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The Doors — People Are Strange
Album: Strange Days
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Released: 1967
Length: 2:07
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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
All right, yeah

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
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 SmackDaddy wrote:

Echo & the Bunnymen do a decent cover of this.



Soundtrack of Lost Boys?  
Posted 10 months ago by Pjesnik    [ Reply ]
 Jad44Paradise wrote:

Great segue from Steven Wilson "Self" to "People Are Strange". If you haven't seen the video for "Self" I recommend it. (@BillG previously recommended it in his comments.) It's awesome.



Thanks for the tip. Really enjoyed that.
Posted 1 year ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
Such a great song
Posted 1 year ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
If Jim thought people were strange back then what would he say now?
Posted 2 years ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
EXCELLENT!!  Thanx RP!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
this is one of those bands that I used to love but now I can't stand. Maybe I've just heard too much of them. Strange how that happens.
Posted 2 years ago by everettwa    [ Reply ]
 SmackDaddy wrote:

Echo & the Bunnymen do a decent cover of this.



Ian McCullock was a huge Morrison fan. They often do Doors covers at their shows - every show I've seen they've done at least one, sometimes 2.
Posted 2 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Checkout the cover of this tune by "The Dead South" on YouTube. its very cool. especially the video very Funny!!!!
Posted 2 years ago by mikedgreene    [ Reply ]
Great segue from Steven Wilson "Self" to "People Are Strange". If you haven't seen the video for "Self" I recommend it. (@BillG previously recommended it in his comments.) It's awesome.
Posted 3 years ago by Jad44Paradise    [ Reply ]
 Quayde wrote:


Rare to love two versions of the same song so much as this one: both The Doors and Echo and the Bunnymen are 10s for me. I especially like the extra note in the latter's intro and the instrumental break.
 
You should find the Feelies cover of Paint it Black
Posted 3 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
Echo & the Bunnymen do a decent cover of this.
Posted 4 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
andrewpickford81 wrote:The single most overrated band in history
{#Snooty}  kurtster wrote:

{#Snooty}  that would be Coldplay ...
 
I think he may be referring to Oasis? 
Posted 4 years ago by LoudshirtsBand    [ Reply ]
also from lost boys
Posted 4 years ago by eye4u    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by uksminas    [ Reply ]
 kurtster wrote:
Love this, this is the Doors !

And love Echo and the Bunnymen's cover just as much !
 

Rare to love two versions of the same song so much as this one: both The Doors and Echo and the Bunnymen are 10s for me. I especially like the extra note in the latter's intro and the instrumental break.
Posted 5 years ago by Quayde    [ Reply ]
les Doors: intouchables!! Sacrées!! je mets un 10
Posted 5 years ago by Killyboy86    [ Reply ]
 greiffenstein wrote:
The only Doors song I've ever heard that's actually entertaining to listen to. Jim Morrison's half-drunk bad lounge-singer voice is perfect for the instrumentals and overall theme.  Sounds like something you'd hear in the Blue Room Lounge at the Holiday Inn outside of Fresno in the late 70's.  You can play this one again, Bill.  Keep the rest of the insipid, drolling Doors repertoire to yourself, thanks.  
 
@BillG - kindly disregard this request....thanks.  Long Live RP and the Lizard King!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 rhlrstn wrote:

Such a strange comment. Proving the Doors right, perhaps? People are strange...
 
Or it could be that Google translate is strange....
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 taklalaratar wrote:
people wants revenge when you become ghost. everyone knows ghosts has no pain. thats why you have to deserve to be ghost. not want to be a ghost. faces are not ugly for us.
 
Such a strange comment. Proving the Doors right, perhaps? People are strange...
Posted 5 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]
Another overplayed doors song
Posted 5 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
Growing up listening to the Doors makes me wonder why all the hatred for this band. 
Posted 5 years ago by Boxie    [ Reply ]
 LPCity wrote:
I don't hate the Doors but often times I'm just not in the mood to hear them and then they are annoying as hell.
 
(Can also apply to comments)
Posted 5 years ago by xray38    [ Reply ]
Such a compact, catchy, 'in and out' tune that just rips!
Posted 5 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
 taklalaratar wrote:
people wants revenge when you become ghost. everyone knows ghosts has no pain. thats why you have to deserve to be ghost. not want to be a ghost. faces are not ugly for us.
 
U a Ghost ?

Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
people wants revenge when you become ghost. everyone knows ghosts has no pain. thats why you have to deserve to be ghost. not want to be a ghost. faces are not ugly for us.
Posted 5 years ago by taklalaratar    [ Reply ]
It's true though, isn't it? (The title.) ...myself excepted, of course.
Posted 5 years ago by xray38    [ Reply ]
 andrewpickford81 wrote:
The single most overrated band in history
 
{#Snooty}  that would be Coldplay ...
Posted 5 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
 hippiechick wrote:
Anyone see the video of Weird Al doing Jim Morrison singing about Craigslist? Hi-larious!


 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4sALru9IJk

hippiechick...you are missed....at least by this Seattleite....and you're right....this IS HI-Larious!!

Long Live RP!

(I of course rate this Doors track a 10, as do I rate the song (When the Music's Over) Weird Al parodied)

Posted 6 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 greiffenstein wrote:

I totally agree.  Such a bad sound...and such a rabid following!  I'm always straining to hear something deep and meaningful when I hear a Doors song come on because I assume I've missed something and eventually I'll get it.  But no, nothing.  Songs are as vacuous as Jim Morrison's soul.  
 
You, of course, are sure that the vacuousness is a property of the observed, not the observer.
Posted 6 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
I don't hate the Doors but often times I'm just not in the mood to hear them and then they are annoying as hell.
Posted 6 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
 Skydog wrote:

yeah and the keyboards on Doors songs are annoying at best 

 
I totally agree.  Such a bad sound...and such a rabid following!  I'm always straining to hear something deep and meaningful when I hear a Doors song come on because I assume I've missed something and eventually I'll get it.  But no, nothing.  Songs are as vacuous as Jim Morrison's soul.  
Posted 6 years ago by greiffenstein    [ Reply ]
The only Doors song I've ever heard that's actually entertaining to listen to. Jim Morrison's half-drunk bad lounge-singer voice is perfect for the instrumentals and overall theme.  Sounds like something you'd hear in the Blue Room Lounge at the Holiday Inn outside of Fresno in the late 70's.  You can play this one again, Bill.  Keep the rest of the insipid, drolling Doors repertoire to yourself, thanks.  
Posted 6 years ago by greiffenstein    [ Reply ]
People that don't like The Doors are the STRANGE ones!  Just kidding (mostly) - to each their own! 
Posted 6 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
{#Sunny}
Posted 7 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
 CaffeineSam wrote:
People are strange, but in such an ordinary kind of way...

 
Indeed:
chips
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 fitmartin wrote:
One artistic twisted fuck

 
Well, Taylor Swift is pretty balanced, and it turned out pretty good, not :)
Posted 8 years ago by Sbed    [ Reply ]
One artistic twisted fuck
Posted 8 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
Those same strange people actually like this band. I'm baffled. Jim Morrison...an overrated lyricist and vocalist. Unique though...I'll give him that. No one in the world sounds like him.

 
yeah and the keyboards on Doors songs are annoying at best 
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Did he pull out his bird to see how it looked in the spotlight?

dolfan wrote:

Saw Weird Al last night and he nailed the Doors sound and look perfectly.  I've always liked the Doors, but Weird Al was solid with his parody of them.

 

Posted 9 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
People are strange, but in such an ordinary kind of way...
Posted 9 years ago by CaffeineSam    [ Reply ]
 24noir wrote:
Great... 
bravo Jim...
Interview with Jim Morrison's father and sister



 
That link no longer works...try this one: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz63-q8otYM 

 unclehud wrote:
He's right.  People ARE strange.

  
Every time I think I've met every type of person and human oddity there is, I meet another nutter with a completely different screw loose. We all have our foibles, but I do wish more people wouldn't be so keen to share theirs with the rest of us. 
Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano}  O U T S T A N D I N G
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
my fav
Posted 11 years ago by jjekyl    [ Reply ]
He's right.  People ARE strange.
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
First thing home from work: tuning in. And you're playing the doors. Perfect. Thanks!
Posted 11 years ago by Leandra    [ Reply ]
Outstanding love this song its timeless
Posted 11 years ago by uilekiek    [ Reply ]
Classic.
Posted 12 years ago by Whirlpool    [ Reply ]
Great... 
bravo Jim...
Interview with Jim Morrison's father and sister


Posted 12 years ago by 24noir    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite Doors songs- observations by Morrison after an all night acid party at Andy Warhol's
Posted 12 years ago by Oidos    [ Reply ]
This morning's music is just awsome!
Posted 13 years ago by gigikent    [ Reply ]
 calypsus_1 wrote:

Jim Morrison - 12Caras Series by *artcova


Is that a Fro in the back?
 


Posted 13 years ago by jkhandy    [ Reply ]
Amazing!!
Posted 13 years ago by toolunious    [ Reply ]
Love it !
Posted 13 years ago by murkje    [ Reply ]
YES!!
Posted 13 years ago by toolunious    [ Reply ]
Those same strange people actually like this band. I'm baffled. Jim Morrison...an overrated lyricist and vocalist. Unique though...I'll give him that. No one in the world sounds like him.
Posted 14 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 dolfan wrote:

Saw Weird Al last night and he nailed the Doors sound and look perfectly.  I've always liked the Doors, but Weird Al was solid with his parody of them.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4sALru9IJk

That was pretty darn enjoyable! 
Posted 14 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
 hippiechick wrote:
Anyone see the video of Weird Al doing Jim Morrison singing about Craigslist? Hi-larious!
 
Saw Weird Al last night and he nailed the Doors sound and look perfectly.  I've always liked the Doors, but Weird Al was solid with his parody of them.
Posted 14 years ago by dolfan    [ Reply ]
 sutcliff wrote:
one thing I can't stand about RP....too many damn vampires.
 

Love this, this is the Doors !

And love Echo and the Bunnymen's cover just as much !
Posted 14 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]

Jim Morrison - 12Caras Series by *artcova
©2008-2010 *artcova

One of 12 commissioned portraits in the same style.

Genius 4500 graphic tablet in Photoshop.


Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 calypsus_1 wrote:

The Doors - "The end" Live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHFK1yKfiGo



 
Have the hole concert of 68 burned from tv on dvd! Very nice indeed!!

Posted 15 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]

The Doors - "The end" Live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHFK1yKfiGo


Posted 15 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Anyone see the video of Weird Al doing Jim Morrison singing about Craigslist? Hi-larious!

Posted 15 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
mY LOOVVVEEEE..ı WANT TO GİVE 100 PUNTOSS!!1 {#Hearteyes}
Posted 15 years ago by sissyolina    [ Reply ]

Weird and wonderful.

A perfect summary of the Doors, actually.



Posted 15 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
My favorite song when I was 6 years old
Posted 15 years ago by Peace_tode    [ Reply ]
Remids me of the days back at SIU during halloween weekend!  Both the song and the cover art.

Posted 16 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
Good Halloween album cover... but even on this Hallowed Day, can't like the Doors. Vile!
Posted 16 years ago by tnt_thomas    [ Reply ]
Every day I walk to work past where they shot that cover picture - havent seen any circus people yet...
Posted 16 years ago by firefly6    [ Reply ]
one thing I can't stand about RP....too many damn vampires.
Posted 16 years ago by sutcliff    [ Reply ]
 Danimal174 wrote:
One of their best. It's funny, because when I was younger, I had only heard Echo & the Bunnymen's version of this song, because all I listened to was college radio. Once I hit actually hit college, I started listening to older classic stuff & heard the original (and much better) version. Jim's great, but so are the rest of the band. Robby's guitar work is VERY underrated, in my opinion.
 
Yeah, Jim even said Robby was great. I think that was after he punched Robbie in the eye, though.{#Fight}

Q - Didn't you appear with a black eye onstage at one point? What was that all about?

A - Oh yeah. I got into a fight with Jim. They wanted to put makeup on, but I said no, maybe 20 years from now somebody will be interested and ask me about that.

Q - Now there's a question you don't get asked too much.

A - Believe it or not, that's one of the most asked questions, (laughs) Everybody always thinks I'll ask him about that. Somebody just asked me about that the other day.

https://www.classicbands.com/RobbyKriegerInterview.html

Posted 16 years ago by toterola    [ Reply ]
mfassett wrote:
No. Really, no. To elaborate... maybe it's all the hype around Morrison as a "poet," but I just don't see it. Manzarek is an interesting chap and a great musician, but that doesn't save the band. Maybe it's just that I feel like Morrison had read far too much of his own press... he released a lot of stuff that I think many others would have left on the cutting room floor. "Come on baby light my fire?" Please. Sorry, I don't get it. Shoot me now, I know I have blasphemed.
obviously you weren't around yet, but that's the way people talked then. I too, have always known that Morrison was shitty poet, but at least he had the guts to say what before had been kept silent. Tame by today's standards, but he was in serious trouble with the obscenity police. Killed him. Killed him. BTW "light my fire" was written by Robbie Krieger, guitar god.
Posted 16 years ago by gutboy    [ Reply ]
One of their best. It's funny, because when I was younger, I had only heard Echo & the Bunnymen's version of this song, because all I listened to was college radio. Once I hit actually hit college, I started listening to older classic stuff & heard the original (and much better) version. Jim's great, but so are the rest of the band. Robby's guitar work is VERY underrated, in my opinion.
Posted 16 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
mrobichaud wrote:
Jim Morrison is a rock god..
Good god
Posted 16 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Just getting over the flu....I can dig it!
Posted 16 years ago by artmarcia    [ Reply ]
I've never rated The Doors, but I do like this song.
Posted 16 years ago by madaxeman    [ Reply ]
I've always like the lyrical content and melodies of this band...they definately had their own defined sound.
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
I like the Doors but thay are hardly the best rock band ever, that would be "The Masked Marauders".
Posted 17 years ago by stevetheshoe    [ Reply ]
TobalMoreno wrote:
Everyone has to relax, the Doors are clearly the greatest band in the history of rock. Just gotta get away from the "best of"...
No. Really, no. To elaborate... maybe it's all the hype around Morrison as a "poet," but I just don't see it. Manzarek is an interesting chap and a great musician, but that doesn't save the band. Maybe it's just that I feel like Morrison had read far too much of his own press... he released a lot of stuff that I think many others would have left on the cutting room floor. "Come on baby light my fire?" Please. Sorry, I don't get it. Shoot me now, I know I have blasphemed.
Posted 17 years ago by mfassett    [ Reply ]
I'm not much of a Doors fan but I do like the remixed "Strange Days" on the Thievery Corporation's "Versions".
Posted 17 years ago by crinky    [ Reply ]
This is the only Doors song I can tolerate.
Posted 17 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
Thank you, thank you for following up Geo. Winston's somnolent "Crystal Ship" with real Doors. Am I Strange? You Betcha.
Posted 17 years ago by quesarah    [ Reply ]
Walrus_Gumbo wrote:
I always thought this song would be hilarious if sung by Elmer Fudd. I dare you to sing it without cracking up!
OK, I just did it. It made us laugh!
Posted 17 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
I always thought this song would be hilarious if sung by Elmer Fudd. I dare you to sing it without cracking up!
Posted 18 years ago by Walrus_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
Yeah what he said!!!! I've tried to like them but they just make me angry andrewpickford81 wrote:
The doors are self-indulgent pub-blues. Jim Morrison's voice is bland at best ... Its passionless, dour and insular crap of the highest order. Indeed I'd go so far as to say it encompasses and represents a lot of the low points of american rock both past and present
sorry about the format...first post. I'll work on it. p.s. Hi y'all
Posted 18 years ago by ZenRN    [ Reply ]
Aw come on Lar. It's in the mix. It's Halloween. It's The Doors. Ride the wave my man. Classic rock lives here too. It's all good.
Posted 18 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
I'm always a little bummed out when I hear a tune on rp that I can hear on any classic rock radio station Its just not why I tune in to RP
Posted 18 years ago by chfLarry    [ Reply ]
Echo and the Bunnymen's version would get a if it were here... their version has an extended instrumental break which ironically makes it even more "Doorsy"!
Posted 18 years ago by Cruithne3753    [ Reply ]
Everyone has to relax, the Doors are clearly the greatest band in the history of rock. Just gotta get away from the "best of"... Soft Parade, Ship of Fools, Wishful Sinful, Summer's Almost Gone, The Spy, The Ghost, Soul Kitchen, Tell All the People, Hyacinth House, The Wasp, Maggie M'Gill, Wintertime Love, Indian Summer, The Changeling, AND THE LIST GOES ON!
Posted 19 years ago by TobalMoreno    [ Reply ]
FerretRob wrote:
Speaking of F'ed up, has anybody heard Morrisons Lament by Jimi Hendrix? Its on his Live at the Matrix cd.
ooh, that's was bad stuff even for Morrison.
Posted 19 years ago by black321    [ Reply ]
Alright, yeah!
Posted 19 years ago by am    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
8)
Posted 20 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
Chunk wrote:
No, you suck! /me removes his tongue from his cheek If you're going to essentially say something sucks, at least have the balls to say why. And not just "the lyrics suck" or "they can't play their instruments". Give us a reason, or you're nothing more than a troll.
The doors are self-indulgent pub-blues. Jim Morrison's voice is bland at best. Unfortunately I own the best of which I bought under the assumption they may at least be a good band. However, I am yet to hear a doors song that could grip me. Its passionless, dour and insular crap of the highest order. Indeed I'd go so far as to say it encompasses and represents a lot of the low points of american rock both past and present.
Posted 20 years ago by andrewpickford81    [ Reply ]
andrewpickford81 wrote:
The single most overrated band in history
No, you suck! /me removes his tongue from his cheek If you're going to essentially say something sucks, at least have the balls to say why. And not just "the lyrics suck" or "they can't play their instruments". Give us a reason, or you're nothing more than a troll.
Posted 20 years ago by Chunk    [ Reply ]
The single most overrated band in history
Posted 20 years ago by andrewpickford81    [ Reply ]
Jim was looking in a mirror when he wrote this one.... trust me.
Posted 21 years ago by jberko    [ Reply ]
this song reminds me of walking through the French Quarter for some reson. It may be all the strange people down there 8)
Posted 21 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
I just love watching people squirm as they relate the music to the person. Jim was a trip. Granted. Jim was seriously F\'ed up. Also, granted.If you can\'t relate to the scene then fine, listen to something you can relate too. Lawrence Welk was still quite popular when this song was written.... Speaking of F\'ed up, has anybody heard Morrisons Lament by Jimi Hendrix? Its on his Live at the Matrix cd.
Posted 21 years ago by FerretRob    [ Reply ]
How about spinning the Brave Combo version?
Posted 21 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
I'm with ali and Kevin -- I never did understand why the Doors appealed to the masses the way they did (or still do). They just weren't that interesting musically. I know many people love Morrison's lyrics, but they never did the trick for me, especially presented the way he did. There always seems to be a handful of extremely popular bands that can't play or sing -- Nirvana is another example. (And I wrote this before "All Apoologies" was played on RP today.) I'm guessing Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain have formed a new garage band for the next astral plane somewhere. And they probably still suck, IMHO.
Posted 21 years ago by tg3k    [ Reply ]
finestkind
Posted 21 years ago by SnipeHunter    [ Reply ]
It\'s one of those rare rainy, cold, and miserable in Southern California -- perfect weather for this song. :)
Posted 21 years ago by Blackjack    [ Reply ]
Needs to be played in the dark, with weird lighting. Ideally, a neon sign flickering outside the motel window.
Posted 21 years ago by wa2bux    [ Reply ]
Frontier Psychiatrist, then People Are Strange Bill, you are the master.
Posted 22 years ago by catsoup    [ Reply ]
The Doors are/where are great band. I enjoy... most of thier work
Posted 22 years ago by Heathen    [ Reply ]