![]() ![]() An acoustic song, it was recorded live in early 1978 at the Boarding House in San Francisco, California. " My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" is a song by Canadian musician Neil Young. I wonder whatĬauses so many people not to.1979 song by Canadian musician Neil Young "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)"īoarding House, San Francisco, California Some wonder what causes so many people to commit suicide. IĪssume Kurt Cobain could only see the latter. ![]() They don't find living water, they'll find nothing but a black hole. Star worship, and speaking of Kurt Cobain-who was, I think, far more honestĪnd far less cruel-when anyone takes an unblinking look into the well, if Now The Truth Can Be Told Liner Notes & Song-By-Song Essays, Now The Truth Can Be Told Insert Booklet, August 23rd, 1994:Ī stream-of-consciousness graveside meditation on the folly of dead-rock. "There's nothing attractive about dying in a bathtub." "They elevate these guys into mythic proportions and assume that that's some kind of role model to follow," he said of Morrison's ever-loyal cult of fans. Taylor said he found no comfort in reading a Morrison biography that detailed the rock star's descent into drugs and alcohol and his sometimes vicious abuse of friends and family. ![]() It starts making you think about who the guy was, what he stood for." "It was kind of like a non-stop party - a rather sober party, but, you know, people hanging around, picking up vibes, waiting for him to come back or something. There was a group, maybe 15 or 20 people, standing around in a clump, and Jim Morrison's grave was in the middle. "There was Doors graffiti everywhere and lyrics - 'Break on through, Jim' - covering up all available wall space. "The first thing I noticed was a lot of bottles and cigarette butts," he said. Tall and skinny with a mane of blond hair and the profile of David Brenner, the 30-year-old Taylor wrote the song after he stumbled across Morrison's resting place during a stay in Paris. As far as I'm concerned, that's notĬhristian Rock's "Bad Boy" Steve Taylor's Music Bites, The Dallas Morning News, April 9th, 1988: "Jim Morrison's Grave" asks the age-old question: Does artistry justifyīeing a weasel? The last line of the song is, "The music covers like anĮvening mist/Like a watch still ticking on a dead man's wrist." Morrison Song is just my thought about going to the grave, almost a To the people who were close to him, even the people who loved him. Only believe that genius justifies cruelty but that genius and selfishnessĪre inseparable. I guess he thought of himself as somewhat of a "tortured artist" who not ![]() Rock-n-Roll myth, "It's better to burn out than to fade away." The book, a picture emerged of Jim Morrison as someone who embraced the I was into The Doors' music and read aīiography of Morrison called, No One Here Gets Out Alive. The experience made me think a lot about who Jim The idea started a couple of years ago when I went to Paris and visited This is called "JimĬlone Club News Flash Winter 1988, Winter 1988: That it's better to burn out than to fade away. This is a song about what happens when people believe the lie I was in Paris a couple of years ago, and I made a visit to a Paris Inseparable." Taylor got the idea for the song after accidentally stumblingĪcross the non-stop party that takes place at the site of Morrison's grave Of a star who fancied himself "a modern-day Dylan Thomas, not onlyīelieving that genius justifies cruelty, but that genius and cruelty are "Jim Morrison's Grave," is a meditation on what Taylor calls "the rockĪnd roll myth of 'It's better to burn out than fade away'" and the legacy Like a watch still ticking on a dead man's wrist Then the music covers like an evening mist How does a seed get strangled in the heart of a man Let a true love show him what a heart can become I can't shut my eyes-I'm afraid of the dark I stay driven 'cause there's nowhere to park ![]()
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