MTV

(Here’s the original in iTunes.)

I saw you on television back in eighty-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 salesmen and their technology,
And now I understand the problems you can see.

Oh-a oh
I met your children
Oh-a oh
What did I sell them?

Marketing killed the video star.
Marketing killed the video star.
Money came and broke your heart.
Oh-a-a-a oh

And now we watch an old-time video.
We see the playback, and it seems so long ago.
And you remember hourly the astronaut used to go.

Oh-a oh
You were the first one.
Oh-a oh
You were the last one.

Marketing killed the video star.
Marketing killed the video star.
In my mind and VCR,
We can’t rewind we’ve gone too far.

Oh-a-aho oh,
Oh-a-aho oh
Marketing killed the video star.
Marketing killed the video star.
In my mind and VCR,
We can’t rewind we’ve gone too far.
Money came and it’s a sin,
Put the blame on businessmen.

You are a video star.
You are a video star.

Marketing killed the video star.
Marketing killed the video star.
Marketing killed the video star.
Marketing killed the video star.
Marketing killed the video star.
(You are a video star.)