Bit of a curiosity from The Doors here as we end the week on a musical number. People Are Strange was released as a single in September of 1967 (the band’s first single after the famous Light My Fire), so that’s 51 years back, and found pride of place on the Strange Days album. There was a quirky little video to accompany the quirky psychedelic rock number, too – so why not have a gander, you weirdo?
Hendrix, Joplin, and Morrison all great musicians who died at the age of 27. This is not to conclude that there is an increase in the risk of death for musicians at the age of 27. This is just a remembrance of some great musicians and the legacies they left behind in the short 27 years they each had. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison all left their mark on the music industry each in their own way. Some may even say they all changed music history with the legacies they left.
Fifty+ years ago, on September 17, 1967, The Doors defied Ed Sullivan and the CBS censors by refusing to change the word “higher” while performing their #1 hit, “Light My Fire,” on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Coming after the powerhouse one-two punch that was their debut album and the sublime Strange Days, the Doors’ third offering, Waiting For The Sun, was slammed by many critics as “bubblegum pop.”
On this day in 1967, The Doors get booted from The Ed Sullivan Show after refusing to change an offending song lyric.
