Video Killed the Radio Star

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Classic New Wave Music Video by the Buggles Video Killed the Radio Star" is a 1980s New Wave song (released in 1979) by the British group Buggles that celebrates the golden days of radio. With broadcast-quality vocals and a bouncy rhythm, the song plays like a jingle. A fitting sound, given the song tells of a singer whose career is cut short by television. Horn has said his lyrics were inspired by the J.G. Ballard short story "The Sound-Sweep," in which the title character, a deaf and dumb boy vacuuming up stray music in a world without it, comes upon an opera singer hiding in a sewer. He also felt "an era was about to pass."

Channel: Music
Uploaded: March 15, 2006 at 11:03 pm
Author: alabski

Length: 0:03:20
Rating: 4.88
Views: 1,378,910

Tags: Classic New Wave Music Video

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Video Comments:
milkchat (Thursday 4th of December 2008 02:41:00 PM)
I lovee this song
acdcslashskate (Thursday 4th of December 2008 09:31:23 AM)
dude i totally agree with you
ktothej341 (Thursday 4th of December 2008 08:51:03 AM)
The first video....what was the last before MTV became reality television?
WhiteSlift (Thursday 4th of December 2008 08:45:16 AM)
why even watch MTV when there's youtube.
daverocker1 (Wednesday 3rd of December 2008 11:55:44 PM)
Lame
knowledge08911 (Wednesday 3rd of December 2008 11:46:56 PM)
so long and i love knowledge travaling the sound waves respect to let a man gol in public
alexrogan1 (Wednesday 3rd of December 2008 10:54:21 PM)
Oh... and by the way... I love this song!! hehe
alexrogan1 (Wednesday 3rd of December 2008 10:53:18 PM)
This isn't a response to anyone one comment (let alone an individual) but sometimes I think people forget that music is supposed to be fun too!! It doesn't have to be an overly talented piece, have some political/moral statement to make or some deep hidden message imbeded it it. Bottom line is do you like it and/or is it fun?? If so then music has done it's job... hehe ;).
grandblan (Wednesday 3rd of December 2008 08:54:08 PM)
Then you do not know good music!
daverocker1 (Wednesday 3rd of December 2008 08:39:54 PM)
Sorry people. But this is terrible music. Just shit. Don't see how anyone who likes this music can take themselves seriously.