Sad to think these were Ray's last days, he was a great and humble man, probably the most humble rock star and certainly one of the most well spoken, educated men in music. But truly humble! RIP Ray and Jim, God bless.
I made the pilgrimage in 2016 on a 18 hour layover to Paris . Was my first stop . Rest in Power Jim and Ray. Thank you for the inspiration . I remember listening to The End when I was 16 years old and it’s what made me decide to go West. The west is the best , get here and we’ll do the rest .
So agree with you! They were there to pay respects, take some photos and there she is sneaking up behind. I was so glad that Ray ignored her not once but twice. You could tell by Robbie face that he felt awkward.
...Millions of fans have visited Jim's grave and here they get the extra bonus of seeing Ray and Robbie,two bandmates and also two guys who loved Jim Morrison!
I like Ray's fence shirt. RIP Jim and Ray. Forever brothers! Both live on through the Doors music as well as all the other art they wrote, created and produced.
"James Douglas Morrison" equals 86 in Full Reduction Gematria. I was 86ed in Paris when i was 27 years old. “The future is uncertain but the end is always near” WAKE UP!! Jim
Wow Great video - very cool that Robbie and Ray really went back to their past and resolved / dealt with everything and documented the songs and made videos
I notice Ray's grief here. Watching him made me cry. I know grief well, from when I was 9, and maybe I can sense it in others. It seems it's the case here with Ray.
You know Alan, we were the few lucky ones who saw this rare event. When Ray was still alive.. I dunno weather he visited Jim's grave ever since this occasion.. to me this was one of those "high points" of my life.. and not just because we witnessed Ray and Robbie visiting the man's grave.. but all the great memories, and the people we met there too... Thank You Alan.
Shameless people asking for autographs while standing on graves. Disgusting. G-d Bless Jim & Ray & Robby... they gave us timeless sounds that never fade away.
Wow, thanks for sharing this video. Ray didn't look happy one bit when that woman was asking Robby for his autograph. Unreal how she couldn't let them be while they payed their respects. I loved it when Ray didn't sign for her at the end, serves her right.
They both seemed to be very accomodating to me. Robbie was exceedingly polite and Ray seemed to direct poses for those wishing pictures. I visited there many years back and the grave continues to be site of pilgrimage to Jim's many fans. Caught the band three days ago in Orange County, Ca. They (with Dave Brock on vocals) put on a great show. It's nice that they were in Paris for the anniversary of Jim's death. Viva La Doors!!
wtf with this public ceremony? The whole thing is schlocky, creepy, weird, and sad all at the same time. I notice Densmore wasn't there. That's because John has refused to sell The Doors legacy down the river like Krieger and Manzarek tried to do.
+Ellen Lee I remember reading years ago that Densmore said something like Jim would probably hate to see/know the ongoing fascination with his death and the grave. But yes, he also said something like Jim would disagree with a lot of what Robbie and Manzerik have done in regard to the Door's legacy (read: sell-out). I think Densmore is living how Morrison would have lived: out of the public eye as much as possible.
+Ellen Lee Why would you say that? Its their songs, ofc they can play them live or any where as much as they want to. And Densmore is the one who is most further apart from Jim, and always was. Manzarek was the one who knew Jim the closest.
Don't ever say that about Ray, probably the best rock pianist ever to live and robby Krieger, the man who wrote light my fire. Just shut up and don't disrespect them.
+Ellen Lee They didn't sell "The Doors" legacy down the river! Ray, Robby and John ARE "The Doors" legacy. Jim was one of four. If Ray and Robby kept the songs alive and putting on shows for the fans then so be it. If John chose not to participate that's okay too! Damn girl...they're "The Doors"!!! What's wrong with you?
You do not realize two things: Rob and Ray did not upload the video and most important, lesser talent of Robbie Krieger wrote the music to all Doors' songs.
Ray and Robbie wanted to sell out "Break On Through" for big bucks, for a Cadillac commercial. Jim Morrison had been adamant that Doors music would never be sold for commercials. John Densmore, conspicuously absent here, had to sue Ray and Robbie to stop the deal with Cadillac, and he won the case.
It astonishes me how much attention deference the newer generation pays them. I am wondering if this event was officially annoucned. I think so though!
It is much in fact, that there are not many bands, specially n' really great ones, like these (Doors); that after death n' in their own times in life, to have showed the very truely respects, understanding, equality, balance (thus hard profs...) n' coed of real brotherhood... That even then or now, greater bands beyond current and tipically known for yesrs n' yeasrs, in media... didn't never close had, anyway!
@Camarale I dont know, i guess he felt like signing it. Robby is shyer than Ray.. On John Densmore´s book "Riders on the storm" says that Robby was really shy.. That may be why he singed it.
They really should have let these two men, tha were like Brothers to Jim, have been there ALONE, to pay their respects to a Man they loved, worked with, and cherished.
Robbie and Ray have incredible patience and generosity to allow all those locusts anywhere near them. Did you see that tacky French woman who did not acknowledge Robbie autograph, much less THANK him. Is she human trash? YES.
In defense of Ray and Robbie, it's their story too. They have every right to do with it as they see fit. No one knows what Jim would be like today if he were still alive.
I was in the audience in Frankfurt Germany, 1969 (?) I'd never seen anything like the Doors. Morrison had an electric, magnetic presence, they all shared it, but Jim was a fountainhead. The music swirled through the auditorium like gods arriving on thunderclouds, prophesy and Dionysius. 45 years later, I remember that night.
+Sharon George I guess it really was more about shamanism than strictly music...and that explains why they didn't produce anything noticeable after Jim departed
I saw them twice and I know exactly what you mean. Jim had amazing charisma, intelligence and showmanship - the greatest front man ever (Jagger is the only one who comes close). Jim made sure the audience left mesmerized. Ray and Jim committed themselves that momentous afternoon on Venice Beach to creating a rock group like no other - and they succeeded. I grew up in the 60's and 70's and The Doors were one of a kind. There will never be another group like them. No other group came close then and, 50 years later, none has come close since. The Doors are in a uniquely elevated class all their own. RIP Jim and Ray knowing that your legendary genius lives on.
y. age is a bitch. but a stone is not them either. we're all 1 conciousness. nothing else makes sense. just a projection of 1 single sea of conciousness. can't exist and then not exit. going from non-existance into existance the back again. there must be duality for any of that to occur. as there is life and death. it's a loop
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Rest in peace Jame Douglas Morrison, surrounded by poets, writers and artists. He belongs to that cementery. He was a poet, philosopher, visionary and a genius.
I climbed over that fence and placed a rose plant on Jim's grave on 10/9/13 even though I'm 62 with two bad hips and had a bone spur in my left heel. Being there was unbelievably moving as a lifelong Doors fan. Pere Lachaise is a beautiful and surprisingly uncreepy cemetery. There's beautiful statues and gardens everywhere, cobblestone paths lined with ancient chestnut trees. You can see the Eiffel Tower in the distance at the crest of a hill near George Bizet's grave (not from Jim's grave unfortunately). Jim's grave is a bit sad, neglected. It's tucked behind a large crypt. Fans do come by in a steady stream daily and leave flowers, notes, votive candles. It began to rain as we stood there, very moving. I sensed his presence there, I really did. RIP, Jim. you were one of the Truly Great.
tiamia1134 Somehow someway I must pay my respects to Jim. I'm only 38. I purchased "Strange Days" in the summer of 1993. I've been trying to break through ever since.
I was there in 2014. There was a fence but it was detached at the corners, making it easy to slip through. Lots of good people seem to stop by there every day to pay their respects... I wish they kept it a little cleaner, but there are lots of good intentions in the people who do visit.
RIP Jim and Ray. You both changed music and our lives. This video is proof that death will never stop the Doors. They will be around forever. The proof of that fact is when you listen and watch this. People crying at the sight of the Doors together again, even decades after Jim left us.
Reading this comment made me tear up. And I'm being 100% serious too. Everything you said is true. All of it. What a difference between the musical talent back then vs today's musical "talent". RIP Jim. RIP Ray.
Their music was so unique and sounds just as great today as it did when I saw them in the late 60's. These were TRUE artists, the real deal. Ray and Jim were highly intelligent, well read intellectuals (Rimbaud, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, Kafka to name just a few). Jim's favorite pastime was reading. He devoured books - good books. Every time I listen to their music, I hear something new. The Doors are timeless.
The Doors were one of the few bands where each band member is absolutely indispensable.Without any one individual it doesn’t work. Most bands could go on after losing a guitarist, drummer or bassist and still be “The Rolling Stones” or “Pink Floyd”. With the Doors, everyone was essential for what they brought to the sound, the musical style, the songwriting, and the look.
I went with my daughter in 2013 and had a bone spur on my left heel, but rolled my 62 year old self over the low metal fence and put a rose plant on his grave and said a few words - and at that very moment, the fog turned to rain. You know, Jim was a big practical joker. My daughter couldn't believe it because I had told her that morning before we left our apt. in Montmartre that I "hoped it rained when we visited Jim." We had been at Pere Lachaise walking in a thick fog for nearly 3 hours by the time we got to Jim's grave. We both felt his energy there and a plain-clothed guard overheard us and said they see his spirit all the time.
Phoebe Dowling If you're ever in Paris, stop by Pere Lachaise and say "Hi" to Jim. It is the most beautiful cemetery I have ever seen and some day my ashes will be strewn there. It is the PERFECT resting place for Jim's restless soul. His spirit is palpable.
So glad that i was being alone when i came to visit Jim's grave few years ago, too much people there, even if i would have loved to see Ray and Robby but still, it was more peaceful and quiet when i was there, being alone in this beautiful cemetery, with all these famous writers/poets that Jim loved so much was kind of intense, while relaxing at the same time, could feel something special, can't explain what, plus i was lucky to have an amazing sun that day, that was perfect and that'll stay a great memory...
As much as i would have wanted one of their autographs,no way would i have asked DIRECTLY behind Jim"s headstone!! (or even ANYwhere in the cemetery,for that matter) This is so sad.I am glad it just ended as i finish this comment.Peace.RIP Jim and Ray.
I was at the roller-skating rink that night in 1971 when JM passed. I remember learning about his death from a girl who came into the skating rink and she was crying and upset. I was 12 and she was probably around the same age. Just one of those deaths that you remember where you were when you heard about it.
so the first thing I did straight away after arriving to Paris, was visiting Jim Morrison's grave at Père Lachaise. The atmosphere in that place it's unique... indescribable, amazing.
