Thanks for uploading...after a long time i always come back to his writings.

Thank you for this It brings a deeper and broader understanding to the "American Prayer" Album. The best Morrison Album by far. The epilogue was particularly insightful as to Jim's thinking as he entered, "The Hot Forest"

Funny, he told Ray early on that he couldn't sing! Jim had a phenomenal voice! Exceptional range and quality!

Thank you The Dutch Man for posting this. This is how Jim wanted "An American Prayer" to be done. He did have some ideas for music, but it wasn't meant to be The Doors, they just did that to make money after he died. Jim was gone far too soon, but I suppose exactly when he was meant to go. It seems like he was preparing for it, talking about it, even writing about it here in these poems. In 1970, my mom & I moved around the corner from The Doors Workshop. Jim gave her a couple copies of his American Prayer books & also invited her to come back & hear the final recordings of what would be, LA Woman. I still have her early copy of the record, given by Bill Siddons, from the first pallet of records delivered by Electra Records in 1971. Also, one of Jim's books that he gave her. Mom passed about 3 months ago. She had a long life with some great wild adventures. Break on thru.

I love how his voice never changes, it’s just beautiful…✌️

Morrison's poetry comes alive when he reads it aloud.

@timwright4263

Ай бұрын

Jim was such a consummate performer, and writer, his words do indeed come alive, from his soul to our ears.

He was the Shaman of his generation.

Jim Morrison was very intelligent. His IQ was 149. He wasn't just a rock star. He was a very sensitive poetic man. And he also suffered from depression, so he was very apathetic of other people's feelings. His music speaks to a lot of people. What they're going through still does to this day. People are strange was written out of depression, According to his bandmates, lyrics are very accurate. Even If you're not depressed but feel isolated or alone. Which everybody has felt from time to time.

This was the Real Jim Morrison...a very quiet and shy person

He painted with is words and his vocal cords,his words just flow with incredible texture

Jim Morrison's poetry is Just plain Awesome that I love his poetry and his amazing talent has amazed me because I have been a fan of the doors for 30 years since the 90's and I was thinking about him all these years later and I think he's amazing and talented for poetry writing and long live Jim Morrison 1943-1971

28:25 Timeless

Love hearing his voice . So soothing . ❤️

@wesleybrown4397

2 жыл бұрын

❤

@semguitarra

Жыл бұрын

Best asmr ever

@TheDutchGuy

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/e6hosNiOf7bHgJc.html

@travisjwilliamson

Жыл бұрын

@@wesleybrown4397 thendude?

I don't usually care much for poetry, but I love listening to Jim's work. Maybe because I've liked The Doors since I was a young boy and this work reminds me of a Door's song.

Jim was a bright light who like many after burned out too soon , why are troubled people so creative this is a man disillusioned by this life .

JiM the LIZARD~KING 🦎👑 MORRISON was a GREAT FRONTMAN!!!!

These poems changed my life forever after hearing some of them in the American Prayer album. 🌠

I just came across this and i love it more without the music. Morrison had that calm, soulful talking voice. Thank you for this.

@mariaestay5005

5 ай бұрын

Sorry but ésto es poesía.

RIP Jim! He was such a gifted person. Complex and mysterious. Arguably the original "Rock star" with his visual image and intense unfiltered performances. Then he quickly transfers into a focused mythical poet showing his deep seeded wisdom before his young death. Truly a legend in my opinion.

Interesting how poetry has become an ancient relic. Even at the time of this recording poetry was extremely niche. There’s definitely some good gems there but mostly just mindless ramblings. The music the doors added made this so much better. Very interesting historical artifact though!

His entire life in verse . A better song writer than a poet, with exceptions .A most unusual man .

The great thing about Jim is that even though he was like real loud and crazy f***** up he was also very serious and sincere and always thought about lots of important things like art life death work legacy what we are and become and how we are in history... Things most people have no clue about because they don't give a s***

R.I.P. Jim Morrison (December 8, 1943 - July 3, 1971) aged 27

The modern equivalent of Jim Morrison I can envision being an obscure impoverished writer. I certainly don't think for a second that he would be interested in being a pop star

Jim Morrison is probably one of the best singers songwriters I’ve ever heard in my life. But also too a lot of people also tend to forget that while Jim was this amazing person he also was dealing with alcoholism and not to mention that he was high on acid 24 seven or damn near. I mean granite with the acid that’s where a lot of his inspiration, and a lot of his creativity came from. And I honestly believe that the day when he passed by the accident with the Native Americans, I am convinced that on that day, he was cursed and ultimately, the curse is what ended up killing him. That’s just what I believe.

@vicvega3614

8 ай бұрын

Robbie said they were done with lsd by 68 or 69. He also said Jim would take a few hits of a joint every once in a while but that was it, he would do a drug for a while then be done with it, except alcohol, he loved to drink. I heard an interview with Jim from Jan 1971 and Jim says he started drinking to be more social and ill tell you what from my experience of also being a musician that the drinking starts out as a way to be more interesting and out going and then you cant perform without alcohol or other drugs. During the interview i heard Jim ordered at keast 6 or 7 drinks, bloody marys, vodka, beers and he was still quiet in the interview . Yes he had a horrible addictive personality and was a bad alcoholic

I write poetry which is totally inspired by Jim, I even published a book off poetry and have his image painted on the wall above my computer, all off this is totally inspired by the epic Jim Morrison, my forever poetic influence.

It seemed like he lived out an acid trip and became famous and wasn't happy because that wasnt his number one love. Its actually kinda sad. I dont think he realized that his music was poetry, he conquered new land and revolutioized rock.

@daiseysays

6 ай бұрын

I hear ya and would also propose this. That his intended messages, best in word or in poem, was misunderstood glossed/edited and the Record Company dictating or powers that be without heart/artistic ability/ vision . I’d be unsure was famous or rock god he sought, and rather pure effortless freedoms of expression. & to be. If he did want fame. The grinding meat machine of the Company and whatever contract signed did achieve that. I would fear that if I fully realized or maybe even get close to my dreams, the lack of contractual ability or because of fame the abilities to do so, and find what I would like to do next. Lastly, the mood the word, the silence is pauses. Inflection of his voice are spoken in the artistic way to be communicating a specific message. As a masterful “comedian” not to break character with a laugh or facial expression learn over 20yrs- “It’s how you have carefully structured the story of the joke that even the worst still captivates while eliciting the emotion intended, for the entire audience at the same time. (Andy Kaufman or Norm MacDonald) Maybe less than how he felt

@JimmyHandtrixx

3 ай бұрын

pretty sure he knew he was a poet who happened to sing in a band

@julianbrowne7026

2 ай бұрын

The irony of Robbie writing tthe song that stopped them being able to go in the direction with an audience that wanted to go with but Light my Fire shackled them with a teen audience for just too long to make it a Bum Trip.

@adamideus9222

26 күн бұрын

he was in love with death and poetry

Gently they stir, gently rise. The dead are new born awakening with ravaged limbs and wet souls. Gently they sigh in rapt funeral amazement.. Who called these dead to dance? Was it the young girl learning to play "the ghost song" on her baby grand? Was it the wilderness children? Was it the ghost-God himself, stuttering, cheering, chatting blindly? I called you up to anoint the earth! I called you up to announce sadness falling like burnt skin! I called you to wish you well! To glory in Self like some new monster! And now I call on you to pray........

Do you know we are ruled by TV? Yes, Jim, now more than ever. Journey we more into the nightmare. Cling to life, our passion flower.

Stuff like this is the best thing on the internet and the best thing about 2024. Another example is the Beatles get back movie

@speedballbustanutinc.4512

Ай бұрын

It's been around for years

Non parlo l'inglese né lo capisco ma Jim, fin da quando ero ragazzo mi ha sempre rapito in un modo che ancora adesso non mi spiego. Sarà la sua voce, la sua calma, sarà qualcosa, non so ma sarà tutto quello che poi mi combina dentro l'anima. Ciao Jim. 8:42

@s.b.romano1452

Жыл бұрын

Anche a me capitava così. Forse sono sottili e sotterranee frequenze sonore che ci entrano dentro pronte a liquefarsi come soli inghiottiti dal mare della nostra anima.

Immortal poem! James Douglas Morrison ❤

great to have this recording available finally in its entirety w just Morrison's recitation./ FACT: this was recorded on Morrison's 27th birthdate 12/08/1970 which was exaxtly 10 years prior to the date of John Lennon's tragic assassination 12/08/1980.

@jnrpoet

3 жыл бұрын

Well ... the full session was 3.5 hours long. That's what should be released!

@itaintmebabe714

2 жыл бұрын

Like the first scene in the doors movie. "c'mon Jim it's your birthday what are doing here?"

@nickgodalin6487

2 жыл бұрын

@@itaintmebabe714 That was the worst movie I've ever seen. Anyone who might be unfamilar with Morrison and sees that film will be under a great illusory spell. By the way, no one EVER uttered those words to Morrison while he was reading and recording his works. Total fabrication...

@lunachickfringe5319

Жыл бұрын

@@nickgodalin6487 Thank you!!

@juliaisaacs3767

10 ай бұрын

Which also happens to be my Birthday. Weird.

Jim Morrison was such a gifted poet James Douglass Morrison was a word man he paint a scene with his words his poetry is amazing the best his song writing too &the way he sang &he could also sream beautiful no one had a stage prescence like Jim Jim wss himself there was no pretence Jim was Jim

'As I look back ' poem read by Patti Smith is very powerful. Jim looking back at his life . From birth until his final days in Paris. A truly great summation of it all.

@cookseywrko

Жыл бұрын

Where is her version?

This was recorded 14 years to the day before I came into the world. Very cool.

JUST LIKE THE MOVIE

Happy Birthday 2023!

I've been wanting to hear this whole thing since I was a little kid. Finally. Thank you so much

@nickgodalin6487

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, this isn't the "whole thing". There were 4 one-hour-long reels of magnetic tape used for that birthday session. This doesn't even total a complete hour. Among the recordings from which this was excerpted was a apparently hilarious moment when Morrison invited Kathy Lisciandro and Florentine Pabst into the studio and up to the mic to join him in a reading of a special poem or passage from a poem which was written for female voices. Also, there is a section when Morrison suddenly stops reading and says, "What we're going to do now is have Frank here join me in a bit of the old improvisuto!". What followed such an announcement consisted of a drunk Morrison repeatedly goading and provoking Frank Lisciandro into chanting "Cool!" over and over again in response to Morrison's provocations.

@bootyerbutt

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickgodalin6487 Have you heard these sections or were told? They couldn’t even give us a complete American Prayer on this release. Based on photos of a session reel, Jim may have read some of the same poems more than once because we see one tape labeled “first takes”. They could have easily fit the entire bday reading and Feb ‘69 reading instead of having other people reading.

@mattgeorge9258

2 жыл бұрын

@@bootyerbutt hi, actually those two anecdotes were taken from a couple of book sources, which in turn were both connected with Frank Lisciandro. The passage with Kathy and Florentine was: "All of us have found a safe niche where we can store up riches". Florentine, being European, spoke the word as ”nickt", while Kathy pronounced it, "nitch", causing Morrison to burst out in laughter, which then triggered laughter from the ladies.

Fame is a crock, power is a crock, who the hell wants that? Freedom man, freedom, enough money just to be, yourself. No acting, no image, just be. Getting up when you like and doing what you like, dress how you like. If you have somebody who loves and supports you and doesn't want a piece of you? That's probably as good as it gets man. - Mickey Alvarez. (Jim Morrison)

@nickgodalin6487

2 жыл бұрын

Power... power is not entirely a "crock". "Power" is often used exclusively & singularly to refer to a "thing" that a certain privileged class of people possess for the sole purpose of wielding it over persons who possess various lesser (and measurable) quantities of it. In fact, an argument could be made that "power" is always already with or within each of us, inescapable because a necessary condition for Being itself, for anything, everything, and every "thing" to merely.... be.

@rv6205

2 жыл бұрын

did Jim really write this ?....I love it

@julianbrowne7026

7 ай бұрын

​@@rv6205what? Why would you write such a vacuous thing?

Thanks. Amazing how many thoughts roar in Morrisons head in addition to extreme drinking/partying.

Bless you, mate. Thank you so very much for this. Cheers!

@angelstoyanov9595

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers 👍

Poetic genius at its best!

I was an employee of the Village Recorder for several years in the late 70s. I heard some of the stories about his sessions there.

@ooeygooeydewey2960

2 жыл бұрын

Please enlighten me

@missmama3900

Ай бұрын

Yes

JIM,WE MISS YOU AND LOVE YOUR MUSIC!

Somehow I had only ever heard..THE PARIS TAPES...coolenuf for sure.But this recording is Jim at the height of his unique GENIUS.The first ..11:45...are one legendary Seer’s Vision...occupy the rarefied air of a born...POET..both Visionary and Prophetic.Thank You for posting.

He never died. His voice is forever. I mean he lives on as a human being a shaman that dances with large birds and vapor's of lost energy a wordsman. Try nothing to be reborn. Life is a monster moment that brings freedom and belief in extacy.

I have heard these paragraphs through different tapes CDs and now I get to hear the whole thing so clear its as if he is on a microphone in the corner of the room

I feel the Morrison estate missed the boat here when the could of released these recordings in a CD box set and not buried in an audio book with other people reading his poetry,IMO

It doesn't really matter that much of Jim's words are often not connected, but he makes them seamlessly make sense. He has the most perfect speaking voice. RIP Mo JO Risin

This is Great!! Thank You! 🙏

that is great...some of the poetry, he recorded earlier, in February 1969, i like a bit more...he said it slower and with a bit more intense...but this is nice, because it is more

Jim morrison is so Deep...love it..❤❤❤❤

thank you

🙏 thank you very much

I have a poetry book of his an old edition..god knows he shaped my life... learning about prophesy through him

No entiendo nada, pero me emociona oír su voz, es inconfundible, Jim Morrison, mi bello genio, y poeta

@edsans6832

9 ай бұрын

Chale😢 yo si pero muy poco debería existir un doblaje

Goed bezig man...prachtig dit!

Thanks Dutch Guy 👦 nice one Man!!

I havent heard this in 30 years

He was a wandering wonderer, showing us the simplicity of life. Genitals and death with deeper complex understandings of the multitude of mind bending thoughts and feelings of words, phrases, rhymes, and timing without dwelling or breaking their shells, on any single subject, greeting us like a firm handshake. He never put any demands on anyone and wanted none on him. Getting arrested to show us how silly and ridiculous civilization can be, taking life too seriously, losing the adventure for the curiosity of life. Wanting and needing less limitations. He never owned a house, they had to rent him a room to help insure he would return. Thank you, Jim, Ray, John, And Robby for releasing his inner spirit.

Grazie

Heel erg bedankt voor het delen!!!! gr, max

@TheDutchGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Enjoy!

@Maxdekriek

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheDutchGuy I did👍😉

I kow him si deep and i know the Text... the words the feelings i can say it in the same time Genius... wake up ppl better yesterday like tomorrow... so what

Rest in Peace James.

great

Wooooowwww❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

An American Prayer but much more.

In Jim Morrison's Complete Poetry Book, in the introduction Frank Lisiciandro says that this poetic session lasted 2 hours. The first hour stopped when Jim wanted to go eat some Taco. After eating, they went back to record for another hour. There are photographs taken by Frank Lisciandro in which Morrison recites his poetry while waving a tambourine; there are also photos in which Kathy Lisciandro and Florentine Pabst recite poetry in unison with Morrison. My question is: Why is there only one hour of recording of this poetic session? Why can't we hear the part of Jim reciting while waving the tambourine? Why can't Kathy and Florentine be heard reciting along with Jim? Was that part of the original recording lost or is it saved and was not published?!!

@ianmoone-dm4if

2 жыл бұрын

That was what I thought. I got the Audio book and Frank says it is complete. It is not complete. Can't help feeling we have been ripped off..

@briantrudyleupold4937

2 жыл бұрын

What a gem to be able to hear this a huge thanks to Lisciandro and others whom helped get it released now on to HWY!

@nickgodalin6487

Жыл бұрын

​@@ianmoone-dm4ifyes, this recording was carefully constructed by both Frank Lisciandro and Jim's sister. Much of the session has been cut out, perhaps because he was quite drunk and it reflected poorly on tape. Or, those moments might be considered embarrassing and not something they want reflecting on Morrison's image.

💕

Horse Latitudes was written when he was fifteen years old.

This man is the most gifted poet Ive ever heard and I dont follow it because it boors me but Jim's is magnetizing.

The Death of my Libido. No longer needed! Like a Dead Snake. I will rest soon. Dead to the World 🌎 No longer Spinning. Eternal Silence and Sleep. No Time. Eternal Darkness and Night. Oblivion. Blind and Deaf.

28:25 I admire him

@amerLeVrai

Жыл бұрын

In the movie Oliver stone version French. He say '' now let's get a chili con Carne '' lol

Why the audio sounds different?,and i think Jim Recorded 3.5 hours,Not just 1....

🤘🏼

I have his book the collective works of Jim Morrison

I might have took too much acid but at the same time I feel like I am the reincarnation of jim morrison after listening to this Especially when he talks about his 🐓 😵‍💫

Knowledge. Religión..status quo Universal set mínd .a genius.

This would be brighter with spanish subtitles too

Poetry will save america american prayer over trembling turtle

The most understand it wrong a Genius never... wake up ppl for real...

He was broken after 68 things seemed to change for him. He stopped enjoying the fame and he seemed battered and beaten up

Why wasn't the earlier March 1969 session included with this session when the "Collected Works" was released in 2021?

There's a "glitch" at 36:38.

Morrison spoke time from space back to earth with casual nudity. Deeper than the oldest tree rings. Faster than death that realms upon us.

Podrían traducirlo al Español?

What was Patti Smith’s involvement in this recording? Thanks.

that was his last birthday, alone in a studio...

@stevep4574

3 жыл бұрын

Let's go get some tacos!

@454cassul9

3 жыл бұрын

Actually he was not alone, but with few friends in there, besides the recording guys, as far as I remember.

@mackychloe

3 жыл бұрын

@@454cassul9 I read he had friends there too

@nickgodalin6487

2 жыл бұрын

He wasn't alone. Also present were tape operator/sound engineer John Haeny (who was trusted completely by Morrison to produce a faithful reproduction of his voice as well as his poetic intent and vision overall, while including a marginal flexibility for manipulation and/or editing later on), friend/associate/collaborator Frank Lisciandro and his then-wife Kathy, and finally an Eastern European-born mutual friend of them all, Florentine Pabst. There are many photographs of this evening available across the internet, most of them taken by Frank.

do we know where Florentine Pabst and Kathy Lisciandro chime in?

@nickgodalin6487

2 жыл бұрын

unfortunately, their contributions (along with Frank Lisciandro's) were edited out of this release. If the original tapes are never released, we may never know the answer to your question.

@M4ND4L4

Жыл бұрын

they participate in only 2 poems, Letter from. (Texas radio & the big beat) and one more that I can't remember right now. supposedly in that poem, they had a participation intervening in the dialogue of the poem.... even so, it is clear that having been "edited" in a mean and crappy way (which is what the record companies really do), they deteriorate the original product as was created, the original dialogues are lost as they were designed in their conception and the true art of how j.morrison was going to arrange each and every one of the poems during the development of the session is lost. in summary, apart from missing original footage of the session, the play on words is missing (something like the poem "Round-up, rondolay, rhonda". it is something similar, only more fun, since it is arranged between the German accent by florentine, kathy and morrison's yankee in which the two of them participate with morrison at the end of the session.... i think it would be quite a few minutes, which would have been interesting to hear as they were developed on the fly during this uncut session no editing. but if you want to know how morrison works and arranges on the fly during a poetry recording session, i recommend listening to the session called "Jim Morrison-Lost Tapes Paris" that you can find here on youtube. without a doubt it is an elaborate work, "without cuts or has been edited". so the work is still intact and immaculate. enjoy!.

This is very important. And Jim did not want music on the album. Precious words here from the prophet.🙏🦅🌹

@nickgodalin6487

8 ай бұрын

Well, he was leaning towards a release without accompanying music, but did also consider having Lalo Schifrin compose appropriate soundtrack music.

29:00

40:51

Is he speaking freestyle high or reading after?

He was no William Blake or Dylan Thomas, but he has some interesting poems and thoughts.

@s.baumard8161

3 жыл бұрын

he was Jim Morrison...

@luisspeciale4675

3 жыл бұрын

Remember he was only 27 when he was taken away from us. RIP Jim Morrison!!! You are missed.

@nickgodalin6487

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, there is a general consensus on this judgment that you have expressed. However, both of the poets you have mentioned were read/studied/absorbed/internalized/admired/appropriated (stylistically & thematically, at the very least) by a developing Jim Morrison. It would be a gross misrepresentation of his "soul", as well as a blatant insult to his memory, for someone to claim that he ever aspired to "be" or to "be known/remembered as" another Blake or Dylan Thomas. He possessed enough modesty and perspective, like any Poet in the purest, most authentic sense of the word, to truly believe that poets (especially those 2) were operating within an existential consciousness far removed from that which he was even capable of realizing, especially after a great disillusionment, followed by an inevitable acceptance, of his ultimate legacy as a "sex symbol" & masse cultural pop figure, a sacrificial lamb who, for young people worldwide in any era, represented the extreme embodiment of the rebellion and the divisive nature of "generation gaps" Quote (1969): "If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it aims to deliver people from the limited ways in which they think, see, and feel."

@ninaj6051

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickgodalin6487 I am so happy I got to discover a different version of him than the urban legend, Oliver Stone's movie, a pop culture fabrication made about him. Though, it feels more precious that way, like discovering a hidden treasure.

@nickgodalin6487

2 жыл бұрын

hmmm.... 'hidden treasure'... yes, very nice... a fitting and totally appropriate analogy/metaphor. Once you begin, as like any excitedly-passionate spellbound archeologist, to 'dig deeper' on your own, buried much further down beneath the dense, solidified, culturally-calcified strata of so-called "legendary" or blatantly obvious mythological material, the treasure quietly awaiting your discovery is infinitely more valuable, more interesting, more HUMAN, than any of the dozens of outrageous, yet unfortunately popular and widely accepted, "wild & crazy" Morrison Moments you thought (or "knew") as realities.

Traducirla

Which session did they use for An American Prayer" : this one, or the March 69 session, or both of them?

@coily7776

2 жыл бұрын

Both of them..

@bootyerbutt

2 жыл бұрын

the March 69 session actually took place in February of that year

@nickgodalin6487

2 жыл бұрын

Why wasn't it included with the "Collected Works" released last year....??

I'm a Genius and we r more like tired about u ask too much and understanding not for real... we r more like tired about... wake up ppl there is still a way no fear about the truth so what

Which poem is at around 21 minute mark? My mind is blown. Need a quote from it. I'd still try to find it by ear, but I'm writing here just in case.

@coily7776

Жыл бұрын

Untitled Poem

i thinks HIS POETRY IS ACTUALLY BETTER THAN HIS SINGING WHAT IS THIS POETRY ABOUT CAN YOU TELL ME