Important moments in Television through music

As a result of the talk with Patrick a basic list was compiled of certain 'Teatime' moments on tv more specifically moments on Top of the Pops or MTV for example. This is a really good start i believe and the list already includes really influential moments to work with. These include: 

• Elvis Presley (when he shook his hips) The Milton Berle Show on June 5, 1956 - This site explains the event perfectly and describes how it was so influential and it surprised me as to how influential it was using words as how many people couldn't condone its 'vulgarity'. - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/flashpoints/music/elvis.html
• The Doors (The Ed Sullivan show) (Light my fire) - 1967 - As a result of frontman Jim Morrison singing the line 'Baby we couldn't get much higher' the doors were banned from the show due to the lyric containing drug connotations. - http://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-doors-banned-from-the-ed-sullivan-show-september-17-1967/
• David Bowie and the spiders from mars (Top of the Pops) 1972 - This 3 minute moment has gone down as a highly influential moment in British music particularly on Television. From the point in which bowie sings 'i had to phone someone so i picked on you' and points directly into the camera therefore mystically 'calling' on the viewers in their living rooms to when he put his arm round and 'flirted' with the guitarist Mick Ronson it was very influential at the time especially to the younger audiences. A time where sexually androgynous idols like Bowie were liberating the younger people and showing them that they weren't alone and that they had a voice. Amazing stuff - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jul/06/david-bowie-ziggy-starman
• The Sex Pistols (Bill Grundy Show) 1976 - A moment in Television 'folklore' which made Presenter Bill Grundy commit career suicide by encouraging them to say swear words at a time where it was unheard of but was most importantly forbidden especially on day time television but at the same time the moment helped elevate the Sex Pistols massively and helped them kickstart mainstream punk rock. What i find amazing is that Queen were scheduled to be on the show instead but at the las minute they had to pull and so in place were put the sex pistols. This is a transcript of the interview - http://www.televisionpersonalities.co.uk/pistols.htm
• Culture Club (TOTP) 1982 - Similar to Bowie performing 'Starman' 10 years earlier in 1982 Boy George and his band Culture Club performed the song 'Do you really want to hurt me' and rather than the song getting the real acclaim there was major controversy and complaints about the way Boy George appeared to be dressed and was questioned about his sexuality however as a result of the publicity that all of that got the song went to No.1 in the UK and reached number 2 in the U.S. for 3 weeks. 
• Frankie goes to Hollywood (Channel 4 The Tube) 1983, Relax performance - Like the other examples of Bowie and Boy George this moment was deemed controversial for the way in which the group were dressed especially for teatime television. It was definitely not of the taste of the times as the group were dressed in black latex 'bondage gear' but not only the visuals were controversial as the song itself is as it is basically about sex. To cover the song up lead singer Holly Johnson claimed it was a song about Motivation but when the song became highly successful he revealed the real meaning. The song became the most controversial and commercially successful songs of the decade and was helped by the appearance on the channel 4 music show. 

Now that a start has been made on the basic research stage i need to create some visual responses and basically just continue finding more moments such as these or even to research them further finding out the impact they had and what perhaps there repercussions were. I feel its a very exciting project for me personally.