Friday, February 11, 2011

Camera Club -- "Video Killed the Radio Star" (1979)



They took the credit for your second symphony.
Rewritten by machine on new technology,
And now I understand the problems you can see . . .
Video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star


Bruce Woolley was the singer-songwriter behind the short-lived "New Wave" band, Camera Club, which was the first band to release a version of "Video Killed The Radio Star."  The Camera Club's version of the song was a hit in Canada, but the Buggles' version was much more successful.

Woolley co-wrote the song (and other songs) with Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes, who were the Buggles, but he was never officially a member of that band.  According to Horn, Woolley is primarily responsible for the music, while Horn wrote most of the lyrics.

Here is Camera Club's "Video Killed The Radio Star":






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