nteresting tidbits and excerpts from various magazine articles about Jim Morrison, as compiled and presented in The Doors' Illustrated History by Danny Sugerman.

Love and The Demonic Psyche by Digby Diehl: ...Their [The Doors] music is an eerie amalgamation of primitive pulsations and beautiful lyricism that has all the hypnotic decadence of Edgar Allen Poe…

Who's afraid of Jim Morrison? by Judith Sims: ...His lyrics go far beyond the acceptable psychological limits of pop music; we must reframe our references when we listen to him. He isn't afraid to expose his fears and hangups- the same fears and hangups which most of us share in varying degrees and spend most of our lives trying to suppress, overcome, or "cope with".

Wicked Go The Doors... by Fred Powledge: ...The Doors' music, unlike the Beatles', is satanic, sensual, demented, and full of acid when you first hear it, and it becomes even more so when you play it over and over again…

Oh Caroline: The Doors At The Fillmore East by Kris Weintraub:...A beautiful phantom in a sloppy pea jacket, floppy light brown leather cowboy hat, hair down to here, and these impossible tight leather pants…
There was instant applause and cheering. He stepped up to the microphone, grabbed the top with his right hand and the stand with his left fingertips, and looked up so the light hit his face. The world began at that moment...

Morrison Hotel review by Bruce Harris:
...The best way to discover The Doors is to investigate the critical reaction against them. The people who dislike The Doors the most, never fail to point out just what it is that makes The Doors so great...


(More articles/excerpts coming soon.)