# Jim Morrison's Dad Breaks Silence **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 9, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrisons-dad-breaks-silence/379722 "2006-11-09T16:51:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrisons-dad-breaks-silence/379722/1 "2006-11-09T16:51:22Z")
[http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/09/books.doors.reut/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/09/books.doors.reut/index.html) Interesting comments from the Morrison family; I don’t recall ever reading any “on the record” comments from his dad over the years. VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrisons-dad-breaks-silence/379722/2 "2006-11-09T17:05:09Z")
First time I have ever read a direct quote from his father. Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrisons-dad-breaks-silence/379722/3 "2006-11-09T17:20:09Z")
Hmmm. Maybe it’s just me, but I read this a few times: > [@](#): > > “We look back on him with great delight … The fact that he’s dead is unfortunate but looking back on his life it’s a very pleasant thought,” George Morrison says in the book. Could it be just awkward sentence structure, do you think, or is this kind of an odd sentiment? ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrisons-dad-breaks-silence/379722/4 "2006-11-09T17:22:13Z")
[QUOTE=koeeoaddi] Hmmm. Maybe it’s just me, but I read this a few times: Could it be just awkward sentence structure, do you think, or is this kind of an odd sentiment? [/QUOTE] I think the past record on his dad (at least that I’ve read) is that he wasn’t exactly an affectionate, demonstrative person. Lifetime Navy (I believe he was the youngest admiral ever at one point) may have played into that. VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrisons-dad-breaks-silence/379722/5 "2006-11-09T17:26:04Z")
[QUOTE=koeeoaddi] Could it be just awkward sentence structure, do you think, or is this kind of an odd sentiment? [/QUOTE] I’m pretty sure he means that they are taking pleasure in his life, not in the fact that he’s dead. His choice of words is odd in places. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrisons-dad-breaks-silence/379722/6 "2006-11-09T19:33:00Z")
Sounds like he’s glad to be rid of him. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrisons-dad-breaks-silence/379722/7 "2006-11-09T19:42:34Z")
I was hoping Mr. Morrison would reveal that Jim had been secretly living at home all those years-not rotting away in PereLaChaise cemetary in Paris! :o ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrisons-dad-breaks-silence/379722/8 "2006-11-09T20:56:59Z")
My memory is foggy (hey, it was the 60’s) but I recall several articles about journalists trying to interview the parents and were refused, with less-than-subtle brush-offs from the family who wanted to keep their distance. They say time heals all wounds, and my guess is that the father might have mellowed a bit in his old age, but it hardly sounds like a doting father regretting the lose of a beloved son. Wouldn’t be the first case of a military dad, and rebellious son, not coming to terms in their lifetimes. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrisons-dad-breaks-silence/379722/9 "2006-11-09T21:31:39Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] Sounds like he’s glad to be rid of him. [/QUOTE] WTF makes you say that? Jim Morrison was a brilliant artist, but after reading two biographies of him including Sugarman’s, I also came to the conclusion that he was a colossal asshole. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrisons-dad-breaks-silence/379722/10 "2006-11-10T14:50:30Z")
Yeah, like many poets/artists, especially ones of his ilk, he wasn’t the most pleasant person to be around and some of his childhood antics were not unlike those of serial killers or something. Probably drove his dad nuts. Of course, Morrison’s vocals and lyrics are what fans remember, and that’s what’s important. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrisons-dad-breaks-silence/379722/11 "2006-11-10T15:17:50Z")
[QUOTE=furt] Jim Morrison was a brilliant artist, but after reading two biographies of him including Sugarman’s, I also came to the conclusion that he was a colossal asshole. [/QUOTE] I agree with the latter portion of that sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrisons-dad-breaks-silence/379722/12 "2006-11-10T20:39:59Z")
Years ago I read the book _No One Here Gets Out Alive_, and I remember there was some stuff in the book about Jim Morrison’s dad and that he was career Navy and all of that, and how much Jim Morrison hated his mainstream, conservative parents, especially his father. After that I seriously always felt really sorry for his parents. Honestly, imagine having a son who not only really seemed to hate you but made such an ass of himself so often, and made it so public. I am not being ironic. ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrisons-dad-breaks-silence/379722/13 "2006-11-10T21:09:13Z")
[QUOTE=Creaky] Years ago I read the book _No One Here Gets Out Alive_, and I remember there was some stuff in the book about Jim Morrison’s dad and that he was career Navy and all of that, and how much Jim Morrison hated his mainstream, conservative parents, especially his father. After that I seriously always felt really sorry for his parents. Honestly, imagine having a son who not only really seemed to hate you but made such an ass of himself so often, and made it so public. I am not being ironic. [/QUOTE] Never really thought of it that way. Good point. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-morrisons-dad-breaks-silence/379722/14 "2006-11-10T21:32:31Z")
Thank you, **Lochdale**. It’s just that while it’s not weird for young people to rebel, Jim Morrison’s anger seemed almost pathological. Even if his dad was strict and maybe not terribly demonstrative, making it so public just seems to me to be really mean.