrisy), then Howard calls it a "nasty glint," defensive as a journalist. And Jim was probably a little defensive...

[Caleuche3]

won't you tell me your name?*

[MisterMasterShafter1]

I was never around Morrison so I can't say what he was like normally in private, but in every interview I've listened to with him, he seems like a cool laid back guy with nice manners and good conversation. The Oliver Stone flick made him look like a complete out of control prick. A guy you wouldn't want to be around for five minutes.

[sanderveendam]

what the *** is wrong with hello I love you? it has great lyrics.....but I can understand it is a whole other song then the other doors songs....especially when you hear it for the first time...maybe the worst doors song but 10x better then a beatles song....

[gemini12108]

Jim should tell him to fuck...

Easy rider.

[gemini12108]

Man walks out from the mountains and travels into Los angles and that's where it ends? Help I'd watch it.

[zrhinier]

HELLO I LOVE YOU IS A GOOD SONG SHUT UP

[MrAjh420]

youre part of our worldwide psyche jim

[PeterRoeder31]

Why is the interviewer insulting Jim Morrison? Talking in a very disrespectful way about the song "Hello, I love you". That's outrageous. How can he (the interviewer) be excepted to be taken seriously when he does that. The ego of the interviewer should not be present in the interview - not in that way at least.

[Mcfirefly2]

@PeterRoeder31 He MAY have been responding to political pressure to be negative to Jim, but basically denying that to himself so he'd not lose his righteous hippie self-image. He may have thought that Jim would be like the Beatles, who were famous for taking journalists apart for fun (and for cool). And although Jim was a pretty nice guy, in one interview at a college station they acted like that, hostile and contemptuous. That may have gotten around; Howard may have heard listened to a tape..

[Mcfirefly2]

@PeterRoeder31 Howard may have listened to a recording of that northeast college station interview to prepare for this one and have anticipated the worst. Also. as a Dylan fan, he was a folkie. Many folkies were very upset with Dylan for going electric; they thought he had spoiled the purity of his art and of folk. If Howard was one of them, he would be especially unlikely to think much of the Doors music, but he probably was accepting and in approval of the electric Dylan. But he may have...

[Mcfirefly2]

@PeterRoeder31 ...thought the Doors music, which was darker than most hippie music, was ruining hippie music, interfering with it being flower child music. A lot of people reacted against anything that wasn't "positive," probably mostly because of all the crime, riots and assassinations, etc of the time. People could be very angry with people for not being positive; that's still with us. New Yorkers tend to be very conpetitive and standards-oriented, because in all the competition, they have...

[Mcfirefly2]

@PeterRoeder31 ...to hold on to standards with an iron grip or "die," figuratively if not literally. That seems to encourage a sense that someone who is perceived as letting down established critical standards is inexcusable, and the hippie movement had its standards. Someone was always saying that this way or that was the way that rock "should" be allowed to go, and anyone who did otherwise irritated them. Although Jim lived in cities, he was from a small town and even a ranch, and was more...

[Mcfirefly2]

@PeterRoeder31 ...of a laid-back suburbanite. although he was an intense person in many ways. Contrary to the talk that Jim was pretentious, he did not think we should be ashamed of being who we were, at a time that southerners were demonized with a reputation for all being lynch mob mentality thugs, and the middle class was considered _the_ problem (we were a little hard on the middle class, and we cut the elites too much slack because they were attractive and "classy," even hippies). ...

[meethead]

JM, poet, artist...roman candle; how many stars have faded in the night sky long before we realized they were even there?

[fretbug]

@rfwagnerjr : quite right yeah ! 

[rfwagnerjr]

What resolute calm, what uncompromising honesty,(and did I mention the great tolerance for low balling and obnoxious probing?) I had dismissed the public image for decades. But now, hearing the voice of reason softly discoursing, I suspend sentence and move for a mistrial in one stroke.RH

[braingloop]

@rfwagnerjr yea this interviewer kind of sucks

[gvepeaceachnce6]

if you like this, you'll love the interview with ben fong-torres of rolling stone magazine. much better and more engaging than this one for sure

[TheDoorsAreOpen1]

Jim is just brilliant with dealing with interviewers like this. The guy asks him if he's reading, writing, and eventually if he's doing anything, but then Jim interupts him to tell him that he's been working on a film and a script with beat writer michael mcclure. He's a humbling man

[ejjaya057]

i could listen to this everyday and not get sick of it one bit ! .. there is something about the way he is talking ... it makes me happy :)

[Videokeizah]

Damn good interviewer. And yes, I am a fan of Morrison. I bet most people here villifying Howard Smith would make lousy interviewers and write boring articles.

[andreasegde]

All music journalists are rats; it's part of their job description.

[CreatingExcellence]

@4:28 "Yep we're just full of surprises Howard". What a perfect response to the interviewers question/statement.

[CreatingExcellence]

I love how Jim pauses and thinks before he answers most of the questions.

[DXhardy831]

Aw they hurt jims feelings!! bastards!

[brengf]

Morrison sounds bored/exasperated with the interviewer.

[daneiladams]

i like the interviewer and i wish we had more interviews like this but these days artists are not respected. its sad...

[FMJFortunateSon]

does anybody else think the other guy sounds like allen harper from two and a half men

[pixels2u]

"...sidewalk crouches at her feet, like a dog who begs for something sweet ... " "Hello, I Love You" is an inspired lyric. Dumb idiot interviewer.

[TheDjdiddles]

The interviewer is a reflection of how the media 41 years ago.  Jim Morrison is a result of being an outcast due to his particular behavior/philosophy living in that era. Just listen, stop hating on the interviewer and enjoy it for what it is.

[miloesalazar]

HWY was and is a beautiful film.

[in2dionysus]

Some call it being languid! Doing nothing till something comes along! I am going to die in Paris France, soon.

[CGonzales033]

awesome,

"do you read books?"

NOPE!

"do you listen to music"

not really...

fuck this interviewer....

[1594615]

Morrison sounds genuinely positive and carefree.

[GordanBlower]

this interviewer is really an A@@...He's talking to The Lizard King!

[kippb1982]

if you have ever read about this interview it started off at the doors office and then moved on to a number of jim's favorite bars. so if you listen to the progression of this interview you can almost hear the alcohol working through jimbo's veins.

[huntAblunt]

@kippb1982

havent known, but funny that in the beginning of it

, I heard him stopping to answer because he was drinking something...firt thing I thought.......middle of the day, jim is drinking beer^^

[BuyBenco]

yea hello is pretty different pretty poppy for doors musically but lyrics are pure jim

[CobainLennon8094]

This interviewer sucks!

[walitung]

@markjlombardo:You an interesting name,especially the combination of it.

[eazyduzzit33]

They sed he wasted a shit load of the doors $ on HWY

[zabo358pure]

hello i love you*

[Faeden]

Aw thanks :)

[markjlombardo]

This interviewer most likely does not know anything about music, art, or any form of overall expression that does not have to do with making money and pleasing a story/drama hungry audience.

[zabo358pure]

@markjlombardo yea for real how can he hate on hell i love you i dont see what the interviewer is complaining about i like all the doors albums their aint a bad one out there

[TheSquanto123]

@markjlombardo yea wtf is this guy talking about "Hello, I love you" is 100% the doors and 100% jim morrison. im surprise this interview continued.

[LegendofJack]

@markjlombardo i like the way Jim handled it also! fucking journalists!

[Jesuisartiste]

@markjlombardo This is one of the best interviews I've heard. Why? The interviewer, for the most part, kept his mouth shut and let Jim say what he wanted to say.

[Overlorddz]

@markjlombardo is that so?? i think he sounds pretty sincere

[fingerless456]

m'dear

[roxor1080]

I know for sure that in Paris he had a lot of books, and a lot of notes.

[WatchRyder]

Interesting where he references the film and the story of it...

Symbolic you might say...