![]() Ray Manzerek was and is forever happy to talk about Morrison to anyone who wants to listen. After all people hadn’t cared about the Doors for years. The three living Doors didn’t really do that much to squelch the rumors. He even made the cover of Rolling Stone under a headline that ran something like “Jim Morrison: He’s hot, he’s sexy, he’s dead!” There was a time when everyone I knew seemed to be madly flipping through the book “No One Here Gets Out Alive”, which suggested that the Rimbaud worshipping Lizard King had faked his own death. I actually saw it in the theater, but everyone else waited for cable where endless playings eventually led to “On the Dark Side” becoming a big hit for John Cafferty, whose Beaver Brown band gave Eddie and the Cruisers’ music its New Jersey sound.īack in the early ‘80s there was something of a Jim Morrison craze. I have a bit of a soft spot for this movie. Sal Amato: Why? We ain’t great, we’re just some guys from Jersey.Įddie Wilson: If we can’t be great, then there’s no sense in ever playing music again. They got into Eddie's car and drove off.Eddie Wilson: I want something great, I want something that nobody’s ever done before. We're just some guys from Jersey."Įddie: "If we can't be great, then there's no sense in ever playing music again, Sal!"Įddie then stormed out the door with Joann following. I want something no one's ever done before!" Sal had a go at it and asked Eddie what he was trying to accomplish with the record, because the fans wanted songs that were like "On The Darkside." Sal and Eddie exchanged words:Įddie: "I want something great. Eddie burst through the door to the recording area and began yelling at Elson, who in turn told Eddie that he wasn't going to buy the record and that he hated it.ĭoc tried to calm Eddie down, but it didn't work as Eddie was so fired up. Out in the reception area, every head of the Cruisers snapped to attention when they heard the music stop. ![]() Doc Robbins, the Cruisers' manager, was also in the recording area when Elson stopped the music abruptly. You should do it."ĭuring the flashback at Satin Records, which is located in Manhattan, Lew Elson, the record buyer, was listening to "A Season In Hell" in the recording area, while the Cruisers were in the reception area. People like Lew Eisen, so he can get rick off an Eddie Wilson freak show."ĭiane: "Then don't say who you are. I don't know what I'm gonna do."ĭiane: "Why not just tell everyone? I mean people want Eddie to be alive, Joe." For 20 years it's ben tearing me apart, and everybody thinks I'm dead. I left everyone and everything behind, and I hurt a lot of people. ![]() I remember swimming.I was thinking about Wendell Newton, the sax player from The Cruisers, that he was dead. The car hit the guardrail of the bridge, and I lost control. Joe: I still don't remember what happened. Eddie Wilson died when his car went over a bridge. Eddie and The Cruisers."ĭiane: "Oh, come on! You and ten other guys, right? I've seen those look-alike contests. They like me better dead than alive!"ĭiane: "What do you mean dead? What band are you talking about?" Joe (shaking his head): "No! That's the point! Nobody's forgotten! I hear it and see it every damn day on radio and television. ![]() I can't go through that again."ĭiane: "I'm sure people have forgotten your old band by now. I spent a whole year working on this album, and when I was done, I was proud of it and then I handed it in and this guy at Satin Records told me it was garbage. I wanted to create the perfect sound.the perfect music. She sees that something is bothering him and asks him what's wrong. In the morning, Diane sees that Joe is not in bed and finds him in the kitchen. Joe and Diane go back to her apartment and make love.
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