I’ve been on an 80’s pop music kick lately. Frightening, I know. After listening to Video Killed The Radio Star by The Buggles, I had a bright idea. But before I get into that, delight your ears with:
Wow, quite a flash back, huh? Groovy.
So my bright idea. I thought: How about a rewrite of those lyrics to say “Internet Killed The Video Star”? Ooo, how geeky!
But wait. It’s been done already. By The Raconteurs. Rats.
What to do… what to do… Oh, I know – Internet Killed The Video Star 2.0! Everyone loves 2.0 stuff. It makes it sound so new. So:
Internet Killed The Video Star 2.0
I heard you on Last.fm back in two thousand two.
Sitting awake naked and surfing in on you.
Even Viacom couldn’t block your download through.
Oh-a oh
You are on TechCrunch for your mash-up technology.
Piped in from different sites by RSS feeds,
and now I understand the possibilities.
Oh-a oh
I’ve seen your website.
Oh-a oh
What did you wri-ite?
Internet killed the video star.
Internet killed the video star.
Websites came and broke your heart.
Oh-a-a-a oh
And now we meet in an analog TV show.
We hear the feedback and it seems so long ago.
And you remember how commercials used to go…
Oh-a-oh
You were the first one.
Oh-a-oh
You were the last one.
Internet killed the video star.
Internet killed the video star.
In my mind and on my screen,
Can iPod be an in-between?
Oh-a-a-a oh
Oh-a-a-a oh
Internet killed the video star.
Internet killed the video star.
In my mind and on my screen,
Can iPod be an in-between?
Websites came and broke your heart.
Put the blame on HyperCard.
You are a video star.
You are a video star.
Internet killed the video star. (x10 fade out)
(after 4x) You are a video star. (x5 fade out)
Oh-a oh (x6 fade out)
