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| From | mkropp@comcast.net |
| Subject | Re: Here It Goes Again |
| Date | Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:25:34 +0000 |
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I like OK Go alot. And these videos they've been making are great.
The one for "A Million Ways" is a riot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbdbVhBGETQ
I saw them open for Fountains of Wayne a few years ago in a Philly club and thought they were really good.
I picked up the Locksley EP based on some raves here on Audities, and was struck by how the 2nd song (name escapes me right now) is a dead ringer for OK Go. (and don't get me wrong, I like the Locksley disc).
-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sager, Greg"
> > One of the things that amuses me the most about both videos is that
> > the
> > bandmember lip-synching the words for both songs is *not* Kulash,
> > the
> > guy who actually sings them. Kulash is the tall, skinny one in the
> > red
> > pants in the "Here It Goes Again" video. The lip-syncher is bassist
> > Mike
> > Nordwind. I don't know if this is some sort of inside joke on the
> > part
> > of the band, or a knowing nod to what I call the Ringo Principle,
> > but it
> > makes both videos even more entertaining.
>
> I think his name is actually Tim Nordwind. I think there's another
> principle at work as well: the couple of times I've seen OK Go live
> (my wife has been a big fan ever since the days when they were sort of
> the house band for the radio show This American Life), Tim has been
> the one who supplies most of the stage banter. (Similarly, James is
> the leader and singer in the Shins, but Marty is the one who actually
> engages the audience between songs.) I think Tim's just the most
> natural showman of the group, and therefore was the one least afraid
> to do the kinda dorky lip-synching.
>
> Anyone else think Tim's a dead ringer for Rusty Venture?
>
> S
>
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