Five Best/Five Worst Music Videos of 2003

[HER MINAJesty]

I think Andre 3000's "Hey Ya!" is probably the best video of the year, and depending on the coming months of course, is probably a shoo-in for Video of the Year at the 2004 MTV VMA's in August.

Stacie Orrico's video for "More to Life" is very good, I think that's one of the best of the year. I also like Christina Aguilera's "Fighter", it was really different and another departure from what we are usually used to seeing Christina do. "The Voice Within" was another good one, it was very simple and plain.

I like Kanye West's "Through the Wire" video. and Sean Paul's "Get Busy" really made you wish you were at that party and dancing like them.

I would have LOVED to see a video for "Magic Stick", but ahh well.

I agree I think Nelly's "IZ U" video is pretty bad. But it was tied to the movie "The Haunted Mansion", so I guess that explains the theme/concept.

I didn't really like the "Me Against the Music" video very much, I was expecting it to be quite better. I only think I sat through that entire video once, and that was when it premiered. Every other time I saw it I just changed.

[j]

In no particular order, the best videos in my opinion were:

(There's Gotta Be) More To Life
Intuition
Why Can't I?
Hey Ya!
Cry Me A River
Busted
P.I.M.P.
Unwell
Dance With My Father
Rain On Me
Baby Boy
The Scientist
Bring Me To Life

The worst:
The Voice Within
Can't Hold Us Down
Fighter
Beautiful
American Life

[EvanJ]

I like:
Beyonce featuring Jay-Z: "Crazy In Love"
Mya: "My Love Is Like...Wo"
Have you ever seen a singer tap dance before?
Evanescence: "Going Under"
The way Amy leans into the crowd is perfect.
No Doubt: "It's My Life"
Queens Of The Stone Age: "No One Knows" going back to late 2002
There are no other videos like it.
Cfw828, I disagree that no one got to watch Talib Kweli: "Get By." It got to Number 1 on the MTV2 Hip-Hop Countdown and seemed to me like it did better on TV than on radio.

[Edf85]

TOP 5 WORST:
Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
Jennifer Lopez - I'm Glad
Jennifer Lopez - Baby I Love U!
Madonna - American Life
Justin Timberlake - Senorita

TOP 5 BEST:
Missy Elliott - Pass That Dutch
TLC - Damaged
Jewel - Intuition
Monica - So Gone
Outkast - Hey Ya

[Slinky]

Well I can't do a top 5 worst, because if a video comes on that I don't like, I just change the channel, so all the ones I don't like are pretty much even.

My favorites of the year:

Junior Senior - Move Your Feet - Takes us back to the glory days of computer animation. Who needs The Matrix when you've got bright colors and really large pixels? So retro and such crazy graphics, I love it!

Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom - Stacy's mom was hot! Nothing groundbreaking about this video, I just thought the story was pretty funny, and you gotta love that ending.

Outkast - Hey Ya! - It's been mentioned on so many lists in here that I don't feel the need to explain why I think it's so great.

Stacie Orrico - More To Life - I'm seriously shocked that I like this video. I mean I'm not usually that big a fan of pure pop, and this video is kinda formulaic, but they pulled the concept off very well. Miss Orrico is a surprisingly convincing actress. I don't know, maybe I'm just into Stacies/Stacys this year.

Johnny Cash - Hurt - Powerful, powerful stuff. Brilliantly haunting.

[j]

I forgot to add - Eminem's Superman.

[radiorules]

Best:

Christina Aguilera "Fighter"
Christina Aguilera "Beautiful"
Christina Aguilera f/ Lil Kim "Can't Hold Us Down"
Evanescence "Bring Me To Life"
Fountains of Wayne "Stacey's Mom"
Outkast "Hey Ya"
Beyonce "Crazy In Love"
Mya "My Love Is Like...Wo"
Kelis "Milkshake"

Worst:
Avril Lavigne "Losing Grip"
Jennifer Lopez "Baby I Love U"
Kelly Clarkson "Miss Independent"
Clay Aiken "Invisible"
Black Eyed Peas "Where Is The Love"
Justin Timberlake "Senorita"

[specialist]

Best
Fighter
Beautiful
Seven Nation Army
Hey Ya
Silence Is Easy

Worst
Me Against The Music
Baby Boy
Bring Me To Life
Senorita
CHUD

[ExActLy99]

Best
Stacie Orrico "There's Gotta Be (More To Life)"
Outkast "Hey Ya"
Matchbox Twenty "Unwell"
Michelle Branch "Are You Happy Now?"
Justin Timberlake "Cry Me A River"
Jewel "Intuition"
Coldplay "The Scientist"
Liz Phair "Why Can't I?"

Worst
Madonna "American Life"
50 Cent "In Da Club"
Christina Aguilera "Can't Hold Us Down"
R.Kelly "Ignition"
Jennifer Lopez "Baby I Love U"
Justin Timberlake "Senorita"
Clay Aiken "Invisible" - I think this is the worst video I've ever seen, all those people voting for it on TRL must be on drugs or something.

[danwxman]

Why does everybody think Hey Ya's video is so good? I mean yea it's kind of interesting how they do the Beatles thing but geez the video isn't that great.

[Tayzlor]

There really is nothing too special about the "Hey Ya!" video. Odds are that everyone that praises it is going along with someone elses praise.

Best

01. Red Hot Chili Peppers "Can't Stop"
02. Johnny Cash "Hurt"
03. White Stripes "The Hardest Button To Button"
04. Shins "So Says I"
05. Darkness "I Believe In A Thing Called Love"
06. Coldplay "The Scientist"
07. Queens Of The Stone Age "Go With The Flow"
08. Radiohead "There There"
09. Strokes "12:51"
10. White Stripes "Seven Nation Army"

[kingLUKE22]

BEST

01. Stacy's Mom - Fountains of Wayne
02. Going Under - Evanescence
03. Hollywood - Madonna
04. The First Cut Is the Deepest - Sheryl Crow
05. Intuition - Jewel

06. Me Against the Music - Britney Spears f/Madonna
07. The Scientist - Coldplay

WORST

01. Beautiful - Christina Aguilera
02. Can't Hold Us Down - Christina Aguilera F/ Lil' Kym
03. Senorita - Justin Timberlake
04. Baby I Luv You - Jennifer Lopez
05. All I Have - Jennifer Lopez f/LL Cool J

[pophector]

Luke's best: peaks on VideoChart

BEST

01. Stacy's Mom - Fountains of Wayne #1[2]
02. Going Under - Evanescence #3
03. Hollywood - Madonna #1[2]
04. The First Cut Is the Deepest - Sheryl Crow #2[2]
05. Intuition - Jewel #1[6]

06. Me Against the Music - Britney Spears f/Madonna #1[5]
07. The Scientist - Coldplay #1[1]

WORST

01. Beautiful - Christina Aguilera DNC(chart started in April 2003)
02. Can't Hold Us Down - Christina Aguilera F/ Lil' Kym #7
03. Senorita - Justin Timberlake DNC
04. Baby I Luv You - Jennifer Lopez DNC
05. All I Have - Jennifer Lopez f/LL Cool J DNC(chart started in April 2003)

[LordEctar]

Top 5 BEST:

1. Britney f/ Madonna - Me Against The Music
2. Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom
3. Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
4. Mya - My Love Is Like Wo
5. Matchbox Twenty - Unwell

Top 5 WORST:

1. Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body
2. Christina Aguilera - Can't Hold Us Down
3. Kelly Clarkson - Miss Independent
4. Christina Aguilera - The Voice Within
5. Justin Timberlake - Senorita

[FriendsFan]

[best][/b]
5 Outkast, Hey Ya
Very creative and fun. Need I say more?

4 Justin Timberlake, Cry Me A River
When it premiere on TRL, I was sorta stunned. Not only did he dissed his famous girlfriend, but to exploit it... the dude has balls. In the end, big song with a bigger video.

3 Nickelback, Someday
Such a horrible song, from such a horrible band. Until seeing the video of "Someday," of course. The storyline and twist is just awesome, kinda like Brian McKnight's "Back At One." Still a horrible band though.

2 Linkin Park, Numb
I really like this song, reminds me of "Crawling;" another song I like from them. For this video, I just like how everything is; the band scene in the church, the exclusion of the girl at school, the girl throwing paint on the canvas. Just in general, I really like this video.

1 Coldplay, The Scientist
A bit overrated, yeah just a little. But this video deserve all the praises it gets. Not only is the song just incredible, but to tag along such a profound video. Just wow. You get my BEST VIDEO OF 2003 award.

Honorable Mentions: Liz Phair, Why Can't I?, Kylie Minogue, Slow (i know, i know. its actually a cool video), Alicia Keys, You Don't Know My Name, Michelle Branch, Are You Happy Now?, The Darkness, I Believe In A Thing Called Love,


[worst][/u]
6 Any male country artist who put very skimply dress females in their video.
First of all its disgusting. Songs like "Who's Your Daddy?" and another one from this old dude is just sick. Including all the followers.

5 Kid Rock featuring Sheryl Crow, Picture
Ummm... can I say what a piece of crock?! Not only is it a stupid video, but to try to come off being all cool is ridiculous.

4 Jennifer Lopez, Baby I Love You (Version 1)
You know you're coming film (Gigli) is gonna get massacre. Why on God's green Earth would you decide to co-promote it with a video montage of it?! Atleast Epic had the brains to cut out the montage, a week following the box office disaster. But still.

3 Santana featuring The Calling guy, Why Don't You And I
Is this even considered a video? There's a difference between being unique and and creative. This not only a cheap looking video, its completely stupid. Whoever thought of this concept should be shot. Horrible idea!!

2 Nas, I Can
Now what is going on here? Makes me wanna gag, I don't really give a damn about the humanity and the future of whoring looking 8 years old. Though atleast he made a bad song to go with a bad video; now that I give props to!

1 Madonna, American Life (Version 2)
What the flying f.uck was she thinking?! Here's an innovative artist, who after 20 years continues to make groundbreaking videos.... that of course until the change of "American Life" video. Seriously Madge, you could've come up with another idea.... but nope! Well, now I honor you with the WORST VIDEO OF 2003.

Dishonorable mentions: Black Eyed Peas featuring Justin Timberlake, Where Is The Love?, Christina Aguilera featuring Lil Kim, Can't Hold Us Down, Justin Timberlake, Senorita, Ashanti, Rock With You (Ewww Baby)

[roamer]

Worst

Train: Calling All Angels
Christina Aguilera: Can't Hold Me Down
Pink: Trouble
Mandy Moore: Have A Little Faith in Me
Britney Spears: Me Against The Music
All of Missy Elliot's Videos
All of Jennifer Lopez's Videos


Best

Nickelback: Someday
Outkast: The Way She Moves
Madonn: Hollywood

[Crushcrushchris]

I can't believe I forgot one. System of A Down-Boom.
Whether you like the song or the message behind it is not the issue. Michael Moore directs this video and it is intense as a 3 minute song can get.

The image that captures the chaos in the video is the end shot with the Middle Eastern kid riding the bicycle at the end. It leaves me wondering whether that kid will live to see another day or if he'll be caught in the crossfire of the War on Terror.

[silverwhite]

5 Best Videos:
1. Beautiful - Christina Aguilera (I could identify with a couple of the characters)
2. Hey Ya - Outkast
3. Damaged - TLC
4. (There's Gotta Be) More To Life - Stacie Orrico
5. Crazy In Love - Beyonce featuring Jay Z

5 Worst Videos:
1. If You Come To Me - Atomic Kitten
2. Love Doesn't Have To Hurt - Atomic Kitten
3. Rock Your Body - Justin Timberlake
4. Something Beautiful - Robbie Williams
5. Invisible - Clay Aiken

I thought the Can't Hold Us Down video wasn't that bad. It was appropriate and very different from the abstract Fighter video.