Since when is the drummer the cool one?

Apparently only John Densmore of The Doors has his head screwed on straight. Who’da thunk it? This is really ironic when you consider Densmore was the one who really just absolutely hated lead singer Jim Morrison. One would figure that Densmore would take the years of psychic abuse, sells Morrison?s songs on Madison Avenue and take the money and run. So why doesn?t He?

“People lost their virginity to this music, got high for the first time to this music,” Densmore said. “I’ve had people say kids died in Vietnam listening to this music, other people say they know someone who didn’t commit suicide because of this music?. On stage, when we played these songs, they felt mysterious and magic. That’s not for rent.”

That not only sets the Doors apart from the long, long list of classic rock acts that have had their songs licensed for major U.S. commercial campaigns, it also has added considerably to Densmore’s estrangement from former bandmates Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger, a trio that last set eyes on one another in the Los Angeles County Superior Courthouse last year. (full story at The L.A. Times)

Right on, dude. Right on.

For the record, I?ve always hated Manzarek and his bogus hippy-drippy bullshit. I just wanted to get that in.

And the the frizzy-haired one? I have no opinion on him.