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

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  • @MatchaPawStudio
    @MatchaPawStudio 4 роки тому +40934

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

    • @ylop598
      @ylop598 4 роки тому +459

      H3 podcast trivia 😂

    • @Jellyrollrider
      @Jellyrollrider 4 роки тому +2268

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

    • @MatchaPawStudio
      @MatchaPawStudio 4 роки тому +353

      @@ylop598 YES I ACTUALLY CAME HERE FROM THAT LOL

    • @AllanElMelon1043
      @AllanElMelon1043 4 роки тому +457

      And ironic

    • @troubledsole9104
      @troubledsole9104 4 роки тому +533

      And debuted on MTV on 08/01/81

  • @irafoo
    @irafoo Рік тому +7329

    If MTV shuts down, this should be their final broadcast

    • @notmomoayase
      @notmomoayase Рік тому +400

      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 Рік тому +185

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

    • @SylveonPlays316
      @SylveonPlays316 11 місяців тому +264

      Fun fact: MTV in the Philippines did just that

    • @Harudodo
      @Harudodo 11 місяців тому +48

      @@notmomoayase Well that’s a huge generalization lmao

    • @SpynCycle57
      @SpynCycle57 11 місяців тому +82

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

  • @UAa320
    @UAa320 4 роки тому +4567

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

    • @xXSiNiSteRXx1
      @xXSiNiSteRXx1 4 роки тому +178

      Seriously dude that a great idea.

    • @vacantcrow
      @vacantcrow 4 роки тому +293

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

    • @erika.7462
      @erika.7462 4 роки тому +17

      Yep

    • @agustingomez1590
      @agustingomez1590 4 роки тому +78

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

    • @heretohear8662
      @heretohear8662 4 роки тому +80

      It went away a long time ago!

  • @Rizzlyricist
    @Rizzlyricist 2 місяці тому +894

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

    • @rhea9743
      @rhea9743 2 місяці тому +84

      wait what

    • @monkeyintensity1
      @monkeyintensity1 2 місяці тому +42

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

    • @BrianTBaumgardner
      @BrianTBaumgardner 2 місяці тому +21

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

    • @itachisenpaix3
      @itachisenpaix3 2 місяці тому +60

      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 2 місяці тому +27

      benjamin button

  • @TedsCoasterChannel
    @TedsCoasterChannel 2 роки тому +5028

    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!

  • @christianvillareal1
    @christianvillareal1 3 роки тому +2819

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

    • @payten8103
      @payten8103 3 роки тому +8

      You are a Radio Star ⭐
      ua-cam.com/users/shortsFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

    • @kimreed4468
      @kimreed4468 3 роки тому +30

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

    • @Ty-vj4wg
      @Ty-vj4wg 3 роки тому +12

      A little late, but Happy 40th Anniversary MTV!

    • @Wolverines4ever-sl1js
      @Wolverines4ever-sl1js 3 роки тому +25

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

    • @lufhopespeacefully2037
      @lufhopespeacefully2037 3 роки тому

      do u read quran,

  • @TnseWlms
    @TnseWlms 3 роки тому +4702

    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 роки тому +49

      Didn't get it

    • @Deebo11
      @Deebo11 3 роки тому +457

      @@ajbwbd " video killed the radio star"

    • @seymourmaupin6395
      @seymourmaupin6395 3 роки тому +260

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

    • @Dularr
      @Dularr 3 роки тому +63

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

    • @HIMIK-MAN
      @HIMIK-MAN 3 роки тому +6

      Classic.

  • @Abandoned-c2t
    @Abandoned-c2t 2 місяці тому +267

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

    • @kristineholcroft9163
      @kristineholcroft9163 2 місяці тому +2

      So true

    • @waynebrown67
      @waynebrown67 Місяць тому

      what year was it

    • @secretjanus
      @secretjanus Місяць тому +1

      @@waynebrown67ur mom

    • @puRpl3su8
      @puRpl3su8 Місяць тому +2

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

    • @ghettolicerx2
      @ghettolicerx2 Місяць тому

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

  • @negispringfiel7694
    @negispringfiel7694 2 роки тому +774

    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 роки тому +27

      That's crazy

    • @rosegardenmadisonsquare
      @rosegardenmadisonsquare 2 роки тому +37

      I found that out TODAY from 60 minutes. INSANE

    • @jennalonsdale3629
      @jennalonsdale3629 2 роки тому +17

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

    • @davidtm98
      @davidtm98 2 роки тому +3

      what 60 minutes?

    • @jennalonsdale3629
      @jennalonsdale3629 2 роки тому +4

      @@davidtm98 the story behind the Prince Harry interview

  • @pathfinder1962
    @pathfinder1962 2 роки тому +3214

    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

  • @jonathanlee1726
    @jonathanlee1726 2 роки тому +1848

    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 роки тому +57

      Omg no way!!

    • @jordennebeltrame8961
      @jordennebeltrame8961 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 роки тому +15

      I’m sorryyyyyy whhaaAAAATTTTTTT

    • @whenwhen2284
      @whenwhen2284 2 роки тому +17

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

  • @AR-jq1hs
    @AR-jq1hs 2 дні тому +5

    The first MTV video ever... And I was a part of that musical revolution... The best times.

  • @JevRango
    @JevRango 9 місяців тому +1586

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

    • @fortynights1513
      @fortynights1513 8 місяців тому +63

      And fittingly its a synth driven new wave song

    • @babystockstill5363
      @babystockstill5363 8 місяців тому +5

      Yepa

    • @QuinnoftheNile
      @QuinnoftheNile 8 місяців тому +41

      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 8 місяців тому +3

      q❤😮😅

    • @BorivojeSinik-eh4qd
      @BorivojeSinik-eh4qd 8 місяців тому +31

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

  • @mattyram13
    @mattyram13 3 роки тому +6187

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

    • @gtapku1643
      @gtapku1643 3 роки тому +83

      The song wasnt that big back then

    • @mattyram13
      @mattyram13 3 роки тому +116

      @@gtapku1643 probably 100 million

    • @kimmanorith9861
      @kimmanorith9861 3 роки тому +19

      Right

    • @F.E.M.T.O
      @F.E.M.T.O 3 роки тому +42

      @@gtapku1643 legacy views bro

    • @mattyram13
      @mattyram13 3 роки тому +22

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

  • @LagMasterSam
    @LagMasterSam Рік тому +2681

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

    • @Vulpes89
      @Vulpes89 Рік тому +149

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

    • @PiracyIsFun
      @PiracyIsFun Рік тому +70

      ​@@Vulpes89
      Video killed the radio star!

    • @hcbs1986
      @hcbs1986 Рік тому +42

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

    • @yawninggrave
      @yawninggrave Рік тому +134

      AI killed the video star?

    • @aedes947
      @aedes947 Рік тому +91

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

  • @richardrickford3028
    @richardrickford3028 4 місяці тому +77

    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 3 місяці тому +5

      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 3 місяці тому +4

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

    • @josephpole
      @josephpole 3 місяці тому +5

      You mean Hans Zimmer?

    • @lesjones6745
      @lesjones6745 13 днів тому +1

      @@josephpole That's the guy!

    • @DavidCarney-l8b
      @DavidCarney-l8b 5 днів тому

      Geoffrey Downes...ya mean

  • @LucasCPinheiro
    @LucasCPinheiro 3 роки тому +648

    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 роки тому +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 роки тому +5

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

    • @alexsnyder7272
      @alexsnyder7272 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @togepipi
      @togepipi 3 роки тому +5

      Load "Vice City"

    • @Perkele_Itse
      @Perkele_Itse 3 роки тому +4

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

  • @elcorado83
    @elcorado83 2 роки тому +1055

    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 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +13

      Trevor Horn and Hans Zimmer don’t mess around

    • @Seminal_Ideas
      @Seminal_Ideas Рік тому +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 Рік тому +1

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

    • @dirkdisco2316
      @dirkdisco2316 Рік тому +4

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

  • @kitkat186
    @kitkat186 3 роки тому +745

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

    • @trentlanelover2684
      @trentlanelover2684 3 роки тому +15

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

    • @encoredp14
      @encoredp14 3 роки тому

      🤣🤣🤣🤣 great songs like this 🤭🤭

    • @payten8103
      @payten8103 3 роки тому

      Video killed the radio star
      REMIX ⭐
      ua-cam.com/users/shortsFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

    • @benniehehe
      @benniehehe 3 роки тому +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 роки тому +3

      As a teenager right now I feel the same way

  • @荒巻次郎
    @荒巻次郎 Місяць тому +27

    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🎉🎉😂😂❤❤

  • @duckly5362
    @duckly5362 4 роки тому +4838

    All jokes aside this is actually a really good song

    • @LucyWest370
      @LucyWest370 4 роки тому +56

      @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 роки тому +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 роки тому +31

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

    • @LucyWest370
      @LucyWest370 4 роки тому +2

      @Wade Work lol

    • @flipfloop4611
      @flipfloop4611 4 роки тому +1

      Gimbo gambo

  • @preventerwind7794
    @preventerwind7794 6 місяців тому +534

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

    • @nevazhno0074
      @nevazhno0074 6 місяців тому +2

      Good.

    • @winslow-eh5kv
      @winslow-eh5kv 5 місяців тому +4

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

    • @francesconero1953
      @francesconero1953 5 місяців тому

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

    • @vminormom
      @vminormom 4 місяці тому +3

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

    • @francesconero1953
      @francesconero1953 4 місяці тому

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

  • @samueljimson9837
    @samueljimson9837 Рік тому +2230

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

    • @rantsinarobe4099
      @rantsinarobe4099 Рік тому

      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 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +27

      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 Рік тому +6

      it always will

    • @williehtid89
      @williehtid89 Рік тому +11

      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

  • @CrazyManuel94
    @CrazyManuel94 2 місяці тому +131

    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 2 місяці тому +14

      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 2 місяці тому

      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 Місяць тому +3

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

    • @RaeKearns
      @RaeKearns Місяць тому

      Who would have thought, I miss Crackajack….

    • @banginbgirl1661
      @banginbgirl1661 Місяць тому

      No it's not

  • @jamirimaj6880
    @jamirimaj6880 3 роки тому +814

    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 роки тому +27

      Waiting 25 years to sing LIVE is awesome?

    • @moatasemkassab4517
      @moatasemkassab4517 3 роки тому +14

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

    • @ragabashmoon1551
      @ragabashmoon1551 3 роки тому +41

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

    • @bamul4595
      @bamul4595 3 роки тому +8

      GTA vice city... my memory

    • @Yadobler
      @Yadobler 3 роки тому +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: ua-cam.com/video/PJtiPRDIqtI/v-deo.html

  • @davidwinstead690
    @davidwinstead690 7 місяців тому +1357

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

    • @vaclavrendl3441
      @vaclavrendl3441 7 місяців тому +30

      AI

    • @StevieB8363
      @StevieB8363 7 місяців тому +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 7 місяців тому +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 7 місяців тому +11

      Especially resonating after the coming of AI

    • @Joestudly
      @Joestudly 7 місяців тому +1

      No, not me I prefer video stars

  • @KarimJovian
    @KarimJovian Рік тому +2491

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

    • @Ambatukakangku
      @Ambatukakangku Рік тому +132

      AI killed the internet star

    • @angelfaayy
      @angelfaayy Рік тому +9

      Yep

    • @asparagusredal7751
      @asparagusredal7751 Рік тому +3

      Love you, K

    • @tnetroP
      @tnetroP Рік тому +4

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

    • @stevewenzel3798
      @stevewenzel3798 Рік тому +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 .

  • @Straken52j
    @Straken52j 3 дні тому +1

    Such a fantastic, catchy song. I especially love the delightful little jingle at 1:45, it's so short but it brings such a smile to my face. So positive, I love it.

  • @CaIIMeTree
    @CaIIMeTree 10 місяців тому +221

    VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STARRRR 🎶
    absolute banger

    • @CaIIMeTree
      @CaIIMeTree 10 місяців тому +4

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

    • @nihtscada-
      @nihtscada- 10 місяців тому +4

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

  • @davidbahamondes4297
    @davidbahamondes4297 2 роки тому +2992

    42 years and counting. Great songs never fade away.

    • @marinozaki64
      @marinozaki64 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +14

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

    • @AYoungMusicianDude
      @AYoungMusicianDude 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +6

      I have this on vinyl and on 45 RPM

    • @Dimeropepe
      @Dimeropepe 2 роки тому +5

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

  • @tommyvercetti9511
    @tommyvercetti9511 3 роки тому +2142

    what a great song!

    • @peterperry6469
      @peterperry6469 3 роки тому +78

      Tommy Vercetti!

    • @Cas2000San
      @Cas2000San 3 роки тому +103

      Man they butchered you in the classic trilogy remaster

    • @Jakechad04
      @Jakechad04 3 роки тому +32

      My hero ^^^

    • @regelsmah5248
      @regelsmah5248 3 роки тому +35

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

    • @dedenyt
      @dedenyt 3 роки тому +21

      remember the name

  • @ななしのごんべえ-o2i
    @ななしのごんべえ-o2i Місяць тому +10

    若い世代の人達にとって、この曲は、初めて耳にする新曲なのかもしれない…。 
    もう、
    古い、新しいは、関係なく、時代の違いも関係なく、国の境もなく、全ての曲が、今、同じ土俵に立っているような気がする。
    そして、素晴らしい曲は、どんなに、時を経ても、感動を生み、リアルタイムで、生き続けているような気がする。

  • @pmc6925
    @pmc6925 5 місяців тому +186

    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 5 місяців тому +4

      😢we were oh so very young and shiny!

    • @ericrussell3199
      @ericrussell3199 5 місяців тому +1

      Eamon

    • @jerilynndougherty5102
      @jerilynndougherty5102 5 місяців тому +1

      AMEN

    • @Molly-k1d
      @Molly-k1d 5 місяців тому +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 5 місяців тому +1

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

  • @Danimal1577
    @Danimal1577 4 роки тому +241

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

    • @joooooolea
      @joooooolea 4 роки тому +1

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

    • @ThommyKane
      @ThommyKane 4 роки тому +4

      yea nevermind that Hans Zimmer is in this video

    • @marpsr
      @marpsr 4 роки тому

      Amazingly talented bass player

    • @ethancole4359
      @ethancole4359 4 роки тому +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.

  • @Pinetree.1
    @Pinetree.1 11 місяців тому +1015

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

    • @rachmatzulfiqar
      @rachmatzulfiqar 11 місяців тому +57

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

    • @qianFGC
      @qianFGC 10 місяців тому +16

      I love my podcasts, especially on those long commutes.

    • @lubu682
      @lubu682 10 місяців тому +36

      radio killed the video star

    • @ShawnMcCarthy-b6x
      @ShawnMcCarthy-b6x 10 місяців тому +4

      All on what you like

    • @SlipperySoap
      @SlipperySoap 10 місяців тому +2

      I see!

  • @andrewdouglas3091
    @andrewdouglas3091 16 днів тому +1

    I think thats one of the best songs ever written and sung. It brings a tear to my eye every time I hear it. Beautiful.

  • @bigd4561
    @bigd4561 7 місяців тому +355

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

    • @chrissmthn
      @chrissmthn 7 місяців тому +5

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

    • @Jack-sd1ug
      @Jack-sd1ug 7 місяців тому +3

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

    • @FormulaProg
      @FormulaProg 7 місяців тому +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 6 місяців тому

      Gay

    • @Carl_McMelvin
      @Carl_McMelvin 6 місяців тому

      What a dumb comment. 😂

  • @for_nothing_important
    @for_nothing_important 3 роки тому +809

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

    • @adorablegirl1559
      @adorablegirl1559 3 роки тому +43

      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 роки тому +21

      @@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 роки тому

      You are a radio Star
      ua-cam.com/users/shortsFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

    • @XboxTF2Tidbits
      @XboxTF2Tidbits 3 роки тому +10

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

    • @markvonmeding6246
      @markvonmeding6246 3 роки тому +2

      Swift, dude

  • @satyakisil4289
    @satyakisil4289 4 роки тому +4875

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

    • @stangman1268
      @stangman1268 4 роки тому +202

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

    • @screamingcat142
      @screamingcat142 4 роки тому +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 роки тому +150

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

    • @jakenightmares84
      @jakenightmares84 4 роки тому +181

      Bubblegum 1 79 so technically still the 70s

    • @bubblegum1948
      @bubblegum1948 4 роки тому +116

      @@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.

  • @steves2609
    @steves2609 3 місяці тому +214

    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 3 місяці тому +6

      we still have that yk LUCKLY :)

    • @BuckmeisterSupremeWithCheese
      @BuckmeisterSupremeWithCheese 3 місяці тому

      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 місяці тому +6

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

    • @pistolpete5817
      @pistolpete5817 2 місяці тому +1

      Yup 100%

    • @WC-jd8rn
      @WC-jd8rn 2 місяці тому +6

      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.

  • @occitanie1213
    @occitanie1213 2 роки тому +2037

    This song never gets old.
    So iconic 📞🎥📺

    • @randomkids69528
      @randomkids69528 2 роки тому +5

      indeed

    • @lucas89exerblx2
      @lucas89exerblx2 2 роки тому +4

      Indeed.

    • @Z_MO_YO_
      @Z_MO_YO_ 2 роки тому +5

      True

    • @WeatherWeasel66
      @WeatherWeasel66 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @Mark-cn3wr
      @Mark-cn3wr 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @RiasatSalminSami
    @RiasatSalminSami 4 роки тому +5839

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

    • @suzkiiangel4619
      @suzkiiangel4619 4 роки тому +59

      Ikr

    • @gaygambler
      @gaygambler 4 роки тому +77

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

    • @narkny4080
      @narkny4080 4 роки тому +57

      Thanks to libtard

    • @normansmithers7631
      @normansmithers7631 4 роки тому +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 роки тому +6

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

  • @rossmarino2776
    @rossmarino2776 4 роки тому +235

    So much nostalgia. Makes me wanna cry.

    • @eloisadeescobar8784
      @eloisadeescobar8784 4 роки тому +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😭

  • @James-pq3qq
    @James-pq3qq Місяць тому +7

    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.

  • @wendynerd1199
    @wendynerd1199 3 роки тому +287

    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 роки тому +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 роки тому +15

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

    • @marinozaki64
      @marinozaki64 2 роки тому

      ●●●●●●●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 роки тому +7

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

    • @AaronEdwards
      @AaronEdwards 2 роки тому +5

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

  • @kas1755
    @kas1755 3 роки тому +1634

    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 роки тому +2

      You are a Radio Star ✨
      ua-cam.com/users/shortsFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

    • @1ts0nly4stro
      @1ts0nly4stro 3 роки тому +3

      Yes

    • @coyote50585
      @coyote50585 3 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 роки тому +17

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

  • @SimonYoung-OFFICIAL
    @SimonYoung-OFFICIAL 3 роки тому +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 роки тому

      ●●●●●●●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 роки тому

      I couldn't agree more.

    • @matteoromenghi
      @matteoromenghi 2 роки тому

      Yup!

  • @pepvila6655
    @pepvila6655 6 днів тому +1

    I was re-watching Empire Records, and I couldn't resist coming here to read the comments after just starting to listen to it.
    One of the first singles I bought
    What memories!

  • @oludotunjohnshowemimo434
    @oludotunjohnshowemimo434 Рік тому +389

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

    • @TinShackVideos
      @TinShackVideos Рік тому +2

      Have you heard the original, even better.

    • @RandomVidsforthought
      @RandomVidsforthought Рік тому +1

      ​@@TinShackVideosThis is the original

    • @Roaring2Thunder
      @Roaring2Thunder Рік тому

      ​@@RandomVidsforthoughtits a cover

    • @RandomVidsforthought
      @RandomVidsforthought Рік тому

      @@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 Рік тому +2

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

  • @LudwigvanBeethoven2
    @LudwigvanBeethoven2 3 роки тому +161

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

    • @payten8103
      @payten8103 3 роки тому +1

      You are a radio star 🌠
      ua-cam.com/users/shortsFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

    • @ollh3297
      @ollh3297 3 роки тому +5

      Beethoven? 😳

    • @oqocraft2661
      @oqocraft2661 3 роки тому

      Beethoven? 😳

  • @kimberlyboonesmith226
    @kimberlyboonesmith226 10 днів тому +1

    I'm 53, and this song brings back memories, just like a lot of the other songs do.I just love listening to music by radio,UA-cam or TV and live music it comforts me.❤

  • @last_fantasy
    @last_fantasy 2 роки тому +2165

    Nothing can hit harder than childhood nostalgia

    • @marinozaki64
      @marinozaki64 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +17

      I believe a metal pipe to the temple hits harder

    • @GiratinaGX
      @GiratinaGX 2 роки тому +10

      childhood? How old are you, grandpa?

    • @last_fantasy
      @last_fantasy 2 роки тому +10

      @@GiratinaGX 19

    • @GiratinaGX
      @GiratinaGX 2 роки тому +10

      @@last_fantasy The song is older than you lmao

  • @JohnWick-df3gg
    @JohnWick-df3gg 3 роки тому +303

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

    • @payten8103
      @payten8103 3 роки тому +2

      Video killed the radio Star remix.
      ua-cam.com/users/shortsFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

    • @disgusted4708
      @disgusted4708 3 роки тому +3

      God bless you

    • @Master_Bruce_Wayne
      @Master_Bruce_Wayne 3 роки тому +8

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

    • @jamessilva7991
      @jamessilva7991 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @jayxzn2226
      @jayxzn2226 3 роки тому

      Why 'was'?

  • @patmcgroin1418
    @patmcgroin1418 8 років тому +256

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

  • @willpierson8310
    @willpierson8310 4 дні тому +1

    It still blows my mind that this song was the first song on MTV video killed the radio star. Man I really wish I was born in the 70s just to hear this great music

  • @themaggattack
    @themaggattack 2 роки тому +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 роки тому

      ●●●●●●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 роки тому

      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.

  • @damienmiller1302
    @damienmiller1302 4 роки тому +14144

    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
      @siampuiihnamte7721 4 роки тому +333

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

    • @andresanchez9395
      @andresanchez9395 4 роки тому +359

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

    • @Audreys_Cloud
      @Audreys_Cloud 4 роки тому +162

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

    • @beta_unknow3050
      @beta_unknow3050 4 роки тому +32

      Here because Eekum Bokum killed radio star

    • @Tivoo99
      @Tivoo99 4 роки тому +74

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

  • @_tinman
    @_tinman 2 роки тому +1806

    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 роки тому +6

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

    • @Praxis71
      @Praxis71 2 роки тому +18

      Your dad is pretty lucky!

    • @nederlandsbanaan4569
      @nederlandsbanaan4569 2 роки тому +9

      That's cute

    • @sophiamena5002
      @sophiamena5002 2 роки тому +5

      omg me too

    • @clintstryder1131
      @clintstryder1131 2 роки тому +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!

  • @K_23_Z
    @K_23_Z Місяць тому +15

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

  • @jasonhall6064
    @jasonhall6064 3 роки тому +396

    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 роки тому +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 роки тому +3

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

    • @marinozaki64
      @marinozaki64 2 роки тому

      ●●●●●●●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 роки тому +5

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

    • @Daysbb
      @Daysbb 2 роки тому +18

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

  • @CathyKitson
    @CathyKitson 3 роки тому +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 роки тому +3

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

    • @TheItalianAtheist
      @TheItalianAtheist 2 роки тому +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 10 місяців тому

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

  • @georgessiam378
    @georgessiam378 2 роки тому +142

    Timeless. An absolute classic masterpiece.

    • @latkagravas2967
      @latkagravas2967 2 роки тому +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.

  • @VincentZevecke
    @VincentZevecke День тому +2

    Today kids simply do not know how good the music of the 80's was so.good.

  • @lefkytheshin
    @lefkytheshin Рік тому +519

    Never get tired of this classic. Brilliant song.

    • @rantsinarobe4099
      @rantsinarobe4099 Рік тому

      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 Рік тому

      Kll

    • @TinShackVideos
      @TinShackVideos Рік тому

      @@hannahpeskoller7772
      The Camera Club

  • @dari3427
    @dari3427 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +4

      1979❤

    • @chupapi005
      @chupapi005 10 місяців тому

      Really?

    • @TheGramophoneGirl
      @TheGramophoneGirl 10 місяців тому

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

    • @Pool1978
      @Pool1978 10 місяців тому

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

    • @Pool1978
      @Pool1978 10 місяців тому

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

  • @SonicHawk90
    @SonicHawk90 3 роки тому +3163

    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 роки тому +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 роки тому +33

      This was my favorite song from vc.!

    • @doctorwars2
      @doctorwars2 3 роки тому +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 роки тому +7

      Video killed the radio star
      REMIX ⭐
      ua-cam.com/users/shortsFLa4beTfhcM?feature=share

    • @zeidon4193
      @zeidon4193 3 роки тому +3

      Yessir

  • @user_eksz
    @user_eksz Місяць тому +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...

  • @misterhot9163
    @misterhot9163 5 місяців тому +62

    This song still sounds fantastic after more than 40 years.

  • @Nickos1b
    @Nickos1b 6 років тому +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 років тому +11

      this is true nostalgia

    • @TheAmbasador99
      @TheAmbasador99 6 років тому +45

      Hol up we still gotta know what you were eating

    • @malik87breaker
      @malik87breaker 6 років тому +2

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

    • @tolankun5885
      @tolankun5885 6 років тому +9

      What you were eating

    • @FreeTheJambon
      @FreeTheJambon 6 років тому +5

      @@tolankun5885 Ikr! He leaves hanging like that!

  • @atom5949
    @atom5949 3 роки тому +127

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

    • @sixthdegreesunburn
      @sixthdegreesunburn 3 роки тому +3

      It’s weird but amazing

    • @MizzWGGrrrl
      @MizzWGGrrrl 3 роки тому +6

      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.

  • @melissamyers3777
    @melissamyers3777 Місяць тому +23

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

    • @gsxrkz
      @gsxrkz Місяць тому +2

      70s was better, this come out in 79

    • @melissamyers3777
      @melissamyers3777 Місяць тому

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

    • @melissamyers3777
      @melissamyers3777 Місяць тому +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 25 днів тому

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

  • @nancybez
    @nancybez 2 роки тому +532

    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 роки тому

      ●●●●●●●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 роки тому +10

      @@marinozaki64 are you okay?

    • @Aingelives44
      @Aingelives44 2 роки тому

      I speaking Japanese

    • @susanmichele
      @susanmichele 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +1

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

  • @ethanoreilly2002
    @ethanoreilly2002 3 роки тому +1044

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

    • @WorksopGimp
      @WorksopGimp 3 роки тому +42

      She how shy he was too

    • @wlkrjnn
      @wlkrjnn 3 роки тому +25

      That is really interesting.

    • @aebhosor4835
      @aebhosor4835 3 роки тому +14

      Yeah, apparently he just a cameo there

    • @tomnimanju3543
      @tomnimanju3543 3 роки тому +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 роки тому +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

  • @xWesternAcid
    @xWesternAcid 10 місяців тому +1260

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

    • @RedisdaGamer
      @RedisdaGamer 10 місяців тому +80

      "Hazbin hotel quote"

    • @MADEFORNOTHING
      @MADEFORNOTHING 10 місяців тому +56

      Bro be finding this to say a quote from Hazbin Hotel

    • @xWesternAcid
      @xWesternAcid 10 місяців тому +16

      ​@@MADEFORNOTHING you know it

    • @olddiggy4800
      @olddiggy4800 9 місяців тому +42

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

    • @BeanKally
      @BeanKally 9 місяців тому +10

      @@olddiggy4800same tho

  • @SA12String
    @SA12String 3 місяці тому +3

    Many people probably don't understand the societal importance of this song. I was there, at the brittle start of MTV, and the end of the era that grew with Elvis. Please try to understand the enormous growth that came between the 1950s and the 1980s. This was the time of magic. This was the time when we all should have had our arms outstretched, welcoming those who came after us, telling is the stories, the histories, of those who built our world. Now we cry for their loos. Fair enough. They've earned it. If I could, I would throw my arms wide and hold all of them. They all deserve it. You know that. I know that. Please. All of us. Hold your arms out for those who, even just a little, told the story of the Radio Star.

    • @ななしのごんべえ-o2i
      @ななしのごんべえ-o2i 3 місяці тому

      心に届く、コメントでした。
      貴重なお話、聞かせて頂き、ありがとうございます。 
      私は、この曲が大好きです。古い曲だからと、引け目を感じることはないと、私は、思います。時を越えても、素晴らしい曲は、永遠です✨

  • @freestylewrestling9840
    @freestylewrestling9840 4 роки тому +2997

    A little trivia moment ...... did you know this was the very first song that MTV showed when they first appeared on television

    • @justvibing1601
      @justvibing1601 4 роки тому +69

      Interesting

    • @alaskanprincess9386
      @alaskanprincess9386 4 роки тому +98

      I did. That's actually what brought me here :)

    • @jimtim8805
      @jimtim8805 4 роки тому +101

      Yeah I know. ☺I heard that trivia back in the late 90's when I was a 9 year old watching Mtv (not the zombie fake Mtv we have now). Very ironic. Video channel where they lament the radio star's death because of music videos. Thanks though.

    • @catholic200747
      @catholic200747 4 роки тому +5

      Another bit of trivia. Can anyone name the original 5 VJ's?

    • @cpmcguire
      @cpmcguire 4 роки тому +27

      Yeah, and that guy in the black suit in the back at the end is actually Hans Zimmer.

  • @unusedchannel6905
    @unusedchannel6905 4 роки тому +2600

    2020- Hitler and Stalin deepfake
    2002- GTA Vice City

    • @ninidini6686
      @ninidini6686 4 роки тому +22

      what is mean with hitler stalin deepfake?

    • @ryhanzfx1641
      @ryhanzfx1641 4 роки тому +54

      I knew here thanks to GTA VC as well

    • @sunshineh.a.7269
      @sunshineh.a.7269 4 роки тому +11

      I just scrolled UA-cam and found it

    • @noeyedeer4227
      @noeyedeer4227 4 роки тому +3

      spot on 👌🏻😂

    • @brookhall8957
      @brookhall8957 4 роки тому +6

      2011- Just Dance 3 for some reason.

  • @abeldisla.5488
    @abeldisla.5488 6 місяців тому +525

    Now is "Streaming killed Television Stars".

  • @thrashingpanic
    @thrashingpanic Місяць тому +5

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

    • @andrewblackburn1426
      @andrewblackburn1426 22 дні тому

      The other thing that really strikes me is how *live* the performances are for a song that's a lamentation on the mechanization, commoditization and packaging of pop culture - Horn's gritty bass with a the improved bass line, Downes' keyboards with the shifting accents on different parts of the riff, the drums that sound like they should be a drum machine, but they're played live. They even have Hans Zimmer in the music video!

  • @paulhardiek7881
    @paulhardiek7881 10 місяців тому +113

    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 10 місяців тому +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 9 місяців тому +5

      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 6 місяців тому +1

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

  • @gopinathbhat1789
    @gopinathbhat1789 5 років тому +2781

    How ironic is it for us to hear this on the internet on UA-cam.

    • @raisa_cherry35
      @raisa_cherry35 5 років тому +4

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @iantarbet4000
      @iantarbet4000 5 років тому +3

      @@raisa_cherry35 Love the irony -

    • @samueltong8061
      @samueltong8061 5 років тому +20

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

    • @debowiec3
      @debowiec3 5 років тому

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

    • @michellewilliams3118
      @michellewilliams3118 5 років тому +3

      YES VIDEO DID KILL THE RADIO STAR God forgive them

  • @2112jonr
    @2112jonr 2 роки тому +294

    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.

  • @rodnee2340
    @rodnee2340 2 місяці тому +6

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

  • @yoshilulu2321
    @yoshilulu2321 3 роки тому +1201

    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 роки тому +19

      well said

    • @lado0353
      @lado0353 2 роки тому +6

      Ça c'est pas faux.

    • @ricardohoang8452
      @ricardohoang8452 2 роки тому +27

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

    • @Lightworkerred
      @Lightworkerred 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +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.

  • @nekrouni8497
    @nekrouni8497 2 роки тому +367

    Can’t believe I’m having nostalgia for an era I didn’t live in

  • @tydek
    @tydek 4 роки тому +70

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

    • @Rokgnara
      @Rokgnara 4 роки тому +7

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

    • @pat5615-l6y
      @pat5615-l6y 4 роки тому +2

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

    • @vokasimid5330
      @vokasimid5330 2 роки тому

      Didn't noticed rhat

  • @yukunkonnta260
    @yukunkonnta260 2 дні тому +2

    ソニーのラジカセで録音して、毎日聞いてました。

  • @MercuryForever
    @MercuryForever 5 років тому +342

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

    • @BlockedUser420
      @BlockedUser420 5 років тому +31

      fun fact: he was in the buggles

    • @rhodiumthunderbird
      @rhodiumthunderbird 5 років тому +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 років тому +5

      Synthesist* keyboardist is not a word.

    • @backslash68
      @backslash68 5 років тому +3

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

    • @gabrielaperalta2814
      @gabrielaperalta2814 5 років тому +6

      I just came to see Hans. ♡

  • @Faintingbabymountaingoat13
    @Faintingbabymountaingoat13 4 роки тому +93

    Who’s here because they just appreciate good music?

    • @BrigadieraRanaLogica
      @BrigadieraRanaLogica 4 роки тому +2

      Hi

    • @BlackSoul4876
      @BlackSoul4876 4 роки тому +2

      :puts up my hand: 😎

    • @TheJosep70
      @TheJosep70 4 роки тому +2

      Me. I always thought this song sounded like Asia and today I found out it was written by John Wetton and Geoff Downes.

    • @idkfrcyz5i
      @idkfrcyz5i 4 роки тому +2

      😎😎

    • @Balls1335
      @Balls1335 4 роки тому

      I mean you can't just find good music because of your personal taste. You have to have come from something.

  • @bille77
    @bille77 4 роки тому +1850

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

    • @Zadster
      @Zadster 4 роки тому +52

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

    • @csjames69
      @csjames69 4 роки тому +12

      And Miami Vice.

    • @mikelurrutia3029
      @mikelurrutia3029 4 роки тому +24

      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
      @thesoundvault508 4 роки тому +7

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

    • @bille77
      @bille77 4 роки тому +6

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

  • @Amber-o6f
    @Amber-o6f 3 дні тому +2

    Fun fact. The first song seen, watched, heard on MTV back in my highschool years in 80s

  • @clepy985
    @clepy985 4 роки тому +2612

    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

  • @joekerr6874
    @joekerr6874 3 роки тому +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 UA-cam, 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 роки тому +13

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

    • @lordrathut
      @lordrathut 3 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 роки тому +10

      @@alank9138 No need to get political...

    • @jessiejames2155
      @jessiejames2155 3 роки тому

      Awesome !

  • @jessetellez3924
    @jessetellez3924 3 роки тому +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.

  • @sneakyflutes
    @sneakyflutes 10 днів тому +1

    This is such a well composed song. One of the very best examples of pop songwriting.

  • @nick56677
    @nick56677 3 роки тому +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 роки тому +17

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

    • @robinchesterfield42
      @robinchesterfield42 3 роки тому +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 роки тому +3

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

    • @aebhosor4835
      @aebhosor4835 3 роки тому +4

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

    • @vexter109
      @vexter109 3 роки тому

      Not so great with constant fear of WW3 but yea.

  • @itheultimategemini
    @itheultimategemini 3 роки тому +649

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

    • @lunchmeat1265
      @lunchmeat1265 3 роки тому +50

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

    • @BaseballPlayer0
      @BaseballPlayer0 3 роки тому +2

      Hi Michelle

    • @davidbaclian337
      @davidbaclian337 3 роки тому +9

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

    • @scattysafari7742
      @scattysafari7742 3 роки тому +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 роки тому +1

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

  • @BeerdyBruceLeeCentral
    @BeerdyBruceLeeCentral 4 роки тому +2525

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

    • @215alessio
      @215alessio 4 роки тому +69

      really?

    • @armandobuilds6137
      @armandobuilds6137 4 роки тому +59

      For real?

    • @RedmarKerkhof
      @RedmarKerkhof 4 роки тому +49

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

    • @gorillan3433
      @gorillan3433 4 роки тому +20

      Question mark?

    • @nickmiyoshi
      @nickmiyoshi 4 роки тому +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)

  • @WilliamBAckeret
    @WilliamBAckeret Місяць тому +8

    God Bless the 80's

  • @louiskelly9713
    @louiskelly9713 4 роки тому +384

    As Freddie Mercury says: Radio someone still loves you