Jim's birthday is December 8, 1943. This song was recorded in "August 1966." Hence, he was 22 years old when it was recorded. If he had been 27, it would still be a remarkable achievement.
This song was released on their first album in 1967. Jim was only 23 when they released their first album he died at age 27. Also the Doors had no bass player either just a guitarist drummer and keyboardist and Jim Morrison on vocals. Morrison's father ( George Stephen Morrison) was a Rear Admiral in the US Navy. The Doors also played the Ed Sullivan Show only once as they were told to change a word in the song Light My Fire and not to use the word HIGHER but the Doors went ahead and sung it just like they wrote it and used the word HIGHER they ( The Doors) were never invited back after breaking the censorship request. Even the Rolling Stones had some words changed in the song Lets Spend the Night Together to Lets Spend Some Time Together. You must listen the song called THE END it will take you on a wild trip.
His father was part of the group that created the False Flag Gulf of Tonkin incident. It is said he told his son everything he reads and sees on TV is a lie and it affected Jim heavily from then on.
Fun Fact, Jim came up with the name The Doors from Aldous Huxley's book "Doors Of Perception". It was an early LSD book. Break on Through to the other side means break out of the perception of life that you were born with and see other things.
It's not breaking out of a perspective you were "born with", but rather breaking out of a pers perspective you were conditioned with by society after you were born.
*Really? I always thought he was singing about California. When I was a kid, people referred to CA as a place where one goes to start over and create a new persona.* But a song about drugs sounds more likely... and less profound. LOL
The beautiful mix of Densmore's bossa-nova influenced beat, Kreiger's blue licks on guitar, and Manzarek's wizardry on the keys... this is one of the best songs by a groundbreaking band. Jim Morrison's lyrics on their first album were just brilliant!
The explosive opening track on their 1967 debut album. Definitely signaled the arrival of an extraordinary sound and band. The classic "Light My Fire" closed Side One.
Yes. Many people assume that their first single was “Light My Fire.” Actually, “Break on Through” was their first single. I believe this unedited version of “She gets high” is a re-mastered version. Pretty sure the original single and album both were edited to “She gets” and then “ahhhhh.”
The Doors created a brand new sound that embodied and captured the mood of the late 60s. As soon as you hear a Door’s song you will know that it’s the Door’s, impossible to ignore.
Jim Morrison's dad was an Admiral in the US Navy. He was at Pearl Harbor. In 1963, Morrison took command of the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme , he was at The Gulf of Tonkin incident which kicked off the Vietnam War. July 2, 1971, in Washington D.C there was a decommissioning ceremony for the carrier, Morrison's first ship as an Admiral. His son, rock musician Jim Morrison, died in Paris at age 27 the following day.
Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix, all from that same era, were Rock super stars, and all died at age 27. They are all members of the infamous "27 club." These three giants of the late 60s "Classic Rock" era, all passed away in drug, and or alcohol related overdoses, within a year to 18 months of each other. All were 27 years old. that is how the term "27 club" came to be. Jimi, Janis, and Jim. All three of their first names also started with the letter J. I never really noticed that before. All three of them are Rock Royalty. At least we still have all of their great music and video to listen to and watch. Thanks
This song shows what a *thinker and poet* Jim Morrison was. "I found an island in your arms, a country in your eyes. But arms are chains and eyes are lies.." (Or some say "arms that chain us, eyes that lie." Either way, what a great writer.) Because the music is so good, the words are sometimes overlooked, but he could write!
Yes...The lyrics...Jim made sure his vocals came through just like the instruments...because, hey man...I'm an instrument, too. Thus his words always have stuck in my mind since 1967.
One of the 11 songs from their debut 1967 album titled The Doors. I'm sure there are still folk who know every song on this album, reason enough to own this album and look further into it. A Timeless and Impactful Debut.
The Doors were the only band I listened to from age 13 to 14. Nirvana just came out, but I was too busy listening to The Doors catalogue for the first time! It was so amazing at that age being able to listen to all their music for the first time.
@@carlaharrington5120 just realizing this now as i was singing along! I could picture Cobain doing the vocals justice if Nirvana had covered this back then
At the time their first album was released Jim Morrison must have been only 23 or 24 years old, as he died at 27 in 1970. Break On Through did beak through. Jim's father was an Admiral in the US Navy, so he was a little more on the conservative side of life.
His father was actually the admiral of the ship involved in the Gulf of Tonkin incident which is now known to be a flase flag event created by the US to enter the Vietnamese war. Pretty crazy really lol
In 1966 my father was a 19 year old student at UCLA. He was a pot smoker like the majority of younger people back then, especially in California. The thing to do back then for fun was go to the beach, to parties, and to all the concerts (which in L.A. was a nightly thing). In August the Doors played almost every night at Whisky-A-Go-Go on Sunset Boulevard. My father and his friends went to see them, and they took acid, and it really blew their minds. My father went to see them again that August at the Whiskey 6 more time, but he didn’t take acid again because he wanted to see and hear and remember the show exactly as it was. Everyone knew they would be famous, it was just a matter of getting a record out.
I watched this guy do this song in February 1967. He was hoisted onto the stage by a collection of security and walked slowly to the microphone. Looked wasted. Drums playing really fast and clicking, Robbie on guitar... "You know the day destroys the night/Night divides the day/Tried to run/Tried to hide...Break on through to other side.. I watched these guys every chance I got as a kid.
I think this was the Doors at their absolute best. The lyrics of this song can stand apart as an awesome poem. And musically, it is so glorious. Who isn't looking to in some way break on through. From poverty to wealth, from obscurity to acclaim, from loneliness to love . . .
All you people falling for that "poet" crap. Funny how he wasn't recognized BY ANYONE as a poet, unlike Bob Dylan who was IMMEDIATELY recognized. Strange that the great "poet" had to self-publish his tripe because no publisher would pay him for it despite his fame. I wonder why that was. (Because it sucks.)
In the song Not to Touch the Earth he proclaims himself the Lizard King. Great lyrics in that song and intense music that builds into an awesome climax .
“Peace Frog”, “Five to One”, “We Could Be So Good Together”, “Spanish Caravan”, “Maggie M’Gill”, “Love Her Madly”, “Touch Me” and for a bonus “Under Waterfall” (which was released in 2000)💜💫
Anything by the Doors is a great listen they have such great library of music for the short time they ( The Doors) were recording their music still sounds fresh today (maybe cause I am fan of theirs )
@@robertbreedon9137 Yes, Robert! Agreed!! I was listing some of my most favorite that Brad & Lex might want to react to…I know they have reacted to a lot of the most popular ones but I wanted to witness their reaction to a variety of other awesome Doors songs. The Doors were my first introduction to rock when I was little….well besides Elvis (I mean, really…who could have avoided Elvis in the 70’s🤣)
The Doors were huge in their own time, the late sixties. And that was a popular singing style back then. Check out The Box Tops' song The Letter from 1967. The lead singer Alex Chilton was only 16 at the time and sounded like a grown man.
Loving this version with him shouting the full line 'She gets high!'.. subtle change but makes it hit a lot harder than the single version I've heard on the radio my love. What really gets me going is the guitar flourishes where he slides across the strings between the main riff.
This was among one of the first songs they wrote. The other members of the band thought this song was too heavy. But that was a big part of what made The Doors great. It was Jim and his ability to not really sing so well, but to be passionate. This was recorded in 1966… songs around then were Elenor Rigby by The Beatles… The Supremes, The Four Tops, Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys… no one sounded like The Doors.
Jim was younger than 27 when this song came out. The Doors were huge even before his death ( he died at 27). They were cutting edge during those years. The Doors were a great band. Mixed blues, jazz/bossa nova, pschodelic, hard rock. 🎸. Jim had the voice, charisma and looks. Sadly Jim partied way too much (drugs and alcohol) and demised his health at a young age. He was also very wild, rebellious and in trouble with the law often. Lived a fast life. BTW. Michael Jackson was like 7 years old when he started singing for Jackson 5. Another young protege.
Classic Doors right here off the first album. A testament to that era too and the sound and they were top notch and blew up quick. I’m a millennial technically but fell in love with them and this era in high school it just connected and meshed well for my youth and smoking weed helped make it fun groovy music too not that that is necessary at all. Great stuff glad y’all are always exploring and expanding in music listening. I’m a metal/ punk head but I listen to everything and this era is one of my favorites 🤘❤️❤️
Crap, my dad has this on vinyl and he didn't say "She get high", he just said "she get"..! They scrubbed the word high from the master! So, I thought he was saying "shake it!"
First heard the LA Woman album while my ship was moored in Manhattan. Spent the day/night with a shipmate who was from Brooklyn and. smoked a ton of weed and just chilled out to the newly released Door's album
@@MikeB12800 It's true that alcohol was his drug of choice and he started to drink booze in high school. Any way that you look at it, addiction led to his death.
@@MikeB12800 Weird. I've never heard that. I've only heard that he was constantly high or drunk or both. All those car wrecks were caused by what then? Bad driving? Other people? He was an addict and a drunk.
Love the DOORS, and if you like J.Z, he sampled the Doors Five to One for "Takeover". The Doors were..... I don't think of them of their time or even ahead of their time. They're the Doors and they are timeless.
Good Day Brad and Lex. This was the first album I bought with my own money knowing my parents wouldn't like the songs. I was only 12 years old and smoked my fist Cannabis to "Light My Fire"
Morrison was about 23 when this song was recorded in August 1966 (released in January of 1967). He died at the age of 27. Morrison is one of the members of the "27 Club" - artists who died at the age of 27. A few of the notable musicians: Robert Johnson (Delta Blues legend) Brian Jones (Rolling Stones) Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson (Canned Heat) Jimi Hendrix Janice Joplin Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) Pete Ham (Badfinger) Amy Winehouse Kurt Cobain
An interesting listen would be a Canadian 90s band called The Tea Party. Also the answer to the question "what might it have sounded like if Jim Morrison joined Led Zeppelin, instead of the Doors. The Bazaar, Sister Awake, Fire in the Head, Temptation, Save Me... all worth a listen.
A friend of mine who was into the Wiccan religion said that the lyrics to this are straight out of that tradition - the day destroys the night, the night divides the day, describes the conflict of opposites that makes each other possible. Without night there would be no day, without day there's be no night. Break on through to another level of consciousness through being in touch with nature, possibly with the help of psychedelic drugs.
He was 22-23. The "gets high" part was edited out of the finished song and was only returned recently for an anniversary edition. Much of the classics from the sixties were created by young geniuses. For instance, none of The Beatles were even thirty when they split. Jimi Hendrix died at 27, as did Jim Morrison.
The Doors toured for 2 years after Jim's death and made 2 albums. Other Voices and Full Circle were the album names and good luck finding someone who owns them. Manzarek, Densmore, and Keiger are excellent musicians, but they couldn't survive without Morrison as their front man.
The Doors were huge while they were still an active band, probably one of the biggest bands in the world during that time period (late 60’s early 70’s). And you are right about Jim Morrison’s vocal style being very unique for that time period.
The Doors were huge while Jim was alive. Also he was only in his early 20s when this song came out. Jim and The Doors were trouble makers back then and partied way too much. Great group. Kind of a jazzy hard rock blues with pschodelic rock.
Hi Brad and Lex. I first got into The Doors from the Oliver Stone movie in 1991. Then, I looked into them further and discovered all the inaccuracies of the movie, but got to love The Doors more and more. Although, I did enjoy the movie, the portrayal of Jim Morrison was unfair and not really in his character, amongst other inaccuracies. The other band members carried on and even made brilliant albums after Jim's death. I was delighted to see the band 'Riders On The Storm' in Glasgow in 2007. That band featured Ray Manzarek on Keyboards and Robby Kreiger on Guitar from the original band The Doors. That was a concert I will never forget for as long as I live. I've since seen 'The Doors Alive', which are a great tribute act. See them if you can. Æx 🙏
Lex continually amazes me with her reactions to instruments or song parts. So natural, and so RIGHT ON THE SPOT. Just amazing. It's like her body reacts before she can even explain why.
The Doors. Break on thru... Once the Doors of perception are cleansed, man will see things as they truly are... Infinite They took the name Doors from Aldous Huxley who was famous for that quote
FYI, the twist is from Chubby Checker, and Led Zeppelin made a reference to it in their song "Down by the Seaside", a song you definitely need to hear.
No. "The Twist" is a Hank Ballard and the Midnighters song from the 50's R & B era. Chubby Checker did a cover version which was a chart hit in the 1960 and also 1962.
Late 60's had some rocking vocals. The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, CCR, Janis Joplin, Wilson Pickett, Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Steppenwolf, and more.
THE DOORS-The band took its name from the title of Aldous Huxley's book The Doors of Perception, itself a reference to a quote by William Blake. it elaborates on his psychedelic experience under the influence of mescaline - the insights he experienced, ranging from the "purely aesthetic" to "sacramental vision",[1] and reflects on their philosophical and psychological implications. Mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine) is a naturally occurring psychedelic protoalkaloid of the substituted phenethylamine class, known for its hallucinogenic effects comparable to those of LSD and psilocybin.
Apparently Jim would often walk home after Whisky a Go 'Go shows. If you were cool you could walk the two miles along with Jim and Pam up to his Laurel Canyon home. Maybe he'd invite you in.
There wasn't a lot of yelling in music back then until ... well, this song and a few others were played daily on the radio. Opened the door to a whole other level of screaming in music afterward. The 60s was a time of chaos and outright rebellion, defiance against the status quo. Music was the primary mechanism for protest back then.
Oliver Stones "The Doors" was amazing. Val Kilmer recorded 15 "Doors" to audition for the part of Jim. When the band members heard it, they claimed they could not distinguish Val's voice from Jim's. Truly astounding considering Jim had the most beautiful baritone voice in rock history.
They were so far ahead of their time and inspired so many bands. My all time favorite band The Cult was heavily influenced by them, Ian Astbury even sang with the Doors for a time.
If you look on RU-vid , you can watch their Live At The Hollywood show back from 1968. I've seen so many shows there. For instance : Santana - Clapton - Phill Collins and many others .
Yeah that twist Lex lol That belongs to a very light slice of rock n roll of the 50's into the early 60's ... I know it must be confusing looking back at trying to discern meaning and what belongs where and why ... The Doors of the late 60's belonged to a scene a light year away from sharply pleated skirts, kinked wrists, twists and bobs ... They advocated a deep, dark poetic side of the American dream, a fringe sound at the time which when looked at from a 2022 prism might seem like twist and shout rubbed shoulders with Light my Fire, but that would be incorrect ....
Check out "Alabama song(whiskey bar)" please it's different from what you've heard so far from the, but a really cool song. Jim was big in the teen magazines when they got big, because his long hair & leather pants. Then the big incident in Miami on stage where he was charged with indecent exposure. They were big back then. Oliver Stone revived them in the early 90's withe his movie The Doors starring Val Kilmer.
You guys are right there weren't a lot of power vocalists at that time where singers employed that throaty/ screaming motif. Lennon did it somewhat with the Beatles but Morrisson was definitely when you add everything up from his voice to his lyrics one of a kind.
The line "She gets high" was originally cut in the version most of us grew up with. It went "she gets...she gets...she gets....yeah" This is the 40th anniversary version, which I'm glad they fixed!
Brad and Lex, totally agree with what you said. I was in college when I first heard The Doors. One of the guys on my dorm floor was playing the Doors and it was totally new to me and pretty much to everyone else. He and I are still friends to this day. And Lex, I always enjoy how the music effects you. You guys make a great team! Thanks for the reaction!
this is my favourite doors song- you have to play this one loud. From William Blake - find truth by cleaning the Doors of perception. taken up by Aldous Huxley and then JM.
It turns out you were right. My bad. Doug Lubahn (R. I. P.) did play on lps 2 thru 4. I read this stuff years ago and it was only partly true. I don't want to mislead people and it was embarrassing, too. So i deleted it. I guess you really can't believe everything that you read. Although the site i got this from did say it was a secret for a long time. Thanks for the correction. I feel bad now. Peace. Mr. Ken
@@kendalton2115 no worries. It's actually a common misconception that keeps getting new light with reactors. I only knew because some of my all time favorite bass lines are from the doors, and didn't believe it years ago. Lol.
This version and some of the other Doors songs you've reacted to are not the versions that were released, these are part of the remastered versions and seem to be the most common ones now 'out there' that reactors use. Not that they are much different, but they have a lot more vocal 'yelps' and extras by Jim Morrison. For example, in this song, he sings "She gets high" but on the original (since it was released for public airplay) he sings "She gets..." and leaves the listener to use their imagination. Likewise, on the song 'The End' after the gallery sequence and musical crescendo, it sounds like he's saying "F...k" but on the officially released version he just goes into a long "Yeah...whoah yeah". So I guess here, you are getting more of the real Jim. They couldn't release songs that had 'high' and 'f...k' in them back in the day! Great song, great start to one of the greatest debut albums in rock history.
