Directed by Chris Milk of Radical Media, this video was produced to raise funds for Gulf Coast musicians affected by the Hurricane Katrina disaster. 

The music video shows the two bands playing at the Abbey Road Studio and at the Louisiana Superdome (though the footage from the live performance at the Superdome has been overdubbed with the studio version of the song), intermixed with news footage of the displacement of residents after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The second half of the video shows an alternate history in which George W. Bush redeployed troops and vehicles from Iraq to New Orleans to help victims of the hurricane, with the military personnel fulfilling the titular role of the “saints.” In the words of the director, this was done to “make a commentary on the Katrina disaster … from the standpoint of how things can and should be done in the future.” See the video inside article.

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