When MTV started, it was like a countdown, and the very first video played on MTV was this song right here!

@uberduberdave

Жыл бұрын

Way back late last century when Music Television dared to play *gasp* music videos...

@salvatorerizzo8640

Жыл бұрын

I remember the countdown. Great times

@chuckhollands7528

Жыл бұрын

@Salvatore Rizzo I do too.

@debbiethomasson2709

10 ай бұрын

Beat me to it!

Ironically, the first video to air on MTV.

@Itelkner

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that was sporting of them to poke fun at themselves like that.

@steveparker8065

Жыл бұрын

lol the exact phrase and wording I was going to use :)

@maxpeck7382

Жыл бұрын

It a pretty apropos song title for the first music video on MTV which was taking over pop culture at the time from Radio listening.

@debjorgo

Жыл бұрын

@@maxpeck7382 Has anybody recorded a song called reality shows killed the video star?

@maxpeck7382

Жыл бұрын

@@debjorgo Don't know, but streaming service killed the movie star would be another one.

Before MTV, you had to have the talent to make it onto the radio. Not so much after MTV came on because it was more about the show and production of an almost mini-movie than the substance of great lyrics and melodies. Even the stars who established themselves beforehand got caught up in it all and yes, there have been some great videos over the years. But I have met a lot of people who can tell you everything about a neat or cool video and yet they hardly remember the song

@allanjones1680

Жыл бұрын

When the song was initially written in 1979, it was meant to refer to the transition of everyday digital media. In the '60s, American households slowly transitioned from radio to video as televisions became more accessible for the average family. Now, instead of tuning into the radio for the nightly news or entertainment, families were turning on their televisions, thus signaling the beginning of a shift in media consumption. The lyrics "Video killed the radio star" are meant to be taken quite literally - the increased popularity of television as a form of information and entertainment ultimately "killed" the radio industry.

@annewoodard6803

Жыл бұрын

Nah. MTV opened up music and it gave new bands an opening while the others solidified their talent. You’re going to tell me Michael Jackson was subpar because he ruled MTV? Hardly.

@bikingchupei2447

Жыл бұрын

i was thinking of back when there was only radio, a good voice is all you need, but when video came out, you had to also have a decent looking face.

@davestang5454

2 ай бұрын

Don't really agree with you, although I get your point. There were some very talented acts on radio leading up to the advent of music videos in the 1980s but there actually were some very mediocre acts too. I don't think it was specifically about "great lyrics" either. It's always been true that if a song has a catchy beat to it and people are emotionally moved by it that the lyrics are really secondary in importance. The difference between only having knowledge of a song from hearing it and watching the music video is that hearing it allows your mind to form it's own unique imagery while a music video provides one for you. It's similar to the reason why "the book is better than the movie" because YOU direct the story in a book.

This song comes up on nearly trivia game, including Trivial Pursuit, as being the first song played on MTV in 1981. I was in high school and it changed the way we listened and "watched" music. Good times.

The earliest days of MTV... What awesome memories.

And the keyboardist at 4.06 is the composer Hans Zimmer who created so many great film scores like "Gladiator" etc.

@minaha1975

Ай бұрын

Hans Zimmer and Dead can Dance❤

I love my nostalgia. I have a radio and turntable for my vinyl albums. Never giving that up!

First video on MTV

It's been speculated that this 1979 song inspired Roger Taylor of Queen to write 'Radio Gaga' just a few short years later - both songs express a similar message and nostalgia for the peak years of radio :)

I was born in '66. I've lived in such an amazing time. I was 15 in my friends bedroom with half the neighborhood kids watching the launch of MTV. Mind blowing!!!

This song was from about 1980 but the sentiment is time independent. Around this period technology was changing - but no one knew what was coming next. So the song so really ahead of its time.

@gunternetzer9621

Жыл бұрын

1979

Thank You To MTV ♥️

We may not have had videos before 1981 but we did get to see bands and groups and singers on TV shows: The Midnight Special, Don Kirshners show, Solid Gold, American Bandstand and Soul Train. We also preferred to the bands we liked LIVE in concert. NO video beats going to live concerts.

@notquitedone51

Жыл бұрын

There were videos before 1981. One I distinctly remember was M's "Pop Muzic" from '79. I saw it on HBO's Video Jukebox program (back when the network used to go off the air at night). There were short promotional films produced for singles in the 60s. Some historians consider a short film of Ricky Nelson singing "Traveling Man" (1961) to be the first music video.

@ajruther67

Жыл бұрын

@@notquitedone51 I live in Southern CA and didn't have cable until 1998 so anything other than MTV I was unaware of. No regular channels had videos.

To people my age. This brings back some great memories. MTVs first song. We all remember that night.

song is SO 80s! Fun catchy poppy goodness! ♥

Can you believe 1st video EVER, on MTV!!! I remember it! Thanks for sharing!!!

Wow what a blast from the last. Brought back so many memories for me. You guys rock. ❤ from the 🇬🇧

...and then The Buggles (the two guys, Trevor Horn and Geoffrey Downes), became part of Yes in 1980. And then, Trevor Horn became Yes producer. :-)

This was the very FIRST video to appear on MTV August 1, 1981!

@davestang5454

2 ай бұрын

Pretty sure that was 1980, not 1981.

@ajruther67

2 ай бұрын

@@davestang5454 It was 1981. Look it up.

@chrisorlando6162

22 күн бұрын

@@davestang5454 Nope. 1981

First video ever played on MTV, 8/1/81…. Another one you should review is Gary Neuman’s “Cars.” It sounded way different than anything before it, and signaled the coming of punk/new wave music.

I was in my 20s when this song came out (60 now), along with Walk Like An Egyptian by the Bangles. Those were my two favourite songs in the day. 😊

I was 14yrs old 1981 I remember watching this very first time video on MTV it was great time to be Alive and the rest was history

Not only fist video on MTV but to think that artist where not just music but artist had to have a Look to please the audience it wasn't just about the music anymore.

This was the first song on MTV...I watched it happen

The point may have had better meaning back in 1979, but today, for my taste, listening to music from the 60s/70s/80s etc on the AM/FM band in the background is still alive and well.

You could say, that Queen`s later song (Radio Ga Ga) was on a similar theme. In their case TV replacing Radio, whereas The Buggles refer to Video replacing Radio. Both equally correct in their own way.

@quarkwrok

Жыл бұрын

@@allanjones1680 As a brit I've never heard of video as slang for tv. As a kid when the song came out I just thought the reference was to song videos starting to dominate, and that would have been through TV, so the result is the same, i.e. access to music through tv instead of radio as time went on. Videos became purpose-made with Bohemian Rhapsody, a specific sea-change between 76 and 77/9 when this song was written, as opposed to the more gradual increase in tv ownership from the Coronation through to 80's, but I can see the writers might have meant video as a medium, i.e. visual content rather than the specific reference to music videos. Certainly in the UK everyone sat down to TOTP and TV's were very common by the 70's, so exposure to music on tv wasn't that sudden but the rise of the music video in the years prior to this song had a powerful impact (Not The Nine O'Clock News: Nice Video Shame About the Song...). I don't actually think music videos killed radio play for music until the early 80's in the U.S. and more gradually in the UK where MTV was not as common. But I do think the song played on the idea that radio would die as tv took over. Radio of course is still around and arguably music videos less important, but the reality is visual content (more likely through iPhones now) has become increasingly important, and a world away from something like listening to the radio under the covers after midnight in bed as a kid.

That's the 80s for you.

This is MTVs’s very first video aired, back on 8/1/81

Another great Buggles tune for reaction is "Astroboy."

Nice listening good music with you guys. After Lou Reed and Walk on the wild side you must listen now The killing of georgie boy by Rod Stewart. Cheers guys.

Best reaction to this song!

Yeyyyy! oh i remember this song, great reaction as always guys and yep the lyrics are very true 💗💗

The radio we grew up with in a relatively large market like Toronto, the "best" stations played a lot of variety, an eclectic mix of rock, pop, country, jazz, soul, R&B, anything that could cross over widely enough to be called mainstream. Labels and bands put out promotional clips for years before there were dedicated channels on TV. Programs that specialized in them were gold to me. Until American MTV came out, MTV was Toronto Multicultural Television, where beautiful, personable, music savvy and just lovable Samantha Taylor hosted the newest and best clips every weekday afternoon until something changed and she left for Vancouver. Worst thing to happen to music TV in T.O. Became CFMT, I worked there a decade later, starting a month after getting married, referred by an old friend, since passed. 8''>/ John Roberts of Fox News used to be J.D. Roberts, and was one of numerous hosts on City-TV's New Music until joining the Canadian version of MTV, MuchMusic, a City-TV subsidiary 'til business mandated the sale and/or breakup of the group of companies. Cold-blooded, right? Lotsa shit died/dies in small or not-so-small ways all the time.

3:00 A closeup look of that little girl looking up while feeling in shock is so adorable ❤

this was the first video ever shown on MTV. How true is is!!!

Oh MTV, completely unrecognizable now.

Growing up in the 70's before MTV, lots of rock stars were... well... butt ugly. So for me when this song came out it rang true. You no longer could get away with the butt-ugliness. Love the song and love your reaction. Yinz are great!

Be nice if there was an MTV type nostalgia channel that would play videos all day again!

@bradsullivan2495

Жыл бұрын

Technically, there is "MTV Classic"--but the bulk of those videos tend to be 90s rap with some 80s thrown in.

@mrkrinkle72

Жыл бұрын

@@bradsullivan2495 Yeah, I mean all those weird forgotten bands and vids from the early days. They're funny, cringy and awesome!

@maryreilly5092

Жыл бұрын

Our music, then for the most part, reflected our attitude of openness, curiosity, positivity, silliness, eloquence and creativity without taking ourselves so seriously! You just had to be there but good thing you weren't cause you'd be old like me now!

I loved the radio of my younger days so much. I had my favorite DJ's. In Los Angeles where I grew up, we had Rick Dees in the Morning on KISS radio, any of you out there remember? Or Charlie Tuna on KEARTH 101! Then in the 80's there was Mark and Brian in morning on KLOS rock radio 95.7. Then at night there was Love Songs on the Coast. Sigh. :). Then on AM radio we had the CBS Mystery Theater that played at 9:00 p.m. I would often listen to it before bed and don't forget those Sunday summer nights with Dr. Demento! When videos came out I really liked them too. I think there was room for radio and videos. I think what really killed radio was when different services came out that you could buy that played the music you wanted without commercials. No one likes commercials every 10 minutes. I think what killed the videos was reality TV. MTV. is nothing like it was. To me, It isn't fun anymore. Used to in the 80's you could turn the channel on at any time of the day or night and catch a cool video playing. Now it is a video or two crammed in between reality shows about materialistic people who are plotting and yelling at one another, forgive me if I seem old and set in my ways. :)

@tvgator1

Жыл бұрын

Who could ever forget Rick Dees?

@Itelkner

Жыл бұрын

Rumour has it Trevor Horn felt the pressure to really up his game when he heard "Disco Duck."

@donniemaher511

Жыл бұрын

You have a great memory Delisa. I remember all those great radio shows. I really paid attention to those guys since my mother was a DJ in Atlanta. Good memories!

@tommc4916

9 ай бұрын

The tall and slim guy playing keyboards (and wearing the black/silver jacket) is composer Hans Zimmer, who has had a long and successful career. He's the guy who composed the theme music for Star Trek: The Next Generation (among many, many other pieces).

In case you didn't know, this was the first video played on MTV

Before MTV, as a little kid I only watched my favorite bands on posters, album covers , and...if you were lucky...on a TV special.

Yep, very first song on MTV. What a great time to be alive.

To me, this marked the decline of the magic of music. I remember when MTV came out. As long as you had a good video, your talent could be mediocre. Unfortunately, it did eventually wiped out much of the talent out there. A bittersweet song that I'll always love. Great reaction!

The keyboardist in this band: Hans Zimmer....

Trevor Horn went on to produce such as YES and many big successful groups!

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Their anti-war song Clean Clean is also really good.

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Thank you guys for the good reactions to one of my favorite songs! please try Sugar Shack, Bottle Of Wine by Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs. Thank you very much!

I think in a way, this song is about how video hurt the careers of some artists who had a good sound, but didn't have "the right look". The first artist who comes to my mind is Christopher Cross. He had a unique, but good voice and was very popular, but when MTV came out, he kind of disappeared because he didn't look like or dress like your typical rock star. It was like he was a "radio star" and the popularity of video, in a sense "killed" him, or more accurately, his career. At least, that's my opinion.

The vary first Mtv video cool beans 😊

Not only was it the first music video played on MTV when it premiered it was also the last one played when the channel changed it's format.

I was 12 and in the first year of secondary school in the UK (Year 7) when it came out although I thought it was released in 1978. It was the first 45 single release that utterly blew my mind. I gathered up my pocket money, asked to be taken into town and bought it (at WH Smiths I think). I still love this track and play it regularly. Unfortunately they rarely play the lovely piano bit at the end. When I first saw the video (Top Of The Pops?), I wished I had been the little girl in red dungarees in the video. I have always wondered who she was (whether she was the daughter of a band member) and whether they told her to "Stand there and don't move!" when they set off the magnesium flares!

A great classic!!!!!

The guy who you see singing in this video with the glasses is a bloke called Trevor Horn who hails from the North of England in an area known as Durham. Trevor Horn is a very good record producer, songwriter and singer who has worked with many big names such as Seal, Spandau Ballet, Gabrielle Aspin, Robbie Williams, Duran Duran and Tears for Fears. He's well known in the record industry across in the UK.

Singer is Trevor Horn who went on to become a very prolific Record Producer.

Internet killed the video star

This song always makes me think of Bowling for Soup's song "1985" If you haven't heard it before you should give it a listen... 🤭 I really miss MTV from the 80's-90's and it's a shame kids nowadays don't know what they missed out on.

*Shawn And Mel* Like the fact you loved it..I love it,too..This was the Debut Music Vid of the 1ST 24 hours Of the Debuting Channel MTV...I EVEN,When I was younger,Saw the Debut of the channel...WITH THIS MUSIC VID... I thought it was a bit crazy,but I felt it Slapped... Glad you gave it a chance! Thank You!!!

Love her shirt mine and my mom's favorite TV show

Trevor Horne from Durham in UK massive music producer now

The keyboardist in black is Hans Zimmer, Oscar and Grammy winning film score composer and movie producer. He did the music for The Lion King, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dark Knight Trilogy, etc...

He one Art noice yes and others

1st video ever played on MTV and I seen it as a kid! It was when MTV still showed Music Television Videos lol!

2 members I know of the Boggles -Trevor Horn on lead vocals and bass guitar (he actually replaced Jon Anderson on one Yes album as well as producing Yes' 90125 album), and Geoff Downes on keyboards (he also was the keyboardist for Asia and Yes as well on a few albums)

Great reaction from the two best better than all the rest even close to them is day one

I remember we were the first ones with cable in my neighborhood and we had it the first day it came out living in New York we were lucky that way we had MTV countdown of the beginning of the channel awesome

The 2004 Prince's Trust Concert features the reunion of the 6 artists on the Buggles original recording 25 years hence. It is one of the finest live performances I have ever seen. Better than the original (imho) I highly recommend it. Nearly 125K subs!! That is awesome. Congrats to you both. RNB (just in case here is the link) kzread.info/dash/bejne/e4mbqJZygtfNZ7Q.html

Trevor and Geoff.

In 78 I had the vinyl, I had 5 years old!

I want to buy a small radio to use at work as I rarely see anyone so it will be nice to hear songs.

this was the first video on MTV

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And internet killed television😂

Love your shirt girl did you know that out of all the women mom was the youngest?

The last number one song in Australia in 1979 and the last number one 9f the 1970s

August 1, 1981- the first song on MTV

This was debuted on MTV August 8th 1981

The Buggles are still together & sound incredible playing in front of King Charles

ooh like #888! 🙃

Check out their live performance from I think 2005 at a major awards show. They still got it!!!!! I just can’t remember what awards it was….

♪Cellphone killed the Video Star♪

I remember , it was only a matter of a few months, music industry went ballistic.

One of two hits their other was a minor hit titled Clean Clean.

I remember when MTV was truly great, late 80s....it was just everything. Then came Real world, then the crap now the like Disney the social engineering woke crap. Its truly gone to far.

Has anyone else not been getting notifications of late? It's happening with a lot of channels. I'm also getting unsubscribed. Great reaction as always.

You also have Hans Zimmer make a cameo in this video. He's the gent wearing the black suit jacket playing the big synthesizer in the back at the end of the video.

When radio came out they said that it would kill newspapers, it didn't. When TV came out they said that it would kill radio, it didn't. Radio is very strong today, it moved with the times and the needs of the people, and is still very popular. What else are you going to do when driving a car? And spotify, pandora etc are all forms of radio.

1981 the first video. Mtv played

First video on MTV = this, 1st one on MTV Europe = money for nothing by dire straits

Yes its true. This was the very first video & song played on MTV. And sadly it did kill the radio star, cos now they had to have money to make great videos for MTV. 🎥🎼📻💀

After MTV started..the Rot s l o w l y set in.

Somebody else's picture break our own vision.

Check out the version on The Wedding Singer soundtrack by Presidents of the United States. It’s amazing!! ❤❤❤

Just a very catchy song. Another one by them is living in the plastic age.

Do next from them these other's: "Elstree" & "Living on Plastic Age"

1979 wooow

Not the group The Bugaloos.LOL

This song has a lot of truth to it, but if you hunt around on the radio you ce

@wayneclendenen2036

Жыл бұрын

This song has some truth to it, but you can still find oldies on the radio if you hunt around...I really miss the djs on the big am stations... Absolutely loved Larry Lujack on wls in Chicago among many others...

Very first music video on Mtv when it was just music