Suggested by Jos, above: VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR Words and music by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes, and Bruce Woolley, ©1978. As recorded by The Buggles on "The Age of Plastic" (1980). I heard you on the wireless back in fifty-two, Lying awake intent at tuning in on you. If I was young, it didn't stop you coming through. Oh-ah-oh. They took the credit for your second symphony, Rewritten by machine on new technology, And now I understand the problems you can see. Oh-ah-oh. I met your children. Oh-ah-oh. What did you tell them? Video killed the radio star. Video killed the radio star. Pictures came and broke your heart. Oh-ah-ah-oh. And now we meet in an abandoned studio. We hear the playback and it seems so long ago, And you remember the jingles used to go: Oh-ah-oh. You were the first one. Oh-ah-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. Oh-ah-oh-oh-oh. Oh-ah-oh-oh-oh. 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. Put the blame on VCR. You are a radio star. You are a radio star. Video killed the radio star. Video killed the radio star. Video killed the radio star. Video killed the radio star. [overlapping:] You are a radio star./Video killed the radio star. [repeat and fade] ["The song's music video was written, directed, and edited by Russell Mulcahy, and is well-remembered as the first music video shown on MTV in the United States at 12:01 a.m. on 1 August 1981."--Wikipedia.]
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