Peter Hammill, "I Dared Not Speak" from his opera The Fall of the House of Usher. The most dramatic point in the whole opera:
Days ago I heard her first feeble movementsin the hollow coffin -said I not that my senses were acute?I heard the scraping, the scraping of her nails -but I dared not, I dared not speak!Madman! Madman!I tell you that she now comes towards the door!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSxOxmtrm7g
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Monday, 4 June 2018 10:41 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1qG-KZcBPc
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 4 June 2018 10:50 (six years ago) link
Vince Staples "Screen Door"
― Cow_Art, Monday, 4 June 2018 11:01 (six years ago) link
Legitimately stupefied to find that no one has mentioned ABBA's 'The Visitors' yet.
― On the Wingers of Love: The Kip & Debra Story (Old Lunch), Monday, 4 June 2018 11:48 (six years ago) link
Hop Along - The Knock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuWdggpr3Os
the WITNESS just wants to TALK TO YOUUUUU
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Monday, 4 June 2018 12:53 (six years ago) link
Is the visitors about old friends coming over od occult forces? I always thought the visitors were demons or something tbh
― synonym toast crunch (Ross), Monday, 4 June 2018 12:56 (six years ago) link
You're kidding me, right?
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 4 June 2018 12:58 (six years ago) link
No I’m not, I legitimately had no idea what the song was about until I just looked up the meaning. I thought the beauty of music was interpretation tbh.
― synonym toast crunch (Ross), Monday, 4 June 2018 13:01 (six years ago) link
It's quite blatantly about people that are in hiding because they've spoken out against their government and they're being "visited" by officials that want to silence them.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 4 June 2018 13:02 (six years ago) link
'The Day Before You Came' is more vague, and possibly more menacing as a result, but that's another thread.
Well now I know that but man, did you know that the first time you heard it? I only heard the record for the first time a month ago. Not sure where you get the manual for the holy objectivity of music but let me know.
― synonym toast crunch (Ross), Monday, 4 June 2018 13:03 (six years ago) link
See, I've heard the song as an agoraphobe's perspective of friends stopping by to check in on them, but Turrican has spoken.
― On the Wingers of Love: The Kip & Debra Story (Old Lunch), Monday, 4 June 2018 13:04 (six years ago) link
Getting flashbacks to when sanpaku corrected my interpretation of these days by ane Brun, a song I’ve always taken to be about distant lovers. Apparently it’s ahour depression and my reading was wrong.
― synonym toast crunch (Ross), Monday, 4 June 2018 13:05 (six years ago) link
Yeah old lunch I definitely can hear that. Shades of Kate Bush all the love thematically
― synonym toast crunch (Ross), Monday, 4 June 2018 13:06 (six years ago) link
huh― My name is the Pope and in the 90s I smoked a lot of dope (dog latin), Monday, 4 June 2018 10:36 (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That's the joke, otherwise it's just a song about someone knocking at the door, which isn't very absurd.
― Poisoned by Johan's pea soup. (Tom D.), Monday, 4 June 2018 13:07 (six years ago) link
Turrican otm on The Visitors btw.
― Poisoned by Johan's pea soup. (Tom D.), Monday, 4 June 2018 13:09 (six years ago) link
tom petty - don't come around here no more
― William Thinkpiece Hackery (NickB), Monday, 4 June 2018 13:10 (six years ago) link
cosmic psychos - can't come in
― William Thinkpiece Hackery (NickB), Monday, 4 June 2018 13:12 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVm7NNo82JA
^ truly the best chorus ever EVER
― William Thinkpiece Hackery (NickB), Monday, 4 June 2018 13:13 (six years ago) link
lol I posted that one on the FB thread
git facked
― Colonel Poo, Monday, 4 June 2018 13:17 (six years ago) link
sheer poetry
― William Thinkpiece Hackery (NickB), Monday, 4 June 2018 13:21 (six years ago) link
that cosmic psychos song is sadly not on Spotify
I've decided The Visitors and Knockin On Heaven's Door are allowed in this as quasi outliers to the genre
― My name is the Pope and in the 90s I smoked a lot of dope (dog latin), Monday, 4 June 2018 13:37 (six years ago) link
How is 'The Visitors' a quasi outlier? The titular visitors are literally ringing the bell and trying the knob. I don't know how it's possible to be more 'at the door'.
― On the Wingers of Love: The Kip & Debra Story (Old Lunch), Monday, 4 June 2018 13:42 (six years ago) link
Terri Gibbs, "Somebody's Knockin'"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSplf_0JJiQ
― emotional support vegetable (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 4 June 2018 13:49 (six years ago) link
And this thread cannot be complete without DuJour's immortal "Back Door Lover"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXSO6I5YHyY
― emotional support vegetable (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 4 June 2018 13:53 (six years ago) link
C.J. & Co., "Beware the Stranger"
― andrew m., Monday, 4 June 2018 13:54 (six years ago) link
Has no one mentioned the Allmans' "One Way Out" yet?
― emotional support vegetable (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 4 June 2018 13:56 (six years ago) link
How is 'The Visitors' a quasi outlier? The titular visitors are literally ringing the bell and trying the knob. I don't know how it's possible to be more 'at the door'.― On the Wingers of Love: The Kip & Debra Story (Old Lunch), Monday, June 4, 2018 1:42 PM (eighteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― On the Wingers of Love: The Kip & Debra Story (Old Lunch), Monday, June 4, 2018 1:42 PM (eighteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I was just about to say this, but I think dog latin needs a break from me nit-picking at his posts. I know I do!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 4 June 2018 14:02 (six years ago) link
It’s All Over Now Baby Blue:The vagabond who's rapping at your doorIs standing in the clothes that you once wore
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Monday, 4 June 2018 14:09 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9PNoJuP-mk
― MaresNest, Monday, 4 June 2018 14:22 (six years ago) link
xxp it's only cos people were calling Visitors into question. I agree, while the song's about a bit more than just being at the door, it describes enough door-based action to warrant it appearing in the canon of 'being at the door' songs
― My name is the Pope and in the 90s I smoked a lot of dope (dog latin), Monday, 4 June 2018 14:23 (six years ago) link
Van der Graaf, "Door"
They're a blind man crouching by the pavement,only seeing with his third eye,and clutching at the astral shadowof the door of a roomcalled 'I'
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Monday, 4 June 2018 14:24 (six years ago) link
there are now 34 songs in the Spotify playlist, not including things that I couldn't find on there, this is sterling work lads
― My name is the Pope and in the 90s I smoked a lot of dope (dog latin), Monday, 4 June 2018 14:25 (six years ago) link
Werewolves of London: you hear them howling around your kitchen door; better not let them in.
― emotional support vegetable (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 4 June 2018 14:25 (six years ago) link
The Congos - Can't Come In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwoZcX92Lnk
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Monday, 4 June 2018 14:26 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqdWv_Ij2J8
― sleeve, Monday, 4 June 2018 14:26 (six years ago) link
good shout on the congos - can't believe i forgot that one
― My name is the Pope and in the 90s I smoked a lot of dope (dog latin), Monday, 4 June 2018 14:28 (six years ago) link
The Cramps - Green Door
― sleeve, Monday, 4 June 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
TS - Cramps vs Shakin' Stevens
― Colonel Poo, Monday, 4 June 2018 14:33 (six years ago) link
Turrican, my apologies earlier. I actually enjoy your reading more tbh
― synonym toast crunch (Ross), Monday, 4 June 2018 15:41 (six years ago) link
Hiding in plain sight: Tubeway Army, “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?”
― breastcrawl, Monday, 4 June 2018 17:11 (six years ago) link
Does "Tossin' and Turnin'" (Bobby Lewis) count -- "I heard the milkman at the door..."? If so, that.
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Monday, 4 June 2018 17:13 (six years ago) link
the Stones - Midnight Rambler
― that's not my post, Monday, 4 June 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link
Them - Gloria. She knocks on the door.
― that's not my post, Monday, 4 June 2018 17:16 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtXoHC9210s
― MaresNest, Monday, 4 June 2018 17:42 (six years ago) link
Yochanan - Hot Skillet Momma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OplL0qdkzGk
― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Monday, 4 June 2018 17:46 (six years ago) link
Kate Bush - Get Out Of My House
― jmm, Monday, 4 June 2018 17:59 (six years ago) link
John Lee Hooker - Let’s Go Out Tonight
― William Thinkpiece Hackery (NickB), Monday, 4 June 2018 18:03 (six years ago) link
Hear the screen door slam, Mary's dress waves...
― emotional support vegetable (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 4 June 2018 18:04 (six years ago) link
Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knocking
― visiting, Monday, 4 June 2018 18:06 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqwvJoO2ZYE
― mick signals, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 00:21 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyuF-eUdiSE
― mick signals, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 00:25 (six years ago) link
John Martyn - Dealer
Let me in let me in let me in
― JoeStork, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 03:38 (six years ago) link
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican)
saying "the day before you came" is "sinister" is one step away from saying "in the air tonight" was about that time phil collins saw somebody get murdered
anyway. barnacle bill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hegAcCMnEnw
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 03:51 (six years ago) link
The Ghouls - Dracula's Theme
― meisenfek, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 10:53 (six years ago) link
fwiw quite keen to not include metaphorical doors or vague references to doors or door-like entranceways here peeps. the song has to be about somebody being at the door
― My name is the Pope and in the 90s I smoked a lot of dope (dog latin), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 11:00 (six years ago) link
Death, "Keep On Knocking"
― mick signals, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 12:52 (six years ago) link
Dubstar, "Not So Manic Now"
― mick signals, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 12:53 (six years ago) link
Aeon, "Doorknocker"
― mick signals, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 13:01 (six years ago) link
Phil Collins “In the Air Tonight”
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 13:51 (six years ago) link
?
― My name is the Pope and in the 90s I smoked a lot of dope (dog latin), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 13:55 (six years ago) link
Chris Stamey, "The Summer Sun"
The Ex and Tom Cora, "A Door"
― mick signals, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 15:25 (six years ago) link
The Replacements - "Kick Your Door Down"
― even in your onion (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 15:40 (six years ago) link
did anyone say The Walk by The Cure yet?
I called you after midnightThen ran until I burstI passed the howling womanAnd stood outside your door
― William Thinkpiece Hackery (NickB), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 15:50 (six years ago) link
Bob Marley - Waiting In Vain <-- i could be wrong but this has a bit about knocking on a door for three years i think?
― William Thinkpiece Hackery (NickB), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
Van Morrison - Dweller At The Threshold
^ I wouldn't wish homelessness on anyone but I do like to think that this is literally about Van living on someone's doorstep
― William Thinkpiece Hackery (NickB), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 16:14 (six years ago) link
B52s - Love Shack
― Neil S, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 16:15 (six years ago) link
Hank Williams - Never Again (Will I Knock on Your Door)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jts27gZfKQo
tbh this is kind of an anti-example, being about NOT being at the door
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 16:31 (six years ago) link
Carole King "So Far Away"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UofYl3dataU
So far awayDoesn't anybody stay in one place anymoreIt would be so fine to see your face at my door
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 16:33 (six years ago) link
and he came to a door...and he looked inside..."Father?" "Yes, son?" "I want to kill you"
― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:11 (six years ago) link
perhaps insufficient "someone" and "literal door" content, but I've had "The Claw" by Ten Benson in my head since I first read this thread title, so: claw's scratching at my door
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftbCvjlS_pg
(or skip halfway through for the main draw of the song, the weird-vacuuming-noise solo)
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link
This Mortal Coil - "Another Day"
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:23 (six years ago) link
http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/sites/default/files/collection-images/138-080-000.jpg
― mick signals, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:36 (six years ago) link
Have could we have come so far without mentioning Jimmy Nail's "Ain't No Doubt"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iF47M3YDlg
Jim even does a helpful mime to help us visual someone knocking at a door:
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/HeavyCandidCicada-max-1mb.gif
― Brainless Addlepated Timid Muddleheaded Awful No-Account (Pheeel), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 22:03 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kecN9z91Rpc
― calzino, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 22:04 (six years ago) link
Early this morningWhen you knocked upon my doorAnd I said "Hello SatanI believe it's time to go"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYsnRc09csQ
― Ex Slacker, Thursday, 7 June 2018 01:39 (six years ago) link
I was trying to think if Madness had ever done one. 'Embarrassment' ('Stay away from our door') is the only one I can think of.
― My name is the Pope and in the 90s I smoked a lot of dope (dog latin), Thursday, 7 June 2018 08:12 (six years ago) link
I linked to Uncle Sam a little ways upthread.
'here they come again, hop scotching up to my door'
― MaresNest, Thursday, 7 June 2018 09:34 (six years ago) link
Deep Purple - Knockin' At Your Back DoorZep - Nobody's Fault But Mine ("Somebody open that DINGDONGDINGDONG)
― Cannonley Adderall (InternationalWaters), Thursday, 7 June 2018 12:57 (six years ago) link
Now, who is that knocking?Who's knocking at my chamber door?Now could it be the police?They come and take me for a ride-rideOh, but I haven't got the time-timeHey, hey, hey, she's busy sucking on my ding-dong
― nicky lo-fi, Thursday, 7 June 2018 14:00 (six years ago) link
Three little birdsPitch by my doorstep
― dinnerboat, Thursday, 7 June 2018 15:28 (six years ago) link