영원한 자유인 Jim Morrison과 The Doors (of Perception)
All our lives we sweat and save
Building for a shallow grave
Must be something else we say
Somehow to defend this place.
The Doors와 짐 모리슨을 처음 어떻게 알게되었는 지는 도통 기억이 나질 않는다. 마치 그의 영혼과 꿈 속에서 조우(遭遇)라도 한것 마냥 내게는 너무 친숙한 그이다. 나의 20대까지를 완벽하게 지배했던 나의 유일한 우상이자 반면교사(反面敎師)라는 또 다른 의미의 스승이다. 여지껏 이토록 누군가에게 경도(傾倒)되어 몰입한 적이 있었나 싶다.
그는 누구인가?
Jim Morrison - Wikipedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search American lead vocalist of the Doors (1943–1971) "Mr. Mojo Risin' " redirects here. For the song in which the line appears, see L.A. Woman (song). James Douglas Morrison (December 8
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그를 정의하자면 부정적인 말들이 쏟아져 나온다.
남부의 신사, 지겨운 녀석, 시인, 짐승같은 놈, 마술사 등등...
(2류 뮤지션이자 3류 시인이라고 누군가 말했었다.)
그럼 내가 첫 구매했던 도어즈의 5번째 앨범인 Morrison Hotel LP를 끄집어 냈다. 그곳의 이름모를 필자의 해설지에서 몇 자 추려본다.
'삶과 죽음, 사랑, 카리스마 그리고 일렉트릭 블루스의 독특한 변형 이것이 바로 그룹 도어스에게 부여된 심오한 영적 분위기였다, 무기력한 젊은이의 입장을 대변하는 신비주의적인 짐 모리슨의 보컬... (이하 생략)'
( 이 음반은 Warner 직배음반이 아닌 오래된 오아시스 라이센스 앨범이므로 금지곡이 있을 수 있어서 체크해봤다. 역시나 A면의 Peace Frog가 빠져있었다.)
도어즈의 위키도 찾아봤다.
The Doors - Wikipedia
American rock band The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore. They were among the most controversial and influential rock act
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친숙한 이름들... 또한 고인이 되신 Ray Manzarek 그리고 생존멤버인 Robby Krieger 그리고 John Densmore.
짐 모리슨 사후의 The Doors와 그 멤버들의 앨범에는 관심조차 가질 않았다. 그들의 존재만으로는 더 이상 The Doors가 아닌 것이다. 그들의 디스코그라피를 간추렸다.
▣ Selected Discography
- Studio
The Doors (1967)
Strange Days (1967)
Waiting for the Sun (1968)
The Soft Parade (1969)
Morrison Hotel (1970)
L.A. Woman (1971)
An American Prayer (1978)
- Live
In Concert (1991)
- Soundtrack
The Doors: Original Soundtrack Recording (1991) [CD/ Video/ DVD]
- Compilation
Greatest Hits (1980)
- Bootleg
The Doors: The Greatest Hits (1991): 한양
- Reference
Riders on the Storm: My Life with Jim Morrison and The Doors (by John Densmore, 김명환 역, 세광)
▣ Album Review
1st. The Doors (1967)
01. Break On Through (To the Other Side)
02. Soul Kitchen
03. The Crystal Ship
04. Twentieth Century Fox
05. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
06. Light My Fire
07. Back Door Man
08. I Looked at You
09. End of the Night
10. Take It as It Comes
11. The End
The Crystal Ship은 내가 젊었을 때 누군가에게 녹음해서 주었던 노래로 나에게는 연가였던 셈이다.
Before you slip into unconsciousness
I'd like to have another kiss
Another kiss flashing chance at bliss,
Another kiss, another kiss...
2nd. Strange Days (1967)
이들의 두번째 앨범 또한 Warner 직배 라이센스로 93년 발매되었다. 첫 곡 Strange Days부터 듣다보면 시간은 부지불식간에 흘러 어느덧 마지막 곡 When the Music's Over로 그 끝을 치달았다. 앨범커버를 들여다보는 재미를 CD에서는 느끼기 어려워 이 앨범 역시 LP가 없어 아쉽다. 애청음반이다. 앨범 커버 아트가 웃프다.
01. Strange Days
02. You're Lost Little Girl
03. Love Me Two Times
04. Unhappy Girl
05. Horse Latitudes
06. Moonlight Drive
08. My Eyes Have Seen You
09. I Can't See Your Face in My Mind
우리나라에서는 Growing UP이란 제목으로 개봉되었던 영화 속 Bobby Vinton의 Mr. Lonely라는 노래가 스크린 속에서 흐를 때의 그 장면이 내게도 일어났었다. 물론 20대에... 그 때 나의 심정은 이 앨범에 고스란히 녹아있는 듯...
(이건 지극히 개인적인 경험이지만)
...
Strange days have found us
And through their strange hours
We linger alone
Bodies confused
Memories misused
As we run from the day
To a strange night of stone
...
3rd. Wating for the Sun (1967)
01. Hello, I Love You
02. Love Street
04. Summer's Almost Gone
05. Wintertime Love
06. The Unknown Soldier
07. Spanish Caravan
08. My Wild Love
09. We Could Be So Good Together
10. Yes, the River Knows
11. Five to One
Lions in the street and roaming
Dogs in heat, rabid, foaming
A beast caged in the heart of a city
The body of his mother
Rotting in the summer ground
He fled the town
He went down South and crossed the border
Left the chaos and disorder
Back there over his shoulder
One morning he awoke in a green hotel
With a strange creature groaning beside him
Sweat oozed from its shiny skin
Is everybody in?
The ceremony is about to begin
Wake up!
You can’t remember where it was
Had this dream stopped?
The snake was pale gold
Glazed and shrunken
We were afraid to touch it
The sheets were hot dead prisons
Now, run to the mirror in the bathroom
Look!
I can’t live thru each slow century of her moving
I let my cheek slide down
The cool smooth tile
Feel the good cold stinging blood
The smooth hissing snakes of rain . . .
Once I had, a little game
I liked to crawl back into my brain
I think you know the game I mean
I mean the game called ‘go insane’
Now you should try this little game
Just close your eyes forget your name
Forget the world forget the people
And we’ll erect a different steeple
This little game is fun to do
Just close your eyes no way to lose
And I’m right there I’m going too
Release control we’re breaking thru
Way back deep into the brain
Back where there’s never any pain
And the rain falls gently on the town
And in the labyrinth of streams
Beneath, the quiet unearthly presence of
Nervous hill dwellers in the gentle hills around
Reptiles abounding
Fossils, caves, cool air heights
Each house repeats a mold
Windows rolled
Beast car locked in against morning
All now sleeping
Rugs silent, mirrors vacant
Dust blind under the beds of lawful couples
Wound in sheets
And daughters, smug
With semen eyes in their nipples
Wait
There’s been a slaughter here
Don’t stop to speak or look around
Your gloves and fan are on the ground
We’re getting out of town
We’re going on the run
And you’re the one I want to come
Not to touch the earth
Not to see the sun
Nothing left to do, but
Run, run, run
Let’s run
House upon the hill
Moon is lying still
Shadows of the trees
Witnessing the wild breeze
C’mon baby run with me
Let’s run
Run with me
Run with me
Run with me
Let’s run
The mansion is warm, at the top of the hill
Rich are the rooms and the comforts there
Red are the arms of luxuriant chairs
And you won’t know a thing till you get inside
Dead president’s corpse in the driver’s car
The engine runs on glue and tar
C’mon along, we’re not going very far
To the East to meet the Czar
Some outlaws lived by the side of the lake
The minister’s daughter’s in love with the snake
Who lives in a well by the side of the road
Wake up, girl! We’re almost home
Sun, sun, sun
Burn, burn, burn
Soon, soon, soon
Moon, moon, moon
I will get you
Soon!, Soon!, Soon!
Let the carnival bells ring
Let the serpent sing
Let everything
We came down
The rivers and highways
We came down from
Forests and falls
We came down from
Carson and Springfield
We came down from
Phoenix enthralled
And I can tell you
The names of the Kingdom
I can tell you
The things that you know
Listening for a fistful of silence
Climbing valleys into the shade
I am the Lizard King
I can do anything
I can make the earth stop in its tracks
I made the blue cars go away
For seven years I dwelt
In the loose palace of exile
Playing strange games
With the girls of the island
Now I have come again
To the land of the fair, and the strong, and the wise
Brothers and sisters of the pale forest
O Children of Night
Who among you will run with the hunt?
Now Night arrives with her purple legion
Retire now to your tents and to your dreams
Tomorrow we enter the town of my birth
I want to be ready’
4th. The Soft Parade (1969)
02. Touch Me
03. Shaman's Blues
04. Do It
05. Easy Ride
06. Wild Child
07. Runnin' Blue
08. Wishful Sinful
09. The Soft Parade
좋아하는 Touch Me의 가사 일부 발췌한다.
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Now touch me, babe
Can't you see that I am not afraid?
What was that promise that you made?
Why won't you tell me what she said?
What was that promise that you made?
Now, I'm going to love you
'Til the heavens stop the rain
I'm going to love you
'Til the stars fall from the sky
For you and I
...
5th. Morrison Hotel (1970)
첫 구매앨범인 관계로 내게는 더 없이 편안하고 제일 많이 들었던 것 같은데, 국내발매음반(오아시스)에서 금지곡이었던 Peace Frog와 Blue Sunday가 이어지는 곡이었음을 나중에 알았다. Waiting for the Sun은 내게는 마법의 주술과도 같은 곡이다. 우리는 무엇을, 누군가를 기다려 본 적이 있었나? 내게도 가슴 떨리던 그 시절이 그립다.
01. Roadhouse Blues
03. You Make Me Real
04. Peace Frog
05. Blue Sunday
06. Ship of Fools
07. Land Ho!
08. The Spy
10. Indian Summer
11. Maggie M'Gill
Blue Sunday의 가사 일부이다.
I found my own true love was
On a blue Sunday
She looked at me
And told me
I was the only One in the world
Now I have found my girl
My girl awaits for me in tender time
My girl is mine
She is the world
She is my girl
...
6th. L.A. Woman (1971)
01. The Changeling
02. Love Her Madly
03. Been Down So Long
04. Cars Hiss by My Window
05. L.A. Woman
06. L'America
07. Hyacinth House
08. Crawling King Snake
09. The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)
▣ An American Prayer (1978)
Awake
01. Awake
02. Ghost Song
03. Dawn's Highway
04. Newborn Awakening
To Come of Age
05. To Come of Age
06. Black Polished Chrome
07. Latino Chrome
08. Angels and Sailors
09. Stoned Immaculate
The Poet's Dream
10. The Poet's Dream
11. The Movie Curses, Invocations
World on Fire
12. American Night
13. Roadhouse Blues
14. The World on Fire
15. Lament
16. The Hitchhiker
An American Prayer
17. An American Prayer
18. Hour for Magic
19. Freedom Exists
Bonus tracks
21. Babylon Fading
22. Bird of Prey
23. The Ghost Song (Extended Version)
...
Do you know the warm progress under the stars?
Do you know we exist?
Have you forgotten the keys to the kingdom?
Have you been born yet & are you alive?
Freedom Exists
Did you know freedom exists
In a school book?
Did you know madmen
Are running our prison
Within a jail, within a gaol
Within a white free protestant
Maelstrom
We're perched headlong
On the edge of boredom
We're reaching for death
On the end of a candle
We're trying for something
That's already found us.
▣ Live Album: In Concert (1991)
CD1은 1971년 발매된 Absolutely Live 앨범을 그대로 담고 있다. 다만 다른 점은 이 앨범에서는 The Celebration of the Lizard의 medley곡들을 각각의 트랙으로 옮겨왔다는 점이다.
CD2는 Alive, She Cried (1983)와 Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1987) 두개의 Live앨범에 The End의 더한 합본이다.
CD1
01. House Announcer
02. Who Do You Love? (Ellas McDaniel a.k.a. Bo Diddley)
03. Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht)
04. Back Door Man (Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf)
05. Love Hides
06. Five to One
07. Build Me a Woman
08. When the Music's Over
09. Universal Mind
10. Petition the Lord with Prayer
11. Dead Cats, Dead Rats
12. Break On Through (To the Other Side), #2
The Celebration of the Lizard (Medley: 13-19)
13. Lions in the Street 1:14
14. Wake Up! 1:24
15. A Little Game 1:10
16. The Hill Dwellers 2:40
17. Not to Touch the Earth 4:14
18. Names of the Kingdom 1:25
19. The Palace of Exile 2:21" (listed by components)
20. Soul Kitchen
CD2
01. Roadhouse Blues
02. Gloria (Van Morrison)
03. Light My Fire including "Graveyard Poem" (Jim Morrison)
04. You Make Me Real
05. Texas Radio & The Big Beat
06. Love Me Two Times
07. Little Red Rooster (Dixon)
08. Moonlight Drive including "Horse Latitudes"
09. Close to You (Dixon)
10. The Unknown Soldier
11. The End
Proverbs of Hell
William Blake (1757-1827)
In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead.
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.
He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
The cut worm forgives the plow.
Dip him in the river who loves water.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
The busy bee has no time for sorrow.
The hours of folly are measur'd by the clock, but of wisdom: no clock can measure.
All wholsom food is caught without a net or a trap.
Bring out number weight & measure in a year of dearth.
No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.
A dead body, revenges not injuries.
The most sublime act is to set another before you.
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.
Folly is the cloke of knavery.
Shame is Prides cloke. ~ Prisons are built with stones of Law,
Brothels with bricks of Religion.
The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.
The lust of the goat is the bounty of God.
The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God.
The nakedness of woman is the work of God.
Excess of sorrow laughs.
Excess of joy weeps.
The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity too great for the eye of man.
The fox condemns the trap, not himself.
Joys impregnate.
Sorrows bring forth.
Let man wear the fell of the lion, woman the fleece of the sheep.
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
The selfish smiling fool, & the sullen frowning fool, shall be both thought wise, that they may be a rod.
What is now proved was once, only imagin'd.
The rat, the mouse, the fox, the rabbit: watch the roots; the lion, the tyger, the horse, the elephant, watch the fruits.
The cistern contains; the fountain overflows. One thought, fills immensity. Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
Every thing possible to be believ'd is an image of truth.
The eagle never lost so much time, as when he submitted to learn of the crow. ~ The fox provides for himself, but God provides for the lion.
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening.
Sleep in the night. He who has suffer'd you to impose on him knows you. As the plow follows words, so God rewards prayers.
The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
Expect poison from the standing water.
You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.
Listen to the fools reproach! it is a kingly title!
The eyes of fire, the nostrils of air, the mouth of water, the beard of earth.
The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.
The thankful reciever bears a plentiful harvest. If others had not been foolish, we should be so.
The soul of sweet delight, can never be defil'd. When thou seest an Eagle, thou seest a portion of Genius, lift up thy head! As the catterpiller chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.
To create a little flower is the labour of ages.
Damn, braces: Bless relaxes. The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest.
Prayers plow not! Praises reap not! Joys laugh not! Sorrows weep not! ~ The head Sublime, the heart Pathos, the genitals Beauty, the hands & feet Proportion.
As the air to a bird of the sea to a fish, so is contempt to the contemptible.
The crow wish'd every thing was black, the owl, that every thing was white.
Exuberance is Beauty. If the lion was advised by the fox, he would be cunning.
Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.
Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.
Where man is not nature is barren.
Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believ'd.
Enough! or Too much!
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