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An American Prayer
December 3, 2009 in Reformed Presbyterian by admin
Product Description
This long-awaited reissue of Jim Morrison’s 1978 recording of spoken word performances is available for the first time on compact disc with three previously unreleased tracks.
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Media Type: CD
Artist: DOORS
Title: AMERICAN PRAYER
Street Release Date: 05/23/1995
Genre: ROCK/POPAmazon.com
The Doors recorded six studio albums with Jim Morrison as their singer from 1967 to 1971, hitting the charts with a series of pop songs that were at least as good as Tommy James and the Shondells. On their albums, they indulged in Morrison’s pretentious obsessions that included extended pieces about Oedipal complexes and the end of the world. Those obsessions have been exaggerated by The Doors myth that continues to this day. This is a collection of Morrison’s poetry, embellished by the surviving Doors several years after the fact. That the live rendition of “Roadhouse Blues” is the only noteworthy selection should tell you what you need to know about the poetry. –Rob O’Connor
Jim Morrison is a legend, he is not a poet. This is the reason they took drugs in the 60s – how else do you make this crap sound good.
Rating: 1 / 5
God-awful pseudo-poetry by rock’s most over-rated lyricist. The fact that this Rimbaud-wannabe’s spoken tripe is considered “poetry” by so many people is testament to the moronization of American culture. Buy & read some Keats, Blake, Browning…
Rating: 1 / 5
Look, I’m a huge Doors fan, I had all their stuff on vinyl in college. I bought this in 1978 and listened to it. Once. I listened to it again the other day to see if perhaps I missed something. Nope. Spend your money on something else.
Rating: 1 / 5
When Jim Morrison recorded the poetry for what ended up being the album ‘American Prayer’ he purposely did not want any of the other members of the band to join him. Jim Morrison and The Doors did NOT record the poetry together but its unfortunate that the remaining members had to go against their dead friends wishes and taint the sanctity of these tracks with ball room jazz and fluff that sound nothing like The Doors. Take what the band did to these recordings and strip them down to the bone and you have a masterpiece. They overproduced, and overedited the sacred works of a dead poet and its a shame.
Rating: 2 / 5
The Doors are a clasic great rock ‘n’ roll band, you would expect more from them…mostly more singing. Most of the songs on this realy aren’t songs! Just a warning, don’t wast your money.
Rating: 1 / 5