“Video Killed the Radio Star”
by Bruce Woolley
and the Camera Club
from Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club
MP3 no longer available for download
(4.6 MB download; 3:01 running time; lyrics)
I have to confess I always thought this was the original version of the song, just because I didn’t hear The Buggles’ version until a couple years later when MTV started. However, tonight when I was going through all the fine print on the albums I realized both Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club and The Buggles’ Age of Plastic were released the same year, 1979. It sounds like an older version—rougher, punkier, more rocked out; in some ways Bruce Woolley’s band sounds like their American contemporaries The Cars, though somehow I get the impression if there was an influence it was headed westward rather than east.
In any case, the liner notes of this album read like a Who’s Who of the future of British technopop: besides The Buggles, Woolley’s band featured Thomas Dolby on keyboards, with his compatriot the amazing Matthew Seligman on bass. In addition, Dolby also played with Lene Lovitch, adding yet another link to the luminaries of the period.
This track was recorded from vinyl into Pro Tools, exported as AIFF and encoded into MP3 format using iTunes.
Ah, what the hell—I’ll go ahead and post the Buggles version as well. Compare and contrast at will.
“Video Killed the Radio Star”
by The Buggles
from The Age of Plastic
MP3 no longer available for download
(4.8 MB download; 4:13 running time)
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If you stare at the pattern on the right side while scrolling up and down really fast, you get an early MTV visual effect, too... cool :)
Wow--like, cool. dude.
Were both versions of "vktrs"
Written and composed by
Horn. I´ve never heard "bruce
W......" version of "vktfs".
How or where can i get it!
Bruce Woolleys version -- of which there are actually 2 different versions by his band ) are much better .
His LP is quite easily obtained on vinyl via the internet but also rereleased couple of years ago on CD - again easily obtained - .You must hear 'Your the Circus im the Clown', lyrics are fantastic.
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hey,
iam stuck looking for a song,
i think its called"its been good living with you"or "running around the house"
i dont know the artist any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks dan
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