History Music / TheDoors

* AcquittedTooLate: Non-death penalty version: In December 2010, the state of Florida pardoned him for that infamous "lewd and lascivious conduct" charge he earned during a 1969 concert, the details of which are sketchy and [[TheRashomon vary wildly depending on which of the witnesses you ask.]]

* TheBandMinusTheFace: After Jim's death, the other three released two albums (''Other Voices'' and ''Full Circle'') with Ray Manzarek on lead vocals. Both albums have been out of print since before the [=CD=] era.

* CanonDiscontinuity: ''Other Voices'' and ''Full Circle'' have been out-of-print since the 70's and have never been released on CD. Both albums were critical failures and commercial disasters.

* {{Biopic}}: ''The Doors'' directed by OliverStone.

* AcquittedTooLate: Non-death penalty version: In December 2010, the state of Florida pardoned him for that infamous "lewd and lascivious conduct" charge he earned during a 1970 concert, the details of which are sketchy and [[TheRashomon vary wildly depending on which of the witnesses you ask.]]

* ShortLivedBigImpact: Jim Morrison in addition to being the lead singer of The Doors, he is widely regarded has having perfected the modern "rock star" image. Dead at age 27.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The lyric "She gets high!" in ''Break on Through'' was clipped on the original vinyl release, and all subsequent releases until the [=CD=] remaster in 2003.
** In addition, a notorious incident occurred when the band appeared on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' in 1967. Ed's camera crew insisted that the line "Girl we couldn't get much higher" be changed to "Girl we couldn't get much better" (even though the latter didn't rhyme). Krieger, who had written those words, agreed to the change - but then during the actual performance (at least as depicted in Oliver Stone's film), Morrison lurches right at the camera and defiantly shouts "Girl we couldn't get much HIGHER!"....before [[ADateWithRosiePalms slipping his hand down his pants and masturbating]]. The Doors never appeared on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' again.
*** That was only in the film. In reality, the Ed Sullivan people told the Doors to change the lyrics to "Girl, you really light my fire" days before the show. Neither Morrison nor Krieger wanted to change it, partially because they didn't want to be censored and partially because [[RuleOfFunny they thought it'd be funny to annoy the Ed Sullivan people]]. During the show, Jim didn't add emphasis to the word "higher" nor did he make any lewd gesture outside of wearing tight leather pants. After the show, Jim said he simply forgot to change the lyrics because he was nervous.

** Also that's how some folks describe the sounds that come from Manzarek's organ

* AGoodNameForARockBand: Taken from WilliamBlake's poem ''The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell'': "If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite."

*** That was only in the film. In reality, the Ed Sullivan people told the Doors to change the lyrics to "Girl, you really light my fire" days before the show. Neither Morrison nor Krieger wanted to change it, partially because [[TrueArtIsOffensive they didn't want to be censored]] and partially because [[RuleOfFunny they thought it'd be funny to annoy the Ed Sullivan people]]. During the show, Jim didn't add emphasis to the word "higher" nor did he make any lewd gesture outside of wearing tight leather pants. After the show, Jim said he simply forgot to change the lyrics because he was nervous.

* AcquittedTooLate: In December 2010, the state of Florida pardoned him for that infamous "lewd and lascivious conduct" charge he earned during a 1970 concert, the details of which are sketchy and [[TheRashomon vary wildly depending on which of the witnesses you ask.]]

-->''"Father?" "Yes, son?" "[[OedipusComplex I want to kill you]].''

-->''"Father?" "Yes, son?" "I want to kill you.''
-->''Mother...I want to... '' '''''[+[[FreudWasRight FFFFUCKYOUUUUAAAAAAARRRRGGHHH]]+]!"'''''

-->''Mother...I want to... '' '''''[+FFFFUCKYOUUUUAAAAAAARRRRGGHHH+]!"'''''

* {{Biopic}}: ''The Doors'' directed by Oliver Stone.

-->''Come on people, don't ya look so down
->You know the rain man's comin' ta town
->Change the weather, change your luck
->And then he'll teach ya how to... '''find''' yourself
->L'America''

->-->''Come on people, don't ya look so down

* The Post-Morrison Doors are also notable for being the inspiration for the FakeBand, Pusswhip Gangbang from The Tim and Eric Show.

* BeardOfAwesome: Jim Morrison had one toward the end of his life.