A Stranger in This World
During intermission, Densmore situated himself at his “usual spot” on the stairway by the upper balcony. He watched as Them took the stage rather brazenly. “They slammed through several songs one right after another, making them indistinguishable,” Densmore recalled. He also remembered Van seeming drunk and very uptight, “crashing the mike stand down on the stage.”
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Van then dropped his lower jaw and tongue and let a yell of rage, which Densmore admitted made him uncomfortable. After the show, they all went to an after-party. “Most of us made small talk while Van glowered in the corner,” Densmore recalled. Van then grabbed a guitar and began singing about being a stranger in this world – about wanting to be reincarnated into another time with another face.