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| The Buggles – Video Killed the Radio Star Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Sorry - an addition to my above commentary. I wasn't thinking about the fact that they did this song before the prevalence of music videos -- it probably relates also to the radio programs that were popular (soap operas and such) and then when TV became more popular and more people had them in their homes, there was not the demand for people listening to stories on the radio - they were much more exciting to watch on TV. |
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| The Buggles – Video Killed the Radio Star Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This song is about how singers/"radio stars" didn't have to be flashy/attractive/etc, just have a good voice to be popular. Now a lot of them did, and it made them more popular (like Elvis and others) but it wasn't as big of a deal as it is now. When video came around, there was less of an emphasis on vocal ability as there was on attractiveness, cool stuff in the video and other stuff like that. It is similar to when "talkies" came out for movies and a lot of the silent movie actors and actresses couldn't make it after that because they had horrible speaking voices and/or acting talent. (the movie "singing in the rain" is about this). |
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