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I decided to have an OK Go themed drive to school. In the middle of horribly belting out "You're So Damn Hot" I realized I'm actually seeing them live and I nearly started crying. I can't believe I'm going, I'm ecstactic!
I decided to have an OK Go themed drive to school. In the middle of horribly belting out "You're So Damn Hot" I realized I'm actually seeing them live and I nearly started crying. I can't believe I'm going, I'm ecstactic!
Haha, that's kinda what I did when I started actually thinking about it. I was like, OH MY GOSH! I'm actually gonna be seeing them LIVE in a week and I started squeeling and freaking out everyone around me, lol
And I'm gonna post it here should it one day be lost in the ether. It's a tad long, but very well written.
At a glance, OK Go’s dancy powerpop is nonsensical. With songs like “C-C-C-Cinnamon Lips” and “Crash the Party,” it is easy to arrive at this conclusion, but their catchy guitar licks, falsetto vocals and driving rhythms create upbeat tunes that are hard to resist. Their music is fun, playful and, according to Pop Matters, full of a “youthful exuberance tempered with rock smarts, [and] unpretentiously nice melodic tunes that seem a musical cut above the [rest].”
OK Go has gained much of their momentum from music videos, one homemade production at a time. And two videos were all it took to drive the band’s music to international recognition. Their less-than-$10-budget videos for “A Million Ways” and “Here It Goes Again” became the most downloaded video of all time and won a Grammy in 2007, respectively.
OK Go strives to create an end result of smart rock that rejects over-your-head intelligence to achieve its goal. On the other hand, they don’t focus solely on c-c-c-cinnamon lips and crashing the party to have a good time, either. In “House Wins” from their most recent release Oh No, lead vocalist Damian Kulash sings, Noting contradictions between actions and motives leads to gentle, humble questioning in another lyric: The last thought-provoking song we will comment on is “Let it Rain,” in which revelry rooted in self-preservation is portrayed as bittersweet and ultimately destructive: True, OK Go describe their music as a reaction against genres heaped in deep nuances, and we respect that. In the case of OK Go, the band’s equilibrium is significant; we think that both the good times and the reflective undertones in the music are worth it.
Article about Tim, new album, the show, and Kalamazoo
"We don't do (choreographed dancing) as much anymore 'cause it is kind of expected, so it's not quite as pleasing, or it's not as much of a thrill. But we sort of try to incorporate other things that aren't what you'd see every night, or not what you'd expect at a normal rock show." - Tim
Man, I'm never gonna see them do the backyard dance. *mumbles incoherently*
Nice picture of Tim and Damian.
I'm aiming for 5pm, which means leaving my house about noon. Yeah, construction on the Edens (expressway between my house and Downtown) is going to make me go crazy. And thanks to the time difference, even though it looks like I'll be travelling for five hours, it'll really only be about 4, well, depending on how bad the Edens is it should be just under 4.
And I'm bringing a bag of bliss and pixie sticks. I know I'll need the sugar after all that driving.
Are you staying somewhere tomorrow night, Becky? If you are we should maybe pop into an iHop or something and get mid-night breakfast! Haha yea I don't know...breakfast just sounds really good right now. But if you have to hit the road then maybe we can go somewhere that's a little faster
I want to be in front, but my friend doesn't really want to wait for more than 2 hours.
(I love you guys anyway)
i will just say this right now...
i'm a smitten kitten.
much more to come tomorrow... becky is stranded in g.rap b/c her car pooped out on her
p.s the show was AMAZING!!!
Last night was PERFECT.
Katie did you get my text? I was there in spirit with you, love!!
Can't wait to hear everything!!