“Hey, I’m Not Kidding, You Gotta Turn the Lights Down”

Jim Morrison, (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971)

I remember when Danny Sugarman’s book came out. I was in high school, less than a decade after Morrison died in France. I’d basically missed The Doors hey day, lacking an older sibling to show me what to listen to. Maybe I knew Light My Fire, I can’t remember.

But the book triggered a Doors renaissance of a sort, at least at my school in The Valley, at least among the school paper / honor’s English crowd. In retrospect, it was an eclectic time. I listened to The Clash, Bruce Springsteen, The Doors, Neil Young – I lacked the commitment to really be a punk or a head banger, I mostly listened to what Jim Ladd listened to, plus whatever punk/new wave my friend John Z turned me on to.

I do remember that my little brother, in junior high at the time, liked The Doors and The Boomtown Rats, before Bob Geldof tried to save the world.

Morrison died 27 years ago today. Now, my kid’s know who he is, can tell its The Doors when we listen to KLOS in the car — though maybe they think he looks like Val Kilmer.

I, wonder, actually if Morrison ever thought people would be digging on The Doors 27 years after his death.

I know the youtube linked cuts off a little at the end, but I liked the intro, so I used it.

C’mon, baby, take a chance with us …