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Thursday, March 4, 2010

OK Go

Posted by Bill @ 6:54 pm CST
Filed under: Music

This OK Go video is amazing. Is there any way this was really all one big take? This must have taken days to set up, calibrate, time, not to mention the stuff that gets broken in the Rube Goldberg device (TV, Piano, etc). Some of the Rube Goldberg stuff even takes part in the song.

Special effects? Or real?

[H/T Stroke]

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1. Andrew - 03/04/2010 8:38 pm CST

I don't have any answers about that video, but this video by them is equally cool.

I'm not a fan, but they do make cool videos.

2. brandontmilan - 03/04/2010 8:40 pm CST

I think it's real...

you should watch the other video for this song, its almost as amazing...

i did notice that the piano they dropped looked like it had already been dropped once or twice... there was also a stack of 6 or 7 broken televisions...

3. brandontmilan - 03/04/2010 8:44 pm CST

there was also a broken piano in the background...

while you're at it, watch this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJKythlXAIY

its also "This Too Shall Pass" but it has a marching band with them...

4. Bill - 03/04/2010 9:01 pm CST

Andrew - yes, I love that one too!

Seriously, how long would it take to setup that Rube Goldberg? Maybe it wasn't as hard as it looks . . . but, wow. And the most difficult part in the whole thing may have been the person wielding the camera.

5. Bill - 03/04/2010 9:11 pm CST

brandontmilan - wow, that video's incredible too.

They look like they really have fun dreaming these up.

6. salguod - 03/04/2010 10:47 pm CST

Here's a "making of" post on the video from Wired. Short answer, all in one shot but it took 55-60 tries to get a good one. Amazing stuff.

7. Shane Rice - 03/05/2010 1:31 pm CST

Check out this article in Wired about the making of the video:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/ok-go-rube-goldberg/

Took 60-70 to setup machine.

8. salguod - 03/05/2010 1:40 pm CST

Uh, I just said that. :-P

9. Brian in Fresno - 03/05/2010 8:38 pm CST

My daughter built a Rube Goldberg device for Science Olympiad and it is not at all easy. Several tests are needed, like 20 or 30 at least, to make adjustments and allow for small errors. Her's fit in a 3x3x4 ft. box. This is just amazing!

10. Riley - 03/06/2010 1:52 pm CST

OK Go wins at putting together some of the most incredible music videos. Reminds me a lot of how I felt when I first saw Feist's video for "1 2 3 4." I felt exuberantly uplifted.

11. nhe - 03/08/2010 10:45 am CST

am I the only one that just got a little bored about half-way through?..........I guess so.

12. Bill - 03/08/2010 10:53 am CST

Ahh . . . the 21st century American attention-span

(j/k nhe :-)

13. nhe - 03/08/2010 10:56 am CST

no - I'm in your generation Bill - I actually think it might be more due to my bad eyesight - half the time, it was too hard to tell what was going on, so I gave up.

14. Shrode - 03/08/2010 12:01 pm CST

Riley,
Which video are you talking about of Feist's 123?

This one or That One?

I found them both quite uplifting although I felt a little smarter after the second one...

:gsmile:

15. Riley - 03/08/2010 10:38 pm CST

Dude, Shrode, that second video just blew my socks off! Not only do I feel more uplifted, but I definitely will have no trouble counting to the number four now.

:)

16. nhe - 03/09/2010 7:01 am CST

yes - 1-2-3-4 is more my speed......and grade level

17. Thirsty Bear - 03/09/2010 7:36 am CST

A feast for the eyes. Just fun. Thanks for the posting.

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