Michele Siegel
Associate Producer Michele Siegel has been with Studio 360 since its very first broadcast in the fall of 2000. She's produced stories on everything from the urban design battle facing New Orleans after Katrina to ...
OK Go Out-Goldbergs Rube Goldberg
Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 12:11 PM
Finally, a YouTube time-suck guaranteed to delight you with repeated viewings. If, by the end, your jaw is not scraping the floor, you will be sporting an ear-to-ear smile of gee-whiz amazement.
The band OK Go made viral video history back in 2006 with their goofy treadmill choreography. For one of their new tunes, "This Too Shall Pass," they hired pals, who by day work for NASA and the Jet Propulsion laboratory, to execute a mechanical feat of genius inspired by Rube Goldberg contraptions. The vid was posted Monday after the band's brief battle with their label EMI, which originally wouldn't allow the video to be embeddable.
It's extraordinary geekery with one potential setback: the mesmerizing visuals may just eclipse the music. As one commenter on YouTube posted today: AMAZING! but did anyone actually pay attention to the song?
- Michele Siegel
More in:
Featured Comments
-
Its sad, I believe a lot of people will agree that Apple is no longer the leader in innovation.
-
Look, you have to acknowledge that Apple isn't going to have the greatest ideas for everything. They created the smart ...
-
Bad Girls on Film & Joss Whedon
-
Rooting for the Bad Guy: Michael Shannon
-
Joss Whedon the Hollywood Slayer
-
Studio 360's Battle of the High School Bands
-
Jack Handey's Ideas for Paintings
-
Lois Lowry Confirms Jeff Bridges to Film The Giver
-
Macklemore's Gay Anthem
-
Will Apple Get Its Mojo Back?
-
Hollywood's Bad-Girl Summer
-
Afro-Japanese Mashup Art
Comments [2]
Passing around the video gets it viewed. I loved the song from the first. The band performed more than 700 times on a world tour-- if the music were not outstanding, word would get out pretty quickly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJKythlXAIY
this video for the same song is also pretty great
Leave a Comment
Register for your own account so you can vote on comments, save your favorites, and more. Learn more.
Please stay on topic, be civil, and be brief.
Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments. Names are displayed with all comments. We reserve the right to edit any comments posted on this site. Please read the Comment Guidelines before posting. By leaving a comment, you agree to New York Public Radio's Privacy Policy and Terms Of Use.