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Um, one problem - that was the '70s, dude... :P

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Number one hit in 1979 for The Buggles.
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1979?

I thought it was from 1981    ???

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Number one hit in 1979 for The Buggles.
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Also redone for the movie The Wedding Singer by Presidents of the United States of America....

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1979?

I thought it was from 1981    ???
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I'm sorry If I wasn't clear on that. Yes it was.  :)

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Thanks Hairspray for the info. Do you know of any place that I can download a clip of it from?
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WinMX!  :)

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BTW Whatever happened to Frankie Goes To Hollywood? Love their song "Relax"
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Frankie is now a change jockey down at the laundromat. If you ask him nicely he'll do a wicked version of "Relax" with a comb and wax paper.

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Feel sorry for Frankie, Buggles, The Cars and all the other 80's musicians who are without work today
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Well I don't know about The Buggles or Frankie Goes To Hollywood, but I know that Ric Ocasek (The Cars) went on to become a pretty successful producer. Working with Weezer, and recently on the latest No Doubt album Rock Steady.

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BTW Whatever happened to Frankie Goes To Hollywood? Love their song "Relax"
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Holly Johnson is an "artist" (painting influenced by Andy Warhol).  Brian Nash still records under "Nasher" and his latest CD is called "Ripe".

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BTW Whatever happened to Frankie Goes To Hollywood? Love their song "Relax"
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I saw the new FGTH last fall.  The real Frankie has HIV and his brother has taken his place to keep the band alive.  It wasn't too bad and the tickets were cheap.

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Number one hit in 1979 for The Buggles.
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In the U.S. it barely made #40 on the charts!  

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Why is it always hard for Brit acts to break into the U.S. music scene? The Buggles song is a good example isn't it?
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Well don't forget that we did have the British Invasion of the 60's and a kind of resurgence in the 80's!

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The Brits have never had anything match The Beatles, imho. They did have a lot of good eighties bands in their own right, though.
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Couldn't agree with you more Bobo. But guys like George Micheal (Careless whispers)  Billy Ocean (Lover boy ) did very well remember? ??? ??? ???

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Couldn't agree with you more Bobo. But guys like George Micheal (Careless whispers)  Billy Ocean (Lover boy ) did very well remember? ??? ??? ???
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The Brits have never had anything match The Beatles, imho. They did have a lot of good eighties bands in their own right, though.
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Sure they did!  Def Leppard!  (IMHO, of course   ;D)

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Does anyone from Buggles still actively involved in music? BTW what is the first music video to be aired on MTV?
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Video Killed The Radio Star, pretty obvious

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Just a quick note to point out that Video Killed The Radio Star has most recently been covered by Erasure on their latest album (called Other People's Songs, if you wanna pick it up).  

The oddity is, the singer for Erasure, Andy Bell, didn't want to sing the song, so they used...a Macintosh to do the vocals.  No, I'm not kidding.  Yes, it's weird, but cool as well.

Cheers!
Snidely
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A Macintosh singing eh? Perhaps it might end up sounding like the one in the movie "Electric Dreams". BTW what was the actual computer that was used in the movie?  

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Just a quick note to point out that Video Killed The Radio Star has most recently been covered by Erasure on their latest album (called Other People's Songs, if you wanna pick it up).  

The oddity is, the singer for Erasure, Andy Bell, didn't want to sing the song, so they used...a Macintosh to do the vocals.  No, I'm not kidding.  Yes, it's weird, but cool as well.

Cheers!
Snidely
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LOL! Must've sounded like my Talk It! Program on my computer that says what you type.

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Video Killed The Radio Star was playing on the radio as I drove in to wirk today. I am now officially In A Good Mood for the rest of the day ;D
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The song does put you in good mood doesn't it? But It also brings back memories of the long lost days of Radio

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I think that F.R. David could use the help of a computer to revive his old songs (like "Words"). BTW what does F.R. Stand for??
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While the song was huge over in Europe and elsewhere, believe it or not, "Words" was only a minor hit here in the States (Summer of '83). His real name is Robert Fitoussi, so I assume "F.R." stands for his real initials, only reversed - but I could be wrong...

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While the song was huge over in Europe and elsewhere, believe it or not, "Words" was only a minor hit here in the States (Summer of '83). His real name is Robert Fitoussi, so I assume "F.R." stands for his real initials, only reversed - but I could be wrong...
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What about his other hit "Shara night" I think it too was a big hit in Europe ::) ::)

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Does anyone from Buggles still actively involved in music? BTW what is the first music video to be aired on MTV?
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Trevor Horn (the lead singer) is a record producer. Video killed the radio star was the first video play on MTV. Does anyone know or remember the little intro music MTV used to play in the 80's. If so where can I get a recording of it? e.g. mp3, CD etc.

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What about his other hit "Shara night" I think it too was a big hit in Europe ::) ::)
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Well, in the U.K., "Music", the follow-up to "Words", was his only other chart entry, spending one week at #71. So "Sahara Night" melted there. Don't know about any other European countries, though...

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Does anyone know of some other first's on MTV, I am actually doing a project on the beginning of Music Videos etc... so any info would be awesome... thanks. My email is marls_2000@hotmail.com if you have something aswell. thanks a lot!
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You need to get your hands on a copy of the paperback book titled The Rolling Stone Book of Rock Video by Michael Shore, which I have myself. Released here in the U.S. in 1984 by Rolling Stone Press/Quill. 320 pages. Frankly, you could easily get all the info you need for your project from that book alone! Unfortunately, it's long out-of-print, but you may get lucky at your local public library...

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Now that we are on the subject of MTV, does anyone know the name of the first VJ on MTV? ??? ??? ???
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They were:

Nina Blackwood
Mark Goodman
? Jackson
? Hunter

I'm sure someone else will fill-in my blanks. I'm just getting old, man.  ;D

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They were:

Nina Blackwood
Mark Goodman
? Jackson
? Hunter

I'm sure someone else will fill-in my blanks. I'm just getting old, man.  ;D
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I recently heard a very catchy song titled "Turn back the clock" by an eighties band called Johnny Hates Jazz. Did they ever make a video for this song?? ???
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Gee! that was a nice song ;) It certainly brings back a lot of memories of your childhood ;)

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Now that we are on the subject of MTV, does anyone know the name of the first VJ on MTV? ??? ??? ???
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There were five VJ's when the channel debuted on August 1, 1981. All have been correctly named by others above. But to specifically answer your q, Goodman was the one hosting when they first went on the air...

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Was Duran Duran's "Wild boys" video selected as the best music video on MTV back in 83' or 84'? BTW Whatever happened to Howard Jones? ??? ???
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I am quite sure that Duran Duran had a video for "Wild Boys" but I don't know whether it was selected as the best music video in 83' or 84' though. As far as Howard Jones is concerned I too am wondering what has happened to him.

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I am quite sure that Duran Duran had a video for "Wild Boys" but I don't know whether it was selected as the best music video in 83' or 84' though. As far as Howard Jones is concerned I too am wondering what has happened to him.
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http://www.howardjones.com

Enjoy! ;D

Howard

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I am quite sure that Duran Duran had a video for "Wild Boys" but I don't know whether it was selected as the best music video in 83' or 84' though. As far as Howard Jones is concerned I too am wondering what has happened to him.
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http://www.howardjones.com

Enjoy! ;D

Howard

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I recently heard a very catchy song titled "Turn back the clock" by an eighties band called Johnny Hates Jazz. Did they ever make a video for this song?? ???
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Yes, they did. In fact, just a few months ago I saw that video again for the first time in well over a decade, on good ol' VH-1 Classic... :-)

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http://www.howardjones.com

Enjoy! ;D

Howard
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Thanks mate for the info. Yeah! I checked the site out and it was really cool.

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Thanks for the info mate. Did they any other song that made it to the top of the charts?
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???

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Did they MTV Music Awards back in the 80's? Did "The Cars" have a video for their hit "Drive"?
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I can't remember that Cars had a video"Drive"But they did with "Magic".very cheesy video with Ric Ocasek walking on water.

Howard

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Yes.  It starred Ric Ocasek's wife, Paulina Porizkova.

BTW-- the second single fromThe Buggles was called "Clean, Clean".  

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True, if you mean here in the U.S. - but in the duo's native U.K., the follow-up to "VKTRS" was actually "The Plastic Age". "Clean Clean" was the third single there, and both "TPA" and "CC" charted, so Mike Wallace could be referring to either...

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Okay, so did I make my point or what?  Sorry for the multiple posts-- I kept getting a server error!  D'OH!!!

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Yeah! I too got the same error message. May be Hairspray or ChuckyG need to have a look about it. BTW thanks a lot for the info on Buggles second single (hit) "Clean Clean".

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True, if you mean here in the U.S. - but in the duo's native U.K., the follow-up to "VKTRS" was actually "The Plastic Age". "Clean Clean" was the third single there, and both "TPA" and "CC" charted, so Mike Wallace could be referring to either...
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Too bad that the Buggles were a one hit wonder. BTW whatever happened to "Living In A Box"? Weren't they from the UK as well?

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Living In A Box...apparently only had one top 40 hit in America, that of Living In A Box.

Indeed, their single peaks in Britain read as follows:

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The above was also a minor hit here in the States (follow-up single to "Living in a Box")...

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The above was also a minor hit here in the States (follow-up single to "Living in a Box")...
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Today I heard this nice song "The boys of summer" on a local radio station but I could not catch the artist's name. Does anybody know who the singer is? ??? I am quite sure by the sound of it that it's an eighties song.
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Don Henley.

and I think he has a web site:

http://www.donhenley.com

Howard

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Oopsie; double post...

Anyway, having a female sing "Boys Of Summer" does change the meaning a little...  ::)
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Thanks for the Info. A female singing "Boys of summer" would be some experience wouldn't it? :D Anyway was the original song a sound track any movie?? ???

Quoting:Paul Young recorded Love Of The Common People first, I believe. Amongst others who have recorded it, though, the Everly Brothers.End Quote

Uh... your timeline doesn't support that statement.   ???
The song was written by John Hurley & Ronnie Wilkins circa. 1966 (You may be familiar with their work "Son of a Preacher Man").  The Everly Brothers did record it in 1968.  It has been covered by Elton John, Paul Young, and the Indigo Girls, amongst others.

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Uh... your timeline doesn't support that statement.   ???
The song was written by John Hurley & Ronnie Wilkins circa. 1966 (You may be familiar with their work "Son of a Preacher Man").  The Everly Brothers did record it in 1968.  It has been covered by Elton John, Paul Young, and the Indigo Girls, amongst others.
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Thanks a lot for the info.. Wow! I didn't know that this song had such a history behind it. Anyways did Paul Young ever appear in a television series? someone told me that he did appear in a British TV series back in the mid 80's. Is it true?

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Thanks a lot for the info.. Wow! I didn't know that this song had such a history behind it. Anyways did Paul Young ever appear in a television series? someone told me that he did appear in a British TV series back in the mid 80's. Is it true?
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Now we are on the topic of has beens what has happened to Andrew ridgely "The other guy" of WHAM???

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Heard a rumor that the original members of Duran Duran are getting back together. Can anyone confirm it?? ???
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Heard the same rumor sometime back. Oh boy what an event that would be??? Duran duran rocks even today. 8) 8) 8)

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Heard the same rumor sometime back. Oh boy what an event that would be??? Duran duran rocks even today. 8) 8) 8)
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Yes, they are back together. The Original 5! Album to be released sometime this year.  :)