409 - The Doors - Strange Days - Harland Williams

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EPISODE SUMMARY:

The heady days of the 1960s may be long gone, and the ideas of free love and spiritual enlightenment that characterized them may now seem like little more than a hazy, drug-induced dream. But in spite of the unforgiving cynicism of the 21st century, there may still be a place for the esoteric acid rock of The Doors, whose 1967 sophomore album Strange Days further cemented them in the pantheon of music’s most important contributors. That is as long as they live on in people like comedian and actor Harland Williams, who fully embodies their ideology of artistic weirdness in all his work, including films like Half Baked, RocketMan and There’s Something About Mary.

SHOW NOTES:

00:15 – Intro
07:00 – Yuck your face
11:00 – Enough squeaky 60s organ
22:00 – A grey-eyed lady
33:00 – Feeling the Burn
39:00 – Making out in Jim’s house
45:30 – Getting it off your chest
56:30 – Entertaining strangers
1:05:45 – A scythe-wielding maniac
1:22:45 – Facts!
1:30:30 – The relative value of late-night success
1:38:45 – Around the world in 30 days
1:50:15 – Outro/New music

ALBUM STREAM - STRANGE DAYS:

NEW ARTIST INFLUENCED BY THE DOORS:

“Until It Happens” by The Rose Room