Pop Quiz!
What was the first video played on MTV when it debuted in the early 80's?
Answer: Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles.
The songs basic message is that once the world of the music video came about, there would be no more music superstars who succeeded based solely on their musical talent, but now the music world would be ruled by looks.
The song was sadly prophetic.
Since MTV began we haven't had musicians like Mama Cass who weren't lookers but sure could sing. Looks are manufactured in the surgeons office, and music is manipulated in post production. This isn't to say there are no musicians left. But there are no ugly or plain or overweight musicians left in pop culture.
Quiz Question 2
What is the most viewed video on the internet ever?
Answer: A radio star. Chances are you've seen her video linked to below, but in case you haven't take some time to get to know Susan Boyle, single forty something women from Scotland, never been kissed.
Susan's first performance
Now tell me, is that someone you'd expect to see on MTV. But one hundred million people have watched her original performance. Her voice is so preciously exquisite it cuts deep into your soul. When she sings, she forms an instant connection with the fortunate audience, from her vocal cords to there heart.
Think she is just a one hit wonder? Check out this audio of her from 1999.
That is the hottest voice I've ever heard. She'd turn Dumbledore on. She has the gift; she is the Scottish Siren; the voice that could launch a thousand ships.
Let Susan Boyle stand as a testament that talent can be divorced from looks; that diamonds can lay hidden in the rough, and if a forty year old spinster can achieve her dream so can you.
2 comments:
Ever so inspiring, i wish i were unattractive so i could be a radio star.
Yeah, sometimes I wish I were an old and single, then I could be a radio star as well.
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