If the old bastard had lived...

I'm an hour late, I guess, but I just saw this link:

What would Jim Morrison look like if he was alive today?

Now, to me, the picture just looks like someone went crazy with the blurring button on Photoshop, but what do I know? I can't believe that actual scientists have done this and have been given, like, real money for it.

It, of course, cued up lots of JIM MORRISON WAS A DRUNKEN EGOMANIACAL BASTARD stuff over on ONTD and lots of OMG SO SEXY!!!! in return. Some of it turned into HE WAS A TALENTLESS DRUNKEN EGOMANIACAL BASTARD (this after someone invoked the other man of the day, John Lennon and it had to be amended) and some turned into 'no way, he'd look way worse' and stuff.

Someone else posted a link of some apparently psychotic Doorzoid who is so crazy it's ruined the Doors for this other person. I didn't dare click.

There was a lot of 'I'd be a supergroupie fer sure!!!" and even some stuff along the lines of "Just as well he's dead then".

I am filled with quiet and resigned bitterness. I should be asleep right now, but no, I'm not and it's 1am. I'm off to see Seasick Steve in Bethnal Green this coming evening. Seasick Steve is two years older than Jim would be and has only become a 'name' in the last few years. He's also a very sweet, kind man of the sort who will give you a hug and make you feel immediately relaxed in his company. This I know from personal experience (and was better than Shakin' Stevens telling me to smile. Sod off, Shaky).

I just really really wish that Jim had lived, not even for selfish reasons. I wish he'd lived to prove his naysayers wrong, that he wasn't a talentless wanker (really, I don't believe he was) and that he was capable of such great things as we can't even conceive of now. I wish he'd been there to fight his battles and make his arguments.

I also wish that this June just passed, I had been backstage at the Pyramid and instead of sidling a little nervously up to Steve to say "Man, you're great!" and getting a hug from him... I wish it had been Jim. I wish the Doors had some kind of fantastic gig and I'd had to knock nervously on the door, hands shaking, to do my job and then just to say "I really loved your set." If all he did was breathe in and out and completely disregard my presence, I actually think that would be OK: if he lived, that would be enough for me. Unusually, I don't think this has ever really been about me... huh.

Or of course, he would've lived to expose himself (narf narf) as a total wanker. In which case I wouldn't care anyway.

Happy birthday, you old bastard. Give Lennon a nod from me too.

If the old bastard had lived...

I'm an hour late, I guess, but I just saw this link:

What would Jim Morrison look like if he was alive today?

Now, to me, the picture just looks like someone went crazy with the blurring button on Photoshop, but what do I know? I can't believe that actual scientists have done this and have been given, like, real money for it.

It, of course, cued up lots of JIM MORRISON WAS A DRUNKEN EGOMANIACAL BASTARD stuff over on ONTD and lots of OMG SO SEXY!!!! in return. Some of it turned into HE WAS A TALENTLESS DRUNKEN EGOMANIACAL BASTARD (this after someone invoked the other man of the day, John Lennon and it had to be amended) and some turned into 'no way, he'd look way worse' and stuff.

Someone else posted a link of some apparently psychotic Doorzoid who is so crazy it's ruined the Doors for this other person. I didn't dare click.

There was a lot of 'I'd be a supergroupie fer sure!!!" and even some stuff along the lines of "Just as well he's dead then".

I am filled with quiet and resigned bitterness. I should be asleep right now, but no, I'm not and it's 1am. I'm off to see Seasick Steve in Bethnal Green this coming evening. Seasick Steve is two years older than Jim would be and has only become a 'name' in the last few years. He's also a very sweet, kind man of the sort who will give you a hug and make you feel immediately relaxed in his company. This I know from personal experience (and was better than Shakin' Stevens telling me to smile. Sod off, Shaky).

I just really really wish that Jim had lived, not even for selfish reasons. I wish he'd lived to prove his naysayers wrong, that he wasn't a talentless wanker (really, I don't believe he was) and that he was capable of such great things as we can't even conceive of now. I wish he'd been there to fight his battles and make his arguments.

I also wish that this June just passed, I had been backstage at the Pyramid and instead of sidling a little nervously up to Steve to say "Man, you're great!" and getting a hug from him... I wish it had been Jim. I wish the Doors had some kind of fantastic gig and I'd had to knock nervously on the door, hands shaking, to do my job and then just to say "I really loved your set." If all he did was breathe in and out and completely disregard my presence, I actually think that would be OK: if he lived, that would be enough for me. Unusually, I don't think this has ever really been about me... huh.

Or of course, he would've lived to expose himself (narf narf) as a total wanker. In which case I wouldn't care anyway.

Happy birthday, you old bastard. Give Lennon a nod from me too.