The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star (Official Music Video)

[@irafoo]

If MTV shuts down, this should be their final broadcast

[@notkimpine]

if MTV banished ridiculousness and a bunch of cringy reality shows i will smack my remote and never buy modern tv's again because modern music is dead filled with shit ass random noise of reggaeton and tik tok music that it's going viral lately in the modern era

[@rhalld]

I remember watching MTV when I was a young teen and now its just plain crap.@@notkimpine

[@SylveonPlays316]

Fun fact: MTV in the Philippines did just that

[@Harudodo]

@@notkimpine Well that’s a huge generalization lmao

[@SpynCycle57]

To do that MTV would have to go back to playing music videos.

[@SugarMoonCo]

the fact that this was the first music video played on mtv is so iconic

[@ylop598]

H3 podcast trivia 😂

[@Jellyrollrider]

It was also the one millionth video to be played and the final video to be played on mtv Philippines.

[@SugarMoonCo]

@@ylop598 YES I ACTUALLY CAME HERE FROM THAT LOL

[@AllanElMelon1043]

And ironic

[@troubledsole9104]

And debuted on MTV on 08/01/81

[@Rizzlyricist]

I used to listen to this when I was 63, and now I'm 17. This will forever be a classic.

[@rhea9743]

wait what

[@monkeyintensity1]

how were you able to travel back in time ? Do tell.....

[@BrianTBaumgardner]

@@monkeyintensity1 If he has to expain it ...

[@itachisenpaix3]

He put his life in the VCR and hit the rewind button until he hit the 17 year mark then hit play

[@Nahuel_Thiago]

benjamin button

[@WanderOverYonderFan16]

This song is 45 years old, yet it's still relevant to today's standards. Great songs like this never get old.

[@kristineholcroft9163]

So true

[@UAa320]

If MTV ever goes away they should play this last song to remember it as MTV's first and final broadcast.

[@xXSiNiSteRXx1]

Seriously dude that a great idea.

[@vacantcrow]

You were the first one! You were the last one-

[@erika.7462]

Yep

[@agustingomez1590]

MTV never dies. Although it changed across the years and stopped being liked by some people.

[@heretohear8662]

It went away a long time ago!

[@christianvillareal1]

On this day 40 years ago, MTV was born and it was introduced with this video... Happy 40th Anniversary, MTV!

[@payten8103]

You are a Radio Star ⭐ kzbin.infoFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

[@kimreed4468]

I was there, working in Detroit broadcast radio. Cha-ching MTV. You helped my career.

[@Ty-vj4wg]

A little late, but Happy 40th Anniversary MTV!

[@Wolverines4ever-sl1js]

MTV was great up until the 2000's now it's pure garbage.

[@lufhopespeacefully2037]

do u read quran,

[@TedsCoasterChannel]

Fun Fact #1: This was actually the first music video played on MTV Fun Fact #2: The lad playing the synths at 2:50 is Hans Zimmer, one of the most famous movie composers of all time, having created some of the best soundtracks of all time. For example Pirates of the Carribean, Interstellar, The Lion King, Inception and so much more!

[@robb6560]

Dune!

[@lordshaxx667]

Wow I'm learning so much

[@ReveredDead]

A legend in the making. Holy fuck...

[@SmartRobot-wc2fb]

Did he do the "Miami Vice" TV Series soundtrack?

[@pauljoyce2722]

Hans Zimmer. mind blower

[@CrazyManuel94]

Funny thing: TV actually dies, Streaming takes over. But the Radio is still in every single car in the world. The Radio will survive regular TV.

[@S.J.C._Entertainment]

Good point actually. Analog TV is essentially dead all around and digital isn’t particularly used much outside of waiting rooms and news lol.

[@WheresMyInhaler]

At this point all radio does is decide what the billboard top 10 will be, the rest of radio as a medium only survives off the dying boomers

[@simonrespeto]

Radio star as in radio stations are dying (not in my country, but globally), so its sorta accurate

[@preventerwind7794]

That "ahhhhhh radio staaaaar" gives me chills. One of the best songs ever made.

[@nevazhno0074]

Good.

[@winslow-eh5kv]

I think it's Debby Harry (as a guest vocalist) singing THAT, isn't it?

[@francesconero1953]

Ciao.by..gio..sss.primo..Milano.itaaly..ciao.

[@vminormom]

​@@winslow-eh5kv I read that it was Linda Jardim (later Allan) on that solo at the end

[@francesconero1953]

Ciao.by.gio.sss.primo..Milano.italy.ciaoo

[@pathfinder1962]

I was 17 when this song was released I'm 60 now and this it's still as fresh today as it was way back in 1979. This definitely a true classic

[@josemanueldiaztrevino6787]

YOU RE STILL ALIVE...ITS AMAZING

[@wolfgangboettcher3126]

Freunde , Gedanken

[@josemanueldiaztrevino6787]

@@wolfgangboettcher3126 Write please your comment in english friend

[@pathfinder1962]

@@josemanueldiaztrevino6787 your clever aren't you haha I'm 60 not 100.

[@Francloy1]

52 here

[@LagMasterSam]

"Rewritten by machine and new technology" This is starting to take on a whole new meaning now.

[@Vulpes89]

And now I understand the problems, you can see. I met your children - what did you tell them?

[@PiracyIsFun]

​@@Vulpes89 Video killed the radio star!

[@hcbs1986]

Is it bad that I immediately thought of that alternate meaning when I first heard it.

[@yawninggrave]

AI killed the video star?

[@aedes947]

Even more with the "we can't rewind, we've gonna too far"

[@richardrickford3028]

Don't you just love the Dude who plays that whole stack of keyboards. He anticipates the whole synthpop phenomena of the early 1980's

[@turinmormegil7715]

No he didn't. Rick Wakeman, John Lord and Keith Emerson already did stuff like that way back then and way more impressive. Rick in particular played with way more keyboards than that

[@alanvincentmichaels5594]

Check out Geoffrey Downs and his contribution to prog rock music. You might be amazed!

[@josephpole]

You mean Hans Zimmer?

[@elcorado83]

the structure of this song still blows my mind. just when you think it will go back to the verse it goes to a section you dont expect keeping it sounding fresh and vital. and that bassline is still incredible today

[@latkagravas2967]

If, by chance, you never listened to the entire album, "The Age of Plastic" that this song is from, I recommend giving it a few listens. Many, including myself, thought this song to be the weakest / overly simplistic on the album, and left it off if we recorded the album on cassette for our cars.

[@rdubb77]

Trevor Horn and Hans Zimmer don’t mess around

[@Seminal_Ideas]

@@latkagravas2967 completely agree. I bought the Age of plastic when it came out and was stunned by its quality of production and sheer musical talent. I used to listen to the LP on headphones just to pick up every little nuance.

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend checking out an Indie Song & Video called 'The Bond Villain] By Robert Nix

[@dirkdisco2316]

This. Change ups are almost nonexistent in today's music.

[@JevRango]

This song marked the end of the 70s, and the start of the 80s.

[@fortynights1513]

And fittingly its a synth driven new wave song

[@babystockstill5363]

Yepa

[@juliegood7999]

We had such bright hopes for the future…it’s true, we can’t rewind…we’ve gone too far….something has gone terribly wrong

[@MauriceKinslow-zt2tc]

q❤😮😅

[@BorivojeSinik-eh4qd]

No wonder they call Trevor Horn "the man who invented the music of the 80s".

[@samueljimson9837]

This video is over 40 years old and it still stands at the test of time

[@rantsinarobe4099]

So the little girl morphs into her future self. Around 6 at the time, now 27 I assume (the future her) Song from 1979, she is supposed to be the "futuristic woman" from the far off year of 2000. Wasnt until around 2015 with the colored hair lol. THE IDEAL 2023 WOMEN ARE MEN-According to the sickos in the mainstream BET THEY DIDNT SEE THAT COMING💁😓👀 That lil girl shouldve morphed into a butch lesbo with a double masectomy, or even Megan Rapinoe🤮 or from a lil girl - to a man - finally morphing into Lia Thomas🤯

[@steviebboy69]

Yes it does stand the test of time, and its as good today as back then. I would say this was also shot on film, as it has a high resolution most likely 16 MM.

[@partyboi8773]

The model in the pneumatic tube being watched by the little girl just gives me chills; I can't think of a better symbol for today's image-obsessed social media culture and what it does to kids from a young age.

[@MrKrewie]

it always will

[@williehtid89]

Everything from the 90s or before will do because that's where we lost creativity because AI can change the pitch or speed of the songs 😢😢😢😢😢 unfortunately AI KILLED THE RADIO STAR

[@user-wy2dx6ec3v]

この曲は中学生のとき、大好きでした‼️👍️涙が出るほど懐かしい😉今でも大好きな曲デス❤📻️

[@Jianju69]

Boku mo!

[@uuuiuuue]

当時小6でした。洋楽への入り口でした。 30数年たってASIAのライブDVD買いましたがジェフダウンズがメンバーでしたので この曲も演奏されてます。色あせないですね。

[@ゆいゆほ]

俺も中学生だった、やたらラジオで流れてた、初めて聞いた時は衝撃が走った、MTVで初めて流れた曲と聞いた

[@tommyvercetti9511]

what a great song!

[@peterperry6469]

Tommy Vercetti!

[@Cas2000San]

Man they butchered you in the classic trilogy remaster

[@Jakechad04]

My hero ^^^

[@regelsmah5248]

Im still trying to find my GTA Vice City PS2 cartridge I got in 2002

[@dedenyt]

remember the name

[@davidwinstead690]

“We can’t rewind, we’ve gone too far.” This resonating with anybody else?

[@vaclavrendl3441]

AI

[@StevieB8363]

Actually, no. I'm happily doing a mental rewind, because music, (and society in general,) was better back when I was a teenager. You CAN rewind if you focus on what made/makes you happy.

[@killahurtz6786]

No matter how far the future goes, or for how long it goes on for, we will always exist here in our moment that belongs to the past.

[@sumedhranade3668]

Especially resonating after the coming of AI

[@Joestudly]

No, not me I prefer video stars

[@for_nothing_important]

The “owa owa” sounds like it’s coming from a different dimension. It sounds so crispy.

[@adorablegirl1559]

I think it's because the sound effects for the male singer is as if he is singing on the radio. I could be wrong, but thanks I feel like someone thought of this not just me.

[@XboxTF2Tidbits]

@@adorablegirl1559 Honestly that’s probably it. The audio is pretty crisp then a clear Owa Owa is played and it’s so sudden it makes the song better

[@payten8103]

You are a radio Star kzbin.infoFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

[@XboxTF2Tidbits]

@@payten8103 that remix isn’t that good anyways. It’s literally you speaking over the song.

[@markvonmeding6246]

Swift, dude

[@lokomoko008]

i dont know why this song makes me sad and happy at the same time

[@JohnWilson-wg4gk]

🫤 because it's bad and good ???

[@bigd4561]

I hope people realize how sophisticated and complex this song really is. It really is art.

[@chrissmthn]

I hope so too it seems to be going over peoples heads

[@Jack-sd1ug]

They do. You don’t have to mention how much you understand something every second

[@FormulaProg]

Progressive pop. That's why these two fellas were such a great blend when they joined Yes shortly after this album.

[@Carl_McMelvin]

Gay

[@Carl_McMelvin]

What a dumb comment. 😂

[@negispringfiel7694]

The fact that the man on the back playing clavier at 2:50 is Hans Zimmer is incredible. And he even wasn't a member of the band, just a friend of them who accepted to play in their clip !

[@soraceant]

That's crazy

[@rosegardenmadisonsquare]

I found that out TODAY from 60 minutes. INSANE

[@jennalonsdale3629]

@@rosegardenmadisonsquare My mom just texted me this when she was watching 60 minutes. Mind blown!

[@davidtm98]

what 60 minutes?

[@jennalonsdale3629]

@@davidtm98 the story behind the Prince Harry interview

[@TnseWlms]

In 1983, I called my radio station and requested this song. After the song, the DJ mentioned my name, and the title, he said, "Hey wait a minute, I'm not dead yet."

[@ajbwbd]

Didn't get it

[@Deebo11]

@@ajbwbd " video killed the radio star"

[@seymourmaupin6395]

@@ajbwbd Damn, Public Schools. Call Capatain Obvious to explain this conundrum.

[@Dularr]

Little did he know, they can now fit a radio station in a closet.

[@HIMIK-MAN]

Classic.

[@bryansarracino8623]

That harmony with the girls. The Best!!!!!!

[@jonathanlee1726]

Just wanna point out that the keyboardist at 2:50 is none other than the legendary Hans Zimmer! What an amazing career since, congrats on Dune!

[@Juamarques]

Omg no way!!

[@jordennebeltrame8961]

Wow, I didn't know that! I love Hans Zimmer. He was the composer of the first Lion King film, along with Madagascar and many others. The Lion King and Madagascar are two of my favorite movies. Hans Zimmer's music really gives me goosebumps! He's amazing in this song. Having this song as the first song to ever play on MTV, along with having Hans Zimmer shows that this song is truly a legend.

[@Oxibase]

@@jordennebeltrame8961 he is absolutely one of, if not, the best film and tv composers ever. Another bit of interesting info is that he has no classical training. Other than a couple of weeks of piano classes as a child, he is mostly self taught.

[@MilkshakeSnake360]

I’m sorryyyyyy whhaaAAAATTTTTTT

[@whenwhen2284]

Whenever I think about Hans Zimmer I think about that shot of him standing between the keyboards

[@CaIIMeTree]

VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STARRRR 🎶 absolute banger

[@CaIIMeTree]

@Crush_The_Cranium haha yeah, I was like "I remember this song!!!" so I came to this vid :D

[@nihtscada-]

​@Crush_The_Cranium here cause I have old parents who blasted this when i was a kid but hazbin is a bonus

[@LucasCPinheiro]

My goodness, this song is part of my childhood, due to GTA Vice City radios. Jesus Christ, a drop of tear just fell. I didn't speak English when I was a kid. Im not a native English speaker. I was never able to look for the song when I was a kid. Thanks God I randomly found this gem! This is so nostalgic!!

[@rvenkatprabhu933]

Thanks for reminding me where I heard this song first. I also heard this in the GTA, for the first time...

[@gordonscott528]

Good on you Lucas glad you found your song, yes it is a gem.

[@alexsnyder7272]

That was god man he knows the desires of your heart so he helped you find this song man

[@togepipi]

Load "Vice City"

[@Perkele_Itse]

Back when life was simple and good as a child...Bless old GTA games.

[@misterhot9163]

This song still sounds fantastic after more than 40 years.

[@BruceDanton-xw6eg]

It sure does too.

[@jamirimaj6880]

I don't know which is more awesome: the fact that this is the first song played on MTV or the fact that he waited 25 years to sing this song live

[@kayrogamer8118]

Waiting 25 years to sing LIVE is awesome?

[@moatasemkassab4517]

I'd second the former... idk who in his right mind would agree with the latter lmao

[@ragabashmoon1551]

Not just first song, first ANYTHING. They played this video before they even showed their own splash opening.

[@bamul4595]

GTA vice city... my memory

[@Yadobler]

@@ragabashmoon1551 this not right. They started with a countdown to a rocket launch, then the white smoke plums transit into a flag on the moon with the flag bearing the MTV logo that was flashing in the classic MTV pastel colour themes Then the narrator says "ladies and gentlemen, let's rock and roll" then they start playing this. It was quite funny to thing how meta it was - it was the start of mass video broadcast of music, and began the Music Video era of music - which was important as record labels knew it was an important way to advertise music. Madonna, MJ, Prince - some of the popular stars that gain masses via MTV Edit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnvXmoOIea6kqqs

[@occitanie1213]

This song never gets old. So iconic 📞🎥📺

[@randomkids69528]

indeed

[@lucas89exerblx2]

Indeed.

[@Z_MO_YO_]

True

[@WeatherWeasel66]

Except it feels old. You said one of the inane things ever typed on KZbin. Congratulations ! its a snapshot of a very specific time in the late 70's -early 80's.

[@Mark-cn3wr]

I first heard it in just dance 3(coach has a tv head)

[@rossmarino2776]

So much nostalgia. Makes me wanna cry.

[@eloisadeescobar8784]

I cried and a lot, cause I was just gone to England and it was all so new and amazing too me. Years of my youth😭

[@steves2609]

What a great decade to be a teenager. No social media or cell phones. Real friends and actual social face to face interactions

[@aaronsk8s-h8u]

we still have that yk LUCKLY :)

[@BuckmeisterSupremeWithCheese]

Yep, and people beaten to death by police in the streets of LA, and the AIDS and Crack epidemics, and women knew their place (and were kept there by being denied the right to own credit cards or divorce their husbands). Great decade, 10/10.

[@cicciobrooklyn872]

and we came round after school together to watch MTV. It was BRILLIANT!!

[@pistolpete5817]

Yup 100%

[@WC-jd8rn]

You could just not own a phone.. or only use it for calls and business. You'd be surprised how much of a difference it makes. That's why I love going to remote places sometimes. Good way to unplug from the world for a bit.

[@kitkat186]

As a teenager of the 70's and into the 80's we were spoiled with great songs like this.

[@trentlanelover2684]

I WISH I WAS BORN IN THE 70S 😩😩 THE SONGS ARE THE BEST

[@encoredp14]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 great songs like this 🤭🤭

[@payten8103]

Video killed the radio star REMIX ⭐ kzbin.infoFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

[@benniehehe]

Its true .. music and movies were just plain out better in past decades .. my theory is that because music and movies were so freely downloaded in the 2010's with alot of people not paying for entertainment it systematically decreased the quality ..

[@yeet-on2ul]

As a teenager right now I feel the same way

[@Pinetree.1]

Funny how we've come full circle with podcasts. They're basically an evolved form of radio broadcasting.

[@rachmatzulfiqar]

Ah yeah, now that you mention it, old school radio Programme is making comeback through podcasts

[@qianFGC]

I love my podcasts, especially on those long commutes.

[@lubu682]

radio killed the video star

[@ShawnMcCarthy-b6x]

All on what you like

[@SlipperySoap]

I see!

[@duckly5362]

All jokes aside this is actually a really good song

[@LucyWest370]

@Wade Work so can rickrolling. But people still like Rick Ashley never gonna give you up as a song. Context: some other dude was talking about repetition of songs but he deleted his comments. I don’t feel like deleting mine tho lol

[@LucyWest370]

@Wade Work yeah same I had One Vision by Queen stuck in my head for like three days, still like the song tho

[@eskenny5541]

this song has stuck in my head since my childhood and now i’m 22..

[@LucyWest370]

@Wade Work lol

[@flipfloop4611]

Gimbo gambo

[@rodnee2340]

This was synth heaven! Prophets, Rhodes, Moog modular! Still such a fresh sound!

[@davidbahamondes4297]

42 years and counting. Great songs never fade away.

[@marinozaki64]

●●●●●●●There are a lot of professional commentators. How much can they earn from their comments with lots of high ratings? プロのコメント書きがたくさんいる。彼らは高評価がたくさん付いた彼らのコメントでいくら稼ぐ事ができるのでしょうか？

[@rogerwoodhouse7945]

1980 was a great year and this song got the decade off to a good start.

[@AYoungMusicianDude]

43 years old! It came out during the summer of 79. It just wasn’t an instant success. Technically a 70s song 😜

[@anthonysantacroce4426]

I have this on vinyl and on 45 RPM

[@Dimeropepe]

@@AYoungMusicianDude Exactly. You hit on the head. Good point.

[@JohnWick-df3gg]

I'm tearing right now. Remembering the simple old times. GTA Vice City was AMAZING!

[@payten8103]

Video killed the radio Star remix. kzbin.infoFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

[@disgusted4708]

God bless you

[@Master_Bruce_Wayne]

Yup this Automatic and Japanese Love were some of my favorites only known to me because of Vice City

[@jamessilva7991]

We can't re-wind we've gone too far. So true.

[@jayxzn2226]

Why 'was'?

[@pmc6925]

Happy Birthday MTV!!! 43 yrs ago today I remember watching in awe as this was the first video played. It changed the music industry forever!!! The 80's rocked!!! It was a great time to grow up in. Can I get a amen!?!

[@someoneelse-uy2us]

😢we were oh so very young and shiny!

[@ericrussell3199]

Eamon

[@jerilynndougherty5102]

AMEN

[@Molly-k1d]

Amen!!! Yes, the 80's may be before my time but I've heard stories from my older siblings about growing up during that time with the "Brat Pack" and everything else. I'll admit a ton of great music came out of that time.

[@pmc6925]

@@Molly-k1d ahhh yes! "The Brat Pack."

[@5150show]

I was in my 2nd form , went to the end of year disco and danced with a girl to this song , I’ll never forget her .

[@kas1755]

No one speaks of it but this is a great great song. It doesn't get old, I'm a musician and I never get sick of the instrumental parts or progression. One of the all-time greats IMO.

[@payten8103]

You are a Radio Star ✨ kzbin.infoFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

[@1ts0nly4stro]

Yes

[@coyote50585]

We didnt have any of these abilties to watch videos on command like we do today. I dont remember ever seeing videos for many 80s and 90s songs other then catching them on the radio and once in awile recording a cassette. It nice to see the videos 20 years later with the songs

[@kas1755]

@@coyote50585 My area didn't get MTV right away so I had to wait for a show called "Friday Night Videos" on NBC I think. Yeah early on they were hard to find.

[@injanhoi1]

It's actually a brilliant piece of music. It is timeless.

[@Danimal1577]

Trevor Horn is a genius. Everyone who loves music needs to know about this man

[@joooooolea]

i thought of this song for the first time in 7 years mate

[@ThommyKane]

yea nevermind that Hans Zimmer is in this video

[@marpsr]

Amazingly talented bass player

[@ethancole4359]

Yes he really is, I admire this man. He produced songs for Yes, ABC, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Pet Shop Boys and so much more. Hell, I didn't even know that he produced songs by Seal. This man is definitely a genius and I hope his production will last the test of time.

[@satyakisil4289]

Let's take a moment to appreciate how crisp the audio quality is for a 70s song.

[@stangman1268]

it is very clear i could hear instruments i didn't know were there like the hi hat opening and closing.

[@screamingcat142]

legit i thought it was from the late 90s early 2000s I had no clue it was made in the late 70s

[@bubblegum1948]

Um, it's an 80s song with lots of 80s style affects/mannerisms.

[@jakenightmares84]

Bubblegum 1 79 so technically still the 70s

[@bubblegum1948]

@@jakenightmares84 ---- Has zero to do with the 70s. that was a whole other expressive Art form and style/fad of music, sound, and arrangement of instruments ---- and you could say, consciousness. the leap from 70s to 80s, in paradigm, is actually a big shift. they're also visually different. 79 is technically 70s. yes. but it's where you see the advent of new sound and imagery coming in...mid 79 early 80.

[@michaelhirst6065]

Brilliant. Way ahead of it's time. The dawning of a new age. Nice one Trevor Horne.

[@SonicHawk90]

As a 90s kid I was introduced to this song by Rockstar Games through GTA Vice City and their iconic radio stations. This still stays one of my all-time favorites. Now for Japanese Boy next...if you remember the playlist...

[@erikterenji4674]

Aneka Japanese boy.Same to me.When I drove a car,I just listened a flash fm to listen this songs.

[@marquishaynes9882]

This was my favorite song from vc.!

[@doctorwars2]

my introduction was my dad playing this on something (I mean like a radio) when I was really young apparently, i'm 1999 birth year girl

[@payten8103]

Video killed the radio star REMIX ⭐ kzbin.infoFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

[@zeidon4193]

Yessir

[@mattyram13]

if youtube existed in the 80's, this song would have 1 billion views

[@gtapku1643]

The song wasnt that big back then

[@mattyram13]

@@gtapku1643 probably 100 million

[@kimmanorith9861]

Right

[@F.E.M.T.O]

@@gtapku1643 legacy views bro

[@mattyram13]

@icid Maybe it would got 100 million or 200 million, videos gets views even by repeating the video.

[@KarimJovian]

This song was ahead of its time because it killed the internet too :"F

[@Ambatukakangku]

AI killed the internet star

[@blondeepartygirl]

Yep

[@asparagusredal7751]

Love you, K

[@tnetroP]

Can concur. Started playing the song and I lost connection to the internet.

[@stevewenzel3798]

The Internet never will die without Internet WE will die Out . The Most Things in Our world doesnt Work without the Internet anymore . And ITS getting worst with each das WE go Forward .

[@ORCXodus]

I still remember watching this the day MTV premiered.. and music videos were born. How i wish i could go back.

[@paulhardiek7881]

This song predicts the future. It talks about technology and computers. one of the greatest one hit wonders of all time. . I like classic rock.

[@mgtow-balance3409]

i just listened to it after mixing some techno tracks. this was way ahead of its time by fusing disco, pop, synth, rock and trance type techno

[@charlesflinnill978]

The album "age of plastic" had several good selections. They were never played. Sirius/Xm on their "first-wave" station should play them.

[@Carl_McMelvin]

It doesn’t predict anything. It’s a fucking song. And it’s not classic rock. 😂 🤦‍♂️

[@themaggattack]

I love how his voice sounds like it's being played on an old phonograph and he's in black and white in the beginning. Even when I was a little kid, It always made me melancholy, thinking of my great grandmother who was a flapper in the 20's and my other grandparents who would all tell stories about life way back when. This song and video really is a marker of changing time. How the imagery mixes old looks with newer looks and the sound does the same. I love it.

[@marinozaki64]

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[@lisacox4984]

My grandparents, who have been gone a long time, got married in 1928 and the first piece of "furniture" they bought was a Victrola. LOL.

[@jasonhall6064]

This song makes me cry every time. It represents a change to our entire lives and a change to music as we knew it. Never again would music not have a visual attached to it. For better or for worse. In many ways, this is such a sad song.

[@jmwoods8453]

Sad for what it represented at the time of its writing. Even more sad today as its timeless theme speaks to the evolution of all technology (e.g. internet, social media) and its effects on society. We can't rewind, we've gone too far.

[@oasis4life014]

Love radio at work you don’t need to be watching a screen to be entertained

[@marinozaki64]

●●●●●●●There are a lot of professional commentators. How much can they earn from their comments with lots of high ratings? プロのコメント書きがたくさんいる。彼らは高評価がたくさん付いた彼らのコメントでいくら稼ぐ事ができるのでしょうか？

[@paulamiles9559]

Also makes me cry. Pictures came and broke your heart.

[@Daysbb]

You people need to go outside and see actual sad things lmao

[@RussianSkinwalkerII]

Anyone listening in November 2024?

[@daveallentown6868]

Gregorian or Julian?

[@RussianSkinwalkerII]

@@daveallentown6868what.

[@xaviersavierhardt3331]

Yeah mate

[@damienwashington5958]

Still a great song

[@Betsy-f4q]

Always

[@Bertie_magoo]

2024.....who's still listening to this timeless classic.

[@BH-ro4ly]

yes

[@ktlknss]

why is this even a question? of course!

[@VamıkYalman]

Same here:)

[@killersyd187]

me, i still play this on just dance

[@noonespecial1178]

me with a smile on my face my friend

[@wendynerd1199]

This album is amazing. Also that's Hans Zimmer as the second keyboardist. Oh, and Trevor Horn produced pretty much every song you like from the 80's.

[@thetourminator]

WHAT? That was Hans Zimmer ? You refer to the guy that first shows at 2:50 ? OMG that is amazing....I never would have known that. DAMN....what an ICONIC career he ended up having.

[@wendynerd1199]

@@thetourminator Him and Trevor Horn! Watch the Todd in the Shadows video on the Buggles. Your brain will melt.

[@marinozaki64]

●●●●●●●There are a lot of professional commentators. How much can they earn from their comments with lots of high ratings? プロのコメント書きがたくさんいる。彼らは高評価がたくさん付いた彼らのコメントでいくら稼ぐ事ができるのでしょうか？

[@5roundsrapid263]

@@thetourminator Hans Zimmer played synths for Doctor Who for several years, too.

[@AaronEdwards]

@@thetourminator You want even more of a mind blower? Danny Elfman was in Oingo Boingo.

[@_tinman]

I'm 22, listened to this with my dad constantly when I was younger. Not yet a sad story about memories with my father, but I already know that when he passes I'll be able to listen to this song and know he's jamming out with me forever. Love you dad

[@francesconero1953]

Buona..notte...a..tutti..by..gio..sss..primo..mudic..company...Milano.. italy..e..Paola.. Ferrara.. ciao.......

[@Praxis71]

Your dad is pretty lucky!

[@nederlandsbanaan4569]

That's cute

[@sophiamena5002]

omg me too

[@clintstryder1131]

Me and my daughter relive all genres! Never let that sleep! New music especially! Arts needs to be included to be the progression of humanity! Its my focus and my daughter's!

[@gnx71]

Memories of being 10 and in hospital to have an eye operation. My Mum brought in a pocket radio to keep me company and this song was constantly played. Still makes me feel melancholy just listening to it again.

[@SimonYoung-OFFICIAL]

One of the greatest pop singles of all time. Innovative, contemporary, a brilliant song and great production by Trevor Horn. Magical.

[@marinozaki64]

●●●●●●●There are a lot of professional commentators. How much can they earn from their comments with lots of high ratings? プロのコメント書きがたくさんいる。彼らは高評価がたくさん付いた彼らのコメントでいくら稼ぐ事ができるのでしょうか？

[@edgabrielocay3376]

I couldn't agree more.

[@matteoromenghi]

Yup!

[@oludotunjohnshowemimo434]

Classic masterpiece by The Buggles. Never get bored listening to it

[@TinShackVideos]

Have you heard the original, even better.

[@RandomVidsforthought]

​@@TinShackVideosThis is the original

[@Roaring2Thunder]

​@@RandomVidsforthoughtits a cover

[@RandomVidsforthought]

@@Roaring2Thunder One of the band members released the song without the rest of the band knowing and this version is better than what the other guy did.

[@caldochenrv7981]

c'est vrai, je confirme !! mes 15 ans ... 1979

[@yoshilulu2321]

Definitely a prophetic song. There was much more talent and vocalists in radio before the physical appearance became more important than the voice

[@z1kop540]

well said

[@lado0353]

Ça c'est pas faux.

[@ricardohoang8452]

Well it's describing Tiktok that killed so many talants now lol

[@Lightworkerred]

Piss poor take. Music videos and entertaining through video is a talent on its own. There's a reason why your grandma that's posts videos to her Facebook don't get the same amount of views as talented people. Plus there are more talented musicians now then back then. It's just more saturated so there's also more shitty musicians then back then so there WAY more to sort through.

[@yoshilulu2321]

@@Lightworkerred 😳 I'm going to have to disagree with you. Someone singing acoustic, Acapella, live with a band, had to have talent to be known. Now, a pretty face, auto tune, voice filtering, and sound added digitally can earn millions.

[@marcuslichten3932]

Excellent and complexe composition. Back then,I never paid attention to the lyrics, was a teen and it just sounded good.Now,I know that all his songs have a very deep meaning. Cryptic, but very illuminating once decoded.

[@nancybez]

Oh, man, I used to absolutely hate this song in the 80s when I was a kid. It never stopped playing on MTV/VHS. Now I absolutely can’t get enough of this genius song. Lol.

[@marinozaki64]

●●●●●●●There are a lot of professional commentators. How much can they earn from their comments with lots of high ratings? プロのコメント書きがたくさんいる。彼らは高評価がたくさん付いた彼らのコメントでいくら稼ぐ事ができるのでしょうか？

[@lilzachx4629]

@@marinozaki64 are you okay?

[@Aingelives44]

I speaking Japanese

[@susanmichele]

Same story with me!! But the movie Take This Waltz brought it back to me, and now I love the song!!!

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

@@lilzachx4629 he's on the clock, replies cost money. He's a serial commenter entrepreneur. 😃

[@patmcgroin1418]

According to my mom, when I was little i used to run around the house singing "who has killed the radio star" LOL

[@TescoBoy568]

loooooool

[@Vv-cq6cx]

realy !!!!XD

[@1Minecraftuniverse]

:')

[@miguelperdomogomez1603]

jajaja

[@Supersweetguy]

Really? Lol!!! Hahahaha!!!!!

[@RiasatSalminSami]

Funny how the past looked more futuristic than the future itself.

[@suzkiiangel4619]

Ikr

[@gaygambler]

I was born in 1968. It wasn’t fururstic.

[@narkny4080]

Thanks to libtard

[@normansmithers7631]

covideo killed the radio star, especially if they had downes syndrome, used a zimmer frame or couldn't get the horn!!

[@ralfralf3117]

Really?...what do you mean?...

[@BrianTBaumgardner]

My fav part of the video is at the end with Horn getting down on the bass -- very cool.

[@CathyKitson]

Appropriate that this was the very first video on MTV. The end of one era, the beginning of the next. There's a definite nostalgia in this song.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

It was for sure, when the channel went on the air on August 1, 1981.

[@TheItalianAtheist]

I was 14 in 1979 when I bought the 33 RPM from which this song is extracted, "The Age of Plastic". I had heard in a Hi-Fi shop in Rome, Italy, as a test record for a turntable and a couple of loudspeakers of recent production which were presented to the customers. Though I was 14 I had somewhat sensed that its lyrics would be going to be catchy and lasting because played in the key of nostalgia. And the years to come proved me right. In hindsight it was the song that shut the 1970s and introduced the 1980s.

[@CathyKitson]

@@TheItalianAtheist It was definitely the end of the 70s! And of course they were nostalgic. Now we listen to THIS and we get nostalgic!

[@bille77]

That's Hans Zimmer on the keys. The dude who composed the scores to Lion King, Inception and Interstellar!

[@Zadster]

One is Geoff Downes, the other is Bruce Woolley. They co-wrote this track.

[@csjames69]

And Miami Vice.

[@mikelurrutia3029]

You can also see it in the video of the Spanish techno band Mecano, "Mecano in concert" from 1984 as a guest artist, almost at the end, together with the drummer of Ultravox

[@thesoundvault508]

Horst Jedlika super stoned bumpin old rap and randomly thought of that fact. Came here just to see him jammin lol

[@bille77]

@@thesoundvault508 Amazing. Guten Tag from Kiel, Germany!

[@JeffreyCogswell]

It's fascinating to listen to this music, with Geoff Downes on keyboards, and then to listen to his band Asia and hear the synth similarities, especially with songs like The Smile Has Left Your Eyes and Don't Cry. Such great music!!!

[@Nickos1b]

I remember this song vividly. It was 1980 I was eating lunch reading a book about photography (my passion at the time and future college education) and at the background this song playing on the radio (!). It was so interesting and catchy that the moment was forever ingrained in my brain. I even remember what I was eating at the time. Good times, good memories long gone but never forgotten.

[@sunflowerbaby2437]

this is true nostalgia

[@TheAmbasador99]

Hol up we still gotta know what you were eating

[@malik87breaker]

It isn't just nostalgia. It's more than that :D

[@tolankun5885]

What you were eating

[@FreeTheJambon]

@@tolankun5885 Ikr! He leaves hanging like that!

[@dari3427]

FIrst song ever played on MTV (Aug 1 1981), back when MUSIC tv played music. How prophetic it turned out to be. Hats off to whomever at MTV selected this as the first song, it will always live in history now.

[@Pool1978]

1979❤

[@blablabla5208]

Really?

[@TheGramophoneGirl]

@@Pool1978 Video released in 1979 but it was the first one played on MTV in 1981. 45 years ago!!?!?

[@Pool1978]

You are wrong. It was played on MTV in 1979 as the first English group on English MTV. Thats a fact.❤❤

[@Pool1978]

​yes really!!!. Maybe you worent born ore maybe a little child.👋👋👋🤫🫣

[@abeldisla.5488]

Now is "Streaming killed Television Stars".

[@mysterion3182]

May not be long before it actually happens.

[@alannahfisherman1321]

And CDs RIP 💿☹️

[@mysterion3182]

​@@alannahfisherman1321You never know. Vinyl made a comeback.

[@RapFanatic4ever]

Yep

[@mattgray871]

And DVDs

[@SharonGetchel]

I was 17 when MTV began and this was one of their first songs.Boy does it take me back to the good all days

[@nick56677]

To me, this song was saying goodbye to the 70s and was welcoming the morning and sunrise for the incoming 1980s.

[@aebhosor4835]

Well, yeah... but also it's about how technology at that time were rising

[@robinchesterfield42]

That's EXACTLY what it is, and since it's also from the tail end of the '70s...the timing is perfect too!

[@KevTheImpaler]

And what a disappointment the 80s were. Late 70s were the best, or maybe the mid to late 60s were.

[@aebhosor4835]

@@KevTheImpaler Heck no, dude. The 60's 70's and 80's were great

[@vexter109]

Not so great with constant fear of WW3 but yea.

[@gopinathbhat1789]

How ironic is it for us to hear this on the internet on KZbin.

[@raisa_cherry35]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@iantarbet4000]

@@raisa_cherry35 Love the irony -

[@samueltong8061]

@Tool Dry Boon K but no need to call them idiots.

[@debowiec3]

Innit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@michellewilliams3118]

YES VIDEO DID KILL THE RADIO STAR God forgive them

[@lefkytheshin]

Never get tired of this classic. Brilliant song.

[@rantsinarobe4099]

So the little girl morphs into her future self. Around 6 at the time, now 27 I assume (the future her) Song from 1979, she is supposed to be the "futuristic woman" from the far off year of 2000. Wasnt until around 2015 with the colored hair lol. THE IDEAL 2023 WOMEN ARE MEN-According to the sickos in the mainstream BET THEY DIDNT SEE THAT COMING💁😓👀 That lil girl shouldve morphed into a butch lesbo with a double masectomy, or even Megan Rapinoe🤮 or from a lil girl - to a man - finally morphing into Lia Thomas🤯

[@hannahpeskoller7772]

Kll

[@TinShackVideos]

@@hannahpeskoller7772 The Camera Club

[@OfficeAcct]

"waah ... Radio star ... " at the end I could listen to that part over and over and over

[@2112jonr]

I've always loved this song, but have really come to appreciate just how beautiful the dynamics and construction of it is over time. A true masterpiece from all involved.

[@theviper8993]

Tommy vercetti music

[@last_fantasy]

Nothing can hit harder than childhood nostalgia

[@marinozaki64]

●●●●●●●There are a lot of professional commentators. How much can they earn from their comments with lots of high ratings? プロのコメント書きがたくさんいる。彼らは高評価がたくさん付いた彼らのコメントでいくら稼ぐ事ができるのでしょうか？

[@rayane5494]

I believe a metal pipe to the temple hits harder

[@GiratinaGX]

childhood? How old are you, grandpa?

[@last_fantasy]

@@GiratinaGX 19

[@GiratinaGX]

@@last_fantasy The song is older than you lmao

[@Mcflycoolvideos]

Sometimes a song just sticks with you. Plays in the back of your mind for a while. This is one of those songs.

[@marytormey4522]

Hi first heard this when I was 13 in 1981 ,now I'm in my late 50s and still love it ,thanks for sharing ,

[@LudwigvanBeethoven2]

Only a genius could make "Video killed a Radio star" sound so Iconic

[@payten8103]

You are a radio star 🌠 kzbin.infoFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

[@ollh3297]

Beethoven? 😳

[@oqocraft2661]

Beethoven? 😳

[@jessetellez3924]

The video that started it all, and ended it all. The song that declared to the world forever that music would ever again be the same.

[@mattbrown9484]

80s was absolute crap for music

[@karlgreat1661]

Hello 👋🏼 Jesse Tellez

[@xWesternAcid]

"Radio's not dead, but it is ending this broadcast"

[@RedisdaGamer]

"Hazbin hotel quote"

[@MADEFORNOTHING]

Bro be finding this to say a quote from Hazbin Hotel

[@xWesternAcid]

​@@MADEFORNOTHING you know it

[@olddiggy4800]

When I first watched Hazbin and saw the beef between Alastor and Vox, this song was my first thought

[@BeanKally]

@@olddiggy4800same tho

[@donald4095]

I remember sitting at my friend Davey's house hitting the bong and waiting for this to come on seems like so long ago like another lifetime.

[@scumanthaa]

idk why i can’t imagine someone in the 70s-80s hitting the bong like me and my friends 😭 time is crazy.

[@He-Man00]

This feels like a song that could've come out today and be praised as a *True Return to the 80's*. It's so crisp and catchy

[@Waiting664]

16/7

[@theodoreritola7641]

1979 RELEASED You song napper

[@latkagravas2967]

If you had listened to "The Age of Plastic", the album this song appeared on, when it came out, you might have a real treasure. The entire album is a cult favorite, and many folks think "Video Killed the Radio Star" to actually be perhaps the weakest song on the album, although iconic and catchy and obviously the first song played on MTV. The rest of the album continues the futuristic theme. So if you can, listen to the whole album a few times. You may be hooked the way we were.

[@476233]

I was just curious about music videos the other day and when they started. I found this was the first video. I think I faintly remember hearing it maybe once or twice in the 90s. But this is a masterpiece. It’s so catchy I was humming it at work all day. The video is awesome too.

[@teresawadman2600]

Love it. Perfecto

[@georgessiam378]

Timeless. An absolute classic masterpiece.

[@latkagravas2967]

If, by chance, you never listened to the entire album, "The Age of Plastic" that this song is from, I recommend giving it a few listens. Many, including myself, thought this song to be the weakest / overly simplistic on the album, and left it off if we recorded the album on cassette for our cars.

[@atom5949]

Leave it to MTV to make their first aired music video an absolute fever dream.

[@sixthdegreesunburn]

It’s weird but amazing

[@MizzWGGrrrl]

This is the first time I've EVER seen this video, and it looks like the perfect thing to kick off a channel that was devoted to music videos.

[@MclovinHawaii-qp6bx]

Little bit people know that the man playing the keyboard at 2:52 is the man who give us such iconic theme song from movies of Christopher Nolan and many others that man is HANS ZIMMERMAN 😍

[@michelelomartire_634]

If you are listening this in 2022 you are a vintage living legend with good taste in music.

[@ethanoreilly2002]

Fun fact I just learnt! The third guy playing synths at the back is Hans Zimmer ( 2:52)

[@WorksopGimp]

She how shy he was too

[@wlkrjnn]

That is really interesting.

[@aebhosor4835]

Yeah, apparently he just a cameo there

[@tomnimanju3543]

Just came here from Wikipedia page about Zimmerman after watching Dunkirk and thinking to myself, what a wonderful sound this movie has, wonder if that has something to do with HZ.

[@evol-yu4mu]

@@tomnimanju3543 came here from another youtube video that said HZ had roots in rock music, went to wiki, and that's how I'm here

[@joekerr6874]

I was a child back then. Let me tell you my friends, the 80's were simply amazing. The world held so much promise, the future held so much promise. We thought those days would never end. I remember being in my parent's living room, watching MTV with my little sister & my friends, all of us dancing like kids do, having a grand old time. The fact that nearly 40 years later, we can actually go back in time, so to say, by means of websites like KZbin, is just wonderful. So many happy memories of back then. I didn't see this video played for the very first time on MTV, because they came on air 1 minute after midnight that day. I did see it replayed later on in the afternoon. My Father thought MTV would cause the end of world lol. To us kids, it was the greatest thing we had ever seen or heard.

[@thatfellashak6143]

I would’ve loved to grow up then and thanks for sharing your memories

[@lordrathut]

80s don't sound too bad, I have a gripe with American Cars from the time though. 1981 Camaro was awesome, why did they make the 1982 Camaro so differently?

[@alank9138]

For white america maybe. Reagan was spreading crack in the Black community and locking ppl up in groups. While thatcher was dissecting Europe.

[@moatasemkassab4517]

@@alank9138 No need to get political...

[@jessiejames2155]

Awesome !

[@Purlsama]

Crazy how relevant this song is today.

[@tydek]

Alors comme ça le type qui joue du clavier à 2:51 c'est Hans Zimmer, incroyable... Merci e-penser!

[@Rokgnara]

Il nous a fait une vidéo de 15 minutes pour partager avec nous cette découverte, jpp.

[@pat5615-l6y]

oui ! le brun avec un blouson foncé, pas le blond avec la veste "argentée" à 2'55 ;-)

[@vokasimid5330]

Didn't noticed rhat

[@itheultimategemini]

Omg, I thought this song was recorded recently, not 40 years ago. It's timeless.

[@lunchmeat1265]

It was actually recorded in 1979. First MTV airplay 40 years ago today.

[@BaseballPlayer0]

Hi Michelle

[@davidbaclian337]

@@lunchmeat1265 it’s crazy that mtv has been around for 40 years with 7 years of playing music videos.

[@scattysafari7742]

i was 12 in 1979 when it came out. Loved it back then. so different from anything else in the 70s.

[@chimchimgirlz]

It was sampled some years ago by Nicki Minaj and Will-i-Am.

[@billydeeuk]

The first ever music video played on MTV - which turns 35 today!

[@AlexNuget]

this sing is older than .... MTV? what is MTV?

[@Sr.Fanco95]

+Alex Nuget MTV was a Music Channel 24/7, now is aring reallyties and crap. This song it was the 1st music video from the tv network.

[@AlexNuget]

El Matute is MTV american

[@BGerov]

+El Matue if you want music try MTV Hits or MTV Rock. The onliest reallytie that i liked was "Pimp my ride"

[@melissamotadoria5544]

MTV lost its greatness, too much of reality shows, lost everything about being a "music television".

[@DarrelB-q1d]

The first video played on MTV August 1st,1983 & the rest is history!

[@damienmiller1302]

People in 1979 - I love this song People in 1981 - I'm here from MTV People in 1998 - I'm here from The Wedding Singer People in 2002 - I'm here from GTA Vice City People in 2020 - I'm here from Hitler and Stalin

[@siampuiihnamte7721]

Hey you forgot indians Indians: i'm here because of disco dancer movie hahahahahahahahahaha

[@andresanchez9395]

2030. I’m here from the song they played while they dropped the bomb.

[@Audreys_Cloud]

one more Sep 30, 2014 - I'm here from TFS DragonBall Z Abridged EP 44

[@beta_unknow3050]

Here because Eekum Bokum killed radio star

[@Tivoo99]

Thats so true i came from vice city and came again when i saw hitler and stalin lol

[@clepy985]

it’s really disappointing me that everyone is recognising shane’s parody as just the nicki minaj song but nobody knows about the ORIGINAL original and. it’s such a good song got dam

[@androo6552]

Exactly!!

[@niamhbeckett3716]

same :(

[@nikitataggart9319]

IKRRR

[@wgusvhvkenib7448]

Innit

[@cutemissbubbly]

It was driving me CRAZY trying to figure out what the original song was cos I checked the Nicki Minaj song and was like no, that’s not why it’s so familiar..

[@davidmurphy2563]

I remember hearing this song on the radio as a kid in the morning just before school and started randomly singing it 25 years later in my car coming from work so had to KZbin it, the nostalgia ❤️

[@kiranfyi]

Coming here on the 43rd anniversary of this kicking off MTV: August 1, 1981.

[@BenjaminSpalding-e6w]

Saturday on that day.👍

[@Iggywiggywoo]

Thought it was 1979!

[@spacewalktraveller1]

The guy on the keyboards, dressed in black, near the end of the video is Hans Zimmer. He went on to become one of the greatest composer for film in Hollywood. Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Hannibal, The Last Samurai, The Da Vinci Code, The Lion King are just some of the movies her wrote the music for.

[@blehscary303]

I also liked his OST for Sherlock Holmes

[@pauldavidthomasfrodo]

no way . greats spot.

[@Louid133]

correct, he was actually Geoff Downes Keyboard tech at the time and they included him in the music video. Although this was written by Geoff and Trevor.

[@nancy8676]

Miami vice!

[@thephantomoftheparadise5666]

That's pretty cool!