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Jim Morrison:
The Lizard King |
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| by Nicolás
Méndez |
“Me
and my mother and father, and a grandmother and a grandfather,
were driving through the desert, at dawn, and a truck load
of Indian workers had either hit another car, or just I
don't know what happened but there were Indians scattered
all over the highway, bleeding to death. So the car pulls
up and stops. That was the first time I tasted fear. I musta'
been about four like a child is like a flower, his head
is floating in the breeze, man. The reaction I get now thinking
about it, looking back is that the souls of the ghosts of
those dead Indians... maybe one or two of 'em... were just
running around, panic-stricken, and just leaped into my
soul. And they're still in there."
This childhood memory inspired most of Jim Morrison work.
With these ideas in mind, he became one of the most creative
and amusing musicians and poets of history. His lyrics are
stained with Indian's blood and suffering. Certainly, the
incident left lasting scars on the young Lizard King's psyche;
he would return to the incident again and again in his writing,
like for example in one of The Doors' most famous songs
"Peace Frog.”
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| Glossary |
lead:
principal
bass: bajo
drummer: baterista
released: lanzado
stunned: pasmado
join: unirse
highlander: de tierras montañosas
aids: SIDA
heaven: cielo
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