OK GO TAKES THE CAKE, EATS IT TOO

By: Caitlin Hoffman
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Ok-Go is one of those uproarious bands who are always coming out with something sparkling and unique. No matter what, we can always count on the band to bring something innovative to the music scene.

I don’t know about you, but Ok-Go is the band that really gave me my first hankering for some straight-cut, dazzling, power pop indie rock. You can’t snap a guitar string in the music world without bumping into ten generic indie bands, but Ok-Go is one of those that somehow manages to stand out against the crowd, bringing a jumpy, charismatic mood that cannot be beat.

The song ‘This Too Shall Pass’ has a slightly uneven but greatly appealing vibe, and gives one the urge to dance out of time just for kicks. Here I thought we’d only be lucky enough to get one music video for the song, but Ok-Go (as usual) is going above and beyond, created a second version to accompany the first.

Their music videos are never short of psychidelic (nor are their songs, actually). The video for their song ‘WTF?’ definitely earned its name in my book, with its constant delayed motion painting over the entire screen. But there was a time these guys didn’t have access to trippy or impressive effects for their videos, yet they succeeded in bashing everyone’s brains in none the less. I mean, this was the indie band that inspired a revolution of music videos. Their first single, ‘Here it Goes Again’, whose video featured unique choreography of the boys all jumping from treadmill to treadmill, was no more than a wicked home-made video posted on Youtube, yet it gained the group a wild amount of coverage and publicity. Before they (or anyone else) knew it, they were at the forefront of indie culture, sparking up the ideals and musical appeal therein.

It seems the first music video for ‘This Too Shall Pass’ readily lived up to the standards of its predecessors. The trumpet-playing sacks of grass, Sergeant Pepper-style band uniforms, and the fact that it was all shot live and in one cut, all certainly carries the mark of inherent strangeness. Yet the second version definitely takes the cake (and eats it too).

Check out the RGM version of ‘This Too Shall Pass’ below.