Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Jun 8, 2011 9:49:56 GMT
Yes Kristy that is indeed true. Jim Morrison did write some rather childish stuff.
As you point out perhaps some deeper meaning was implied and also perhaps this train of thought would have been pursued and something better would have come from it.
many of these poems in notebook form were just ideas and not the finished article by any stretch of the imagination and maybe some of it is just the germ of an idea Jim jotted down and wanted to come back later.
People argue that most of Jim's work was not finished and therefore should not be judged as finished poetry.
They have a good point but unfortunately it's all we have to judge him on.
He is not around to tell us what was finished and what was not so we have to make do.
There are some who argue, again with merit, that his poetry sessions were not complete and should not be released.
But again it's all we have to judge.
I enjoy listening to the March 69 session and the bits we have glimpsed from the December 70 session.
I want to hear more.
I am no poetry expert but think Morrison's words plus his voice are a powerful amalgam and, even though some of it is a bit silly sometimes, most of it works well.
40 years after his death seems a good time to drop it on Doors fans and ask them to judge it's worth.
We are given examples of how bad he could be such as the drunken Boston show from The Doors BMR label so why not let us judge how good he could be from the point of view of the writer he wanted to be.
Of course ownership rears it's ugly head and the Coursons absolutely hate Ray Manzarek.
I can't blame them for that as Ray is a lying slimeball.
But Ray Manzarek was not the Doors anymore than Jim and Ray Manzarek is nothing to do with Jim the writer so why not just release it before it's audience has disappeared.
The new generations want Doors songs in their video games and are not designed to appreciate spoken word. They prefer flashy new toys than an audio tape.
The generation that would appreciate Morrison the Poet is here but getting older.
It's now or never for Jim Morrison Poet.
Release all the spoken word stuff and all the written stuff and give the older generation a chance to pass it on to the newer.
It's not rocket science
As you point out perhaps some deeper meaning was implied and also perhaps this train of thought would have been pursued and something better would have come from it.
many of these poems in notebook form were just ideas and not the finished article by any stretch of the imagination and maybe some of it is just the germ of an idea Jim jotted down and wanted to come back later.
People argue that most of Jim's work was not finished and therefore should not be judged as finished poetry.
They have a good point but unfortunately it's all we have to judge him on.
He is not around to tell us what was finished and what was not so we have to make do.
There are some who argue, again with merit, that his poetry sessions were not complete and should not be released.
But again it's all we have to judge.
I enjoy listening to the March 69 session and the bits we have glimpsed from the December 70 session.
I want to hear more.
I am no poetry expert but think Morrison's words plus his voice are a powerful amalgam and, even though some of it is a bit silly sometimes, most of it works well.
40 years after his death seems a good time to drop it on Doors fans and ask them to judge it's worth.
We are given examples of how bad he could be such as the drunken Boston show from The Doors BMR label so why not let us judge how good he could be from the point of view of the writer he wanted to be.
Of course ownership rears it's ugly head and the Coursons absolutely hate Ray Manzarek.
I can't blame them for that as Ray is a lying slimeball.
But Ray Manzarek was not the Doors anymore than Jim and Ray Manzarek is nothing to do with Jim the writer so why not just release it before it's audience has disappeared.
The new generations want Doors songs in their video games and are not designed to appreciate spoken word. They prefer flashy new toys than an audio tape.
The generation that would appreciate Morrison the Poet is here but getting older.
It's now or never for Jim Morrison Poet.
Release all the spoken word stuff and all the written stuff and give the older generation a chance to pass it on to the newer.
It's not rocket science