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Night divides the day
Tried to run
Tried to hide
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side, yeah
We chased our pleasures here
Dug our treasures there
A-can you still recall
Time we cried?
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Hey!
Come on!
Yeah
Everybody loves my baby
Everybody loves my baby
She get high, she get high, she get high
She get high, yeah
I found an island in your arms
Country in your eyes
Arms that chained us
Eyes that lied
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through, ow!
Aw yeah!
Made the scene, week to week
Day to day, hour to hour
Gate is straight
Deep and wide
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through, break on through
Break on through, break on through
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah
Hi Bill, love this song. But I notice you always (?) play the "Ed Sullivan" version? Morrison is supposed to sing " She get HIGH", not "She get --". Just sayin.........
OK, that explains things, I initially thought he was saying “chicken,” but that obviously makes no sense. I have never heard the uncensored version.
Only an "8". Oh please!
9 from me!
I listened to an interview on the radio with Robby Krieger and he talked about how out of control ole Jim became when he drank and apparently he drank a lot
Mr Krieger is a very underappreciated guitarist. His contribution to The Doors was considerable.
... and apparently he drank a lot.
Well, I guess that depends on what you think constitutes "drinking a lot". <chuckle>
Lizard King
I Agree!! Thanx RP!
Lizard King
Overrated (adjective): I don't like it, but plenty of others do and I can't figure why. But the fault is obviously with them, because my taste is impeccable.
No. Your taste is a pecker...
his music sucks anyway
Their music! As in The Doors the band. IMHO, your HO is without merit.
Nothing is a coincidence on RP..
GODLIKE!!! I was 12yrs old when this album was released. I bought it immediately, because of "Light My Fire", and wound up loving every tune on the album!!!
And, I still continue to love this tune, more & more, every time I hear it!!! Thanx RP!
But this is a good tune.
Fifty plus years, and this band stands as one of the most interesting musical acts of this century. Nothing has sounded quite like them before, or since.
When this song came on I was once again pondering where Morrison's music might have evolved to had he stayed alive, with your sentiments in mind. And, since all my children are now past the age of 27, it struck me even more how very young he was when his life and career ended.
I still love listening to the Doors, even though my music tastes have broadened and evolved, and I am in a far different head space than I was in my 20's. (Which, come to think of it, is undoubtably why I managed to stay alive past the age of 27. )
Yeah what's with THAT? I don't need hand holding to listen to music, lets hear the original version!
I get that, but it's the "clean" version that's imprinted on my brain, so much that I prefer it. People probably prefer the 1st version they heard.
am curious to know why as well, very funny that it was edited out as if....
I never heard "She get high" until I recently received a remastered version. According to wikipedia (I know, not a real source, ...), it was censored out early and most releases and radio played the censored version.
age 0-4, never really heard them so no opinion
age 5-12, nice song but not great
age 13- 25, absolutely hate this song old school crap!
age 25-45, nice song
age 45- now, this is actually great stuff I wonder why I ever hated it.
Surely the taste swings are not abrupt, suddenly I turned 45 and suddenly I think it is great, no, all transitions are gradual, shaped by every time you hear the song. Remember this when you comment on classics! Or are annoyed by other people hating it, they are just not in the right phase of their life
I don't rate songs like this, I just skip. Like you say here, this song has always been around and I wouldn't mind never hearing it again. Nothing against the Doors, but I can't properly rate this since I am predisposed to being tired of it. So, PSD.
age 0-4, never really heard them so no opinion
age 5-12, nice song but not great
age 13- 25, absolutely hate this song old school crap!
age 25-45, nice song
age 45- now, this is actually great stuff I wonder why I ever hated it.
Surely the taste swings are not abrupt, suddenly I turned 45 and suddenly I think it is great, no, all transitions are gradual, shaped by every time you hear the song. Remember this when you comment on classics! Or are annoyed by other people hating it, they are just not in the right phase of their life
am curious to know why as well, very funny that it was edited out as if....
Rock on Piranga! Long Live you and RP!!
Ummmmm, nice try. The Beatles singing about "holding hands" was well before this. HH and DC5 probably were broke up by the time this came out.
But by 67 The Beatles were putting out some pretty decent stuffand far from that mop toppy stuff (which is great in its own right)...I could be wrong.
But, your point is noted though the effort was poor making it.
(And nobody insults the Beatles dammit! lol)
From Wiki:
The original album version and all re-issues until the 1990s have the word "high" deleted, with Morrison singing "she gets" four times before a final wail. Live versions and more recent remastered releases have the full line restored. Regardless, classic rock radio stations, the iTunes release and most compilations continue to use the censored version, as it is the version most familiar to listeners.
In small town South Carolina, probably the entire Southland, this anthem to drugs and sex was absolute proof that rock and roll was an instrument of the devil. "What do you THINK it means? Light My Fire? On Her Satanic Majesty's Birthday? Break On Through to the Other Side? Of course it's evil!"
Lots of us teenagers began questioning everything the Establishment had told us, looked at each other conspiratorially, and started doing 'evil' things to decide the truth for ourselves. Those who cared to protect their reputations did our experimenting miles down the dirt roads weaving through the piney woods. (I still prefer my intoxicated time to be outside in the woods and mountains.)
Thank you, WBBQ-FM, for having the guts to play tunes like this despite what it must have done to your advertising revenue.
Well then, from almost 5 years ago, this is one of the coolest "I was there, then" comments I've read!!
As a big fan of this band as my moniker suggests, I've always thought The Doors had the best first track on a debut album...and the best last track, and the best first track on the 2nd side....hell...best debut album!! Subjective as hell I know; still, something in the "anti-Establishment" that really stirs the rebel in me...and boy I would have had fun if I was born in 1950 (although I might not have made it into the 70s, either cuz of drugs....or Vietnam)
Long Live RP!!
I like them, but they're just ok.
Overrated (adjective): I don't like it, but plenty of others do and I can't figure why. But the fault is obviously with them, because my taste is impeccable.
In small town South Carolina, probably the entire Southland, this anthem to drugs and sex was absolute proof that rock and roll was an instrument of the devil. "What do you THINK it means? Light My Fire? On Her Satanic Majesty's Birthday? Break On Through to the Other Side? Of course it's evil!"
Lots of us teenagers began questioning everything the Establishment had told us, looked at each other conspiratorially, and started doing 'evil' things to decide the truth for ourselves. Those who cared to protect their reputations did our experimenting miles down the dirt roads weaving through the piney woods. (I still prefer my intoxicated time to be outside in the woods and mountains.)
Thank you, WBBQ-FM, for having the guts to play tunes like this despite what it must have done to your advertising revenue.
The DEVIL! Land sakes!
Wow, and I thought I had it bad growing up in suburban MA. A lot of people in the area were Catholics but I think most people weren't all that devout.
yep
Yeah what's with THAT? I don't need hand holding to listen to music, lets hear the original version!
Takes me back to my high school days, when I didn't appreciate this then. I do now, though!
makes me happy I grew up in L.A. (6-18 ) all the local am late nite guys played this
Hey I grew up in South Carolina too and we heard the same music everyone else did including this song.
In small town South Carolina, probably the entire Southland, this anthem to drugs and sex was absolute proof that rock and roll was an instrument of the devil. "What do you THINK it means? Light My Fire? On Her Satanic Majesty's Birthday? Break On Through to the Other Side? Of course it's evil!"
Lots of us teenagers began questioning everything the Establishment had told us, looked at each other conspiratorially, and started doing 'evil' things to decide the truth for ourselves. Those who cared to protect their reputations did our experimenting miles down the dirt roads weaving through the piney woods. (I still prefer my intoxicated time to be outside in the woods and mountains.)
Thank you, WBBQ-FM, for having the guts to play tunes like this despite what it must have done to your advertising revenue.
Dear unclehud,
Thank you for this insight...there are always ground breakers for the next generation, huh.
Take care in those mountains :)
In small town South Carolina, probably the entire Southland, this anthem to drugs and sex was absolute proof that rock and roll was an instrument of the devil. "What do you THINK it means? Light My Fire? On Her Satanic Majesty's Birthday? Break On Through to the Other Side? Of course it's evil!"
Lots of us teenagers began questioning everything the Establishment had told us, looked at each other conspiratorially, and started doing 'evil' things to decide the truth for ourselves. Those who cared to protect their reputations did our experimenting miles down the dirt roads weaving through the piney woods. (I still prefer my intoxicated time to be outside in the woods and mountains.)
Thank you, WBBQ-FM, for having the guts to play tunes like this despite what it must have done to your advertising revenue.
makes me happy I grew up in L.A. (6-18 ) all the local am late nite guys played this
In small town South Carolina, probably the entire Southland, this anthem to drugs and sex was absolute proof that rock and roll was an instrument of the devil.
"What do you THINK it means? Light My Fire? On Her Satanic Majesty's Birthday? Break On Through to the Other Side?; Of course it's evil!"
Lots of us teenagers began questioning everything the Establishment had told us, looked at each other conspiratorially, and experimented with some of those "evil" things to decide the truth for ourselves. Those of us who cared to protect their reputations did our experimenting miles down the dirt roads weaving through the piney woods. (I still prefer my intoxicated time to be outside in the woods and mountains.)
Thank you, WBBQ-FM, for having the guts to play tunes like this despite what it must have done to your advertising revenue.
Not that it matters, but this single didn't even crack the Billboard Top 100. However, their next single from this album ("Light My Fire") went to #1.
Time flies when we're having fun... love this song...
In 1993 when I was on an exchange trip to Paris I visited Morrison's grave, just to say I had seen it.
Well, does she get high?
The unedited vocal is interesting, but it's nice to hear the version we all grew up on occasionally.
mread wrote:
What the ??
How exactly has it done this? Do you mean that we would have better music today if only there were no Classic rock, or that because of Classic rock people will not try new music? Either is absurd.
I don't think it's the music itself which could limit people's music scopes, but the media entities (i.e. classic rock stations) which only acknowledge classic rock. MiloCorp's post implies nothing to the effect that "we would have better music today if only there were no Classic rock" - in fact, the post notes its influence and impact on subsequent music. Also, whether or not you are aware of it, there are a great many "Classic rock people" who refuse to "try new music". Personally, I enjoy and listen to music of many eras, but I've had quite enough of this tune.
Edith Piaf is buried there too, I believe. An icon of her own time and place. Let's give her an emoticon. Does RP ever play Piaf?
I love Edith Piaf, I tried to upload one from her, but got rejected.
What the ??
How exactly has it done this? Do you mean that we would have better music today if only there were no Classic rock, or that because of Classic rock people will not try new music? Either is absurd.
Totally agree. Guess we could blame the blues too since that was a major influence on classic rock...it's all interdependent like the circle of life...(ok...that was over the top)
What the ??
How exactly has it done this? Do you mean that we would have better music today if only there were no Classic rock, or that because of Classic rock people will not try new music? Either is absurd.
I was, and in 1967-9 there were very few bigger stars on the planet than Jim Morrison —- a pinup in the teenybopper magazines and to the more serious rock press a poet and cultural icon.
For me it's always about the music, and when you consider Light My Fire, People Are Strange, Touch Me, Roadhouse Blues, LA Woman, Riders on the Storm, The End, When The Music's Over, Five to One, The Unknown Soldier, and this tune, among others, these guys belong in the rock pantheon.
Funny, though —- we have over 5,000 tunes in our IPod and not a single Doors tune, probably because their stuff was and continues to be ubiquitous on regular radio.
As one who was there as well, and in the LA area when they were breaking out, the Doors and several other iconic bands of the day were immediately relevant, commenting musically on current events. The music had immediate relevance that is lost on those who were not there or not yet born. In the latter case, the music must stand on its own and without the mood that inspired the music, well its just a curiosity that may not inspire any feelings.
The music of the 60's and very early 70's, more than any other period reflect feelings of immediate life and death scenarios. As we who were there and impacted by the Cold War and Viet Nam die off, I doubt that much of that music will receive any further airplay after we are gone. A lot of the Beatles, some of the Stones, some of the Who, Kinks, Motown, Elvis, a little Floyd, surf music and pop will be played forever.
But stuff by the Doors, Airplane, Quicksilver Messanger Service, the Dead, Donovan and many others that created music of and for that time will be put on the shelf forever. Without the people whose emotions these songs captured around, there will be no understanding or desire to hear them any further. All that will be discussed is how simple, raw, out of tune or off key the music or singers were.
Move over Jim, there's a new "Lizard King" in town.
Edith Piaf is buried there too, I believe. An icon of her own time and place. Let's give her an emoticon. Does RP ever play Piaf?
I was, and in 1967-9 there were very few bigger stars on the planet than Jim Morrison —- a pinup in the teenybopper magazines and to the more serious rock press a poet and cultural icon.
For me it's always about the music, and when you consider Light My Fire, People Are Strange, Touch Me, Roadhouse Blues, LA Woman, Riders on the Storm, The End, When The Music's Over, Five to One, The Unknown Soldier, and this tune, among others, these guys belong in the rock pantheon.
Funny, though —- we have over 5,000 tunes in our IPod and not a single Doors tune, probably because their stuff was and continues to be ubiquitous on regular radio.
Right; they couldn't compete with the superstars of today, like Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson & Clay Aiken . . . please.
I like them, but they're just ok.
I think maybe you should read my earlier comment - right below yours. You either missed or ignored it.
What's this "we" stuff, Mike? Ya got a mouse in your pocket, or what?
his music sucks anyway
Wow. Until you pointed this out I had spent 40 years really liking his music. All that time, wasted. Such a shame.
Ok, my sarcasm brings me down to your level, I think. But, come on. Your opinion is not my fact. Or anyone else's. Seems unwise to me to make sweeping statements like this since they are backed up by no evidence of any kind. Maybe you have some that you could bring up - but you didn't. So we're left with your pronouncement. You don't convince me to consider your point of view by first essentially saying that I am an idiot.
PS: There are plenty of Morrison songs that I am not particularly wild about, either. Nor is this song one of my top 5 Morrison songs. But I still rate it an '8', and I'd give it an 8.5 if I could.
Like the Purple Princess (see below), I completely disagree. I'm sure this comment was not made to be taken complete literally but it I think it's a bit of an over-reaction even for someone who doesn't like the material. I can think of current artists producing material far less sophisticated - that will, in 40 years, seem seriously dated - than this. In fact, for me, if this were to come out today with the production techniques now available applied to it, I think I would still like it. It's not just that I associate it with that incredible period during the latter half of the '60's.
I found an island in your arms,
A country in your eyes,
Arms that chained us, eyes that lied
Right; they couldn't compete with the superstars of today, like Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson & Clay Aiken . . . please.
You are probably right, it wouldn't make any sense now. Different music for different times and Morrison certainly expressed his well.
his music sucks anyway
I disagree most vehemently.