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Summary: The Morrison Bible
Review: From his childhood , his college days , his rooftop days , his doors days , his paris days, the-after-his-death days and everything in between is covered and discussed within the pages and with completely fresh insight. You can tell the authors really enjoyed working on this book because no event is skimmed over .Believe me , every event and relationship may not be dissected and analyzed but it's most likely covered and in there . As a hardcore doors fan , I loved it . Buy it.
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Summary: No Kewpie Doll . . .
Review: I am the same Tony Funches mentioned in various books regarding the time I spent working for/with The Doors. If Jim were alive and The Doors were still active, I would still gladly & happily continue the duties they all trusted me with. The only books I consider CLOSE to authentic are those written by the band members themselves. ALL THE OTHERS are interpretations of Cosmic Slop thought up by people who cannot really know how this stellar convergence of talent & intellect occurred. And that's OK! Um Tut Sut!
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Summary: The bible of Jim Morrison biographies
Review: I have read between 10 and 12 biographies on Jim Morrison and this one I have read more than once. It covers detailes from his childhood to his last days with enough humor and excitement to keep you going. I stayed up far too late many nights just to get in those last few chapters. If you are interested in the life of Jim Morrison, this book will tell you all you need to know.
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Summary: THE BEST YOU'LL EVER READ
Review: I have read over twenty books about Jim Morrison and this IS the best there is. It covers everything throughout Morrison's life. A great book for the price. Buy it and believe me, you won't be sorry!
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Summary: The Best one on Jim Morrison
Review: I have read three books on the The Doors. They are 'No-one gets out of here alive' by Sugerman, 'Riders on the storm' by John Dansmore and this one. 'Break on though' must be the best, most detailed and well-researched one of all three. I found 'No-one gets...' too dramatized of Morrison's whole history and 'Riders...' lacked facts. In a nutshell, I think this is the one that you really ought to read if you should read just one about Jim Morrison.
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Summary: JIM HAS LEFT THE BUILDING
Review: I have to admit that I was a latecomer to the Doors' music. I remember kidding my high school teacher "Oh God, you like the Doors!!!???" I just could never get past the keyboards because I hated the sound of organs. It wasn't until I saw the Doors movie by Oliver Stone that I was really turned on to their music. It wasn't just their music, it was Jim Morrison's search for meaning. While you can malign the movie all you want for its one dimensional portrayal of Jim as a moronic alcoholic, it did sorta provide a music video of his soul. Not satisfied with the movie's version of truth, I soon tracked down No One Here Gets Out Alive and started reading it at an airport waiting for a flight. I really liked it but when I got to the end it was so ludicrous in that the authors purposely perpetuated the myth that Jim never actually died and that he faked his death. They encouraged that belief and it just totally destroyed the credibility of their work. That's about the time that Break on Through came out. I see Break on Through as the best book written about Jim that I have read. It seems to be the only work that tries to be what is considered real biography and not just an overglorified picture book like Dark Star. It covers Jim's childhood, public school years and his college years, the rise of the Doors, and his death all in warm, human detail. A good biographer is not just a compiler of facts. He is an artist. Riordan and Prochinsky do a good job of showing us the deeper sides of Morrison. They also discuss in great detail that philosophies and influences that ruled and ultimately destroyed Jim's life: Romanticism, Surrealism, Blake, Rimbaud, Nietzche, Booze. Just like the movie, the other 3 Doors are underrepresented here, becoming merely horatio like characters who can merely look on as Jim lives out his brief but fiery candle. If you want their side of it, check out Ray Manzarek's and also John Densmore's own autobiographies on the subject. Another good place to get the Doors story is the Doors: A Celebration DVD which includes almost 3 hours of commentary by the surviving Doors. I loved the earlier parts of the book before The Doors hit it big. You get the sense that Jim would have made a good scholar and a great long lived artist but he made the mistake of thinking that you have to live out your ideals. Yes, it's romantic to believe that you have to burn out rather than fade away but how can you create if you're DEAD. His college days are particularly interesting, knowing what he did to pass the time and what he read. You got the sense before they hit it, that everything seemed new to Jim but once he was a star it was just the same old same old. Different cities, same act. The latter half of the book reflects this and becomes less interesting.
Not that it's boring, just that by that time you could see the tragedy coming. All in all, I think this is the best biography of Morrison produced so far. Read Noone Here Gets Out Alive too but read that with a grain of salt. Break on Through is miles above it.
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Summary: It was a great book
Review: I read this book about a year ago. I am only 14, but I love the doors. So I read it and learned so much about them... you would never guess about some of the things that are in this book! If you are really into the doors and want to learn more about them, i highly recommend this book. For hard-core Doors fans only though, if you are not really into them you will get bored with this book.
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Summary: Another book I'll have to get on Jim Morrison & The Doors!
Review: I'm a big Doors fan and their music because I have "The Best of The Doors" CD anthology collection compilation. And this is a good way to overwiew and look at the poet, a bizarre cult status, a contemporary rock legend and called the lizard king of the mid sixties. For me I would buy it and read all about it!
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Summary: Brilliant, of course I am biased on this one!
Review: If there was but one biography I was able to read for the rest of my existance, I would consider this one being the one I select. I have loved The Doors and Jim Morrison for as long as I can recall, and found the practise of alternative religions and shamanism interesting long before I learnt that Jim was more than just dabbling in Shamanism, but believed he was posessed by a medicine man. Hence, this novel, with all its poetry clippings, information regarding shamanism, a somewhat more accurate portrayal of Jim, and the writer's zealous attitude regarding Jim ( it was clear the writer found Jim Morrison to be the most marvellous person to have existed), combined with the simple, factual and well written book presentation, this is one of the most passionate and beautiful biographies I have ever encountered. It is clearly meticiously researched (as is seen by the poetry excerpts scattered throughout) and obviously of huge interest to the author. Although I can't imagine it being of great interest to those not particularly interested in Jim Morrison, as there is much less emphasism on The Doors, and basically solely revolves around the chrismatic lead singer. I feel, however that it will certainly provide entertainment for most willing to see it through to the close, simply because Jim Morrison was an enigmatic and highly interesting personality. This novel centres much around the idea that Jim was a poet, and not a rock star, and while this can prove repitious, the case is presented in a way that allows us to excuse much of Jim's outward behaviour. A brilliant overview of a brilliant genius.
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Summary: A GREAT BOOK!
Review: if you ever wanted to know anything about one of the most spirtaul and intelectual person to ever walk the earth, read this book. It goes deep in to morrisons head, and shows just how the doors were formed. a must read.
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