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Morrison certainly was a classic drunken Irish poet, but a great deal of the outrageous things he did was showmanship. His lyrics were full of Wagnerian Love/Death imagery. He did managed to antagonize Nixon so much with the violently antiwar message of "The Unknown Soldier" and the video that went with it, (one of the first Rock Videos created) that Nixon forced the Justice department to hound Morrison to death. Morrison was a great deal smarter - cleverer - than the way he was portrayed in Oliver Stones "Doors". He had a Mensa level IQ.

Yeah he did a lot of acid and yeah he drank far too much at the end of his life. In Miami, in concert he stuck his hand down his pants, and then pushed his hand out his fly. Some policeman in the back of the auditorium thought he took out something else, but that's what happened. This was a joke but Nixon seized on it as an excuse to put Morrison, someone on his Enemies List, in jail.

Morrison had one of the best baritone...

Manda:

And . . . you know that I am neither a Michael Jackson lover or hater.

However . . . I do find it somewhat fascinating that a Michael Jackson lover would be so quick to dismiss Billy Ray Cyrus as a one hit wonder.

And . . . excuse me for ever bringing up his name . . . but I think Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus are prime examples of what "nepotism" can do in the music industry.

Baby, Let Me Bang Your Box--the Toppers (c. 1955; an offer to play her piano)
Sixty Minute Man -- the Dominos (c. 1952)
A Banana in Her Fruit Basket -- the Hokum Boys (c. 1930)
Please, Warm My Weiner -- the Hokum Boys (c. 1932)
Your Biscuits Are Big Enough for Me -- Bo Carter (c. 1933)
Work with Me, Annie -- the Royals (later known as Hank Ballard and the Midnighters; c. 1954)

My personal opinion is: Selena - Was as an amazing artist, with simple pleasures, and intense talent... An upcoming star with a foot in the door, on her way to what could have been one of the most influential crossovers to English music...

Radio London:

I agree.

If anything . . . both sides have now posted what I would consider an over-simplified "answer" to this multi-level subject.

There is an old axium that goes:

It is not what you know . . . but who you know that matters.