If you're a U2 diehard, who has defended the self-proclaimed "biggest band in the world" through the last 10 years of slow descent, this edition of music picks isn't for you. You've already seen this video. Chances are you've even raved to your friends about it. But let me start off by assuring rest of you non-believers, that just like you, I no longer give a damn about U2.

You could easily write this clip off. You could talk about how "Window in the Skies" is one of only two new songs on the band's third compilation this decade (read: a total cash grab). You could note that having Public Enemy -- who called the King of Rock 'n' Roll a "racist sucker" -- rub shoulders with Elvis in the video is more than a touch ironic. And you could definitely note that the song itself is just another in a long line of tracks that merely echoes the majesty that the band once achieved regularly. You could say all of that, but then you'd be missing the point entirely.

The beauty of U2's latest video is that it's not about U2 at all. In fact, they only appear in glimpses, watching a throng of musical legends croon, pick and drum their way through their latest single from the crowd with the rest of us. So in a rare instance of humility, the focal point is a montage of images that evokes the very essence of what's beautiful about popular music. It illustrates the path from the Talking Heads to Radiohead, from Ziggy Stardust to Karen O, from the Man in Black to "The Black Album,", and yes, even from the King of Rock 'n' Roll to the "social conscience of hip-hop," Public Enemy. But most of all, it celebrates the fact that even though the artists that craft it are people just like you and I, there's something about rock 'n' roll that's just bigger.

Bono once sang that he "don't believe that rock 'n' roll can really change the world." And from Live Aid to Live, all the well-intentioned political efforts by the band might leave you apt to agree. But whatever music's effect on the world at large might be, this celebration of all things rock 'n' roll will remind any fan that "Blue Suede Shoes," "London Calling" or "Sunday, Bloody, Sunday" can certainly change you.

Watch: U2 -- "Window in the Skies"