VOL № E102 — June 2021
The Doors
The Doors
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Attempt to listen to these songs with ears unburdened by the clichés of would-be Topanga shamans you may have encountered. Even if your adolescence was spent locked inside a bedroom with the Morrison-as-Young-Lion poster taped to the wall, you can still hear new things upon close inspection: the little bossanova break inspired by Stan Getz and João Gilberto that percolates between the verses on “Break On Through”; Densmore’s jazzy octopus drums as the track detonates into the chorus; the serrated razor blades embedded in Morrison’s larynx when he lights into that growl (imagine a 22-year-old able to sing like that today); the breakdown at the end, built for delirious freeway sprints in the dead hours of the a.m. To hear it in 1967 must’ve offered a sense of possibility, the pristine ...
LP 1 / Side A
| 1 \Break On Through (Ke Sisi Lain)\ \\ |
| 2 \Dapur Jiwa\ \\ |
| 3 \Kapal Kristal\ \\ |
| 4 \Dua Puluh Abad Fox\ \\ |
| 5 \Lagu Alabama (Bar Whisky)\ \\ |
| 6 \Nyalakan Apiku\ \\ |
LP 1 / Side B
| 1 Back Door Man |
| 2 I Looked At You |
| 3 End Of The Night |
| 4 Take It As It Comes |
| 5 The End |
