LIZARD KING'S LEGACY NOT FOR SALE

Cadillac offered $15 million to former Doors members for the use of the song "Break On Through (to the Other Side)" in a SUV TV advert. Former Doors drummer John Densmore nixed the deal:

"People lost their virginity to this music, got high for the first time to this music. 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."

Fellow former band members are unhappy, to say the least. Gee, imagine that.

If you can be bothered, there's a poll attached to the article; at the moment over 78% of respondents have voted in favour of Densmore's position that Doors songs are sacred. I suppose that means we should worship the Lizard King:

Morrison described their mission in terms of trying to "Break On Through" to a bigger reality: "There are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between are the Doors."

Morrison "broke on through" in 1971.

Update: The poll has turned around, with only 39% now agreeing that Doors' songs are sacred.