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Originally Posted by kidney_thief
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I liked a lot of The Doors' music, but never understood the overhyped mythos
of Jim Morrison—his lyrics and voice fall short of the "greatness" category that
most people I know would place them.
Denis Leary uses this epitaph of Morrison in his comedy routine:
"Jim Morrison -- I'm drunk, I'm nobody. I'm drunk, I'm famous. I'm drunk, I'm dead."
Kinda harsh, but not too far off-target IMHO
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Personally I find his lyrics the best around, quite simply because I remember so many great lines from Doors songs more so than any other artsist that I've listened to over the years.