The Jefferson Airplane do “Crown of Creation” on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in 1968.

“In loyalty to their kind, they cannot tolerate our minds.

In loyalty to our kind, we cannot tolerate their obstruction.”

You have to hand it to the Smothers, what other TV show in 1968 would have allowed Grace Slick to sing the above lyrics, wear black-face and give the “Black Power” salute (as she does at the end of the song)? Such an insane thing to do! Considering what a political hot potato that show was for CBS at the time, it’s odd that THIS number passed by the censors, don’t you find? What were they thinking? What was she thinking? (And what did the rest of the band think???)