To answer the question about video killing the radio star, yes. There was a wave of people who stopped listening to certain artists when they saw what they looked like. Awkwardly enough, there was a situation where some singers were almost never seen in person. Either they used a generic pretty boy for a front cover, or they were entirely radio stars (at the time of the vinyl album some artists thought it was a fad and never produced a record) so no one EVER saw their face. This led to people coming up with their own ideas of what they looked like, until TV came around. Then you had a lot of angry people glaring at their TVs because that one guy that sings those songs you like has brown hair and a crooked nose. People were just as angry about deceiving themselves by assumption as they are now.
"They joined Yes" i was listening to the video while working on some stuff, but after hearing this i just had to stop, take a deep breath, and turn 100% of my attention to the video.
"Video killed the radio star" is about how TV killed radio drama. It's obviously got a subtext about music video killing pop radio...but of course that didn't happen. And incredibly, podcasts have revived radio drama and radio fiction! Everything cycles.
The "post-hit" careers section is fascinating stuff. You could make a strong case for the music industry - at least in the '80s and '90s - as being "Six Degrees of Trevor Horn."
Saw Trevor Horn at a music festival last year and yeah, it was basically just: 'Here's me and my friends (some of the best musicians ever) playing a bunch of songs that I wrote/produced/had some hand in, which is basically every song you have ever loved.'
aside from Trevor Horn being fucking incredible, let's also talk about how the concept behind The Buggles greatly mirrored & basically predicted that of PC Music/all of that "hyperpop" we have in 2020 that aims to deconstruct music + hazy nostalgia (or in the present, meme culture) and finds a sound and image through exploring (and disregarding) sound and song structure.
I think Trevor's future work confirms that, yes, this song seems so eerily prescient because the man ABSOLUTELY had and still has his finger right on the pulse of popular music, and, also, possibly, the ability to see the future.
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It’s 2023 time for some more new wave hits
Speaking of huge careers that started with The Buggles: The guy playing keyboards in the "Video Killed The Radio Star"-Video is Hans Zimmer.
The Buggles deserved better as a
To answer the question about video killing the radio star, yes. There was a wave of people who stopped listening to certain artists when they saw what they looked like. Awkwardly enough, there was a situation where some singers were almost never seen in person. Either they used a generic pretty boy for a front cover, or they were entirely radio stars (at the time of the vinyl album some artists thought it was a fad and never produced a record) so no one EVER saw their face. This led to people coming up with their own ideas of what they looked like, until TV came around. Then you had a lot of angry people glaring at their TVs because that one guy that sings those songs you like has brown hair and a crooked nose. People were just as angry about deceiving themselves by assumption as they are now.
"They joined Yes" i was listening to the video while working on some stuff, but after hearing this i just had to stop, take a deep breath, and turn 100% of my attention to the video.
"Video killed the radio star" is about how TV killed radio drama. It's obviously got a subtext about music video killing pop radio...but of course that didn't happen. And incredibly, podcasts have revived radio drama and radio fiction! Everything cycles.
That little bridge "You aaaaaaaaaaare a radio staaaaaaaaarrrrrr" is just divine.
Copyright strikes killed the music critic
The "post-hit" careers section is fascinating stuff. You could make a strong case for the music industry - at least in the '80s and '90s - as being "Six Degrees of Trevor Horn."
As an avid Yes fan, Drama has become that one album that everyone in the fandom agrees needs more love. It's really good
Saw Trevor Horn at a music festival last year and yeah, it was basically just: 'Here's me and my friends (some of the best musicians ever) playing a bunch of songs that I wrote/produced/had some hand in, which is basically every song you have ever loved.'
aside from Trevor Horn being fucking incredible, let's also talk about how the concept behind The Buggles greatly mirrored & basically predicted that of PC Music/all of that "hyperpop" we have in 2020 that aims to deconstruct music + hazy nostalgia (or in the present, meme culture) and finds a sound and image through exploring (and disregarding) sound and song structure.
I'm going to roughly quote Hey Arnold! on this one.
Trevor Horn literally became the mad scientist in his own conspiracy theory. Dear God...
So, essentially, the Buggles, and "Video Killed the Radio Star", birthed a massive section of modern pop music... Huh.
I think Trevor's future work confirms that, yes, this song seems so eerily prescient because the man ABSOLUTELY had and still has his finger right on the pulse of popular music, and, also, possibly, the ability to see the future.
When I saw "All the Things She Said" among Trevor Horn's producer credits, I nearly went through the roof.
When "Kiss from a rose" appeared my jaw dropped to the floor, that's really impressive.
"The Age of Plastic" is an amazing album, everyone who likes 80s music or just great pop records should listen to it at least once in their lives.
I just started watching your channel this month so the “I’m not covering 80’s New Wave again until 2023” joke is pretty funny to me!