Jim Morrison´s Ode To Nietzsche (HQ) / improvising backstage on the piano

[@friedrichnietzsche2300]

I have no words...

[@paulnolan4971]

... freds moment into madness

[@thelmadunn7598]

Lmfaooooo

[@nonserviam751]

But those were thought mad who were seen dancing, by who couldn't hear the Music.

[@amberdawn394]

You were selcouth all the time .

[@jasonsphinx8461]

Those are the exact words...

[@Topofthetopapex]

Jim morrisson is my safe ^person when i feel down and have anxiety attacks. Am in my twenties but i Love you jim and am glad you were here and your legacy is still running. I feel like you speak for me idk how to explain it .

[@christineadams7965]

Me too ❤

[@fujithegreat6069]

On my head canon, he was autistic and was not diagnosed, thus explaining his peculiar behavior. This would explain his loneliness and the way he felt alienated.

[@jday3361]

I love this man. He is so insane, and a genius at the same time. No one like him...

[@hussineosman2836]

He threw his arms around the horse's neck And kissed him everywhere I love my horse A crowd gathered His landlord appeared And took frederick back up to his room On the second floor Where he began to Play the piano madly Mnd sing madly like Ooooooh.....i'm crucified and Inspected and Resurrected and If you don't believe that I'll give you my latest Philanthropic sonata And the landlord's family was amazed So they sent for his friend Overbeck And he got there in three days by coach And they took Frederick to the asylum And his mother joined him And for the next fifteen years They cried And cried And laughed And looked at the sun And everyone

[@paulnolan4971]

nice one man

[@donnaking3344]

He could come up with some shit, couldn’t he.

[@Demitrival]

hussine osman I don’t know if this is good bc Jim said it but it’s a pretty good creepy lil improvised story

[@fuckchocouch]

@@Demitrival recollection maybe?

[@stephencarroll230]

@Diego Duran True. It gives a new appreciation of Morrison that he was familiar with Nietzsche.

[@chesterbenjaminlane7911]

Jim Morrison's piano improv was the greatest thing I have ever seen in my life time

[@mrblue8439]

Jim was a one of a kind man

[@kevinrodriguez4385]

Daum bro u look like a Chinese Jim Morrison

[@LoyalOpposition]

If you were to see him in your town, you'd think "Who is this asshole?" (only later to say how great he was once it was confirmed by the press)

[@Zombie_Bones]

@@kevinrodriguez4385 😂

[@amberdawn394]

I knew one of those one of a kinds.

[@maryjupitermusic]

His screams are perfect and he knows it ❤️

[@amyjonestaylor9231]

RESURRECTION WOOOOO

[@Gar96229]

“For those who were seen dancing, were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music” - Nietzsche

[@paulwojnar2291]

The insane genius. I loved him then, I love him now. He lives in all of us who love him still. Till we all break on thru.........

[@LocalRailfan]

He was the Lizard King....he could do anything!

[@01wcsr]

Forever young a perfect legend suspension in time like a fascinating book for generations to discover till this world is no longer I’ve come back to this genius several times in my life like an old friend haven’t seen in a while his spirit certainly roams !

[@gypsylee73]

This makes me smile every time :)

[@jasonsphinx8461]

~

[@ethanodaniel5618]

That voice.

[@jasonsphinx8461]

"... "

[@dillonx11]

you actually feel the overwhelming presence of Jim, even in video

[@jerrydonquixote5927]

Jim was the greatest!!!! God rest your tortured soul Mr Mojo Risson Jim Morisson The Lizard King !!! sincerely, Jerry

[@bloodsugarsexmagik4594]

Man that....was beautiful

[@WhoisVinnie]

Best piano playing I've ever seen in my entire life.

[@anthonyk8027]

I'd say this ode is a key to Softparade. About horse eyes whip. Looks like Jim was impressed by Nietzshe story about Torino horse. And, may be, Nietzshe was inspired by Dostoevsky cruel horse story. Moreover, i'm pretty much sure that Jim identified himself as Nietzshe in Softparade, when he begging for soft asylum. Still wondering, who is man at the door

[@Demitrival]

circlek what

[@Demitrival]

anthony k I think ur right

[@joeswanson5175]

Jim was pretty famously inspired by Nietzsche and Nietzsche frequently wrote of Dostoevsky. Jim was very well read and you can identify a lot of it in his songwriting.

[@JimJohnRayRobby]

@inaricrapp thank you! so many people love him still!! he would have been very happy I guess to see all this - even after 40 years!!! greets to you!! :))

[@johnLennon255]

He was a genius just like Nietzsche

[@SimplyLimbo]

Im convinced that Jim Actually understood Nietzsches philosofy, in contrary to alot of other bands/singers who constantly talk a out Nietzsche but just do it because he was a hot subject back then. As far as i know imo there are only two from whom im sure they read and understood him for a great deal, maybe completly 1: Jim Morrison & 2: Marilyn Manson (both read Nietzsche at a very young age, and used a lot of what Nietzsche wrote in their music) And Jim took multiple aspects and integrated it into the band, and also thanks to Ray Manzarek who understood Nietzsche 2 and therefore Jim, and what he wanted to accomplish (but failed at the end)

[@user-vr4ng7hv1y]

Never talk again about Marilyn Manson. Being a Philosophy Major (I'm not a real philosospher yet), my speciality is Nietzsche. Yeh, fuck Marilyn, Being a philolohist, Nietzsche is close to Aristotle, Plato and all of antquity. Thus, Morrison is too, therefore mysticism ! yeeaaayyy beerrr mofooozzz !

[@SimplyLimbo]

a​ The fact you said " Nietzsche is close to Plato" proofs you dont know Nietzsche at ALL ! Nietzsche is close to antiquity, no doubt about it, but ONLY the pré socratic greeks. And you SHOULD have known this because he talks about this in his first book ! And in götzerdammerung "the twillight of the idols" he even said that Plato would never have written his philosophy if it wasnt for the 'young men' of that day (he means because he was gay !) And that socrates poisened the mind of the greeks. Wanna learn Nietzsche thoroughly ? Read all his books in the CHRONOLOGICAL order he wrote them, because he often destroys his own theories when he realized he was wrong the first time...

[@user-vr4ng7hv1y]

SimplyLimbo He is close to them as in he is in direct dialogue with them. His writting are very closely related to those of Greeks in that sense. It's undeniable that much of his work is influenced by Plato: he said in his admission letter to University that the Symposium was his favorite work. He might have not been in agreement with Plato on most of his thoughts, but he's clearly influenced by him. Both keep using the health and physiological metaphors. And with Aristotle, I think he agreed with quite a lot of things. Oh, and I hate when persons refer to ''pre-socratics'' they were so different from one another, it makes no sense to make them one group. Do you think he'd have agreed with Parmenide's theory on the being and non-being ? Thales' ''Earth floats on water'' ? Anaximandre's ''earth is on the center of the universe and does not move'' ? Pretty sure he disagrees with much of what they have to say.

[@SimplyLimbo]

a influenced ? Afcourse ! Who doesnt start with the greeks ! (Plato was my first one as well!) But he was also influenced by Schopenhauer, Goethe, Schiller, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Wagner, Voltaire, and many many others ! But his work has nothing to do with Plato, he even calls Socrates, the source of the destruction of the greek spirit (he hold this opinion from day one to hos last book) Regarding 'Pre-socratic' im not talking about people who use the word, im talking about Nietzsche himself who makes a clear distinction between before and after socrates. Again: Read his first work, "Die Geburt der Tragödie", and for his opinion about plato, and that Plato's philosophy would never have existed if it wasnt for the young men of Athens.... götzendämmerung. And his opinion about socrates (and therefore Plato) as ressentiment philosophers is a recuring subject, (among many others) He sees them as destroying the true potential of what the greeks used to be. One of the reasons according to him, was that Socrates was buttugly, and stood for everything the greeks of that time hated. He also says a good medicin AGAINST the craziness of Plato and his time is (reading) Thucidydes. He praised Alcibiades, instead of the moral preechers of greece at that time. (Plato was in love btw with Alcibiades) Again if you really want to understand his view (since he had no system, only certain reocuring subjects (Amor Fati, The eternal return, the will to power, dionysian and appolonian, etc etc)"having a system is a lack of integrity" is what he said, read his books in chronological order, and read (only AFTER you read his main works) his note's/fragments (you can download them in german, i got the dutch translation of the fragments) And remember that his last 3 books were not published by him, but by his sister, who was an antisemite. (And even went with her husband to south America trying to build 'Nuovo Germania', which ended in a big failure. My personal favorite is also sprach zarathustra and Die Fröhliche Wissenschaft.

[@sadghost12]

Jim, I fucking love you man.

[@neilgarvey2201]

Speechless

[@datahacker1405]

a normal guy possessed by some ancient ghost

[@scottharrison3391]

an ancient lunatic reigns in the trees of the night

[@colbyjame]

Dionysus

[@jimmypesto3179]

Bileoticus

[@nycriotgrrrl6110]

@@colbyjame Dionysus indeed!

[@thefreesoftwarefoundationc4410]

Its almost like hes mocking his own poetic style.. nice

[@Demitrival]

The Free Software Foundation Computing Videos I think so too lol

[@villll]

yeah great point

[@marthacid7515]

Jim Morrison toda una leyenda del rock

[@irishelk3]

What a guy.

[@eddieburrelli]

What a fool am I.

[@LoyalOpposition]

If you were to see him in your town, you'd think "Who is this asshole?" (only later to say how great he was once it was confirmed by the press)

[@cnedwick]

This was back stage at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) September 1, 1968. The Doors were the first big name rock band to be booked at the venue which was originally designed for ballet and orchestral performances.

[@doorswhofan]

I wonder if the backstage area still looks like that today. I was there in 1986 to see the Grateful Dead. Eric Clapton had been there the night before, and so all day before the show old Cream, Blind Faith, and Derek & the Dominoes tunes were cranking over the PA.

[@VodkaDrinker77]

​@@doorswhofan, good question. I was just thinking the same thing.

[@WallyPDoyle111]

This was taken backstage at SPAC in Saratoga Springs, NY

[@Zombie_Bones]

Beautiful story Jim.👏

[@sethgaston8347]

A true Dionysian; they both were

[@kemowasabi551]

51 years to the day. Far out. like on the perimeter.

[@davevrox3023]

2021!!! AWESOME

[@iooooi2648]

His screams sound like whole choir screams.

[@szqsk8]

We is stoned....immaculate 😎

[@rafaelramirezmexico6733]

Ray Manzarek, una obra de arte apolínea. Jim Morrison, una obra de arte dionisiaca.

[@gerardoignnacio2901]

tal cual amigo; Jim la locura y el fuego, Ray la conciencia y el agua.

[@payday4887]

Where is the Jim of this generation? So sad to see what free thought, expression and art has turned in to.. Or should I say dumbed down to?

[@meatpile]

He's there but you'll never know him. No money in recording.

[@thefreesoftwarefoundationc4410]

+Paul Davis (PayDay) There are guys like this but the whole "counter culture" and sort of "think for yourself" or at least "outside the box" thing just doesnt go with modern commercial music. There are many many people around the world with the same ambitions and talents Jim head, or at least similar.. along with similar world views. Do we need another Jim? No, we already had Jim on this Earth. We can get someone different to entertain us though. What you can do is help kill off the music industry of pop garbage.. download massive torrents of Miley Cyrus discographies and Justein Beiber and seed, seed seed, spread that shit around to everyone for free so nobody pays a fucking dime for it. RIP Jim.

[@dattajack]

Muse, Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, Moby, Grizzly Bear, Bright Eyes...

[@BANJON.]

there are modern lords roaming around in the wilderness of the city lights. Abondoned from the limelight.

[@counterconformity]

Paul Davis i think we found him

[@johnneu6779]

By what standards does one measure 'sanity' or 'insanity'. What is 'sanity'. What is 'insanity'. I have never met an 'insane' person, nor a 'sane' one for that matter. Some people could label me as 'sane' or 'insane' It's all subjective. We are all different --- but, from what?

[@IzayoiMeiHigu]

where can I find more narrations with music interpretations like this? It sounds cool

[@DarkenFilms]

Album An American Prayer by Jim Morrison with music by The Doors. You will love it.

[@RyDawg084]

Love this...

[@WhoisVinnie]

I'm crucified, and inspected, and resurrected. WOOOOO!!!

[@theWARMJET]

stoned and immaculate

[@rosemarymills1671]

Strange, but beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. Alcohol absolutely ruined him to the point he was absolutely hollow.

[@desertrose1226]

He was a very attractive man, but alcohol wrecked his looks and eventually his life.

[@zeliaferreira808]

love 😍😍

[@filikiry]

0:01 0:35 0:43 1:29

[@aidenmarple6437]

Ha! That was great

[@HighwayStar89]

He threw his arms around the horse's neck and kissed him everywhere i love my horse a crowd gathered his landlord appeared and took frederick back up to his room on the second floor where he began to play the piano madly and sing madly like

[@berpha]

Anybody know the first tune?

[@berpha]

Does anybody know the tune the first guy(not jim) was playing?

[@haristark]

+Berpha F.H. It's Ray Manzarek

[@voxcontinental71]

It's Dahomey Dance by Coltrane

[@soulesscatastrophe3529]

“the first guy” he is ray manzarek

[@MrGbusG]

Fuckin` cool!

[@Wonka275]

Ray Manzarek sounds like he's playing John Coltrane's Dahomey Dance in the beginning!

[@MarkWitucke]

Wonka275 yeah! I got that too

[@DookiedoohdahPRO]

do da funky chicken

[@curbhopper66]

999..how appropriate for the Lizard King

[@jaimonjohn2516]

Jim is deep man

[@salviadivinorum1762]

"Imagery is born of loss. Loss of the “friendly expanses.” The breast is removed and the face imposes its cold, curious, forceful, and inscrutable presence." ~J. Morrison (the Lords and new creatures)

[@utopictech6425]

We are beyond good and evil

[@G1FREAKZ]

i was born in 1975 would have been awsome for me to see the doors in concert born way late for my favorite band 😭😢😭😢😭

[@tammiealmany6239]

Cool 😎

[@yankeeedandy]

I didn't know Jim could play the piano! far out :D

[@jackypatterson6271]

I will always miss him. ... he was and still is the best.

[@Demitrival]

yankeeedandy he can’t lol. He’s just feeling the music

[@SacredDrums777]

I am the Lizard King. I can do Anything.

[@penfu9336]

Agree, and Jim also kept a copy of howl with him... In middle school.. Lol

[@michaeljames6817]

Ray reminds me of the nerdy dude from Dazed and Confused.

[@hamidmusik7691]

Is it a movie?

[@shaywalters7807]

💕💕💕💕

[@kyleevans5371]

Haha! Awesome!

[@ambk2010]

Resurrected WHOOOO

[@purplemirror6440]

Ha, I see where Peter Gabriel got some of his early weirdness, like the brilliant stuff on "Nursery Cryme."

[@combeferredesseventies1848]

Oh my, sometimes I was wonder whether he was high or possessed by some occult force or just acting like a mad man. A part from this he was a smart faustian guy.

[@celiajean431]

I dont understand this can someone explain ive read beyond good and evil

[@giorgiomedolago5958]

138❤️

[@shyland20]

Problem is Nietzsche hated drugs and alcohol... which Jim probably liked

[@MrAnapires]

wow this was on my birthday ... strange...

[@samuelmoss9487]

It's amazing he can improvise something so entertaining while being high as a kite and playing on an instrument he doesn't know how to play properly

[@shapoopy2964]

Poetry

[@brendanmoore253]

I don't think people understand the genius of this man. You have to be naive to genius if this doesn't ring with you. Jim gave up getting a new bike for his birthday. Instead he asked if he could have nietzsche's whole collection at the age of 16.

[@thedoors4m79]

@Breandan Moore ...or preferring Nietzsche`s works instead of getting his first car... (as some story tells) Anyway, Jim was a passionate artist and philosopher, having discovered his passion for the fine arts, especially poetic art, already in his childhood. "I`M KIND OF HOOKED TO THE GAME OF ART AND LITERATURE." (Jim Morrison in the Jerry Hopkins interview, 1969) Also check out the book "Pfeile gegen die Sonne - Der Dichter Jim Morrison" ("Arrows at the sun - the poet Jim Morrison") by the German philosopher and literary scientist Thomas Collmer, a 1000-paged, highly demanding masterpiece about Jim`s poetry and philosophy (and much more) which still has not been translated from German into another language, unfortunately... This opus magnum on Jim`s art and philosophy - including, of course, analysis and interpretations also of his song lyrics - is supposedly unparalleled not only on the German but on the worldwide market. Make advertisement for this fucking awesome book to have it finally translated into English, at least! Greetings from Germany Michael Hontheim

[@carlosgrey37]

LSD

[@cannonfodder8287]

I'm just realizing: was Ray trying to be like John Lennon having an Asian gf? HAHAHA. What an imitator! It seems as if Jim was the only original one in the group.

[@kemowasabi551]

He met her at UCLA , long before John met Yoko, so keep your 💩 insights to yourself.

[@desertrose1226]

If any of the Doors were like Lennon, it’d be Jim. Same wacky, out-there sense of humor, wild antics etc.

[@penfu9336]

Ha! That girl reminds me of my old drummers ol lady (and my current gf) what would we men be, without our pretty ladies sitting patiently through every practice? :)

[@JustRutland]

how's it going with her? xD

[@Royco616]

Poor piano :(

[@sv.aquinaslord4243]

Fuck off

[@bloodsugarsexmagik4594]

That piano had the time of its life

[@pinkcashmeres]

Is that woman Ray’s girlfriend? They look so adorable 😭

[@Drummer_Jeff83]

Yes that is Dorothy :) I do believe, if they weren't married already at that time, they did get married

[@pimentafilmes1480]

kkkk, ele estava gastando a onda da loucura um pouco!

[@chesterbenjaminlane7911]

That's amazingly good piano improv for Jim Morrison's ode to someone who he was inspired him by lol

[@gioiaferrante]

He also has a daughter DNA 8 of them. This was written for Brian Jones death

[@desertrose1226]

How? Cliff Morrison is supposed to be the only one.

[@williammiller4081]

this guy needs an agent,bravo

[@emilianoortega-guerrero2925]

rimbaud, nietzsche is jimbo yeah

[@jamesnilphat1148]

Friedrich Morrison

[@tecktonikkiller4665]

Lsd

[@martesalas2161]

[@HighwayStar89]

ooooooh.....i'm crucified and inspected and resurrected and if you don't believe that i'll give you my latest philanthropic sonata and the landlord's family was amazed so they sent for his friend Overbeck and he got there in three days by coach and they took frederick to the asylum and his mother joined him and for the next fifteen years they cried and cried and laughed and looked at the sun and everyone

[@magnebuda5386]

If i do same there would be no views.

[@joepoeta]

Magne Buda Just because this morrison is morrison and nobody is nobody

[@LoyalOpposition]

If you were to see him in your town, you'd think "Who is this asshole?" (only later to say how great he was once it was confirmed by the press)

[@figgie7799]

​@@joepoetaPerfect! From losing my religion to the tar of the heart shaped box to the dimes of The Doors #NIRVANA #111🌹🕯⛲Stand in Satya.

[@koningsberg]

Surely manzarek having a hard time listening to this shit 😂

[@zeynepakgol]

😃😁🤣🤣

[@newengland1666]

Lmfaoooo

[@axd0045]

A psychopath and a genius

[@petru4335]

It is recomforting that Nietzsche did not lived enough to see this.

[@juancarloscruzguzman1400]

The philosophy of Jim Morrison and The Doors, Rage Against The Machine, Tool, KRS, Public Enemy, System of a Down, Davey D can be used to overthrow the capitalist system

[@thefreesoftwarefoundationc4410]

+Diet Lord Thanks, Karl. Have you gotten outside your house yet, or are you still a hikkikomori?

[@rainbowbridge4766]

Diet Lord Dude rap sucks

[@yolodrol7500]

Lumping The Doors' music with your failed, snake oil ideology makes me want to give you a ride on my helicopter.

[@NOTZEON]

You still have time to delete this so you don’t look like an idiot

[@desertrose1226]

You forgot Nirvana, man.

[@QUINT34577]

genius my ass

[@adamx6000]

🤣 he was just a big 5 year old

[@tammiealmany6239]

😆

[@mturner2584]

Couldn’t play an instrument, couldn’t read music, never been involved in music before the Doors.His dad was a high ranking member of the military and is suspected to have started the Vietnam War. Could it be the Doors were used as part of a Military operation to distract? Hmm 🧐

[@thebeatcreeper]

He saw no one was paying attention to him so....