pat benatar and her husband and musical partner mr.remember that like it was yesterday? >> not exactly, but i remember it. >> we wish it was yesterday. >> guys, a lot of people know the first video ever played was "video killed the radio star." but the second video ever played was yours, "you better run." did you have any idea that this would be such a big deal? >> i don't know. we knew -- you know, we knew when we were doing it that it would be something different for sure. i don't think that any of us expected it to go as crazy as it did but it went fast. it was nuts. >> i tell you one funny thing about it is that when you're in one place for 12 hours trying to shoot a three-minute video song, you start off with really good hair but by the time they get the take your hair is terrible. [ laughter ] i had perfect hair when we started? >> we didn't have to worry about that until they started mtv. you could have bad hair and it would be all right. >> but they get the take when it's done. >> what was your career like before and paf mtv? >

celebrating the vitality and power of the moving image, and by the members of kqed. [ radio tuning ] pat benatar: ♪ many times i tried to tell you ♪ ♪ many times i've cried alone ♪ always i'm surprised how well ♪ ♪ you cut my feelings to the bone ♪ ♪ don't want to leave you, really ♪

. >> pat benatar was hot. really hot. three albums in the last three years., tough and very sexy. ♪ we are young ♪ we stand no promises, no demands. >> it appears to me that the one on stage is what i would picture a modern woman to be, someone who is aggressive and soft at the same time, has a lot of strength and conviction and can look good and still have brains. >> you would think that in the era of music becoming a visual form more than ever that it would all be about object at this if i indication. but there were a lot of strong women on that video screen. >> meet the darlings of l.a.'s new music scene, the go-gos. unlike earlier girl groups such as the supremes, the go-gos write their own songs and play their own instruments. ♪ they got the beat, they got the beat, yeah, they got the beat ♪ >> that was as punk rock as it got for me, seeing girls up there not just singing backup and not playing in some cool outfit in front of the band. they were the band. ♪ >> while the go-gos have always managed to look like they're having fun, they are to be taken seri

. >> pat benatar is hot, very hot.he top of the charts in just one month. her style is defiant, raucous, tough, and very sexy. ♪ we are young, heartache to heartache we sail ♪ no promises, no demands. >> it appears to me the one on stage is aggressive and soft at the same time, has a lot of strength and conviction, and can look good and still have brains. >> you would think in the era of music becoming a visual form more than ever that it would all be about objectification, but there were a lot of strong women on that video screen. ♪ >> meet the darlings of l.a.'s new music scene, the go-gos. ♪ >> unlike earlier girl groups like the ronnettes or supremes, they write their own songs and play their own instruments. ♪ they got the beat. >> that was at punk rock as it got. to see girls up there, not just singing backup or not just standing in some cool outfit in front of a band, like they were ♪ >> while the go-gos always look like they're having fun, they aren't to be taken seriously. the first female group to have a numb

pat benatar and her husband and musical partner, mr. neil, spyder giraldo. it was yesterday? >> not exactly. i remember it. >> we wish it was yesterday. >> you know, pat, welcome. a lot of people know that the first video ever played was "video killed the radio star." what a lot of people don't know was the second video ever played was yours, "you better run." did you have any idea that music videos would be such a big deal? >> i don't know. i mean we knew -- you know, we knew when we were doing it that it was going to be something different for sure. i don't think that any of us expected it to go as crazy as it did. but it went fast. it was nuts. >> i'll tell you one funny thing about it is that when you're in one place for 12 hours trying to shoot a three-minute video song, you start off with really good hair. by the time they get the take, your hair is terrible. i had perfect hair when we started. >> we didn't have to worry about that until they started mtv. >> of course they get the take when it's all done. >> what was your career like before and after m