The article 'Ray Manzarek of The Doors. His brilliant music will live on' was published on the website of 'The Telegraph' on May 21, 2013. It is written by Neil McCormick.
The aim of the article is to pay tribute to Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors who has died at the age of 74. Ray Manzarek was one of the most individual and influential musicians in rock history.
The author tells that Manzarek was the root of The Doors sound. He was a dazzling musician, who approached rock music as he approached life, as a vehicle for self-exploration and higher possibility.
Then Neil dwells upon the history of the group. rather prosaic band name was actually a reference to Aldous Huxley’s Doors Of Perception, itself drawn from a quotation by William Blake. The Doors were a finely balanced group, one of those special units where every member counts, even if they are chiefly remembered now for the beautiful, brilliant, tragic Jim Morrison, the shamanistic frontman.
After the end of the Doors' era, Manzarek had a frustrating time. There were two inevitably diminished albums as a trio, and various post-Doors projects involving the spoken word poetry of Morrison. There were solo projects and pick up bands, and many collaborations with guitarist Krieger, including some ill-advised tours effectively as a Doors tribute act.
Further the author notes that music isn’t everything. Whenever Manzarek popped up in the media, he came across as a fascinating, lively, well-balanced individual. He married Dorothy Fujikawa in 1967, and she was with him until the end. They had one son, Pablo, and three grandchildren. Manzarek died of cancer yesterday, in a clinic in Germany.
In conclusion, I'd like to say the Neil's own thoughts towards this group. To him, they are the group who really opened up the potential for rock as something more than just another form of pop. In their dazzling, visceral, intense, improvisational mix of blues, jazz and poetry, they used music as a vehicle for spiritual exploration, the possibility of climbing through the rhythm and melody to another plane of existence.
The aim of the article is to pay tribute to Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors who has died at the age of 74. Ray Manzarek was one of the most individual and influential musicians in rock history.
The author tells that Manzarek was the root of The Doors sound. He was a dazzling musician, who approached rock music as he approached life, as a vehicle for self-exploration and higher possibility.
Then Neil dwells upon the history of the group. rather prosaic band name was actually a reference to Aldous Huxley’s Doors Of Perception, itself drawn from a quotation by William Blake. The Doors were a finely balanced group, one of those special units where every member counts, even if they are chiefly remembered now for the beautiful, brilliant, tragic Jim Morrison, the shamanistic frontman.
After the end of the Doors' era, Manzarek had a frustrating time. There were two inevitably diminished albums as a trio, and various post-Doors projects involving the spoken word poetry of Morrison. There were solo projects and pick up bands, and many collaborations with guitarist Krieger, including some ill-advised tours effectively as a Doors tribute act.
Further the author notes that music isn’t everything. Whenever Manzarek popped up in the media, he came across as a fascinating, lively, well-balanced individual. He married Dorothy Fujikawa in 1967, and she was with him until the end. They had one son, Pablo, and three grandchildren. Manzarek died of cancer yesterday, in a clinic in Germany.
In conclusion, I'd like to say the Neil's own thoughts towards this group. To him, they are the group who really opened up the potential for rock as something more than just another form of pop. In their dazzling, visceral, intense, improvisational mix of blues, jazz and poetry, they used music as a vehicle for spiritual exploration, the possibility of climbing through the rhythm and melody to another plane of existence.
Well done!
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I'd like to say the Neil's own thoughts towards this group. Where is the sense of the sentence?
Where is your opinion?