Musicians vs Mimes: When the Musicians’ Union tried to ban lip-syncingThere are some truly incredible videos for this topic. When TOTP was focused on looking good and being entertaining for the viewers back home, not having to stress about the potential issues of a live performance took a level of stress away. The other issue comes down to technicalities and red tape, prompting a battle between two different unions. For a long time, the only music played live on television had to be played by union musicians. This goes back to as far as the 1960s when the Musicians’ Union started their first of many attempts to ban miming, or at least ban the broadcast of mined performances.