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Summary: Plays Keyboards Way Better than He Uses It for Words
Review: I suppose the book would be VERY readable if one were completely zonked on acid throughout....Most people just don't write, think, read or speak the way Ray writes. Well, most people post-1968...There is a "charm" factor to the nostalgia, and The Doors often bordered on genius. But Morrison DID succumb to excesses, and Ray soft-pedals everything stupid, self-destructive, boring and depressing about him. It is as if he is afraid to somehow "betray" sex/drugs/rock-and-roll so it is better to adopt an "orthodox" hippie party-line... O.K...acid is great -- I'm going to guess Ray encourages judicious use of the same for his family? -- and Jim's death was...some sort of cosmic coincidence not really caused by lots and lots of alcohol and/or stupid behaviors. Anyway...if you want to read a really honest book about The Doors, read the John Densmore's book. He pointed out, quite accurately (it would seem), that one never knew if one was going to be dealing with Jim the Poet and Genius, on a given day, or Jimbo, The Raving Alcoholic Idiot. I guess that's not as mystical and uplifting though...
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