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The Doors

 

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       "If the doors of perception were cleansed, every thing would appear to man as it is: infinite."
And that quote was how Jim Morrison viewed the world. Infinite. The Doors were a very moving, inspirational, and interesting music group. The lead singer Jim Morrison, being a special component of the band's take on the rock n' roll,  and bohemian style.

       The band was formed by Ray Manzerek, and Jim Morrison, two UCLA film student college friends. Jim Morrison lead a bohemian lifestyle, writing poetry, reading voraciously, and and having been just one of the people moved by the Beat generation. While, Ray Manzerek being a keybaordist in a band with his brother. When the two reunited on Venice beach, California, Jim read some of his poems, and songs, and then The Doors were formed.

       The two then found drummer John Densmore, and a guitarist Robby Krieger. Their first rehersals were awkward, but when Robby pulled out a song he wrote, (Light my Fire),  that sparked the fire and the Doors took off. Playing at clubs and bars, (The Whiskey a Go-Go being their main stage) they were being offered to get recorded.

       Soon, there poularity kicked in with their first album, The Doors. And after that evrything went uphill. They were becoming more famous, Jim, at live performances, would act very rowdy and often times, would get pulled offstage by local authorities, and their song were becoming- if you's say- stranger. But nobody who ever liked them in the first place, disliked them in their later years. The band just kept on going. But when Jim's untimely death at age 27, on July 3rd, 1971 occured, the band stopped and The Doors were over.

       But, The Doors are an everlasting band in the history of rock n' roll, and they will always be remembered. They changed the outlook on the world and influenced many things. They will, in my perspective, be one of the greatest bands of all time.

This Doors review was posted by Duncan Morris

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