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The Doors — Break On Through
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Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: May 03, 2013 - 10:49
 

Time flies when we're having fun...  love this song...
 

Spiderwoman
(Lake Chelan, North Central Washington)
Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 07:22
 
How did people feel when this came out? I wasn't alive. I always wonder. Cause I'm crazy about it. Were people running around pulling their hair out, utterly bowled over?

DavidS_UK
(Central England, UK)
Posted: Jan 29, 2013 - 12:48
 
Superb; I don't remember listening 'properly' to it ever before... listen to that Hammond squeal!
In 1993 when I was on an exchange trip to Paris I visited Morrison's grave, just to say I had seen it.

lily34
(GTFO)
Posted: Oct 27, 2012 - 11:11
 
 Businessgypsy wrote:
Note to self: do not piss lophrequa off.

  



lily34
(GTFO)
Posted: Oct 27, 2012 - 11:09
 
 Ferox wrote:
Awesome still after 36 years, cannot begin to wonder how this went down in 1966.
  



max_p
Posted: Aug 25, 2012 - 11:25
 
any classic rock, pop or soul that was a hit on the radio *in it's time*, speaks to that time, as much as it's musicality

Ferox
(Kernow)
Posted: Aug 25, 2012 - 11:18
 
Awesome still after 36 years, cannot begin to wonder how this went down in 1966.

Easyrider
(Portugal)
Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 01:25
 
Love it 10++++++++++++

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Jun 29, 2012 - 09:22
 
 More_Cowbell wrote:
This song is now played on the radio in the un-edited form.  I am surprised that the edited form is played here.
 

Well, does she get high?

hayduke2
(Southampton, NY)
Posted: Jun 23, 2012 - 14:42
 
I love it

Easyrider
Posted: Apr 21, 2012 - 01:31
 
A Solid 10+,rock on boys!

rotten
Posted: Apr 11, 2012 - 13:10
 
 More_Cowbell wrote:
This song is now played on the radio in the un-edited form.  I am surprised that the edited form is played here.
 
The unedited vocal is interesting, but it's nice to hear the version we all grew up on occasionally.

More_Cowbell
(Northern IL)
Posted: Nov 14, 2011 - 11:24
 
This song is now played on the radio in the un-edited form.  I am surprised that the edited form is played here.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Sep 12, 2011 - 10:33
 
 MiloCorp wrote:
Sorry, but I am only able to give a 3 (Ho Hum) rating to music from the 50 something generation. I don't care how famous/infamous they are. Classic rock has done too much to limit peoples musical scope; nothing wrong with it influencing your tastes, let's just move on. JM definitely made a huge impact on music and bands that appreciated their music, let's hear those other bands.
 

 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.


Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Sep 12, 2011 - 09:24
 
If you're not listening closely, it sounds like the second verse starts with: "I found an island in your arms/Poultry in your eyes."

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Sep 12, 2011 - 09:22
 
 LizK wrote:

Edith Piaf is buried there too, I believe.  An icon of her own time and place.  Let's give her an emoticon. {#Notworthy}   Does RP ever play Piaf? 


 

I love Edith Piaf, I tried to upload one from her, but got rejected.{#Sad}

obstetricus
Posted: Sep 12, 2011 - 09:22
 
 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.
 

 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)


mread
(Sun Diego)
Posted: Jun 10, 2011 - 00:17
 
 MiloCorp wrote:
... Classic rock has done too much to limit peoples musical scope ...
 
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.


Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Apr 07, 2011 - 18:23
 
lophrequa wrote:
the counting crows of their day
Note to self: do not piss lophrequa off.


ziakut
(A place with air, water and chocolate.)
Posted: Apr 07, 2011 - 18:18
 
I guess all good things come to an end.

kurtster
(sometimes the statue and sometimes the pigeon)
Posted: Mar 07, 2011 - 07:31
 
 keller1 wrote:
Maybe you had to be there ...

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.


treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Mar 07, 2011 - 06:53
 


Move over Jim, there's a new "Lizard King" in town.

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Feb 03, 2011 - 23:26
 
Nice!

LizK
(Houston, Texas)
Posted: Sep 30, 2010 - 17:52
 
 toolunious wrote:
Awesom! When I visited his grave in Paris 2 weeks ago, 15 people stood there as well. No other grave had this attention :)
 
Edith Piaf is buried there too, I believe.  An icon of her own time and place.  Let's give her an emoticon. {#Notworthy}   Does RP ever play Piaf? 



keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Jul 28, 2010 - 18:40
 
Maybe you had to be there ...

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.



bindi
(North Carolina)
Posted: Jul 28, 2010 - 18:04
 
 On_The_Beach wrote:

Right; they couldn't compete with the superstars of today, like Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson & Clay Aiken . . . please.

 
{#Roflol}


MiloCorp
(Michigan)
Posted: Jun 26, 2010 - 20:55
 
Sorry, but I am only able to give a 3 (Ho Hum) rating to music from the 50 something generation. I don't care how famous/infamous they are. Classic rock has done too much to limit peoples musical scope; nothing wrong with it influencing your tastes, let's just move on. JM definitely made a huge impact on music and bands that appreciated their music, let's hear those other bands.

Giselle62
(California's Cental Coast)
Posted: Apr 24, 2010 - 10:42
 
Surprise, surprise—-i like the Doors.

arieviln
(São Paulo, Brazil)
Posted: Apr 08, 2010 - 05:34
 
One of the most overrated bands in history.

I like them, but they're just ok.

paulmack
(the hissing swamps)
Posted: Jan 19, 2010 - 17:09
 
 michaelgmitchell wrote:
Bleh. Another time, another place. We need not revisit this place and celebrate this man.
 

I think maybe you should read my earlier comment - right below yours. You either missed or ignored it.

Otomi
(La orilla de la civilización)
Posted: Jan 19, 2010 - 17:07
 
 michaelgmitchell wrote:
Bleh. Another time, another place. We need not revisit this place and celebrate this man.
 
What's this "we" stuff, Mike? Ya got a mouse in your pocket, or what?

ejmusik
(MD)
Posted: Jan 19, 2010 - 17:06
 
TRIPPY!!!!!!!!{#Dancingbanana_2}

michaelgmitchell
(ON, Canada)
Posted: Oct 17, 2009 - 10:11
 
Bleh. Another time, another place. We need not revisit this place and celebrate this man.

paulmack
(the hissing swamps)
Posted: Aug 15, 2009 - 08:49
 
 bobcat1963 wrote:
morrisson was nothing more than a depressive, psychopathic  manipulative creep IMHO.
his music sucks anyway
{#Beat}

 

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.

paulmack
(the hissing swamps)
Posted: Aug 15, 2009 - 08:45
 
 mfassett wrote:
I logged in to write, if this came out today, the doors would be laughed out of the business with music like this.  But alas, I've already written one negative comment here.  So I won't write another one.  Well, shoot, it's too late.  Dang!  
 

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.

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Aug 15, 2009 - 08:25
 

I found an island in your arms,
A country in your eyes,
Arms that chained us, eyes that lied




(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 12, 2009 - 21:42
 


profound...



Bazooka
(Mountain View CA USA)
Posted: Jun 12, 2009 - 21:40
 
Significant. {#Cowboy}

toolunious
Posted: May 12, 2009 - 03:42
 
Awesom! When I visited his grave in Paris 2 weeks ago, 15 people stood there as well. No other grave had this attention :)

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver, Canada)
Posted: Apr 10, 2009 - 13:58
 
 mfassett wrote:
I logged in to write, if this came out today, the doors would be laughed out of the business with music like this. 
 
Right; they couldn't compete with the superstars of today, like Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson & Clay Aiken . . . please.


leap
Posted: Mar 30, 2009 - 11:12
 
{#Guitarist}

jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Feb 06, 2009 - 11:28
 
 bachbeet wrote:
Great song from a great album.  One of the best debut albums in Rock.  One great thing about this opener was that it was a great danceable party song that actually had some "teeth" to it.  As opposed to a lot of the crap that went for party songs at the time.  I've forgotten all those other songs but I always used this one at our parties.  This one and Spencer Davis's Gimme Some Lovin'.  No one could sit still.
 



jbtidwell
(Atlanta, GA)
Posted: Feb 06, 2009 - 11:26
 
ah, an anthem of my senior year

bitbanger
(Upper West Side)
Posted: Jan 05, 2009 - 19:47
 
 mfassett wrote:
I logged in to write, if this came out today, the doors would be laughed out of the business with music like this.  But alas, I've already written one negative comment here.  So I won't write another one.  Well, shoot, it's too late.  Dang!  
 
You are probably right, it wouldn't make any sense now. Different music for different times and Morrison certainly expressed his well.


lophrequa
(the very edge of the land)
Posted: Jan 05, 2009 - 19:42
 
the counting crows of their day

bobcat1963
(the netherlands)
Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 05:56
 
morrisson was nothing more than a depressive, psychopathic  manipulative creep IMHO.
his music sucks anyway
{#Beat}


PurplePrincess
(the mountains)
Posted: Nov 03, 2008 - 17:14
 
 mfassett wrote:
I logged in to write, if this came out today, the doors would be laughed out of the business with music like this.  But alas, I've already written one negative comment here.  So I won't write another one.  Well, shoot, it's too late.  Dang!  
 

I disagree most vehemently.

mfassett
(Redwood City, CA)
Posted: Nov 03, 2008 - 17:12
 
I logged in to write, if this came out today, the doors would be laughed out of the business with music like this.  But alas, I've already written one negative comment here.  So I won't write another one.  Well, shoot, it's too late.  Dang!  

Skip
(Chattanooga, TN)
Posted: Nov 03, 2008 - 17:09
 
What a hell of a set to eat dinner to - i've gotten up twice to check out the forums. Nice grouping. (think Young Frankenstein. ha ha)


calypsus_1
Posted: Oct 04, 2008 - 00:01
 
no comment    -   10.