 | Video Killed the Radio Star
Tags: Classic, Music, New, Video, Wave
Description: 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."
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 | Theremin Killed the Radio Star
Tags: Buggles, ethermusic, ethermusic2005, theramin, Theremin
Description: "Video Killed The Radio Star" played on the theremin by Jon Bernhardt at the Ethermusic 2005 festival in Asheville, NC, August, 2005. Video shot by Jason Barile of thereminworld.com. More information about my adventures with my theremin can be found at http://wobblymusic.com/blog or http://wobblymusic.com/lothars
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 | Buggles - video killed the radio star live 2004
Tags: 2004, Buggles, killed, live, radio, star, the, video
Description: Video killed the radio star, live 2004
Slaves To The Rhythm
In this brand new, two-hour UK DVD release, the Princes Trust's Produced By Trevor Horn concert is captured in all its glory (and packaged under its original, intended title). In Slaves To The Rhythm, 13 of Trevor's best selling acts, guest musicians and a full backing orchestra, come together for one night only. Artists performing live include Seal, Pet Shop Boys, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Grace Jones, Lisa Stansfield, ABC, Art of Noise, Dollar, Propaganda, tATu and Anne Dudley. The DVD will be released 02 June 2008 and will be available direct from the ZTT Shop, so please register interest now via info@ztt.com and we'll email you back the second we can start shipping orders...
[18.04.2008]
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 | The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
Tags: Killed, Radio, Star, The, Video
Description: Video Killed the Radio Star" is a New Wave song released in 1979 by the British group Buggles that celebrates the golden days of radio. It tells of a singer whose career is cut short by television. Group member Trevor Horn has said that 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."
The music video for the song, directed by Russell Mulcahy, was the first to be shown on MTV, when the ground-breaking music channel debuted on September 1, 1981, at 12:10 A.M. On February 27, 2000 it also became the millionth video to be aired on MTV.[1]
It was written by Trevor Horn and Courtney Courson, Geoffrey Downes, and Bruce Woolley. The first version was recorded by Woolley & the Camera Club (with Thomas Dolby as a guest artist) for his album English Garden, which was a hit in Canada. The complicated arrangement and production of the song, which includes a chorus sung by a group of very high-pitched backup singers, foreshadows Horn's later career as a producer. The Buggles later recorded the song and it reached number one in the UK charts the week of October 20, 1979, the first-ever number one for label Island Records. It also would top the Australian charts, but only barely made the Billboard Top 40 in the U.S. It appears on the album The Age of Plastic.
The first live performance of the song by Horn and Downes came at a ZTT showcase in 1998.[1] In 2004, The Buggles re-united again with Bruce Woolley at Wembley Arena to perform "Video Killed the Radio Star" and another song ("Living in the Plastic Age") as part of a tribute event to Trevor Horn to raise money for the Prince's Trust charity. They were joined by Debi Doss and Linda Jardim, who performed the background singing on the original recording. Both Horn and Downes have performed the song live in other acts, including Downes in the 2006 revival of Asia and Horn in his band The Producers, also in 2006.
In November 2006, The Producers played at their first gig in Camden Town. A video clip can be seen on the ZTT Records official website of Trevor singing lead vocals and playing bass in a performance of Video Killed The Radio Star.
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 | Buggles - Video killed the radio star 1979
Tags: 1979, 70s, Buggles, killed, Pop, radio, star, the, UK, Video
Description: Buggles - Video killed the radio star 1979
I heard you on the wireless back in 52
lying awake intent a tuning in on you
if I was young it didn't stop you coming through
They took the credit for your second symphony
re-written by machine and new technology
and now I understand the problems you can see
Oh oh -- I met your children
oh oh -- what did you tell them
video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star
pictures came and broke your heart
we can't rewind we've gone too far
And now we meet in an abandoned studio
we hear the playback and it seems so long ago
and you remember the jingle used to go
Oh oh -- you were the first one
oh oh -- you were the last one
video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star
in my mind and in my car
we can't rewind we've gone too far
Video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star
in my mind and in my car
we can't rewind we've gone too far
(Instrumental)
Video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star
In my mind and in my car
we can't rewind we've gone too far
pictures came and broke your heart
look I'll play my VCR
Oh radio star
Oh radio star
Video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star
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 | A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
Tags: clips, darkwave, music
Description: A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
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 | Video Killed the Radio Star by The Wrong Trousers
Tags: acoustic, bass, Buggles, harp, killed, live, mandolin, radio, star, trousers, video, wrong
Description: The Wrong Trousers can be found at http://myspace.com/thewrongtrousers
I was roaming Balboa Park before a wedding and this three piece band caught my attention. A small boy with an upright bass, a bespectacled giant with a mandolin, and an unassuming girl with a harp. They call themselves The Wrong Trousers. Talk about odd choices in musical instruments. But they have tremendous talent. Their style won't be everyone's cup of tea, but there's no denying they know their instruments and are comppletely unique. These kids are still in high school! A good size crowd had formed and they were getting lots of cash donations.
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 | Presidents of the USA: Video Killed the Radio Star
Tags: america, dublin, grunge, ireland, killed, live, music, presidents, punk, pusa, radio, rock, roll, star, street, the, vicar, video
Description: PUSA in Dublin at Vicar Street, 5.21.06. This clip uploaded upon request... however, there was a small chunk missing from the middle that i filled with footage from London... haha. It looks a little silly, but i figured what the hell. Filming by Stef Rider with exclusive permission from The Presidents of the United States of America.
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 | BUGGLES Video Killed The Radio Star CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 1979
Tags: art, asia, BUGGLES, downes, frankie, goes, Horn, Killed, noise, pet, producers, Radio, shop, Star, The, Trevor, Video, woolley, yes, ztt
Description: 25.12.79
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 | Presidents of USA - Video Killed The Radio Star
Tags: clip
Description: Clipe
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 | Video Killed the Radio Star
Tags: adam, America, clip, drew, killed, mtv, of, Presidents, radio, sandler, singer, soundtrack, star, States, the, United, USA, video, wedding
Description: Presidents of the United States of America sing 'Video Killed the Radio Star', from the Wedding Singer.
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