The Hard times of Jim Morrison

[@RicoCosta317]

What has always amazed me is in spite of Morrison's self destruction, he and the band managed to make some of the greatest, most innovative music in rock history.

[@CatHound]

The song The End still enlightens me

[@natassaback65]

Jim was great! A Rebell! With Depression! Hard to make a cut with family! ,😢😢😢😢RIP Jim and Ray! Unforgotten? 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙏🙏🙏🎤🎹🎸🎶🎤🎹🎸🎶😍😍😍😍

[@williamgushue3301]

What a shame good music and a whole world of talent!

[@corinnabucknor9377]

He is alive!❤

[@arlen1630]

I own the phone JM through out ... purchased for forty five dollars.

[@davemac9563]

Jim compared to the other artists idolized wasn’t even a bad person. By all friends accounts, he was a drunk, but also a sweet and caring person. And it’s not like he was drunk all the time. He still made time for albums, tours, rehearsals, and poetry.

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

Well actually the band carried him and had to cover for him a lot.

[@kcdebris913]

I lol’d at Jim throwing the telephone Andy Warhol gave him out the window. The thought of that beautiful piece of furniture breaking into pieces on the road outside the limousine really sort of sums up Jim.

[@desertrose1226]

Andy Warhol was a fcking weirdo.

[@radiomindchatter7994]

It's been downplayed for years...but basically Jim was a mean drunk. Pretty sure he was a nice, reasonable guy when he wasn't though

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

He was for sure, one of the meanest. He would turn into a monster. That's why in a song he wrote about himself and Pamela, titled, Queen of the highway" he describes himself as a monster, The line is "He was a monster black dressed in leather".

[@baneverything5580]

They say a common sight in Los Angeles was Jim Morrison passed out in the gutter pissing his pants.

[@susanjoseph2380]

I still know every word to almost every song🌅

[@itsgleneaton4883]

His only problem is that he became famous. He would have lived a happy life if he was unknown. You hang out with your friends you can be honest as well as laugh your asses off. You make it and all these people want to be with you and you start to feel lonely among so many people that are not on the same page.

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

I think personally think his life would have been a lot worse had he never become a famous Rock star. Because money had its benefits and he was insulated from some of the worst things life can throw at you. I think he would have really struggled to find an occupation that suited him, and one allowed him to make a decent living. And I don't think he could have been like Bukowski who worked ,at a post office, until his literary career took off.

[@desertrose1226]

@@theodoreconstantini2548yes.. I agree. Mundane jobs would have been hell for Jim. He wasn’t meant to be a statistic.

[@Mistersandyrobertson]

The part where his dad didn't put down his newspaper reminds me of my father when I showed him my first little book, a volume on Aleister Crowley. Not quite as bad, but my mother said "Don't you want to see your son's book?" He put down the paper, flicked quickly through it, said 'Very good, son", and resumed reading the news as my mom rolled her eyes and sighed, as if to say how typical of him.

[@NoExitLoveNow]

When you are drunk all the time life can go downhill.

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

True.

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

Not only can it go down hill, but eventually it will almost certainly go down hill.

[@kabiam]

If you live long enough you'll go through hard times. Better younger than older.

[@desertrose1226]

I don't want to grow old.

[@terrykoren9228]

Jim was Gods gift to us all,why couldn’t he realize everyone loved him and still do.He was very effected by the brashness of his Father.He could never get over no approval ever from his Father.This is my opinion.❤

[@kurtvatland]

He died in the bathroom of rock ‘n’ roll Circus in Paris and was putting in the bathtub the change of time to death.

[@aunch3]

Very interesting, great video as usual. I wonder if there’s more to why he wouldn’t speak to his mom or younger brother. The dad and even mom I could see, but who ignores their younger bro? Strange family in strange times

[@desertrose1226]

I agree. He was an asshole for ignoring his siblings.

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

@@desertrose1226 And they seem like nice people especially his sister who as a young girl would cry and worry that her brother end a penniless poet with no prospects.

[@johngraves6878]

Thanks that was so informative. Jim was obviously a tortured individual, and it for sure looks like growing up in his family was not fun at all. I always felt in my heart, the harder the rock, the more abusive the parents. Jim's voice seemed to be that of a much older man -- an iconic lead vocalist in the rock world. Now, as for The Doors' recordings, the overdubbing and other fancy recording techniques seemed to be abandoned. Their sound was always that of the band playing live in a single take. They just didn't have the patience for orchestration or other effects.

[@restock_1731]

Jim Morrison was a rock God. Awesome video.

[@NoExitLoveNow]

Yeah, alcoholics who assault Janis Joplin are sooooo cool!

[@garysullivan8464]

There are much better and more truthful videos about Jim Morrison

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

But an amateur at being a human being.

[@Jjbcool1234]

Would love to see day in the life videos of each Beatles throughout 1966!

[@halwiseman9420]

You can find it in the book: Beatles’ 66

[@christopherlerude4]

I knew most of this, but not every exact detail. Great job! I have always said I think Jim’s relationship with his parents is why he was so broken. Don’t get me wrong. The Doors are my all time favorite band and Jim is one of my favorite people ever, favorite singer over Frank, Elvis, Sting, everyone. Rest in peace Jim and your Rest in peace to his awesome parents. I have 100 percent respect for his father. He was equally as unwavering as Jim was a performer. Maybe we have the elder Morrison to thank for all of us never tiring of the Jim Morrison mystique.

[@christopherlerude4]

*Rest in peace Jim and rest in peace to his awesome parents!

[@BrianFalarski]

@@christopherlerude4 nope..junkie g.f...isolated him in paris..jim could not speak french; and in those days not many French spoke english..l.a.woman completed Jim's obligation to the record co...once in paris, can't really communicate, realizing the depths of girls heroin addiction, away from friends...that bitch had him right where she wanted him...I believe jim was mad depressed in paris....oh yea..she was fkn that cou t dude........it was the chick

[@corinnabucknor9377]

​@christopher 6:19 lerude4 He is alive, you will see soon. ❤

[@itsgleneaton4883]

The ole lovely family pictures on the mental with big smiles meanwhile Jim looks like he’s in a straight jacket.

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

In way he was wasn't he.

[@itsgleneaton4883]

@@theodoreconstantini2548 it’s sad and has been so damaging that children all over have been raised without love and understanding which would have built such a strong friendship in the heart but that’s not the case. So now we have a civilization of broken hearts walking around like their fine but underneath look out.

[@RachaelClarkeClarke]

I loved waiting for the sun

[@seandodd6388]

Actually, The first track on the 'Waiting For the Sun' LP - "Hello, I Love You" - was a previously written track from Jim's 1965 era, as well. After that album, however, the band composed each album, thereafter, of all new original material from there (Soft Parade through LA Woman LPs). Also, Jim would have turned 25 in late 1968, not 24. Jim's birthdate is 12-8-43.

[@williamgushue3301]

He could have done so much good but apparently never conquered his demons.

[@arlen1630]

These vids are the best ever😊

[@sergioestevez8326]

Jim was an often misunderstood genius...

[@christopher9152]

Your narration/voice and editing is great as always, but going a little deeper in the research would improve a video like this. All Doors fans have heard all of this before. And also, Robby Krieger wrote the music/melodies and often the majority of the lyrics of some of their biggest hits, Like Light My Fire, Love Me Two Times, and Love Her Madly.

[@energyasylum997]

“You’re all a bunch of ‘effffing slaves!” ~Jimbo /THE DOORS movie

[@James-wv3hx]

He's Bigger than Ever. The only band in history to have 5 Gold albums in just 5 years. Jim said that they already did the Ed Sullivan show. He didn't care. The only possession he enjoyed was his Mustang 🐎.

[@purevycara]

This dude was fucking insane, absolute legend

[@James-wv3hx]

He accomplished more being drunk than most people being sober.

[@222Lightning]

Their second release is my favorite. The cover reminds me of Salem Mass. where i went to school and lived. Knowing the story that Jim refused to be on the cover makes it even more special. "You're lost little girl" and "I can't see your face in my mind" is the height of the Doors studio genius in my mind. I can see how people would have been disappointed in the second release to the first as thier was no "I looked at you"....."take it as it comes" or the obvious hits.

[@GuyFromWashingtonDC]

Great video

[@JackPeters-g5z]

Mojo risin are all the letters in morisons real name switched around

[@CreatingExcellence]

Mr Mojo Risin actually

[@toniencheff4046]

What a talented young man. Seems satan had quite a grip on his life. How sad.

[@susancioban-dwyer2569]

Using clips from the Oliver Stone film The Doors ruins the video. Thumbs up on the excellent narration.

[@JamesHadfield-qz9rv]

yup. that fake movie was a BIG disapointment, Stones version didn't get passed Ray's evaluation. Justifiably

[@lindasutton4014]

His father was the catalyst for the Vietnam War. Gulf of Tonkin. It was all bogus.

[@danielmarone5757]

Hey look out there's somebody coming and there's nothing you can do about it

[@arisig]

Jim is alive

[@terrykoren9228]

No love from parent can cause deep lifetime pain.It will cause a person to drink themselves to death,I know from a personal experience.

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

I have never understood why Jim was so estranged from his parents, his parents were conservative, and strict but they were not abusive and did not believe in using corporal punishment to discipline their children, instead relying on a severe dressing down, as a way to keep the children in line. Furthermore they were not neglectful and supported Jim through college. So it is not like Jim had a particularly harsh upbringing, it wasn't. It was an affluent middle class upbringing. Jim's sister and brother did not share Jim's estrangement from their parents. So that is one of the great mysteries about Jim Morrison.

[@WhatTheyDontTellYou-hy3lw]

You can be abusive to a child without hitting him. His father sent him a letter saying he should give up his career as a musician because he thought he had not talent. Even when he had a no1 hit. He made him get his haircut despite having just had it cut. The man was an abusive control freak. Nothing Jim did was good enough. He had a rough childhood growing up with that lunatic.

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

@@WhatTheyDontTellYou-hy3lw Yes those things are true, but for me they still don't explain the source of Jim's vehement rejection of his parents and even to some extent his brother and sister, who he barely saw after he became famous. Jim's father's reaction to Jim's choice of career and his insistence on him getting another haircut, because the first one was inadequate, would have been common, for conservative people of Jim's parent's demographic. They were conservative people from a conservative time. To put it another way, Jim's parents weren't that bad. Jim's father wasn't an irresponsible drunkard who squandered his money causing the family to go hungry, while he beat his wife. Anyway, that's how I see it.

[@WhatTheyDontTellYou-hy3lw]

@@theodoreconstantini2548 you're looking at abuse very one dimensional.Just because his father wasnt a drunk who beat his wife it doesnt mean he didnt put jim through hell. you really think just resented his parents and refused to talk to them for the rest of his life and they were great people? use your head his parents were obviously abusive.The first indication of his fame his dad writes a letter telling him he's basically useless as a musician. If you cant see thats abusive youre delusional

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

@@WhatTheyDontTellYou-hy3lw I don't think the behavior you describe constitutes abuse, yes it was unfortunate, but all parents make mistakes you need to look at the big overall picture. The other thing is that Jim's sister and brother did not share, Jim's profound alienation from his parents. And why was Jim alienated from his brother and sister they did nothing to him if anything Jim was a bully to his younger brother. Also keep in mind Jim was a difficult child from a very young, age, he was always tormenting his brother and sister, with almost sadistic glee, he liked to provoke and shock, and go against the grain constantly just for the sake of seeing people's reactions. It could not have been easy to have a child like Jim especially back then. The thing is that Jim showed signs of growing into a disturbed or mentally unhinged personality from a very early age. He definitely had a cruel and callous side to him . By his last year in high school this personality transformation was in full swing and everybody who knew him noticed it.

[@WhatTheyDontTellYou-hy3lw]

@@theodoreconstantini2548 if you don’t think that’s abuse then look up abuse in the dictionary. Forever berating your child and holding him to unrealistic standards is t “unfortunate” it’s abuse.

[@aloysiusryan5239]

Sadly he died just as any drunk or junkie sad

[@truthoverfacts9254]

Too many commercials.

[@scrambaba]

The Doors: Music for neurotic teenage boys who just discovered existentialism. Love Warhol‘s gift!

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

And neurotic teenage girls who year for a bad boy who no one else understands, who they can nurture .

[@steveconn]

Your dad starting Vietnam is a hard cross to bear in the counterculture. Poor Jim doomed early. RIP

[@georgerebic1240]

Sins of the father...

[@sharonmontano4924]

One person is responsible for the war! Bull shite

[@lillynietz17]

@@sharonmontano4924 Read about it..The Gulf of Tonkin...OHHHhhhh.. That's right, your generation doesn't REEEAAADDD!!! DUH! READ A BOOK...READ A BOOK...READ A MOTHER F&^%*^&^ BOOK!

[@westtexas7]

He was in charge of the Gulf of Tonkin defense and Im sure he knew of the deception. He was getting orders from MacNamara so his orders started the uprising which led to ground troops under Westmoreland. ​@@sharonmontano4924

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

But do you think he knew that, but I do think Jim was conflicted about his father being an admiral. Jim seemed to have both, a conventional, conservative, side, but also a very unconventional side and the two were at war with each other.

[@arlen1630]

Sounds exactly like my father😮

[@itsgleneaton4883]

Funny how Jim died at 5am same as they say Paul died.

[@VincentvanHessen]

You know who else died at 5am? John Lennon! It was around 11pm in NYC but it was 5am in England. And dead Paul got the news of the murder of his best friend around 7am! In England of course 😢

[@itsgleneaton4883]

@@VincentvanHessen I didn’t know that thank you.

[@BrianFalarski]

It's pretty much confirmed Jim died from smack at rock&roll circus,..nightclub in paris...

[@waynej2608]

Apparently, he was given a 'hot dose', unbeknownst to him.

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

@@waynej2608It could have been the case, but how can we really know ? The heroin that was doing the rounds at that time, at the Circus, was incredibly potent, so it might have been an accident.

[@teddupuis7640]

I read he got drunk and saw lines he thought was coke but it was Heroin

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

@@teddupuis7640 A lot of different stories circulated but at this stage the evidence supports the theory that he OD after snorting Heroin, in the toilets of the Rock N Roll Circus and was carried back to his apartment and placed in the bath.

[@BrianFalarski]

@teddupuis7640 I also read that..I think either way, his girl was evil, got him away from l.a.,isolated,, not many French spoke English at that time, isolated,..realized the depth of her addiction and was mad isolated and depressed,..his contract w Columbia records was complete....a different girl , I think he would have survived

[@JackPeters-g5z]

Your panties ?

[@franktreppiedi2208]

Wow, his father really f'ed him up.

[@mooshu1313]

Lizard King will rise again!!!

[@POWBxDX4DxZOMB]

True

[@Lord_Hillcrest02]

No he won't .

[@chriswest8389]

Mr. Mojo Risin

[@desertrose1226]

Reincarnation is like the lizard -or snake, to be more specific. The snake sheds its skin and we shed our physical body at the time of death.

[@James-wv3hx]

He's Bigger than ever 🤣

[@philipparker8307]

seriously, how much did Jim Morrison drink? i’m guessing it started early in life, like maybe high school or early college… did he get drunk every day?

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

I have read conflicting accounts, one that he started drinking heavily in high school, and the other that he didn't start regular heavy drinking till around the time he was in college, and was hanging around with Felix Venable.

[@andrewmay9672]

Get higher so I guess felt so good oahha

[@Honey-Sanchez]

My bras have to be buttery soft. 🧈

[@POWBxDX4DxZOMB]

REAL💯💯💯.🙏🏽🩸

[@parallaxview6770]

Jumpy Jack

[@umk5135]

Mr Mojo Risin'

[@DanJBriand]

The drummer said himself jim never flashed the audience yes he was a bastard and drunk

[@adambane1719]

Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, uh, your opinion, man.

[@marioarias9942]

Imagine having a father like Jim Morrison.

[@desertrose1226]

😮 awesome and awful in equal measure.

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

He would have ignored his children, as he never wanted children and , was not emotionally available to carry out a parental role, at all. And he even talked his sometime girlfriend (Patricia Kennealy ) into getting an abortion. All this is explained clearly "in no here gets out alive" . Where Jim is quoted as saying very clearly he did not want to be a father to anybody's child even Pamela's who was his main girlfriend at the time. If he had been a father he would have been one of these deadbeat dads that have nothing to do with his child, and have to be forced by the courts to stump up some financial support.

[@Dominic-tn9gv]

​@theodoreconstantini2548 Buddy, you seem to know an awful lot about somebody you never met. Do you think you might be projecting a little?

[@marioarias9942]

@@Dominic-tn9gv 😂

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

@@Dominic-tn9gv I don't need to have met him to have an opinion on him or to be able to come to some conclusions about him. Everybody who comments on these sites has an opinion, or comes to some conclusion about Jim Morrison. Especially his fanatical fans. I don't think you have met him either and I'm sure you have an opinion on him. At least mine are based on solid facts, and are hardly uniquely held. Everything I claim is well attested to, in numerous books written on him, affirmed by witnesses , or are reasonable assumptions given what we know about him. There numerous books and biographies on Jim and the Doors, (and I have read nearly all of them) and many people have giving accounts of him, so there is a hell lot of information to go on, and that's what I base my assessment of his personality. Every claim I make is actually based on evidence from his life. You just don't like my well supported conclusions, maybe because some of them are so unflattering, but the balance of available evidence is not on your side it's on my side. So do some proper research and then come back and see me.

[@jonash226]

You can see why he was what he was with that father

[@JackPeters-g5z]

Your panties ?

[@johnharrington22]

So just a army brat

[@leonnaranjo8682]

Pretty much but still a cool guy

[@BugRib]

Pretty sure Courtney Love had something to do with his death.

[@BugRib]

...Speaking of which, please do a few episodes on Nirvana!

[@PaulFormentos]

Also Lennon and dime as well.....