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After watching the official video for Yes, Into the Lens, I learned the singer for that song is Trevor Horn.
I knew his name, probably from 90125. didn't realize he was such a major producer and his involvement with Yes was a lot more extensive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Horn#Discography
...then I read more wikis about Video Killed the Radio Star and The Buggles, and found the reference to Klaatu:
Video Killed the Radio Star was written in 1978 - boy he was on target.
Their follow up album, The Age of Plastic, carries the same theme of "possible repercussions of modern technology".
"The album's lyrical concept was compared by Orange Coast magazine to that of the works of Canadian progressive rock band Klaatu.[23]"
"Recorded on a budget of £60,000, bassist Trevor Horn was chiefly inspired by Kraftwerk's 1978 album The Man-Machine and sought unconventional recording methods for The Age of Plastic. Keyboardist Geoff Downes characterised the album as "science fiction music ... like modern psychedelic music ... very futuristic."[5] "
"The Age of Plastic is a tragicomic[10] concept album with lyrical themes of intense nostalgia and anxiety about the possible effects of modern technology.[8] The lyrics, which were written by Trevor Horn, were inspired by the works of J.G. Ballard."
I recognized the word 'Klaatu' from Army of Darkness...
and I found that the Canadian band took the phrase from The Day the Earth Stood Still:
"The words Ash must utter to safely retrieve the Necronomicon (“Klaatu verata nikto”) are actually a variation on a phrase from the original version of The Day the Earth Stood Still. In that film, “Klaatu barada nitko” is the phrase one must say to stop the robot Gort from destroying Earth."
