writeitonapoundnote.com » 1980 http://writeitonapoundnote.com Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:00:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Rush: Spirit of Radio http://writeitonapoundnote.com/rush-spirit-of-radio/ http://writeitonapoundnote.com/rush-spirit-of-radio/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:00:12 +0000 jeff http://writeitonapoundnote.com/?p=27

Our first Saturday Night Sort of Live Clip! No, not that SNL.  MTV used to show concerts on the weekends during the 80’s.  We can’t stream entire live shows for you, but we will try to post a concert clip on Saturdays.

This week’s entry is from Rush. If you’ve never seen them live before, this should inspire you to catch them before they call it quits. Pound Note loves this song, and we give it 5 guitars!

]]> http://writeitonapoundnote.com/rush-spirit-of-radio/feed/ 0 The Buggles: Video Killed the Radio Star http://writeitonapoundnote.com/the-buggles-video-killed-the-radio-star/ http://writeitonapoundnote.com/the-buggles-video-killed-the-radio-star/#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:51:42 +0000 jeff http://writeitonapoundnote.com/?p=10

It was the first, but it certainly wasn’t the best. Midnight, August 1st 1981, MTV launched and this was the first video they aired.  Ironically, video didn’t kill the radio star, rather turning the artists who grasped the power of MTV into mega radio stars.  This one gets in on a technicality, though. It was originally recorded and released in 1979. It hit #1 in the U.K., but the band didn’t have enough material for a full album. It was included in the 1980 release, The Age of Plastic.

As for the video, it’s the classic low budget fair that dominated the early videos. I have to say the back up singers creeped me out. They look like the kids from Village of the Damned.

WATN? Who cares. People were asking that about 6 months after MTV launched.

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