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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

To this day, not a single DOORS song can be heard on a car commercial. They did right.....

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
From Wikipedia:

"The Buick Incident"

"John Densmore recalls, that Buick offered $75,000 in October 1968 to adapt the song for use in a Buick Opel TV commercial ("Come on, Buick, light my fire"). Morrison, however, was still in London after a European tour had just ended on September 20 and could not be reached by the other group members, who agreed to the deal in his absence."


I don't know how many times or even if it ever aired on tv because Morrison went ballisitic when he found out. In Oliver Stone's The Doors the commercial can be seen. It looks very real to me, but I suppose it could have been re-created for the movie.

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
By all means go watch the movie 'cause I think you'll really like it. It did not get good reviews and did not do well at the box office, but I think in many ways it's an important film. Val Kilmer is terrific as Jim Morrison. He nailed the swagger and attitude, and sang most of the songs himself. One of the criticisms is that his portrayal is too over the top, that he's perpetually stoned or drunk, and never has any moments of sobriety. But according to Ray Manzarek, that's how Morrison was in real life. Meg Ryan is good as the long-suffering girlfriend. There's even a few boob shots of Meg, but they could be stunt boobs.

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