6/30/2023 0 Comments The doors top hitsHowever, love or loathe him, Morrison brought theatrical excitement to 1960s rock and the Doors albums continue to sell in significant quantities. After defining the art of the rock frontman every bit as influentially as Mick Jagger, Morrison has been subsequently blamed for every leering wannabe in leather trousers. Much reputational damage was probably done by Oliver Stone’s abysmal 1991 biopic, with Val Kilmer playing Jim Morrison as a drunken caricature. However, especially in more recent years, the Doors have been subject of much reappraisal and opprobrium. For some, they dine at the top table of the critically revered, their company typified by Julie Burchill’s line that Roxy Music, at their very best, were “better than David Bowie, than the Supremes, than the Doors, than the Sex Pistols, than anyone I imagine I will ever hear”. ![]() Few bands divide critical opinion like the Doors.
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