Jim Morrison’s Will To Be Weird
Paul Gambaccini presents a three hour special exploring the mystique around the influential musician Jim Morrison.
‘The Lizard King’ and singer with The Doors would have celebrated his 75th birthday on 8 December 2018.
He was one of the most influential musicians of the 1960s, inspiring a host of future stars including Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Michael Hutchence and Ian Curtis. In addition to his lyric writing, Morrison was also recognised for his prose and poetry, often improvising lines during live performances of The Doors.
Morrison’s mystique has never faded and over three hours, with an intriguing selection of programmes from the 成人论坛’s radio archive, Radio 4 Extra will try to establish why.
Jim Morrison’s Will To Be Weird will feature: Cult Heroes – Jim Morrison; Cult Classics – Drugs; The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (a 成人论坛 Radio 3 drama by William Blake); Cemetery Confessions (a drama where Morrison speaks from beyond the grave and has his confession heard); and extracts from Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception originally heard on 成人论坛 Radio 1.
- Producer: Mik Wilkojc
- Made for 成人论坛 Radio 4 Extra
Publicity contact: Radio 4 Publicity