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eightone81 — Best Music Video Ever

Benjamin Light and Marco Sparks

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.

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All Episodes

00:51:49

010 | My lonely heart calls — “I Wanna Dance With...

eightone81 — Best Music Video Ever ·

2025/02/26

This week on the pod, James and Marco are getting down with some classic Whitney Houston and the hit song from her second album, “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.” Remember when people used to dance unselfconsciously?

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01:58:25

009 | Ain’t no lie — “Bye Bye Bye” and “It’s Gonna Be...

eightone81 — Best Music Video Ever ·

2025/02/19

Marco and JT are joined by special guest Kayla to talk about a group we would never cover on our own. That’s right, we’re doing two songs by *NSync: “Bye Bye Bye” and “It’s Gonna Be Me.” Give it a listen, we ruined our YouTube algorithms for this.

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00:54:50

008 | Johnny looks up at the stars — “I’m Afraid of...

eightone81 — Best Music Video Ever ·

2025/02/12

We’re talking David Bowie and Trent Reznor on the pod this week with 1997’s “I’m Afraid of Americans.” A video that feels weirdly prescient about the future American malaise, and also features Bowie in a bizarre suit and Reznor in an unfortunate soul patch-y situation. Plus, the guys talk about their recent experience seeing Fastball, Gin Blossoms, and Collective Soul in concert.

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00:47:21

007 | I can put you back down too — “Don’t You Want Me”

eightone81 — Best Music Video Ever ·

2025/02/05

This week on the pod, we travel all the way back to the end of 1981, when MTV was still new, to discuss The Human League’s pop hit “Don’t You Want Me.” An appropriately noir-ish video for a sinister song about a possessive ex. Same director as “Take On Me.” Impressive run, Steve Barron.

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00:53:13

006 | Breathe out, so I can breathe you in — “Everlong”

eightone81 — Best Music Video Ever ·

2025/01/29

We’re staying in the 90s alt-rock scene this week to talk about “Everlong" by the Foo Fighters. What a strange, fun little trip into the dreamworld with Dave Grohl and company. The guys talk good lighting, giant hands, and why the Foo Fighters might be the best cover band of all time.

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00:40:35

005 | You do it to yourself — “Just”

eightone81 — Best Music Video Ever ·

2025/01/24

This week on the pod: we’re lying down on the pavement because the truth we just learned is too much to bear. “Just” will likely be the first of many Radiohead music videos we cover on the pod, but James wanted to do this one first because he loves the way it plays like a mini Twilight Zone episode.

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00:50:37

004 | What did her daddy do? — “Janie’s Got A Gun”

eightone81 — Best Music Video Ever ·

2025/01/16

We’re doing our first future legendary filmmaker on the pod today, with Aerosmith’s “Janie’s Got A Gun,” directed by David Fincher. We’re all in agreement that the mom shot him, right? But how did the body get down to the train tracks?

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