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Mar 03, 2010

A Music Video for ManMakers: This Too Shall Pass

created at: 03/03/2010

Thriller...pshaw. That only required yellow contacts and a bunch of dancing. This, my friends, is the most ambitious music video of the last thirty years.

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"When OK Go said they were building a giant Rube Goldberg machine for the new video for 'This Too Shall Pass,' we knew they would have one heck of a surprise in store. Still, the new clip, which debuted Monday evening, went beyond our already lofty expectations. Beginning with a simple toy truck running into dominoes, the nearly four-minute chain reaction is, to put it plainly, astonishingly complex and incredibly fun. "

Pay attention: there's no editing here, at least that I can see. It's one take. That means everytime one tiny thing didn't quite line up, or the cameraman stumbled just a bit, they had to start over.

created at: 03/03/2010

OKGo - This Too Shall Pass

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re:Bravery video, there seems to be a raging debate in the YouTube comments (never a good place for debate) about whether OK Go ripped off the Bravery video. I think there's no comparison, the OK Go version is so much more interesting, and done in ONE TAKE! 

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That was AWESOME!

 

The Bravery did a rube goldberg machine in one of their music videos, too. Theirs is nowhere near as complicated, and is much more dark and artsy. But it's still cool!

Here's the youtube link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8vzbezVru4

 

Or, just look it up: The Bravery - Honest Mistake

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