The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star (The Prince's Trust: Produced by Trevor Horn, 2004)

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Watch Trevor Horn perform "Video Killed The Radio Star" for The Prince's Trust at Wembley Arena on the 11th of November, 2004.
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@scopex2749 8 ай бұрын

2:34 RIP to the amazing Linda Allen who sang backing vocals with Debi Doss and Linda's unforgettable solo at the end of the song. Sing for them in paradise Dear Linda.😪💔

@1thess523 3 ай бұрын

I was wondering why the original back up singers weren't in some of the new performances

@ba1428 Ай бұрын

Iconic

@dmcewen772 Ай бұрын

She's so amazing

@GeorgeSmiley77 Ай бұрын

The Ooh-wah-ooh's sounded so intensely sexy to me back in the day. I'd play it on the local coffee shop's juke box and I had to be careful not to let anyone see me lip-sync to them lest people get a wrong idea about me. Amazing that she sounds exactly the same in this live recording.

@Mounutt Күн бұрын

The back up singers sound even better than on the record, fantastic!!! 😘

@Beatlemaniac1983 Жыл бұрын

It's rare to have a live performance hit so close to the recorded one. Amazing.

@turokforever007 10 ай бұрын

1979

@hoihoi9866 10 ай бұрын

Yes close but it's too fast I think

@ThePwig 10 ай бұрын

@@hoihoi9866 I think this one is better than the original but to each his own

@ivanoffw 9 ай бұрын

I completely agree, usually the bands like to change how they sing, or some of the instruments, but this one is so close to the radio/video version, and it's not lip synced, almost perfect.

@andrew097 2 ай бұрын

Its better, the little variations are really adding to it. Consummate musicians at the pointy end of their craft. Just being fantastic.

@dominiquepilon5910 6 күн бұрын

Im having a 1980 backflash when life was simple and not complicated

@santiagosanchezg 3 ай бұрын

Nostalgic sounds of better times. RIP Linda Allen, she had a beautiful voice.

@gordonscott528 2 ай бұрын

Agree 100%

@kayemimages395 28 күн бұрын

I was thinking what a fabulous voice she had as I watched this video!

@svetcovladich9996 Жыл бұрын

Best LIVE performance of this song on YT. RIP, Linda Allen. Her iconic solo near the end makes the song over the top wonderful. Trevor Horn, you are the best. Keep on playin'.

@SoulHackerOfficial Жыл бұрын

I get chills when I hear her solo. Simply elegant

@svetcovladich9996 Жыл бұрын

@@SoulHackerOfficial absolutely..

@goodsoup6085 Жыл бұрын

Oh 😢 Rip i didnt know, its so hard to find any information on her, she has such a good voice.

@keithharrison1453 11 ай бұрын

There was a better version of this exact same 2004 performance on KZfaq, Full HD with better sound. It looks like that has been taken down. What a shame. Perhaps Trevor can arrange for a copy to replace this version. Not knocking the content or performances one bit, I'm just saying there is a better reproduction of this same material. That one was the best example, and was an absolute delight to listen to via good headphones.

@jk9554 11 ай бұрын

@@keithharrison1453 I agree. I'm not 100% sure if we think of the same version, but in this one here, the end has been cut. In the one I was thinking about, Trevor was thanking his band members and the original background singers at the end. In my opinion, that's part of the performance, and especially part of the emotion of that performance and should have been kept. Like @keithharrison1453, I'm not here to complain - it was a great performance, and I'm glad we live in a time in which recordings like this can easily be found on youtube, but it's a bit of a shame when not all of it is "preserved".

@giorgiogandolfo4191 Жыл бұрын

Not many songs out there will ever be as immortal as this one.

@scottc7354 Жыл бұрын

Money for nothin’

@kevinbirge2130 Жыл бұрын

Probably in the top 5 iconic songs for Gen X. I watched Night Flight religiously hoping for Buggles.

@James_Looked Жыл бұрын

Walk of life

@jeffreylawrence6928 11 ай бұрын

True…

@79jcandy 5 ай бұрын

1st MTV song

@jimgibson6142 2 ай бұрын

I was alive to watch the start of MTV, and so appropriate this was the first video. Trevor Horn is not only phenomenal as a producer, he is timeless.

@toddmathis7484 Ай бұрын

Linda Allen had a beautiful voice. R.I.P.

@richardthunderbay8364 9 ай бұрын

It's 2023 and this song still sounds futuristic to me.

@TheChipmunk2008 2 ай бұрын

it ,makes me cry in 2024

@therepublicofcynica 9 ай бұрын

Honestly, when she starts singing at 2:22, my heart moves.

@petraleopold2713 8 ай бұрын

ikr, so powerful🔥

@bluesailormercury 7 ай бұрын

I get chills. My favorite part of the video! I also love her vocalization at 1:03

@petraleopold2713 7 ай бұрын

@@bluesailormercury same😊

@gregorypaulwatson1088 5 ай бұрын

100% agree she’s fabulous

@jeyanthsamuel Ай бұрын

I feel you

@StevoLloyds 7 ай бұрын

44 years on and this song still sends shivers down my spine, particularly Linda's solo vocal. True future nostalgia.

@tommoore6140 4 ай бұрын

Takes me back, beautiful memories

@0Zolrender0 3 ай бұрын

I not only love how this is as good as the original studio recording, but Linda Allen's voice is just immaculate after all of these years (RIP), and the drummer. The guy is really enjoying his time out there and getting into it. I totally loved this performance.

@kurtlewis4095 2 ай бұрын

The keyboard player is the original also. Loved this song for many many years

@BusyAir Жыл бұрын

This song encapsulated an entire era of music. Ironic that it was the first video that MTV played because the platform didn't evolve for the better than how it started. This set the bar very high.

@FinneyKevin 7 ай бұрын

Trevor Horn is SO underrated. Fantastic producer and writer.

@odetteswann7694 7 ай бұрын

Geoff Downes is even more underrated.

@VinceAlanDave 5 ай бұрын

He is not!

@ponkachonka Жыл бұрын

Best live version ever, drummer Paul Robinson is brilliant on this live set. RIP Linda Allen, Debbie Doss a legend too.

@travcollier Жыл бұрын

Everyone on the stage is a world-class musician. Trevor Horn's real superpower is somehow being friends (at least professionally) and bringing together such amazing folks. Anne Dudley is always amazing too. Though, you know, Hans Zimmer was involved with the original version.

@mjohncole77 10 ай бұрын

Is Linda the pretty brunette on the right? She had curly hair in the 1979 version.

@mooncat.787 9 ай бұрын

@@mjohncole77Yes.

@mooncat.787 9 ай бұрын

@@travcollierOn point comment.

@mcallisterk 7 ай бұрын

Well said my friend they were brilliant

@richardweighill8556 7 ай бұрын

This took me back, through the years and tears, to the first time I heard the song. On my way home from school in 1979, on the school bus. I refused to get off at my stop and rode until the song was over and walk from there. I’ve never been able to explain why it resonated in me the way it did, but it did, and still does.

@wadadlioutlaw357 3 ай бұрын

This is real

@three4dice 7 ай бұрын

Trevor Horn.... you and Linda Allen will live on in our hearts ....forever.... you are immortal, thank you for your music 🙂

@chrisjohnson1308 9 ай бұрын

Perfect pitch, perfect performance, perfect song. Thank you, Trevor, for your gift to us. 💕

@RundTofu 4 ай бұрын

love this live version than the original one

@user-ps5ge9jt8h 2 ай бұрын

まさに、色褪せない名曲。

@klistarf 2 ай бұрын

A stunningly beautiful piece of music! RIP Linda Allen - the voice of an angel 🙏

@darrennz2008 9 ай бұрын

First Music Video on MTV in 1981 .... and 42 yrs later STILL an Anthem across time. One of those songs that defines an Era. Superb

@JaceyMitchell 8 ай бұрын

I love how it sounds futuristic even 40 years later, but when you listen to the piano and strings underneath it's classical music. ❤

@NoGAD-vq2kh Жыл бұрын

This Lady at 2:22 is the damned hell of a background voice. Just OUTSTANDING!

@Dov_ben-Maccabee 8 ай бұрын

RIP Linda Allen - may G-d rest you gently.

@NoGAD-vq2kh 8 ай бұрын

@@Dov_ben-Maccabee I couldn't know that! I stand by what I said - but I would use other expressions! Kind regards

@TheGrumpyEnglishman Жыл бұрын

It was great that you got Debbie Doss and Linda Allan from the actual VKTRS video to sing live with you. So sad to hear of Linda's passing in 2015. She had a wonderful voice.

@carlflaherty2215 Жыл бұрын

Because they were Buggles too.

@crazy_irish316 Жыл бұрын

It was their song, trevor may be the lead singer but together they where the buggles. Without Debbie and linda this song wouldn’t be VKTRS

@01clifford 8 ай бұрын

❤

@Alan-Dawson 10 ай бұрын

I was born 71, and this brought a tear to my eyes. This song was so iconic I think everyone remembers where they were the first time they heard It. Thank you for the upload.

@simonhill2797 2 ай бұрын

Im 1971 … i remember being in my dads Datsun parked outside Woolworths and it was on the radio 😮😮😂😂

@rocketman1969 Ай бұрын

I was on a little date with a friend… we went to a play together and this played when we were heading out to grab dinner :)

@keithharrison1453 11 ай бұрын

There was an even better version of this 2004 performance on KZfaq, the exact same performance, but in Full HD and with even better sound reproduction. That seems to have been taken down.

@geraldcecil7644 10 ай бұрын

And in it Trevor had a nice call out to those amazing ladies and the band, all cut from this upload. Why?

@johnharbaugh9471 10 ай бұрын

I prefer the other (deleted) video where Trevor, named co writers, musicians and back up singers. I would encourage this video be edited to a longer format.

@keithharrison1453 10 ай бұрын

I agree the longer version was good, but the main point is that the audio quality at HD was superior too. Of all the music videos here, that was one of the best, that I would regularly listen to because it was superb, especially through a good headset.@@johnharbaugh9471

@ianb9729 7 ай бұрын

And there was me thinking the same

@anthony-fv8ez 7 ай бұрын

They took it done😕

@iAPX432 Жыл бұрын

When I was young, Trevor Horn signature on any song was a quality seal. There was no exception. Kudos master!

@albertastreetmedia Ай бұрын

Here it is 2024 and this song still rocks. Trevor, you are a musical genius!!!

@DDB_Pincab 8 ай бұрын

Linda Allen we'll never forget you... I heard an angel's voice. The end of the song with piano and clarinet is pure genius

@mashokaise6881 5 ай бұрын

BOrn in 74 in Morristown NJ, raised in Sparta, and God Almighty, I remember this! 😊

@sonicvasquez4673 8 ай бұрын

I'm home sitting on a metal folding chair 💺. I sit here and listening to this incredible song the rich sounds this producer and singer created make me cry. Cry for a time where things were much more simple and less complicated. In music and in the World 🌎. I miss those time's I pray they return to take me away to that place again. With tears in my eye's and rain hitting the window. I fear that we can't return to better day's. So I will continue to cherish the thoughts that consume me. I love you magical 80s 90s 20s..

@mjohncole77 10 ай бұрын

For some reason I watch this every night.

@eusebiorz Жыл бұрын

What an amazing performance. And keeping the backing vocalists instead of replacing them it does give it a beautiful touch

@Dov_ben-Maccabee 9 ай бұрын

Where did all those years go?... It was only yesterday that I was cruising down the coast listening to this, Driver's Seat and Saucilito Summer Night... woke up this morning and it's 40 years later. I want a do-over!

@johnkerwin9567 4 ай бұрын

Driver's Seat and Sausalito SummerNight are awesome songs--two of my favorites too!

@theguitardude5613 9 ай бұрын

Ive watched this over and over again. It really is that good.

@dawncolley8567 Жыл бұрын

2:20 goosebumps 💛💙💛

@kimberlyquinones7078 Жыл бұрын

Every kid in the neighborhood went to "Billy's" house to see the World Premiere of MTV...and with this song, our teenage world was changed forever. Thank you for bringing the memories back!

@jeffg1524 Жыл бұрын

This is one of the perfect pop songs in my entire memory, and I'm a music collector. First started collecting LPs in 1980, then CD's, so have over 5,000 albums in my collection. Video Killed the Radio Star is one of my favs. It has all the ingredients of great pop -- killer beat, melody, pathos, and a chorus that penetrates into your brain like all great ear candy does.

@TheAtticradio Жыл бұрын

Amazing PoP … groundbreaking

@pchdavis Жыл бұрын

Exactly! The chorus is like ear candy!

@rama30 11 ай бұрын

Debbie's and Linda's amazing vocals. rest in peace, you had the voice of an angel. all my love.

@VickiVampiressYT 8 ай бұрын

Until I looked it up just now I would have sworn the bass was done on a bass machine. To see Trevor Horn do it live is amazing. What a performance!

@Gypsy_Soul7 Жыл бұрын

What a phenomenal performance…sounds so much like the original…such amazing talent. Trevor Horn, you are a living LEGEND ✨✨

@carlflaherty2215 Жыл бұрын

I actually like it better than the original recording.

@whitediggity 11 ай бұрын

How is this even better than the studio version??

@guyosborn615 Жыл бұрын

RIP Linda, fabulous solo

@kurtlewis4095 2 ай бұрын

When I was a lad, I would stay awake and listen to you on my transmitter. You were my first rock group. You were the first one. What a fantastic transition in music for me. Thank you, still adore this tune

@MrKevC Жыл бұрын

I was only 13 when I first heard this and thought it was the best thing I have ever heard up to that point. Now I'm 56 and still think of this song very fondly and miss those days what an era to grow up in !

@kazm5068 5 ай бұрын

I absolutely bloody love this song even after all these years 😳❤️❤️

@paulrees3861 Жыл бұрын

Great song, makes me happy and sad at the same time. Brilliant live performances, considering the passage of time.

@carlflaherty2215 Жыл бұрын

They even got Debbie Doss and Linda Allen!

@leethomas255 Жыл бұрын

I know exactly what you mean, I wish I could go back to when I 1st heard it, in the 70's ☺😪😪

@illiamdeebe7579 11 ай бұрын

Every time I watch this, tears in my eyes. Just so good, so well written, amazingly performed, and makes me just a little melancholy. What a ride.

@acoteane 6 ай бұрын

I like Linda's chorus because it's powerful. Thank you

@CC-Rider 5 ай бұрын

Linda was awesome. RIP

@hernanpicco4816 5 ай бұрын

Me too

@10mortax 8 ай бұрын

I just love this song.

@alexo1226 15 күн бұрын

🎉Amazing performance 🎉

@hughcdavies 8 күн бұрын

Trevor Horn and this song is like a fine wine. Just gets better with age.

@dslrrookie6808 Жыл бұрын

This has got to be one of my favourite live performances ever. You guys completely nailed it.

@anibalbabilonia1867 Жыл бұрын

Man I still remember when this awesome song first hit the radio waves! Way back in June 1979! I was living in Puerto Rico at the time! Growing up as a young kid I was 16 years old! And it became one of my favorite tune then and still my favorite today! I love the Buggles! “The age of plastic”👌😎👍

@user-lb4yp4sl4y Жыл бұрын

How hard it is to believe so much time has passed.

@rumpel8037 Жыл бұрын

Trevor Horn - the man who invented the 80s. Like "gold dust", this great song came out of the radios back then and was so much better than almost anything else.

@hockley91 11 ай бұрын

This song is so catchy… so well written and stands the test of time. What a lovely live performance by everyone. Time for part two Mr.Horn!!!! “Digital killed the video star”

@mariobrnabic4252 10 ай бұрын

One of the best songs ever created. It can be played a hundred times and you never get sick of it.

@richardknott2021 11 ай бұрын

best live performance ever..very talented producer ..love it

@charlesbass5569 Жыл бұрын

Still loving it in June 2023

@brycetutt3091 9 ай бұрын

My sweet lord what a live performance...magical

@viewoftheaskew 9 ай бұрын

I never get tired of hearing this song, and I love the piano solo version too!

@janet53589 8 ай бұрын

This is what one would call the performance of record for Video Killed RS. Amazing live performance. So glad Trevor and crew put in the time to do it.

@lillieparkinson893 8 ай бұрын

Am i the only 15 year old that absolutely adores this song😂😂??

@jeyanthsamuel Ай бұрын

Lillie Parkinson, you are destined for greatness

@ShapdCrusadr 5 ай бұрын

RIP, Linda Allen. I bet she is she singing with the other angels. 44 Years later this song is still awesome just like it was way back then.

@joecrean9546 Жыл бұрын

This song is one of all time favourites from the 80's so true just look where music has come so far Trevor horn was a prophet his words came true 😄😄😄😄😄😄jx

@rozitaalmeida4261 3 күн бұрын

Classic ... very nice indeed... the first song in MTV 1979 🌺🌺🌹🌹👏👏👏

@MrGordonGartrelle Жыл бұрын

What a lineup -- a musician's musician's murderers row. Superb arrangement -- and those three bass chords during the short breakdown 🤩

@davidferrara1105 11 ай бұрын

Yeah he's playing some nice voicings in that spot

@albertchehade9916 Күн бұрын

Outstanding! The ending was awesome.......

@stephenasbridge878 Жыл бұрын

The piano and backing vocals. Just beautiful. ❤

@anthonycameron82 2 ай бұрын

Even though this Timeless classic came in the late 70's I grew up in the 80's Listening to this and I'm Grateful for Being Gen'X

@ericgelders Ай бұрын

Damn, Trevor Horn and his friends/team gave us so much brilliantly made, composed and produced music - what a musical hero this man is✌! This playlist is nothing but magical.

@ssadelaidian3811 11 ай бұрын

I discovered this live version a few months ago and have come back to watch it a number of times. Just awesome, especially the backing vocals.

@kimberleycharity5289 Ай бұрын

Still love this song!!!

@youutubestinks4580 Ай бұрын

a timeless iconic super song

@VeroViator Ай бұрын

Thank you, Trevor and Geoff, still hits today. Bravo for being one of those rare, Soundtrack to our Lives songs.

@amauryegazarain3890 3 ай бұрын

I remember hearing this song on the radio first in 1979. Then on M TV! I great to hear it again.

@ronthunderwoodstudios1367 Ай бұрын

Dopest 2 chord chorus ever… and top 10 bass tones on this track. It still slaps so hard! Amazing performance here!!!

@prodriver2112 7 ай бұрын

This song was the very first music video ever played on MTV August 1, 1981. Brings back many fun memories.

@johnsowers169 Жыл бұрын

1st song on mtv... brings back a lot of memories 😊

@AlexPead 16 күн бұрын

Linda Allen has got probably the most recognizable voice in pop that most people have never heard of. Her voice will live on forever in this classic. Rest in peace Linda

@andrewblack293 Ай бұрын

Sigh long live the 80s!

@csnmedia 10 ай бұрын

Buggles fan from the first time i heard a song from this band. I was a DJ at a pirate station in The Netherlands that time. Brings back great memories

@xxxdids 8 ай бұрын

Simply amazing Trevor 🎉❤

@monica93304 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic version of this timeless classic. The arrangement was beautiful.

@craigschultz1582 2 ай бұрын

The better version is probably the one that keeps going after the songs as Trevor mentions that haven't done that song in 25 years and introduces the individuals who played on the original record. Very touching but removed from you tube, maybe somebody can bring it back especially since Charles is the King now and he seemed to like the performance

@thebear6273 9 ай бұрын

Wow, breathtaking. All the performers at the very top of their game. Superb.

@MorgoUK Жыл бұрын

I remember hearing this on Radio 1 and seeing the video almost everywhere! I thought to myself - “here comes the new decade”

@WACKENHUT234 8 ай бұрын

One of the best pop songs of the 20th century! An iconic classic!

@ZippyThePinhead Жыл бұрын

Whenever I need a fix to hear this song this is the performance I go to, mainly due to the fact the original ladies are singing their parts. Too cool. 😁

@ersaviation3031 10 ай бұрын

Love the end with the strings and piano

@Tagacchidayo Жыл бұрын

When I listened to it for the first time, I couldn't believe it was released before I was born. Your song will resonate in my heart forever. Arigato from 🇯🇵🤗

@ske1fr 4 ай бұрын

The second verse, when the syncopating synth and backing vocal comes in: that never fails to send thrills down my spine, and Linda Allen's vocal. Immortality in a song.