The Doors
1967-12-27
Jonathan Winters Show
CBS TV Studios
Los Angeles, CA
TV Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included
01. Introduction > Moonlight Drive
02. Introduction > Light My Fire
1967 - Few television appearances by a rock band are as famous as when The Doors performed Light My Fire on the Ed Sullivan Show on September 17, 1967. Before the show, network executives asked that the word “higher” be removed in favor of "better', to avoid any suggestion of drug use. While the group initially agreed, once the band hit the stage, Jim Morrison, in classic 1960s example of the counter-culture defying the establishment, left the original lyric in place. A furious Ed Sullivan canceled another six appearances that had been planned, banning The Doors from the show forever! That wasn't the only TV appearance, however, by the Doors that historic year. For example, in March and June they appeared on Clay Cole's Diskotek on WPIX Channel 11 in New York. In May, they performed on Boss City on KHJ-TV Channel 9 in Los Angeles. In July, they made an an appearance on American Bandstand, while in September they performed on Murray The K's Aquarian Age. This TV soundboard recording captures yet another TV appearance by The Doors that year, on the Johnathon Winters' Show on December 27, 1967, 54 years ago today.
2 comments:
Love, love posts like this - TV broadcasts in particular. Thanks so much for sharing! And Merry Christmas!
I've never heard this. Thank you very much.
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