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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a fine twinning of 'The Lords' and 'The New Creatures', the only poetry published in Morrison's lifetime. A fine twinning, but a troubled one; but as ever for me, it is in stark contrasts that experiences become memorable.
The first offering - 'The Lords' - a work of supreme genius, discusses the role of performance and voyerism in the spectacles cinema, photography and primitive religion. At turns pornographic, maleficic, insightful, and, of course, shamanistic. It is easy to get the feeling that this is a work that particularly gets at Jim Morrison's personal/professional philosophy (others-Wildchild, American Prayer...?) Its months since I've even seen my copy but the shere brilliance of the imagary makes quoting (perhaps not accurrate) but vivid: in 'The Lords' we are confronted with the modern cinema where bodies become 'dry stalks' for the sake of the eyes - Lee Harvey Oswald and JFK become reduced to mere images by TV, and the Shaman/rockstar is respected, in a way now lost in modern society. It is in this way that the whole work can be seen as a critique of modern society's over emphasis upon the visual sense - the Shaman/rockstar exists to remind us of the wider sensual being, a being of exagerated movement, of dance and passions embodied, shared. I love this piece.
However, what follows - 'The New Creatures' - is, in a sense, a let down for me - I don't hate it, but the contrast is harsh and the two don't read easily together. Whereas the first poem is prose, has a direction, even a philosophy, 'The New Creatures' is fragmented, directionless. The poetry in this undiciplined section only seems to exists inside Morrision's own head, what we perceive is a jumble of words and messages - occationally familiar lyrics - that remains elusively just short of poetry. 'Everything is broken-up and formless': nowhere more than here. Consequently, 4 stars could be more appropriate. But one of the joys of poetry is the discussion and debate that ensues. Poetry SHOULD unsettle us, returning unbidden to us with a creeping pleasure, or perhaps terror, long after the reading. I believe that this particular twinning will provoke both as you struggle to reconcile the two sections and your response to each.
The first offering - 'The Lords' - a work of supreme genius, discusses the role of performance and voyerism in the spectacles cinema, photography and primitive religion. At turns pornographic, maleficic, insightful, and, of course, shamanistic. It is easy to get the feeling that this is a work that particularly gets at Jim Morrison's personal/professional philosophy (others-Wildchild, American Prayer...?) Its months since I've even seen my copy but the shere brilliance of the imagary makes quoting (perhaps not accurrate) but vivid: in 'The Lords' we are confronted with the modern cinema where bodies become 'dry stalks' for the sake of the eyes - Lee Harvey Oswald and JFK become reduced to mere images by TV, and the Shaman/rockstar is respected, in a way now lost in modern society. It is in this way that the whole work can be seen as a critique of modern society's over emphasis upon the visual sense - the Shaman/rockstar exists to remind us of the wider sensual being, a being of exagerated movement, of dance and passions embodied, shared. I love this piece.
However, what follows - 'The New Creatures' - is, in a sense, a let down for me - I don't hate it, but the contrast is harsh and the two don't read easily together. Whereas the first poem is prose, has a direction, even a philosophy, 'The New Creatures' is fragmented, directionless. The poetry in this undiciplined section only seems to exists inside Morrision's own head, what we perceive is a jumble of words and messages - occationally familiar lyrics - that remains elusively just short of poetry. 'Everything is broken-up and formless': nowhere more than here. Consequently, 4 stars could be more appropriate. But one of the joys of poetry is the discussion and debate that ensues. Poetry SHOULD unsettle us, returning unbidden to us with a creeping pleasure, or perhaps terror, long after the reading. I believe that this particular twinning will provoke both as you struggle to reconcile the two sections and your response to each.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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There is a tendency for fans of the 1960s rock band the Doors to hail the poetry of singer Jim Morrison as a work of genius. I wouldn't go that far but I would describe it as invigorating and as stimulating as any other modern 20th century verse. This book features the only two works which were published before Jim Morrison died in Paris in 1971 aged 27. 'The Lords' is subtitled 'Notes on Vision' and is a beautiful dialogue on the way we present ourselves to the world, drawing special attention to cinema which was one of Jim Morrison's great loves. He attended film school at UCLA and contrary to the film 'the Doors' he graduated after completing the course.
Reading 'The Lords' it becomes obvious that Jim Morrison was incredibly well read, with much of this reading taking place before he became a famous rock star. When you become a rock star you are far too busy taking drugs, having sex in seedy motels and drinking Wild Turkey to be reading. Without cracking the framework of the poem, Morrison informs us about the journey of entertainment from the earliest days, through the creation of the pleorama, panorama and diorama by the pioneers of cinema and key-holders of vision.
'The New Creatures' contains 3 fairly long poems which feature classic Morrison images relating to dark streets, savage deserts and endless highways leading to death. From these pieces we see how Morrison distilled his poetry and allowed the drops to seep into the lyrics of one of the most subversive bands ever to batter their way into the Top 40.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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This book combines both 'The Lords' and 'The New Creatures'. It is carefully and thoughtfully laid out. It truely brings out the best of his poems in this special book. If you like the poems by Jim Morrison you must have this book in your collection!!
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great present
This item was bought asa present for a friend. He was over the moon with it, as he is a deep thinker and artist like Jim Morrison. A happy friend, is a good friend.
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Review of The Lords and the New Creatures (poetry of Jim Morrison)
Perfect little collection of Jim Morrison's poems. I gave it to my uncle and he wasn't very talkative the rest of the evening. He really enjoyed the book.
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Phew! After just a glance at 30 or 40 pages I now remember this book with a feeling almost like cramp in my memory! Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2005 by "kaishowing"
Utter drivel
The Doors produced some wonderful music, a must in every student's collection. The lyrics being either covers or blatant plagiarism from some of Morrison's preferred reading list. Read more
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