OK Go

So first and foremost I'm a film and tv guy. I do love a good book and a good song, but they just don't take precedence. Especially music. In the car I listen to NPR and when I'm on public transit I'll crack open a book. This leaves very little time for music so it's no surprise I have no clue what all the kids are listening to. Which is totally cool with me because the kids are mostly dumb goofballs who probably listen to Jessica Simpson and Paris Hilton and other crap. I mean the children are the future. Okay, since I know very little about the current music scene there's really no way I'm aware of the musicians that are actually churning out decent music. Unless of course I'm introduced to this good music through NPR or a film or tv. A couple years back, NPR introduced me to HEM. If you haven't heard their enchanting folk-lullabies, you are missing out.

Anyway, this brings me to a recent episode of the omniscient "The Colbert Report". (Yes, I'm british or whoever are the people who place periods outside of quotation marks when the sentence doesn't include quoting someone.) Earlier this week one of the bandmembers from OK Go came on "The Colbert Report" and discussed their elegant, beautific, and graceful dance videos. These YouTube vids are extremely popular and you'll see why. Plus the songs are pretty rad. (Yes, I'm a brit from the '80s.) So this is how I found out about some great new music.

OK Go - Treadmill vid - "Here It Goes Again"

OK Go - Dancing in the backyard vid - "A Million Ways"

PS - the videos are choreographed by the lanky guy's sister