Comments on: OK Go – the video reviews http://blog.thorx.net/2010/03/ok-go-the-video-reviews/ ...to confuse & unexpect‽ Fri, 28 Apr 2017 14:28:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: nemo http://blog.thorx.net/2010/03/ok-go-the-video-reviews/comment-page-1/#comment-21 nemo Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:05:34 +0000 http://blog.thorx.net/?p=155#comment-21 Hi Rachel, thanks for your comment. It’s true that I didn’t research the bands history directly before writing up – I was interested in how they came across to me, the relatively uninitiated. That said, I should have checked chronology at least – I was keying purely off the order they appeared on their site. and it does change things to know that the wallpaper version of Do What You Want came after the treadmills video! (though I think ultimately that it further emphasises my conclusion rather than detract from it)

The thing about OK Go is that they are more interested in making things that they think are cool than giving off any kind of indie vibe. If they think something’s a good idea and they can afford to do it, they’re going to do it.

Yes, I get this though – it’s what I meant in my conclusion. They’re a band who define themselves and do what they want according to their own tastes, rather than any idea of an externally perceived genre that says they should be style . It’s what I am enjoying greatly about them. If I gave the impression that I thought the band was trying for an indie vibe, then my apologies. Evidence there that my own writing needs more practice :)

]]> By: Rachel http://blog.thorx.net/2010/03/ok-go-the-video-reviews/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Rachel Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:34:37 +0000 http://blog.thorx.net/?p=155#comment-20 I stumbled upon this as a huge fan of OK Go. I think you might be interested to do a little more research into the band’s history, rather than making assumptions about chronology and label influence. For example, do a YouTube search for “OK Go Ping Pong” and you’ll find a hilarious infomercial the guys made before the first CD came out. Or go to Truthinmusic.net and you’ll find a series of shorts the guys made around that same time. As for the history surrounding the videos off the second CD, the chronological order is Do What You Want (with the dancing girls, directed by Oliver Gondry), Invincible, then A Million Ways (which was originally a practice video that “leaked” and became a phenomenon by accident). Then they thought “well, we made this one by accident, let’s try one on purpose” and that’s when Here It Goes Again was made. The success of the treadmills led to a re-release of the second CD and another try at making Do What You Want a single, which was when they made the Wallpaper version.

The thing about OK Go is that they are more interested in making things that they think are cool than giving off any kind of indie vibe. If they think something’s a good idea and they can afford to do it, they’re going to do it.

Not to put your criticisms/analysis down, I just thought you might like some perspective.

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