Abhorsen
Long Distance Voyager
the crystal ship is one of my favorite songs of all time. as for their albums, la woman is pretty strong. riders on the storm!
The DOORS
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Don Corleone
Emre
the movie focused too much on morrison's hedonistic side...i found the movie a bit shallow. he was a very spiritual man, too.
beast from the east
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The movie was entertaining, but as Don just said, Stone focused WAY too much on the negatives associated with Jim's existence. Jim's passion was really poetry, which was hardly even touched on in the movie (except for the part where Pam has to organize everything and take out all the "fuck" words 
)
My favorite line from the movie... "And I'm still killing your fucking duck. There! Murder! Death! Duck! Dead! Death fucking dead! There, the duck is dead!"
)My favorite line from the movie... "And I'm still killing your fucking duck. There! Murder! Death! Duck! Dead! Death fucking dead! There, the duck is dead!"
DivineMomentsofTruth
Forever Shpongled
The Doors kick major ass.
-Soul Kitchen
-People Are Strange
-The End
-Peace Frog
-The Crystal Ship
All rank as among some of my favorite songs by any band, ever. There's actually plenty of their stuff I probably haven't heard, as a few years ago I bought a 2-disc best of album and then a 4-disc box set, and I haven't really heard anything outside of those. Still one of the greatest bands of all-time, IMO.
As for the movie, it's worth seeing, Val Kilmer did do a pretty spot-on job with what he had to work with, but as has already been said it failed to show a lot of Jim's creativity. Check it out, but if you don't know anything else about Jim Morrison, don't assume that you're seeing all of who he was in the movie.
-Soul Kitchen
-People Are Strange
-The End
-Peace Frog
-The Crystal Ship
All rank as among some of my favorite songs by any band, ever. There's actually plenty of their stuff I probably haven't heard, as a few years ago I bought a 2-disc best of album and then a 4-disc box set, and I haven't really heard anything outside of those. Still one of the greatest bands of all-time, IMO.
As for the movie, it's worth seeing, Val Kilmer did do a pretty spot-on job with what he had to work with, but as has already been said it failed to show a lot of Jim's creativity. Check it out, but if you don't know anything else about Jim Morrison, don't assume that you're seeing all of who he was in the movie.
It is generally agreed upon by Doors purists that Oliver Stone's movie was
not a true representation of Jim Morrison and The Doors. While the movie
had some great music in it and the actors did a fine job, (particularly Val
Kilmer as Jim) it seems that Stone took some liberties with the film.
The film only shows the dark, self-destructive side of Jim. He is portrayed
as an out-of-control, abusive drunk. Certainly that was a part of his persona.
But there was much much more to the man as any true Doors fan can tell you.
And Stone for whatever reason chose not to explore the poetic and intellectual
side of Jim. At least not to any great extent. Unfortunately, the movie has
only reinforced the idea among the general populace that Jim Morrison was
nothing but an obnoxious, pathetic rock-and-roll singing alcoholic.
Ray Manzarek has gone on record as saying that several scenes in the movie
never took place. Scenes like the turkey dinner, the closet fire and the
song `Light My Fire' being used in a commercial. Those of you have seen the
movie know which scenes these are, those of you who have yet to see the movie,
keep these scenes in mind.
not a true representation of Jim Morrison and The Doors. While the movie
had some great music in it and the actors did a fine job, (particularly Val
Kilmer as Jim) it seems that Stone took some liberties with the film.
The film only shows the dark, self-destructive side of Jim. He is portrayed
as an out-of-control, abusive drunk. Certainly that was a part of his persona.
But there was much much more to the man as any true Doors fan can tell you.
And Stone for whatever reason chose not to explore the poetic and intellectual
side of Jim. At least not to any great extent. Unfortunately, the movie has
only reinforced the idea among the general populace that Jim Morrison was
nothing but an obnoxious, pathetic rock-and-roll singing alcoholic.
Ray Manzarek has gone on record as saying that several scenes in the movie
never took place. Scenes like the turkey dinner, the closet fire and the
song `Light My Fire' being used in a commercial. Those of you have seen the
movie know which scenes these are, those of you who have yet to see the movie,
keep these scenes in mind.
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