Strange Days

There's a story about the song, 'Strange Days'.  According to John Densmore, it was written in response to a decision made by himself, Rob Krieger and Ray Manzarek to sell 'Light My Fire' to Buick so the song could be used in a TV ad.  When Jim Morrison found out, he threw a hissy fit... even threatened to burn a Buick on stage if the company didn't back out of the deal.

Buick backed out of the deal.

Morrison was also puzzled by how his bandmates could sell out so shamelessly.  He began pushing the idea that they all move to an island and start over again; that they try to go back to the "Rock 'n Roll garage", so to speak.    

As albums go, I was always partial to 'Strange Days' because it has the feel of the "garage".  Of course, it's hard to pick a favorite Doors album because they're all so damn good.