Strange Days es un álbum de The Doors, publicado en 1967 por Elektra. El disco incluye 10 canciones, entre ellas «Strange Days», «You're Lost Little Girl», «Love Me Two Times» y «Unhappy Girl».
Sobre el álbum
Publicado apenas nueve meses después de su debut, el álbum Strange Days profundiza en la atmósfera psicodélica y teatral de la banda, creando una obra aún más oscura y cohesionada. Muchas de las canciones de este disco ya habían sido compuestas antes de su primer álbum, lo que le confiere una madurez y una complejidad notables.
El álbum utiliza tecnologías de estudio más avanzadas para la época, como el sintetizador Moog, para expandir su paisaje sonoro de maneras innovadoras.
La canción que da título al disco, "Strange Days", nos sumerge en un mundo de alienación con la voz ominosa de Jim Morrison. Éxitos como "Love Me Two Times" ofrecen un rock con tintes de blues más directo, mientras que "People Are Strange" se convirtió en un himno para los marginados, con su melodía de cabaret y su letra melancólica.
La pieza central del álbum es "When the Music's Over", un épico de once minutos que rivaliza con "The End". Este tema es una súplica apasionada por el despertar de la conciencia y una crítica a la destrucción del planeta. "Strange Days" es la confirmación de The Doors como una de las bandas más innovadoras y poéticas de su tiempo, un viaje alucinante a través de los rincones más oscuros de la psique.
Listado de Canciones
- Strange Days3:05
Letra
Strange days have found us Strange days have tracked us down They're going to destroy Our casual joys We shall go on playing or find a new town Yeah! Strange eyes fill strange rooms Voices will signal their tired end The hostess is grinning Her guests sleep from sinning Hear me talk of sin and you know this is it Yeah! Strange days have found us And through their strange hours, we linger alone Bodies confused Memories misused As we run from the day to a strange night of stone - You're Lost Little Girl3:01
- Love Me Two Times3:23
Love me two times, babe Love me twice today Love me two times, girl I'm goin' away Love me two times, girl One for tomorrow One just for today Love me two times I'm goin' away Love me one time I could not speak Love me one time Yeah, my knees got weak Love me two times, girl Last me, all through the week Love me two times I'm goin' away Love me two times I'm goin' away Ah, yeah Love me one time I could not speak Love me one time, babe Yeah, my knees got weak Love me two times, girl Last me all through the week Love me two times I'm goin' away Love me two times, babe Love me twice today Love me two times, babe Cause I'm goin' away Love me two times, girl One for tomorrow One just for today Love me two times I'm goin' away Love me two times I'm goin' away Love me two times I'm goin' away - Unhappy Girl2:00
Letra
Unhappy girl Left all alone Playing solitaire Playing warden to your soul You are locked in a prison Of your own devise And you can't believe What it does to me To see you Crying Unhappy girl Tear your web away Saw thru all your bars Melt your cell today You are caught in a prison Of your own devise Unhappy girl Fly fast away Don't miss your chance To swim in mystery You are dying in a prison Of your own devise - Horse Latitudes1:30
Letra
When the still sea conspires an armor And her sullen and aborted Currents breed tiny monsters True sailing is dead Awkward instant And the first animal is jettisoned Legs furiously pumping Their stiff green gallop And heads bob up Poise Delicate Pause Consent In mute nostril agony Carefully refined And sealed over - Moonlight Drive3:00
Letra
Let's swim to the moon Let's climb through the tide Penetrate the evening that the City sleeps to hide Let's swim out tonight, love It's our time to try Park besides the ocean On our moonlight drive Let's swim to the moon Let's climb through the tide Surrender to the waking world That laps against our side Nothing left open And no time to decide We'll stop into a river On our moonlight drive Let's swim to the moon Let's climb through the tide You'll reach your hand to hold me But I can't be your guide Easy, I love you As I watch you glide We're falling through wet forests On our moonlight drive Moonlight drive Come on baby, gonna take a little ride Down, down by the ocean side Get real close, get real tight Baby, gonna drown tonigh Goin' down, down, down - People Are Strange2:10
People are strange, when you're a stranger Faces look ugly when you're alone Women seem wicked, when you're unwanted Streets are uneven, when you're down When you're strange Faces come out of the rain When you're strange No one remembers your name When you're strange When you're strange When you're strange People are strange, when you're a stranger Faces look ugly when you're alone Women seem wicked, when you're unwanted Streets are uneven, when you're down When you're strange Faces come out of the rain When you're strange No one remembers your name When you're strange When you're strange When you're strange When you're strange Faces come out of the rain When you're strange No one remembers your name When you're strange When you're strange When you're strange - My Eyes Have Seen You2:22
Letra
My eyes have seen you My eyes have seen you My eyes have seen you Stand in your door When we meet inside Show me some more Show me some more Show me some more My eyes have seen you My eyes have seen you My eyes have seen you Turn and stare Fix your hair Move upstairs Move upstairs Move upstairs My eyes have seen you My eyes have seen you My eyes have seen you Free from disguise Gazing on a city under Television skies Television skies Television skies My eyes have seen you My eyes have seen you Eyes have seen you Let them photograph your soul Memorize your alleys On an endless roll Endless roll Endless roll Endless roll Endless roll - I Can't See Your Face In My Mind3:18
- When The Music's Over11:00
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