> On 14 September 2003, Mark Sullivan
wrote:
>
> : So Morrison was the James Ellroy of hardboiled
music?
>
> Ellroy did quote "There's a killer on the road" for
the title of one of
> his books. Mr. Williams, in INTO THE BADLANDS, says
this is one of the
> only cases where Ellroy shows any liking or use for
post-fifties music.
How fitting.
Don't get me wrong, I think some of the Doors' stuff is great
pop music
("Love Me Two Times," "Hello, I Love You," and "Break On
Through" spring to mind). That said, stuff like "The End,"
and nearly anything from
"Wierd Scenes Inside The Gold Mine" seems over-blown,
postured, pretentious, and as derivative as all get out (in
other words, analogous to the majority of the body of work
James Ellroy has produced since "The Black Dahlia").
I have mentioned before (and discussed at length) my own
considered opinion regarding the work of Mr. Ellroy, so
there's no need to dredge all of that up again, butI have to
say that the analogy here works for me.
All the Best,
Brian
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