Strange Days

The lyrics are about how normal places can still be strange and uneasy. Jim Morrison's vocals were heavily processed to enhance the feel.

This song was one of the earliest uses of the Moog synthesizer, which The Doors used to put the effect on Morrison's vocal. It was programmed by Paul Beaver, who worked for the Moog company and was dispatched to demonstrate it to musicians on the West Coast.

In the book The Doors: Unhinged, John Densmore gives some insight into the meaning of "Strange Days." As Densmore reports, Jim Morrison was "saying that our old way of making music was being destroyed and we should find a new town. He was trying to get back, to renew that elusive quality that was with us in the rock 'n roll garage many years before."