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Marilyn Manson just embodies Rock & Roll, don't ya think? I mean the show is so much a part of it, the flamboyant nastiness. The more parents hate him, the better. It used to be Elvis shaking his hips on Ed Sullivan, now it's...this.

You go, girl! LOL.

A shout out to ladybug's posting of the "Light My Fire" Ed Sullivan performance:
http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=23557

I prefer this to the the Sullivan performance - not only because I like the song better, but that they went to such extravagant lengths to make it look like it was being performed live, when it's pretty clear Morrison is the only one plugged in.

CBS network censors demanded that Morrison change the lyrics to Light My Fire, by altering the line, "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" (because of the possible reference to drugs) before the band performed the song live on September 17, 1967, on the Ed Sullivan Show. However, Morrison sang the original line instead, and on live television with no delay, CBS was powerless to stop it. A furious Ed Sullivan refused to shake the band members' hands, and they were never invited back.

When The Beatles came back to America in 1965, and while preparing for their famous concert at Shea Stadium in New York, they taped six songs on August 14, to be aired on the Sullivan Show on September 12, 1965. The Beatles played six songs; I Feel Fine, I'm Down, Act Naturally, Ticket To Ride, Yesterday and Help! Although taped, this would be the last "live" performance The Beatles did for The Ed Sullivan Show.

Background to clip:

1958
17. January 26 - The Crickets make their second and final appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, singing only one song, "Oh, Boy!"

Further stuff from R&R Hall of Fame:



Buddy Holly


Buddy Holly played rock and roll for only two short years, but the wealth of material he recorded in that time made a major and lasting impact on popular music. Holly was an innovator who wrote his own material and was among the first to exploit such advanced studio techniques as double-tracking. He pioneered and popularized the now-standard rock-band lineup of two guitars, bass and drums. In his final months, he even began experimenting with orchestration. Holly's catalog of songs includes such standards of the rock and roll canon as "Rave On," "Peggy Sue," "That'll Be the Day," Oh Boy!" and "Maybe Baby." Though Holly lacked the arresting sexuality of Elvis Presley, he nonetheless cut an engaging, charismatic figure with his trademark horn-rimmed glasses and vocal hiccup. His creative self-reliance and energetic, inspired craftsmanship prefigured the coming wave of rock and rollers in the Sixties. Holly was a professed influence on the Beatles and Hollies (both of whom derived their names from his). Even the Rolling Stones had their first major British hit with Holly's "Not Fade Away."

the poster bluelounge at Youtube said:
"A hilarious take on an Ed Sullivan Show episode that goes horribly wrong, this video topped the Bravo! video charts in 2005. Expert filming, great acting, great music and an uproariously funny payoff. In support of the album 'Tales from the Blue Lounge' by Richard Underhill. Web site is www.richardunderhill.com."