The Doors - Break On Through (To the Other Side)
"Jim Morrison & the Doors on the road" (1)
Released in January 1967 as the first official single. The lyrics come from the notebooks that Morrison filled during the Venice period of 1965. The song took shape during the early rehearsals with the idea of this catchy "bossa nova" groove by Densmore. The lyrics had to be modified because when Jim screamed "she gets high," Electra thought any reference to drugs could be harmful to sales. Perhaps it was the only time Morrison bowed to such a request; but we think that just a year prior they were making only a few dollars a day in the dirtiest of clubs.
A wonderful piece, for the beginning of the story and/or legend.