01 - A conversation with Jim Morrison

Ben Fong-Torres Interview With Jim Morrison 1971. From the CD liner notes, by Ben Fong-Torres: Working for Rolling Stone, I used to pop into Hollywood on a regular basis. Sometimes I stayed at the apartment of a rock publicist friend, Diane. One of her neighbors was Pamela Courson - Jim Morrison's old lady. One February afternoon in 1971, Jim came around, looking for Pamela. She wasn't there, so he decided to hang out & wait. When Diane introduced us, I asked for an interview. He and I hit it off right away, and got into doing this parody of a TV talk show. I played Dick Cavett; he was a rock star. He told a couple of jokes so risque that they would have gotten Cavett canned, and then, with my cheap cassette recorder running, we settled into a pretty serious chat about the Doors and the blues; the future of rock, and his own future. Despite his reputation as a wild man; despite his busts for obscenity and for exposing himself on stage, Morrison had struck me, in published interviews, as a smart, thoughtful guy. Maybe he wasn't quite the poet and artiste he fancied himself to be, but at least he was playing with the conventions of rock, performance, and theater. He was at home on the edge. Jim was planning to move to Paris within weeks, and this turned out to be his last interview before his departure in March. In July, I was in Hollywood again - visiting with his friends and associates, and writing his obitu.

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[dummytree]

I've always heard Morrison say that the Doors were better when they played blues. I pretty much disagree. Their own original material came out so much better than just another blues they did (sometimes) boring renditions of. Two of my favourite tracks on "Morrison Hotel" for instance are...older songs they used for the first time ("Waiting for the sun" & "Indian Summer"). "The Soft Parade" album is one of a kind and much better than their version of blues.That's just my opinion though.

[blacklikemichaelj]

@Ausiz aww i love him, he means so much to me, and you know think about it in way he is blessed, i mean how amazing it is to be dead and still live through generations and generations, i think its amazing, and who he was, how he lived, what he did, words he said, is all something new and beautiful to me, like a lost prophecy. Who knows how he died, and you know a mans got to have a drink, i don't know and u don't know whether he was depressed or not, and maybe he was and thats what made him him

[1skullduggery]

@blacklikemichaelj it's "on the natural", by hoyt axton; from the album 'my griffin is gone', which is the album they are listening to here.

[mazyrun09]

@Abbie102349 ...r u John Densmore in disguise buddy ?

[SuperClub27]

POR FAVOR PODRIAS TRADUCIRLO TE LO IMPLORO!!

[Ausiz]

@blacklikemichaelj Jim Morrison lived not very "blessed" life. Person is drinking and using drugs hardcore not because "he's oh soooo happy", but because most of the time person is either depressed or finds no enjoyment in outer world. His premature death is clear sign of life of not very happy person and it happened because he allowed self-destructive behaviour to dominate his life. Don't get me wrong - Morrison was very talented and charismatic but he was by no means leading a "blessed life".

[regardingwave]

the cd liner notes put it lightly, Jim financed Pam's apartment which was next to Diane's. Jim incidentally, was fucking Diane

[bobbybaker86]

@blacklikemichaelj Diane Gardiner :-)

[blacklikemichaelj]

whats the song at 13:40?