Post by andreajacobs80 on Nov 2, 2019 17:36:35 GMT -5
According to Frank Lisciandro’s, “Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together”, after Morrison’s family had moved yet again a neighbor stopped by to introduce themselves and during the conversation revealed that the woman who lived in the house before them had committed suicide. Jim immediately claimed her old bedroom as his saying he wanted to “feel her vibe”,
Robby Krieger has acknowledged Jim Morrison’s mental health struggles:
Q. What was your first impression of Jim Morrison?
Krieger: I first met him when he came to my house with John Densmore and he seemed pretty normal. I didn’t really get a sense that there was anything unusual about him until the end of our first rehearsal. Initially, everything was cool. Then this guy came looking for Jim. Something had gone wrong with a dope deal, and Jim just went nuts. Absolutely bananas. I thought, Jesus Christ, this guy’s not normal.
Q. Jim’s antics are held in such reverence now. Were they funny at the time?
Krieger: It was always a bummer. We had this group which we all knew had the potential to be something really big, and Jim was trying to sabotage it by fucking up at every turn. We would call a rehearsal, Jim wouldn’t show, and we’d get a call from Blythe, Arizona, telling us that he was in jail.
Q. Speaking of weirdoes, “People Are Strange” has a great chord progression. Did you write that?
Krieger: Yeah. Jim came up to my house in Laurel Canyon one night, and he was in one of his suicidal, downer moods. So John said, “Come on, Jim, we’ll go see the sunset. That’ll get you out of this.” We went up to the top of Laurel Canyon and it was incredibly beautiful—we were looking down on the sun reflecting off the top of the clouds. Jim had a total mood flip-flop, and said, “Wow! Now I know why I felt like that. It’s because if you’re strange, people are strange.” And he wrote the lyrics right there. Then I came up with the music and we went back down the hill.
Robby Krieger has acknowledged Jim Morrison’s mental health struggles:
Q. What was your first impression of Jim Morrison?
Krieger: I first met him when he came to my house with John Densmore and he seemed pretty normal. I didn’t really get a sense that there was anything unusual about him until the end of our first rehearsal. Initially, everything was cool. Then this guy came looking for Jim. Something had gone wrong with a dope deal, and Jim just went nuts. Absolutely bananas. I thought, Jesus Christ, this guy’s not normal.
Q. Jim’s antics are held in such reverence now. Were they funny at the time?
Krieger: It was always a bummer. We had this group which we all knew had the potential to be something really big, and Jim was trying to sabotage it by fucking up at every turn. We would call a rehearsal, Jim wouldn’t show, and we’d get a call from Blythe, Arizona, telling us that he was in jail.
Q. Speaking of weirdoes, “People Are Strange” has a great chord progression. Did you write that?
Krieger: Yeah. Jim came up to my house in Laurel Canyon one night, and he was in one of his suicidal, downer moods. So John said, “Come on, Jim, we’ll go see the sunset. That’ll get you out of this.” We went up to the top of Laurel Canyon and it was incredibly beautiful—we were looking down on the sun reflecting off the top of the clouds. Jim had a total mood flip-flop, and said, “Wow! Now I know why I felt like that. It’s because if you’re strange, people are strange.” And he wrote the lyrics right there. Then I came up with the music and we went back down the hill.
