Mogwai - I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead

From the live film "Burning", out in August 2010. www.mogwai.co.uk/
"The Scottish band Mogwai performs an incandescent show in front of a stunned crowd. As if time stood still, the audience is transported along by musical waves, both poetic and violent. 'Burning' dives into this wild sensual flow. Directors Vincent Moon and Nathanaël Le Scouarnec guide us into a dream where there is no tomorrow. This is a black and white experience of the senses carved by the raw emotion of this pioneering band that doesn't need any words to touch the heart of its listeners. Layered and innovative, the movie has its finger firmly on their pulse, a sonic adventure between hope and rebellion. A lifetime of feelings in just one night."

[@frankjager1647]

Spun this entire live CD when I rode a bus into NYC at dawn on a bus for the first time. Snow falling as the sun rose and I entered the city. Nothing like it ever since.

[@ceberusbotcatcher]

“I wouldn't mind dying in a plane crash. It'd be a good way to go. I don't want to die in my sleep, or of old age, or OD. I want to feel what it's like. I want to taste it, hear it, smell it. Death is only going to happen once. I don't want to miss it.” -Jim Morrison

[@deanvo503]

@Andrew Peterson it seems, but we'll never know.

[@dinjampnick]

Never thought of death this way... Interesting Clever man nevertheless

[@jonsegerros]

One of the most depressive and heavy songs out there, and definitely one of my favourite Post-rock songs. Mogwai and Sigur Rós - top tier Post-rock bands.

[@DanHunterSportsWriter]

Nice pairing! Very different but equally brilliant

[@theirmethlab]

you know its good music when tears and anxiety are coming through you and you can't even tell the reason why....

[@dinjampnick]

True... Do you guys have a post rock band?

[@eric_lander]

... been married to music for 65 years now ... have loved so many compositions ... but clearly this epic sonic poem by Mogwai is one of the best pieces of music i have ever heard ...

[@hoppers6899]

Eric. Cool you found it! Nearly 50 years since I bought my first record and they’re right up there. Been lucky enough to have seen them perform it live twice. The last time was third row at the Sydney Opera House - amazing. Hope you get to see them when things settle down.

[@kevinwallace962]

Well said ....

[@titan2589]

The only problem with this song is that its too short.

[@Matt-yw8tj]

It could be months long and I'd still be disappointed when it ends.

[@dinjampnick]

@@Matt-yw8tj so true...

[@MaGoOoDi23]

I'm speechless. there's no words to describe my feeling while listening to this song!! Post-Rock for the Soul.

[@jeffhiggins4478]

This song, to me, is the sound of the universe inhaling and exhaling.

[@giapponerosso]

Amazing image! ! !

[@basedlordprime]

The beginning is a sample from Music for a Forgotten Future

[@StewartGladstone]

Thank you !!

[@MYttocs]

Am I the only one who cries with this song?

[@migrab1960]

+xkarlaxtarjax no, I am second...

[@Iraklius9]

+xkarlaxtarjax why would you cry, that's gay.

[@MYttocs]

+Epic Hans but I'm gay :c

[@Iraklius9]

that's the answer right here. Gay people are emotional.

[@MFDOOOOM]

+Epic Hans lmao tru

[@Blindmanstaring]

I'm not Jim Morrison and I'm not dead! That's why I got to experience this masterpiece

[@freakchris03]

Mogwai is truly one of the most talented bands out there.

[@jorikmeijer5106]

how can you not like this music?

[@TheZatrahc]

I don't understand how anyone can say the Hawk is Howling is restrained. Listen to this song for God' sake. Complete abandonment.

[@Fetsje87]

I love the music of Mogwai. I found out yesterday.

[@dinjampnick]

If heaven exists, this is how it sounds like

[@zirixpothegibroni5251]

This is what happens when you cram so much individual talent into one band

just want to see you guys play ... :) love from Vietnam !

[@br4ve]

@shrondigerscat Jim Morrison of the doors, who knows perhaps it could be a tribute to that legendary human being, who's influence still strongly resonates on this world. Maybe it has other meaning

[@DanHunterSportsWriter]

Its not that great. He sounds nothing like Jim Morrison! Seriously though, the first track i ever heard by these fucking Scottish masters of metal melancholy a decade ago. I thinks its the opening track on The Hawks Are Howling? They've been slaying me with their genius ever since.

[@Taurussagacity]

I am convinced some of guitar play is heavily inspired by Lou Reed's and John Cale's - Forever Changed. Starts around 5 minute mark. So gritty man, works well too.

[@timothylee6859]

Without Jonnie Greenwood there wouldn't be the tremolo picking in this music. Why are fans of the VU so myopic? You stuck in the past?

[@chrisjdgrady]

Lol Greenwood did not invent tremelo picking and that's not where this type of tremelo picking came from

[@wdimaOfficialChannel]

Great Mogwai music...This is piece of real art...

[@IXXAiresXXI]

Im the only who feels a connection of this song with my personal stress and urban life tension?

[@giapponerosso]

For me it s like a deep, spiritual truth , rocky and unshakeable , for example like the law of Karma

[@suinfinitor]

every time when i hear real music like this, im so glad im alive.

[@vishanseru5027]

3:53 will give you goosebumps.....I promise.

[@slappkar]

sometimes walking through a crowd listening to this song or any other mogwai song just feels magical

[@locatunovia]

The Scottish band Mogwai performs an incandescent show in front of a stoned crowd

[@hkAcidShout]

+Juan Francisco Domínguez Stoned as in... high? lol

[@locatunovia]

+Acid Shout WTF i never wrote this

[@Stealthassin135]

Juan Francisco Domínguez The description for Burning. It actually says "stunned" not stoned.

[@MaGoOoDi23]

@@locatunovia maybe u wrote while being stoned 😂

[@evetteiverson699]

favorite band ever! so good

[@jowser.97]

this can't be popular, it's selfish but i love to be the only one who know in my city

[@tomhernandez2157]

No No

[@akhil-ng5yj]

Jose Ruiz that's one of the reasons why bands like the can't tour my city or even country

[@pastelliadraws4246]

Haha, I understand

[@Keith1867]

This "live" and LOUD...I've never heard anything like it.

[@braksevinc]

İngilizce kasamam piçler.Hayatım boyunca dinlediğim en iyi şarkı.

[@neslydonuts]

çok güzelsin sen

[@jessicasouza8832]

Mogwai is an unknow gem. Later we all gonna hear it's a classic and such. We are part of history

[@orbitfold]

On what planet is Mogwai, a band pretty much synonymous with post-rock, unknown.

[@emmakirby8979]

The planet where post-rock isn't a very well known or mainstream genre.

[@rafaelmatias6356]

Olha só uma br

[@alphamaydus]

They came to India and I had to fucking miss it :(

[@JimMorrison280]

te amo mogwai

[@StrikeWarlock]

Am I the only one who cries to Mogwai or am I just broke and loveless?

[@Salbif]

2019?

[@nochannelson]

2020

[@xeinakingdom]

I'm so happy I discovered this band last year...

[@dontkeepthisname]

So.. I had my Mogwai beanie stolen. Pretty much broke my heart. I'm getting another one of course. But still... I became attached to that specific beanie.

[@mantraboutique1443]

But Mogwai is alive and rocking... If you like Frank O' Hara, postrock guitars and rainbows, you might like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2LFnZiDr52UgtE

[@the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

“The waitress sits and waits for her first customer of the day. The dishwasher is in his van smoking weed. The cooks are probably talking to each other in Spanish. She watches cars drive slowly by with vigilance. She thinks about her son, that he is only two, wondering if she has another would it cut him in half? Would he be one and the second another? Everything, given the title of a number for the sake of tally or more. She sighs. I finish my bowl, go back inside as the first customer arrives. A man on a motorcycle.” ,dan’

[@bugju1ce]

pre-ordered online.. waiting anxiously for my mind to be blown away.

[@jeenniferuzumaki8507]

I love mogwai :3

[@YannRen]

Cette mélodie, ce titre de musique, cette douceur dans les instruments ! En écoutant cette musique j'ai vraiment l'impression de côtoyer Jim Morrison, bravo les gars

[@x50ftQueenie]

This has got to be one of the most beautiful and intense pieces of music ever created.

[@Raydy1994]

this song is so full of energy, it makes me shiver!

[@alfalex38]

If speakers had souls, they would cry of happyness hearing this...

[@Omardrr]

Music ends here. I tend to associate tunes to particular emotions, moods, feelings or situations. This tracks dances its ups and downs, rawness and harmonies to something much more complex. It echoes the experience of life.

[@anninhalation5521]

why the fuck do i always read "Hi I'm Jim Morrison, I'm dead" or "Hi Jim Morrison, I'm dead"

[@feskovstrogy]

Hi, everybody! Thanks Mogwai for music. That inspires.

[@rubberalleybluesband]

the music is incredibly melancholy and desolate at times, so no

[@omnithrope]

Ohmyohmyohmy. I've seen them many times, and this just captures the sound so well...

[@michaelwills1818]

what mogwai songs is there similar to this? fucking amazing shit!

[@JuanCarlosPrada]

(Almost) All of Mogwai's songs are fucking amazing shits. :D

[@SamritpalSingh]

this album is great though. "Hardcore will never die, but you will." also check out "the hawk is howling". Most of their stuff during that era were hypnotic. I mean it. Me and a few friends did LSD and we listened to this album on repeat the whole night. What a trip that was.

[@curcicm]

This song is off "The Hawk is Howling"

[@carena174]

Michael Wills Try "thank you space expert"

[@zlatkoigric5084]

Lean over the bowl and take a dive... All of you are dead and i...am...alive. PKD chanel-ling JM.

[@matthewchambers-sinclair8772]

It is sharing this kind of passion that can make the difference in these times

[@gmonsterlovesoats]

I've seen a lot of great bands, but I don't think any gig has affected me as much as when I saw mogwai last year. The atmosphere they created was intense.

[@kevinm6112]

the build up in this song, from the start until about 4:00 is just amazing

[@whoarethebrainpigs]

@Steb54 nothing to do with complexity..i just dont think this stands up as a classic piece of music.I could turn this out from my home studio and I'm not blowing my own strumpet ,,its just no great shakes.

[@peabrainisme]

@shrondigerscat they were probably thinking of jim morrison when they made this, jims a legend of the 1970s, alot of musicians and bands that followed were inspired by him. google him

[@chairmanbarbosa]

I think this fantastic in every detail. An explosion of emotion and strength.

[@danthompson8433]

"The wizard king" ,dan'

[@stevenmadsen3934]

a symphony of feedback & distortion

[@pierro281279]

Shivers shivers shivers shivers shivers shivers shivers shivers shivers shivers shivers shivers shivers shivers shivers shivers !

[@sattfield]

@stephenablack Hey maybe they just didn't like it. It's fucking UNIMAGINABLE I know, but you know, horses for courses and all that.

[@micktoli2779]

What is the music that I can hear at the start? I remember it being a mogwai song but I can’t for the life of me remember

[@vantricht75]

This song is a one of a kind i think, when i close my eyes it just takes me to another world>goosebumps...

[@MrSedaki]

Now Ray Manzarek is dead too

[@costas2by4]

No words to describe this song to noone. When they ask me, I just say "Just listen to it".

[@the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

"...and then godless said "Let there be light no more. For I am so heavy and I know not before." ,dan'

[@joshacio]

@whoarethebrainpigs just becuase its easy to play doesnt mean its not good music.

[@whoarethebrainpigs]

@joshacio no ,,not suggesting that ,,just dont think its overly brilliant ,

[@axis5948]

Amazing...

[@clydekaila123]

My high school Principal, a Glasgow man himself, introduced me to this band with this exact DVD and song and I cannot thank him enough..so glad this is on here..Thanks Mr. Rowley ✊🏾

[@SteveNiafas]

Mogwai at their best. I missed this pure dark post tunes. Now, they dived in electronics and emerged into sub pop. So glad and lucky that i attended at their last performance, before "hardcore will never die, but you will" Still love them, still following

[@thisismyhappening]

Blogging with an MP3 and some news now - thanks!

[@stelderhaiderman]

@suinfinitor Yeah, me too. Sometimes this is the only thing i can really hold on to, if you know what i mean. Mogwai saved my life.

[@hozzeG]

absolutely taking my soul

[@krnwyldchild69]

i don't get the Jin Morrison part but great music....!!

[@joshacio]

@whoarethebrainpigs Yea its kinda of a weird song.

[@DROHARM]

I have this on DVD. Awesome. I couldn't understand a word from bonus material though on first listen. Scottish ❤️

[@TheTfed77]

Don't forget about Godspeed! You Black Emperor !

[@KickWithMyFist]

@fizzgigify You talking about Gremlins right? ^^

[@redchakra1394]

i am doesn't understand-why other musix exist?

[@hugoh1614]

4:23, I feel this is the sound the girl in the original Mogwai's Burning video refers to when she mentions: "if the stars have a sound it will sound like this". This is beautiful, causes an existential dread and it is Art.

[@breibreii]

incredible band!

[@Numan123ful]

I LOSE MYSELF WITH THIS SONG-

[@crimpoleneman]

It's just that your original comment was posted 9 months before I read it, and I assume you chose to listen to this rather than have sex. If you'd chosen the latter, and you'd done it without protection, you could possibly have been about to become a dad at the time I read your comment. It seemed funny at the time...

[@br4ve]

@a1W6av1e8 I like this, thanks for the comment: although as far as i'm aware we're all eternal beings currently stuck in mortal skin. I could be wrong, either way Jim Morrison will remain immortalised because of his great spirit, rock on

[@a1W6av1e8]

@inghell 'calm yourself down' ? lol...

[@cronologia348]

i like this post capitalist realm

[@desafrique53]

spun this on a bus to Swindon. the rain against the window and the squelch of hedgehogs at dawn. Unforgettable.

[@mandarinprods]

seminal, grand, the apotheosis - transcends the mundane, the ordinary, the banal waste of so much that is created today. Time will be the great audience for Mogwai.

[@fizzgigify]

how many people that listen to mogwai have seen the movie that they got their name from? thumbs up this comment if you have...but be honest now.

[@a1W6av1e8]

@br4ve It seems like commentary on the idea of the frailty of each and every one of us, whether we have achieved anything great and wonderful or not... 'I'M JIM MORRISON! i'm dead...'. We're all mortal.

[@antidecepticon]

Mogwai is my Favourite band, they are a voice a legend to life through sound and its never complete.

[@GqFq]

what type/brand of keyboard is that?

[@connectiontotheworld]

Fucking shit this is sooooo goood.

[@mandarinprods]

Neither. You're just celebrating and reflecting when humans make art that inspires great platitudes and emotion. Fine to feel overawed. In fact welcomed by the artist. You get the same result when viewing Rembrandt, Caravaggio, listening to Beethoven, walking into the Pantheon - for the first time. Landing on the moon. Enjoy and don't forget.

[@Hughseffer]

Jim Morrison one of the greatest.

[@MrNic]

search nicolas and the iceni narrow road. they write folk instrumentals which have a similar hypnotic effect as mogwai