Track of the Day: “People are Strange” – The Doors

While “People are Strange” doesn’t require you to run under the covers or wet your pants while listening, it does have an eerie, haunting quality.

Released by The Doors in 1967 on the album “Strange Days,” “People are Strange” is a song about alienation and loneliness. Listening to the lyrics, one wonders what Morrison was thinking about when he wrote the song. Some believe he wrote it during a bout of depression, while others believe it was written during an acid trip. Although the origin of the song is highly debated, one thing is clear – it is creepy.

Jim Morrison’s deep, monotone voice haunts the listener, and the kooky instrumentals sound like they belong in a Tim Burton film. The guitar solo during the introduction is slow and sets up a spooky pace for the rest of the song.

In true Halloween spirit, “People are Strange” should definitely be on every party’s playlist.

With only seven different lines repeated in the entire song, the lyrics are catchy and Morrison’s voice haunts the back of your head for days: “When you’re strange faces come out of the rain/When you’re strange/When you’re strange.”