VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments (2009)

[galvanize]

A new version of a list that VH1 originally compiled in 2001. It has the same male narrator of the original show, but it's almost as scary as the original (which gave me nightmares from the images and the narrator).

Only real difference is that Chris Jericho is the new host, in comparison to Mark McGrath as the original host in 2001.

From popeater:

1-20 Include (The Top 20 is randomized): Sinead O'Connor's Pope-ripping 'SNL' incident, murders aplenty (Marvin Gaye, Tupac, Notorious BIG, John Lennon), deaths (Michael Jackson, the Great White concert fire, The Who concert tragedy, Kurt Cobain), animal abuse (by both Alice Cooper and Ozzy) Britney Spears' head-shaving, Nikki Sixx's overdose ... nope, we're not done. The arm-taking Def Leppard accident, Chris Brown's assault on Rihanna, the jockery of Woodstock 99 and, of course, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown's trip to Israel. Think you can cobble those into the real order? We dare you.

The rest of the '100 Most Shocking Music Moments'

21. Disco Demolition
22. Altamont
23. Akon throws fan
24. T.I. gun bust
25. Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash
26. Rick James busted
27. Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift at 2009 VMAs
28. Elvis Presley death
29. John Lennon says Beatles are bigger than Jesus
30. Michael Jackson trial
31. Nas album controversy
32. Fergie pees her pants
33. Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes death
34. Gary Glitter child porn bust
35. Bjork airport attack
36. James Brown on PCP
37. 50 Cent shot 9 times
38. The Who drummer Keith Moon replaced by fan
39. Travis Barker / DJ AM plane crash
40. Axl Rose beats up fan
41. Scott Stapp drunk on Spike TV
42. Chuck Berry's toilet tapes
43. Van Halen's 1979 tour
44. WASP onstage torture chamber
45. Cam'ron won't snitch
46. Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes burns down house
47. Jim Morrison death
48. Johnny Cash attacked by ostrich
49. Diana Ross DUI
50. KISS Kasket
51. George Michael bust
52. Motley Crue release The Dirt
53. Eazy E dies of AIDS
54. DMX at JFK
55. Keith Richards snorts
56. Ted Nugent adopts girlfriend
57. Sid & Nancy
58. Grace Slick taunts Germans
59. Michael Jackson dangles baby
60. Courtney Love in NYC
61. Ozzy Osbourne / Nikki Sixx gross out contest
62. Rush's Alex Lifeson fight with cops
63. Dave Matthews poop scandal
64. Oasis attacked by fan
65. Cop Killer
66. Mick Jagger / Keith Richards drug bust, orgy rumor
67. Jam Master Jay murder
68. George Jones tractor DUI
69. Gram Parsons' corpse kidnapped
70. Metallica on stage accident
71. Boy George hooker scandal
72. Courtney Love at Pam Anderson Roast
73. Ant flips out
74. Danzig KO'd Adam
75. Aaliyah plane crash
76. Faith Hill chews out fan for grabbing hubby's crotch
77. Sebastian Bach hit with bottle, attacks fan
78. Pete Doherty bloody interview
79. ODB cashes welfare check
80. Cyndi Lauper eats bird poop during concert
81. Whitney Houston and Serge Gainsbourg
82. Three 6 Mafia win Oscar
83. Sonny Bono skiing accident
84. Blues Traveler John Popper gun bust
85. Green Day wakes fan from coma
86. Mayhem sheep head injury
87. Randy Rhoads plane crash
88. Elvis meets Nixon
89. Billy Bob Thornton awkward interview
90. Steven Tyler casts underage daughter as stripper in video
91. Bobby Brown fight at Disneyland
92. Vince Neil TV facelift
93. Selena shot by fan
94. Leif Garrett car accident and BTM reunion
95. Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman marries teen
96. KISS drummer impersonated by homeless man
97. Three Dog Night singer Chuck Negron's penis explodes
98. Foxy Brown assaults manicurists
99. Poison feud at VMAs
100. Beyonce falls

I think John Lennon or Michael Jackson will be #1.

In comparison: here's the original list in 2001 when it was called "VH1's 100 Most Shocking Moments In Rock & Roll" (with a dark, red, black, and scary background):

100 MOST SHOCKING MOMENTS IN ROCK & ROLL

1. John Lennon murdered
2. Michael Jackson accused
3. Altamont
4. Kurt Cobain suicide
5. Marvin Gaye murdered
6. Fans trampled at The Who concert in Cincinnati
7. Milli Vanilli Exposed
8. Woodstock '99
9. Sinead O'Connor rips Pope
10. Beatles more popular than Jesus
11. Madonna's "Sex"
12. Alice Cooper's chicken madness
13. Jerry Lee Lewis marries teen cousin
14. Elvis Presley shocks America
15. PMRC hearings
16. Sid Vicious charged with murder
17. Led Zeppelin shark attack
18. Ozzy Osbourne bites head off dove
19. Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial disaster
20. Tommy Lee / Pamela Anderson sex video
21. Death of Elvis Presley
22. Beach Boys befriend Charles Manson
23. Prince changes name
24. Judas Priest on trial
25. Rick James busted
26. Rolling Stones / Marianne Faithfull busted
27. Selena slain
28. George Michael's bathroom bust
29. James Brown races cops
30. Tupac murdered
31. Jim Morrison busted
32. Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes burns down house
33. Al Green gets religion
34. John and Yoko's "Two Virgins" cover
35. Ice T's "Cop Killer"
36. Nikki Sixx cheats death
37. David Bowie's fascist flirtation
38. Michael Jackson outbids Paul McCartney
39. Eminem lyric controversy
40. Van Halen's 1979 tour
41. Professor Griff's explosive interview
42. "Rock Around the Clock" riots
43. The Go-Go's sex video
44. Death of Keith Moon's chauffeur
45. Courtney Love's press controversy
46. Gary Glitter's child porn bust
47. Michael Jackson marries Lisa Marie Presley
48. Snoop Dogg's murder rap
49. Brian Wilson suffers nervous breakdown
50. Bob Marley's assassination attempt
51. Payola scandal
52. Iggy Pop cuts himself on stage
53. Chuck Berry's shocking home videos
54. N'Sync break free
55. Curtis Mayfield's tragic accident
56. Grace Slick's drunken performance
57. Sly Stone's rock and roll wedding
58. Pamela Des Barres bares all
59. Keith Richard Canadian drug bust
60. 2 Live Crew Obscenity Trial
61. Gloria Estefan's bus accident
62. Black Crowe's cover banned
63. Studio 54 busted
64. Bill Wyman marries teen
65. Death of Michael Hutchence
66. Suge Knight renegotiates with Vanilla Ice
67. L7 Tampon assault
68. Bobby Darin's family secret
69. Lynyrd Skynyrd graves vandalized
70. Red Hot Chili Peppers put a sock on it
71. Freddie Mercury dies of AIDS
72. Puffy's gun trouble
73. John Fogerty sued for plagiarizing himself
74. Neil Young sued for not sounding enough like himself
75. Carnie Wilson's surgery webcast
76. "Sgt. Pepper's" the movie
77. Cynthia Plastercaster
78. Kiss on fire
79. Rick Wakeman's "King Arthur" on ice
80. Axl Rose takes a stage dive
81. The Who explode on TV
82. Boy George on heroin
83. Marilyn Manson becomes priest in church of Satan
84. Campaign to deport John Lennon
85. Whitney Houston misses Oscars
86. Geto Boy shot in eye
87. Madonna's "Like a Prayer" condemned by church
88. Cat Stevens condemns Rushdie
89. Def Leppard drummer loses arm
90. MC Hammer bankrupt
91. Stevie Wonder's near fatal car accident
92. Homeless man impersonates Kiss drummer
93. Death of Karen Carpenter
94. Fan struck by lightning
95. Gram Parson's corpse kidnapped
96. Bjork attacks reporter
97. Screamin' Jay Hawkins fathers over 50 kids
98. David Crosby, sperm donor
99. Elvis meets Nixon
100. Wendy O. Williams arrested for obscenity

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97. Three Dog Night singer Chuck Negron's penis explodes

Alrighty then....

[PDC1987]

The ordering is a bit perplexing.

[sunpeach]

I didn't even know Whitney and Bobby went to Israel.

[Disco🌶️📖]

Dec 30, 2009 18:18:25 GMT -5 sunpeach said:

I didn't even know Whitney and Bobby went to Israel.

It got a lot of attention at the time (surprisingly). Compared to some of the other stuff they had done, that felt like one of the less shocking things. It's more of a "oh really? Huh." kind of moment than shocking.

I thought the "Crack is whack" interview would have made it onto the list.

[Filthy Pop]

Dec 30, 2009 15:20:30 GMT -5 PDC1987 said:

The ordering is a bit perplexing.

Yes it is.

93. Selena shot by fan[/qote]

27. Selena slain

:'(
Selena had a big drop, but I guess it's due to the relevance and time that's passed. Shocked at the Bobby and Whintey thing too.

[Matt4319]

Well, the most glaring misrank for me is Taylor/Kanye a spot above ELVIS DYING. Good grief.

Side note: this has a whole lot of views for a topic with only 5 (now 6) replies.

[galvanize]

Jan 4, 2010 16:39:18 GMT -5 Matt4319 said:

Well, the most glaring misrank for me is Taylor/Kanye a spot above ELVIS DYING. Good grief.

Side note: this has a whole lot of views for a topic with only 5 (now 6) replies.

Trust me, Matt. I always meant to edit this topic with the full list but I still haven't found a complete top 20 available.

Oh and while less scary than the previous list, it was still a FLOP list.

[johnm1120]

Did anyone ever get the order of the top 20?

[d.t.m]

Speaking of the VMA's I'm surprised Madonna's VMA wedding romp or nude pics scandal the next year didn't make it. And where the hell is the Superbowl drama or Ashlee Simpsons Saturday Night Lie?

[grizmeister]

I see at the beginning you have the top 17 most shocking moments but what are the three that are missing? I can't seem to find it anywhere.

[brucelover]

35. Bjork airport attack

Iconic.

[Lockheart]

Feb 15, 2014 0:46:55 GMT -5 brucelover said:

35. Bjork airport attack

Iconic.

That was crazy rivaled only by Britney's umbrella attack

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Dec 28, 2009 21:15:50 GMT -5 galvanize said:

58. Grace Slick taunts Germans

best thing on this list