Audio Killed the Silent-Film Star
Words by Joseph AbbottMusic: “Video Killed the Radio Star,” Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce WoolleyInspired by the movie “Singin’ in the Rain” I saw you on the silver screen in ’24You and Don Lockwood kept us coming back for morePortraying passion for someone you deplore(Oh-ah-oh) But now some other girl’s performing your refrainAll while your leading man is singin’ in the rainAnd 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 starAudio killed the silent-film starTalkies came and broke your heart(Oh, oh-oh, oh) You took the credit for her lovely melodyAnd tried to fix it…