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[edit] Buggle?
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)
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.
- Actually, the UK records generally do credit "The Buggles" on the label (though the front sleeves say "Buggles"). I think the most we can say is that the use of the definite article was inconsistent. --80.3.40.2 14:22, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
- How do you pronounce Buggle? Is it like Bugle, or like bug? ABart26 07:27, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
- To rhyme with snuggle
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- Cheers. ABart26 16:26, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
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)
[edit] Inconsistencies
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)
[edit] External link
My site is pretty much done, but it's still a work in progress.Sposato (talk) 02:04, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
