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The Doors: "Out here on the perimeter there are no stars"

Geoffrey Cannon, The Guardian, 20 March 1972

Update, 2019. Yes, folks are still listening to the Doors. An extract from their album LA Woman, mentioned in the review of Jim Morrison's lyrics and stage act below,has registered over 15 million hits on YouTube. There is plenty of other Doors material on the internet, including the iconic "young lion" photographs of Doors singer Jim Morrison when he was gorgeous, taken by Joel Brodsky.

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