{"id":7412,"date":"2022-03-29T08:44:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T06:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democraticgourmet.com\/?p=7412"},"modified":"2022-03-29T10:09:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T08:09:20","slug":"the-doors-5-strange-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democraticgourmet.com\/it\/the-doors-5-strange-days\/","title":{"rendered":"The Doors 5: Strange Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the Doors were promoting their first homonymous album, they were also recording\u00a0in Sunset Studios, Hollywood LA (the same studio as their first LP) their second one, Strange Days<\/strong>. In this album the Doors were experimenting with a new Moog synthesizer. These experiments have been described as one of the first uses of the synth in rock music history. The Moog synthie (played by Morrison himself and not by Manzarek) was not the only strange instrument of the Strange days LP, as Marimba, a Mexican percussion instrument was also being used. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It must be noted that during this period (we are in the summer of 1967) the Doors gave a memorable performance of “Light My Fire”<\/strong> on the Ed Sullivan show, where network executives asked them that the word “higher”<\/em> be removed due to a possible reference to drug use.\u00a0Although the group appeared to acquiesce, they finally performed the song in its original form, because either they had never intended to comply with the request or Jim Morrison was nervous and forgot to make the change. Either way, “higher”<\/em> was sung out on national television and the show’s host cancelled later another six shows that had been planned. Strange Days<\/strong> was the first Doors album recorded with a studio musician, playing bass on the majority of the record, and this continued on all subsequent studio albums. Manzarek explained that his keyboard bass was well-suited for live situations but that it lacked the “articulation”<\/em> needed for studio recording.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strange Days<\/strong> contained initially 10 tracks, nine of common length and one of “TheEndy”<\/em> size, the later classic “\u0385When the music\u00b4 s over”<\/strong>. The commercial success of\u00a0Strange Days was middling, peaking at number three on the\u00a0Billboard album chart, but quickly dropping, along with a series of underperforming singles. Let\u00b4\u00b4 s have a look at the most important of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first track of the album is “Strange Days”.<\/strong> The song’s lyrics were inspired by a visit of the Doors in New York (“and through their strange hours<\/em>“). The track is known for its distinctive usage of the Moog synthesizer. The synth was provided by Jim Morrison to filter his vocals by playing notes, and it was hooked up with the help of the famous American musician Paul Biever. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two music videos were made for the song. The first featured footage of the band backstage and onstage, as well as Jim Morrison driving his car into a hole in sand and jumping on the hood in frustration. The second features the same circus performers on the Strange Days cover photo, who would explore New York City. All of this new footage was mixed with footage of the old video, and re-released as a re-mixed video. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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