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Title: Riders on the Storm: My Life With Jim Morrison and the Doors by John Densmore ISBN: 0-385-30447-1 Publisher: Delta Trade Paperbacks Pub. Date: 01 October, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.07 (54 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An honest account of Densmore's feelings
Comment: John Densmore offers to the world what only an insider can: a glimpse into the inner workings of one of the most influential musical groups of this century. This book displays Densmore's inner turmoil as he lives a public life during a period of social and political unrest.
He writes clearly and honestly about his feelings, especially his feelings toward Jim Morrison. Readers are exposed to Densmore's internal battle between what appears to be love and hate for the singer. This book is not a sugar-coated tribute to Morrison, but a means for Densmore to let the fans better understand the ups and downs of the Doors as a whole.
From his beginnings learing music, to the band's formation and through the band's rise and fall, Densmore explains, as only a member could, the causes and effects of every movement of the band.
I am only twenty-two years old; I missed The Doors completely. But I am able to appreciate the music better now that I have been exposed to Densmore's work. It's hard for me to remember that most of the band was my age when they rose to stardom. Thank you John, you're a fabulous drummer and an excellent writer.
Rating: 4
Summary: Densmore Shows Us a Way In
Comment: John Densmore's account of his life with Jim Morrison is a sensitive, searching memoir that invites readers to share its intimate point of view. Densmore details the genesis, breakthough, and dissolution of The Doors with an honesty made palpable by his obvious need for truthful answers. Anchoring the narrative are excerpts from a long letter Densmore wrote to Morrison after his death, and it is through this letter that the drummer enables us to understand how haunted he is by his time working and touring with Morrison, a gifted and difficult artist capable of both clear-eyed transcendence and frustrating childishness, of lucid grace and drunken mumblings. Densmore's reconciliation allows us access not only to his life with Morrison, but to our own lives with people who might similarly inspire and baffle us. RIDERS ON THE STORM makes for a wonderfully moving read, and Densmore's deft placement of Morrison's lyrics and poetry throughout illuminates what a fine and pioneering rock lyricist he was.
Rating: 5
Summary: 10 out of 5 stars!!
Comment: I chose to do my book report on the book called , The Riders On The Storm , by John Densmore. This book mainly talks about the life of John Densmore as the drummer of the 60's rock group, The Doors. It starts off by John going to Paris to see Jim Morison's grave. Then it goes back in time when The Doors we actually becoming a famous band. The books talks about how they went through numerous problems and how they overcame it. John shows the reader what lied inside their world of the doors, what we couldn't see.
What I like in this book is all the humor and all the entertaining/ interesting stories that were told in the book. My favorite part of the book would have to be about the draft. All the silly thing they did to try and avoid going to the army, saying that they were gay, eating foil, taking drugs, I found that hilarious. When I read the book a felt a connection between the reader (Me) and the writer (John) when he would talk about his feelings toward the song, kind of like he read my mind , I liked that too.
What I didn't like about the book was that John would start to go into detail he would go off-topic some what and then later he would get back on track, it was very confusing I tend to lose my place. Also when he starts to tell a story about his girlfriend for like a page and 30 pages later he would mention her, kind of bad timing. Sometimes he would say one thing then say the opposite. Overall I really like the book a lot and I would recommend it to any one who is a Doors' fan. I had lot of fun reading this book.
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Title: Light My Fire: My Life With the Doors by Ray Manzarek ISBN: 0425170454 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: No One Here Gets Out Alive by Danny Sugarman, Jerry Hopkins ISBN: 0446602280 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Angels Dance and Angels Die: The Tragic Romance of Pamela and Jim Morrison by Patricia Butler, Jerry Hopkins ISBN: 0825672708 Publisher: Music Sales Corporation Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Wilderness : The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison (Morrison, Jim, Lost Writings of Jim Morrison (Vintage Books (Firm)), V. 1.) by JIM MORRISON ISBN: 0679726225 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 17 December, 1989 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title:The Doors Collection (Collector's Edition) ASIN: 0783233485 Publisher: Universal Studios Pub. Date: 30 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $21.73 |
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