Critical Response To The MV - Video Killed The Radio Star 1979

My immediate response to this video was boring. It felt like I was listening to a song with excess visual pictures. Everyone in the music video was dull; the men and the women. There wasn't any hype coming from the video. People in the audience seemed a bit confused too; no clapping or cheering.

The thing I think they were promoting was you don't need a video to listen to good music. They were showing how a video such as this ruined the enjoyment of breezy listen to the radio. Themes that were being showed in this music video was dullness. This video is implying the fact that music is still music even in video format.

Events that might have influenced this band might have been the start of television. When television starting, everyone and everything changed dramatically. Television affected everyones lives and producers decided to make music into videos. After this, everyone would be like, "We have T.V to listen to music, there is no point in listening to the radio anymore." That is when 'The Buggles' stepped in.

I was bored watching this video. Honestly, i tried skipping minutes throughout the video, looking for something exciting to happen. Sadly, there was nothing but this lame transition in the middle of the videos. The music video shows the men doing nothing, with blank expressions and the girls all good and happy. When they sang the chorus, the girls sound like they are blaming the guys (who aren't doing anything - no dance no expression) for killing radio music. I felt as if I wasted time watch the video when I could have just listen to it without visuals.

The visual has made me not want to watch the music video anymore, but since the song is so catchy, I'll still listen to it.