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Yes, I am, I'm just a love man.
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Let me tell you somethin'
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Which one of you, girls, want me to hold you?
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Which one of you, girls, want me to kiss you?
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Which one of you, girls, want me to take you out?
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Go on, I got you, gonna knock you all night, 'cause, baby, I'm a love man...
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This is Jim Ladd of KLOS.
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We interrupt this broadcast to bring you a special bulletin.
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Rock music fans all over the world are in mourning today.
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Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors
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was found dead in his Paris apartment this morning.
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French authorities attribute the cause of death to a heart attack.
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Morrison was 27 years old.
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Goodbye, Jim.
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We'll miss you...
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Jim Morrison was buried today in Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris.
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The coffin was sealed,
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and only his girlfriend, Pamela Courson
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and The Doors' manager were in attendance.
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With his passing, the future of The Doors remains uncertain.
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I'm Jim Ladd on 95.5 KLOS,
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and I'll be here all night
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as we pay tribute to one of America's most original and influential...
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The sixties begin with a shot.
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The civil rights movement intensifies.
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The war in Vietnam gets bigger and bloodier.
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"President Johnson, meanwhile, let it be known
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that the FBI is closely watching all anti-war activities".
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The youth movement catches fire,
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making everyone over 30 a cultural enemy.
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The days of Ricky Nelson and "Leave It To Beaver" are over.
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"I have nothing against kissing.
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But these friends of yours, Penny,
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They want to kiss you all night!"
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The establishment resists,
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but a genuine counter-culture is growing.
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For some, psychedelics like LSD open the doors of perception.
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The Gate Is Straight,
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Deep And Wide,
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Break On Through To The Other Side...
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A massive cultural earthquake is splitting the country wide open.
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And out of the crack steps a band called The Doors.
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Name?- Robby Krieger.
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- Age? - 22 years old.
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- Occupation? - Guitar.
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- Name? - John Densmore.
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- Age? - 23.
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- Occupation? - Percussionist.
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- Name?- Raymond Daniel Manzarek.
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- Age? - Born 2/12/39.
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- Occupation? - Musician, organist.
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- Name?- Uh... Jim.
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- Occupation? - Um...
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Jim Morrison is the oldest son of a decorated navy officer.
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At 16, he's already reading Nietzsche, Rimbaud and William Blake.
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He's also obsessed with Elvis Presley.
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One teacher sends home a note scolding him as "self-centered".
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He goes to three colleges before attending the film school at UCLA.
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One of his friends there is Ray Manzarek,
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who's also playing keyboards in his brother's surf band,
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Rick and The Ravens.
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Ray started with classical piano,
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but quickly turned on to jazz and Chicago blues.
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Jim, too, had an affinity for the blues.
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They shared a common interest in cinema.
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They were also dropping acid several times a month.
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Jim makes one film at UCLA.
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It earns him a D.
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He skips his graduatio
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and tells Ray he's moving to New York City.
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But a few months later,
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Ray runs into Jim at the beach in Venice.
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He's been living on someone's roof
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and writing songs for a rock concert he hears in his head.
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Ray asks him to sing one.
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Jim hesitates.
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Then he sings Moonlight Drive.
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Let's Swim To The Moon, Uh-Huh,
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Let's Climb Through The Tide...
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Ray is impressed by the poetry of his lyrics.
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They decide to start a band.
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Jim's already chosen a name from a poem by William Blake.
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"If the doors of perception were cleansed,
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everything would appear to man as it is:
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infinite".
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Jim moves in with Ray and his girlfriend, Dorothy Fujikawa.
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Ray invites someone from his meditation class
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to come jam with them.
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John Densmore brings his friend, Robby Krieger.
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Jim loves his bottleneck slide so much,
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he wants to use it on every song.
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Robby and John like his lyrics more than his voice,
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but something about their lead singer pulls them in.
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In the summer of 1965, The Doors are born.
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Jim had never sung before.
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Robby had only been playing electric guitar for 6 months.
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His original training was on acoustic - Spanish flamenco.
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He'd played in one rock band with Densmore,
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when they were both in high school.
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John had morphed from a high school marching band
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to a certified jazz freak into Coltrane and Mingus.
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Ray rents a house,
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and the band rehearses there all summer.
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Jim says they need more songs
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and tells everyone to write one over the weekend.
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Only Robby does his homework.
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The first song he writes is called Light My Fire.
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Know That It Will Be Untrue,
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Know That I Would Be A Liar
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If I Was To Say To You
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Girl, We Couldn't Get Much Higher.
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Come On, Baby, Light My Fire.
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Try To Set The Night On Fire.
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Time To Hesitate Is Through,
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No Time To Wallow In The Mire.
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Try Now, We Can Only Lose
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And Our Love Become A Funeral Pyre.
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Come On, Baby, Light My Fire.
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The Doors get their first gig at a dive in LA called The London Fog.
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Still unsure of himself, Jim turns his back to the audience,
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facing the band, like he does in rehearsal.
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The talent booker for The Whisky A Go Go comes in one night.
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She falls for Morrison
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and convinces her boss to hire The Doors
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as The Whisky's house band.
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In late 1966, they're opening for The Turtles,
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Buffalo Springfield and Van Morrison.
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Word spreads, especially about the lead singer.
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Jack Holzman, founder of Elektra Records,
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is so impressed, he offers them a 3-album deal.
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The next night, Jim doesn't show up at The Whisky.
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John and Ray head over to the motel he's crashing at
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and find him out of his mind on acid.
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When they get him back to The Whisky,
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Jim wants to play The End,
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a song he wrote about breaking up with his high-school girlfriend.
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The Killer Awoke Before Dawn,
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He Put His Boots On.
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He Took A Face From The Ancient Gallery And He
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He Walked On Down The Hallway, Baby!
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Came To A Door
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And He Looked Inside.
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No one in the band knows where he's going.
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Father?
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Yes, Son?
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I Wanna Kill You.
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Mother...
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I Want To...
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Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck You All Night, Baby!
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Fuck You, Mama, All Night Long!
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You Wait, Mama!
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Gonna Love You, Baby, All Night, Yeah!
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The Whisky's owner calls Jim a "sick bastard"
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and fires them.
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A few weeks later,
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The Doors record their first album in five days.
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Holzman brings in veteran producer Paul Rothchild.
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The equipment he uses is state-of-the-art -
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a 4-track recorder.
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He lays down John's drums on one track.
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Ray's organ and Robby's guitar take up the second.
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The third goes to Jim's vocal,
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leaving the fourth for all overdubs.
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Light My Fire and The End are over seven minutes long.
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Both are recorded in two takes.
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At Jim's insistence,
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all songs are credited simply to The Doors.
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To promote the album,
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Holzman buys a billboard on The Sunset Strip.
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No one has done this before.
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Break On Through is their first single.
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It stalls at number 106.
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Holzman shifts quickly to Light My Fire.
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Rothchild cuts the instrumentals, and the song hits the AM airwaves.
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In July of 1967,
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the first song Robby Krieger ever wrote climbs to number one in the country.
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Ray and Dorothy hear it on their car radio and start screaming.
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The first royalty checks give The Doors $ 50,000 apiece.
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Morrison's family is oblivious
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until a friend of his younger brother comes over with the album.
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He thought the guy on the cover looked a little like Jim.
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The family is further surprised
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when they see how Jim has described them in his bio.
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Holzman sends The Doors to New York City.
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They're an immediate hit.
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Andy Warhol becomes infatuated, particularly with Morrison.
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Then, like The Beatles and Rolling Stones before them,
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they perform live on The Ed Sullivan Show.
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- Now The Doors!
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Here they are with their newest hit record,
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Light My Fire!
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Time To Hesitate Is Through,
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No Time To Wallow In The Mire.
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Try Now, We Can Only Lose
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And Our Live Become A Funeral Pyre.
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Come On, Baby, Light My Fire.
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Try To Set The Night On... Fire!
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Sullivan asks The Doors to take out the word "higher"
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because of its drug implications.
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They agree.
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During the performance,
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Jim sings the song exactly as written.
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Girl, We Couldn't Get Much Higher.
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Come On, Baby, Light My Fire.
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Try To Set The Night On Fire!
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Try To Set The Night On... Fire!
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It's been barely a year
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since their shy young singer couldn't even face his audience.
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Now, the metamorphosis is complete.
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- Need A Match?
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"As I look back over my life,
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I'm struck by the postcards,
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ruined snapshots,
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faded posters of a time I can't recall".
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French officials deny any evidence of drug overdose,
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but a cloud of mystery hangs over Morrison's death.
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Some claim he's still alive and that his death was just a hoax,
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perhaps planned by Morrison himself.
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Numerous sightings of the singer have already been reported.
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No, the mood I get from most of itNis a kind of a heavy...
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Kind of a sort of gloomy feeling, you know.
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Like of someone not quite at home
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Or, you know, or not quite... Not quite relaxed, and...
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You know, aware of a lot of things
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but not quite sure about anything, you know?
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People Are Strange
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When You're A Stranger.
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Faces Look Ugly
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When You're Alone.
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Women Seem Wicked
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When You're Unwanted.
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Streets Are Uneven
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When You're Down.
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When You're Strange,
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Faces Come Out Of The Rain.
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When You're Strange,
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No One Remembers Your Name
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When You're Strange,
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When You're... Strange.
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The fact is, the music is strange.
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It is music for the different, the uninvited.
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It carries the listener into the shadowy realm of dream.
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Part of the strangeness comes from their lack of a bass player.
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This leaves Densmore to hold the beat.
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But his jazz sensibility keeps it both tight and unpredictable.
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Krieger's flamenco influences bring another layer of mystery.
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He never uses a pick,
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playing rhythm and lead with his fingernails.
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But the sound needs a bottom.
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Manzarek discovers an electric piano bass
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and plays the bass line with his left hand.
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He uses his right for chords and his Bach-tinged blues runs.
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The organ carries a hint of the carnival -
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both childlike and darkly disturbing.
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It's no accident their second album, Strange Days,
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features circus performers on its cover.
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But if the band has a surreal fairground air,
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it is Morrison who is the frenzied trapeze artist.
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Love Me Two Times, Baby, Love Me Twice Today.
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Love Me Two Times, Girl, I'm Goin' Away.
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Love Me Two Times, Girl,
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One For Tomorrow, One Just For Today.
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Love Me Two Times, I'm Goin' Away.
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To Ray, he's like an ancient shaman,
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leading his followers into worlds they'd never dare enter alone.
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I Could Not Speak.
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Love Me One Time,
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Yeah, My Knees Got Weak.
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Love Me Two Times, Girl,
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Last Me All Through The Week.
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Love Me Two Times, I'm Goin' Away.
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Morrison is both innocent and profane.
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He's a rock and roll poet,
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dangerous and highly intelligent.
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No one has had this exact combination before.
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No matter how high he flies,
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his bandmates are always there
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to catch him and guide him back to earth.
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Their first hit of fame is sudden and intense.
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- I even like them more than The Beatles!
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- The Doors, they are so much better!
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- Do you think you're a political group?
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- We're, um...
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Foremost, we're, um... Musicians and writers.
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- No, you can't take a lit cigarette. Sorry.
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- I'll see how I feel after a beer.
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- You want people to like you?
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- Well, I'd like them to listen.
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I'd like them to... Give the music a chance, and...
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Just to listen.
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- The music can't help
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but reflecting things that are happening around you.
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- I think for your own sake,
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while all the police are out there containing the kids,
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you ought to get in the car and split. I really do.
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Unless he wants to get...
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Yeah, I mean, it's up to him.
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It's up to him, unless he wants to...
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Have them grab at his body.
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- If he doesn't want it, I'll take it.
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- And Bill and Todd will take the leftovers.
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- Aloha!
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- I've noticed that when people are joking,
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they're usually dead serious.
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And when they're dead serious, it's usually pretty funny.
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- You should say that at a concert.
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- Is your band like The Monkees?
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- The Monkees?
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- I said like The Monkees.
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- All of our music is really so
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symbolic rather than direct to the point, you know...
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- Everybody's always talking about
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rock and roll and jazz finally blending, you know...
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And I don't think that can really happen, but...
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If it's supposed to, I think we're it.
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- OK, this time, can you look to me, please?
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- I want to touch The Doors!
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- Hey, quit knocking on the door. Hey!
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- Can you get Jim out?
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Come on, just take one picture.
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- We paid to be here!
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Most of the attention goes to Jim.
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If it bothers Robby, Ray or John,
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they don't outwardly show it.
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But Jim relishes the attention.
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He seems to have been born instantly ready for fame.
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Everything he does seems either brilliant
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or brilliantly calculated for effect.
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- I think, you know, these days,
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especially in The States, you have to be
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a politician or an assassin
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or something to really be a superstar.
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Without a personal manager or publicist,
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Jim takes control of his own image.
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He picks out all his clothes,
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from the conch belts to the leather pants
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seemingly designed to accentuate his crotch.
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- Hi! Hi, Jim!
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- We're gotta go to the... dressing room, right?
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- All right, man.
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- OK, we're going to go to the dressing room now.
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- Wait a while, don't get out yet.
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He understood exactly how to make it all work for him,
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and perhaps to protect himself,
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he made it seem like he couldn't care less.
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In 1968, The Who opened for The Doors at The Singer Bowl on Long Island.
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- Don't go in, we need you.
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- How much are these?
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- $ 1.
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- Can I look at it first to see what I want?
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I've got one.
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How much are those?
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- $ 1. - $ 1?
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It's hard to tell if he's simply mingling with his fans
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or if he's drawing something crucial from them,
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as if he needs their attention to survive.
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- Make sure that The Doors know
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that New York collectively welcomes them at The Singer Bowl.
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The Doors! The Doors!
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The Singer Bowl crowd is already worked up.
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Morrison stokes them further.
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No One Here Gets Out Alive Now.
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You Get Yours, Mama, I'll Get Mine.
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Gonna Make It, Baby... Come On!
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Someone throws a chair.
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- Everybody feel all right?
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- The show is over, kids, so go on home.
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Yes, please, go home.
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- Give him a hand and help him if she's too heavy. Stay where you are.
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- No, she's...She was just an innocent bystander.
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- That became a victim.
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- And someone whacked her with a chair.
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- Why'd they whack her with a chair? - I don't know.
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- Are you sure it was a chair? - I don't know what it was.
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Someone hit me, I fell, and I wound up here.
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- Where did they get a chair? There weren't any chairs.
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- I don't know.
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Earlier in the concert, Jeff Silverman is taking pictures in the front row.
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He sees Jim look directly at a young girl and grab his crotch.
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Her boyfriend picks up a chair.
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According to Silverman, it was the first chair to be thrown.
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- It's already coagulating. I think you're going to be OK.
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I am The Lizard King! I can do anything!
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Morrison's poem, The Celebration Of The Lizard,
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was to take up one whole side of The Doors' next album,
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but Paul Rothchild chooses not to include it.
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Jim's behavior is becoming unpredictable,
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and Rothchild is under pressure to get another record out
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while the band is hot.
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He fills out the side with unused songs from their first album.
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Despite the raw intensity of new songs like Five To One and Unknown Soldier
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critics dismiss the record.
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But fans judge it differently.
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Both the album and Morrison's Hello, I Love You hit number one.
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- Something like that.
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- Don't overblow, Jim. You got a long way to go.
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- Why not?
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In 1968, The Doors begin recording The Soft Parade.
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Paul Rothchild produces, with Bruce Botnick as his engineer.
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Jim has begun coming into the studio drunk or high.
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Robby writes half the songs on Soft Parade,
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and for the first time he and Jim separate their writing credits.
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- Well, you know what Robby's trying to do, that sound.
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- Yeah, I know that.
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- Stupidest ending I've ever heard on any song.
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- What's stupid, the ending?
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- Yeah. Yeah, just...
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- How's that again?
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- Robby does two, John one, I do two, and then you come in.
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- That sounds good, Robby. Here we go. One time, everybody, please.
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Wild Child Full Of Grace,
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Saver Of The Human Race
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Your Cool Face...
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Natural Child, Terrible Child
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Not Your Mother's Or YourNFather's Child, You're
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Our Child Screaming Wild...
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Do you know the warm progress under the stars?
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Do you know we exist?
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Have you forgotten the keys to the kingdom?
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Have you been born yet, and are you alive?
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The youth movement keeps growing.
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- So like I was telling you, honey,
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before these cameramen came along,
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death in our time...
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- Yes, yes?
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- Oh, man, I don't know.
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And by 1968, the country was radically changed.
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- And I pledge, if you give me your help,
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if you give me your hand,
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that I will work with you,
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and we will have a new America!
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Thank you very much!
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Ray originally thought LSD was the key to enlightenment.
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But a series of bad trips sends him in a different direction.
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He turned to meditation, along with Robby and John,
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attempting to find his bliss elsewhere.
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Morrison keeps tripping for a while...
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When The Music's Over.
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When The Music's Over, Yeah-Yeah.
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When The Music's Over,
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Turn Out The Light,
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Turn Out The Light...
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Well, The Music Is Your Special Friend.
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Dance On Fire As It Intends.
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Music Is Your Only Friend
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Until The End,
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Until The... End!
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Jim still has doubts about his voice.
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He's had no musicial training and he can't read a note.
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Sinatra has replaced Elvis as his favorite singer.
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He describes his own voice as a scream or "a sick croon".
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Cancel My Subscription To The Resurrection,
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Send My Credentials To The House Of Detention.
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I've Got Some Friends Inside...
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Morrison takes a hard turn from psychedelics to booze.
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Soft Parade takes 11 months to record.
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This is partly due to Rothchild's insistence on perfection.
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He makes the band do hundreds of takes.
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But no one talks about the elephant in the room.
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Densmore develops headaches and breaks out in rashes from the tension.
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One day, John walks out of the studio, saying he can't take it anymore.
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The next morning, he shows up,
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and the band continues recording without a word.
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Gonna Win, Yeah, We're Takin' Over. Come On!
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Sometimes the drinking helps Morrison.
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Sometimes it doesn't.
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The band becomes adept at keeping him alive onstage.
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His first onstage arrest had come early, in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Before the concert, Jim is making out with a girl in a shower stall backstage.
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A cop walks in on them.
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Not recognizing Jim, he orders them out.
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Jim tells him to go fuck himself.
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The cop maces him.
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Minutes before the show, Jim is in agony.
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His eyes are still bloodshot and streaming with tears.
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In the middle of the first song,
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he stops and tells the audience what's just happened to him.
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Jim keeps calling the cop
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"A little blue man in a little blue suit with a little blue cap".
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When the police move in,
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Jim offers them a chance to "say their thing".
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They choose not to.
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Jim is arrested for breach of peace and immoral exhibition.
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Two cops punch him in the face and kick him when he falls.
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This starts the reputation of The Doors as a dirty and dangerous band.
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It also marks a change between The Doors and their audience.
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They're coming now to watch Morrison go crazy.
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There is a growing sense
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that the fans are not there to hear the music,
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but to witness a spectacle.
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It is becoming harder and harder
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to distinguish between himself and the person who appears onstage.
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But the train keeps picking up speed, and no one wants off.
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In April 1968, The Village Voice chooses Morrison as vocalist of the year.
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The Doors win best band,
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and Ray Manzarek is best musician after Eric Clapton and Ravi Shankar.
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The Soft Parade goes gold, making 4 gold albums in a row.
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Touch Me, written by Krieger,
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gives the band their third top-10 single.
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Come On, Come On, Come On, Come On, Now,
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Touch Me, Baby.
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Can't You See That I Am Not Afraid?
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What Was That Promise That You Made?
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Why Won't You Tell Me What She Said?
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What Was That Promise That You Made?
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I'm Gonna Love You Till The Heaven Stop The Rain.
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I'm Gonna Love You Till The Stars Fall From The Sky...
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By late December 1968
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The Doors are being hailed as America's Rolling Stones.
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And just at that moment, Jim announces he's quitting.
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The band is stunned.
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Without Jim, there is no Doors.
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- We need you to stay in the game.
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- Well, the thing is, I don't think I like the game.
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His girlfriend, Pam Courson,
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encourages him to forget music and concentrate on his poetry.
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00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:26,000
Jim's already self-published two notebooks of his poems,
519
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:29,000
both dedicated to her.
520
00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:34,000
His poetry is symbolic and pure.
521
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:38,000
It frees him from the requirements of rock stardom.
522
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:40,000
- Yeah, posing for a picture, can you imagine?
523
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:45,000
You know, and really looking in the camera and really posing?
524
00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:49,000
It's insane! I must have been out of my mind!
525
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:56,000
But getting out is not as easy as it seems.
526
00:46:56,000 --> 00:47:02,000
Ray convinces him to give it 6 more months.
527
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:04,000
But as his drinking increases,
528
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:07,000
Ray sees it give birth to Morrison's alter ego,
529
00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:10,000
whom he names Jimbo.
530
00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:14,000
Everyone dreads his appearance.
531
00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:18,000
Out of concern for his health and the future of the band,
532
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:22,000
they finally confront him directly.
533
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:26,000
Jim listens politely.
534
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:31,000
He stays sober for about a week.
535
00:47:31,000 --> 00:48:06,000
Then Jimbo returns.
536
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:09,000
The band hires a series of professional drinkers
537
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:11,000
to keep tabs on Morrison.
538
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:13,000
They can't keep up with him.
539
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:16,000
- You got any groovy possy in this joint?
540
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:17,000
Any LSD? Any LSD?
541
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:22,000
At a party in LA, he ends up with his face in Janis Joplin's lap.
542
00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:28,000
She breaks down in tears, and then cracks a whiskey bottle over his head.
543
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:33,000
Pam gets tired of Jim's drunken infidelities.
544
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:36,000
She convinces him to see a psychiatrist.
545
00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:40,000
Jim goes to one session.
546
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:44,000
He's moving further away from his family.
547
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:48,000
When his mother comes to watch The Doors in Washington, DC,
548
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:51,000
Jim does not see her.
549
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:54,000
He hasn't spoken to his father since 1966,
550
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:56,000
when he got a letter from him
551
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:59,000
with the advice "to give up any idea of singing
552
00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:01,000
or any connection with a musical group
553
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:08,000
because of what I consider a complete lack of talent in this direction".
554
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:10,000
At the height of his son's fame,
555
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:11,000
Admiral Morrison is commanding
556
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:19,000
a division of aircraft carriers off the coast of Vietnam.
557
00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:27,000
In his world, survival depends on obedience.
558
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:32,000
To Jim, obedience is suicide.
559
00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:37,000
- Would anybody like to see my genitals?
560
00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:39,000
I don't think there should be a president, man.
561
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:42,000
I think it should be a total democracy!
562
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:46,000
But I'll tell you this, man, I'll tell you this.
563
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:48,000
I don't know what's going to happen, man,
564
00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:52,000
but I want to have my kicks before the whole shit house goes up in flames.
565
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:57,000
All Right? All Right!
566
00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:10,000
In September 1968, The Doors tour Europe.
567
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:15,000
They're a big hit, even after Jim swallows a chunk of hash in Amsterdam
568
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:19,000
and collapses unconscious on stage.
569
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:27,000
The band plays the gig without him, with Ray doing all the singing.
570
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:30,000
Afterwards, Jim stays in London with Pam,
571
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:34,000
hanging out with poet Michael McClure.
572
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:39,000
The three of them go off on a drinking binge.
573
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:41,000
When Jim resurfaces,
574
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:44,000
he discovers The Doors have licensed Light My Fire
575
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:50,000
for use in a car commercial.
576
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:54,000
Robby, Ray and John explain they've tried to find him for days.
577
00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:59,000
They thought the commercial was unique and felt Jim would agree.
578
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:00,000
But Jim does not agree.
579
00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:07,000
The car commercial and $ 75,000 evaporate.
580
00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:10,000
The alcohol takes a personal toll.
581
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:12,000
In the beginning, as Ray pulls the band together,
582
00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:16,000
he and Jim are very close.
583
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:18,000
Jim had always welcomed Robby,
584
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:26,000
offering advice like giving each lyric a double meaning.
585
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:34,000
His drinking drives a wedge between them.
586
00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:35,000
John and Jim used to drive around,
587
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:40,000
fantasizing about being in a famous rock and roll band.
588
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:45,000
The alcohol pushes them apart as well.
589
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:53,000
They all see Jim struggle, but have no idea how to help him.
590
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:56,000
And now, The Doors start playing larger arenas.
591
00:51:56,000 --> 00:52:01,000
The first is The Hollywood Bowl in 1968.
592
00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:05,000
Jim seems a little off.
593
00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:11,000
John thinks he's dropped acid right before the show.
594
00:52:11,000 --> 00:52:14,000
Robby feels Jim was distracted by Mick Jagger
595
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:20,000
sitting in the front row with Pam on his lap.
596
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:24,000
They sell out Madison Square Garden and The LA Forum,
597
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:27,000
and in early 1969, their manager, Bill Siddons,
598
00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:31,000
books their first extensive US tour.
599
00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:34,000
They'll hit 19 cities.
600
00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:41,000
Their first gig is in Miami.
601
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:45,000
The band arrives early, minus Morrison.
602
00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:49,000
He's had a fight with Pam and missed his plane.
603
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:52,000
He misses another flight hanging out in the airport bar
604
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:54,000
and shows up 20 minutes late.
605
00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:57,000
- Ladies and gentlemen, The Doors!
606
00:52:57,000 --> 00:53:01,000
The mood inside the converted airplane hangar is already tense.
607
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:08,000
The promoter has pulled out all the seats so he could sell another 2000 tickets.
608
00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:13,000
As the band takes the stage, Jim seems preoccupied.
609
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:17,000
The week before, The Living Theatre had performed in Los Angeles.
610
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:20,000
Their manifesto is radically political -
611
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:25,000
change can only come from a rejection of all rules.
612
00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:28,000
Jim goes to every performance.
613
00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:32,000
He once called The Doors "erotic politicians",
614
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:35,000
but he confesses to the group's director
615
00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:38,000
that though he has the ear of a generation,
616
00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:42,000
he feels he's never had anything to say.
617
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:45,000
He chooses this moment to change that.
618
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:49,000
Yeah! Now listen here!
619
00:53:49,000 --> 00:53:55,000
I ain't talking about no revolution!
620
00:53:55,000 --> 00:54:02,000
And I'm not talking about no demonstration!
621
00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:05,000
I'm talking about having a good time!
622
00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:14,000
I'm talking about love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love.
623
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:21,000
Grab your fucking friend and love him. Come on!
624
00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:24,000
Hey, listen, I'm lonely.
625
00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:30,000
I need some love, you all. Come on!
626
00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:35,000
I need some good-time loving, sweetheart.
627
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:37,000
Love me. Come on!
628
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:40,000
Someone throws a gallon of orange paint at the band.
629
00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:47,000
You're All A Bunch Of Fucking Idiots!
630
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:50,000
You're All A Bunch Of Slaves,
631
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:55,000
Letting People Tell You What You're Gonna Do!
632
00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:59,000
How Long Are You Gonna Let Them Push You Around?
633
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:00,000
Maybe You Love It!
634
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:05,000
Maybe You Love Getting Your Face Stuck In The Shit! Come On!
635
00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:09,000
What Are You Gonna Do About It?
636
00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:14,000
There's a rush at the stage.
637
00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:15,000
Now, Listen,
638
00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:18,000
Anybody That Wants To Come Up Here And Join Us
639
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:20,000
And Do Some Dancing, Have Some Fun, Just Get On Up Here. Come On!
640
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:24,000
A friend of Jim's walks out and hands him a lamb.
641
00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:28,000
I'd Fuck Her, But She's Too Young.
642
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:32,000
A woman pours a bottle of champagne over Morrison.
643
00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:36,000
He takes off his wet shirt, urging everyone to join him.
644
00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:41,000
Shirts, pants, bras and underwear sail through the air.
645
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:44,000
But there's only one song they wanna hear.
646
00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:49,000
- Light My Fire! Light My Fire!
647
00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:50,000
Morrison gets angry.
648
00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:54,000
"You Came To See Something Else, Didn't You?"
649
00:55:54,000 --> 00:55:57,000
"All Right, Here's My Cock!".
650
00:55:57,000 --> 00:56:01,000
Now, we're not going to leave until we all get our rocks off.
651
00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:03,000
Ray yells out for someone to stop him.
652
00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:06,000
- Go on, someone's going to get hurt.
653
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:11,000
The stage starts to collapse.
654
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:14,000
Robby and John jump off.
655
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:19,000
Manzarek keeps playing.
656
00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:30,000
Jim is thrown into the audience by a security guard.
657
00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:35,000
Less than an hour after it started, the concert is over.
658
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:46,000
The Doors play fragments of only 4 songs.
659
00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:51,000
The next day, the entire band flies to Jamaica for a vacation.
660
00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:58,000
Unknown to them, something strange is happening back in Miami.
661
00:56:58,000 --> 00:57:02,000
- The Doors are out to make their own scene.
662
00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:04,000
It was a bad scene, and...
663
00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:06,000
Like I say, it was completely unwarranted,
664
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:08,000
uncalled for, on all parts.
665
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:10,000
It didn't seem like actual entertainment
666
00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:12,000
that we've expected to see.
667
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:16,000
Seemed like very many people were under the influence of drugs.
668
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:19,000
We have to do something about this. This is real disgusting.
669
00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:21,000
My children, when I grow up and I have children,
670
00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:24,000
do I want them in an environment like this?
671
00:57:24,000 --> 00:57:28,000
I mean, is this progress, or are we decaying in a way?
672
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:32,000
We have taken out two warrants for Jim Morrison.
673
00:57:32,000 --> 00:57:36,000
One of them is for indecent exposure.
674
00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:39,000
The other is for the use of obscene languages
675
00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:43,000
during his performance at Dinner Key Saturday night.
676
00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:45,000
We have been delayed on issuing these warrants
677
00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:48,000
because we were waiting, hoping to get pictures
678
00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:51,000
that were taken during the performance.
679
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:54,000
Jim's hit with one felony and three misdemeanors,
680
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:58,000
but it's the felony charge that is the most disturbing.
681
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:00,000
It claims that Jim did lewdly and lasciviously
682
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:05,000
"expose his penis, place his hands upon his penis and shake it,
683
00:58:05,000 --> 00:58:08,000
and did simulate the acts of masturbation upon himself
684
00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:11,000
and oral copulation upon another".
685
00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:13,000
Although many pictures were taken during the concert,
686
00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:16,000
none show Morrison exposing himself.
687
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:19,000
But for proof of oral copulation,
688
00:58:19,000 --> 00:58:24,000
the prosecution offers this photo as evidence.
689
00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:28,000
The charges take The Doors by surprise.
690
00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:31,000
Over a hundred cops had been at the concert.
691
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:34,000
None had attempted to stop Morrison.
692
00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:38,000
To John, the only thing they were guilty of was a lousy show.
693
00:58:38,000 --> 00:58:43,000
- I especially thank my fellow citizens who join me...
694
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:45,000
But a wave of conservatism is sweeping the country.
695
00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:48,000
- For over five months, our community has been subjected...
696
00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:52,000
Decency rallies are held, specifically targeting The Doors.
697
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:58,000
- The people of Dade County have said "Enough, enough, enough!".
698
00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:00,000
Even the rock and roll press turns against them.
699
00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:05,000
...to break its contract and cancel two concerts of The Doors.
700
00:59:05,000 --> 00:59:08,000
Radio stations stop playing The Doors' music.
701
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:10,000
...performances would be obnoxious.
702
00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:13,000
And one by one, every remaining city
703
00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:19,000
on The Doors' first major tour gets canceled.
704
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:28,000
Finally, on April 4 of 1969 Jim Morrison surrenders to the FBI.
705
00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:30,000
The trial starts in August.
706
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:33,000
Ray, Robby and John testify in Jim's defense.
707
00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:37,000
All of them deny seeing Jim expose himself.
708
00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:41,000
- Jim, you're facing 3 1/2 years in state prison for the Miami incident.
709
00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:44,000
The scope of this trial goes way beyond rock and roll.
710
00:59:44,000 --> 00:59:46,000
It's really about the first amendment.
711
00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:49,000
- What we're testing down there is the...
712
00:59:49,000 --> 00:59:53,000
Issue of artistic freedom of expression.
713
00:59:53,000 --> 00:59:58,000
But the prosecutor, Terrence McWilliams, seems preoccupied with sex.
714
00:59:58,000 --> 01:00:01,000
He keeps returning to the oral copulation charge.
715
01:00:01,000 --> 01:00:03,000
Jim explains he was down on his knees
716
01:00:03,000 --> 01:00:08,000
simply to admire Robby's intricate finger work.
717
01:00:08,000 --> 01:00:11,000
McWilliams scoffs, saying Jim must have seen Robby
718
01:00:11,000 --> 01:00:14,000
perform this solo hundreds of times.
719
01:00:14,000 --> 01:00:19,000
Jim replies, "Well, Robby gets better and better all the time".
720
01:00:19,000 --> 01:00:24,000
Although a comedy of errors, trial is no joke.
721
01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:27,000
On October 30 of 1969,
722
01:00:27,000 --> 01:00:31,000
Morrison is found guilty of profanity and indecent exposure.
723
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:42,000
- Jim, you have anything to say?
724
01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:44,000
Judge Murray Goodman sentences Jim
725
01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:50,000
to four months of hard labor in the Dade county jail.
726
01:00:50,000 --> 01:00:53,000
The Doors' attorney quickly files an appeal,
727
01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:55,000
but the uncertainty of its outcome
728
01:00:55,000 --> 01:00:59,000
throws The Doors into an uneasy state of limbo.
729
01:00:59,000 --> 01:01:05,000
Morrison takes it the hardest.
730
01:01:05,000 --> 01:01:09,000
It's more than just fear of spending time in a deep-southern jail.
731
01:01:09,000 --> 01:02:05,000
It's as if he's suddenly realized he's not invincible.
732
01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:11,000
Like Morrison, the country's innocence is being tested as well.
733
01:02:11,000 --> 01:02:15,000
A spasm of violence ripples throughout the decade,
734
01:02:15,000 --> 01:02:21,000
and it continues to be reflected in The Doors' music.
735
01:02:21,000 --> 01:02:25,000
Morrison believes violence is an American tradition.
736
01:02:25,000 --> 01:02:34,000
Its citizens are addicted to it and enchanted by it.
737
01:02:34,000 --> 01:02:36,000
The Doors had passed on Woodstock,
738
01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:40,000
so in 1970, while still waiting on their Miami appeal,
739
01:02:40,000 --> 01:02:44,000
they fly to a small island off the coast of England.
740
01:02:44,000 --> 01:02:46,000
The concert at The Isle of Wight
741
01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:48,000
is intended to be a fusion of spirit
742
01:02:48,000 --> 01:02:51,000
and the world's best rock musicians,
743
01:02:51,000 --> 01:02:55,000
but fans feel the concert should be free.
744
01:02:55,000 --> 01:03:13,000
Police and promoters disagree.
745
01:03:13,000 --> 01:03:22,000
This Is The End, Beautiful Friend.
746
01:03:22,000 --> 01:03:32,000
This Is The End, My Only Friend.
747
01:03:32,000 --> 01:03:39,000
Of Our Elaborate Plans,
748
01:03:39,000 --> 01:03:53,000
Of Everything That Stands.
749
01:03:53,000 --> 01:04:09,000
I'll ever Look Into YourNEyes Again.
750
01:04:09,000 --> 01:04:14,000
Can You Picture What We'll Be?
751
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:20,000
So Limitless And Free,
752
01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:23,000
Desperately In Need
753
01:04:23,000 --> 01:04:28,000
For Some Stranger's Hand
754
01:04:28,000 --> 01:04:40,000
In A Desperate Land.
755
01:04:40,000 --> 01:04:41,000
My thanks to all of you,
756
01:04:41,000 --> 01:04:42,000
and now it's on to Chicago,
757
01:04:42,000 --> 01:05:06,000
and let's win there! Thank you!
758
01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:11,000
Come Ride With Me
759
01:05:11,000 --> 01:05:16,000
cross The Sea
760
01:05:16,000 --> 01:05:39,000
Endlessly.
761
01:05:39,000 --> 01:05:47,000
Woke Up This Morning, Got The Crossroads On My Mind.
762
01:05:47,000 --> 01:05:56,000
Well, I Woke Up This Morning, Got The Crossroads On My Mind.
763
01:05:56,000 --> 01:06:03,000
Take A Walk With Me, Everything Will Work Out Fine.
764
01:06:03,000 --> 01:06:12,000
Well, I Woke Up This Morning, Got The H-Bomb On My Mind.
765
01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:16,000
Take A Walk With Me And Everything Will Be All Right.
766
01:06:16,000 --> 01:07:22,000
All Right! Ride That Train! Yeah!
767
01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:33,000
By late 1970, the dream that had stirred an entire generation officially ends.
768
01:07:33,000 --> 01:07:35,000
Charles Manson's use of LSD
769
01:07:35,000 --> 01:07:38,000
had not led him to enlightenment,
770
01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:41,000
but into madness.
771
01:07:41,000 --> 01:07:48,000
And a new president removes all hope for change.
772
01:07:48,000 --> 01:07:52,000
Jim's deeply affected by the deaths of Hendrix and Joplin.
773
01:07:52,000 --> 01:07:58,000
He jokes to friends: "They're looking at number three".
774
01:07:58,000 --> 01:08:00,000
Michael McClure helps change his mood.
775
01:08:00,000 --> 01:08:02,000
With his support,
776
01:08:02,000 --> 01:08:07,000
Simon and Schuster publishes the first collection of Jim's poems.
777
01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:13,000
The book becomes one of Morrison's proudest accomplishments.
778
01:08:13,000 --> 01:08:28,000
"Nothing", he says, "is as eternal as poetry and song".
779
01:08:28,000 --> 01:08:34,000
As the country enters the new decade, The Doors start over.
780
01:08:34,000 --> 01:08:38,000
Morrison Hotel had been another step away from the mainstream.
781
01:08:38,000 --> 01:08:45,000
It took them back to their roots - the blues.
782
01:08:45,000 --> 01:08:49,000
It went gold in 2 days.
783
01:08:49,000 --> 01:08:51,000
Despite the disaster of Miami,
784
01:08:51,000 --> 01:08:55,000
Jack Holzman encourages them to make another album.
785
01:08:55,000 --> 01:08:58,000
But some things stay the same.
786
01:08:58,000 --> 01:09:05,000
Jim shows up late and drunk, only now, he's added cocaine to the mix.
787
01:09:05,000 --> 01:09:10,000
The band is alternately bored and furious at Jim.
788
01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:14,000
Rothchild falls asleep at the console.
789
01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:21,000
He tries to motivate the band by accusing them of playing cocktail music.
790
01:09:21,000 --> 01:09:26,000
Rothchild finally realizes it's time for him to leave.
791
01:09:26,000 --> 01:09:28,000
His parting words to The Doors,
792
01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:35,000
"The only way you'll survive is if you make this record yourselves".
793
01:09:35,000 --> 01:09:40,000
Shocked by his departure, The Doors turn to Bruce Botnick.
794
01:09:40,000 --> 01:09:50,000
Botnick urges the band to just play.
795
01:09:50,000 --> 01:09:53,000
To John, it's like they're back in the garage,
796
01:09:53,000 --> 01:10:03,000
back to the four of them just playing music.
797
01:10:03,000 --> 01:10:07,000
It's John's idea to slow down the middle of LA Woman.
798
01:10:07,000 --> 01:10:11,000
Jim comes up with a phrase he wants to repeat over and over.
799
01:10:11,000 --> 01:10:15,000
After they record it, Jim scribbles something on a piece of paper
800
01:10:15,000 --> 01:10:16,000
and shows it to the group.
801
01:10:16,000 --> 01:11:09,000
Mr. Mojo Risin'
802
01:11:09,000 --> 01:11:13,000
They record quickly, doing several songs a day.
803
01:11:13,000 --> 01:11:15,000
To help keep Morrison interested,
804
01:11:15,000 --> 01:11:20,000
Botnick brings in Jerry Scheff, Elvis' bass player.
805
01:11:20,000 --> 01:11:23,000
The band wants Love Her Madly to be the first single,
806
01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:30,000
but Robby resists, calling his own song too commercial for The Doors.
807
01:11:30,000 --> 01:11:45,000
His choice is Riders On The Storm.
808
01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:54,000
Riders On The Storm.
809
01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:58,000
Into This House We're Born,
810
01:11:58,000 --> 01:12:03,000
Into This World We're Thrown.
811
01:12:03,000 --> 01:12:08,000
Like A Dog Without A Bone, An Actor Out On Loan.
812
01:12:08,000 --> 01:12:12,000
Riders On The Storm.
813
01:12:12,000 --> 01:12:16,000
There's A Killer On The Road,
814
01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:22,000
His Brain Is Squirming Like A Toad.
815
01:12:22,000 --> 01:12:27,000
Take A Long Holiday,
816
01:12:27,000 --> 01:12:31,000
Let Your Children Play.
817
01:12:31,000 --> 01:12:33,000
If You Give This Man A Ride,
818
01:12:33,000 --> 01:12:36,000
Sweet Memory Will Die.
819
01:12:36,000 --> 01:13:24,000
Killer On The Road.
820
01:13:24,000 --> 01:13:29,000
It takes just over a week to record the entire album.
821
01:13:29,000 --> 01:13:36,000
Once again, all songs are credited to The Doors.
822
01:13:36,000 --> 01:13:38,000
On December 8, 1970,
823
01:13:38,000 --> 01:13:43,000
Jim Morrison celebrates his birthday by recording his own poetry.
824
01:13:43,000 --> 01:13:47,000
- He Was No Private, For He Could Not Be Sold.
825
01:13:47,000 --> 01:13:49,000
He Was Only A Man,
826
01:13:49,000 --> 01:13:52,000
And His Dedication Extended To The Last Degree.
827
01:13:52,000 --> 01:13:58,000
Poor, Pretentious Soldier, Come Home.
828
01:13:58,000 --> 01:14:00,000
He's 27.
829
01:14:00,000 --> 01:14:06,000
Friends can't believe the change in only 2 years.
830
01:14:06,000 --> 01:14:08,000
The poetry session snaps him out of a depression,
831
01:14:08,000 --> 01:14:13,000
and he agrees to perform live with The Doors again.
832
01:14:13,000 --> 01:14:19,000
On December 12th, they play New Orleans, introducing the new songs from LA Woman.
833
01:14:19,000 --> 01:14:23,000
For a moment, the old Morrison appears.
834
01:14:23,000 --> 01:14:29,000
Then he sits down on stage and doesn't get up.
835
01:14:29,000 --> 01:14:44,000
It is here Ray says he sees all of Jim's psychic energy leave his body.
836
01:14:44,000 --> 01:14:49,000
A few days later, Pam Courson returns to LA from a vacation in Paris.
837
01:14:49,000 --> 01:14:51,000
She discovers Jim sleeping with a woman
838
01:14:51,000 --> 01:14:56,000
who claims they were married in a pagan witch ceremony.
839
01:14:56,000 --> 01:15:03,000
But the witch flies back to New York, and Jim goes back to Pam.
840
01:15:03,000 --> 01:15:05,000
She still envisions a life for the two of them
841
01:15:05,000 --> 01:15:11,000
that starts with Jim leaving The Doors.
842
01:15:11,000 --> 01:15:12,000
He'll stay home and write poetry
843
01:15:12,000 --> 01:15:17,000
while she runs an exclusive clothing boutique.
844
01:15:17,000 --> 01:15:20,000
Just after the band finishes mixing LA Woman,
845
01:15:20,000 --> 01:15:25,000
Jim announces he and Pam are moving to Paris.
846
01:15:25,000 --> 01:15:27,000
He'll relax for a while.
847
01:15:27,000 --> 01:15:29,000
He'll quit drinking.
848
01:15:29,000 --> 01:15:33,000
He'll concentrate on his poetry.
849
01:15:33,000 --> 01:15:36,000
Ray asks when he's coming back.
850
01:15:36,000 --> 01:15:40,000
Jim just shrugs.
851
01:15:40,000 --> 01:15:42,000
On April 17, 1971,
852
01:15:42,000 --> 01:15:45,000
with the Miami conviction still hanging over him,
853
01:15:45,000 --> 01:16:06,000
Jim flies to Paris.
854
01:16:06,000 --> 01:16:11,000
For a while, things go according to plan.
855
01:16:11,000 --> 01:16:15,000
Jim does concentrate on his poetry.
856
01:16:15,000 --> 01:16:18,000
He shaves his beard.
857
01:16:18,000 --> 01:16:20,000
He wanders the streets alone,
858
01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:22,000
visiting the cemetery at Pere Lachaise,
859
01:16:22,000 --> 01:16:28,000
where Chopin, Oscar Wilde and Edith Piaf are buried.
860
01:16:28,000 --> 01:16:33,000
He develops a persistent cough.
861
01:16:33,000 --> 01:16:36,000
Back home, Elektra releases LA Woman.
862
01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:42,000
Critics call it "The Doors' comeback album".
863
01:16:42,000 --> 01:16:46,000
When his cough worsens, Pam takes him to the doctor,
864
01:16:46,000 --> 01:16:52,000
who strongly urges Morrison to quit drinking.
865
01:16:52,000 --> 01:16:54,000
As he roams the city,
866
01:16:54,000 --> 01:16:57,000
he carries his notebooks in a white plastic shopping bag.
867
01:16:57,000 --> 01:17:04,000
They're filled with fragments of song lyrics and poetry.
868
01:17:04,000 --> 01:17:06,000
But the solitude of the writing
869
01:17:06,000 --> 01:17:15,000
offers little of the kick he knows so well.
870
01:17:15,000 --> 01:17:19,000
One day, Jim makes a phone call home.
871
01:17:19,000 --> 01:17:23,000
John Densmore is surprised to hear from him.
872
01:17:23,000 --> 01:17:29,000
Jim says he's thinking of coming home to make another album with The Doors,
873
01:17:29,000 --> 01:17:33,000
but John can tell his voice is slurred.
874
01:17:33,000 --> 01:17:37,000
And one night, after hours of heavy drinking,
875
01:17:37,000 --> 01:17:41,000
Jim says he doesn't feel well.
876
01:17:41,000 --> 01:17:43,000
He takes a bath.
877
01:17:43,000 --> 01:17:47,000
After calling out to Pam, "Are you still there?",
878
01:17:47,000 --> 01:18:07,000
he dies in the bathtub.
879
01:18:07,000 --> 01:18:16,000
Before You Slip Into Unconsciousness, I'd
880
01:18:16,000 --> 01:18:21,000
Like To Have Another Kiss,
881
01:18:21,000 --> 01:18:30,000
Another Flashing Chance At Bliss,
882
01:18:30,000 --> 01:18:45,000
Another Kiss.
883
01:18:45,000 --> 01:18:51,000
The Days Are Bright And Filled With Pain,
884
01:18:51,000 --> 01:18:56,000
Enclose Me In Your Gentle Rain.
885
01:18:56,000 --> 01:19:05,000
The Time You Ran Was Too Insane.
886
01:19:05,000 --> 01:19:19,000
We'll Meet Again.
887
01:19:19,000 --> 01:19:22,000
The Vietnam war finally ends.
888
01:19:22,000 --> 01:19:27,000
The youth movement fades away, not to reappear.
889
01:19:27,000 --> 01:19:32,000
But that flash of protest, however brief, was real.
890
01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:36,000
It forged the consciousness of a whole generation.
891
01:19:36,000 --> 01:19:41,000
Oh, Tell Me Where Your Freedom Lies.
892
01:19:41,000 --> 01:19:47,000
The Streets Are Fields That Never Dies,
893
01:19:47,000 --> 01:19:58,000
Deliver Me From Reasons Why You'd Rather Cry,
894
01:19:58,000 --> 01:20:05,000
I'd Rather Fly.
895
01:20:05,000 --> 01:20:08,000
To some, Jim was a poet,
896
01:20:08,000 --> 01:20:13,000
his soul trapped between heaven and hell.
897
01:20:13,000 --> 01:20:18,000
To others, he was just another rock star who crashed and burned.
898
01:20:18,000 --> 01:20:26,000
But this much is true - you can't burn out if you're not on fire.
899
01:20:26,000 --> 01:20:31,000
The Crystal Ship Is Being Filled,
900
01:20:31,000 --> 01:20:36,000
A Thousand Girls, A Thousand Thrills...
901
01:20:36,000 --> 01:20:40,000
He would take his father another 10 years to say,
902
01:20:40,000 --> 01:20:45,000
"My son had a unique genius which he expressed without compromise".
903
01:20:45,000 --> 01:20:58,000
When We Get Back, I'll Drop A Line...
904
01:20:58,000 --> 01:21:01,000
The Doors were together for 54 months.
905
01:21:01,000 --> 01:21:06,000
They've sold over 80 million albums worldwide.
906
01:21:06,000 --> 01:21:09,000
They still sell a million albums a year.
907
01:21:09,000 --> 01:25:11,000
As of this date, none of their songs has been used in a car commercial...72017
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