Audio Killed the Silent-Film Star

Words by Joseph Abbott
Music: “Video Killed the Radio Star,” Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley
Inspired by the movie “Singin’ in the Rain”

I saw you on the silver screen in ’24
You and Don Lockwood kept us coming back for more
Portraying passion for someone you deplore
(Oh-ah-oh)

But now some other girl’s performing your refrain
All while your leading man is singin’ in the rain
And now you see your stardom headed down the drain
(Oh-ah-oh) — They built a fiction
(Oh-ah-oh) — To hide your diction

Audio killed the silent-film star
Audio killed the silent-film star
Talkies came and broke your heart
(Oh, oh-oh, oh)

You took the credit for her lovely melody
And tried to fix it so that nobody would see
But then the curtain rose on your duplicity
(Oh-ah-oh) — It was your first time
(Oh-ah-oh) — It was your last time

Audio killed the silent-film star
Audio killed the silent-film star
Out the door and in her car
We can’t go back, we’ve gone too far

Audio killed the silent-film star
Audio killed the silent-film star
Out the door and in her car
We can’t go back, we’ve gone too far
Talkies came and broke your heart
Put the blame on ADR