2:34 RIP to the amazing Linda Allen who sang backing vocals with Debi Doss and Linda's unforgettable solo at the end of the song. Sing for them in paradise Dear Linda.😪💔
The Ooh-wah-ooh's sounded so intensely sexy to me back in the day. I'd play it on the local coffee shop's juke box and I had to be careful not to let anyone see me lip-sync to them lest people get a wrong idea about me. Amazing that she sounds exactly the same in this live recording.
I completely agree, usually the bands like to change how they sing, or some of the instruments, but this one is so close to the radio/video version, and it's not lip synced, almost perfect.
Best LIVE performance of this song on YT. RIP, Linda Allen. Her iconic solo near the end makes the song over the top wonderful. Trevor Horn, you are the best. Keep on playin'.
There was a better version of this exact same 2004 performance on RU-vid, Full HD with better sound. It looks like that has been taken down. What a shame. Perhaps Trevor can arrange for a copy to replace this version. Not knocking the content or performances one bit, I'm just saying there is a better reproduction of this same material. That one was the best example, and was an absolute delight to listen to via good headphones.
@@keithharrison1453 I agree. I'm not 100% sure if we think of the same version, but in this one here, the end has been cut. In the one I was thinking about, Trevor was thanking his band members and the original background singers at the end. In my opinion, that's part of the performance, and especially part of the emotion of that performance and should have been kept. Like @keithharrison1453, I'm not here to complain - it was a great performance, and I'm glad we live in a time in which recordings like this can easily be found on youtube, but it's a bit of a shame when not all of it is "preserved".
... and now it's "AI killed the radio star" (the more things change)... Glad we grew up in a time when this was ALL REAL, musicians had actual talent and music wasn't as manufactured.
I not only love how this is as good as the original studio recording, but Linda Allen's voice is just immaculate after all of these years (RIP), and the drummer. The guy is really enjoying his time out there and getting into it. I totally loved this performance.
Linda Allen has got probably the most recognizable voice in pop that most people have never heard of. Her voice will live on forever in this classic. Rest in peace Linda
There was an even better version of this 2004 performance on RU-vid, the exact same performance, but in Full HD and with even better sound reproduction. That seems to have been taken down.
I prefer the other (deleted) video where Trevor, named co writers, musicians and back up singers. I would encourage this video be edited to a longer format.
I agree the longer version was good, but the main point is that the audio quality at HD was superior too. Of all the music videos here, that was one of the best, that I would regularly listen to because it was superb, especially through a good headset.@@johnharbaugh9471
Everyone on the stage is a world-class musician. Trevor Horn's real superpower is somehow being friends (at least professionally) and bringing together such amazing folks. Anne Dudley is always amazing too. Though, you know, Hans Zimmer was involved with the original version.
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT! I can STILL remember where I was the first time I heard this song. It was so different to anything else I'd ever heard! Top MARKS for originality!
This song encapsulated an entire era of music. Ironic that it was the first video that MTV played because the platform didn't evolve for the better than how it started. This set the bar very high.
It just blows my mind that one man can produce so much incredible music in one lifetime, musical genius. The creativity and sparks that must have flown when Trevor, Tom Watkins and Paul Morley were together in one room, would love to have been there.
This took me back, through the years and tears, to the first time I heard the song. On my way home from school in 1979, on the school bus. I refused to get off at my stop and rode until the song was over and walk from there. I’ve never been able to explain why it resonated in me the way it did, but it did, and still does.
I was watching when MTV played its first video of this song. I have loved this song ever since. To see them perform it all these years later and sound so awesome is fantastic.
I was born 71, and this brought a tear to my eyes. This song was so iconic I think everyone remembers where they were the first time they heard It. Thank you for the upload.
And so, Ms., Allen , you were greatest now : they way you did the backing, it seem' s so long ago. And, Trevor's jingle, the words used to go, uh ah, uh , ah . Uh, ah, uh, ah, she was the first one,: uh, ah, uh, ah . She was, the last one..!
I'm home sitting on a metal folding chair 💺. I sit here and listening to this incredible song the rich sounds this producer and singer created make me cry. Cry for a time where things were much more simple and less complicated. In music and in the World 🌎. I miss those time's I pray they return to take me away to that place again. With tears in my eye's and rain hitting the window. I fear that we can't return to better day's. So I will continue to cherish the thoughts that consume me. I love you magical 80s 90s 20s..
It was great that you got Debbie Doss and Linda Allan from the actual VKTRS video to sing live with you. So sad to hear of Linda's passing in 2015. She had a wonderful voice.
Every kid in the neighborhood went to "Billy's" house to see the World Premiere of MTV...and with this song, our teenage world was changed forever. Thank you for bringing the memories back!
I was only 13 when I first heard this and thought it was the best thing I have ever heard up to that point. Now I'm 56 and still think of this song very fondly and miss those days what an era to grow up in !
This is one of the perfect pop songs in my entire memory, and I'm a music collector. First started collecting LPs in 1980, then CD's, so have over 5,000 albums in my collection. Video Killed the Radio Star is one of my favs. It has all the ingredients of great pop -- killer beat, melody, pathos, and a chorus that penetrates into your brain like all great ear candy does.
When I was a lad, I would stay awake and listen to you on my transmitter. You were my first rock group. You were the first one. What a fantastic transition in music for me. Thank you, still adore this tune
Where did all those years go?... It was only yesterday that I was cruising down the coast listening to this, Driver's Seat and Saucilito Summer Night... woke up this morning and it's 40 years later. I want a do-over!
The better version is probably the one that keeps going after the songs as Trevor mentions that haven't done that song in 25 years and introduces the individuals who played on the original record. Very touching but removed from you tube, maybe somebody can bring it back especially since Charles is the King now and he seemed to like the performance
Found the long HD version everyone is looking for with the credits on FB videos. Downloaded it for future enjoyment since it tends to get removed here for copyright claims.
This song is one of all time favourites from the 80's so true just look where music has come so far Trevor horn was a prophet his words came true 😄😄😄😄😄😄jx
