discottanta

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-a oh

They took the credit for your second symphony.
Rewritten by machine and new technology,
and now I understand the problems you can see.

Oh-a oh
I met your children
Oh-a oh
What did you tell them?

Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
Pictures came and broke your heart.

Oh-a-a-a 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-a oh
You were the first one.
Oh-a 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 to far
Oh-a-aho oh,
Oh-a-aho 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 to far.
Pictures came and broke your heart, put the blame on VTR.

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

Nonostante questa canzone sia del 1979, VKTRS è ritenuta l'inizio musicale degli anni '80. Si tratta del primo ed unico vero successo dei Buggles di Trevor Horn. Curiosità: il video di questa canzone fu il primo ad essere proiettato da MTV, il 1 agosto 1981 ed immortala il gruppo vestito con abiti simil Domopak che canticchia allegramente. Si scioglieranno nei primi anni '80 e Trevor Horn diventerà un importante produttore musicale.