The Buggles: Video Killed the Radio Star

Music Video
1979
4m

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Geoff Downes and The Buggles in The Buggles: Video Killed the Radio Star (1979)

The video for the Buggles' classic one-shot, about how the rise of television (and, by extension, music videos) hurt the careers of those performers whose looks would not translate well to t... Read allThe video for the Buggles' classic one-shot, about how the rise of television (and, by extension, music videos) hurt the careers of those performers whose looks would not translate well to the new medium.The video for the Buggles' classic one-shot, about how the rise of television (and, by extension, music videos) hurt the careers of those performers whose looks would not translate well to the new medium.

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- Russell Mulcahy
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- Russell Mulcahy
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The Buggles

The Buggles
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Debi Doss

Debi Doss

Geoff Downes

Geoff Downes
(as Buggles)

Virginia Hey

Virginia Hey

Trevor Horn

Trevor Horn
(as Buggles)

Linda Jardim

Linda Jardim

Bruce Woolley

Bruce Woolley
(as Buggles)

Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer

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Trivia
This was the very first video ever shown on MTV when the television channel launched on August 1, 1981.

Connections
Featured in Television: Chewing Gum for the Eyes (1985)

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The Buggles: Video Killed the Radio Star is still important as the music short that launched MTV

When MTV began its broadcast on August 1, 1981, this particular video was its launching pad, so to speak. Watching it now, it seems both futuristic and retro concerning the way the sets were designed, hair was worn, and music was presented at the time. Listening to the lyrics now, I still can't understand its point but it's still alluring to hear it, even now. So yeah, The Buggles' Video Killed the Radio Star still enchants with its looks and sound.