One of the sonic booms that burst from the better angels of our nature.

This song's sense of enthusiasm and discovery is infectious. You can almost hear the lines of the song as directed not to a love interest but to Morrison himself, somebody who had dabbled with writing, art, film, and music before forming the Doors, but somebody who probably realized that this was his best chance of going from coolest dude on the beach in L.A. to legitimate rock star.

"The time to hesitate is through."

What a weird band. A sound unto themselves. How must this unwieldy beast of a song have sounded next to everything else on the pop radio of the time? What a pluralistic experience.