Well I guess this will be my after words since that last blog was the last chapter. Well to start I'll just state that I'm never reading that book again... The author wasn't that great and wouldn't go into any details about Morrison's life so I was stuck doing my own research for my project which is never a good thing when you're reading a biography.
Secondly I'll take my time to say a word about Morrison. He was a creative genius with many lyrics that would plunge you into thought and are still relative to this day. Morrison and his band were an enormous influence to rock and roll music as well as America (considering most of the bands at their time were British (hence the British invasion). Though sometimes acting a total fool Jim should still be acknowledge for what great things he did. Though he is dead he is still very much alive in the world. Morrison, his music, poetry and artistic vision shall not be forgotten for quite a long time!
R.I.P Jim
Sunday, June 5, 2011
L.A. Woman
Opening in 1970 and mainly focusing on 1971, this final chapter starts by baerly going over Morrison's trial for "lewd and lascivious behavior" and so in the meantime Elektra (the company that released The Doors music) released Absolutely live and 13 of The Doors greatest hits. Now Morrison was grounded to reality as he had but one album left to make before his contract with Elektra would be fulfilled. This finale album, released three months before Morrison's death was L.A. Woman and the music upon it would go back to The Doors main roots; the blues. Though considered an alright album, many think The Doors did not play up to their full potential. For this alum a rhythm guitarist and bassist were added to the normal Doors line up. Unlike the previous albums L.A. Woman did not tell so much of a consistent story as much as have Morrison's lyrics have many poetic images. The album opens with "The Changeling" and would end with "Riders on the Storm". There are but three songs that would really stand out with some importance as the others had reappearing images from the first three albums. The songs are; L.A. Woman, L'America and Riders on the Storm. L.A. Woman was a song sung like a good-bye love letter to Jim's favorite place (L.A.). It is also during this song Mr. Mojo Rison' was born. This was an alias for Jim Morrison (a rearangement of the letter in his name would show this) as he would often use it when calling back to the other in America. This song also shows some of Morrison's intelligence as the song's lyrics were born of many possible books Jim read (City of the Night, and other that the book won't state). Another song that's fairly important is L'America for the simple reason that it was to be used in a movie but was rejected at the last minute (though many of The Doors songs were used in Apocalypits Now). And the last song recorded by The Doors and the last song Jim sang with them; Riders on the Storm. If that wasn't reason enough to call it special it was called 14th on the top 100 song bilboard for a few weeks. This is also The Doors exit; not with a bang but a rainstorm as they (The Doors) and their artistic vision fades away within the storm.
Relate; This is getting harder and harder... I really, once again, can't relate with Jim. I think this has gotten to the point that I'm no longer trying to relate with him. I don't relate with Jim's poetry and lyrics all that much and in this chapter there isn't much else to go off as the author rambles on about nothing. Well other then music there was Jim's trial and one worded death. My unrelated remarks to those are; I've never been tried for something I did wrong and, two, I believe to still be alive...
Reflect; Having just watched a movie today (Grave of the fireflies) I'm still on the incorrect mind to reflect upon Morrison and since I finished my project before this blog I already answered all my questions about this chapter so it doesn't leave that big an impact on me.
~Erica T-T (still thinking about that movie)
Relate; This is getting harder and harder... I really, once again, can't relate with Jim. I think this has gotten to the point that I'm no longer trying to relate with him. I don't relate with Jim's poetry and lyrics all that much and in this chapter there isn't much else to go off as the author rambles on about nothing. Well other then music there was Jim's trial and one worded death. My unrelated remarks to those are; I've never been tried for something I did wrong and, two, I believe to still be alive...
Reflect; Having just watched a movie today (Grave of the fireflies) I'm still on the incorrect mind to reflect upon Morrison and since I finished my project before this blog I already answered all my questions about this chapter so it doesn't leave that big an impact on me.
~Erica T-T (still thinking about that movie)
Monday, May 23, 2011
Hard Rock cafe & Morrison Hotel
Retell;
Still in the year 1969, The Doors had once again found themselves performing many concerts which even includes the Toronto Rock n' Roll Revival Festival. A rather large concert that also featured the Plastic Ono Band (which was the band John Lennon played in after The Beatles). Though touring once again The Doors had found themselves in need of another album and thus releasing The Morrison Hotel, out after February 1970. Day after the albums release The Doors had done what no other American band had done; they had gotten a 5th straight gold (million dollar selling) album. Much to the fans delight this album excluded horns, pop (bubblegum) and syrup and was going back to The Doors original artistic vision. Though this time around The Doors music was considered a little under matured blues. They had not completely developed their new sound at that moment though it was quite an improvement over the past album. Though it had changed critics thought little of it thinking it to be an alright album though it would have been outstanding if it was their second album and not their 5th as all their music 'came from the same cloth that was drying out." The first side of the album entitled the Hard Rock Cafe opens with the Road house blues which has a line (Keep your eyes on the road your hand upon the wheel) that Morrison had said to his long-term, on-off girlfriend Pamela. As the album goes on we strangely learn more about Jim. For example the song Peace Frog in composed of two of Jim's mashed poems. One about his life and the other about Pam's. Though the poems are but metaphors, they speak of violence and gore (I'm going by what the book said as I never personally heard the song). This sing also has to do with the incident Morrison's family came across with Indians and the highway (that's all the information the book gives as I have no clue what they're talking about). Side two; The Morrison Hotel, contains a song called The Spy which strangely resembles the book written by Anais Nin in 1954 entitled The Spy in the House of Love (strangely a line in the song as well). According to many interviews Nin and Morrison seem to have the same perspective on society and life, though we are not sure if Morrison has ever read Nin's novel. The only other song to do with Jim and Pam is Queen of the Highway as Ray (the band's keyboard player) stated it was a great song about Jim and Pam.
Relate;
Again, other then a turning point in music I cannot relate with him, The Doors or even Pam. I don't write bloody metaphors or even poems about my life though I do write crimson flowing books but that's pushing it. I don't have a song that really sums up my life and I don't have a band to achieve what Morrison has. Perhaps I have the already explained (through previous blogs) vision of society that Morrison and Nin share but I think that's about it. For what need clarifying the vision in which I speak of is the one about societey's masks (it's probably in my blog with the word Strange in the title.)
Refelect;
I'm put back upon how little the author writes about Jim's personal life. I mean up until this point I could easily decipher things as I already knew quite a bit about Morrison but in this chapter I finally found out who Jim's girlfriend was (I could never remember her). Though I know little about their relationship at least I have a name to work with. On top of that I'm thrown back about this childhood family incident. I mean I think the scene in the movie about Jim's life past over my head but the book just says Indians and Highway, that tells me absolutely nothing and only bugs my now that I have to do my own personal research to figure this out. I mean this is a book; shouldn't it be capable of explaining things? Well other then those two annoyances, only one other thing comes to mind; ff the Doors were a great American band, why did so little people seem to like them? Perhaps it's because it's 12:30 am (when I read and wrote the rough draft) but I can't seem to figure it out. Its sad knowing such a good band wasn't supremely liked as The Beatles or Led Zeppelin. Though perhaps inferior, The Doors were still an amazing band and not being part of the British invasion and being American should make them different and special but either way I have no clue.
~Erica ?_?
Still in the year 1969, The Doors had once again found themselves performing many concerts which even includes the Toronto Rock n' Roll Revival Festival. A rather large concert that also featured the Plastic Ono Band (which was the band John Lennon played in after The Beatles). Though touring once again The Doors had found themselves in need of another album and thus releasing The Morrison Hotel, out after February 1970. Day after the albums release The Doors had done what no other American band had done; they had gotten a 5th straight gold (million dollar selling) album. Much to the fans delight this album excluded horns, pop (bubblegum) and syrup and was going back to The Doors original artistic vision. Though this time around The Doors music was considered a little under matured blues. They had not completely developed their new sound at that moment though it was quite an improvement over the past album. Though it had changed critics thought little of it thinking it to be an alright album though it would have been outstanding if it was their second album and not their 5th as all their music 'came from the same cloth that was drying out." The first side of the album entitled the Hard Rock Cafe opens with the Road house blues which has a line (Keep your eyes on the road your hand upon the wheel) that Morrison had said to his long-term, on-off girlfriend Pamela. As the album goes on we strangely learn more about Jim. For example the song Peace Frog in composed of two of Jim's mashed poems. One about his life and the other about Pam's. Though the poems are but metaphors, they speak of violence and gore (I'm going by what the book said as I never personally heard the song). This sing also has to do with the incident Morrison's family came across with Indians and the highway (that's all the information the book gives as I have no clue what they're talking about). Side two; The Morrison Hotel, contains a song called The Spy which strangely resembles the book written by Anais Nin in 1954 entitled The Spy in the House of Love (strangely a line in the song as well). According to many interviews Nin and Morrison seem to have the same perspective on society and life, though we are not sure if Morrison has ever read Nin's novel. The only other song to do with Jim and Pam is Queen of the Highway as Ray (the band's keyboard player) stated it was a great song about Jim and Pam.
Relate;
Again, other then a turning point in music I cannot relate with him, The Doors or even Pam. I don't write bloody metaphors or even poems about my life though I do write crimson flowing books but that's pushing it. I don't have a song that really sums up my life and I don't have a band to achieve what Morrison has. Perhaps I have the already explained (through previous blogs) vision of society that Morrison and Nin share but I think that's about it. For what need clarifying the vision in which I speak of is the one about societey's masks (it's probably in my blog with the word Strange in the title.)
Refelect;
I'm put back upon how little the author writes about Jim's personal life. I mean up until this point I could easily decipher things as I already knew quite a bit about Morrison but in this chapter I finally found out who Jim's girlfriend was (I could never remember her). Though I know little about their relationship at least I have a name to work with. On top of that I'm thrown back about this childhood family incident. I mean I think the scene in the movie about Jim's life past over my head but the book just says Indians and Highway, that tells me absolutely nothing and only bugs my now that I have to do my own personal research to figure this out. I mean this is a book; shouldn't it be capable of explaining things? Well other then those two annoyances, only one other thing comes to mind; ff the Doors were a great American band, why did so little people seem to like them? Perhaps it's because it's 12:30 am (when I read and wrote the rough draft) but I can't seem to figure it out. Its sad knowing such a good band wasn't supremely liked as The Beatles or Led Zeppelin. Though perhaps inferior, The Doors were still an amazing band and not being part of the British invasion and being American should make them different and special but either way I have no clue.
~Erica ?_?
Soft Asylum, Soft Parade
Retell;
Opening with the year 1916, The Doors as well as Jim find themselves no longer influencing or even controlling the fan whirlwinds of the 60's. Also during this time Jim had derailed from being "the smartest, scariest and sexiest hero" and became "a heart-rending alcoholic and clownish jerk" as a Rolling Stone's article had published. As once again they appeared to have no control of their work. The Doors now seemed to move away from their first two albums and entered a world of plastic as the third album shows. And even so during this period of time very few songs flowed to Morrison or the band for their fourth album. As once more the album took forever to come out, starting late in 1968 and not seeing the light of day till June 1969. The 4th album was entitled the Soft Parade and it was the first Doors' album to have individual credits for the songs written. Once the Soft Parade was released the critics and older fans (who were fans from the start) seemed to hate this album calling it bubblegum and was filled with strings, horns and all that syrup while those who hated the Doors before now loved this new album. The new tone to the album was said to be Rothchild's idea (Rothchild was The Doors producer). The album begins with Tell all the people (written by Krieger (the guitarist of the band)) as the song is blasting with horns as well as mix emotions from the fans. The album once again ends appropriately using the song the Soft Parade which was pieced together using Morrison's poetic notebook. The song gets more mixed emotions as some think it's heavenly as others think it to be too simple. This album does once again seem to have the same message as the previous albums with the exception that the Soft Parade is allot more mellow. Unlike the previous albums Jim seems to now trust and embrace love rather then shun it and push it away. This showing to be another turning point in Morrison's music.
Relate;
Oh boy here comes the hard part again. Seeing Jim and his band are close to the same mood as the previous chapter, I've got very little personality bases to relate with. But on the other hand there are two things that newly came to light in this chapter that I actually can relate with. One being a musical turning point and two; Jim's random notebook. To begin with the first, over the past year I have found myself in a musical turning point. I have gone from Rock n' Roll and its spin offs (punk rock, classical rock, metallic, grunge, progressive rock, new wave, etc.) to a more gothic/gothic rock as well as darkwave and trance kind of music. While still in the off springs of rock (goth being born off punk and Darkwave being slightly darker then goth) is a pretty big change. It's actually funny to see the randomly music type order my three favorite bands find themselves in; number one being The Beatles, then The Doors followed by Malice Mizer (the band that played the back drop music during my book report). Though I still love my old bands (Pearl Jam, Nirvana, the Tea Party, Slade, Yes, etc.) I have gotten tones of new and amazing things to listen to such as E Nomie, Nox Arcana, Versailles, Malice Mizer, etc. The other thing I seem to relate with is Jim's random poetry notebook. Though mine is used for my books, music, plots and sketches, they both seem to hold the same purpose.
Reflect;
I don't have much to reflect upon since my mind is now only processing Malice Mizer and Edger Allan Poe but if anything I'm wondering why did most think the Soft Parade that bad an album? I've listening to the most of it (I could never get through the song the Soft Parade) and I didn't think it really was that horrible. And I am a fan of the "Strange days" Doors. I'm just going to have to assume to different people music sounds different.
~Erica ^-^
Opening with the year 1916, The Doors as well as Jim find themselves no longer influencing or even controlling the fan whirlwinds of the 60's. Also during this time Jim had derailed from being "the smartest, scariest and sexiest hero" and became "a heart-rending alcoholic and clownish jerk" as a Rolling Stone's article had published. As once again they appeared to have no control of their work. The Doors now seemed to move away from their first two albums and entered a world of plastic as the third album shows. And even so during this period of time very few songs flowed to Morrison or the band for their fourth album. As once more the album took forever to come out, starting late in 1968 and not seeing the light of day till June 1969. The 4th album was entitled the Soft Parade and it was the first Doors' album to have individual credits for the songs written. Once the Soft Parade was released the critics and older fans (who were fans from the start) seemed to hate this album calling it bubblegum and was filled with strings, horns and all that syrup while those who hated the Doors before now loved this new album. The new tone to the album was said to be Rothchild's idea (Rothchild was The Doors producer). The album begins with Tell all the people (written by Krieger (the guitarist of the band)) as the song is blasting with horns as well as mix emotions from the fans. The album once again ends appropriately using the song the Soft Parade which was pieced together using Morrison's poetic notebook. The song gets more mixed emotions as some think it's heavenly as others think it to be too simple. This album does once again seem to have the same message as the previous albums with the exception that the Soft Parade is allot more mellow. Unlike the previous albums Jim seems to now trust and embrace love rather then shun it and push it away. This showing to be another turning point in Morrison's music.
Relate;
Oh boy here comes the hard part again. Seeing Jim and his band are close to the same mood as the previous chapter, I've got very little personality bases to relate with. But on the other hand there are two things that newly came to light in this chapter that I actually can relate with. One being a musical turning point and two; Jim's random notebook. To begin with the first, over the past year I have found myself in a musical turning point. I have gone from Rock n' Roll and its spin offs (punk rock, classical rock, metallic, grunge, progressive rock, new wave, etc.) to a more gothic/gothic rock as well as darkwave and trance kind of music. While still in the off springs of rock (goth being born off punk and Darkwave being slightly darker then goth) is a pretty big change. It's actually funny to see the randomly music type order my three favorite bands find themselves in; number one being The Beatles, then The Doors followed by Malice Mizer (the band that played the back drop music during my book report). Though I still love my old bands (Pearl Jam, Nirvana, the Tea Party, Slade, Yes, etc.) I have gotten tones of new and amazing things to listen to such as E Nomie, Nox Arcana, Versailles, Malice Mizer, etc. The other thing I seem to relate with is Jim's random poetry notebook. Though mine is used for my books, music, plots and sketches, they both seem to hold the same purpose.
Reflect;
I don't have much to reflect upon since my mind is now only processing Malice Mizer and Edger Allan Poe but if anything I'm wondering why did most think the Soft Parade that bad an album? I've listening to the most of it (I could never get through the song the Soft Parade) and I didn't think it really was that horrible. And I am a fan of the "Strange days" Doors. I'm just going to have to assume to different people music sounds different.
~Erica ^-^
Friday, May 6, 2011
Waiting for the music
Retell;
This chapter opens in the year 1968 in which the Doors found themselves in a popular demand by the people, making them produce their third album in much hast. That album went by the name of Waiting for the Sun and the album, unlike the other two, took 5 months to finish up. It took so long because of Jim's many blunders causing them to retake many songs many times. The Unknown Solider took over 130 takes where as The End and When the Music's Over, two songs about 3 times as long, only took two takes! To top it off Morrison was no longer taking himself seriously as he spent his money senselessly on alcohol. This would lead to many bad things during recordings and rehearsals for example Jim passing out on the studio floor in his own urine. To make matters worst during most of these recording sessions no one would talk to Jim or even really acknowledge he was there. Despite all that the Doors came out with their third album, Waiting for the Sun. Though not as serious as the other two albums, Waiting for the Sun seems to have the same concept of false love and a need to find sanctuary while we still try to break on through other to the darkness or into the light. Waiting for the Sun would start with the song Hello, I Love You and ends with Five to One, a song portrayed of the Us vs Them. A theme that was much present in the 60's. A very strange thing about this Doors album is that it's named after the Doors' song Waiting for the Sun which would not be on this album but the album after the next. Another interesting thing about the album is the fact that one of Jim's songs; The Celebration of the Lizard was left off the album because it was a poem in which music couldn't be associated with it. The 'song' was more of a piece of Jim Morrison's artistic vision then it was the Doors'. In an interview with Bob Chorush, Jim had said the poem was a "kind of invitation to the dark forces." None the less though the song was left off, the Doors would sometimes manage to perform it live.
Relate;
The more I read this book the more I realize I really don't relate with Jim or his band. I mean I'm a teen-age girl who lives a fairly boring life. I don't spend all my money on alcohol, I don't pass out in the middle of important things and lastly how can I relate with false love and sanctuary? I've never been in a relationship so I can't relate with the false love of a lover and I've had a great life in a great house in which I can call sanctuary. I still cannot relate with Jim's insane personality as a clown even if I don't act serious all the time, I'm not as bad or clown-like as Morrison. And, on top of all that, I can't relate with being ignored and shunned by my friends, or at the least what I know of. Unless Jim is being very strange I really can't seem to relate with him or his works. Jim is a pretty unique person in which he's very hard to relate with.
Reflect;
What I'm really thrown back upon for this chapter is how many takes it took for Morrison to complete the song the Unknown Solider. Over 130 takes in comparison to The End or even When the Music's Over. I find it crazy that two ten minute songs take two recordings each and a 3 minute song takes over 130 takes! I'm so blown back by that fact that I could dwell upon it for days but there are other things I'm thinking back upon like how Jim got his nickname the Lizard King. Thanks to this part of the book I think I finally figured it out. Seeing the Celebration of the Lizard was Jim's artistic vision and he was very disappointed that the poem couldn't become a song, I'm guessing he pulled out the nickname from there. Another thing leading me to think so is the end of Not to Touch the Earth which ended was on this album. The end lyric is Jim saying; "I am the Lizard King, I can do anything." So I guessed my way through the nickname and am satisfied with my end result. The final thing I dwell on is why call the album Waiting for the Sun when that song didn't air on the album? It didn't come out for another two albums! It's false advertising I guess... Anyways thanks to this chapter I've got Love Street stuck in my head...
~Erica O.o
This chapter opens in the year 1968 in which the Doors found themselves in a popular demand by the people, making them produce their third album in much hast. That album went by the name of Waiting for the Sun and the album, unlike the other two, took 5 months to finish up. It took so long because of Jim's many blunders causing them to retake many songs many times. The Unknown Solider took over 130 takes where as The End and When the Music's Over, two songs about 3 times as long, only took two takes! To top it off Morrison was no longer taking himself seriously as he spent his money senselessly on alcohol. This would lead to many bad things during recordings and rehearsals for example Jim passing out on the studio floor in his own urine. To make matters worst during most of these recording sessions no one would talk to Jim or even really acknowledge he was there. Despite all that the Doors came out with their third album, Waiting for the Sun. Though not as serious as the other two albums, Waiting for the Sun seems to have the same concept of false love and a need to find sanctuary while we still try to break on through other to the darkness or into the light. Waiting for the Sun would start with the song Hello, I Love You and ends with Five to One, a song portrayed of the Us vs Them. A theme that was much present in the 60's. A very strange thing about this Doors album is that it's named after the Doors' song Waiting for the Sun which would not be on this album but the album after the next. Another interesting thing about the album is the fact that one of Jim's songs; The Celebration of the Lizard was left off the album because it was a poem in which music couldn't be associated with it. The 'song' was more of a piece of Jim Morrison's artistic vision then it was the Doors'. In an interview with Bob Chorush, Jim had said the poem was a "kind of invitation to the dark forces." None the less though the song was left off, the Doors would sometimes manage to perform it live.
Relate;
The more I read this book the more I realize I really don't relate with Jim or his band. I mean I'm a teen-age girl who lives a fairly boring life. I don't spend all my money on alcohol, I don't pass out in the middle of important things and lastly how can I relate with false love and sanctuary? I've never been in a relationship so I can't relate with the false love of a lover and I've had a great life in a great house in which I can call sanctuary. I still cannot relate with Jim's insane personality as a clown even if I don't act serious all the time, I'm not as bad or clown-like as Morrison. And, on top of all that, I can't relate with being ignored and shunned by my friends, or at the least what I know of. Unless Jim is being very strange I really can't seem to relate with him or his works. Jim is a pretty unique person in which he's very hard to relate with.
Reflect;
What I'm really thrown back upon for this chapter is how many takes it took for Morrison to complete the song the Unknown Solider. Over 130 takes in comparison to The End or even When the Music's Over. I find it crazy that two ten minute songs take two recordings each and a 3 minute song takes over 130 takes! I'm so blown back by that fact that I could dwell upon it for days but there are other things I'm thinking back upon like how Jim got his nickname the Lizard King. Thanks to this part of the book I think I finally figured it out. Seeing the Celebration of the Lizard was Jim's artistic vision and he was very disappointed that the poem couldn't become a song, I'm guessing he pulled out the nickname from there. Another thing leading me to think so is the end of Not to Touch the Earth which ended was on this album. The end lyric is Jim saying; "I am the Lizard King, I can do anything." So I guessed my way through the nickname and am satisfied with my end result. The final thing I dwell on is why call the album Waiting for the Sun when that song didn't air on the album? It didn't come out for another two albums! It's false advertising I guess... Anyways thanks to this chapter I've got Love Street stuck in my head...
~Erica O.o
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Strange Days Post
For some reason Blogger won't let me separate my paragraphes on The Strange Days post so it's a big clump right now. I tried to fix it but it isn't working so the most I could do was put the retell reflect & relate words in bold I'm very sorry about that!
Strange Days
Retell Alright, after three chapters I’ve noticed one thing about the author; he’s super long winded on things that have nothing to do with Jim Morrison or The Doors. So I’ve decided to only briefly go over those parts and focus on what he says about Jim. This chapter focused mainly on the year 1967; the summer of love. During the month of October of this year Morrison made another album entitled Strange Days. Again Jim has a story to go through with this new album. The only exception is… You won’t find sanctuary here. Strange days are the portrait of what is alien of people who live in weird and twisted days within a world we no longer recognize. I believe this is very appropriate for such a strange band as The Doors as the album Strange Days was one of the closest albums to the Doors real artistic vision. During an interview with Lizzie James, Jim explains how the thought of the album came to be; “People trade reality and give up their ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.” The album starts with Strange days and again ends with another appropriate song; When the music’s over. The whole album is about a girl losing her identity, finding comfort in Jim and then becoming herself so that Jim doesn’t recognize her which results in him leaving her. This album was truly a mirror reflection of society. Relate For once I can probably relate to Jim on this in terms of strangeness. You would have to be fairly strange to produce the album Strange Days and without mistake Morrison was a very strange person and so am I (for the most part). And I think we all have to relate to the theme of Strange days meaning that society wants us to put on a mask, give up our true selves and in return try and fit into a false society. I believe we all (at some point) chained ourselves to a false identity and find someone we thought we could trust. Once this trusted person is found we reveal ourselves only to be shunned by the other who freed us. That’s actually a situation that’s been alive for years (even as we were kids). So for once I can totally relate with Jim and his works at this point in the book. Reflect To be honest I’m still put to thought on why this author is so long winded. I mean sure he wants to make us understand the era in which we find ourselves reading about Jim but if he makes no connections there’s almost no point to it! I mean really this guy isn’t writing a novel! Can’t he just stick with Jim Morrison or even The Doors? Anyways, other than that I have one song from the album that’s been bugging me ever since I learned the back story of it; Horse Latitudes. Apparently Jim wrote the poem to this song in high school after he saw a paperback cover book of a horse being pushed overboard into the Sagasso Sea. I’ve been thinking about that for weeks, being a horse person and lover it really bugs me. Other than that I’m thinking why was Morrison so strange? I mean sure he did drugs to no end (I think I just answered my question) and he was on the fine line of a genius and a mad man but anyways he is by far the strangest person I’ve really ever thought or think about. In any case Strange days was a strange album produced by a very strange band. ~ Erica ~^.^~ On a side note I’m posting my blogs by chapter since every chapter in this book is a new album or year or important period for the Doors.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Breaking Through
Since the last time I've read no more then a chapter of the book People are strange which means I've only read about 41 pages out of 271.
Retell
Well I'm going to cut this part short since the author is long winded and is going on about things totally unrelated to Jim Morrison for about half the chapter (which is a real pain). Basically this chapter is about the Doors first album; The Doors. The author goes over every song on the album in great detail starting with Break on Through (to the other side) and ending with The End. He briefly goes over the story line of every song and how the album is a story. Strangely we learn more about Ray Manzarek (the key borad player) then Jim (since the song Twentieth Centuray Fox is about Manzarek's girlfriend). Lastly the story behind this album starts off about quick relationships and wanting to find sanctuary and ending with caring nothing for sanctuary and heading towards darkness and trying to have slower relathionships. They also meantion drugs here and there (through out the whole album).
Relate
I'm relating Jim's lyrics to himself becuase I know he was a huge drug addict and I guess being an army brat and all would make him long for snactuary as for the women part I'll leave aside. So using this chapter as a comparisson I would still have to say I'm nothing like Jim since I don't do drugs, long for sanctuary or want to throw myself into quick relationships. I really don't have much more to base this comparison off of since the whole chapter was about drugs, sex and sanctuary.
Reflect
Well thanks to this chapter I've been wanting to listen to the album; The Doors to try and hear this story for myself. I also seem to be reflecting over Jim's lyrics since most of the time you can't tell what Jim's saying through his many screams and mumbles. Finally I'm thinking about this author becuase he's so long winded. I mean sure he's talking about the 1960's and L.A. and war (which all realte with Jim in certain ways) but if he's not going to relate Jim to these many off subject things then what's the point of putting them in the book!?!?!?
~Erica -.-'
Retell
Well I'm going to cut this part short since the author is long winded and is going on about things totally unrelated to Jim Morrison for about half the chapter (which is a real pain). Basically this chapter is about the Doors first album; The Doors. The author goes over every song on the album in great detail starting with Break on Through (to the other side) and ending with The End. He briefly goes over the story line of every song and how the album is a story. Strangely we learn more about Ray Manzarek (the key borad player) then Jim (since the song Twentieth Centuray Fox is about Manzarek's girlfriend). Lastly the story behind this album starts off about quick relationships and wanting to find sanctuary and ending with caring nothing for sanctuary and heading towards darkness and trying to have slower relathionships. They also meantion drugs here and there (through out the whole album).
Relate
I'm relating Jim's lyrics to himself becuase I know he was a huge drug addict and I guess being an army brat and all would make him long for snactuary as for the women part I'll leave aside. So using this chapter as a comparisson I would still have to say I'm nothing like Jim since I don't do drugs, long for sanctuary or want to throw myself into quick relationships. I really don't have much more to base this comparison off of since the whole chapter was about drugs, sex and sanctuary.
Reflect
Well thanks to this chapter I've been wanting to listen to the album; The Doors to try and hear this story for myself. I also seem to be reflecting over Jim's lyrics since most of the time you can't tell what Jim's saying through his many screams and mumbles. Finally I'm thinking about this author becuase he's so long winded. I mean sure he's talking about the 1960's and L.A. and war (which all realte with Jim in certain ways) but if he's not going to relate Jim to these many off subject things then what's the point of putting them in the book!?!?!?
~Erica -.-'
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Chapter 1; The Doors' Artistic Vision
Retell
This chapter basically tell's us about what kind of music The Doors were trying to produce. Throughout the chapter the author only talked about how Morrison's music was like a story (from the beginning of an album to the end of it) and how the lyrics were very deep and all was written by Jim Morrison. The music was sometimes composed by the other members of the band and it was more then just music (so the author said). The Doors music was at first psychedelic but then transformed into Blues. The last thing the author really mentions about The Doors is Jim Morrison's voice; screams, squeaks and a nasal whine. The only personal thing we learn about Morrison is that he graduated from collage, that his band was named after the book The Doors of perception and that some of Morrison's inspiration came from a french poet named Arthur Rimbaud
Relate
At the moment I can't really relate with Jim with this chapter alone since I don't have my own band since The Doors was Jim's band. I did not attend collage yet so therefor never graduated like he did (though I think I'm pretty smart). On the other hand I would have to say my voice is like Jim's (I can't sing very well and apparently he couldn't either though I would have to disagree). I'm also poetic at times like Jim but I have never heard of Arthur Rimbaud.
Reflect
Well I really don't have much to reflect upon in this chapter becuase I already knew that Jim's music was like a story (since my father always told me to listen to The Doors' albums in order) but I still find it intereasting how he actually thought up stories for albums (though other bands have done it as well). I also knew that Jim was very poetic but I never knew where some of his insperation came from. That fact would probably explain why Jim went to France (where he died). And lastly I always knew Jim was smart but it's intereasting to know that a musician as crazy as Jim actually obtained a collage degree (Go Jim!)!
~ Erica ~^.^~
This chapter basically tell's us about what kind of music The Doors were trying to produce. Throughout the chapter the author only talked about how Morrison's music was like a story (from the beginning of an album to the end of it) and how the lyrics were very deep and all was written by Jim Morrison. The music was sometimes composed by the other members of the band and it was more then just music (so the author said). The Doors music was at first psychedelic but then transformed into Blues. The last thing the author really mentions about The Doors is Jim Morrison's voice; screams, squeaks and a nasal whine. The only personal thing we learn about Morrison is that he graduated from collage, that his band was named after the book The Doors of perception and that some of Morrison's inspiration came from a french poet named Arthur Rimbaud
Relate
At the moment I can't really relate with Jim with this chapter alone since I don't have my own band since The Doors was Jim's band. I did not attend collage yet so therefor never graduated like he did (though I think I'm pretty smart). On the other hand I would have to say my voice is like Jim's (I can't sing very well and apparently he couldn't either though I would have to disagree). I'm also poetic at times like Jim but I have never heard of Arthur Rimbaud.
Reflect
Well I really don't have much to reflect upon in this chapter becuase I already knew that Jim's music was like a story (since my father always told me to listen to The Doors' albums in order) but I still find it intereasting how he actually thought up stories for albums (though other bands have done it as well). I also knew that Jim was very poetic but I never knew where some of his insperation came from. That fact would probably explain why Jim went to France (where he died). And lastly I always knew Jim was smart but it's intereasting to know that a musician as crazy as Jim actually obtained a collage degree (Go Jim!)!
~ Erica ~^.^~
Monday, February 21, 2011
English Biography
After much thought I have finally deiced to do my biography on none other the James Douglas Morrison, better known as Jim Morrison. The biography that I am reading is called People are Strange. It was written by Doug Sundling and has around 280 pages.
I finally chose to do my biography on Jim Morrison becuase first of all, Tim Burton doesn't have a biography for under 50$, too many people seemed to be doing Johnny Depp, I was no longer in the mood to do my biraphy on Jack Nicholson and I wouldn't dare read another Beatles biography so I ended up with Jim Morrison.
I know a little about Jim Morrison like he was the lead singer of his band; The Doors which started in then 1960's and ended when Jim died in Paris in 1971. He was 27 years old and died of drug overdose. I know Jim was very poetic and the last thing I could really say about Jim Morrison and allot of people would agree is that; though he was very strange, he was a genius.
I finally chose to do my biography on Jim Morrison becuase first of all, Tim Burton doesn't have a biography for under 50$, too many people seemed to be doing Johnny Depp, I was no longer in the mood to do my biraphy on Jack Nicholson and I wouldn't dare read another Beatles biography so I ended up with Jim Morrison.
I know a little about Jim Morrison like he was the lead singer of his band; The Doors which started in then 1960's and ended when Jim died in Paris in 1971. He was 27 years old and died of drug overdose. I know Jim was very poetic and the last thing I could really say about Jim Morrison and allot of people would agree is that; though he was very strange, he was a genius.
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