Video Killed the Radio Star

this song has definitely a direct meaning in the sense that new technology came and replaced the old one, that pictures and looks have more meaning than before etc..<br /> <br /> But the author definitely intended to make the meaning a bit unclear and open for interpretation in order to stimulate curiosity; There is definitely a hidden meaning in that song, and it is easily detectable in the selection of words which can never be a coincidence:<br /> <br /> "lying awake.. If I was young it didn't stop you coming through", coming through what? <br /> It is like a teenager in love.<br /> <br /> "i met your children" here the radio seems like a human being with children, what did the author mean by the radio, or radio star's children? newer technology, followers or simply children?<br /> <br /> "you were the first one..you were the last one" First and last what? radio star in history? i think that these words, my first, my last, are used in romance most of the time and the meaning of it with the radio, is simply not clear...<br /> <br /> "And now we meet in an abandoned studio<br /> We hear the playback and it seems so long ago<br /> And you remember the jingles used to go"<br /> Why would the Author meet the radio, why not lyrics like i found my old radio or something in that sense? and YOU remember, who is YOU? also not clear... does the radio have a memory?<br /> <br /> "In my mind and in my car<br /> We can't rewind we've gone to far<br /> Pictures came and broke your heart"<br /> the radio's heart is broken? WE have gone to far? it is like a mistake that WE did, there is definitely some guilt in this... although the technology is always changing, why does the author want to rewind that much?<br /> <br /> Now try to imagine this song is about his first love, when the author was young, he fell in love "If I was young it didn't stop you coming through". she was his first and last love but video, a new girl came and broke her heart, although it was a mistake, we cannot rewind, we have gone too far... We finally meet after a long time, you have children now, "We hear the playback and it seems so long ago And you remember the jingles used to go" we remember our childhood, love memories ...<br /> <br /> This is definitely ONE meaning the author intended to put in his song, although i admit that there are others, that's what makes this song so brilliant!!<br /> <br /> <br />

Hey stephaniella, <br /> nice work. just on the 'you were the first one... you were the last one' lyric, i think there's a definite meaning here - radio 'stars' came and went so quickly. the advent of radio as an entertainment, musically, gave only a small number of years for a star to develop, and then radio entertainment was taken over by MTV and the like...<br /> just how i see it :)