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The Doors — Five To One
Album: Waiting For The Sun
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Released: 1968
Length: 4:18
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''Come on
Love my girl
She lookin' good
Feel it, come on
One more''

Five to one, baby
One in five
No one here gets out alive, now
You get yours, baby
I'll get mine
Gonna make it baby if we try

The old get old
And the young get stronger
May take a week and it may take longer
They got the guns but we got the numbers
Gonna win, yeah, we're takin' over
Come on!

Your ballroom days are over, baby
Night is drawin' near
Shadows of the evenin'
Crawl across the years
You walk across the floor
With a flower in your hand
Tryin' to tell me no one understands
Trade in your hours for a handful of dimes
Gonna make it, baby, in our prime

Get together one more time
Get together one more time
Get together one more time
Get together one more time

Get together one more time
Get together one more time
Get together one more time
Get together one more time

Get together one more time
Get together one more time
Get together one more time
Get together one more time

Ahhh!

''Hey, come on, honey
You go along home and wait for me, baby
I'll be there in just a little while
You see, I gotta go out in this car
With these people and get...''

Get together one more time
Get together one more time
Get together, got to
Get together, got to
Get together, got to
Take you up in the mountains and... ha ha ha ha ha

''Love my girl
She lookin' good, lookin' real good
Love ya, come on''
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I was thinking awhile back that I had never heard a Doors song on RP. Well after listening for many years hear it is. Not their best but likeable.
Posted 6 days ago by Philipirata    [ Reply ]
Before Robert Plant there was Jimbo. He was the first rock screamer.
Posted 6 days ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
 tnt_thomas wrote:
Consistently GAWD - AWFUL. Lower than a 1. {#Frustrated}   {#Puke}


At least it doesn't have that CRINGE inducing organ.
Posted 1 month ago by MayBaby    [ Reply ]
 rockpommel16 wrote:
....smiley..smiley...smiley...smiley....



I Agree!!  I love that fuzz-bass.  
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
At 18 years old my parents asked me why I wasn't looking for a job.  I responded loftily that I was unwilling to "trade my hours for a handful of dimes".  I think that was the first time I ever heard my father swear.  
Posted 2 years ago by garyalex    [ Reply ]
Great tune for the coming revolution....I say Long Live RP and short live the corporate run "democracy" in America!!
Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 ofanansky wrote:
I used to love the Doors and then, somehow I don't anymore...
 
I never loved them, thought they were important enough to listen to a little but probably never sat thru an entire album. I like them a little more these days. It's clear (to me) that the White Stripes owe a lot to the Doors, this album especially. I think.
Posted 12 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
Hmm, Amy Winehouse, Jim Morrison, who's next? Curt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix oder Janis Joplin? Could be the 27 Club playlist ;-)
Posted 12 years ago by snegel    [ Reply ]
....smiley..smiley...smiley...smiley....
Posted 12 years ago by rockpommel16    [ Reply ]
 ofanansky wrote:
I used to love the Doors and then, somehow I don't anymore...

Same thing. I'm pretty sure it was just a high school phase.


Posted 12 years ago by chelsiaann    [ Reply ]
 Hasan wrote:
ofanansky wrote:
I used to love the Doors and then, somehow I don't anymore...
  
I know what you mean. Maybe its time to make an appointment with the urologist.

Now that's funny!
Posted 12 years ago by gillespp    [ Reply ]
 Jamunca wrote:

One of the most vicious attack songs in the history of rap, all thanks to The Doors.

 
Pretty sure Jay-Z could have pulled it off if "Five to One" had never been recorded. 

Not the best Doors song by a long shot. It sounds dated tonight, but the album is almost 45 years old. The Doors have been (somewhat) relevant a lot longer than most of their contemporaries and I doubt that Jay-Z's "The Takeover" will last anywhere near as long as most of the stuff Jim and the boys put out. 

No one sounds new and dangerous forever. Not even Beethoven. 

 
Posted 12 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 keller1 wrote:
Of the Doors' six albums this one may be the weakest but this tune and Unknown Soldier are worthwhile.
 
Interesting. I would say that this is their finest. Soft Parade is difficult to listen to. The driving bass penetrates my soul on this one.
Posted 12 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
I shot at "The Greatest Generation" 
Since the early 90's when Jim's fantasy became reality-  We screwed everything up more then they ever did.
Posted 12 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
 ofanansky wrote:
I used to love the Doors and then, somehow I don't anymore...
 
I know what you mean. Maybe its time to make an appointment with the urologist.
Posted 12 years ago by Hasan    [ Reply ]
Thanks for playing the Doors. What a great and original band.
Posted 12 years ago by rotten    [ Reply ]
Just godlike,a 10 from amsterdam.
Posted 12 years ago by chris_the_man    [ Reply ]
I tried, I really did, back in my Devotion to Hippiedom Days.  But I never ever liked the Doors.  They strike me as raspy and whiney - amplified kvetching.  It sounds like they are singing the same note over and over again.  A misery to hear.
Posted 12 years ago by drcrnp    [ Reply ]
Hmmm....never been a Doors fan but I'm likin' this one. {#Think}
Posted 12 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
I used to love the Doors and then, somehow I don't anymore...
Posted 12 years ago by ofanansky    [ Reply ]
 boober wrote:
This guy sounds like the lead singer of VAST(frog).
 
I'd amend that statement.  The lead singer of VAST (Jon Crosby) sounds like Jim Morrison.  There's about a 40 year stretch in age there.

Posted 13 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]

Dude must have been able to transport everybody in the audience, including (my opinion) his own bandmates.  Never got a chance to see the Doors, in any incarnation.  My bad.


Posted 13 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Some of the comments below are absolutely hilarious! You can really see the splits between the generations
Posted 13 years ago by kaviksdad    [ Reply ]
Wow...takes me back to my college days.....one more time.
Posted 13 years ago by Larry_Rosenow    [ Reply ]
 yodasan_magoo wrote:
If you are going to play The Doors, why not play the good stuff?  Especially since there is much to choose from.
 
This IS the good stuff, Mr. Magoo!
Posted 13 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Jimbo always maintained that too.

 daveesh wrote:
robbie kreiger is underrated in my humble opinion
 


Posted 13 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
 tnt_thomas wrote:
Consistently GAWD - AWFUL. Lower than a 1. {#Frustrated}      {#Puke}
 
In that case, Céline Dion awaits you....

Posted 13 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
nice segue
Posted 13 years ago by Jeff09    [ Reply ]
 yodasan_magoo wrote:
If you are going to play The Doors, why not play the good stuff?  Especially since there is much to choose from.
 

There's really not that much - they only recorded about 65 tunes, many of which are either terribly dated (like this one) or painfully over-played.
Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 boober wrote:
This guy sounds like the lead singer of VAST(frog).
 

This comment makes me want to laugh and cry at the same time ...
Posted 13 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
 boober wrote:
This guy sounds like the lead singer of VAST(frog).
 

{#Whisper}Purty sure it is the other way around.
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]

One of the most vicious attack songs in the history of rap, all thanks to The Doors.

Posted 14 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
one of my personal favourite songs of the band! it's also brilliantly used by Jay-Z btw....
Posted 14 years ago by frank_eindhoven    [ Reply ]
NOW I remember why my Mom didn't want me listening to the Doors!  Sorry, Mom, you just didn't understand!
Posted 14 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
 gandalfbmg wrote:
Maybe it's just because I'm really not that big a Doors fan, but I really wish this had been Oasis...
 
You're not alone, which says a lot for the Oasis song for me, because I'm not an Oasis fan.
Posted 14 years ago by haljordan    [ Reply ]
Maybe it's just because I'm really not that big a Doors fan, but I really wish this had been Oasis...
Posted 14 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
 listen_n_sf wrote:
As my parents used to say, "This is singing?"
 

Have you turned into your parents?
Posted 14 years ago by Bosami    [ Reply ]
 listen_n_sf wrote:
As my parents used to say, "This is singing?"
 

COME ON!!!!
Posted 14 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
This guy sounds like the lead singer of VAST(frog).
Posted 14 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
As my parents used to say, "This is singing?"
Posted 14 years ago by listen_n_sf    [ Reply ]
 yodasan_magoo wrote:
If you are going to play The Doors, why not play the good stuff?  Especially since there is much to choose from.
 

I think that is what is happening here, sit back, relax and enjoy!{#Cheers} Love this one!
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Ooooh...one of my favourite Doors' tracks!
Posted 14 years ago by rssarma    [ Reply ]
If you are going to play The Doors, why not play the good stuff?  Especially since there is much to choose from.
Posted 14 years ago by yodasan_magoo    [ Reply ]
 tnt_thomas wrote:
Consistently GAWD - AWFUL. Lower than a 1. {#Frustrated}      {#Puke}
'Sactly. 


Posted 14 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
"Tradin' your hours for a handful of dimes." It doesn't get anymore succint than that.
Posted 14 years ago by rp1125    [ Reply ]
 markoirl wrote:

This is a blatant rip-off of "Waiting For The Rapture" by Oasis  {#Wink}



 

the innocence of youth
Posted 15 years ago by philinnz    [ Reply ]
OK, now play Jay-Z's "The Blueprint" which heavily samples this song (and makes the riff actually interesting).

Posted 15 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
Consistently GAWD - AWFUL. Lower than a 1. {#Frustrated}      {#Puke}
Posted 15 years ago by tnt_thomas    [ Reply ]
For me, nothing much more to be said about them after "Strange Days."  Nonetheless, a groundbreaking band.
Posted 15 years ago by PeteyGreens    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:
This track never did anything for me......
 
It's new to me, but I reckon it ain't too good.

Posted 15 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
 keller1 wrote:
Of the Doors' six albums this one may be the weakest but this tune and Unknown Soldier are worthwhile.
 
It's funny, I was only half listening, and thought 'this sounds like somebody trying to sound like The Doors'. Not bad, but nothing to write home about either.

Posted 15 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
 keller1 wrote:
Of the Doors' six albums this one may be the weakest but this tune and Unknown Soldier are worthwhile.
 
I reckon it's better than The Soft Parade.

Posted 15 years ago by ZedLeppelin    [ Reply ]
Of the Doors' six albums this one may be the weakest but this tune and Unknown Soldier are worthwhile.
Posted 15 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
robbie kreiger is underrated in my humble opinion
Posted 15 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
 markoirl wrote:

This is a blatant rip-off of "Waiting For The Rapture" by Oasis  {#Wink}



 

{#Lol} Comedy Gold!
Posted 15 years ago by lovemydog    [ Reply ]

Uh huh !  Works the same for me as when it was new.  What am awesome album released during a most magical summer.

Also from this album, The Unknown Soldier, one of the most controversial songs ever written.


Posted 15 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]

This is a blatant rip-off of "Waiting For The Rapture" by Oasis  {#Wink}



Posted 15 years ago by markoirl    [ Reply ]
This track never did anything for me......
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
First time I ever heard that one. Thanks Bill! {#Cheers}
Posted 15 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
hobbitt wrote:
I remember listening to this on headphones, back in the day (insert old-bones-creak here). Straight. Maybe why I never got the must-be-there deep meaning? {#Lol}

lol don't think drugs clarified any of  the doors lyrics but damn they were a good band

Posted 15 years ago by stkman    [ Reply ]
I remember listening to this on headphones, back in the day (insert old-bones-creak here).  Straight.  Maybe why I never got the must-be-there deep meaning? {#Lol}
Posted 16 years ago by hobbitt    [ Reply ]
first
Posted 16 years ago by bitbanger    [ Reply ]