29: Weezer: Pork and Beans (2008) Directed by: Matthew Cullen Subtitled The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, it first appeared in four online installments before the full movie premiered on DVD. The enigmatic French electronic duo’s second album Discovery was accompanied by this epic 65-minute dialogue-less sci-fi themed anime movie. 30: Daft Punk: Interstella 5555 (2003) Directed by Leiji Matsumoto To date, it has racked up over 800 million views on YouTube. It was filmed in one continuous take but took sixteen attempts to get it to the director’s satisfaction.Ĭlick to load video 31: Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californication (2000) Directed by: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie FarisĪ rumination on how Hollywood exerts a powerful, sometimes dark, influence on people around the world, “Californication” resulted in the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ most popular video, which depicts the band as characters in a video game. The Iron Man himself, Robert Downey Jr, stars in this video, lip-syncing to Elton John‘s plaintive ballad as he strolls pensively through the luxurious Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills. 37: Elton John: I Want Love (2001) Directed by: Sam Taylor-Wood The video mirrored both Green Day’s pent-up energy and the band’s innate rebelliousness. 38: Green Day: American Idiot (2004) Directed by: Samuel BayerĪ protest song railing at what Green Day perceived as the propagandist tendencies of the mainstream US media, “American Idiot” came with a subversive video showing the Cali neo-punk trio playing on a soundstage with a green-tinted version of the American flag as a backdrop. If social media had been more of a thing back then, we’re sure this would have been the source of a thousand memes. Halfway through, there’s a raucous beat-boxing competition held in a bar before Björk reunites with her husband, now suited, who grows to human size and then dances with her. One of the most mind-boggling videos of the 2000s was this one by the Icelandic avant-pop queen, which shows the singer going on a drinking binge to escape her husband, who is played by a cat wearing a vest. Like the song it’s representing, the video is taut and frenetic but is also an honest portrait of the band’s raucous, youthful energy.Ĭlick to load video 39: Björk: Triumph of a Heart (2005) Directed by: Spike Jonze These Canadian skate-punk rockers begin this anarchic video doing a short, impromptu four-part rap in a liquor store before the action cuts to a concert in a dry river bed, which is then interwoven with footage of the band acting up in front of the camera. 50: Sum 41: Fat Lip (2001) Directed by: Marc Klasfeld You can see a marked shift in the ways that musicians and film directors began to play with the format. What’s perhaps most interesting about this list of the best music videos of the 00s was the widespread arrival of the internet later in the decade. There’s genre-defining moments in neo-soul and hip-hop, as well as genre-busting efforts by folks that subverted tropes built up since the arrival of MTV in August of 1981. There’s unique visual trickery by masters of the form. The best music videos of the 00s are a varied bunch.
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