PSA: I defended Jim Morrison for 10 years then heard his live recordings

I finally listened to the Alive, She Cried bootleg after a buddy in Tempe mailed me a CD, and Morrison sounds like he's reading a shopping list between his drunken yells. Has anyone else here actually sat through a full Doors concert tape without romanticizing the '60s?

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pat_murray535d ago

My buddy saw them in '68 and said Morrison just mumbled the whole set.

simon_carr5d ago

Read somewhere that Morrison was heavily into the speed and booze by that point, not just the acid. Could explain the mumbling. There's a bootleg recording from '68 floating around where he sounds half asleep, barely getting through "The End." Supposedly fans were walking out. Still, that era had its moments too.

the_wesley5d ago

Blame the acid, man - that was peak Doors right there @pat_murray53.

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