This song is about the greek tragedy involving the mortal man, Hyacinth and his best friend, Apollo, the god. One day, Hyacinth and Apollo were playing discus, and Apolo threw it so far, and so hard that he accidently struck Hyacintch in the forhead, causing severe damage to his head. Apollo held the dying Hyacinth in his arms, unable to fix him. But when he died, he turned into a beautiful flower, the Hyacinth.
The bathroom Jim speaks of is the bathroom in the studio he would frequently go into during rehearsals.
I think he's saying he needs new friends, because he is slowly dying with the band, his life is spiraling towards the end and he does not want to be Jim Morrison, the famous singer anymore.
My two cents, but the story of Hyacinth comes straight from John Densmores biography with the doors, and what I said is pretty much his thoughts on the song as well. He regrets not looking at these lyrics more closely because he feels Jim was trying to tell them something with his songs, because he couldn't in any other way.
@mplkid Certamente Jim aveva nozione della religione olimpica, della letteratura collegata e della filosofia greca conseguente, tuttavia non credo che si riferisca a una casa, in senso impropriamente zodiacale o mitologico, di Giacinto.
@mplkid Certamente Jim aveva nozione della religione olimpica, della letteratura collegata e della filosofia greca conseguente, tuttavia non credo che si riferisca a una casa, in senso impropriamente zodiacale o mitologico, di Giacinto.
I tre doors rimanenti avevano, ciascuno a modo suo, voglia di fare musica e basta, magari con qualche ambizione finanziaria (Ray). Non erano in sintonia con Jim e su questo non si può non seguire Oliver Stone (che però assolve Pam, probabilmente perché altrimenti il film non si sarebbe fatto).
I tre doors rimanenti avevano, ciascuno a modo suo, voglia di fare musica e basta, magari con qualche ambizione finanziaria (Ray). Non erano in sintonia con Jim e su questo non si può non seguire Oliver Stone (che però assolve Pam, probabilmente perché altrimenti il film non si sarebbe fatto).
Sono d'accordo sul resto, anche perché è abbastanza chiaro. La sorella di Jim ha pubblicato una nuova...
Sono d'accordo sul resto, anche perché è abbastanza chiaro. La sorella di Jim ha pubblicato una nuova e più completa edizione dei suoi scritti e da ciò si deduce molto.
Aggiungo che una decina o più di anni fa, in un concerto in Italia, in una intervista, Ray e Robbie rispondevano a delle domande. E in una domanda tipo "Com'era lavorare con Jim Morrison?" Robbie risponde che era ubriaco 7/7.
Ray protesta contro Robbie, che corregge "Non 7 giorni su sette ma 6 giorni su 7" prendendosi il resto del rimprovero di Ray "Oh, perché dici così? Non devi dire così".
Io non credo a nessuno dei tre, specialmente a Ray.
@mplkid Thanks, Lots of good information and insight. I have a thought but not sure if there's anything too it. Jim was drinking a lot by this time and had a group of "drinking" friends (fellow addicts). Addicts can be very needy and parasitic. I know there were frictions within the band so I'm sure it partly reflects that, but maybe the part about needing a brand new friend who doesn't bother me, need me, also reflects those hangers on he drank with. I don't know a lot on the history but understood that...
@mplkid Thanks, Lots of good information and insight. I have a thought but not sure if there's anything too it. Jim was drinking a lot by this time and had a group of "drinking" friends (fellow addicts). Addicts can be very needy and parasitic. I know there were frictions within the band so I'm sure it partly reflects that, but maybe the part about needing a brand new friend who doesn't bother me, need me, also reflects those hangers on he drank with. I don't know a lot on the history but understood that for LA Women they had once again gone back to sharing song writing credits so it doesn't seem like things were THAT bad inside the band.
nobody, you're right.
This song is about the greek tragedy involving the mortal man, Hyacinth and his best friend, Apollo, the god. One day, Hyacinth and Apollo were playing discus, and Apolo threw it so far, and so hard that he accidently struck Hyacintch in the forhead, causing severe damage to his head. Apollo held the dying Hyacinth in his arms, unable to fix him. But when he died, he turned into a beautiful flower, the Hyacinth.
The bathroom Jim speaks of is the bathroom in the studio he would frequently go into during rehearsals.
I think he's saying he needs new friends, because he is slowly dying with the band, his life is spiraling towards the end and he does not want to be Jim Morrison, the famous singer anymore.
My two cents, but the story of Hyacinth comes straight from John Densmores biography with the doors, and what I said is pretty much his thoughts on the song as well. He regrets not looking at these lyrics more closely because he feels Jim was trying to tell them something with his songs, because he couldn't in any other way.
@mplkid Certamente Jim aveva nozione della religione olimpica, della letteratura collegata e della filosofia greca conseguente, tuttavia non credo che si riferisca a una casa, in senso impropriamente zodiacale o mitologico, di Giacinto.
@mplkid Certamente Jim aveva nozione della religione olimpica, della letteratura collegata e della filosofia greca conseguente, tuttavia non credo che si riferisca a una casa, in senso impropriamente zodiacale o mitologico, di Giacinto.
I tre doors rimanenti avevano, ciascuno a modo suo, voglia di fare musica e basta, magari con qualche ambizione finanziaria (Ray). Non erano in sintonia con Jim e su questo non si può non seguire Oliver Stone (che però assolve Pam, probabilmente perché altrimenti il film non si sarebbe fatto).
I tre doors rimanenti avevano, ciascuno a modo suo, voglia di fare musica e basta, magari con qualche ambizione finanziaria (Ray). Non erano in sintonia con Jim e su questo non si può non seguire Oliver Stone (che però assolve Pam, probabilmente perché altrimenti il film non si sarebbe fatto).
Sono d'accordo sul resto, anche perché è abbastanza chiaro. La sorella di Jim ha pubblicato una nuova...
Sono d'accordo sul resto, anche perché è abbastanza chiaro. La sorella di Jim ha pubblicato una nuova e più completa edizione dei suoi scritti e da ciò si deduce molto.
Aggiungo che una decina o più di anni fa, in un concerto in Italia, in una intervista, Ray e Robbie rispondevano a delle domande. E in una domanda tipo "Com'era lavorare con Jim Morrison?" Robbie risponde che era ubriaco 7/7. Ray protesta contro Robbie, che corregge "Non 7 giorni su sette ma 6 giorni su 7" prendendosi il resto del rimprovero di Ray "Oh, perché dici così? Non devi dire così".
Io non credo a nessuno dei tre, specialmente a Ray.
@mplkid Thanks, Lots of good information and insight. I have a thought but not sure if there's anything too it. Jim was drinking a lot by this time and had a group of "drinking" friends (fellow addicts). Addicts can be very needy and parasitic. I know there were frictions within the band so I'm sure it partly reflects that, but maybe the part about needing a brand new friend who doesn't bother me, need me, also reflects those hangers on he drank with. I don't know a lot on the history but understood that...
@mplkid Thanks, Lots of good information and insight. I have a thought but not sure if there's anything too it. Jim was drinking a lot by this time and had a group of "drinking" friends (fellow addicts). Addicts can be very needy and parasitic. I know there were frictions within the band so I'm sure it partly reflects that, but maybe the part about needing a brand new friend who doesn't bother me, need me, also reflects those hangers on he drank with. I don't know a lot on the history but understood that for LA Women they had once again gone back to sharing song writing credits so it doesn't seem like things were THAT bad inside the band.