Analysis Of No One Here Gets Out Alive

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Indians scattered on Dawn’s Highway bleeding, ghosts crowd the young Morrison’s eggshell mind. This is one of many crazy events showcased in the excellent, Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman biography about Jim Morrison, No One Here Gets Out Alive. No One Here Gets Out Alive brings to light the exciting and intriguing events that occurred in the perplexing life of Jim Morrison, while elaborating on previously known events in grand detail. Jim Morrison was the frontman and lead singer of the late 60’s and early 70’s psychedelic rock band, the Doors, whose records have had a profound impact on the course of music history. This is a spectacular novel chock-full with unbelievably true stories about Jim Morrison’s life that will leave you wanting …show more content…

Another spectacular example of this is the infamous storyline of the “Miami Incident”. Whenever Jim performed at concerts there was always a consistent use of drugs and alcohol, which either fueled him through the concerts or brought him tumbling to the ground. However, when Jim went to Miami, Florida, to perform what everyone expected to be a typical concert, nary a soul thought that it would be one of his most controversial and career-damaging performances. Like his other performances, Jim had been drinking all day before the concert and had continued when he boarded the plane that was heading to Miami. Jim arrived in Miami drunk, late, and angry; what followed changed the course of his career for the worse. Once on stage, Jim started provoke the crowd with revolutionary chants of overthrowing the government, “You’re all a bunch of idiots . . . How long are you gonna let them push you around?” (Hopkins and Sugerman 230). The crowd became increasingly bloodthirsty, as did Jim. Feeding off the energy the crowd provided for him, he exposed himself to the crowd by unbuckling his belt and unzipping his pants in an attempt to show his “true” self to the crowd. Though the act did not last longer than a few seconds, it was enough to significantly damage his career. The Doors lost a wealth of sponsors and partnerships due to this unsound act by Jim. Shockingly, this is only one of many hysterical stories about Jim that made this novel such a wonder to

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