Maybe you are better being born when you were. I was born in 1953 and lived threw it. I was a hippie etc.., today, most of my friends and older brother that were bigger rock party animals than I have all passed away young, (under age 50) Today, in poor health I use a wheelchair to get around. Cigarettes, booze, weed, LSD and parties did me in.
@@kimberlyhollingsworth7983 Maybe you are better being born when you were. I was born in 1953 and lived threw it. I was a hippie etc.., today, most of my friends and older brother that were bigger rock party animals than I have all passed away young, (under age 50) Today, in poor health I use a wheelchair to get around. Cigarettes, booze, weed, LSD and parties did me in.
@@pauldudakadanielthomson8890 someday there will be ways to alter our minds and feel great but without bad consequences, such a shame everything fun wrecks health but it doesnt have to be that way forever.
@@kimberlyhollingsworth7983 IT GAVE ME A CAREER!!! 44 YEARS Playing/34 On the ROAD... They played my Sister's Prom - IMAGINE THAT! JUST AS - LMF WAS CLIMBING - '67 GHS/ Greenwich CT. Look it up! The Next Night - DOORS Open for SIMON & GARFUNKEL & Forest Green/ N.J. RIP RAY, JIMBO, DANNY! 🙏🏻💖☮️ C U SOON MY BROTHERS 💯🛐💕🔜
Ray was so cool. Here Morrison is sleeping homeless on a rooftop, Jim sings Ray Moonlight Drive and Ray says, “let’s start a band together.” Takes Jim home and gives him a place to live with him and Rays girl, Dorthy. Ray always spoke highly of Jim and wanted to “deck” Oliver Stone for his portrayal of Jim in The Doors movie. The Doors is one of the most underrated bands in Rock history. #RIPJimMorrisom #RIPRayManzarek #RockGods 🙏🏼
Jim Morrison chose to stay on the roof he was not homeless. Jim's parents took care of him very well. Ray and Dorothy went over to Jim's apartment one time and Dorothy was saying look look at his socks they're very expensive socks Ray!
I interviewed Danny Sugarman once in connection with Wonderland Avenue, and he was very clear about things, that he was lucky to be a young kid hanging out with The Doors. He was responsible for lots of the myth that has built around Jim Morrison. I remember him talking about how towards the end of his life Jim Morrison became more chilled out, and became, as Danny put it, "Uncle Jimbo".
Imagine signing The Doors, nobody would touch them but you thought, mmm, actually I like that and the singer looks like a Greek god, do you know, I’m going to take a punt and get my gold fountain pen out, sign here, here, here, here, here, and finally a smilie face from Jim. Subbed.
Today summer of 2020 our society has exploded into protests and civil unrest. Actually since August 2014 we have been in shock and awe over how did we get here ! That is a police state.
It's 2022 and the madness continues with a war in the Ukraine, and it seems The times they are a change in after all. We voted one bastard out now if we can take out the putines and Trumptards progress just might move forward another notch. The doors would have a field day with these times 🌛
I have read " Wonderland Avenue " , the intercourse was not complete - she was psychologically unstable , she threw him out.I think Pamela was manipulative and a liar.I take the stand of Jim's family , Pamela was definitely his girlfriend ,but it is absurd to regard her as a little wife.I think Danny just caught in to the allure of the Lizard King .
which one Des Barre or Courson? because i'm sure it'd be far more likely to find Des Barres backstage at a rock show or with the guys in a bar. She was practically everywhere one of the most famous rock groupies in the world so i can imagine Danny would be really into her, but Pam Courson? well i mean she was pretty, but it'd takes two people to have intimate relations, i don't blame her really as Jim was a compulsive cheater and if she was on heroin still then her standards probably slipped. BOTH were big heroin users so maybe they bonded over that i cant say. i expect it from Danny but i wouldnt expect that kind of behavior from Courson. she from my understanding was the quietest less intense one out of all of them. there were times though when jim was broken up with Pam and that happened many many times but they always made up in the end, so perhaps Danny did it in one of those periods? i don't think we'll ever know the answer to that.
I respect Ray Manzarek but not Danny Sugerman. If you are a talented musician who must compose and perform original music while under pressure from concert promoters and Elektra label management, then your need to escape reality is understandable. Manzarek could have used that pressure as an excuse to escape reality, but he didn’t escape reality. Danny Sugerman used his earnings from managing The Doors, when they performed as a trio after Jim Morrison’s death, to buy opiates from criminals. Several years after the band stopped performing, Sugerman used profits from the book No One Here Gets Out Alive to buy more opioid drugs. That situation seems even more exploitative when you learn that No One Here Gets Out Alive is filled with factual errors, such as the name of a Florida coffeehouse where the young, unemployed Jim Morrison read aloud poetry before he enrolled at UCLA. Danny Sugerman was not the sole author of the book, and the work he did do for it contained a lot of fantasy and a moderate level of truth. The fantasy included the “possibility” that Jim Morrison did not die during the year 1971. The truth was that he did die in 1971. Danny Sugerman never learned how to play a musical instrument. He used trickery to escape reality. He lived for fifty years. That was long enough.
We don't really choose addiction as some people are wired for it, some are not. The choice is whether to try drugs or not. For what it's worth he was a talented writer in his own right and did the Doors fans right compared to the current management and its endless repetitive box sets, fraudulent second-generation Matrix tapes when the masters were promised, etc. His death was from cancer, also not something someone chooses. No One Here was written by Jerry Hopkins and Sugerman then used it as a vehicle to turn Morrison into a mythic figure. It worked in that The Doors found a new relevance and fame in the '80s and '90s that was further boosted by the even less accurate Stone film. Without Sugerman many people would never have discovered The Doors, myself included. So I am grateful to him for that.
@@rsmith02 Bullshit, Sugarman was a teenage gofer for Elektra RECORDS. The legacy of the this band was strong without any of Sugarman’s inflated sense of ....... well you get my point.
@@rsmith02 I read his book and loved it, often thinking at times that Dan was padding and inventing in places, it was just too fly on the wall and impossible for him to have witnessed certain instances, however it was still a ride of a book for the willing fan who wants a glimpse behind the music and at the scene. I am just pleased to have been alive to hear The Doors, I am sure The End will figure in my exit, maybe just a snippet of Robbie’s guitar before the exhale, I hope so, I love this band and it inspired me to dare.
“....he used ..TRICKERY to escape reality...”. Is that so...wow your quite the f’n guru.I wouldn’t mind using...”trickery”....to sidestep ..your..take on reality...
The concert pieces of Morrison singing in this video presentation sounds like he is extremely bored of performing the songs. Jim slurs the lyrics, changes the inflection of the chorus and lacks the punch and energy of "67".
I lament the fact that we don't have as many early Doors live recordings as we have 1970 recordings...Jim was different on stage then. Still good, but different.
Agreed. He had also given up leather pants, grew out a beard and dark sunglasses. He had told Ray manzarek that he had a "nervous breakdown" and tried to quit the band. He was tired of being a Rockstar.
I'm watching this in 2020 and feeling really nostalgic. I wish I was born in the 50s instead of the 80s. Great times it was back then
I feel the same way
Maybe you are better being born when you were. I was born in 1953 and lived threw it. I was a hippie etc.., today, most of my friends and older brother that were bigger rock party animals than I have all passed away young, (under age 50) Today, in poor health I use a wheelchair to get around. Cigarettes, booze, weed, LSD and parties did me in.
@@kimberlyhollingsworth7983 Maybe you are better being born when you were. I was born in 1953 and lived threw it. I was a hippie etc.., today, most of my friends and older brother that were bigger rock party animals than I have all passed away young, (under age 50) Today, in poor health I use a wheelchair to get around. Cigarettes, booze, weed, LSD and parties did me in.
@@pauldudakadanielthomson8890 someday there will be ways to alter our minds and feel great but without bad consequences, such a shame everything fun wrecks health but it doesnt have to be that way forever.
I was born in 1964 and that was too late. I share your same regret.
A beautiful piano version of "crystal ship" by Ray....This is worth listening to the end.
Very beautiful, his talent is endless, such expression.
From an early age, the discovery of this band forever changed my doors of perception. Thanks for the upload.
Well said!
@@kimberlyhollingsworth7983
IT GAVE ME A CAREER!!! 44 YEARS Playing/34 On the ROAD...
They played my Sister's Prom -
IMAGINE THAT! JUST AS - LMF WAS CLIMBING - '67 GHS/ Greenwich CT. Look it up! The Next Night - DOORS Open for SIMON & GARFUNKEL & Forest Green/ N.J.
RIP RAY, JIMBO, DANNY! 🙏🏻💖☮️
C U SOON MY BROTHERS 💯🛐💕🔜
RIP Danny, Ray and Bob 🌹
Ray is so funny, "Alright Philadelphia, everybody sit down, ya gotta clear the aisles" 😆😆
Danny's book, Wonderland Avenue, is one of my favourite books.
Ray was so cool. Here Morrison is sleeping homeless on a rooftop, Jim sings Ray Moonlight Drive and Ray says, “let’s start a band together.” Takes Jim home and gives him a place to live with him and Rays girl, Dorthy. Ray always spoke highly of Jim and wanted to “deck” Oliver Stone for his portrayal of Jim in The Doors movie. The Doors is one of the most underrated bands in Rock history.
#RIPJimMorrisom
#RIPRayManzarek
#RockGods 🙏🏼
Underarated? In whose mind?
Jim Morrison chose to stay on the roof he was not homeless. Jim's parents took care of him very well. Ray and Dorothy went over to Jim's apartment one time and Dorothy was saying look look at his socks they're very expensive socks Ray!
@@chadpittman3025
No ,
It was his Electric blankets .
Not socks...
the doors are not underrated...they are total legends
Thanks for sharing, good stuff
So many unddited commercial from original interview and youtube.
I interviewed Danny Sugarman once in connection with Wonderland Avenue, and he was very clear about things, that he was lucky to be a young kid hanging out with The Doors. He was responsible for lots of the myth that has built around Jim Morrison. I remember him talking about how towards the end of his life Jim Morrison became more chilled out, and became, as Danny put it, "Uncle Jimbo".
Tragic that Danny Sugarman like Jim died young😥Ray also died before his time, maybe The Doors' were cursed from an ancient Shamanic curse? 🤔
Two legends!
One legend really.
Des Mc Inermey for sure!! Wishing they both rest well, it sure is sad to realize they both have left us ;(
Sugarman, bullshit con artist, a minor peripheral gofer for Elektra Records.
10,000 mics ?
Imagine signing The Doors, nobody would touch them but you thought, mmm, actually I like that and the singer looks like a Greek god, do you know, I’m going to take a punt and get my gold fountain pen out, sign here, here, here, here, here, and finally a smilie face from Jim. Subbed.
Both have since Broke on Through to the other side...
Two ghosts talking great lines. Miss them.
@divinelightshine before their pre-ghost era
Today summer of 2020 our society has exploded into protests and civil unrest. Actually since August 2014 we have been in shock and awe over how did we get here ! That is a police state.
It's 2022 and the madness continues with a war in the Ukraine, and it seems The times they are a change in after all. We voted one bastard out now if we can take out the putines and Trumptards progress just might move forward another notch. The doors would have a field day with these times 🌛
the dem party is a criminal organization and is the root of most of the world's probs...
Do you ever think that the doors took the liberty of Faking a Jim Morrison vocal in their entire career?
No, I don’t think so!!
Once, at least, when Jim couldn't perform. Ray did the honors.
Fake it? Like did they have a puppeteer on stage with a fake Jim and someone else singing backstage?
Naw, I never thought that.
Ray is such a lovable boomer.
Ray is not a Boomer. Born in 1939.
@@davidpallin772 Ray is of...the “Quiet” Generation...yeah 😂😂😂
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Let's face it ... nobody cares about Pablo's band ...
artificial intelligence is amazing
I can't stand Danny sugarman he said slept with Pamela
I have read " Wonderland Avenue " , the intercourse was not complete - she was psychologically unstable , she threw him out.I think Pamela was manipulative and a liar.I take the stand of Jim's family , Pamela was definitely his girlfriend ,but it is absurd to regard her as a little wife.I think Danny just caught in to the allure of the Lizard King .
which one Des Barre or Courson? because i'm sure it'd be far more likely to find Des Barres backstage at a rock show or with the guys in a bar. She was practically everywhere one of the most famous rock groupies in the world so i can imagine Danny would be really into her, but Pam Courson? well i mean she was pretty, but it'd takes two people to have intimate relations, i don't blame her really as Jim was a compulsive cheater and if she was on heroin still then her standards probably slipped. BOTH were big heroin users so maybe they bonded over that i cant say. i expect it from Danny but i wouldnt expect that kind of behavior from Courson. she from my understanding was the quietest less intense one out of all of them. there were times though when jim was broken up with Pam and that happened many many times but they always made up in the end, so perhaps Danny did it in one of those periods? i don't think we'll ever know the answer to that.
I respect Ray Manzarek but not Danny Sugerman. If you are a talented musician who must compose and perform original music while under pressure from concert promoters and Elektra label management, then your need to escape reality is understandable. Manzarek could have used that pressure as an excuse to escape reality, but he didn’t escape reality.
Danny Sugerman used his earnings from managing The Doors, when they performed as a trio after Jim Morrison’s death, to buy opiates from criminals. Several years after the band stopped performing, Sugerman used profits from the book No One Here Gets Out Alive to buy more opioid drugs.
That situation seems even more exploitative when you learn that No One Here Gets Out Alive is filled with factual errors, such as the name of a Florida coffeehouse where the young, unemployed Jim Morrison read aloud poetry before he enrolled at UCLA. Danny Sugerman was not the sole author of the book, and the work he did do for it contained a lot of fantasy and a moderate level of truth. The fantasy included the “possibility” that Jim Morrison did not die during the year 1971. The truth was that he did die in 1971.
Danny Sugerman never learned how to play a musical instrument. He used trickery to escape reality. He lived for fifty years. That was long enough.
I read, he got his wife addicted to pills, likely opioids. Fawn Hill?
We don't really choose addiction as some people are wired for it, some are not. The choice is whether to try drugs or not.
For what it's worth he was a talented writer in his own right and did the Doors fans right compared to the current management and its endless repetitive box sets, fraudulent second-generation Matrix tapes when the masters were promised, etc.
His death was from cancer, also not something someone chooses.
No One Here was written by Jerry Hopkins and Sugerman then used it as a vehicle to turn Morrison into a mythic figure. It worked in that The Doors found a new relevance and fame in the '80s and '90s that was further boosted by the even less accurate Stone film. Without Sugerman many people would never have discovered The Doors, myself included. So I am grateful to him for that.
@@rsmith02 Bullshit, Sugarman was a teenage gofer for Elektra RECORDS. The legacy of the this band was strong without any of Sugarman’s inflated sense of ....... well you get my point.
@@rsmith02 I read his book and loved it, often thinking at times that Dan was padding and inventing in places, it was just too fly on the wall and impossible for him to have witnessed certain instances, however it was still a ride of a book for the willing fan who wants a glimpse behind the music and at the scene. I am just pleased to have been alive to hear The Doors, I am sure The End will figure in my exit, maybe just a snippet of Robbie’s guitar before the exhale, I hope so, I love this band and it inspired me to dare.
“....he used ..TRICKERY to escape reality...”. Is that so...wow your quite the f’n guru.I wouldn’t mind using...”trickery”....to sidestep ..your..take on reality...
The concert pieces of Morrison singing in this video presentation sounds like he is extremely bored of performing the songs. Jim slurs the lyrics, changes the inflection of the chorus and lacks the punch and energy of "67".
I lament the fact that we don't have as many early Doors live recordings as we have 1970 recordings...Jim was different on stage then. Still good, but different.
Agreed. He had also given up leather pants, grew out a beard and dark sunglasses. He had told Ray manzarek that he had a "nervous breakdown" and tried to quit the band.
He was tired of being a Rockstar.
Depends on the concert. Boston was slurred and drunk, though he seemed to be enjoying himself. I didn't get that vibe at all the next song played.