Jim Morrison on Why Fat is Beautiful | Blank on Blank

"What's wrong with being fat? That's what I want to know." - Jim Morrison
Interview by Howard Smith
TheSmithTapes.com / Villagevoice.com
Los Angeles, 1969
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[@BrandonCuringtonOfficial]

Average “body positivity” fan VS Average “I could crush everybody like a tank” enjoyer

[@memethingz6004]

He’s literally body positive tho and it’s good u shouldn’t hate urself

[@VinceSlzr]

@@memethingz6004 love yourself when you're 250+ pounds...

[@iloveraisins4137]

@@VinceSlzr yea actually. love yourself no matter your weight

[@VinceSlzr]

@@iloveraisins4137 yeah love yourself when you're diagnosed with ED, and have extremely low muscle and high fat....

[@iloveraisins4137]

@@VinceSlzr yea actually. love yourself no matter your disability/disorder

[@tommygarson8592]

I love his reason. it's not "you should love yourself", It's "when you're fat you feel like a tank"

[@adram3lech]

Can't you tell he is just high?

[@Andrewtr6]

As a skinny person, I feel like a ninja, like I can hide behind anything and fit into any space

[@jaydee9262]

Tank packs one fuck of a punch champ

[@tommygarson8592]

@@jaydee9262 that I cannot deny

[@YouAreMySunshine2]

@ajholcombe yes because 6 ft and 175 lbs is so fat

[@BMG19FUNNYDIE]

At 11-12 young Jim was reading 14th century literature and showing up to school drunk. A wisened old man.

[@MarkAndrews12]

Showing up to school drunk damn

[@stevebb2915]

Well read but not wise

[@ill8485]

Sounds like a cool kid. Id like to have been friends with him in school, might’ve made things more interesting

[@keremstoyshop8734]

Well that’s just not true Jim was a silent hard working student

[@calstonjew]

The sad part is that you think it's cool.

[@hauntedbylight]

Jim Morrison would have had an amazing podcast. Like imagine an almost 80 year old Jim talking about his life experiences and everything he has seen. An absolute legend

[@alexbalsillie9151]

That would have been dope! Only if he lived. Jim was a genius

[@ryebread7224]

Oh totally! Would have been fascinating!

[@bobbymata5515]

Rush Limbaugh

[@tedwojtasik8781]

If Jim would have lived I see him not returning to The Doors until the late 70's and even then just to do the odd one-off here and there. Jim most likely would have published a few more poetry books and possibly a novel, but would have moved into film by the mid-70's. Jim would have become another Tarantino IMO.

[@Cuckold_Cockles]

You didn't even know the man. Jesus. Disillusioned af. The man would be canceled by today's culture immediately. He was arrested for a litany of crimes. Indecent exposure. Statutory rape. It goes on and on. Do some research before you make assumptions. What's so lacking in ppl these days man my god

[@Goatchild90]

Jim Morrison: Promoting body positivity before it was cool

[@laurelalloro]

*Basically, accepting death*

[@harveyabel1354]

Joshua Stephens He was decades ahead of "Fat Bottomed Girls"

[@DanteScaglione]

The types of people who are against body positivity (or in other words not being a fucking asshole to people who are fat) wouldn’t think to question the “health” of the average thin person. I call bullshit on this phony concern with health when skinny people can just as easily be eating a bunch of fucking garbage but just be blessed with the metabolism for it not to manifest in excess fat. It’s a deep seeded phobia and distain for fatness perpetuated by a culture obsessed with thinness that’s really talking here. People fronting like it’s not the case because they don’t think critically, interrogate their beliefs, and because fatness isn’t in line with their idea of beauty.

[@JessicaLouise0601]

Exactly. No body ever lost weight because an asshole called them 'fat'. The only way someone gets healthier is because they feel good and want to do it. Not because someone bullied them into it, which actually makes people more depressed and more likely to put on weight.

[@AnnaLVajda]

Joshua Stephens he doesn't sound like he had a very positive body image when he was thin. The way he describes weight gain sounds like he just wants to hide himself under layers of flesh to feel safe. It sounds sort of sad to me.

[@viggiomorgenstein5913]

Dude ate his dinner and his pork and beans And ate more chicken than any man ever seen.

[@ederadee]

YES

[@kortlonconley94]

I just sung this at a bar😋

[@hankshepherd2.086]

Back door man reference nice

[@clausm2203]

haha..:D

[@retroartsclique6331]

He also skinned lil girls alive

[@Bombdizzle]

I feel like Jim Morrison was just the kind of guy who could justify any behaviour he felt like at the time

[@idiosyncraticmushroom3030]

Aaron Sinclair yes

[@rullangaar]

The guy had a genius level IQ and was well read. He could have justified anything.

[@dinkinflicka1345]

Well he was amazing and also an alcoholic. Any time I drink, I can rationalize anything and everything as well 😭 may he RIP, Mr Mojo Risin

[@anaklusmosgreek3198]

He was an avid reader so much, his friends excerpt from one of his books and he can tell you what book, who wrote it , and whats written next.

[@jessesantiago4584]

Jim is alive ...his name is Rush Limbaugh

[@bloodsugarsexmagik4594]

Jim Morrison sounds like the type of guy to not Judge you in anyway possible That's what Humans beings should be like

[@bloodsugarsexmagik4594]

@Da gorrilaa that's nice...

[@Myfaceuh]

Jim Morrison was a great artist and poet but he was no saint. Read no one gets out of here alive

[@leviwebb5810]

@Da gorrilaa so, most people...

[@jaydenwhitlen1489]

@@Myfaceuh No that book is very loosely based on reality and a lot of it is fabricated.

[@Laura-sg6ss]

You think he didnt judge ppl at all?? Everyone does.

[@metru2222]

185 pounds for a 6 foot man was fat in the 60's. How times have changed.

[@BlackSpiderPro]

Freeballs Unfortunately, yeah.

[@nitevibe9886]

Freeballs It really depends on your build

[@Scorhos]

Freeballs that days the people doesn't lift weight to get fit, only the athletes did that. If you had this weight on his height, probably was more fat than muscle.

[@comradethoth9629]

Jim was 5'10 1/2, although his boots made him look much taller, and people round his height up to 5'11. But you're correct, although it wasn't very uncommon to be much fatter, as this was about the time that junk and processed food became more popular than wholesome food.

[@theelderscrollsfreak]

Freeballs Now you're considered anorexic at that weight.

[@ganstathug6204]

The dude has such a cool voice

[@laurifinlandia]

yeah, almost makes you wish he'd done something with it. :)

[@mscoraline1998]

Gansta thug My first therapist sounded a bit like Jim Morrison... lol

[@TheLoneDeranger]

Reminds me a bit of Kurt Cobain's a bit.

[@ganstathug6204]

The Lone Deranger yeah a wee bit

[@user-vr4ng7hv1y]

Well, he's a singer...

[@vivalarumrats3537]

I've never heard jim Morrison talk before, he sounds kinda like Garfield the cat😂

[@skylarjenkins5192]

Tanner Milton listen to some of his poetry!

[@jmann6130]

Dude’s voice was the embodiment of chill

[@hushed4085]

He's seems like such a nice guy you can talk to for hours about anything

[@ginny3491]

Omg he does lol

[@lcozzarelli]

You mean Garfield sounds like JM ;)

[@harrybrown7745]

Jim Morrison honestly sounds like hes being interrigated by police and just messing with them.

[@lindajohnson4204]

He's being interrogated by a press that has lost its way, and he's messing with them, waiting for them to recover their sense of responsibility.

[@clarenceworley3714]

​@@lindajohnson4204 sorry but this was when journalist actually did their job well and professionally. You interjected claims of what you believe is happening today -- or the past few years considering you commented two years ago. Most journalist are professional and deliver their stories with honesty and conviction; the problem today is that a certain majority of people has let a certain known liar and emotionally handicapped narcissist who refuses to admit its possible for him to lose place doubt into their heads.

[@lindajohnson4204]

@@clarenceworley3714 There are such people on both left and right. If you live with a massive scam, you see what it is like underneath. My neighbor is out singing in the hall. No reason for him to have believed in that narcissist, but I think, for awhile, he thought his bread was buttered on that side, or else he was employed to influence other people that way. Maybe you'll be remembered when he comes into office, etc. So there were lots of black people around here, talking up Trump. He called himself "black Bond", btw. It didn't necessarily last very long, but there was this hope in many people that Trump might represent freedom's last hope. I hesitate to fill out the cliche with "best", but it you think it's the only hope, I guess it's the best in your mind. But I heard too many things. I overheard Trump on TV, saying "separation of powers is a bad system...it's bad for the people". Who would think a man who said that could be elected president? But it's disturbing to me that no one seems to have made an issue of that particular statement. I've never heard anyone else say that they heard it, but I did, and don't really watch that much TV. For her part, Hillary addressed Christians with "you people have to stop believing what you believe!", helping to frighten many people into the Trump camp. To me, the election was like frightening and stampeding cattle into a box canyon. While the MSM did the usual "be good liberals, guys, and vote against the bad people", why not make an issue out of the particulars, and if needs be, explain to the people what separation of powers means, and why it is so important? Ah, I forgot: we're being advised to quit voting for issues, and just vote our "affinity groups". What could go wrong with that? And with Hillary showing no support for First Amendment rights (just about all the wonderful candidates scoffed at the first amendment when the rights of "you people" were at stake.) And see, it is a massive error to believe that because one side is bad, the other is good. But both sides were too bad to trust, or waste a vote on. So the "vote of no confidence" was my most likely way to make a statement, and I wasn't alone. There were many other reasons to be wary, but the election seemed to be for sleepwalkers who had ceased to think critically about an election. Trump acted just like he'd been studying films of Mussolini! "Trusted journalists" suggested that Bonhoeffer would be mad at you if you didn't vote for Trump. Some of us got text msgs with threats to kill us, if we didn't vote for Trump, even if we didn't vote for anyone! Not very confidence building in your candidate, but a message of terror. I know there is much to commend in many journalists, but that doesn't necessarily extend to them all. Lots of times, when they've had responsibilities, they have thought of their careers first. The exceptions are notable. One I've been thinking about for the last few years was when a local newspaper man took a terrible risk, because he took being a newspaperman that seriously. He was a figure on the national scene; he was a marshal on the Freedom Riders buses, etc..This particular story, I do not care to risk my life to share, but in the article that was published, he went against suppressing a story that had been retrieved from every news room, including the pictures.So the awful, mysterious-to-me story (without pictures) was something I have pondered over the years; I was about 13 or so when it happened. He even seemed to likely be in sympathy with the aims of the group who seemed to be responsible for killing the story,, yet being a journalist was that important. I attribute it to the man's desire and commitment to be an honest newspaperman, not suppressing relevant news from the people. The suppression took a very small, trivial story, and turned it into a "big" one, although one that didn't go very far. Why? I have always respected that.

[@lindajohnson4204]

@@clarenceworley3714 The press of the time of Jim's trial were letting him "twist slowly, slowly in the wind", as they said a few years later about another thing. Lots of those hippie/rock journalists treated him like he was a horrible pariah, like they couldn't bear to speak to him, when they could have known he was a relatively decent young man, and known it with very little effort. Instead, he was decided guilty on accusation. Who would think "cool, rock journalists", the ones who would interview him, would care so little about an obvious injustice? No wonder Jim condemned hippies as useless, partying people, who cared nothing about the serious causes they pretended to care about. There were still a few who were willing to listen, and even with those who put him down, there were some interesting interviews.

[@staceyross9630]

He was messing with the interviewer, as I recall.

[@mbgisleena]

his speaking voice is so soothing. so animated like a character.

[@kubecnighty6020]

I though so too! He sounds like a Peanuts character.

[@cosmiccark]

I was about to say he sounded like a character out of The Peanuts.

[@StanSwan]

I am a huge fan of Jim but I have bad hearing and his speaking voice would drive me crazy. He did pause between words that helps. Some people run on talking so fast you can't understand them. If someone smiles and shakes his head yes it might be me.

[@flash8854]

Ron Clooney talks about his latest novel, Mr Mojo Risin (ain't dead) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWnUYY2gd6qleJI

[@nadeemahmed82]

Jesus Christ is Lord! Jesus Christ is Lord! - Click Bait

[@yodacat9589]

I think he means chubby not obese, back then fat meant a completely different thing.

[@idkwhattoputhere5578]

Thanks for the explanation. Yeah, I agree with him, it’s good to have extra, but it’s not good to be too overweight.

[@bimbowithadegree420]

Yeah, i think he just meant you didn't have to be skinny, you can have some meat on you and it's no problem. That's the message

[@judeyohoegrace9]

Exactly because he said he weighed about 185 and that’s actually not fat for a man?? It’s a little more weight than average but definitely not obese

[@TheArmchairPriest]

Yeah but he’s been FAT. He’s talking about FAT. Not the 185 he’s been lol

[@ecasey91]

Yeah, he was slightly overweight from drinking but still looked good.

[@Brigid-Silverstone13]

He is poetic even when talking about food.💖💜💚

[@peterbrazeal7171]

Robert Frost : Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Jim Morrison : *Mashed Potatoes*

[@louisgreen4275]

It is FAKE! C'MON ¿¿¿¿¿

[@sgt.boneface7467]

@@peterbrazeal7171 kinda prefer the mash potatoes

[@respect6451]

It amazes me how he somehow, made just describing one's menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner sounds so sexy. It's insane.

[@justyouraverageblackstar3672]

M A S H E D P O T A T O E S

[@jules8159]

@@justyouraverageblackstar3672 so hot 😍

[@xedron1079]

Jim Morrison would have been good at ASMR

[@mactheslovac8673]

WHAT'S ASMR

[@NENEYFAVY]

@@mactheslovac8673 Yea I want to knoe too

[@andriealinsangao613]

@@mactheslovac8673 It's free real estate! ...Sorry!

[@ryankluge6785]

Listen to some of Ray Manzarek’s interviews

[@legzef712]

Ur right

[@sarahwalter7198]

“I felt like a tank. I felt like a huge mammal” this entire video had me laughing my ass off

[@wutflex]

I wonder if this inspired Mack's character on it's always Sunny into getting fat. This is exactly how Mack talked about being big.

[@1356071]

That exact spot got me good too

[@christmasthelynx4898]

Me too!

[@blackspring3207]

It's so hilarious

[@rapture_soon]

big beast

[@jonahleo430]

jim basically begging for a sandwich is my whole life

[@sashagryshyna8543]

Everybody is talking how Jim's voice is beautiful, but nobody notices how great the animation is! Dude! It's so simple, so sweet and sooo cool! And the music fits just perfectly!

[@mattbonaccio3522]

This sounds like an interview with Garfield. The only thing it's missing is lasagna

[@lindavillavicencio2814]

😊😂🤗

[@ofthegrayfortress]

Matt Bonaccio 🤣😩

[@artbautista7987]

I love this xD

[@awsmdrummer62]

SABOCAT

[@annalucia2663]

holy shit I can never unhear that now

[@magicalotterlion]

Jim Morrison: My 180 lbs life

[@YouAreMySunshine2]

right? Wonder how many 6ft people now a day wish they were 180 lbs

[@rodrigombl452]

@@YouAreMySunshine2 Yeah. I cant put on that much weight

[@dylanwesley3964]

I'm 180 at 6 ft all of the time lol

[@ernestocastillo4617]

@@dylanwesley3964 150 ;)

[@iker8010]

@@dylanwesley3964 Nice one dude, i'm 6ft 170lbs all year round lol, 174 if I gain a bit of weight...

[@indigoblue8187]

I come back to this video so often idk why. This is such a soft humorous side to Jim Morrison that feels so different to his dark on stage persona that we see all the time, whilst also just as unique and thoughtful. The more time goes on since his death the more mythical he becomes but this video always makes his humanity shine. I first saw this years ago but I still love it, thank you

[@deanchambers8613]

Jim is an incredible teacher on loving life. He's a darmn good friend!

[@shadowsymphony1]

Same here I think I listen to this video at least twice a week

[@roselamoure]

If only Jim wasn’t so depresses. He was a brilliant man and had such a sweet ans humorous side! He is so adorable but also very mysterious and deep! He was a very unique human that‘s for sure. He was just so greet I can’t put it into words but there is and never will be another Jim Morrison. He was damn special.

[@madisonkoslowski1330]

I wish Jim was still around, he was such a chill dude

[@jordansaintemarie]

Apparently he is

[@pingoJK]

"I was solid man!" Jim has a cool voice

[@JNNT3]

pingoJK I read this as he said it 😂

[@flash8854]

Ron Clooney talks about his latest novel, Mr Mojo Risin (ain't dead) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWnUYY2gd6qleJI

[@harveyabel1354]

You get paid for posting this over and over, or what?

[@nadeemahmed82]

Harvey Abel - I think So

[@harveyabel1354]

Nadeen Ahmed Ya do, eh? Wish I could remember what comment that was in response to in the first place :/ Edit: Just scrolled through the comments and saw what/who I was replying to :)

[@kraken138]

Great speaking voice, and not the drunk jerk you see in the Oliver Stone movie. Listen to all the Morrison interviews here on youtube; the guy was very bright, thoughtful, interesting, funny, and way ahead of his time. Remember, he's just in his early to mid 20s during most of these.

[@matman8159]

Mike Frak that’s the thing. He was a drunk jerk. how he got the name jimbo. Jimbo was the jerk that came out after a few too many. Most of us are jerks after a few.

[@matman8159]

Stephen Guidry drama makes a good movie /story. I quite like the mysterious rock legend image. Been to his grave twice and I’m now 36 and when I stop to realise he was just a young boy at 27 it makes it too real. Hope that make sense.

[@phnigra111]

God I hated that movie,, it was so lame.

[@lindsayosterhoff2459]

Jim was brilliant but he was also a total jerk. He was bright but also abusive. To truly recognize him you have to see the yin and the yang.

[@kraken138]

@@lindsayosterhoff2459 How was he abusive and to whom? He seemed to be more self-abusive. Though, he disowned his parents, which I can see as abusive, but he may have had good reason to do so.

[@theitalianskunkwhisperer6843]

He definitely had the coolest, smoothest, and even hypnotizing voice. One of the best. And he had the looks and swagger behind that voice.

[@nicoletacerc4329]

He speak’s like a cartoon I initially thought it’s a joke

[@patrickdowney1455]

He is the human version of Garfield I swear.

[@stopthrm]

L A S A G N A

[@daryagarnett]

More mashed potatoes!!!

[@WeFlushedNemo]

Woah

[@almosyeshilsin2871]

Holy shit he wouldvebeen the perfect garfield

[@Jacrispyvulcano]

T-sEriEs = BiTcH LaSaGnA

[@AlexanderTravelbum]

Ah, Jim. Jim was the best.

[@AlexanderTravelbum]

Yes he was

[@agnimitroghosh94]

You're wrong. West is the best.

[@zachdaniels8484]

Mark Adams doesn't really matter who was the best what really matters is that they're both the best no matter who they are or who they were.

[@luisfelipecarvajalizquierdo]

The beast :)

[@Adriana-ih6hn]

ThisIsMyRealName oh and where exactly is your proof of these accusations???

[@besvi]

He's so comfort person. I have never felt confident in my body. It took me a long time to accept this. I got rid of bad relations with food. This guy is one of my reasons why I love my body :) Every body is beautiful because is different. Different is beautiful

[@TedATL1]

Well, maybe, but he wasnt asked if he thought it would be fine for his girlfriend(s) to be fat.

[@lisazepeda1023]

The way he talks is so calm and so kind 🥰

[@diltonaguirre8468]

Most people see Morrison as a drunk and the biopic of the Doors' doesn't help. The only people who really knew him were the band of course. Along with friends and girlfriend. He seemed like a very polite and funny person. Great little interview.

[@ethanprescott4683]

Talk Show Host are you named after the radiohead song?

[@diltonaguirre8468]

Chicken Nuggets Yeah, I am. Love the band.

[@ethanprescott4683]

Talk Show Host nice me too my reddit username is TalkShow_Ghost

[@captaincoconut3031]

He's the fucking best but i still cant get enough of his drunk singing in Uranus rock with hendrix

[@nadeemahmed82]

Talk Show Host - I think he also liked to challenge people and shake'em to get to uncomfortable so they behave in a manner which is true to their real nature. Probably, most people were afraid of that part and hated him for it.

[@MaulSlasher]

I was solid, man.

[@MimiTheHamster]

His voice is so calming to listen to

[@akselk12]

His talking voice is so beautiful. God, wish I could have that

[@cicil.8211]

"You could get knocked over by like... A strong wind or something." LMFAO 😂😂😂 I love Jim. Wish he was still here.

[@DontreadPimpBoy]

This dude is in Mexico. Well he was...in 98-99'. during Y2K he moved to argentina.

[@posty4483]

Nah mate what are you like 20 pounds or sum? snowflake

[@mader348]

He lives in Cherry Valley ,cal. I see him all the time.

[@starbreaker6017]

😁

[@ts4686]

Yeah and he is right. I lost a lot of weight and l get pushed around and blown over by the wind all the time.

[@ladydiamond6261]

I can listen to him all day

[@tjs2014]

He should've done audiobooks

[@pisslord7427]

@@tjs2014 i'VE BEEN SAYING THE SAME THING, I MAY HAVE BEEN AS WELL-READ AS HE WAS BY THE TIME... I WOULD HAVE LISTENED TO EVERYTHINGGGGGGGG

[@andreo.7633]

Of course u can 🙄

[@MauricioCortex15]

I can listen to Jim all day

[@Tommy-zl6yj]

The way he asks them if they’re hungry cracks me up😂😂

[@whitesabbath6581]

R.I.P. Jim Morrison (1943-1971)

[@thdgcfx]

More animated doors interviews pleasee

[@BlankonblankOrg]

Marc Reyna we will try

[@gabba3337]

I love it, his voice, the Animations, amazing! More from Jim

[@Mr-ep2qi]

Same here

[@Electrica990]

***** Blank on Blank...THANK YOU FOR BEING AWESOME!

[@01Erlck01]

+Blank on Blank yes more from Jim please! you did it amazing on this one ^^

[@fuzzballzz36]

If Jim Morrison offers you Chicken Delight--accept it! XD

[@zachmorley9566]

Well.... he's dead... so...

[@theoneandonly770]

he is not dead xd

[@fuzzballzz36]

That'd be some old chicken, wouldn't it??

[@theoneandonly770]

fuzzballzz36 hey, do you know if this voice is Jims real voice or if it's just another guy?

[@fuzzballzz36]

I'm no expert, but it sounds like his voice on other interviews and spoken-word recordings I've heard. I have no reason to think it isn't him.

[@themusicaljunkie37]

This is body positivity. It isn't a new thing concocted by liberals. Its the idea of being comfortable and confident in your body. It isn't encouraging people to be unhealthy. It isn't glorifying bad behavior. It's about being comfortable with who you are and Morrison knew that. It's such a modern idea and goes against the conformity of being a certain standard of person. Fuck that. Be who you want to be. You're not lesser than if you're comfortable being chubby. No one is saying, "hey be 700 pounds. That's just an exaggeration made by people who don't have an argument against body positivity." Fat is beautiful. Damn straight.

[@paulallen2919]

I agree, I use to be anorexic and now after medication I'm overweight. When I look at how chunky I am it's upsetting but I'm in a wayyy better place than before. I now try and love my body, fat or thin!!!

[@AdvenuringTime]

he said he was 185 pounds at 180cm and that was above average at the time. We have to remember he grew up in a soldier generation. He would have been much fatter than anyone else but not completely unhealthy. The average now is 200 pounds, so there has been a rise in obesity and those who are above average are certainly at risk of severe health problems.

[@Swiatlocien]

I love how casual and relaxed this interview is. We truly get to know people through such chats more than through interrogating them about their stances, views or beliefs.

[@tracyfeldstein1555]

He would have made a great old man.

[@Apr1cotBunny]

Well, look where beeing fat and careless about the body got him...

[@Apr1cotBunny]

@@tommy2170 but not bcause I was fat and abused my body

[@fritadordemiolos41]

Vadim Rjannikov so ?

[@aleahmarie8246]

Vadim Rjannikov that's not why he died

[@Apr1cotBunny]

@@aleahmarie8246 No that was not the cause of his death but he was unhappy and tried to hide it with food booze and drugs yeeeh

[@aerialkate]

That's the most beautiful speaking voice I've ever heard. That soft Southern accent *melts*.

[@mohamedaly7539]

Southern?

[@j.vonhavre1741]

He's from Florida.

[@tanukiZoot]

J. von Havre can confirm. I too am from Florida (oddly enough, not too far from where he was born) and did not detect an accent.

[@j.vonhavre1741]

+ Natsu no, it's not a heavy accent. More of a light accent like we have here in southeast Virginia. I spent a few years in the panhandle(FSU) and noticed a difference of drawls just in the immediate area. Tallahassee(heavy), Clearwater(light). But in general it's easier to pick up on if your genetically southern. How many centuries has your family been in the south?

[@tanukiZoot]

J. von Havre none! well, my dad lived here for half his childhood (And I have now been here half my lifetime) but we were military... I think my accent changes a lot heh heh

[@djork6518]

his voice is wonderful and calming

[@westoncolins9107]

Jim Morrison was a legend

[@CitizenDuarte]

This channel is so underrated

[@mscoraline1998]

Buddy Duarte It really is.

[@Thewritingelf]

His voice is super chill and I love it.

[@SLASHzoneYEAH]

This whole interview sound to me like a song, sort of a swamp rock. Jim had such a beautiful voice

[@blackspring3207]

This is one of the best things on the internet. I always come back.

[@oliverbengtsson9198]

Hi, comrade. Why is it one of the best things? :)

[@Xscapeplan01]

He was a clever guy, such a poet,,

[@ssxldnxm9512]

JAY PARIS if he's that clever how doesn't he know the basics of nutrition and why being fat is not a beauty concept but rather a health related one

[@rubentongiani6198]

Vlad Crișan well he had iq 149

[@ssxldnxm9512]

Ruben Tongiani waste of potential I'd say

[@rubentongiani6198]

Vlad Crișan no way man he did a great job for the world, music and poetry.

[@42ouncesofPAIN]

He wrote a song about killing his dad and raping his mom.

[@lindsayrowe3786]

"More mashed potatoes" is the most relatable quote ever 😂😂

[@_Lord_of_Misrule_]

Lol absolutely!

[@tashina9287]

I am so in love with Jim. I wish he were still here.

[@YeahitsMeSylvia]

I’m really sad that the world lost such an inspirational and beautiful person like Jim Morrison. He really did break the status quo and you really only meet someone like that once in a lifetime. At least he’s with God now and his legacy lives on with us today

[@Pearlydewdropsdrop]

"I was solid, man." -Jim Morisson

[@suzie5813]

He sure was...

[@sheisbrit17]

"Chicken de-light or something." His voice is soothing.

[@zovalentine7305]

Saw The Doors in concert back in the day. Jim was so close, I thought sweat was going to fly on my face. Be still my beating heart💓

[@RainbowRoadCrashTest]

*“I felt like a tank. I felt like a huge mammal”* at 185lbs

[@classicalmusic1175]

There is no way Jim Morrison weighed only 150 ibs in 1969. He was at least 180.

[@pinkpanther1112]

Yeah but he was 5'9 so it does make sense

[@LejonIndependent]

The interviewer didn't seem to believe it either..

[@ryuzakikun96]

I think he was 6'0"

[@anouman9883]

He was actually in pretty good shape at the time: s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/85/8a/b1/858ab157e2318a1d6d99ea1072fcab5c.jpg

[@nathanmcdonald610]

He was 5,11

[@RizkiAnjani]

Thank God, I found your channel!

[@BlankonblankOrg]

Thank YOU!

[@davidhoffmusic]

+Blank on Blank +Rizki Anjani She's so right. I felt like I was in the gang when I catched the private joke about the time of the video..!! I'm a frenchie so.. 3x I = Et moi, et moi, et moi by Jacques Dutronc. It is mine to both of you. #frenchsongfromthe60s

[@eduardocunhadecarvalho4778]

Rizki Anjani I know right?! I always wanted a place from where I could get to know real insights of important people in history that I admire

[@craigboone2397]

I fucking love Jim Morrison

[@MegaMark67]

I agree with Jim what's wrong with fat? True if you are so fat it's unhealthy but so is being so extremely thin too

[@kylewhitehead5975]

***** I'm sure 180 pounds is a little over 25 overweight. I agree with him though. It feel's kinda good being fat. I've lost a lot of weight so I'm not too overweight but I like to stay a little overweight so I have some fullness to my face and belly. You feel robust, like an alpha lion. Have you seen those things? Lying around with their pot bellies and awesome manes while the females are off hunting? I'm not alpha at all but being chubby feels pretty good compared to when I weighed 7 Stone. (Not sure what that is in pounds but it's pretty damn light.)

[@eristiamat]

+kyle whitehead As a female reading this, I'm not gonna lie. that really got me. I think chubby men are adorable. You can't snuggle with a rock very well. I love a belly on a good looking strong man. Yes, like a lion or a bear. beastly like a monster. Most people when they think of chubby men they see femininity and weakness. Which is totally wrong. I've seen chubby men who are oozing masculinity and strong asf. My friend being one example :)

[@reservoirfrogs2177]

Mark Page Depends on how fat, there's a point where it's disgusting and you no longer give a shit about yourself as a human being.

[@MegaMark67]

If you listen to the full chat Jim is saying that because they made a remark about his weight. It kinda mad him mad I think. He is saying this to stand his ground on being fat because they made that remark. I heard Jim would let it known if he got annoyed with you.

[@disillusioned165]

Why is it so horrifying for you to see someone else being fat? It sounds like insecurity to me.

[@Epoch11]

This is fucking hilarious!

[@Puppy_Puppington]

Mark G ikr I can't hold Im my laughs ahahah

[@lamariposa5919]

Whenever I feel bad I find myself here. Rip Jim ❤️

[@therezinUK]

OMG Jim Morrison as a tank is just perfect.

[@jasonspinney3051]

That Howard Stern interview was a joke. If you listen to the full version Howard is giving a terrible interview, and the whole time Jim is joking and making fun of him. It's actually pretty funny

[@rileycoxon3762]

Jason Spinney Howard Stern?

[@jasonspinney3051]

Justcallmedaddy *Smith, haha didn't read the description was writing that from memory

[@rileycoxon3762]

Ahaha I figured since Howard Stern would be quite young. Either way like the chili's seeing them in February

[@jasonspinney3051]

Justcallmedaddy Haha awesome I'm seeing them in April when they come to Charlotte

[@rileycoxon3762]

It's gonna be a good show. I'm getting back stage passes for free since I'm friends with kiedis nephew. He also used to go to my high-school for a year and his mom lives in the same city as I do so I see Anthony kiedis everyone summer.

[@HughWalenski]

I like that he went through college shirtless, and got fat. That's legend.

[@Brigid-Silverstone13]

This is awesome! I could listen to his voice and thoughts all day and night. New subscriber 😁

[@nachomagallanico]

this is hilarious, and the animation is so on point. Love fact that here you have a glimpse of the real Jim, wich is hard to find knowing the larger than life character of his stage person

[@gaetansauvageau4236]

His voice is so unique when singing and talking. On stage he knew the art of keeping full attention on his songs and talks or addresses. H e was generous of his person. And able to play absurd in a funny way, like a teen sometimes he was.

[@pinkcashmeres]

His voice is so unique. Both speaking and Singing.

[@dueben]

Wasn’t alive when he was around but god i love the music and he seems like a really great dude

[@chopin65]

Yeah. He was like a child. Open minded, playful, generous of spirit.

[@knowledgepower7286]

Jim Morrison sounds so much Like Kurt Cobain when he speaks... both died at 27... both world famous musicians... both leaders of their rock band...

[@hhhh-tl6xh]

Kurt, Jim, Jimi, Amy.. Probably more that I can't think of.

[@hhhh-tl6xh]

+Cade Pickering Oh my gosh, yes. That shit broke my heart.

[@MuhammadFarukh]

+Cade Pickering Don't forget Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones!

[@brandonyazzie390]

I think you mean Kurt sounds like Jim because that don't make no sense it's like saying god sounds like that poor shmo down your block

[@lilminer69er]

+Brandon Yazzie lol jim cant touch kurt

[@atomictartar]

Im crying, this is beautiful

[@strangeride3502]

Jim seems like a real chill dude

[@AnneH1021]

I am literally lying in my bed and go awwww when animated Jim starts to talk

[@magicrising]

Morrison was never even remotely fat. It's only in comparison to his weight in '66/67 when he was emaciated

[@Mcfirefly2]

He got pretty fat during that time in school; other pictures taken when he was in school show him very thin. I suspect that depression played a part in putting some pounds on then.

[@metalmulisha0143]

Mcfirefly2 how do you know he suffered with depression or was depressed? I'd agree but I'm just wondering. Having piled on a tonne of weight being depressed I also agree about that, but it's still just as easy to lose the weight while depressed as I found out the last 6 months

[@Mcfirefly2]

@@metalmulisha0143 Some people lose weight with depression. I think he was depressed because he had reason to be. In the early-mid sixties, it was probably mostly about Vietnam, and as it turned out, he had valid reason to be concerned about that. Even the highschool he went to was the kind of school that was full of military scuttlebutt. So in early college, he's able to buy a beer and drink to feel a little better, and he's kind of heavy in his pictures from Tallahassee. In a couple of pictures from UCLA, he's really heavy, and the starchy school food probably played a role in that, but pretty soon, he's at his normal weight, and at the same time, not looking so depressed. During that period when he was sleeping on the Venice rooftop and on the beach, he was really poor, and he gets really thin. The psychedelics have a reputation for lifting depression, but with the counter effect of subjecting people to bad trips. I think he was probably susceptible to bad trips. In fact, "Ship of Fools" has it's history lesson, "along came Mr. Good Trips, looking for a new ship", also suggesting whatever went wrong in his relationship with his dad. But he definitely puts Mr. Good Trips in the Ship of Fools. While he is thought of as leader of psychedelia, he said he only used LSD briefly. I doubt that he profoundly respected Leary, etc, for calling the young to psychedelics, without much care for the ones who would be hurt by them. In the late 60s, he was going through government harassment, the debacle of Miami, and he has fallen out of favor with almost everyone, quite unfairly. Reporters who should know better, talk to him like he's a joke. But the harassment and pursuit through the Miami trial must have been really hard to endure, along with having the tide turn against you like that. So when he began to put on weight, it is not just that he didn't care and let himself go. For one thing, he's self medicating with alcohol, and probably with food, since he's probably trying to suppress extreme anxiety, too. He's not getting as much exercise as he would have. And he's 5'7", not 6', and has that lean, very "wispy" build, and a few pounds--a six pack of beer--looks like a lot. But he looks like his mood is improving in spring of 1971, and in those pictures in Paris, he looks pretty healthy. I also think he was depressed a lot because it is in his music. "I Can't See Your Face in My Mind": this feels very much like it comes from depression. It sounds like from one depressed person to another. The beautiful love song, "Yes, the River Knows" is like its scale is all about depression, for lack of a better way to say it. One if my favorite pictures of him in his early UCLA years is on that fishing boat: short hair, slightly heavier than usual, and he does look depressed, but he looks like someone I'd talk to.

[@metalmulisha0143]

Mcfirefly2 wow, very complex reply I'll have to read a few times to really sink in, but aptly a complex reply for a complex subject. For what it's worth you seem like the kind of person I'd share a long phone call with or would want to talk more to after a brief exchange

[@Mcfirefly2]

@@metalmulisha0143 Thank you! I think I'd enjoy talking to you, too!

[@darrylmata4025]

make one for George Harrison! Please!

[@LuisLopez-fq5sz]

Dr. Barber yup the one Beatle with a better back story that no one knows

[@darrylmata4025]

He had some great interviews after the beatle's break-up, surprising for a quiet one.

[@InfamousMedia]

Darryl Mata if you know any quiet people and understand them it’s not very surprising

[@tatyanasubia8437]

Oh I'm in love with his voice 😍

[@justinscrivner5457]

According to people who knew jim they said that you couldn't tell if he was putting you on or not. He had a funky sense of humor.

[@whatislife4203]

Just that voice alone... OMG... Too beautiful

[@tvlangsam]

I had the exact same experience in college. Food, classes, food, classes, food, and I felt like I could take on the world. Now the food I eat makes me actually fat instead of bulky and "solid". I need to go on a diet. But, fuck. I fucking love food, man. I fucking love it.

[@looneytoons4008]

TheSnorkeler same.

[@codyleonard9798]

I love how the outro is "light my fire"

[@joel5090]

Wanna compare biceps?

[@jamienicholls3754]

Yes please

[@acchaladka]

Sam O'd I wanna do that and then dirty dirty things with Jim. If we're being honest.

[@o3_o3_28]

+acchaladka gay

[@pattis.1645]

acchaladka 🐷

[@Scoffslaphead72]

💪

[@sabbathjackal]

the moment when you realise jim morison has the same view of being fat as mac from its always sunny

[@johanna4263]

Holy shit you right ! Lmao

[@ts4686]

I was obsessed with ol'Jim and The Doors. Knew everything about him and them. Knew every poem, song and word by heart. Every riff and strum. Read Read Read everything I could get my hungry hands on. Before the age of digital mayhem. Then we had a falling out. But every now and again I'd surfe n slip n slide back into the grooves of those old beaten tarred tracks. This interview just tickled a root inside me. Roots merged with my matter. No matter how far I've run, I can't escape the running blues.

[@pisslord7427]

i didn't know it was possible to love him more than i did anyway before listening to this

[@SimonRobeyns]

this was awesome so random jim was a poet whenever he opened his mouth

[@purplecrayola99]

he will forever be my favorite person💕

[@coryburson3192]

I hope that wherever Jim is that his soul is finally at peace! Love The Doors man, and not jst Jim...love Robby, John and Ray too!!!

[@jeffreybeshears8211]

And he gets taters without that ticket from ucla

[@elizabethingram9784]

Jim had a beautiful speaking voice. Wow.

[@iSquishMoths]

Bare in mind - Jim Morrison at 5'11" considered himself fat @ 185lbs. It's just relative to his lizard king days of being 140lbs.

[@nathanmcdonald610]

This was also in the late 1960's when obesity wasn't the epidemic that it is today. So peoples perception of fat was completely different than what it is today. What was considered fat back then would be considered average today. Fat today is morbid obesity.

[@AustinTexas6thStreet]

Yeah, I'm 5'10" and weigh about 185 right now and hate it, even though it's only about 20lbs More than I should be!! So, 185 really is now where near "Fat" for someone around the height

[@AustinTexas6thStreet]

When I was in school, you had around 20 kids in a class and Maybe 1 or 2 of them was Fat... It was not nearly as common as today, especially among kids

[@Scorhos]

David Belcher the child obesity is a plague, now.

[@Mcfirefly2]

People hate it and get mad at you when you say it, but: 5'7". Ray was 6'. Compare: he was how much taller than Jim? About 5", right? Look at _Waiting for the Sun_ , for instance. And Robbie and John seem just slightly shorter than Jim. Jim was moderate in height, neither tall nor short, and of course his proportions were great, which is why he is believable as 6'. Everything you read that had band members' heights and eye colors, etc, said 5'7" back in the 60s. And 185 lbs at 5'7", for a brief while in college, is "like a tank," for a change. It's no longer "wispy"! I bet there is a picture somewhere of Jim standing next to something that would prove his height, but everything I can think of has probably changed.

[@bones9k71]

Its amazing how he can make a simple story such as, a college kid eating at a cafeteria, so interesting.

[@dahgurr4833]

Watching this while working out is the weirdest and most wholesome shit ever

[@exodus664]

Yoooooooooo it had been a while, JIM your voice was also like poetry (along with everything you wrote)!! OMFG!!

[@rebeccawalker4032]

JIMS VOICE IS BEAUTY AND MAKES ME QUIVER WITH FEELS AND HORMONES.

[@ThePie45dude]

Rebecca Walker he's known for that. He's like the sex god of rock.

[@gilbertquirven8544]

Rebecca, I just fell in love with your comment and that beautiful face of yours...marry me...🌹

[@WesleyThibodeau]

I hope one day someone asks a child where their parents found each other and the answer is in the youtube comment section. :P

[@beefheart1410]

I could listen to Morrison's voice all day long. I love it's timbre and his langerous delivery.