Morrison and Sinatra
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Jim Morrison
BreakingDexter — 14 years ago(January 19, 2012 11:20 PM)
From what I've heard/read, Morrison was a huge Sinatra fan. Sinatra detested The Doors, as George Jacobs said in his book "My Life with Mr. S", that Frank smashed his car stereo when "Light My Fire" was played on 3 radio stations at a time. I wonder what Morrison would have thought of this? Lol
But there really is some Doors stuff like "Blue Sunday" that Sinatra really could appreciate, and it shows clear Sinatra influence in Morrison's performance. Hell, couldn't you hear Frank singing that, or "Love Her Madly"?
Let's face it, Frank had that attitude that rock stars admired. Morrison clearly did.
Any other songs come to mind where Sinatra's influence came through in Morrison's singing?
"Universal Mind" might be Morrison at his most Sinatraesque (other than "Blue Sunday"), his tone, his phrasing, and attitude and even their voices are similar. [Then you came along with a suitcase and a song, turn my head around, now I'm so alone just looking for a home] if that isn't Sinatraesque, I don't know what is.
Sinatra eventually came to terms with rock music and recorded his share of it. Frank's mid-late 60s stuff like "Tell Her You Love Her Each Day," "Somewhere In Your Heart," "This Town," "That's Life," "The World We Knew," "My Way of Life," "Rain in My Heart." Even his 1967 version of Some Enchanted Evening:
Check these out on Youtube and listen for yourself.
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PoppyTransfusion — 13 years ago(June 10, 2012 07:41 AM)
According to the doc When You're Strange Sinatra was Morrison's favourite singer in later years having replaced Elvis. Jim has been described as a crooner, which I agree with though he had more drama in his voice than crooners.
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ck1-5 — 10 years ago(September 04, 2015 06:51 AM)
From all indications, Sinatra was in insecure individual.he seemed to hate pretty much EVERY band or singer that pushed him out of the limelight, be it Elvis, the Beatles, the Doors, or whoever. He never could wrap his mind around the fact that he wasn't going to be on top forever.
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jefgg — 10 years ago(September 06, 2015 04:31 PM)
I doubt Jim Morrison and Frank Sinatra would have been friends, but it wasn't impossible. Frank was casual friends with Alice Cooper, who he referred to as "Coop". Alice said his mother didn't consider his career to be successful until he got to meet Frank.
Morrison was also influenced by Elvis Presley. Elvis had a 1968 single called "Edge Of Reality" that sounds like it was influenced by The Doors. I wish I knew more about that song. Please click on -
wylierichardson-966-922691 — 10 years ago(March 15, 2016 09:37 PM)
The closest that Frank ever came to covering a rock number was his take on the Beatles 'Something', and even that had a more AM-radio "easy listening" feel to it.
I find few similarities between Sinatra and Morrison, on the whole. Can you picture Frank singing that Oedipal passage in "The End", for example? I certainly can't! lol