Hero Worship and Jim Morrison

Neena — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:04:40 +0000

I’ve had a “thing” for Jim Morrison of the Doors ever since I hit puberty; never mind that he died when I was around two. I dug the music first, then I read his poetry, then I read “No One Here Gets Out Alive.” Never mind that some of his profundity might have been drug-fueled (ok, was definitely drug-fueled) and never mind that there’s probably a lot of folk especially the young kids who probably don’t have a clue who he was.

I think that he was ahead of his time, especially with this internet stuff and the 24 hour news cycles….where privacy is non existent and where people think nothing at all of exposing the most intimate details of their entire lives to the whole world. So in no particular order I thought I’d share some quotes with y’all from Morrison that ought to make you think. I’d add a picture of him but I’d bet they’re all copyrighted and I wouldn’t want to get in trouble! Here’s the Morrison quotes:

“We are obsessed with heroes who live for us and whom we punish.”

Now isn’t that the truth these days? Think of any “hero.” I think a lot of us don’t even know what the word means. Paris Hilton a hero? ok, whatever.

“More or less, we’re all afflicted with the psychology of the voyeur.”

If modern society doesn’t say this in large blinking capital letters, then I am made of wood. Remember he was writing and saying this stuff in the late 60’s and 70’s. Imagine what he would think NOW!

“Films are collections of dead pictures which are given artificial insemination.”

Not sure quite what to say to that. Wonder whatever happened to his “wife” Pam and his brother/parents. Anybody know?

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