ok go

so i know that ok go and their music videos are probably familiar to everyone by now. but a few days ago, tommy sat me down to show me this video his mom had told him about (she's pretty trendy to know about these things) . . .



and about halfway through i realized it was OK GO!

and i realized why the video was so cool.

and it threw me back to my summer in ithaca in 2005 when i discovered ok go the first time. i spent almost a month there doing this cornell-summer-high school thing and staying with annie and wes. (it was the best, by the way, annie, if you're reading this.) coincidentally enough, alec was there that summer too, and he introduced me to this music video (he was always the one to give me music ideas throughout high school). i spent pretty much the whole four weeks watching this video over and over again and listening to brand new's the quiet things that no one ever knows. and when i keep saying "this" video i do mean THIS video:



i mean, seriously? how cool is the slow-motion fight moment? and how many takes do you think it took to do that all in one shot with no mistakes?

i really thought a lot about that when i was seventeen and loving this video. i loved it so much i bought two of ok go's cds and then i realized i only liked their videos, and not really their music. but i can still watch that dance video over and over again and still walk away impressed.

anyways, just thought i'd lighten up your first day of march for ya.