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Summary: HOW ABOUT IT, ROBBY?
Review: BOTH DENSMORE'S AND MANZAREK'S BOOKS WERE INTERESTING. I AM NOW WAITING FOR ROBBY KRIEGER'S! WOULD LIKE HIS PERSPECTIVE.
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Summary: HOW ABOUT IT, ROBBY?
Review: BOTH DENSMORE'S AND MANZAREK'S BOOK WERE INTERESTING. I AM NOW WAITING FOR ROBBY KRIEGER'S! WOULD LIKE HIS PERSPECTIVE.
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Summary: Thank you John Densmore for writing this book
Review: The book not only aided Oliver Stone signifigantly in his movie THE DOORS but enables the reader to connect with Jim Morrison through the eyes of John Densmore. Many fascinating accounts that only John had with Jim leave the reader wondering how crazy Morrison really was. It is fascinating but doesn't leave the reader with an untruthful perception by any means. Morrison was special and he was undoubtedly a poetic genius who seemed to be having an inner battle with good and and evil. Densmore justifies his feelings for Jim based on his ignorance of the seriousness of Jim's drinking problem and inner battle. A must read for any true doors fan complete with Jim's aswell as many others poetry from the time period and including many interesting stories from a racist limo driver to how John and Ray dodged the draft and how the doors seperated and became more independent and much more.
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Summary: The Best Book On The Doors So Far!
Review: Let me state upfront that it has been a long time since I read this book, but it was probably the most honest account of the DOORS so far. Check out the only book written by the only person who probably wasn't trying to make money with Jim & the Door's name, who actually spent more time with Jim & the band than any other person, and author of any Doors, &/or Jim Morrison book. Yes, I know I haven't actually described this book's content yet, but I recommend reading this before any other book on the Doors.
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Summary: Hard hitting, to the point, the real story
Review: Great book, good enough to read twice.
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Summary: This book has more detail about the band than the movie.
Review: All Doors fans should get this book, because it tells you aboutall the stuff you want to hear about them. It talks about when Jim wasa kid, how they formed the band, and the death of Jim Morrison.
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Summary: Good to hear insightful thoughts
Review: Densmore's book is insightful and a good read. I found his views on the "once prince and later the self-tortured spirit" of Morrison to be very interesting. We all have our own opinions about what The Doors represented and the indivuiduals that created the image...but I think that its interesting to get a first-hand opinion of what the ride was like. I enjoyed the book. If you are looking for a biography of Morrison...this isn't the book you are looking for.
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Summary: An Insightful Read
Review: I've never been a big fan of the Doors, but I've always thought that they put out some pretty good music. Reading this book was worth the time spent. Insightful and informative.
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Summary: An Honest Book....
Review: John Densmore- An original and founding member of the musical group The Doors, John co-produced and wrote eight gold albums and toured the United States, Europe, and Japan. His autobiography, Riders on the Storm, was on the New York Times bestseller list in 1991. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.I'm not particularly keen on making these kinds of statements but here goes: the Doors are Jim Morrison. Don't get me wrong, I have the utmost respect for the other three members, but really the Doors' legacy rests mainly on one man, and, I have to say, rightly so. Jim Morrison was one of the greatest frontmen ever, if not the greatest. Think about it, who actually was better as a pure frontman? Although, obviously some singers were more talented in other respects, as the complete package I think no-one rivals Morrison. He was, in my humble (though strictly heterosexual) opinion, the most good looking rock star ever; peerlessly charismatic, off-stage and on; dangerously wild - the true epitome of rock'n'roll (indeed, he is statistically the most arrested rock star) and also pretty talented. Clearly he was hardly the best song-writer ever and although not technically the greatest ever singer he had a marvellously unique singing voice, half Sinatra-esque croon, half unleashed Iggy Pop style scream. He was also one of the first true poets of rock (behind Dylan of course) influencing the whole pretentious literacy of subsequent rock-poets like Patti Smith or Morrissey. Obviously this a rather rudimentary rule of thumb but I often find the sign of a good lyricist is how many one-liners are competing for quotation in my review summaries and for most albums on this page it was usually at least two or three. And despite being in a somewhat psychedelic band Morrison rarely strayed into Jefferson Airplane-style silliness. Many of his lyrics concerned the likes of "people going down slow" or "really liking to get it on" and even if it was LSD inspired psychedelia it was mainly "screaming butterflies" and Oedipian fantasies....Still that is the price you pay for supporting the greatest frontman rock'n'roll's ever seen. Still the rest of the band are all deserving of a fair bit of praise for producing (mostly) consistently excellent music and as an influential force in rock music being somewhat underrated. In fact, the Doors are sometimes labelled as overrated because of Morrison's early death. ....I also think Krieger is a slightly underrated guitarist. He has a unique style, unusually reliant on finger-picking, and he can really let rip with the effects for devastating effect - just listen to his (if not the band's) defining moment, the epic "When the Music's Over" for evidence of this. The Doors did six albums from 1967 to 1971 before Morrison died of heart failure in Paris (the others are still alive). The rest carried on as a trio with Manzarek singing and released two albums ...
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Summary: Best of the Doors books
Review: John has clearly evolved a lot as a man in the last 30 years and this chronicle of his journey and experiences then-and-now with the Doors is moving, thought-provoking, and stimulating. He comes across as real (as opposed to Ray Manzarek's self-aggrandizement in Light My Fire). I've been a Doors maniac since I was a kid in LA in the 60's and this book added a lot to my understanding of the group and the music. Get it.
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