Jim Morrisons Accomplishments
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Jim Morrison has been arrested several times (Simons, 2008). Its seems obvious that he followed his own rules and he has proven that throughout his career and lifetime. Along with his struggles he has also had many musical accomplishments. As the Doors made some of the best rock and roll songs of all time, they modified rock and roll with their own rules as they caught people’s attention.
The two major members of the Doors had met at school. Jim had enrolled in film school at UCLA in 1964. He was overweight and obsessed in poetry and philosophy (Talevski, 2014). On a July day back in 1965, two UCLA students had run into each other on Venice beach. Jim recited his poem to a fellow friend Ray Manzarek and they clicked (Simons, 2008). Morrison …show more content…
Before, the Doors had just started performing at night clubs and didn’t have much care in the world. That’s when Electra Records had decided to sign a deal with the rookie band. This meant that all the games were over for the group and they had to realize that a real future was ahead of them. The band had their first big break on September 17, 1967 when they appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” This was pretty much a requirement in the 60’s if you wanted to be heard as a band. Now that they had made it there, their career was really ready to take off (Simons, …show more content…
Jim was the lead singer, of course. He had a good voice and had that “something” that drew people to him. On stage he was sexy, and definitely knew how to sell himself to the audience. Before the Doors, Ray had already been infatuated in music. He played vox-organ with his brother Rick in a band called, Rick and the Ravens. John and Robbie have always been noticed the least out of the group. Robbie played guitar and John was the hyped up drummer. They both had been recruited from Ray when the band was first being created (Simons, 2008).
Along with the Doors’ catchy songs, trouble very often came along the way. Jim had a problem with authority and freedom. He said that “the most important kind of freedom is the freedom to be who you really are.” He never agreed with laws. Depression also put a tool on his life. He began drinking heavily and taking drugs. After a while he stopped all the drugs, but kept on drinking. He gained a lot of weight and lost that certain Lizard King look. With the drinking he got drunk of course. Album production was always being held up with the ongoing drinking and difficult attitude (Simons,
Jim Morrison has been arrested several times (Simons, 2008). Its seems obvious that he followed his own rules and he has proven that throughout his career and lifetime. Along with his struggles he has also had many musical accomplishments. As the Doors made some of the best rock and roll songs of all time, they modified rock and roll with their own rules as they caught people’s attention.
The two major members of the Doors had met at school. Jim had enrolled in film school at UCLA in 1964. He was overweight and obsessed in poetry and philosophy (Talevski, 2014). On a July day back in 1965, two UCLA students had run into each other on Venice beach. Jim recited his poem to a fellow friend Ray Manzarek and they clicked (Simons, 2008). Morrison …show more content…
Before, the Doors had just started performing at night clubs and didn’t have much care in the world. That’s when Electra Records had decided to sign a deal with the rookie band. This meant that all the games were over for the group and they had to realize that a real future was ahead of them. The band had their first big break on September 17, 1967 when they appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” This was pretty much a requirement in the 60’s if you wanted to be heard as a band. Now that they had made it there, their career was really ready to take off (Simons, …show more content…
Jim was the lead singer, of course. He had a good voice and had that “something” that drew people to him. On stage he was sexy, and definitely knew how to sell himself to the audience. Before the Doors, Ray had already been infatuated in music. He played vox-organ with his brother Rick in a band called, Rick and the Ravens. John and Robbie have always been noticed the least out of the group. Robbie played guitar and John was the hyped up drummer. They both had been recruited from Ray when the band was first being created (Simons, 2008).
Along with the Doors’ catchy songs, trouble very often came along the way. Jim had a problem with authority and freedom. He said that “the most important kind of freedom is the freedom to be who you really are.” He never agreed with laws. Depression also put a tool on his life. He began drinking heavily and taking drugs. After a while he stopped all the drugs, but kept on drinking. He gained a lot of weight and lost that certain Lizard King look. With the drinking he got drunk of course. Album production was always being held up with the ongoing drinking and difficult attitude (Simons,