The Doors' popularity is currently at its highest level since Jim Morrison's demise in July, 1971….

Unfortunately, the fascination with Morrison's self-destruction seems to have overtaken any real passion about the group's music…. It is the music, however, that made the Doors fascinating, not Morrison's leather clothes or petulant eroticism. The Doors were a pioneering West Coast outfit who succeeded in a variety of musical areas, including jazz, blues, pop and protest. An examination of their recorded legacy reveals a lot of promise, some stellar achievements, and a few outright failures. There has never been another group like the Doors; even their vocals/keyboards/guitar/drums line-up is virtually unmatched in rock….

The Doors' songs are rudimentary in light of what was to come later….

The cool character described in "Twentieth Century Fox" is an archetype in Morrison's mythology: a female suave enough to keep company with the women...