People are strange. That's the best explanation I can come up with for why it's suddenly so important for outgoing Florida Governor and ongoing Doors fan Charlie Crist to see Jim Morrison receive a posthumous pardon for indecent exposure and open profanity. Thanks to Crist and two members of the Florida Board of Executive Clemency, anybody still considering the Lizard King untouchable for legal reasons is now free to touch away. In the spirit of this rather odd act of public forgiveness, I would like to use the power invested in me as an aging rock critic to simultaneously pardon Jim Morrison and the surviving Doors members for the relative weakness of The Soft Parade album. Here's my playlist for a pardon that's rather late in coming.
TOUCH ME - The Doors
PARDON ME - Weezer
PLEASE PARDON YOURSELF - The Avett Brothers
PLEASE PARDON ME - Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle
MIAMI - Will Smith
FORGIVE ME MY LITTLE FLOWER PRINCESS - John Lennon
FORGIVENESS - Diane Birch
WE BEG YOUR PARDON (PARDON OUR ANALYSIS) - Gil Scott-Heron
SE E TARDE ME PERDOA (FORGIVE ME IF I'M LATE) - Quincy Jones & His Orchestra
CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
FORGIVEN NOT FORGOTTEN - The Coors
FORGIVE THEM FATHER - Lauryn Hill
A QUICK ONE WHILE HE'S AWAY - The Who
PARDON ME FOR LOVING AND RUNNING - Mae West
A MINOR INCIDENT - Badly Drawn Boy
PARDON - Robert Cray
FORGIVE - Dogstar
PARDON ME PLEASE - Frankie Lymon
MIAMI - Counting Crows
TO FORGIVE - Smashing Pumpkins
PARDON MY HEART - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
FORGIVENESS - Luka Bloom
FORGIVE - Rebecca Lynn Howard
WITH TIME AND TEMPERANCE - Paul Weller
What's on your playlist for Jim and Charlie?