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January 28, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

No One Here Gets Out Alive: Tribute To Jim Morrison

The Doors – No One Here Gets Out Alive Tribute To Jim Morrison Shock Ten years had passed since Jim Morrison’s passing when this tribute was filmed. You get the sense, instantly, that the other three Doors needed/wanted a paycheque. A clue arrives when one of them announces they don’t – at all – need [...]

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February 17, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1616

Fatboy Slim, Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars (2000) I reckon Norman Cook/Fatboy Slim was pretty lucky in that – somehow – his back-story helped him out. His ascent as one of the big DJs came at a time when people were sceptical about the DJ that was not a musician separately – a [...]

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October 31, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1782

The Doors, Other Voices (1971) I have a love/hate relationship with The Doors more than I do with perhaps any other band of note – I wrestled with some of my understanding of the band, its music and impact here. But when I wrote about The Doors (in that link just there) I only talked [...]

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September 27, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1832

Jim Morrison, An American Prayer (1978) I have a love/hate relationship with The Doors. I really dislike them a lot of the time – then I hear them and think they’re extraordinary. I always loved all of the instrumentalists in the band. As great as Jim Morrison obviously was, as a front-man (he had the [...]