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Artist: The Buggles
Suggested Track: Video Killed the Radio Star

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I heard you on the wireless back in '52
Lying awake intent at tuning in on you
If I was young it didn't stop you coming through
(Oh-a-oh)

They took the credit for your second symphony
Rewritten by machine on new technology
And now I understand the problems you can see

(Oh-a-oh)
I met your children
(Oh, a, oh)
What did you tell them?

(Video killed the radio star)
(Video killed the radio star)
Pictures came and broke your heart
(Oh-a-a-a-oh)

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-a-oh)
You were the first one
(Oh-a-oh)
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
(Oh-a-a-a-oh)
(Oh-a-a-a-oh)

(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
Pictures came and broke your heart
Put the blame on VCR

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) video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star
(You are a radio star) video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star
(You are a radio star) video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star

(Oh-a-oh, oh-a-oh)
(Oh-a-oh, oh-a-oh)
(Oh-a-oh, oh-a-oh)
(Oh-a-oh)
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The Buggles – Video Killed the Radio Star
“Video Killed the Radio Star” was inspired from the J.G. Ballard short “The Sound-Sweep.” It was written by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley, and was the first track
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The Buggles – Kid Dynamo
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The Buggles – Technopop
On some lonely motorway / I was forced to spend the day / Services--I stop the car / Restaurant and in the bar / I lie right back and turn the radio on / Now for major surgery / I'
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The Buggles – I Am a Camera
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The Buggles – Rainbow Warrior
Run / Run for shelter / Hide from the wind / Further on / We may help you / In the end / Sun / Sun as always / Will guard where you lay / And the walls are down / And the waters
The Buggles – Johnny On The Monorail
[Verse 1] / Down, down, they pause then walk away / Even in the streets, your feet don't move / See their faces through the Perspex / Turn to stare back up at you / [Verse 2] / You
The Buggles – Blue Nylon
Sing! / Nylon, sing for me / Make it blue / Make it blue / Know! / The love to bring to you / So I must sing to you / All in blue / All in blue / In blue / Blue nylon, blue / Blue
The Buggles – Inner City
Here with a suitcase in my hand / I walk the street to find a fortune teller / But when the future's in your palm / They read it like a book that lasts forever / Makes you run
The Buggles – Adventures in Modern Recording
There's a kid in a band / Got an axe in his hand / He's been learning all the chords / And he's writing all the words / Today you bought a new face / Tried it on for size / Now you
The Buggles – Fade Away
Hey! / Let's go, boys! / Fade away / Fade away / Hey! / Fade away / Fade away / Hey! / Lala-lala-lala-lala-lala-la / Lala-lala-lala-lala-lala-la / Lala-lala-lala-lala-lala-la
The Buggles – Beatnik
All will be revealed before the next move / All will be revealed before the next move / Gimme some juice and let me blow / Tell that joker where to go / Gimme some air and let me
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My heart is an alligator / Better watch your step - watch your step / This heat is an incubator / Make a diamond sweat - wanna bet / Live life like you're flying solo / Never in
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All the poems / Of my neighbors / That drift across the sand / Are just the tendrils / Of a vast / But gentle plant which they command / The headdress / Of a goddess / You wore the
The Buggles – Living in the Plastic Age
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Island / Island / Island, island / Is-land / Island / Island / Island, island / Is-land / Island / Island / Island / Island / Island / Island
The Buggles – Island
Island / Island / Island, island / Is-land / Island / Island / Island, island / Is-land / Island / Island / Island / Island / Island / Island
The Buggles – On TV
In your houses late at night / Sit down cosy, kill that light / Watch a movie, watch a fight / Feeling safe as well you might / When you dream in black and white / It can only
The Buggles – I Am a Camera (12″ mix)
[Verse 1] / Memories, how they fade so fast / Look back, there is no escape / Tied down, now you see too late / Lovers, they will never wait / [Chorus] / I am a camera (I am a
The Buggles – We Can Fly From Here (pt. 1)
Along the edge of this airfield / The old prop-shaft airliners stand / Altimeters reading zero / Formless memories lingering / Nights are cold on this airfield / I sit alone and
The Buggles – We Can Fly From Here (pt. 2)
And if the ground staff must be seen to be believed / There's no one sleeping - no one awake / And if the engines must be started in the night / There will be silence, no last
The Buggles – Johnny On The Monorail (A Very Different Version)
Jo-jo-jo-jo... riding on the monorail / Jo-jo-jo-jo... riding on the monorail / Jo-jo-jo-jo... riding on the monorail / Monorail / Down, down to pause and walk away / Even in the
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The Buggles - Riding A Tide Lyrics
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The Buggles - We Can Fly From Here (Pt. 2) Lyrics
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The Buggles - Fade Away Lyrics
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The Buggles Lyrics
The Buggles lyrics - 29 song lyrics sorted by album, including "Video Killed The Radio Star", "Kid Dynamo", "Dion".
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The Buggles
From 1977 to 1982, a new synthpop/new wave version of the Beatles obligated to give serious warnings of what technology could possibly do to ruin planet Earth in the future. They
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The Buggles - Vermilion Sands Lyrics
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