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Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Mariah Carey Vevo: 'All I Want For Christmas is You'

Source:Mariah Carey- all she wants for Christmas.

"Watch the official music video for "All I Want For Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey"  

From Mariah Carey 

"The Most Popular Christmas Song on YouTube Should Come as a Surprise to Literally No One" 

Source:Pop Sugar- Christmas Baby Mariah Carey. 

From Pop Sugar

Nobody sings this song better or as well, she actually makes it worth listening to. I've always thought Christmas music was pretty boring before Mariah Carey and saw it as a way to bring the 1950s back to life and return to the world of Leave it To Beaver or Father Knows Best, or whatever show from that era that wan't to use. But Mariah Carey with her incredibly sweet voice and overwhelming adorable presence and her R&B sound, makes Christmas music fun and worth listening to.

Mariah is someone who can make ordinary material sound interesting and great material sound incredible. Because of her delivery, the fact that she writes her own music and produces her own music, there's this strong feeling of realness and genuineness with her that you don't get from other performers and perhaps a lot of other performers. 

All I Want For Christmas, is a great Christmas song which might not sound like much talking about holiday music. But coming from Mariah it sounds like great music because it actually is.

Monday, 26 November 2012

ABC News: 20/20- Pierre Salinger: Grace Kelly Interview (1982)

Source:World of Flowers- Princess Grace Kelly, being interviewed by Pierre Salinger in 1982.

“Grace Kelly – Her complete last interview: 22 June 1982.” 


Princess Baby Face of Monaco, was my first reaction to this video. Because that is the first that I saw and you add that incredible smile that Grace always had and that just adds to that.

She doesn’t look like she aged much since her Hollywood star years of the 1950s. And if there’s one woman who you would think looks like a European princess, it just might be Grace Kelly.

The thing being that Europe is such a diverse place ethnically and Grace looks more like an Anglo princess (being of Irish descent) than a Mediterranean princess.

Sophia Loren would be the Mediterranean princes. (At least in my opinion) But Grace always did have the look and class of royalty from her time growing up Philadelphia, even though you would never guess Philadelphia by the way she talked, all the way up to being Princess of Monaco. 

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Sunday, 25 November 2012

The Doors Absolute Live: 'The Doors Full Concert Live in London (1968)'

Source:The Doors Absolute Alive- Jim Morrison and The Doors: Live in London, England, in 1968.
"The Doors live at The Roundhouse in London, England. 
1968-09-07 London, The Roundhouse (1st set)
Five To One 00:00
Break On Through (To The Other Side) 5:10
When The Music's Over 8:57" 

From The Doors Absolute Live

If only The Doors were big even in the early 1970s, but certainly the mid and late 1970s, we would really see how great of a band that they were and how great of a performer Jim Morrison was. But they were big in the late 1960s, but color TV and film was even important and and had a big presence then. But that is a different story of why so much footage of The Doors was in black and white. 

Color TV and film, was prevalent in the late 1960s and how a lot of Americans were able to see their TV and films, if they just had a color TV. Because the music in this concert and show, was very good, but the footage is somewhat blurry. And sort of looks like a card game in a card room with all the players smoking cigars making the footage somewhat smokey. 

If a colorized version of this concert ever became available like movies from the 1950s and 40s were colorized, I would be one of the first people to buy The Doors Live in London in concert, or record it on demand. Because this is a really good show from them. 

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Saturday, 24 November 2012

CBS News: 'Larry Hagman Dies at 81 Years Old'


Source:CBS News- covering the death of actor Larry Hagman.

"Actor Larry Hagman, famous for his role as J.R. Ewing in the popular television show "Dallas," has died. Manuel Bojorquez reports." 

From CBS News

Even though Larry Hagman's career was more than Major Tony Nelson on I Dream of Jeanie and JR Ewing on Dallas, he did other TV and some movies, including playing a late entry presidential candidate in the movie Primary Colors from 1998, when I think of Larry Hagman, I think of the clever and witty (I apologize for my language, prick) who could make people laugh, while being a prick, including the people he was being prickly to. 

The JR Ewing character had this incredible ability to size up people he was dealing with and know exactly where they were most vulnerable and where to hit them, if he felt the need to do so. Which is I guess is a great characteristic to have in business where JR Ewing was a very successful Dallas oilman. He could be a prick and make you laugh at the same time, because when he was critiquing someone, a lot of times he was accurate and not pulling things out of hot air or making things up but simply speaking the truth about who he was talking about. Which is a great skill for anyone to have, to be able to size people up.

Celia Munoz: Jim Morrison & The Doors- Live At The Hollywood Bowl (1968) Spanish Caravan

Source:Celia Munoz- Jim Morrison and The Doors: Live At The Hollywood Bowl, in 1968.

"Spanish Caravan-The Doors. The Doors, The Doors, The Doors." 

From Celia Munoz 

Source:The Daily Journal- Jim Morrison and The Doors: Live At The Hollywood Bowl, in 1968.
Spanish Caravan is not one of my favorite songs, even from The Doors. But their 1968 performance at the Hollywood Bowl, is very memorable. And part of that being that Jim Morrison was little off his game and acting somewhat distracted. Perhaps because his girlfriend Pam Courson shows up at the concert with Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, but you would have to ask them that. 

Morrison's voice and delivery was somewhat off, but he was still The Lizard King in this performance. Showing up in his favorite skin-tight brown leather jeans and concho belt and starting off the concert with an Indian vest. Rare you see The Lizard King in his brown leather jeans for a concert performance, a 90 minute performance in color. He generally wore his black leathers when performing in color. 

If you watch the PBS film When You're Strange about Jim Morrison, the narrator Johnny Depp, was talking about Morrison's wardrobe. And said that he put together his own wardrobe. Including the leather jeans and said that Morrison wore the leathers and concho belt, to accentuate his crotch. You watch this concert and you'll see what that is exactly about with all the closeups upfront of The Lizard King. 

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Friday, 23 November 2012

The Doors: Jim Morrison- 'No One Gets Out Here Alive- Gloria'

Source:The Doors- Jim Morrison & The Doors: Live in London 1968.
"The Doors - Gloria (60s) No One Here Gets Out Alive" 

From  The Doors

No One Gets Out Here Alive, is biography of Jim Morrison and his involvement with the blues rock band The Doors in the late 1960s. I would argue at least the best rock band (except for perhaps Aerosmith) from the generation. People who came of age in the 1960s looking for a new life from which they had grew up in and also which their parents and grandparents grew up in. 

Jim Morrison who was as anti-establishment as any vocalist and musician at least from Baby Boom Generation, was the vocalist and leader of The Doors. He was their star and The Doors were only as good and great as Jim Morrison was. 

The Lizard King was so good that he could be great on stage drunk, or sober. He could also be awful when he was drunk and just plain rude and obnoxious to the point where he was arrested onstage for foul language in 1967 in New Haven, but he could also give great performances while he was drunk. Like in London, Copenhagen and several other venues. And had he not have died early in 1970 and got his life on track and became more responsible, would probably still be performing today at the age of 73. 

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Thursday, 22 November 2012

NBA-TV: Vintage NBA- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar


Source:NBA-TV- NBA writer Peter Vecsey talking about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

"Looking Back: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar NBA Career" 

From VN Breyes 

If the 1970s and 1980s are the two best decades of the NBA as far as the quality of play, the players, the teams, perhaps not every year of the 1970s, but certainly the 1980s, it's hard to argue that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is not the best player ever, simply because he was the best player from the best era of the NBA. You could argue that Earvin Johnson and Larry Bird were better all around players during the 2nd half of the 1980s, but I don't think you can say they were the best players in the NBA for as long as Kareem was. 

I don't think there is a better two-play player than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think what makes players like Kareem, Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, Julius Erving, Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell, more special than other great players, is because they weren't just great two-way players, but they were dominant two-way players. 

Kareem is probably the best offensive player ever, but he's also one of the best defensive players ever. That's why I have him over even his own teammate Earvin Magic Johnson who was certainly the best player in the NBA, at least in the 2nd hall of the 1980s. But Kareem was a better two-way player. 

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

CBS: Early Show- Anthony Mason- 'Patti Smith on Jim Morrison'

Source:CBS- CBS News anchor Anthony Mason, interviewing rocker chick Patti Smith.
"Singer Patti Smith discusses her feelings about Jim Morrison, his music, and the first time she met him."

From CBS

I'm guessing Jim Morrison inspired a lot of fellow baby boomers. Patti Smith saying that Jim Morrison was a great poet, I don't know about that not being a poetry fan, or someone who knows much if anything about poetry other than words in poems tend to rhyme. But I do believe The Lizard King was a great writer and a great performer. Roadhouse Blues, I believe is The Doors best song and I believe would give Eric Clapton a run for his money when it comes to blues and blues rock. 

The Doors were not a hippie band, but a 1960s baby boomer (except for Ray Manzarek, born in 1939) blues rock rock and roll band. And Jim Morrison was their star and leader and without him and you replace The Lizard King with a solid vocalist and entertainer, you still have a very good rock band. But they would be like Aerosmith without either Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. Very solid, but unless the replacements were also great, nothing really exceptional about the band. Morrison was the franchise player for The Doors. 

Sunday, 18 November 2012

Wet Leather Biker: Erbo Rocker Leather Jeans

Source:Wet Leather Biker- Rocker leather jeans for men.
"Erbo Rocker leather pants with wide legs from the 80´s.....sorry, have to let the legs out more - at the moment a bit short - but just bought them on ebay....


Rocker leather jeans? They look more like cowboy leather jeans that cowboys and other westerners wear, including cowgirls when they' are on their horses, ranches, and involved in other western activities.

With the chain wallet that the man is wearing in the photo and video, those are very common with biker men and to some extent biker women. Who wear chain wallets both with their leather and denim jeans and they're out on their bikes. For obvious reasons and style is one of them, but to protect their wallets when they're on the road, as well as around other bikers and people involved in biker culture.

Leather jeans of course are very common in rock and roll culture. People in that community can thank Jim Morrison from The Doors for that. But leather jeans, leather jackets, leather boots, and other leather clothing, have been a big part of rock culture at least since the early 1980s with the heavy metal wave, if not the late 1970s.

Jim Morrison from the late 1960s was really the first famous rocker to wear a leather suit that included black leather jeans, black leather jacket and black cowboy boots. 

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Saturday, 17 November 2012

Oscars: Grace Kelly- Receiving an Oscar For Country Girl (1955)

Source:Oscars- The Amazing Grace Kelly, winning an Oscar for Country Girl, in 1955. 
"Grace Kelly wins Best Actress for The Country Girl at the 27th Academy Awards. William Holden presents the award."

From Oscars

Never seen The Country Girl, or have even ever heard of The Country Girl. I’ve seen country girls and of course have heard of country girls. And I love them generally, because they tend to be very healthy women physically, who take care of themselves and love how they look and present themselves.

But as far as commenting on that movie, it would be like a blind man trying to land a 747 on someone’s driveway. Why bother risking that, with all the potential fallout that could come as a result.

But I’m familiar with Grace Kelly, the Amazing Grace and can easily see why she won an Oscar for a movie I’ve never heard of. She’s The Amazing Grace after all, who could making talking about the weather sound fascinating. Because that is how great of a voice she had and how great of an actress she was. 

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Tuesday, 13 November 2012

The Young Turks: 'Are African Americans Allowed To Criticize President Obama?'




To answer The Young Turks question: Apparently so because Cornel West and other far-leftist African Americans are criticizing President Obama all the time and accusing the President of not being "black enough", whatever the hell that means.

Monday, 12 November 2012

The Daily Beast: John Avlon, Meghan McCain & Mike Moynahan- 'Real Housewives of the CIA'

Source:The Daily Beast- John Avlon, Meghan McCain & Mike Moynihan.
“As new details emerge about Gen. David Petraeus’ affair with Paula Broadwell, Meghan McCain, Michael Moynihan, and John Avlon debate the scandal’s potential repercussions, on today’s NewsBeast.”

Source:The Daily Beast

Sounds like a real reality TV show in the works, perhaps Meghan McCain will produce it. You heard that here first. As far as David Petraeus and his sex scandal, I guess this is the clincher that American politics and government is never boring and why we have a political junky industry. And for so-called Progressives today ( I'm being too nice with the word Progressives ) I guess who believe that America should be more like France, well we are when it comes to our public officials and how they live their personal lives.

 Political junky, is no longer just a hobby for unemployed politicians who can't seem to win another public office and keep losing. And spend all of their free time, which is really all of their time, especially if they have a Congressional pension, watching C-SPAN, CNN, MSNBC and FNC. But a way for writers and pundits to make their living. To tell Americans how much they don't know about American politics and government.

As far as Benghazi, if it wasn't for that story, what would House Republicans do? At least some of them like Speaker John Boehner, are smart enough to know they can't repeal ObamaCare in this Congress with a Democratic Senate and Democratic President, that the law is named after. Most of them probably never have any attention of leaving Congress, at least the House of Representatives. So they don't want to work with Senate Democrats to pass anything constructive that President Obama might actually sign. And risk being primaried and having to go home and work for a living. Like washing cars, or hosting radio talk shows, teaching gym in high school, or whatever they were doing in 2009 before they decided to run for the House. So all they have left in their one page playbook that a five-year could read is a bogus (to be too nice) Benghazi investigation.  

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Sunday, 11 November 2012

Elio Blas: 'Janet Jackson Live- L'Olympia Paris (2011)'


Source:Elio Blas- Up Close and Personal, with Janet Jackson.

"Janet performing 'If+Scream+Rhythm Nation' at L'Olympia in Paris 27/06. 
Amazing concert!!" 

From Elio Blas

One of the sexiest performers of all-time. To call Janet Jackson a club dancer who is someone who see at clubs going off with all sorts of moves to the music is playing, would be accurate and wouldn't be giving her enough credit. She's made club dancing her profession, but she does it in front of 20,000 fans generally, depending on the size of the arena that she's playing at. 

Janet is so much better than even the most beautiful and sexiest club dancer with the tightest body outfit and all of the sexiest moves. She's made sex appeal an honorable profession, because she's not some strip dancer on the stage at some strip joint wearing basically nothing and showing off her boobs. She's fully dress and so are her backup dancers, but in tight outfits. Showing off their moves and bodies and not doing this to someone else's music, which is what a club dancer would do, but doing it to her music and the music she created and to her own songs and the albums that she created and has her name all over it. 

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Saturday, 10 November 2012

The Daily Beast: Howard Kurtz & Bill Hemmer- 'The Next Four Years at Fox News'

Source:The Daily Beast- Howard Kurtz and Bill Hemmer talking about the future of Fox News.

“President Obama’s re-election might seem as nothing has changed, but that doesn’t mean it will be boring, says Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer. He talks with Spin Cycle’s Howard Kurtz about Megyn Kelly’s ‘awkward’ election night moment with Karl Rove, and why the astute viewer will watch all the news channels.” 


The next four years at Fox News will hopefully start with a revaluation of how the report the news. Because how they’re doing it now, is not helping and informing the people who they speak for which are right-wing Tea Party Republicans and the Far-Right in America.

Even if because Republicans actually believe a lot of the, lets call it spin that comes from FNC and take it seriously and many times it’s just half-truths if that, which leaves a lot of Republicans, especially the professionals who either are politicians themselves or work for politicians, with at best half of the news. As we saw with the polling of the Romney-Obama election.

In the last few days only FNC thought that Mitt Romney was going to win (or that’s what they were saying publicly) or even had a good shot at winning. Where the rest of the mainstream media saw a clear bounce or bump in the favor of President Obama. Especially in states like Florida and Virginia, over the weekend with Ohio never moving towards Governor Romney either.

It’s fine and I’m even for a news organization having their commentary that clearly leans in one direction or the other, I’m not getting on FNC for that. But what they need to do if they want to get taken seriously and be considered a credible source for news outside of the Republican Party, is separate news from commentary, which is what The Wall Street Journal does.

It’s fine a way to separate the news from the commentary. Take Sheppard Smith’s lead on this who actually has a real newscast, the FOX Report. Just report the news no matter who it hurts, or helps and then have your commentators explain what they think it means. As well as bringing in more inform commentators. Not relying so much on the Dick Morris’s and Karl Rove’s of the world who are really just there to speak for their side of the aisle, but bring in people who actually know what they are talking about. When you bring them in to talk about the issues. Which CNN does with Republicans consultant Alex Castollanos. 

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Friday, 9 November 2012

My Horse: Cruel Girl Jeans- How to Wear Jeans and Boots

Source:Cruel Girl Jeans- on display.
“Cruel Girl is the mostly widely recognized ladies’ jeans in the western industry because they make fashion authentic. MyHorse.com explores several Cruel Girl style jeans that will turn heads and be comfortable in the saddle.”

From Cruel Girl Jeans

One of the reasons why I love cowgirls and country girls in general (that is women) has to do with their style. They tend to be very healthy looking women who eat real food and real amounts of food, but eat healthy. They tend to be tall and curvy and generally at least curvy and that is because of their diets. Which tend to involve a lot of meat and potatoes. Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, etc.

And of course their style, because country girls, Western girls, cowgirls, again because of their diets and lifestyles they tend to be very sexy and look great on the ranch and on their horses. And part of that has to do with their style. They love tight jeans both denim and leather. And they love Western boots including cowgirl boots, and cowboy hats, button-down shirts, western belts.

If you’re familiar with at least modern western movies, or Marilyn Monroe in The Misfits and River of No Return, in the 1950s, wears she’s wearing Levis and boots for a lot of both movies and mostly in River of No Return, or you so-called reality TV shows based on Western culture and women at ranches, you see exactly what I mean. Or The Dukes of Hazard with Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke and of course the country boys. And men such as myself love women like this.

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Thursday, 8 November 2012

Michael Jackson Source: Janet Jackson- Sydney, Australia (2011)




Source:Michael Jackson Source- Janet Jackson: Up Close and Personal, in Sydney, Australia, in 2011.

"Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson 'Scream' Sydney, 8 November 2011" 


Still a great album twenty years later. I remember Rhythm Nation very well, because I was in junior high at the time that it came out in 1989 and in high school in 1990-91 when the album was completed. Janet Jackson was all over MTV and VH1 (when they both played music videos) from 89-91, because her album was so popular and so were her videos.

Black Cat was number one for several weeks and so was Love Will Never Do. And it was in junior high when I finally became a music fan and got into rhythm and blues and classic rock, got my first walkman (as they were called back then) and was always listening to it when I was in the car and would even take it to school and sometimes go to sleep with it on. (Don’t try that at home, kids)

Janet Jackson is simply a very adorable, sexy, and intelligent performer and communicator. Even if you don’t like her you can’t help, but notice her and perhaps at least hear what she’s saying. Which I believe is when you know a performer and commentator has their audience. When the people are listening even if they don’t like what they’re hearing. 

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Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Miss Housegirl: Janet Jackson- 'Nasty Boys Live At The Billy Graham Civic Auditorium- 4/19/2011'

Source:Miss Housegirl- Up Close and Personal with R&B and Denim Diva and Goddess Janet Jackson, in 2011.
"Janet Jackson, Nasty Boys live at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, April 19, 2011"

Source:Miss Housegirl

Nasty baby live and in concert, with that tight-ass body and outfit. I know I'm being very direct here, but look at Janet Jackson in this video and you'll know why. 

Janet Jackson is about as adorable and sexy of a human being that you'll ever see. Rare you see a woman who is this cute to the point she could pass a a little girl when you look at that face, hear her voice and personality and yet is as sexy as any beautiful sexy woman in the prime of her life. And yet she's a hell of a singer and dancer as well. 

Janet is a truly special talent and performer that a person who is both blind and death, would have to notice if she's in their presence, especially if she's performing and it that person is a man would probably get the ride (in a sexual sense) of his lifetime that his sight and hearing would suddenly snap back. 

I just don't how else to describe a performer like Janet Jackson who is not only this good, but this attractive and sexy all at the same time. For a man performing with her, it's probably like being up close to his girlfriend and wife when they're with Janet and yet they're supposed to be working here. No one moves in, or fills out a pair of skin-tight, denim jeans, and leather boots, better or perhaps as well as Janet Jackson. She looks like she putting on a tight jean sex show or something and does it so professionally.

Monday, 5 November 2012

Janet Jackson: All For You- Adelaide, Australia (2011)

Source:Janet Jackson- Up Close and Personal from Adelaide, Australia, in 2011.
Janet Jackson All For You Adelaide 2011. Janet from the front row" 

Source:Elle

Forget Janet Jackson's music for a moment, (no offense) because I can just watch her perform by dancing and see her move around on stage. She's got both one of the sexiest and cutest bodies around. At least for a short American woman. She's got a very athletic body and looks like she's probably in the gym most of the time that she's not performing in public either on a talk show, being interviewed somewhere, or performing in concert. 

I could watch Janet dance and move without her music or any music, because she's so entertaining as a dancer. And I mean that both with her as a professional dancer and sexually speaking. Great body, great style, great moves, great outfit with the black Levi's, the black t-shirt, the military boots. 

It's been said that most guys just want to see women wearing tight t-shirts and tight jeans and from my perspective that would be both denim and leather jeans. Janet Jackson is a great example of why American men at least, love sexy women in t-shirts and tight jeans and I would add boots. Because that's the perfect outfit for a woman like Janet to show off her body and how hard she works to stay in shape and look great. And she's got this look down. 

ABC Evening News: ‘Ted Kennedy’s Potential Run For President in 1972’

Source:ABC News- if you are one of the 3 people who don't recognize these cars: (ha, ha) those are d-model Citroens, which are French luxury cars.

“In this clip, ABC goes over the rumors of Ted Kennedy’s possible run in 1972, It did not happen. Also discussed is the Vietnam peace treaty and action and Vietnam.”

From E-Fan 

Senator Ted Kennedy was still way too controversial to run for president in 1972. He wasn’t ready to run for president and was happy in the Senate being a Senator and being one of the largest voices in Congress, (at least in the Democratic Party) gaining seniority and influence in what happens in the Senate and Congress as a whole, where he had a lot of friends in both the Senate and House.

I sort of see Ted Kennedy as his generation’s Paul Ryan, as someone who could have done more things outside of Congress, but was happy in Congress. Paul Ryan, now Chairman of the House Budget Committee, Ted Kennedy, long time Chairman and Ranking Member of the Labor Committee. Plus, he had personal issues he was still dealing with in his family, including his wife.

There was never much reason for Ted Kennedy to really ever run for president. He never actually wanted the job, again because of how successful and happy he was in Congress being such a powerful Senator who had so much to do with so much important legislation that came out of Congress.

Senator Kennedy’s 1979-80 presidential run showed that being president was not something he wanted, when he couldn’t even answered the point-blank question from CBS News’s Roger Mudd: “Why do you want to be president?’

Senator Kennedy wouldn’t have won in 72 even if he did run and win the nomination, because of how divided the Democratic Party was between their mainstream Progressives and their New-Left that George McGovern represented. Ted Kennedy, made the right decision not running in 72 and he shouldn’t have run in 1979-80 either. 

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Sunday, 4 November 2012

The Doors Alive: 'Roadhouse Blues'

Source:The Doors Alive- as Jim Morrison and The Doors, in concert.
"A Doors tribute band I filmed at Otford Kent on the 26/1/08
 Although this was put on youtube the next week, this is a better quality upload.
An excellent group and well worth seeing... 


I think there are a lot of good Jim Morrison (as The Lizard King) covers, but my main issue with all of them is that even though they have The Lizard King's wardrobe down with the American-Indian concho belt, the skin-tight, black leather, rocker/cowboy, leather jeans, the black cowboy boots, and in some cases even Jim Morrison's black leather jacket, all these guys who play Morrison, most of them are big, tall men. 

Source:The Doors Alive- Roadhouse Blues.
Jim Morrison in real life was maybe 5'11 and couldn't have weight more than 160 pounds (even when he was sober) and most of the Morrison covers are 6'0 or better, weighing around 200 pounds or more. And The Doors Alive Morrison cover always has a thick black beard. Morrison at least before the Miami concert in 1969, was clean shaven for the most part. 

The Doors Alive at least to me looks like the 1969 version of Jim Morrison and The Doors. Starting with the Miami concert scene where Jim Morrison shows up late and drunk, with a full-fledge beard. And that concert never really takes off because The Lizard King is drunk and short-tempered, sounds awful and not even able to remember the lyrics of the song Five To One. And stops singing all together and stars yelling and cursing at the audience.

And Morrison goes as far as asking the people there if they want to see his dick and tells them that he he'll show them it. Makes it look like he's pulling down his leather jeans, but never actually goes that far. (At least from all the available evidence we've sees so far) Jim Morrison ends up being arrested at the concert arena and charged with foul language and indecent exposure. Both with could well-argued are unconstitutional in America.

But there are a couple differences between the Jim Morrison of 1969 and the guy playing Morrison in the band The Doors Alive. One, Morrison didn't wear his concho belt with his black leather jeans when he had that thick beard. He went to denim jeans and other non-leather pants after the Miami concert with the thick beard. He also stopped wearing his leathers both black and brown after the Miami concert.

This might just be a sign of the times with thick beards coming back into style with young men. And Morrison cover in Doors Alive not believing he has to look exactly like Jim Morrison. Just as long as he has the outfit and the sound down. But I don't believe you're going to find any images of Jim Morrison with a thick beard or any beard, with him wearing his leather jeans and concho belt. The Miami concert is really and his 1969 highway film, are the only times you see Morrison wearing his leathers with a beard at any point.