No one here gets out alive...

I own it, but I never got around to reading it yet. Right now I am reading a biography of another band. When I am finished with that one, I will start on "No One Here Gets Out Alive." I really love biographies for the fact that they do not cover up certain aspects of the artist that others would find negative. They tell it like it is and treat the artist like a human, not a god. We all have faults and certain parts of our lives that aren't so great, and artists are no different. If you pick up a biography of Jim Morrison and expect it to be just chapters of lustful teenagers adoring his good looks, you are in for a rude awakening. There is much more to him than that, and that goes for all artists.

 

I always knew that JM was a shitty person. The book confirmed it. He was a total total asshole (esp. to his women and bandmates) and he was either on drugs or drunk most of the time. The book was really good at exploring his mind/psyche, though. He was a sick individual. And I love it haha

 

i think it goes without saying that with most books based on true people in general, especially musicians.. we like to think of them as these almighty people with amazing talent and of course they do, but reading books and knowing a bit of the real truth about these people, our expectations have changed. it sucks sometimes because we may idolize these people in a way, but i guess sometimes the truth can kill that reality.


and speaking of jim morrison, i have read this book and i found it increibly interesting. i love the fact that he was an asshole because i believe most of the most creative people were jerks and all messed up. makes things more interesting i guess =)

 

I'm reading 'break on through' the biography of jim, though i'm not sure whether to believe all of it, the writer seems to admire jim himself so i'm not sure he'd betray his real personality, has anyone else read it, what do you think?

 

And Jim doesn't seem like he was much of an asshole to me, not any more so than the average asshole on the street, he had his own problems and insecurities like anybody bless him, he was a bit disturbed

 

One of the best books I've ever read.
I'm still in love with Jim
So god damned in love.
My love's not dead.
You know that
He faked his death

 

Yup. Sure. Uh-huh. He sure did. That darn Jim, hehe, always faking.

 

Ive never thought to much about it but ive read this book and have to say tbat is the truest (if truest is a word) that ive heard in a long time

 

but you have to consider that its only true from the authors prospective

 

Say nothing else.

 

IMHO, it is well written and a good source of information on Morrison. However,
it is important that we remember how one-dimensional and unforgiving a portrait
on the written page can be. To keep our perspective, we must combine such
information with the insight that we aquire from his poetry and music. As an artist, He
managed a distinctly creative coalescence of sensuality and gritty defiance. I love him for it, its compelling and provocative, its Jim Morrison.

 

How's the book????

stiffen

http://clearblogs.com/thecandles/

 

He didn't fake his death.

 

Liar.

 

I'm not. The Doors is the greatest band on earth, there will never be any other bands that will compare. But even if the death was mysterious, I'm absolutely certain that Jim died in that bath tub. Reading "Riders on the storm", "No one here gets out alive" and "Light my fire" just left me with that conclusion. Mysterious, sudden, eerie. Yes. But that's the way it was.

 

I think he was a musical genius, a lyrical mastermind, and his beleifs are right in tune to mine, but his personal life, IMHO, really turned me off to him for a while, after reading this book. Its a great book tho

Now I think that He's still a genius even if maybe I wouldnt have liked him in person. Maybe you do really have to stand back to aprreciate a great work of art

 

I just finished this book last night. Amazing. Nothing short of spectacular. Jim was a beautiful poet and he has my utmost respect.

Whether or not he's dead, seems completely irrelevant to me. The Doors have remained an unstoppable force for forty years. Wherever he is, you know Jim's just knocking back a few whiskeys and having a real good time.

 

I own that book, and have read it and re-read it over and over. It sort of seems to glorify his bad points in some parts, and talk down his good points in others. I must say that I don't really get into biographies however. I prefer auto-biographies. Can't stand second hand knowledge (in literature anyway).

 

i think it's a great biography.
i've read that and the biography of the doors by ray manzarek
that's an awesome book also, ray is really smart