Tamar Counts Down Buzzworthy’s Top 5 Videos Of 2009 — Number 2: Matt & Kim, ‘Lessons Learned’
Author: webc
Quick recap of my picks for Buzzworthy’s Top Videos of 2009! Buzzworthy’s #5 Top Video of 2009 went to Katy Perry’s ‘Waking Up In Vegas.” The #4 Top Video of 2009 is Fall Out Boy’s “What A Catch, Donnie.” The #3 Top Video Of 2009 went to Beyonce’s “Sweet Dreams.” Which brings us to the #2 Top Video of 2009, which is…
Not only is Matt & Kim’s “Lessons Learned” video, directed by Taylor Cohen and Otto Arsenault, the starkest video of the year as well as the nakedest, but it’s one of the most scintillating videos of 2009 — and not just because they’re naked. Matt & Kim’s snapshot of public indecency — in true DIY spirit, Matt and Kim actually, for-real stripped down (and not in the acoustic way) and streaked Times Square — embraces the sheer joy of the song… until you get to the didn’t-see-that-coming ending. While the impact of the video’s end is absolute, its meaning is nebulous — does it signal the end of wide-eyed innocence? The inevitability of “The Man” keeping you down? The power of anarchy? You decide. Just don’t try it at home.
Watch the video that won a 2009 VMA and a 2009 mtvU Woodie Award, and watch Matt & Kim perform “Lessons Learned” live at the 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards.
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