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I appreciate your take, particularly the title. Heh. And I myself grinned at how you painted Manzarek as a plastic Halloween decoration! [It conjured the image of "Made in China" embossed on the back of his noggin.] He always brought to mind the Peanuts' Schroeder, if Schroeder became corporeal and grew up to be a smug prick who knew nothing of shame. But ya gotta love Agent Cooper in that blond Oliver Stone brand fright wig! I think a high school drama department could drum up a more realistic rug. Meanwhile, I think of party-line Doors hatred as the flip-side of blind Velvet Underground worship. Again, nothing's black and white. It's a given that every hipster band and their brother-in-law's ex-wife's gynecologist's former college-era band name-drops the Velvets as an influence. And while the Doors certainly are responsible for spawning shittier/more-mainstream brethren that the V.U., for every lion-maned metal band that donned leather and lascivious asininity, Morrison and Co. also helped pave the way for self-professed punk/post-punk fans the likes of the Stooges, Sex Pistols, and Joy Division. As for Jimbo, dead or alive, I dig that the Free Morrison Myspace stresses gauging his impact with regards to the context of his times. Morrison, like Lou Reed, may have had his buffoonish moments [and who among us hasn't?], but rendering him as a 21st century cartoon is too easy, especially for the misinformed and/or Oliver Stoned.
This concludes my lame attempt at a robust Lester Bangs. add your comment: |