Who is "Video" and "Radio Star" in the song of Video Killed The Radio Star?

Question

And what is the story behind this song?

Answer 1

Yeah, this was a little chat between two VJs on VH1 Classic recently. DID video kill the radio star?

It was by the Buggles...and it was the first video played on MTV ever.

Its about the rise of visual image to the musician and the fan. How if you don't look a certain way, even if you are great, you may not make it in the new age. Also you may suck and get tons of airplay because you look good.

The VJs in their discussion were talking about bands like Toto and REO Speedwagon who had been supergroups in their day, relied on the music (imagine that) and their stage presence but not an acted video...but when videos started becoming the way to promote your music, they just couldn't cut it. (and how pathetic it was to see them try) They also talked about mediocre bands got major airplay on MTV because of their visuals on the video or just the band's appearance...but they may not have stood a chance on radio or touring alone.

People say that videos were brand new when MTV came out. Hogwash. You have seen old concert footage of everyone from Led Zeppelin to Jeff Airplane (they really had a jump on things and re emerged in the MTV heyday as Jeff Starship, and then Starship) Cream, Hendrix, and some of them were quite conceptual, not JUST a concert performance. Other bands like Pink Floyd had been putting film footage in their stage shows for years. And rock movies like The Wall and Tommy had videos?? And Bohemian Rhapsody was around for a while before MTV wasn't it?

Money for Nothing was another biggie about this conversation...Dire Straits.

Answer 2

The song tells of a singer whose career is cut short by television. Group member Trevor Horn has said that his lyrics were inspired by the J.G. Ballard short story The Sound-Sweep, in which the title character, a deaf and dumb boy vacuuming up stray music in a world without it, comes upon an opera singer hiding in a sewer. He also felt "an era was about to pass."

Appropriately, considering its subject matter, the music video for the song, directed by Russell Mulcahy, was the first to be shown on MTV, when the ground-breaking music channel debuted on August 1, 1981, at 12:15 A.M. On February 27, 2000 it also became the millionth video to be aired on MTV.[1]

Answer 3

"Video Killed the Radio celebrity" is a clean Wave music launched in 1979 via the British team The Buggles that celebrates the golden days of radio. With broadcast-high quality vocals and a bouncy rhythm, the music performs like a jingle. it relatively is a setting up sound, pondering the music tells of a singer whose profession is decrease short via television. team member Trevor Horn has mentioned that his lyrics have been inspired via the J.G. Ballard short tale The Sound-Sweep, wherein the identify character, a deaf and dumb boy vacuuming up stray music in a international without it, comes upon an opera singer hiding in a sewer. He additionally felt "an era grow to be approximately to bypass."

Answer 4

If you want to know the name of the artist, it's Murray Head. He also sang "One Night in Bangkok".
Basically, he's talking about how the advent of video, or music videos have almost made radio obsolete. Not only that, but video leaves nothing to the imagination, so anything you imagined about the music you hear on the radio, is lost.

Answer 5

That would be VJ killing the DJ format. Thee first song/ video that MTV played

Answer 6

It's just a load of late 70's gubbins, and has no deep meaning.