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According to the article: "Horn said he chose "The Buggles" for the band's name because, "It was the most disgusting name I could think of at that time."" But what's so disgusting about the word "buggle"? Is this some slang term that was popular at the time? Dismas 22:12, 21 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I am suppose it comes from bugger, a British slang term with many meanings, one of which is a expletive/perjorative to convey crude anal sex.
Where is the source that "Video Killed The Radio Star" reached #1 on the charts? The song only peaked at #40 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. The song was the first video played on MTV, of course, but that's quite different than reaching #1 on the charts. The song was #1 in the UK charts, not the USA.
There is no definite article in the official name for the Buggles, as confirmed by record labels and Joel Whitburn's chart books. The definite article is used before their name in speech and in running text, but not in headings and in lists of names. The same is true for:
Carpenters Go-Gos
I can't figure out how to remove the definite article from the titles of the entries of these acts.
For the record, the following non-definite-article acts are listed correctly in Wikipedia:
Pet Shop Boys Buzzcocks Spice Girls Village People Sex Pistols Doves Associates Bee Gees
A nerdy observation, but keeping in the spirit of Wikipedia.
OK, so if they continually omitted the definate article from their name, why on Earth would anybody include it? Surely that's an indicator that their actual name is Buggles and not The Buggles..? --Mal 07:33, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
IMO At the time of their becoming famous, they were marketed as Buggles and that's what I got to know them as - and I'll not be calling them The Buggles just because they thought that was their name. If Buggles was wrong, why didn't they get it corrected ?
I realise this is a tad late in the conversation but here is my 2c on this anyway. As somebody who was actually around in 1979 (I was 19), I never heard them referred to as just "Buggles". They were always referred to as "The Buggles". I happen to have an original copy of the "Video Killed The Radio Star" single here and both sides give the group's name as "The Buggles" with production also credited to "The Buggles".[1][2] "The" was often omitted from the names of groups on record covers because it was not good marketing to include it. "The Buggles" (or "The Bangles" etc) had to be in smaller writing than "Buggles" on the record label and cover use of "The" put the group's records near the end of the racks in the record stores under "T", rather than at the beginning under "B". Lack of "The" on the record doesn't necessarily mean that the official name also lacks "The". If it did, would this group be a different group to this one?
I also note that on Geoff Downes' website, both on the bio page (see para 8) and in the 31 July 2008 blog entry, the group is referred to as "The Buggles", not "the Buggles". --AussieLegend (talk) 17:28, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Follow-up - I contacted Geoff Downes management via an email address I found on his website and received the following reply:
“ | We, (me & Trevor) always referred to ourselves as "The Buggles", after originating the name as a spoof on "The Beatles". But the record label, Island (who incidentally hated the name!) dropped the "The", in quite a few promotional instances, as some of the depts thought it the lesser of two evils & more preferable without it....hence, the 2 options. However, when possible, we always tried to use it, as that was what it was all about to us, and we got the joke!
Best regards & hope all is well, Geoff |
” |
That confirms what is on the website, ie that the name of the group is "The Buggles", not just "Buggles" --AussieLegend (talk) 00:48, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It can hardly be said that Buggles were formed as a new wave band in 1977. Punk began in 1976 and gained full momentum in 1977. 'New wave' was supposed to have been a post-punk genre, and in any case Buggles were pure, unadulterated pop. Nothing more, nothing less. Bruce Woolley actually wrote the majority of 'Video...' and receives 50% of the royalties, even though there are 3 people credited. On a radio interview for BBC Radio 2, 19/02/2008, he said that he wrote the tune and most of the words, and that it had been 'beautifully arranged by Geoff Downes'. Presumably Trevor Horn was the production input. The vocal was achieved by putting the microphone through a Vox AC30 and capturing the resulting tone. There was some panic when the song was rerecorded for the master tape as they couldn't quite capture the exact result as on the demo. apparently.79.73.219.160 (talk) 20:22, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The Buggles had a synthetic, modern sound, so the new wave description is apt, although old-fashioned now. New wave, I now believe, refers to the new talent that emerged in the music industry after 1978. Eligius (talk) 00:34, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
My site is pretty much done, but it's still a work in progress.Sposato (talk) 02:04, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The buggles started in 2000 for the case of tv's and videos taking over radio
I modified some details about release dates (Lenny and Beatnik are from 1982), and I added Beatnik to a sum-up of single in one sentence. And Lenny did chart, in the Netherlands. Those are things that are factually 100% right so I thought it OK to modify the text without consulting anyone, hope you don't mind. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Melambdalguq (talk • contribs) 23:22, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There are conflicting information about Bruce Woolley and his relation to The Buggles. This article currently currently says that Woolley initially was a member and that he left shortly before the release of "Video Killed the Radio Star", while the article about Woolley states "Woolley was never a member of The Buggles. He was, in his own words, merely "on the design team"." Unfortunately, neither is backed by a reliable source (actually not sourced at all). So what to believe? I would like to get this point this point straightened out so we can streamline the two articles. Can anyone help with a reliable source? – IbLeo(talk) 08:40, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Trevor Horn's website describes Woolley as being a member of the original line-up of the band. Is that good enough? I'll make the change. Bondegezou (talk) 14:00, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The continued interest in "Video Killed the Radio Star" has allowed for some latter-day clarity on the issue. Although after a concert performance of the song in 2004, Horn introduced Woolley as an "early Buggle"[5] (performer introductions start at 4:08), in a 2018 interview with The Guardian Horn stated that The Buggles formed after Woolley parted ways with Horn and Downes.[6] Per the interview, the three came together as the touring band for the singer Tina Charles, Horn's then-girlfriend. The trio wrote some songs together, but, Horn says, "When Bruce got a solo deal and left, Geoff and I became Buggles." --GentlemanGhost (séance) 12:10, 21 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The Wikipedia and IMDb pages for Hans Zimmer say he was a member of The Buggles, but this page doesn't mention him at all. I don't know the facts but there certainly shouldn't be that inconsistency in Wikipedia, either this page or his page is wrong. 146.232.75.208 (talk) 23:04, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge Proposal : Merge The Buggles discography into The Buggles
I don't know why the discography was split out from this article into a separate article. The discography is rather short as it consists of two albums and the singles released from them. The Buggles article is not so large as to justify a split, and the discography article itself is substantially the same content but with better referencing (that's a good thing). What isn't a good thing is sending our readers to a separate article when the information could be presented in the article itself, and was so until it was split off. -- Whpq (talk) 11:21, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose merger The discography has 16 items; 10 is the minimum threshold for an article to be a WP:FLC candidate (which it incidentally is). If it is good enough to be a featured list, it is good enough to be its own article. Besides, tacking it on at the end of The Buggles would just make this article too long.—indopug (talk) 06:05, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Do you think we should change the disbanding year from 1981 to 1982? The Buggles did do a live performance on a Dutch TV show in 1982, as claimed Here, so do you think we should count that as part of the band's original activity? EditorEat ma talk page up, scotty! 19:43, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The photos of Downes and Horn smack in the middle of the text are simply hideous. There has to be a better way of placing them. Joefromrandb (talk) 06:35, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. I found on Ebay that there was an interview by magazine Record Mirror with the Buggles, but I can't access or order it. If anybody can, please do so, and leave me the full text either on this talk page or my user talk page. Thank you. Here are the links to order: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RECORD-MIRROR-3-11-79-THE-BUGGLES-DR-HOOK-THE-KNACK-ADAM-THE-ANTS-/370907715607?pt=UK_Magazines&hash=item565bd29817
和DITOREtails 02:33, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Another Buggles article in Beat Instrumental I found a ebay but can't access. Please order it, and again, give me the full text so we can use it in the Buggles articles on Wikipedia: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BEAT-INSTRUMENTAL-162-5-1980-Scott-Gorham-Thin-Lizzy-Genesis-Buggles-Spyro-Gyra-/151095032631?pt=UK_Magazines&hash=item232df73b37
和DITOREtails 02:37, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Another magazine article I found on ebay but can't access.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LOOK-IN-MAGAZINE-Junior-TV-Times-No-12-March-1980-Mork-Mindy-The-Buggles-/261071217326?pt=UK_Magazines&hash=item3cc90ea2ae 和DITOREtails 02:39, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Another one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/RECORD-MIRROR-1980-OCT-18-MADNESS-GILLAN-TOURISTS-THIN-LIZZY-BUGGLES-BLONDIE-/360762920166?pt=UK_Magazines&hash=item53ff254ce6 和DITOREtails 02:40, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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