The Buggles

The Buggles were a pop/rock band formed in 1977 consisting of Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes. They had re-teamed after an earlier incarnation, Camera Club, which had also included Bruce Wooley, Thomas Dolby, and Hans Zimmer (Academy Award-winning film composer). The Buggles achieved fame with their first single, "Video Killed the Radio Star", a number-one hit in the UK charts, whose video launched nascent cable network MTV on August 1, 1981.

Quotes

 * They send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest And as they drag you through the door, they tell you that you've failed the test.
 * "Living in the Plastic Age", The Age of Plastic (1980).


 * Hello, Doctor, lift my face I wish my skin could stand the pace.
 * "Living in the Plastic Age".


 * 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.
 * "Video Killed the Radio Star", The Age of Plastic (1980).


 * They took the credit for your second symphony. Rewritten by machine and new technology, and now I understand the problems you can see.
 * "Video Killed the Radio Star".


 * Video killed the radio star.
 * "Video Killed the Radio Star".


 * And now we meet in an abandoned studio. We hear the playback and it seems so long ago.
 * "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 VTR.
 * "Video Killed the Radio Star".


 * Elstree, remember me? I had a part in a B-movie. I played a man from history
 * "Elstree", The Age of Plastic (1980).


 * God, you know it's hard to keep the fighting clean
 * "Clean, Clean", The Age of Plastic (1980).