Welcome to eightone81, a podcast about the best music videos ever. Benjamin Light (aka James Taylor) and Marco Sparks explore the signature music videos from the launch of MTV to 9/11, looking back at an art form that no longer holds the sway it once did. We’ll talk about the artists, the music, the videos, the culture, and how things have changed since the heyday of the medium.

In the debut episode of eightone81, Benji and Marco return to (of course) the music video that started it all: “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles. Why is this song so catchy? Why are the lyrics so melancholy? Why is Hans Zimmer even in this video, he wasn’t in the band?