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‘The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Wild Years’ by Greil Marcus

Greil Marcus sees ’60s icons through filter of today

By Saul Austerlitz

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  November 11, 2011

“The Doors’’ is a mixtape book, with each chapter devoted to a particular Doors song, and like a good mixtape, it hopscotches around, taking in Elvis (a Marcus obsession), the Manson murders, Van Morrison (the subject of his last book), Neil Young, and Oliver Stone’s Doors biopic. Author Greil Marcus is at his best when he listens creatively, returning from an exploration deep into the jungle of Doors songs with a report on what he has discovered.

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