Cover of 2022 hardcover edition of Mr Mojo Risin’ by Scott Tatum, which by the way is a wild fictinoal ride featuring none other than Jim Morrison

(20) MR MOJO RISIN’

Here it is, my wildest special mention where I adapt my own personal Morrison-esque mythology – but you have to admit that Mr Mojo Risin’, that iconic incantation by Jim Morrison in the bridge of The Doors single L.A. Woman, encapsulates much of the essence of the mythic hero, particularly the dying-and-resurrecting divine figure.

Even if it was fortuitously an anagram of the singer’s name – “in the bridge, Morrison repeats the phrase Mr Mojo Risin’, which is an anagram of his name Jim Morrison”.

But Stark After Dark I hear you say, what about your recurring tendency to reserve your final twentieth special mention for your kinky or kinkier entry?

O – but I have! My mythology is a s€xual mythology, Mr Mojo Risin’ looking for his L.A. Woman. And that was in the incantation from its inception:

“After we recorded the song, he wrote “Mr. Mojo Rising” [sic] on a board and said, “Look at this.” He moves the letters around and it was an anagram for his name. I knew that mojo was a s€xual term from the blues, and that gave me the idea to go slow and dark with the tempo. It also gave me the idea to slowly speed it up like an 0rgasm.”

RATING:

X-TIER (WILD TIER)