It was the last song I wrote before heading off to LA so it was like saying goodbye to Jimmy my song-writing partner, you can obviously hear the nod at the end to Riders on the Storm by the Doors. I wrote it with my friend Jimmy Hogarth and I get called Jimmy occasionally.
James: Um yeah it’s really a tribute to him and Jimmy Hendrix. I spose i think this 'cos on the top of the lyrics page in b2b all songwriters are called jimmy.įF: Your song So Long Jimmy reminds me of a Doors track, is this an ode to Jim Morrison? this might answer your questionīefore i read all of ure'sensible' comments bowt the meanin of so long Jimmy i thought it meant a apart of sum2 leaving, maybe after a relationship has ended? etc. So.any interviews where james talks about this song? I want to know who it was for?Įvelyn. Still, that riff does enhance "So Long, Jimmy", doesn't it ? My guess is that if Jim Morrison hadn't died, good as they could be at times, they'd have faded away in time, and be barely remembered now. Apart from two tracks, it's virtually unlistenable, so poor are the songs. On top of that, I have a tape of every other song they released that wasn't on either of those two LPs.
The tracks on "13" are uniformly good, and "Weird Scenes", while a double LP, does not overlap a single track with "13", and three sides' worth are great, with a side's worth being average-to-poor. Their material is equally variable in quality.
Sometimes, Jim Morrison was mesmerising, yet just as often he was appallingly bad. Their high reputation is greatly enhanced by the mystery and circumstances of Morrison's death.Īs a live act, they were very hit and miss. Sorry to be pedantic, sadoldman, but that's not an organ, it's an electric piano, and Beardy has lifted it, LS&B from "Riders on the Storm", as you correctly pointed out.Īs to The Doors being good, as someone who was in his youth when Jim Morrison was alive (like your good self), and, as a 'partial' fan (ie I have two Doors compilations "13", and "Weird Scenes"), I would say that IMO, The Doors are greatly over-rated at the moment. I hadnt noticed what that riff was sad, well spotted mate! I am a huge morrison fan, went to his grave and all in Paris. Why use his music at the end? wouldn't that be a dead giveaway. Still doesn't leave my question answered.Is there an interview where James might say who it's dedicated to? I still thinks its for jim morrison.
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Me too,Sad!!An artist like JB is really rare nowadays:someone who has interesting and full of wit stories to tell at last!!!Īnd I've never heard a voice like his before:I'm mesmerized by it,totally flabbergasted!!! Strange how music is so liked to mood.For me JB fills the void between dark melancholy (Nick Cave)and curiously reflective (Divine Comedy).īeen looking for that for some years now. Said before.good music know neither time nor age limits. OOH I do agree with you,Sadoldman: THE DOORS are SO huge GREAT!! Thats been bugging me for days.Actually thr SOJ song made me revisit the Doors to see how good they were. Indeed Sadoldman,"So long Jimmy"'s a tribute to Jim Morrison,but also to Jimmy Hendrix and Jimmy Rodgarth(JB's friend & co-author of"So long Jimmy"!!) Given the organ riff lovingly recreated and lifted off "Riders on the Storm" by the Doors at the end of So Long Jimmy - am i right in thinking Jimmy is the enegmatic Jim Morrison?Ĭoincidence? The riff is a direct steal and too close and deliberate to be dismissed as mere coincidence. You can view the forums, but cannot post messages. Home Page : Back to Bedlam : so long Jimmy.Morrison?