evidence of homosexuality?
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MovieAddict2016 — 19 years ago(November 22, 2006 10:02 PM)
Err, David Bowie was an open bisexual and was linked to both Mick Jagger (his wife claims she walked in on them in bed) and Lou Reed (who is also openly bisexual). It wasn't just an act.
Back then lines were blurred. People didn't think of it the same way as today. I think it would be naive to assume Morrison
didn't
experiment with homosexuality. Based on when he came about, what he represented, the things he did and said, as well as stories that came about from his days at film school - I think he probably experimented in quite a few ways.
Man is a genius when he is dreaming.- Akira Kurosawa
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thechangeling7988 — 19 years ago(November 30, 2006 09:24 AM)
Jim was straight.not that it really matters, cause it's not important at all, but I haven't found any evidence of him being homosexual.He was definetely into girls.
I have read every book in publication (outside of foreign) on Jim Morrison's life, and none have suggested or even questioned his sexuality.
Jim Morrison is a great poet/musician, and it even if the books are wrong, who cares.time for people to get over the whole sex thing.
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gemma375 — 19 years ago(December 01, 2006 04:03 PM)
""father, yes son, i want to kill you, mother,i want to f-you" came from the greek mythology of Oedipus. who unknowingly killed his father and married h16d0is mother. a lot of jim's songs had greek mythology in it.. and other written works of other people he wasn't just some idiot writing stupid little love songs! he wrote and sang what he wanted nomatter what anybody else liked! and he was super smart.. had and IQ of 146! "
Yep. Freud also believed in the greek myth of Oedipus and came up with the idea that boys have a sexual attachment to their mothersand a jealousy of their fathers because of the relationship they share. -
global_global — 18 years ago(February 29, 2008 08:05 AM)
In regards to the Soft Parade, I always thought he was making reference to the Christian tradition of "love thy neighbor," and the commandment of not coveting your neighbors wife. He can "love" his neighbor in the brotherly sense until his neighbor's wife gets home, and he can't help but covet her. Perhaps I'm mistaken.
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SecretAgentNumberOne — 19 years ago(December 03, 2006 12:13 PM)
When he was in New York hanging out with the Factory crowd in the late sixties, according to cross-dressing Warhol-'Superstar' Holly Woodlawn, Morrison visited a gay den-of-iniquity called 'The Mine Shaft'. On the other hand, when he was in Amsterdam in '68, the ladies of the red light district apparently did some very good businessso perhaps he was bisexual/bib68curious, or maybe he was just interested in the gay-subculture because, back then, gays were the ultimate outcasts of society and he therefore sympathized with them (and the fact that his big hero Rimbaud was gay).
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Doc-McCoy — 18 years ago(June 14, 2007 07:16 AM)
People will write anything. There are very few documented instances when Morrison met Hendrix, and the one instance where there's any recording of it Morrison was falling down drunk, slurring vulgarities over and over.
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angel_eyez121004 — 18 years ago(July 15, 2007 10:41 PM)
I sincerely don't believe Jim was homosexual. I can't find any evidence of that even being true. He was way to into women. He loved women. He may of been bi-curious,but I think all of us have been bi-curious at one point in our lives. That's normal and there's nothing wrong with it. I just don't think Jim was homosexual. He doesn't come off that way. That's just how I feel about it.
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SimplemindedSociety — 15 years ago(August 06, 2010 03:40 AM)
" sincerely don't believe Jim was homosexual. I can't find any evidence of that even being true. He was way to into women. He loved women. He may of been bi-curious,but I think all of us have been bi-curious at one point in our lives. That's normal and there's nothing wrong with it. I just don't think Jim was homosexual. He doesn't come off that way."
and how does a homosexual "come off"?
You don't WISH to think of him being bisexual or gay, so therefore, he's not. And how would you find "evidence"? You weren't in his life,you never met the man. You think he's going to write that he's bisexual(or gay) in his books because he was so "open"?
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aoa8212 — 13 years ago(August 08, 2012 09:46 AM)
I don't think there's any evidence that Mr Mojo Risin was homosexual, or even had homosexual tendencies. He had romantic relationships with women and plenty of sex on the side with them too. If there was any evidence, I'm sure we would have seen it by now. Morrison was also a pretty uninhibited guy and often inebriated, so it's not like he was always hiding some deep, dark secret or something. He was who he was.
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TheMemphian — 18 years ago(July 27, 2007 04:51 PM)
I doubt he was gay, but there is a homosexual characteristic in many of his influences. Brecht's "Whiskey Bar" had a line which Jim changed for the LP, but he says on a bootleg"Show me the way, to the next little BOY."
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angel_eyez121004 — 18 years ago(July 28, 2007 08:46 AM)
Well what I found on Brecht's "Alabama Song" lyrics was this
"Show me the way to the next pretty girl
Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why
Show me the way to the next pretty girl
Oh don't ask why, oh, don't ask why
For if we don't find the next pretty girl
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you
I tell you
I tell you we must die"
It says "next pretty GIRL"Not "Show me the way to the next little boy" like you said..
Here's the entire lyrics
Alabama Song
by Bertolt Brecht
Show me the way to the next whisky bar
Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why
Show me the way to the next whisky bar
Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why
For if we don't find the next whisky bar
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you
I tell you
I tell you we must die
Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say say good-bye
We've lost our good old mamma
And must have whisky
Oh, y5b4ou know why.
Show me the way to the next pretty girl
Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why
Show me the way to the next pretty girl
Oh don't ask why, oh, don't ask why
For if we don't find the next pretty girl
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you
I tell you
I tell you we must die
Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say good-bye
We've lost our good old mamma
And must have a girl
Oh, you know why.
Show me the way to the next little dollar
Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why
Show me the way to the next little dollar
Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why
For if we don't find the next little dollar
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you
I tell you
I tell you we must die
Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say good-bye
We've lost our good old mamma
And must have dollars
Oh, you know why.
Jim was not gay
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TheMemphian — 18 years ago(July 29, 2007 07:14 PM)
Humm, I only assumed it was the original lyric because Jim used the word "Boy" on the bootleg (The Live Doors, March 1967, Bulldog Records, BG CD 012) Maybe Jim was gay. (tee-hee) Or, maybe he was just teasing the San Francisco audience.
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Doc-McCoy — 18 years ago(July 31, 2007 04:05 PM)
"Or, maybe he was just teasing the San Francisco audience."
That would be my guess. He was a world-class audience provoker, even commenting in interviews that much of what he said and did onstage was to provoke audience reaction.
"I drink to make other people interesting." - Groucho Marx