The Doors Defy Ed Sullivan…..
September 17, 1967…..
Jim Morrison and The Doors appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. Ed Sullivan‘s censors requested they change the lyrics of Light My Fire from “Girl we couldn’t get much higher” to “Girl we couldn’t get much better”, due to its perceived reference to drugs. The band agreed, but sang the song with the original lyrics anyway, to which Sullivan banned them from ever again appearing on his show, to which Morrison replied, “Hey, man – we just did the Ed Sullivan show.”