Era el 1 de agosto de 1981. “Damas y caballeros, esto es rock n roll”, dijo brevemente el presentador. Enseguida en la pantalla apareció el videoclip de la rola Video Killed The Radio Star (El video mató a la estrella de radio) del grupo The Buggles. El video fue realizado por Russell Mulcahy Asi dieron inicio las transmisiones de MTV.
La canción original -hoy un himno generacional- data de 1979 y fue escrita por Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes y Bruce Woolley. La referida rola alcanzó el número uno en el Reino Unido en 1979 y fue incluida en el álbum The Age of Plastic. En 1980, el grupo español Parchís incluyó un cover en castellano de esa rola, en su disco Comando G.
I heard you on the wireless back in fifty two
Lying awake intent at tuning in on you
If I was young it didn’t stop you coming through
They took the credit for your second symphony
Rewritten by machine and new technology
And now I understand the problems you can see
I met your children
What did you tell them?
Video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star
Pictures came and broke your heart.
And now we meet in an abandoned studio
We hear the playback and it seems so long ago
And you remember the jingles used to go… oh, oh
You were the first one
You were the last one
Video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star
In my mind and in my car
We can’t rewind we’ve gone too far
Video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star
In my mind and in my car
We can’t rewind we’ve gone to far
Pictures came and broke your heart
Put the blame on VTR
You are a radio star
You are a radio star
Video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star
You are a radio star
You are a radio star
The Buggles – Video killed the radio star
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