ture,' and, as such, was a force for change." (Macken, 1980: p23)
"Rock, the music of the Sixties, was a music of spontaneity... It came from the life experiences of the artists and their interaction with an audience that was roughly the same age." (Frith, 1981: p41); rock was not made to be commercial, ie. it was not produced to sell records and make money. Rock music was a reflector of society, ie. rock lyrics reflected the values and ideas of the youth culture. It was also relatively structureless compaired with previous decades. The Doors epitomised this belief. Their music was never made to make a living. Furthermore, it was a rare occasion when they actually conformed to the constraints and obligations placed on them (usually by the older generation). Jim Morrison was anything but predictable and 'well behaved'- he was arrested on several occasions, for being disruptive, and on one occasion taken to court for alleged indecent exposure on stage, though it must be noted that the prosecution could produc
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