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

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  • Опубликовано: 19 дек 2024

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  • @Rizzlyricist
    @Rizzlyricist Месяц назад +651

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

    • @rhea9743
      @rhea9743 Месяц назад +59

      wait what

    • @monkeyintensity1
      @monkeyintensity1 Месяц назад +26

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

    • @BrianTBaumgardner
      @BrianTBaumgardner Месяц назад +12

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

    • @itachisenpaix3
      @itachisenpaix3 Месяц назад +45

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

    • @Nahuel_Thiago
      @Nahuel_Thiago Месяц назад +19

      benjamin button

  • @irafoo
    @irafoo Год назад +6958

    If MTV shuts down, this should be their final broadcast

    • @notkimpine
      @notkimpine 11 месяцев назад +375

      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
      @rhalld 11 месяцев назад +176

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

    • @SylveonPlays316
      @SylveonPlays316 11 месяцев назад +253

      Fun fact: MTV in the Philippines did just that

    • @Harudodo
      @Harudodo 10 месяцев назад +46

      @@notkimpine Well that’s a huge generalization lmao

    • @SpynCycle57
      @SpynCycle57 10 месяцев назад +76

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

  • @MatchaPawStudio
    @MatchaPawStudio 3 года назад +40513

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

    • @ylop598
      @ylop598 3 года назад +455

      H3 podcast trivia 😂

    • @Jellyrollrider
      @Jellyrollrider 3 года назад +2236

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

    • @MatchaPawStudio
      @MatchaPawStudio 3 года назад +348

      @@ylop598 YES I ACTUALLY CAME HERE FROM THAT LOL

    • @AllanElMelon1043
      @AllanElMelon1043 3 года назад +452

      And ironic

    • @troubledsole9104
      @troubledsole9104 3 года назад +525

      And debuted on MTV on 08/01/81

  • @WanderOverYonderFan16
    @WanderOverYonderFan16 Месяц назад +174

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

    • @kristineholcroft9163
      @kristineholcroft9163 Месяц назад +2

      So true

    • @waynebrown67
      @waynebrown67 23 дня назад

      what year was it

    • @secretjanus
      @secretjanus 19 дней назад +1

      @@waynebrown67ur mom

    • @puRpl3su8
      @puRpl3su8 17 дней назад +1

      One thing to thank for that is GTA Vice City, as this song appeared in both the intro and on Flash FM

    • @ghettolicerx2
      @ghettolicerx2 15 дней назад

      music told stories back than. now we have sex and drugs.

  • @christianvillareal1
    @christianvillareal1 3 года назад +2711

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

    • @payten8103
      @payten8103 3 года назад +8

      You are a Radio Star ⭐
      ruclips.net/user/shortsFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

    • @kimreed4468
      @kimreed4468 3 года назад +30

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

    • @Ty-vj4wg
      @Ty-vj4wg 3 года назад +12

      A little late, but Happy 40th Anniversary MTV!

    • @Wolverines4ever-sl1js
      @Wolverines4ever-sl1js 3 года назад +23

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

    • @lufhopespeacefully2037
      @lufhopespeacefully2037 3 года назад

      do u read quran,

  • @UAa320
    @UAa320 4 года назад +4339

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

    • @xXSiNiSteRXx1
      @xXSiNiSteRXx1 4 года назад +173

      Seriously dude that a great idea.

    • @vacantcrow
      @vacantcrow 4 года назад +287

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

    • @erika.7462
      @erika.7462 4 года назад +17

      Yep

    • @agustingomez1590
      @agustingomez1590 4 года назад +77

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

    • @heretohear8662
      @heretohear8662 4 года назад +77

      It went away a long time ago!

  • @TedsCoasterChannel
    @TedsCoasterChannel Год назад +4938

    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!

  • @荒巻次郎
    @荒巻次郎 17 дней назад +14

    懐かしく聞いています!この曲は大ヒットしましたね!CDを買って毎日聞いていました!本当にノリノリのサウンドにどハマりしました!1980年代の大ヒット曲でしたね🎉🎉😂😂❤❤

  • @pathfinder1962
    @pathfinder1962 Год назад +3194

    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

  • @preventerwind7794
    @preventerwind7794 5 месяцев назад +513

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

    • @nevazhno0074
      @nevazhno0074 5 месяцев назад +2

      Good.

    • @winslow-eh5kv
      @winslow-eh5kv 4 месяца назад +4

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

    • @francesconero1953
      @francesconero1953 4 месяца назад

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

    • @vminormom
      @vminormom 3 месяца назад +3

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

    • @francesconero1953
      @francesconero1953 3 месяца назад

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

  • @TnseWlms
    @TnseWlms 3 года назад +4608

    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
      @ajbwbd 3 года назад +48

      Didn't get it

    • @Deebo11
      @Deebo11 3 года назад +445

      @@ajbwbd " video killed the radio star"

    • @seymourmaupin6395
      @seymourmaupin6395 3 года назад +252

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

    • @Dularr
      @Dularr 3 года назад +63

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

    • @HIMIK-MAN
      @HIMIK-MAN 3 года назад +6

      Classic.

  • @richardrickford3028
    @richardrickford3028 3 месяца назад +50

    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
      @turinmormegil7715 2 месяца назад +2

      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
      @alanvincentmichaels5594 2 месяца назад

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

    • @josephpole
      @josephpole 2 месяца назад +1

      You mean Hans Zimmer?

  • @kitkat186
    @kitkat186 3 года назад +726

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

    • @trentlanelover2684
      @trentlanelover2684 3 года назад +14

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

    • @encoredp14
      @encoredp14 3 года назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣 great songs like this 🤭🤭

    • @payten8103
      @payten8103 3 года назад

      Video killed the radio star
      REMIX ⭐
      ruclips.net/user/shortsFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

    • @benniehehe
      @benniehehe 3 года назад +8

      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
      @yeet-on2ul 3 года назад +3

      As a teenager right now I feel the same way

  • @davidwinstead690
    @davidwinstead690 6 месяцев назад +1316

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

    • @vaclavrendl3441
      @vaclavrendl3441 6 месяцев назад +29

      AI

    • @StevieB8363
      @StevieB8363 6 месяцев назад +26

      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
      @killahurtz6786 6 месяцев назад +16

      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
      @sumedhranade3668 6 месяцев назад +10

      Especially resonating after the coming of AI

    • @Joestudly
      @Joestudly 6 месяцев назад +1

      No, not me I prefer video stars

  • @for_nothing_important
    @for_nothing_important 3 года назад +793

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

    • @adorablegirl1559
      @adorablegirl1559 3 года назад +42

      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
      @XboxTF2Tidbits 3 года назад +20

      @@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
      @payten8103 3 года назад

      You are a radio Star
      ruclips.net/user/shortsFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

    • @XboxTF2Tidbits
      @XboxTF2Tidbits 3 года назад +10

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

    • @markvonmeding6246
      @markvonmeding6246 3 года назад +2

      Swift, dude

  • @K_23_Z
    @K_23_Z 23 дня назад +14

    for some of US, the late 70s and 80s were the spring time of our lives! This song still holds its value!

  • @jonathanlee1726
    @jonathanlee1726 2 года назад +1837

    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
      @Juamarques 2 года назад +57

      Omg no way!!

    • @jordennebeltrame8961
      @jordennebeltrame8961 2 года назад +104

      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
      @Oxibase 2 года назад +47

      @@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
      @MilkshakeSnake360 2 года назад +15

      I’m sorryyyyyy whhaaAAAATTTTTTT

    • @whenwhen2284
      @whenwhen2284 2 года назад +17

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

  • @davidbahamondes4297
    @davidbahamondes4297 2 года назад +2991

    42 years and counting. Great songs never fade away.

    • @marinozaki64
      @marinozaki64 2 года назад +3

      ●●●●●●●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
      @rogerwoodhouse7945 2 года назад +14

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

    • @AYoungMusicianDude
      @AYoungMusicianDude 2 года назад +21

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

    • @anthonysantacroce4426
      @anthonysantacroce4426 2 года назад +6

      I have this on vinyl and on 45 RPM

    • @Dimeropepe
      @Dimeropepe 2 года назад +5

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

  • @duckly5362
    @duckly5362 4 года назад +4811

    All jokes aside this is actually a really good song

    • @LucyWest370
      @LucyWest370 4 года назад +55

      @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
      @LucyWest370 4 года назад +9

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

    • @eskenny5541
      @eskenny5541 4 года назад +31

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

    • @LucyWest370
      @LucyWest370 4 года назад +2

      @Wade Work lol

    • @flipfloop4611
      @flipfloop4611 4 года назад +1

      Gimbo gambo

  • @thrashingpanic
    @thrashingpanic 18 дней назад +4

    Man... how incredibly advanced the composition and arrangement are compared to today's music. Unbelievable.

  • @JevRango
    @JevRango 8 месяцев назад +1550

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

    • @fortynights1513
      @fortynights1513 8 месяцев назад +63

      And fittingly its a synth driven new wave song

    • @babystockstill5363
      @babystockstill5363 7 месяцев назад +5

      Yepa

    • @juliegood7999
      @juliegood7999 7 месяцев назад +40

      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
      @MauriceKinslow-zt2tc 7 месяцев назад +3

      q❤😮😅

    • @BorivojeSinik-eh4qd
      @BorivojeSinik-eh4qd 7 месяцев назад +29

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

  • @negispringfiel7694
    @negispringfiel7694 2 года назад +761

    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
      @soraceant 2 года назад +27

      That's crazy

    • @rosegardenmadisonsquare
      @rosegardenmadisonsquare Год назад +37

      I found that out TODAY from 60 minutes. INSANE

    • @jennalonsdale3629
      @jennalonsdale3629 Год назад +16

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

    • @davidtm98
      @davidtm98 Год назад +3

      what 60 minutes?

    • @jennalonsdale3629
      @jennalonsdale3629 Год назад +4

      @@davidtm98 the story behind the Prince Harry interview

  • @LagMasterSam
    @LagMasterSam Год назад +2603

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

    • @Vulpes89
      @Vulpes89 Год назад +143

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

    • @PiracyIsFun
      @PiracyIsFun Год назад +67

      ​@@Vulpes89
      Video killed the radio star!

    • @hcbs1986
      @hcbs1986 Год назад +39

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

    • @yawninggrave
      @yawninggrave Год назад +126

      AI killed the video star?

    • @aedes947
      @aedes947 Год назад +85

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

  • @degrootklyde6895
    @degrootklyde6895 16 дней назад +2

    Buggles - light years ahead of humanity ! My worn out cassette and still on my playlist.

  • @samueljimson9837
    @samueljimson9837 Год назад +2215

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

    • @rantsinarobe4099
      @rantsinarobe4099 Год назад

      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
      @steviebboy69 Год назад +26

      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
      @partyboi8773 Год назад +26

      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
      @MrKrewie Год назад +6

      it always will

    • @williehtid89
      @williehtid89 Год назад +10

      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

  • @CaIIMeTree
    @CaIIMeTree 9 месяцев назад +214

    VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STARRRR 🎶
    absolute banger

    • @CaIIMeTree
      @CaIIMeTree 9 месяцев назад +4

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

    • @nihtscada-
      @nihtscada- 9 месяцев назад +4

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

  • @rossmarino2776
    @rossmarino2776 4 года назад +224

    So much nostalgia. Makes me wanna cry.

    • @eloisadeescobar8784
      @eloisadeescobar8784 4 года назад +9

      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😭

  • @user_eksz
    @user_eksz 19 дней назад +3

    Over 40 years ago, they presented us with melodies and lyrics that were "new yet nostalgic." Now, over 40 years later, they are "nostalgic yet new." And, as always, they always feel good...

  • @tommyvercetti9511
    @tommyvercetti9511 3 года назад +2132

    what a great song!

    • @peterperry6469
      @peterperry6469 3 года назад +78

      Tommy Vercetti!

    • @Cas2000San
      @Cas2000San 3 года назад +103

      Man they butchered you in the classic trilogy remaster

    • @Jakechad04
      @Jakechad04 3 года назад +32

      My hero ^^^

    • @regelsmah5248
      @regelsmah5248 3 года назад +34

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

    • @dedenyt
      @dedenyt 3 года назад +21

      remember the name

  • @occitanie1213
    @occitanie1213 2 года назад +2039

    This song never gets old.
    So iconic 📞🎥📺

    • @randomkids69528
      @randomkids69528 2 года назад +5

      indeed

    • @lucas89exerblx2
      @lucas89exerblx2 2 года назад +4

      Indeed.

    • @Z_MO_YO_
      @Z_MO_YO_ 2 года назад +5

      True

    • @WeatherWeasel66
      @WeatherWeasel66 2 года назад +3

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

    • @Mark-cn3wr
      @Mark-cn3wr 2 года назад +2

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

  • @elcorado83
    @elcorado83 2 года назад +1045

    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
      @latkagravas2967 2 года назад +19

      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
      @rdubb77 Год назад +13

      Trevor Horn and Hans Zimmer don’t mess around

    • @Seminal_Ideas
      @Seminal_Ideas Год назад +4

      @@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
      @redskies4530 Год назад +1

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

    • @dirkdisco2316
      @dirkdisco2316 Год назад +4

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

  • @James-pq3qq
    @James-pq3qq 25 дней назад +5

    The very first video on MTV, Saturday August 8th 1981...I was 16 and that first few hours of MTV left an indelible impression on my soul...and my memory.

  • @mattyram13
    @mattyram13 3 года назад +6164

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

    • @gtapku1643
      @gtapku1643 3 года назад +82

      The song wasnt that big back then

    • @mattyram13
      @mattyram13 3 года назад +116

      @@gtapku1643 probably 100 million

    • @kimmanorith9861
      @kimmanorith9861 3 года назад +19

      Right

    • @F.E.M.T.O
      @F.E.M.T.O 3 года назад +42

      @@gtapku1643 legacy views bro

    • @mattyram13
      @mattyram13 3 года назад +22

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

  • @pmc6925
    @pmc6925 4 месяца назад +181

    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
      @someoneelse-uy2us 4 месяца назад +4

      😢we were oh so very young and shiny!

    • @ericrussell3199
      @ericrussell3199 4 месяца назад +1

      Eamon

    • @jerilynndougherty5102
      @jerilynndougherty5102 4 месяца назад +1

      AMEN

    • @Molly-k1d
      @Molly-k1d 4 месяца назад +2

      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
      @pmc6925 4 месяца назад +1

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

  • @Pinetree.1
    @Pinetree.1 10 месяцев назад +1006

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

    • @rachmatzulfiqar
      @rachmatzulfiqar 10 месяцев назад +56

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

    • @qianFGC
      @qianFGC 10 месяцев назад +15

      I love my podcasts, especially on those long commutes.

    • @lubu682
      @lubu682 9 месяцев назад +35

      radio killed the video star

    • @ShawnMcCarthy-b6x
      @ShawnMcCarthy-b6x 9 месяцев назад +3

      All on what you like

    • @SlipperySoap
      @SlipperySoap 9 месяцев назад +2

      I see!

  • @rodnee2340
    @rodnee2340 Месяц назад +6

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

  • @LucasCPinheiro
    @LucasCPinheiro 3 года назад +636

    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
      @rvenkatprabhu933 3 года назад +8

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

    • @gordonscott528
      @gordonscott528 3 года назад +5

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

    • @alexsnyder7272
      @alexsnyder7272 3 года назад +1

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

    • @togepipi
      @togepipi 3 года назад +4

      Load "Vice City"

    • @Perkele_Itse
      @Perkele_Itse 3 года назад +4

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

  • @kas1755
    @kas1755 3 года назад +1631

    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
      @payten8103 3 года назад +2

      You are a Radio Star ✨
      ruclips.net/user/shortsFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

    • @1ts0nly4stro
      @1ts0nly4stro 3 года назад +3

      Yes

    • @coyote50585
      @coyote50585 3 года назад +10

      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
      @kas1755 3 года назад +4

      @@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
      @injanhoi1 3 года назад +17

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

  • @bigd4561
    @bigd4561 7 месяцев назад +355

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

    • @chrissmthn
      @chrissmthn 7 месяцев назад +5

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

    • @Jack-sd1ug
      @Jack-sd1ug 6 месяцев назад +3

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

    • @FormulaProg
      @FormulaProg 6 месяцев назад +5

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

    • @Carl_McMelvin
      @Carl_McMelvin 5 месяцев назад

      Gay

    • @Carl_McMelvin
      @Carl_McMelvin 5 месяцев назад

      What a dumb comment. 😂

  • @steves2609
    @steves2609 3 месяца назад +191

    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
      @aaronsk8s-h8u 2 месяца назад +4

      we still have that yk LUCKLY :)

    • @BuckmeisterSupremeWithCheese
      @BuckmeisterSupremeWithCheese 2 месяца назад

      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
      @cicciobrooklyn872 2 месяца назад +6

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

    • @pistolpete5817
      @pistolpete5817 2 месяца назад +1

      Yup 100%

    • @WC-jd8rn
      @WC-jd8rn 2 месяца назад +5

      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.

  • @_tinman
    @_tinman 2 года назад +1808

    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
      @francesconero1953 2 года назад +6

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

    • @Praxis71
      @Praxis71 2 года назад +18

      Your dad is pretty lucky!

    • @nederlandsbanaan4569
      @nederlandsbanaan4569 2 года назад +9

      That's cute

    • @sophiamena5002
      @sophiamena5002 2 года назад +5

      omg me too

    • @clintstryder1131
      @clintstryder1131 2 года назад +7

      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!

  • @patmcgroin1418
    @patmcgroin1418 8 лет назад +255

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

  • @wendynerd1199
    @wendynerd1199 3 года назад +285

    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
      @thetourminator 2 года назад +29

      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
      @wendynerd1199 2 года назад +15

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

    • @marinozaki64
      @marinozaki64 2 года назад

      ●●●●●●●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
      @5roundsrapid263 2 года назад +7

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

    • @AaronEdwards
      @AaronEdwards 2 года назад +4

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

  • @WilliamBAckeret
    @WilliamBAckeret 14 дней назад +15

    I turned 13 in 1980
    Turned 19 in 1987
    I was a 80s
    Child thru and thru.
    The best of times. Girls,music, Friends,Cars
    Movies,
    Scooping the loop on weekends.
    Levis,Nikes
    Jean jackets
    Flannel shirts
    Hiking boots
    And MTV.
    I ran coaxial to my Marantz receiver and bingo
    MTV in Stereo
    💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥🔥🔥

    • @gsxrkz
      @gsxrkz 12 дней назад +1

      👍 11 in 1980

    • @pds1
      @pds1 5 дней назад

      I was 15 in 80,grew up in the 70s...I had the best of both worlds...no decade in music can touch the 70s and 80s.

    • @gsxrkz
      @gsxrkz 5 дней назад +1

      @@pds1 70s rule all.

    • @oskartheme5233
      @oskartheme5233 5 дней назад

      "I turned 13 in 1980
      Turned 19 in 1987"
      Seven years, yet only six birthdays?!

  • @Danimal1577
    @Danimal1577 4 года назад +239

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

    • @joooooolea
      @joooooolea 4 года назад +1

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

    • @ThommyKane
      @ThommyKane 4 года назад +3

      yea nevermind that Hans Zimmer is in this video

    • @marpsr
      @marpsr 4 года назад

      Amazingly talented bass player

    • @ethancole4359
      @ethancole4359 3 года назад +4

      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.

  • @paulhardiek7881
    @paulhardiek7881 9 месяцев назад +109

    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
      @mgtow-balance3409 9 месяцев назад +9

      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
      @charlesflinnill978 8 месяцев назад +4

      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
      @Carl_McMelvin 5 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @dari3427
    @dari3427 Год назад +49

    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
      @Pool1978 Год назад +4

      1979❤

    • @DiversiónSinFinKids
      @DiversiónSinFinKids 9 месяцев назад

      Really?

    • @TheGramophoneGirl
      @TheGramophoneGirl 9 месяцев назад

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

    • @Pool1978
      @Pool1978 9 месяцев назад

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

    • @Pool1978
      @Pool1978 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @CrazyManuel94
    @CrazyManuel94 Месяц назад +91

    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
      @S.J.C._Entertainment Месяц назад +11

      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
      @WheresMyInhaler Месяц назад

      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

    • @trulynotsimon
      @trulynotsimon Месяц назад +3

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

    • @RaeKearns
      @RaeKearns 24 дня назад

      Who would have thought, I miss Crackajack….

    • @banginbgirl1661
      @banginbgirl1661 24 дня назад

      No it's not

  • @JohnWick-df3gg
    @JohnWick-df3gg 3 года назад +303

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

    • @payten8103
      @payten8103 3 года назад +2

      Video killed the radio Star remix.
      ruclips.net/user/shortsFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

    • @disgusted4708
      @disgusted4708 3 года назад +3

      God bless you

    • @Master_Bruce_Wayne
      @Master_Bruce_Wayne 3 года назад +8

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

    • @jamessilva7991
      @jamessilva7991 3 года назад +2

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

    • @jayxzn2226
      @jayxzn2226 3 года назад

      Why 'was'?

  • @satyakisil4289
    @satyakisil4289 4 года назад +4878

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

    • @stangman1268
      @stangman1268 4 года назад +200

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

    • @screamingcat142
      @screamingcat142 4 года назад +252

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

    • @bubblegum1948
      @bubblegum1948 4 года назад +150

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

    • @jakenightmares84
      @jakenightmares84 4 года назад +180

      Bubblegum 1 79 so technically still the 70s

    • @bubblegum1948
      @bubblegum1948 4 года назад +115

      @@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.

  • @melissamyers3777
    @melissamyers3777 14 дней назад +20

    A song ahead of it's time, the 80s will always be unmatched!

    • @gsxrkz
      @gsxrkz 12 дней назад +2

      70s was better, this come out in 79

    • @melissamyers3777
      @melissamyers3777 11 дней назад

      ​@@gsxrkz😂😂😂 ok you can nitpick all you want. It was getting airtime thanks to MTV in the 80s

    • @melissamyers3777
      @melissamyers3777 10 дней назад +1

      @@gsxrkz This song went to #1 in December of 1979. It was still getting plenty of air play in 1980, and thanks to MTV, was revived again when they played it as their first video. So if you want to nitpick, yes it came out in 1979 but was on the charts in the 80's

    • @soulbot119
      @soulbot119 2 дня назад

      yes, "ahead of it is time"
      that's what you said
      it + is = it's
      *its* is the possessive pronoun you're looking for

  • @themaggattack
    @themaggattack 2 года назад +227

    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
      @marinozaki64 2 года назад

      ●●●●●●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?

    • @lisacox4984
      @lisacox4984 2 года назад

      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.

  • @nancybez
    @nancybez 2 года назад +533

    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
      @marinozaki64 2 года назад

      ●●●●●●●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
      @lilzachx4629 2 года назад +10

      @@marinozaki64 are you okay?

    • @Aingelives44
      @Aingelives44 2 года назад

      I speaking Japanese

    • @susanmichele
      @susanmichele 2 года назад +1

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

    • @DrumToTheBassWoop
      @DrumToTheBassWoop 2 года назад +1

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

  • @oludotunjohnshowemimo434
    @oludotunjohnshowemimo434 Год назад +389

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

    • @TinShackVideos
      @TinShackVideos Год назад +2

      Have you heard the original, even better.

    • @RandomVidsforthought
      @RandomVidsforthought Год назад +1

      ​@@TinShackVideosThis is the original

    • @Roaring2Thunder
      @Roaring2Thunder Год назад

      ​@@RandomVidsforthoughtits a cover

    • @RandomVidsforthought
      @RandomVidsforthought Год назад

      @@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
      @caldochenrv7981 11 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @marytormey4522
    @marytormey4522 Месяц назад +2

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

  • @SonicHawk90
    @SonicHawk90 3 года назад +3162

    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
      @erikterenji4674 3 года назад +65

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

    • @marquishaynes9882
      @marquishaynes9882 3 года назад +33

      This was my favorite song from vc.!

    • @doctorwars2
      @doctorwars2 3 года назад +14

      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
      @payten8103 3 года назад +7

      Video killed the radio star
      REMIX ⭐
      ruclips.net/user/shortsFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

    • @zeidon4193
      @zeidon4193 3 года назад +3

      Yessir

  • @SimonYoung-OFFICIAL
    @SimonYoung-OFFICIAL 3 года назад +139

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

    • @marinozaki64
      @marinozaki64 2 года назад

      ●●●●●●●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
      @edgabrielocay3376 2 года назад

      I couldn't agree more.

    • @matteoromenghi
      @matteoromenghi 2 года назад

      Yup!

  • @jamirimaj6880
    @jamirimaj6880 3 года назад +809

    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
      @kayrogamer8118 3 года назад +27

      Waiting 25 years to sing LIVE is awesome?

    • @moatasemkassab4517
      @moatasemkassab4517 3 года назад +14

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

    • @ragabashmoon1551
      @ragabashmoon1551 3 года назад +41

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

    • @bamul4595
      @bamul4595 3 года назад +8

      GTA vice city... my memory

    • @Yadobler
      @Yadobler 3 года назад +16

      @@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: ruclips.net/video/PJtiPRDIqtI/видео.html

  • @michaelhirst6065
    @michaelhirst6065 Месяц назад +3

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

  • @jasonhall6064
    @jasonhall6064 3 года назад +395

    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
      @jmwoods8453 3 года назад +57

      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
      @oasis4life014 2 года назад +3

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

    • @marinozaki64
      @marinozaki64 2 года назад

      ●●●●●●●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
      @paulamiles9559 2 года назад +5

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

    • @Daysbb
      @Daysbb 2 года назад +18

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

  • @lefkytheshin
    @lefkytheshin Год назад +520

    Never get tired of this classic. Brilliant song.

    • @rantsinarobe4099
      @rantsinarobe4099 Год назад

      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
      @hannahpeskoller7772 Год назад

      Kll

    • @TinShackVideos
      @TinShackVideos Год назад

      @@hannahpeskoller7772
      The Camera Club

  • @Nickos1b
    @Nickos1b 6 лет назад +339

    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
      @sunflowerbaby2437 6 лет назад +11

      this is true nostalgia

    • @TheAmbasador99
      @TheAmbasador99 6 лет назад +45

      Hol up we still gotta know what you were eating

    • @malik87breaker
      @malik87breaker 6 лет назад +2

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

    • @tolankun5885
      @tolankun5885 6 лет назад +9

      What you were eating

    • @FreeTheJambon
      @FreeTheJambon 6 лет назад +5

      @@tolankun5885 Ikr! He leaves hanging like that!

  • @gnx71
    @gnx71 Месяц назад +1

    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.

  • @xWesternAcid
    @xWesternAcid 9 месяцев назад +1258

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

    • @RedisdaGamer
      @RedisdaGamer 9 месяцев назад +80

      "Hazbin hotel quote"

    • @MADEFORNOTHING
      @MADEFORNOTHING 9 месяцев назад +56

      Bro be finding this to say a quote from Hazbin Hotel

    • @xWesternAcid
      @xWesternAcid 9 месяцев назад +16

      ​@@MADEFORNOTHING you know it

    • @olddiggy4800
      @olddiggy4800 9 месяцев назад +42

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

    • @BeanKally
      @BeanKally 9 месяцев назад +10

      @@olddiggy4800same tho

  • @yoshilulu2321
    @yoshilulu2321 2 года назад +1200

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

    • @z1kop540
      @z1kop540 2 года назад +19

      well said

    • @lado0353
      @lado0353 2 года назад +6

      Ça c'est pas faux.

    • @ricardohoang8452
      @ricardohoang8452 2 года назад +27

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

    • @Lightworkerred
      @Lightworkerred 2 года назад +31

      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
      @yoshilulu2321 2 года назад +65

      @@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.

  • @RiasatSalminSami
    @RiasatSalminSami 4 года назад +5833

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

    • @suzkiiangel4619
      @suzkiiangel4619 4 года назад +59

      Ikr

    • @gaygambler
      @gaygambler 4 года назад +77

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

    • @narkny4080
      @narkny4080 4 года назад +57

      Thanks to libtard

    • @normansmithers7631
      @normansmithers7631 4 года назад +17

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

    • @ralfralf3117
      @ralfralf3117 4 года назад +6

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

  • @DarrelB-q1d
    @DarrelB-q1d Месяц назад +3

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

  • @joekerr6874
    @joekerr6874 3 года назад +219

    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 RUclips, 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
      @thatfellashak6143 3 года назад +13

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

    • @lordrathut
      @lordrathut 3 года назад +6

      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
      @alank9138 3 года назад +10

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

    • @moatasemkassab4517
      @moatasemkassab4517 3 года назад +10

      @@alank9138 No need to get political...

    • @jessiejames2155
      @jessiejames2155 3 года назад

      Awesome !

  • @last_fantasy
    @last_fantasy 2 года назад +2166

    Nothing can hit harder than childhood nostalgia

    • @marinozaki64
      @marinozaki64 2 года назад +2

      ●●●●●●●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
      @rayane5494 2 года назад +17

      I believe a metal pipe to the temple hits harder

    • @GiratinaGX
      @GiratinaGX 2 года назад +10

      childhood? How old are you, grandpa?

    • @last_fantasy
      @last_fantasy 2 года назад +10

      @@GiratinaGX 19

    • @GiratinaGX
      @GiratinaGX 2 года назад +10

      @@last_fantasy The song is older than you lmao

  • @nick56677
    @nick56677 3 года назад +308

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

    • @aebhosor4835
      @aebhosor4835 3 года назад +17

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

    • @robinchesterfield42
      @robinchesterfield42 3 года назад +5

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

    • @KevTheImpaler
      @KevTheImpaler 3 года назад +3

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

    • @aebhosor4835
      @aebhosor4835 3 года назад +4

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

    • @vexter109
      @vexter109 3 года назад

      Not so great with constant fear of WW3 but yea.

  • @marcuslichten3932
    @marcuslichten3932 Месяц назад +2

    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.

  • @abeldisla.5488
    @abeldisla.5488 5 месяцев назад +521

    Now is "Streaming killed Television Stars".

  • @misterhot9163
    @misterhot9163 4 месяца назад +62

    This song still sounds fantastic after more than 40 years.

  • @KarimJovian
    @KarimJovian Год назад +2489

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

    • @Ambatukakangku
      @Ambatukakangku Год назад +132

      AI killed the internet star

    • @blondeepartygirl
      @blondeepartygirl Год назад +9

      Yep

    • @asparagusredal7751
      @asparagusredal7751 Год назад +3

      Love you, K

    • @tnetroP
      @tnetroP Год назад +4

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

    • @stevewenzel3798
      @stevewenzel3798 Год назад +14

      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 .

  • @OfficeAcct
    @OfficeAcct Месяц назад +1

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

  • @georgessiam378
    @georgessiam378 2 года назад +142

    Timeless. An absolute classic masterpiece.

    • @latkagravas2967
      @latkagravas2967 2 года назад +2

      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.

  • @tydek
    @tydek 4 года назад +70

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

    • @Rokgnara
      @Rokgnara 4 года назад +7

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

    • @pat5615-l6y
      @pat5615-l6y 4 года назад +2

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

    • @vokasimid5330
      @vokasimid5330 2 года назад

      Didn't noticed rhat

  • @CathyKitson
    @CathyKitson 3 года назад +99

    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
      @ClassicTVMan1981X 3 года назад +3

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

    • @TheItalianAtheist
      @TheItalianAtheist 2 года назад +1

      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
      @CathyKitson 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @LtGiant
    @LtGiant 23 дня назад +2

    One of My All-Time Favorite Music Videos!

  • @ethanoreilly2002
    @ethanoreilly2002 3 года назад +1044

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

    • @WorksopGimp
      @WorksopGimp 3 года назад +42

      She how shy he was too

    • @wlkrjnn
      @wlkrjnn 3 года назад +25

      That is really interesting.

    • @aebhosor4835
      @aebhosor4835 3 года назад +14

      Yeah, apparently he just a cameo there

    • @tomnimanju3543
      @tomnimanju3543 3 года назад +23

      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
      @evol-yu4mu 3 года назад +5

      @@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

  • @LudwigvanBeethoven2
    @LudwigvanBeethoven2 3 года назад +160

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

    • @payten8103
      @payten8103 3 года назад +1

      You are a radio star 🌠
      ruclips.net/user/shortsFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

    • @ollh3297
      @ollh3297 3 года назад +5

      Beethoven? 😳

    • @oqocraft2661
      @oqocraft2661 2 года назад

      Beethoven? 😳

  • @2112jonr
    @2112jonr 2 года назад +295

    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.

  • @vxgaming3235
    @vxgaming3235 3 месяца назад +21

    Leaving a little comment here, still a classic 🔥
    -8.30.2024

  • @billydeeuk
    @billydeeuk 8 лет назад +553

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

    • @AlexNuget
      @AlexNuget 8 лет назад +9

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

    • @Sr.Fanco95
      @Sr.Fanco95 8 лет назад +17

      +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
      @AlexNuget 8 лет назад +4

      El Matute is MTV american

    • @BGerov
      @BGerov 8 лет назад +8

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

    • @melissamotadoria5544
      @melissamotadoria5544 8 лет назад +15

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

  • @itheultimategemini
    @itheultimategemini 3 года назад +649

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

    • @lunchmeat1265
      @lunchmeat1265 3 года назад +50

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

    • @BaseballPlayer0
      @BaseballPlayer0 3 года назад +2

      Hi Michelle

    • @davidbaclian337
      @davidbaclian337 3 года назад +9

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

    • @scattysafari7742
      @scattysafari7742 3 года назад +6

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

    • @chimchimgirlz
      @chimchimgirlz 3 года назад +1

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

  • @jessetellez3924
    @jessetellez3924 3 года назад +46

    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.

  • @chelseahinson2120
    @chelseahinson2120 День назад +1

    My husband started to sing this the other day and didn't finish the song. I grew up in the 2000's but had parents for the 1969 and 1974 and two older siblings that were 1994 and 1996 so now this has been stuck in my head for days remembering it from my childhood 😂

  • @rockstar_izack
    @rockstar_izack 4 года назад +165

    I just looked up on safari “what was the first music video ever” and here I am. This is the music video from 1981 started it all.

    • @NickIsGoingBonkers
      @NickIsGoingBonkers 4 года назад +73

      this wasn't the fist music video, but it was the first music video to be on MTV

    • @EllinasUniverse
      @EllinasUniverse 4 года назад +17

      [i copied pasted from microsoft edge] The first music video as we know it today, was Tony Bennett's "Stranger in Paradise"(1953) (cannot find it online). They were promotional little films designed to highlight the new talking pictures, but they have the form of a music video: they are built around the performance of a single song.

    • @angela-melaniafarago215
      @angela-melaniafarago215 4 года назад +1

      is it actually true?

    • @theblitz9
      @theblitz9 4 года назад +9

      @@EllinasUniverse The recognised first real music video is the Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.

    • @jahbama6202
      @jahbama6202 4 года назад +2

      lány fiú no

  • @BeerdyBruceLeeCentral
    @BeerdyBruceLeeCentral 4 года назад +2525

    2:51 That's Hans Zimmer playing the piano.

    • @215alessio
      @215alessio 4 года назад +69

      really?

    • @armandobuilds6137
      @armandobuilds6137 4 года назад +59

      For real?

    • @RedmarKerkhof
      @RedmarKerkhof 4 года назад +49

      So is that the same synthesizer that is now the wall of his studio?

    • @gorillan3433
      @gorillan3433 4 года назад +20

      Question mark?

    • @nickmiyoshi
      @nickmiyoshi 4 года назад +95

      Hans Zimmer, the famous film composer, cannot read music. I find that funny lol. (I don't know if that fact has changed in recent years)

  • @MercuryForever
    @MercuryForever 5 лет назад +341

    Fun fact: the keyboardist at 2:52 and 2:57 is legendary film score composer Hans Zimmer

    • @BlockedUser420
      @BlockedUser420 5 лет назад +31

      fun fact: he was in the buggles

    • @rhodiumthunderbird
      @rhodiumthunderbird 5 лет назад +16

      Iker Salinas fun fact: The Buggles were actually a part of the band Yes for a time, and the Buggles lead singer Trevor Horne went on to produce Owner of a Lonely Heart for them.

    • @MiloMcCarthyMusic
      @MiloMcCarthyMusic 5 лет назад +5

      Synthesist* keyboardist is not a word.

    • @backslash68
      @backslash68 5 лет назад +3

      even funnier fact: he also played in Italian electro-pop duo Karisma. Check out watch?v=pKTiDCa8Zbw at 1:31

    • @gabrielaperalta2814
      @gabrielaperalta2814 5 лет назад +6

      I just came to see Hans. ♡

  • @ななしのごんべえ-o2i
    @ななしのごんべえ-o2i 2 месяца назад +3

    昨日、日本の📻️ラジオ番組で、この曲が流れてきました。
    懐かしい曲ですが、
    今聴くと、新鮮。

  • @louiskelly9713
    @louiskelly9713 4 года назад +383

    As Freddie Mercury says: Radio someone still loves you

  • @michelleprie2854
    @michelleprie2854 2 года назад +887

    The fabulous 80s really began with this iconic song!!! ❤

    • @jaybell2401
      @jaybell2401 2 года назад +24

      And God do we miss those amazing times.

    • @michelleprie2854
      @michelleprie2854 2 года назад +5

      @@jaybell2401 oh yes... ❤

    • @marinozaki64
      @marinozaki64 2 года назад +3

      ●●●●●●●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?

    • @roninreturns228
      @roninreturns228 2 года назад +6

      Hold up, I'm putting my roller skates on as we speak...

    • @michelleprie2854
      @michelleprie2854 2 года назад +3

      @@roninreturns228 let's go... 😁👍😉

  • @Ian-Hall
    @Ian-Hall Год назад +613

    I was 13 when this came out, it changed my life as a teenager. Still makes me feel young now when I hear it now 44 years later. I'm 57 still feel 22. Most days I ride my skateboard. Happy days.

    • @ShastaOrange
      @ShastaOrange Год назад +8

      I feel bad for your joints.

    • @Taliesin-xd7ke
      @Taliesin-xd7ke Год назад +11

      So we're both called Ian, both over 50 and still lovin this chicken nuggie...ain't we somethin!😅

    • @psdcypress3128
      @psdcypress3128 Год назад +6

      I’m with you brother

    • @Redandranger
      @Redandranger Год назад +27

      @@ShastaOrange I feel bad for the people worrying about someone else's joints while that person enjoys life.

    • @menyasavut3959
      @menyasavut3959 Год назад +1

      how can one even feel like a specific age? "I still feel 22". how is that even possible?

  • @FiFa_Duh
    @FiFa_Duh 2 месяца назад +2

    That little girl was stunned, flabbergasted, shocked and confused threw out this whole video😭

  • @stickynorth
    @stickynorth 2 года назад +364

    A song from the past that still sounds from the future! Now that's how you make a timeless pop song!

    • @latkagravas2967
      @latkagravas2967 2 года назад +4

      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.

    • @fyfyi6053
      @fyfyi6053 Год назад

      @@latkagravas2967 Stop!...... Spamming !......

  • @NoName-qm6vj
    @NoName-qm6vj 7 лет назад +258

    This song was ahead of its time. Period.

    • @markmitchell450
      @markmitchell450 6 лет назад +4

      Taavi Kirsch not really it was amongst the other new wave stuff that swamped the music scene yes it was a classic electronic keyboard tune like many others of a fast growing trend

    • @samuelcamarillo1349
      @samuelcamarillo1349 6 лет назад +3

      Mark Mitchell It was ahead of it's time in the way that it was kind of a blueprint for more upcoming new wave artists. Like the Talking Heads.

    • @fjpz
      @fjpz 6 лет назад

      Videos were already a thing a long time ago, you could make the argument that video killed the radio since the 50s.

    • @dubsy1026
      @dubsy1026 6 лет назад

      Fernando J. Pachas not really, because video in the sense, as it says in the video here, is recorded video ('put the blame on VCR [video cassette recorder]'). That is how the word video was most commonly used back then. TV may have damaged the radio star in the 1950's, but the VCR killed them in the 70s and 80s.

    • @seamusnelson71
      @seamusnelson71 6 лет назад

      Dubsy 102 first ever on TV man what a song

  • @PooDotStinkPants
    @PooDotStinkPants 4 года назад +300

    Greetings future person, yes we are still listening to this in *[insert year here]* . You have impeccable musical tastes too, legend. Have a wonderful day!

  • @JeffreyCogswell
    @JeffreyCogswell Месяц назад +1

    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!!!

  • @marcuspitts2482
    @marcuspitts2482 3 года назад +69

    Bourn in the 70's, grew up in the 80's.
    Still one in my list of top 5 songs of all time.

    • @payten8103
      @payten8103 3 года назад

      Video killed the radio star
      REMIX ⭐
      ruclips.net/user/shortsFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

    • @marinozaki64
      @marinozaki64 2 года назад

      ●●●●●●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?