The Buggs.

[Doc]

I begged my parents for a Beatles record in '64. They looked while out shopping one day, and brought THIS home to me:











Needless to say, I wasn't thrilled. I thought, who are these imposters? How can they do this? WHY did they make this record? Waaahhhh.........It actually sounds alright, sort of.....it AIN'T the Beatles, that's for sure.......


Mom and dad never shopped for albums for me again. I don't blame them..........so, I had to wait till I had an allowance to get the 45's of "Hey Jude" and "Let It Be".......

I kept this knock-off album all these years, why, I dunno.
I guess, so I could share it one day on the internet.

[JoJo]

I was curious about this, I was in a used record store looking through the Beatle disks of course, and I saw this very one. I think scams like this were common back then, I remember being 8 or 9 and ordering a collection of hit songs of the time, and they were all sung by the same group, imitators!

Well the ad on TV didn't do anything to dispel the notion that the songs were the originals.. That's why for years afterwards, you would hear: "all songs by the original artists!"

I don't suppose one of them is Bill? Nah..

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doctorrobert said:

I begged my parents for a Beatles record in '64. They looked while out shopping one day, and brought THIS home to me:

great marketing ;D

[beatlies]

What about the British group "The Buggles"? They released "Video Killed the Radio Star" about a year before John Lennon was assassinated:


Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
From the Album - Age Of Plastic

I heard you on the wireless back in Fifty Two
Lying awake intent at tuning in on you.
If I was young it didn't stop you coming through.

Oh-a oh

They took the credit for your second symphony.
Rewritten by machine and new technology,
and now I understand the problems you can see.
Oh-a oh

I met your children
Oh-a oh

What did you tell them?
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.

Pictures came and broke your heart.
Oh-a-a-a oh

And now we meet in an abandoned studio.
We hear the playback and it seems so long ago.
And you remember the jingles used to go.
Oh-a oh

You were the first one.
Oh-a oh

You were the last one.

Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind we've gone too far
Oh-a-aho oh,
Oh-a-aho oh

Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.

In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind we've gone to far.
Pictures came and broke your heart, look I'll play my VCR.

You are a radio star.
You are a radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.

repeat
Video killed the radio star. (You are a radio star.)




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[missvagabond]

beatlies said:

What about the British group "The Buggles"? They released "Video Killed the Radio Star" about a year before John Lennon was assassinated:


Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
From the Album - Age Of Plastic

I heard you on the wireless back in Fifty Two
Lying awake intent at tuning in on you.
If I was young it didn't stop you coming through.

Oh-a oh

They took the credit for your second symphony.
Rewritten by machine and new technology,
and now I understand the problems you can see.
Oh-a oh

I met your children
Oh-a oh

What did you tell them?
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.

Pictures came and broke your heart.
Oh-a-a-a oh

And now we meet in an abandoned studio.
We hear the playback and it seems so long ago.
And you remember the jingles used to go.
Oh-a oh

You were the first one.
Oh-a oh

You were the last one.

Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind we've gone too far
Oh-a-aho oh,
Oh-a-aho oh

Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.

In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind we've gone to far.
Pictures came and broke your heart, look I'll play my VCR.

You are a radio star.
You are a radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.

repeat
Video killed the radio star. (You are a radio star.)




Íà ãîëîâíó ñòîð³íêó
Âíåñåíî 6. 03. 2000

This post is almost scary. ;D I have heard that song and this thread reminded me of that group. In fact I was just thinking of that song when I clicked over to this thread and then....this post by yourself, Beatlies..

Words cannot express how odd it was to see your post.

Btw, Quit reading my diary, OK?! ;D

*** Kidding ***