Weird. Surreal. From the Nevernever and Post Modern Jukebox.
Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles (Queen / Freddie Mercury Style Cover) ft. Cunio
Must watch.
@bradenslen Excellent, thanks for the link! I found a listing of 113 versions of the song. Sadly, none by Queen.
@Ron You're welcome. LOL. No it's not a song Queen would ever have bothered with but it is fun seeing a 1980's pop song reimagined in a Queen-like style.
@bradenslen I think I first heard the Buggles version after MTV had come and gone. It was an interesting idea, that new technology could wipe out old. When the Internet came out, people started asking me whether it would make ham radio die out. Far from it, ham radio just continues to grow. Nothing replaces it and hams are always inventing new technology. The Internet requires wires everywhere. Not so for ham radio, no wires needed along the way. It is still like magic and when all else fails (like in weather disasters), only ham radio gets through. Ham radio has outlasted the possibility raised by this catchy song. Now it just reminds me how awesome ham radio is. 📻
@Ron I always think it's interesting what happens with old technology once it gets superceeded by something new. For instance the ball point pen seemed to run the table for writing instruments and yet the fountain pen did not totally disappear. You make a great case for ham radio being too useful to be replaced.
I always worry about the future of commercial broadcast radio, but I think it will stay around in some form - again - it's too handy.
@bradenslen The old tech seems to gravitate towards the niche or the hobbyist. Theatre, for example, ended up as either am-dram, experimental theatre above pubs, or big budget West End/Broadway.
@bradenslen There was a Bob Dylan impersonation contest years ago where one category was "Bob Dylan performing a song never recorded by Bob Dylan." The best entry I remember was a perfect rendition of "Dylan" singing "Like a Virgin."
@adders True. It is amazing how really obscure things either persist or have a revival. Hobbyist/historians are still making chain mail for goodness sake and I find that comforting for some strange reason.
I'm hoping that new tech like 3D printing will help keep some old tech alive (ie. manual typewriters, while it makes no sense to manufacture them anymore, someday we might be able to 3D print one up on demand if we want.)
@JMaxB LOL. That sounds like fun.
I do like the idea that Post Modern Jukebox has of rewriting rock or pop songs as jazz numbers or some other genre. Not as an impersonation but as a legit rewrite. It does not always work IMO, but when it does it can be magical.