The Celebration of the Lizard (Live in New York) Full

[@juannavarro5487]

The best version. Pure poetry, theater, misticism, fear and darkness. Morrison is the greatest American poet.

[@grey5974]

a true artist...

[@patthewoodboy]

have to agree ...

[@divine5460]

THE version. YES! so so so many good trips to this wonderful wonderful little chunk of goodness right here. my god. yes! this is the one!

[@itnow]

I still prefer the version from 'absolutely live' this version here is a good alternate one, with maybe a better drumming and a lesser organ...

[@arozed5954]

Ray Manzarek from Poland

[@jonkaplan5243]

The Door's wrote and performed the world's first mini-Horror Rock Opera. Simply awesome!

[@AlexanderKnollwood]

Yes. Perfect way to put it. And people say Queen was operatic? Lol. This is a monstrous tour de force.

[@srbaran]

"It starts off kinda quiet..." - Jim "WAKE UP!!!!!!!" - Jim The original troll.

[@divine5460]

lol

[@carlos66965]

He did warn them lol.

[@willspencer8694]

Fuckin lol

[@BlackInLady]

I can't just imagine myself living such an experience. Hearing that, at the time, at the place, at the freaking good time and place, words from his mouth.. I'm crying...

[@markdipaolo71]

I know what you mean! such a emotion! have a tear coming out of my eye now!

[@unknown-jr1pf]

and being on acid or peyote god damn

[@timnicktion9744]

@@unknown-jr1pf that good 60's acid straight from Sandoz or the sunshine brothers or something lol. holy fuck

[@ilikeyoutube4198]

Lol that's kinda gay

[@madisonletts6682]

This is crazy and fantastic. I can feel his soul in his words.

[@LinkMcGaughey]

"Who's a stranger" One of my favorite interactions with the audience.

[@Nobody-br1rq]

Link McGaughey it's hilarious

[@jeremythomas9053]

he heckles the entire time during this show you can hear him a few other times throughtout what they recorded of this show

[@p0llenp0ny]

Fucking try hard

[@jeffwarshaw9467]

This is my favorite version. There is a studio version recorded for the second side of ""Waiting for the Sun," but it was never completed and some sections are just rehearsal versions. This is the full Celebration of the Lizard as it was meant to be read/sung. A true masterpiece.

[@PrestonHazard]

What a fantastic trip man. His work truly was timeless.

[@commentingaccount4791]

This song is a spiritual experience.

[@auto_5]

Yep. Kind of like TOOL

[@Gababstract]

CommentingAccount it’s not a song it’s poetry

[@auto_5]

Moonchild It’s both. I guess technically tho it is spoken word, right?

[@Gababstract]

Jacob Daraitis free is your mind to see it however you want brother :)

[@timnicktion9744]

a psychedelic experience

[@juanrobertonavarro650]

Wow, this trip of poetry, theatre, misticism, simbolism is very deep, very misterious. One of the greatest poems in rock history and in English literature. If you look beyond the poetry and the simbolism of the words, you can see that Jim was into the occult, into the ancient religions. Jim was a shaman and a visionary.

[@MsConstrued1]

+juan roberto Navarro i wonder how many people really get that. as i age i hear so much more and i think i have earned a higher/deeper level of understanding...eternally grateful

[@goochdawg]

+juan roberto Navarro im 40 yrs old i know of the doors music cause of my folks, i knew about the doors before the movie came out in 1991 i was in high school then, my pops who is 69 yrs old he saw the doors live in L.A. twice back in his days..my pops was a musician/drummer mostly in his younger days, but he always said that jim morrison was way ahead of his time great poetry/writeing music,only band then etc to not have a bass player..manserrick "my bad how i speed that" he was on the key board but he also was the bass,he was the 1st too act all crazy and shit on stage then later on other rockers etc were trying to copy jim guys like billy idol,the singer from danzig tryed to sing like jim, axle rose outburts on stage he got that from jim,all the 80s hair bands the tight leather jim started the tight leather pants with boots but the 80s bands it was all colar full lol jim was black leather/black boots with heels....,i love the movie idk how many times i seen it! lol love on how the concerts how when the doors are then jim walks on stage his boots are all spit shined all ready for a show bad ass! lol

[@rajanahuja5567]

All that Jim was is

[@MrSirDrew]

Lions in the street and roaming Dogs in heat, rabid, foaming A beast caged in the heart of a city The body of his mother Rotting in the summer ground He fled the town He went down South and crossed the border Left chaos and disorder Back there over his shoulder One morning he awoke in a green hotel With a strange creature groaning beside him Sweat oozed from it's shining skin Is everybody in? Is everybody in? Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin Wake up! You can't remember where it was Had this dream stopped? The snake was pale gold Glazed and shrunken We were afraid to touch it The sheets were hot dead prisms And she was beside me Old, she's no, young Her dark red hair The white soft skin Now, run to the mirror in the bathroom Look! Shes coming in here I can't live thru each slow century of her moving I let my cheek slide down The cool smooth tile Feel the good cold stinging blood The smooth hissing snakes of rain. .. Once I had, a little game I liked to crawl, back in my brain I think you know, the game I mean I mean the game, called 'go insane' You should try, this little game Just close your eyes, forget your name Forget the world, forget the people And we'll erect, a different steeple This little game, is fun to do Just close your eyes, no way to lose And I'm right there, I'm going too Release control, we're breaking thru Way back deep into the brain Back where there's never any pain And the rain falls gently on the town And over the heads of all of us And in the labyrinth of streams Beneath, the quiet unearthly presence of Gentle hill dwellers, in the gentle hills around Reptiles abounding Fossils, caves, cool air heights Each house repeats a mold Windows rolled Beast car locked in against morning All now sleeping Rugs silent, mirrors vacant Dust Lying under the beds of lawful couples Wound in sheets And daughters, smug With semen eyes in their nipples Wait There's been a slaughter here (Don't stop to speak or look around Your gloves and fan are on the ground We're getting out of town We're going on the run And you're the one I want to come) Not to touch the earth Not to see the sun Nothing left to do, but Run, run, run Let's run Lets run House upon the hill Moon is lying still Shadows of the trees Witnessing the wild breeze C'mon baby run with me Let's run Run with me Run with me Run with me Let's run The mansion is warm, at the top of the hill Rich are the rooms and the comforts there Red are the arms of luxuriant chairs And you won't know a thing till you get inside Dead president's corpse in the driver's car The engine runs on glue and tar C'mon along, we're not going very far To the East to meet the Czar Run with me Run with me Run with me Let's run Some outlaws lived by the side of the lake The minister's daughter's in love with the snake Who lives in a well by the side of the road Wake up, girl! We're almost home We should see the gates by mornin' We should be inside by evening, Sun sun sun Burn burn burn Burn, burn, burn, I will get you Soon, Soon, Soon I am the lizard king I can do anything We came down The rivers and highways We came down from Forests and falls We came down from Carson and Springfield We came down from Phoenix enthralled And I can tell you The names of the Kingdom I can tell you The things that you know Listening for a fistful of silence Climbing valleys into the shade For seven years, I dwelt In the loose palace of exile Playing strange games with the girls of the island Now, I have come again To the land of the fair, and the strong, and the wise Brothers and sisters of the pale forest Children of night Who among you will run with the hunt? Now night arives with her purple legion Retire now to your tents and to your dreams Tomorrow we enter the town of my birth I want to be ready'

[@bobspence5322]

prisons not prisms..

[@sagewoods777]

@bobspence5322 I mean you can't tell him that he did all of us a favor

[@Deezeelove]

Imagine trying to perform this and remember all the words

[@randalbugiel5692]

Ahhh, not bad, I see a few mistakes, not to bad, pretty good, pretty neat

[@cheiatianbriem2078]

​@@Deezeelovenever listened to Megadeath?

[@CelestialShaman44]

Morrison is the true reflection of spiritual freedom, expressed in symbols, music...a guru of words and sound breaking the DOORS down to the confirmed psychology norms

[@BadBrainPrepp]

Dionysius has returned...

[@burningrabbitacres8330]

Barf. He was a drunken zero.

[@ollihp]

Another masterpiece i forgot about. Once again each Doors member's talent on full display.

[@hgallo690]

The best poetic song ever written for eternity

[@troychapman784]

and beyond that too ;)

[@jdmintegradp]

The part that's chilling to me is where Jim says that, this is being recorded for eternity. Here we are 50 some years later listening. Man was he right on the money or what...

[@divine5460]

the guitar in the hilldwellers part though my god, so stunning. all of it really. robbie was so amazing truly

[@destinationssa]

yeah the guitar part in hill dwellers part is great but it has been overdubbed in the studio over the live version. to listen to the non-dubbed version, search for "celebration of the lizard live at felt forum" you can see many guitar parts are missing of the same performance.

[@AlexanderKnollwood]

My very first Doors song, downloaded off of Napster back in high school. It took hours on my 56k modem hahaha. But I chose it because it had the word Lizard in it and I heard he called himself tne Lizard king. So naturally, I thought ...probably a good introduction to the band!! Yeah, a 20 + minutes introduction.... Still. I was hooked for life as soon he told me to wake up. So glad you posted this. Seminal to me.

[@m1k3br4v0]

"Don't worry the operation won't take long and you'll be better in the morning." Love it ...

[@josephmisanik2244]

this is simply awesome he takes you from one place to another what a trip jim is great I wish I was alive in that area to see him he is one of the best ever

[@dragmyre]

+Joseph Misanik i was, lucky

[@kelvinkloud]

In this regards, bowie was his only rival

[@tomr4035]

Top quality !! Love the 'hill dwellers' section, you can hear where the inspiration for the brilliant 'ghost song' comes from. Groovy!

[@michaelgreco1175]

My favorite version of this song

[@itnow]

Michael Greco in this version it sounds like Morrison is standing right next to you...

[@RickyPisano]

I was born in '60 and Jim was already gone by the time I heard them. My Mom turned me onto them. Soon had every record. My friends thought I was a nut listening to them. They just didn't get it. They were into Zeppelin, Sabbath, Grand Funk, Tull, etc. So was I.... but my GO TO record was always ABSOLUTELY LIVE. Easily the most original band there ever was. Not even close. I remember when AN AMERICAN PRAYER came out. '76 or so. Another fantastic odyssey into Jim's mind.

[@artvandelay837]

well said!

[@Vincent-fo7xp]

Absolutely Live is great, every song!!

[@costellobrothers1344]

I just imagine myself as one among the thousands of onlookers who are there to be completely entranced by the music in a way that I believe was possible then. There were no smart phones or internet which meant the only way to experience anything new was to hear it first hand. Paraphrasing Jim saying "We've only done this once or twice in front of other people" it makes me realize nobody has ever heard any of this. Assuming "Not to Touch the Earth" hadn't yet been released none of these kids or people had ever heard anything like this. And though at this point in The Doors saga they may have come only to see Jim in action and be able to yell and expect an experience they have only heard of, once the music started and Jim began the song it was either complete silence or the visceral shriek of those who couldn't hold it in. No more banter or presumptions from the crowd. It's all they can give and more than you or they know. So if you ever want to see Jim Morrison in person; I think you should go outside, light a small fire, put this very version of the song on your headphones and become a person in this crowd. His most important goal was to reach out and invite everyone into a new universe. So in the end you are as much a part of his audience as anybody in this concert.

[@ELMOxLIKESxANAL]

Costello Brothers ty for this lovely comment 🙏

[@stephenward8328]

Embedded, burnt into Eternity, far out

[@RickyPisano]

The smartphone changed the fundamental way we communicate and see the world. A travesty really. I'm thankful I can remember what the world was like without them. People 30 years old and younger will never know that world. Isn't that unbelievable? I remember when AN AMERICAN PRAYER came out. Another great odyssey into Jim's thoughts and mind. The most original sounding band there ever was. Not even close.

[@ericfish2033]

I love hearing how fast and how ferociously the audience starts cheering there at the end.

[@martimgodinho3461]

Ever changing Butterfly The wings are too heavy for ya to fly Linger on land and You will die... With no love! Promise awaits you next door C'mon open it Lonelyborn Strip your heart And blow your horn 'N' it will arrive... Free me now from this decaying hope Cut me down from this wicked rope 'N' then we'll flee together... And fly... I wrote this at 3am.

[@NEWSUPERCHARGER2001]

Not bad. I could use ur piece for some well needed inspiration. Thanks!

[@martimgodinho3461]

+SUPERCHARGER2001 As long as ur well needed inspiration doesn't mean plagiarism, I'm okay with it...

[@NEWSUPERCHARGER2001]

+Martim Godinho Don't worry, even then if I use some of this for my album I'll contact you for royalties. ;)

[@jackmeoff7099]

its shit

[@Kawabata_Akira]

it's average, boy, lol

[@laurencebrady8070]

Most important band of the 20th century will be remembered for millennium and then some.

[@thefairyjam]

the guy in the audience 'who's a stranger?' ha ha

[@divine5460]

you guys remember the "im a saggitarius" and "i dont either" chick??? i swear to god that woman can be heard in almost every doors bootleg ever made, from anywhere haha

[@dankelly1103]

Yes, that's true

[@micahmarrietta2059]

@@divine5460 that the same one who says "do all of em baby!"

[@missblink4611]

She cracks me up.... “ so am I”.... Well I don’t believe in that... “ I don’t either “ 😂😂

[@aymanmagdy666]

Jim: I am the Lizard King I can do anything.. .. he can do anything

[@chrisedwards656]

except come back to life

[@christinamariaAndersen]

Ayman Magdy My Gang will get YOU...!!!

[@ollihp]

The legend lives on.

[@Lasse98]

Chris Edwards best trolling I've seen so far hands down

[@thecoon197]

In a way, Jim never really died

[@arthurkyriazis]

this is by far the best live version of this song. originally off the Doors Box Set, live NYC 1970 at Madison Square Garden.

[@daviddextre325]

arthur kyriazis i was about to say that

[@clouddweller1195]

I thought I had most everything of the doors acquired since 1966.But not this version.Which box set?Must have it.......my life is near the end...at 73 and counting.

[@TheDrunkSpartan1337]

100% with you on that one, no other version comes close, the band is super tight and Jim is so into it he's pretty much a shaman. I do think here on youtube it's slighly abridged, though.

[@elixtido1448]

Absolutely Live was better

[@Abruzzo333]

@@elixtido1448 A million times better....both from the band and from Morrison. Not sure what's wrong with people's ears LOL.

[@lisacorsetti6968]

"I can't live through each slow century of her moving" - genius!

[@wesleyjohndelaney106]

Some outlaws live by the side of the lake, the minister's daughters in love with the snake 🙌

[@joseluisfelippi3869]

In Jim Morrison's own words, summer of 1969: "I kind of constructed that out of pieces of things that I had. It wasn't really a natural development. It doesn't work because it wasn't created spontaneously. It was pieced together on different occasions out of already existing elements rather than having any generative core from which it grew. I still think there's hope for it. I just think that if we do it we should go back to the very free concept and start the whole thing over. We can play it in a half-hour version. I think we may still see that thing resurface. It doesn't really interest me that much, though. It was never pushed through and I kind of lost interest in it." Read more: www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-rolling-stone-interview-jim-morrison-19690726#ixzz43vgFOkni Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook

[@damirpopovic7691]

tekstualno i glazbeno savršenstvo za mene!

[@juannavarro5487]

Amazing..I admire Jim`s words. What a philosophical man He was. The most poetic piece in rock history.

[@daedalionnoxluna3842]

Ian Curtis was also an amazing poet few years after Morrison.

[@barbvg]

Finally i found this video! Jim, so clever and magnificent as always.

[@JoeBigSh0w]

"taped for eternity and beyond that too"

[@kentclark6420]

Beyond Eternity- what a name for a group!

[@kainodinson8404]

I feel like we age in dog years listening to this masterpiece.

[@numerousattention103]

WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!

[@SupremeMrRici]

A Little Game is Amazing and so climatic.

[@donatoipmac7590]

SupremeMrRici yg gggvvbviv

[@donatoipmac7590]

SupremeMrRici www.netflix.com/title/70041949

[@Sparkes669]

Absolute genius.

[@macrocosmica6805]

Thank you Jim for opening the doors and let us in...what a beautiful mind ❤️

[@doctor008100]

10:08 fucking goosebumps man

[@auldsk8r]

The Lizard King was born 78 years ago today and the world has never been the same since.

[@sordelakomm]

I was for years in Paris. It's so fun, meeting fans there. It's a big party. You have to do it once

[@madisonletts6682]

"I am the lizard king" 14:17

[@lunacorn.my.unicorn58]

thank you, listening to the whole thing is a bit much!

[@clouddweller1195]

American men.Musical genius.There was/has been no rock band like them.Ever.What an astounding version.

[@daedalionnoxluna3842]

Genesis ? Joy Division ? These both bands will surely give you another point of you ^^

[@brentbucholtz6866]

A true genius and my Idol.

[@davejohnson-yi2rk]

After "THE END" - probably Rock's first "Horror" Rock-Song, we have "Celebration of the Lizard". Part Horror Movie Soundtrack, part Epic Poem/ It's a song only Jim & the Doors could've written & performed. Jim Morrison & the Doors: American Originals.

[@laynevan361]

This is something else. Jim was one of a kind, in a drug psychedelic trance he gave us a performances like this one - pushing the limits of reality. This is a mix of music, poetry and theatre. Notice how he comes out of that fucking trance at the end and gives the ending speech like a casual guy. It was a mask. It was a theatre performance. This one is insane, and the rest members of doors complimented him perfectly

[@MrBGB2012]

Jim Morrison...he was a true poet! I'd even go as far to say somewhat of a playwright,in the rock vein...because "THE CELEBRATION OF THE LIZARD" was,in fact,like a rock play...or rock opera!

[@janisjoplinsgf5382]

when i listen to this I feel like I crawl out of my own soul and back inside again a different woman

[@sharontalley2155]

Love this! Thanks for posting. Jim is the master shaman. Love Jim and The Doors.

[@gary42011]

Probably this song to me is the peak of the doors carrier

[@itnow]

maybe not the peak but their most original music, no other band would mix rock and poetry in this theatrical way. Patti Smith gave it a try a decade after. Dylan wrote poetry out of social laments but it didn't have the Doors mystical edge

[@michaelserby7697]

Gary Cabe learn to spell

[@ЛюдмилаЛекарева-п3ц]

Очень талантливый и красивый мальчик. Браво тебе за то, что Ты был в нашей жизни. Твои стихи , песни и музыка прекрасны. Спасибо Тебе за все что ты оставил после себя нам, своим потомкам.

[@dustinashcraft7426]

The President's corps in the drivers car the engine runs on glue and tar. The best line ever all his lyrics just put you in the scene I love it

[@frankez99]

These guys were so good.....and fantastically unique.

[@frunkiss]

the ceremony is about to begin

[@indian23hhs]

Hahaha...think about your eventual end! I love it!!!!

[@nitsudd4076]

Don't worry the operation won't take long and in the morning you'll feel great.

[@lizardking671]

Much better in the morning

[@ricardoalvarado5961]

13:26 "sun sun sun" Manzarek Is god

[@justinriley9996]

Man what a cool performance

[@szilviaaradi1911]

“ witnessing the wild breeze…” what a line!

[@reginadelgraal]

Jim Morrison had a great link with Totem-animals, especially with Lizard who represents transformation, prophecy and subconscious forces emerging in dreams. Check on yt. "Inspiration from lizard-totem; prophecy in dreams, staying still, transformation"

[@Eugene-wk6ff]

"Now Night arrives with her purple legion. Retire now to your tents & to your dreams. Tomorrow we enter the town of my birth. I want to be ready."

[@buffalobigfoot7982]

Jim sounds really lucid here.

[@MegaTurkeylips]

You are on a plane above us all, I thank you for descending to speak to us for a while. I really enjoyed this performance.

[@livesjuris3032]

Um genio da poesia surreal e da musicalidade sem precedentes

[@snowyparker1462]

RUN WITH ME

[@josephmisanik2244]

going east to meet the the czar

[@brew2415]

The first part made me think of Jim's death. He escaped the chaos and disorder over his shoulder. The desert is like a metaphor for getting away from the city (LA). Then he's in a green hotel lying next to a redhead with white soft skin (Pam) and there's a serpent in there (she's riding the dragon). Jim runs into the bathroom. He can't live through each slow century of her movement. Then his face slides down the cold smooth tile as the snake bites...and he screams.

[@lizardking671]

Hey stupid he said a strange creature oozing beside him.pam is not a stranger...he says eyes on there nipples..couples smut with cemon.eyes on there nipples...thats a demon.he said wait there's been a slaughter here....

[@MyTata73]

Jim Morrison god of rock!!!👍👍👋💖💖💖💖

[@davidhirsch2912]

Ray was Masterful here setting the background for Jim's Genius

[@szqsk8]

Seeing that hot picture of Jim in the thumbnail I couldn't click on it fast enough. 😍. "Taped for eternity and beyond that too." As it should be...

[@aerxsq]

Cant Stop Listening💗

[@javiervasquez1853]

Love you

[@EddieC3336]

Thought the writing of this, becaus Holtzman didnt want this piece of art on the LP, only on the fold out sleeve with the lizard, at least Jim got his art to the people, but now at 66 I feel as if I am in same room with Doors, this adio is incredible, to explain saw them in 70 in Boston at 15 ..2 shows..im getting flashbacks now drifting and listening.

[@dariussparkes7080]

RIP genius Jim Morrison.

[@kimschubert61]

I love this but when Jim is explaining that it was about young people going to the desert to live it made me think about the Manson family. I know from what I have read Charles Manson tried to get into the music business and knew Brian Wilson. Just an observation. Anyway I love everything the Doors did. My favorite band!,

[@javierzambelich9598]

Escuchando nuevamente en 2022 eterno...

[@janicecallahan3460]

Most awesome music I ever heard!

[@InGodsMind]

Beautiful

[@xBeatnikx]

xBeatnikx Syas, This is the best version... And, Most Importantly worth listening

[@wmhcarter2202]

Deary dear,when I was a chap about 15 or so I got my wisdom teeth pulled and was given some good ol pharm grade dope so naturally I took more than dr. suggested I should, spent 2 hrs manouvering my tv in front my bath and tripped out to this at the Hollywood Bowl on VHS. Little did I know but simoultanously coming to grips with rock and roll as God enjoys it sound like when he creates all those elements and chemicals in there basic form that pair so well all mixed in together in simultanium. Hopefully in perpetuem to come as well

[@gerthie]

The best I have heard

[@thekuchchannel]

Magnificent!

[@cabh7954]

Y'all need to check out the live version at the Aquarius

[@Annih1lateThis]

Mann show 1 or show 2? I came here looking for a superior rendition.

[@jinzorazokintana]

grande jim morrison forever, saludos a la comunidad doorsiana de todo el mundo desde Guadalajara Mexico

[@clouddweller1195]

English man,English.

[@guillermoochoa7345]

Cloud Dweller who cares!! Let the man speak! Music has no boundaries!! Let the whole world enjoy this great piece of art!! If you don’t speak Spanish that’s fine don’t need to tell others who do they can’t comment in Spanish or any other language if they choose too or if that’s the only language they speak. As a matter a fact some of the biggest fans of classic rock especially the doors are from Mexico and Latin America, especially from Mexico. So leave that bull shit of English only out of music! If you can’t read or understand Spanish skip the comment and read the English ones only

[@brandongauger4050]

My absolute favorite version of this song.

[@almogvarshavski9226]

Ever so inspiring

[@UfoDan100]

Glad I at least tried to go to this concert. The man was a fearless genius and knew how to raise to the occasion.

[@masadelacasa]

Magnificentally nice to hear these old tapes of this great band!

[@siauciunaite]

Thank God for the Poet, you need him...and you know it.

[@areyoushpungled2811]

love the new york crowd. almost too rowdy, Morrison nails this captured moment.

[@HighwayStar89]

...and the rain falls gentle on the town......

[@deheckler]

Morrison the Rimbaud of The Rock n Roll Culture!!

[@nunopereira724]

Lizards celebration 4ever and every day ,listen.

[@kennethcrane9848]

ultimately, i have to disagree w/paul rothschild...poetry was born of imagery, symbolism, which is why this poem of morrison's works...on all levels. while i will always love the door's music, it's morrison's words i will carry. they were at that most wonderfully fearful point in time and space/place, to create their magic....their "hour" stretched into that eternity. i am glad i made it thru that time. god help us now.......slainte'~many thanks for posting this.

[@Lambonights]

Immaculate...forever

[@Eddie-is-King]

WOW!! WHAT'S SO IMPRESSIVE TO ME AS A 'JOE-ORDINARY' IS THE DEPTH OF BOOKS READ BY J.M. THAT INSPIRES THIS TYPE OF COMPOSITION AND WHAT STRONG VOCALS AND MUSICAL PRESENTATION IT HAS GIVEN US TO ENJOY FOR EVER!! I'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF JAMES FRAZER BUT IT WAS HIS BOOK 'THE GOLDEN BOUGH - A STUDY IN MAGIC AND RELIGION' WRITTEN IN 1890 WHICH IN CHAPTER 60 HAD SUB-CHAPTERS ENTITLED 'NOT TO TOUCH THE EARTH' and 'NOT TO SEE THE SUN' . . . . . . DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR??? NOW THAT'S REALLY HEAVVVVY MAN!!!

[@eurydicejones]

This makes me think of one day in the early swarming Summer of 1993. I had just finished writing my poem "Susie's Lament," and was headed down for a holiday in Venice, California, housesitting for some good friends in their Marina Del Rey apartment. I was headed down the Ventura freeway really in the hot heat of the day, somewhere up near Agoura Hills or Thousand Oaks, in thick Summer traffic congestion, when a big old American muscle car pulled up next to me on my right, keeping pace with me in the thick traffic. Well I looked over and just then the driver of the muscle car looked right over at me, and we locked gazes (locking eyebrows is the Zen phrase), and you know who it was? It was Jim Morrison, bearded, overweight, smiling happily. He looked me straight deep into my eyes, and then with a big smile, nodded to me. We drove along beside each other, eyes and smiles locked for a short bit, Then he pulled away or I pulled away, I don't remember. I can only guess that he was there to give a blessing-poet to poet-for my completion of "Susie's Lament," my sixty-seven page long epic of 1967. To speed me on my way, poet to poet. We all knew Jim wasn't dead, had faked his death, but even if he was, even if he hadn't, it was his ghost there to give me that blessing, to follow those white clouds forward into the great plateaus of poetry. We both were birthed in New Mexico, him from a Native American Shaman in a roadside wreck, and me in Albuquerque, and taken in my first few weeks of life to a nine day Navajo Night Way sing. My first memory is still of a mountain lion screaming in the darkness. Jim, thanks for the blessing. I hope to meet you some day again on some freeway through some mythical valley, on this plain or on some next.

[@jackm4178]

That is awesome. He always gravitated toward creative people. I had a very chance encounter with him in early 2002. He passed in 2008 finally, having bought himself 37 years no one thought he had...

[@rafgaming709]

@@jackm4178 wdym jim morrison died in 1971

[@MLFLF189]

He was born in Florida.

[@BrettBISHOP-n7i]

James Douglas Morrison Greatest poet great performance of Celebration of the Lizard pretty cool pretty neat

[@anabeatrizevangelista896]

I tried to decide which was my favorite part kg Thais song, but I just can't decide um only one. The saddest thing is being born too late to see a live The Doors' s concert