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Summary: A good chronicle of events but not about the man
Review: This book accounts for the life and times of ol' Jimbo, but doesn't really tell us much about the man and his real psyche. I think the events and anecdotes are pretty accurate, but during the whole read we don't really learn much except some dry information. Morrison was definitely an intelligent man and much different than some of the posers passing for rock artists these days. His mind and music ran deeper than most and this book didn't really do him justice. I give it three stars for basic content though.
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Summary: no one here gets out alive
Review: it was written well, and told me all about Jim Morrison. It was also well detailed.
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Summary: Misleading and Unethical
Review: This book deserves some credit because it points kids who might otherwise spend their whole adolescence playing air guitar toward philosophy, poetry, and adventure. But I have three problems with it:It provides no insights into its subject's mentality. We are told what Morrison does, but not why. Many of the temper tantrums portrayed as being (luridly, romantically...) unprovoked were actually triggered by very trivial events. For instance, his violence in New York was in response to the Doors being left out of the Monterey Pop Festival. That's it. Not as thrillingly "enigmatic" as the authors' account, but more believably human. The Doors are not put into context as a mid-sixties rock band. What made Morrison so disturbing and explosive 'way back then was the fact that he embodied some elements that the rock scene had never seen before. Imagine a straight-laced pop world ruled by Herman's Hermits or the Hollies trying to deal with a sexually ambiguous, politically volatile, violently sado-masochistic yet literary suspected-junkie. This was like Lou Reed plus demon charisma and a deceptively catchy pop sense. The worst nightmare for Middle American parents. That's why the band got banned and prosecuted. This book gives no suggestion of Morrison's true "threat" whatsoever. Listening to Sugarman, he might as well have been Peter Frampton. The introduction to this book cribs whole sentences, word-for-word, from Venable Herndon's book "James Dean: A Short Life." Blatant unoriginality like this makes me lose faith in the authors, and suspect that many other passages were plagiarized from other, obscure sources. My suggestion is to order all of the Doors CD's (except 'Soft Parade') from Amazon, because they tell you all you have to know about the talent of this man. Buy the book and all you get is misleading gossip.
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Summary: FTW
Review: What a nice guy ;) Just kidding. I first read this book in 9th grade; it changed my life. I started reading all kinds of crazy sh**; i even learned why Nietzche said "God is dead." To get down on it, the best damn book i've ever read; seriously. I hope it helps you as much as it did me. pds
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Summary: Couldn't put it down
Review: This book really put me in touch with The Doors and especially Jim Morrison. They are one of my all time favorite bands and this is one of my all time favorite books! Not only was this book fun to read, but it helped out my vocabulary on the SAT!!!! Thanks for writing such a great book!
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Summary: Doors
Review: One of the best books about Jim Morrison. Shows what his life was rteally about./ Does not hold back.
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Summary: Nice Piece of Fiction
Review: There are better books out there like John Tobler's book and Jerry Reardon's "Break on Through." I probably would've given this book 5 stars back in 83 when I first read it Sugarman's book is entertaining and I give this book credit for helping perpetuate the Doors legend, but it reads like fiction and the dialogues are unbelievable. It made Sugarman, who clams Morrison took him under his wing at 13 (!?), a rich man.
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Summary: A great biography and depicition of the rise and fall ofagod
Review: This book rocked, i have read this book six or seven times the first time i could not lay it down I think it depicts the rise and fall of Jim Morrison to the "t". I strongly reccomend it for any Morrison fan or reasearcher.
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Summary: Took Me Through
Review: I must say the book started off slow...or perhaps the stuff that was mentioned was so the stuff that every doors fan already knows....but the ending had a nice mixture of music, life, and love...and sort of left you wanting to believe that there was this slight possibility that jim was still out there...waiting to get together one more time. i give the authors credit, this book did keep me interested and added some flavor to my morning train commute.
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Summary: about the book on Jim Morrison no one here gets out alive
Review: I think that Morrison was a psycho,and he physcially abused the band members and he wanted to die anyway,and he led by unhappiness and self destructiveness,he was a lunatic on stage and a threat to others and a threat to himself,he belonged in a nut house.
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