| Title: | The UK Music Conference |
| Notice: | Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN. |
| Moderator: | RDGENG::CROOK |
| Created: | Mon Mar 28 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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John Densmore, survivor of the sixties, drummer with the Doors, was in
town yesterday to sign copies of his new book, "Riders Of The Storm".
The Virgin megastore had long queue stretching out into Oxford Street
and back in the next doorway reaching the record racks.
Did anyone else see him?
Julian.
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| 820.1 | sorry about the uhmm...`negativity' | JUMBLY::OCONNOR | Churchill was a shopping bag | Thu Mar 28 1991 13:42 | 16 |
No.
I think I'll give this Doors film a very wide berth also. I notice
London's tubes are drowning in the pre-publicity already.
"The ceremony is about to begin" the posters read. Someone should tell
Ollie Stone that the music's over and the only decent thing to do is to
"turn out the light".
I also have doubts about a rabid Doors fan making a Doors movie. I
think (not sure about this) that the film concentrates on the `early
years' (66/67) thus leaving the pouting leather myth intact.
And Neville's mum thinks the same.
- Tim
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| 820.2 | WELCLU::GREENB | Talc and Turnips | Thu Mar 28 1991 16:40 | 22 | |
As happens with practically every other hyped film, I tend to react the
opposite way - the hype lessens any desire I may have had to see the
film.
Anyway, what is it with Oliver Stone and his sixties-obsession?
As for the Doors themselves, well, I see Jim as maybe part 'pop-poet-
genius', but at least equally part slobby git. He's another person
about whom (like Hendrix, Lennon, etc.) a certain mystique has been
built up, almost a process of semi-deification, when all he was was
some bloke who wrote a few good (okay, okay, classic) toons (oblig
smilie!), although again my idea of what constitutes their 'calssics'
probably doesn't conform with general opinion.
For instance, I prefer songs like 'The Soft Parade' or 'Wishful Sinful'
(say) to their acknowledged classics like 'Light My Fire', 'Riders on
the Storm' or 'Hello, I Love You', none of which particularly move me.
I always liked Densmore's drumming, though.
Bob
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