Because it'll take too long, I'm just going to run the videos in a post each so I can get this done.
Coming in at number 5, the magnificent, the fantastic, the robotic...DAFT PUNK!
"Around the World" is not Daft Punk's best song. The Frenchies have much better songs in their repertoire, but not a better video. It is the textbook on syncopation and lighting choreography. It has been copied for the last ten years in almost every trance, dance and even rock video made.
Director Michel Gondry gave the song lifeblood. Literally each part of the song is represented by a dancing quartet: the bass by super-tall humans, the spry glissandos by synchronized swimmers, the vocoderized "around the world" by robots, etc. As the melodies progress, each group's performance evolves.
The setting is a black studio with a colorful backdrop that ascribes to the scene the look of a living jukebox, with dancers forming a universal groove. At the climax of the song, the camera views the scene from above, revealing that the dance is being performed on a record. The song fades out, and so do the lights as the "jukebox" turns off.
So get up and dance to "Around the World"
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#5: Daft Punk - Around The World
mp3: "Around The World/Harder Better Faster Stronger (Live At Coachella 2006)"
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