The Doors. When You're Strange

The Vietnam war finally ends. The youth movement fades away, not to reappear. But that flash of protest, however brief, was real. It forged the consciousness of a whole generation.

To some, Jim was a poet, his soul trapped between heaven and hell. To others, he was just another rock star who crashed and burned. But this much is true — you can't burn out if you're not on fire. The Crystal Ship Is Being Filled, A Thousand Girls, A Thousand Thrills... He would take his father another 10 years to say, "My son had a unique genius which he expressed without compromise".