ROSSinDETROIT wrote:

Just hearing it I thought it was some new Beck song.  Singer's more "breathier" but similar vibe to me.

Yay, OK Go! Wish I'd hear more of them on RP.

Fun!

The car on the cover looks like a Volvo 740 ca 1988.  I had one of those.  Great car.

Good song, too.  This is a good choice in a set with Beck in it.

timc wrote: I thought regardless of style, that if it can be misinterpreted without an apostrophe then you give it one i.e., A's (so it won't be read "as") so CDs...doesn't really need one?

timc wrote: Bah, I say. Silly NYT. I always figured I did CDs, DVDs, etc. because I'm used to CamelCase for programming.

HAHA! Great Song.

reedifus wrote: The plural should read "CD's". With an apostrophe (NY Times Style).

reedifus wrote: You're smart. I bet you got lots of As in school.

"With regard to my newborn arachnid kids," - it's not often you hear a line like that in a song, right enough. Curiously likeable and off the wall - even reading the lyrics I can't quite figure out what they're on about, but they're fun anyhoo. An eight.

I like it for some strange reason. Normally, this would be appaling...

Can't understand all the dissing of this tune. Very catchy and great use of studio sound trickery.

Hmm, never connected this song with "Here it Goes Again" as being the same band. Neither are my favorite, but I enjoy hearing them on occasion. A 6 or 7.

what is this? nothing!

pdhski wrote:Coming from a migraine world....I turned it up to really listen...cause I can totally relate to these guys. I must be on the same wavelength as they because I heard nothing but resonance. Not my favorite version though.

I'm either not a fan, or I'm not in the mood.

I was thinking 5, and then the sonic dissonance started. Points keep dropping...

Bizzarefall wrote: He could also wear a tight motor helmet, that should keep his skull from exploding. Of course the visor should be kept closed.

Great to see OK GO on RP. I must say there are better tracks than this on the first album but its great they are getting some exposure at last.

sanch0 wrote: This is the EP version.

This sounds like a different mix than I remember from the album. Much more high-end EQ or the electronic samples are mixed higher. Sounds really good on the album, not so much here.

reedifus wrote: I have an assignemnt due in a couple of days, will you check my formatting for me? :) BTW the more I hear this the more I like-y

reedifus wrote: Heh. True. That one drives me crazy. Been reading "Eats, shoots, and leaves"? Or just generally particular?

hcaudill wrote: The plural should read CDs. No apostrophe. (AP Style)

yep, their videos are great: https://www.okgo.net/video.asp

What a bunch of wusses. that bell timbre was ultimately cool. plutodazed wrote:

This simply irritates me. Something to not listen to.

Essbee wrote: I dont know, maybe turn down your treble.. I love the crunchy bassline...

Essbee wrote: I was going to post the same thing, but those sounds incapacitated me. I have now built up some resistance. But I feel a migraine coming on.

I'm giving this a 7 and I can't even say why. I think they hypnotized me.

Annabelle919 wrote: I think this is the version that they offered for download off their website a while ago.

this version is slightly different than the one on my CD

caught myself singing along so had to say

What an interesting sound'n'tune!

this is a nice track. it sticks out to me every time.

Give 'em a chance. They even support that their own music is shared on the internet! Now, how many does that and sound this good? Their album is g-reat. 7/10. edit: clicky clicky

i was lucky enough to catch them in L.A with the Redwalls in a tiny place a couple of months ago. Both bands were too good to play in such a small place. They are legit. if you have not seen their videos, you are missing out. It's the good kind of weird. Check out the Redwalls if you like original Rolling Stones blues/ rock.

Not digging it...

that sound is so annoying!!!

MojoJojo wrote: Yes MojoJojo, it's an OK Go Volvo.

Essbee wrote: The good news is: It only happens once!

Hey, isn't that a Volvo?

Essbee wrote: I endorse this product.

Essbee wrote: OK Go's reputation got some harsh treatment from lots of people after they released this album in 2003, but I think it was a solid effort, and this was definitely one of the good songs.

The weird wangy piercing electronic bell-like sound in this song rips my skull apart when it comes out of my speakers. This must stop.

hcaudill wrote: He is absolutely right. I can think of several albums that I have not bought because I found out that there is copy-protection so I can't put it on my Ipod. Plus, I avoid buying Sony BMG CDs--as I avoid any company peddling spyware.

Indeed, great song title...

very enjoyable

I first heard these guys a few years ago in concert when they opened up for TMBG. Even though they're essentially power-pop, they've got a very unique sound and are very creative. Highly recommended!

hcaudill wrote: That guy is so right. From the moment CDs started to get these crappy 'protection' schemes, I stopped buying them. I have enough useless shiny plastic discs already... The idiots at the record companies make the flawed assumption that every pirated copy of a CD would have produced profit if it had been impossible to copy the CD. The truth is that the majority of people just download music because they can, not because they want the CD. The difference between just downloading a song and buying the CD with that song, is huge. Only a very small fraction of downloaders would buy the actual CD if it were impossible to download. Mutilating the CDs with those ridiculous protection mechanisms only makes the difference between downloading and buying larger.

Here's the NYT editorial Bill mentioned just now (by the lead singer of OK Go): https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/06/opinion/06kulash.html Buy, Play, Trade, Repeat By DAMIAN KULASH Jr. Published: December 6, 2005 Los Angeles THE record company Sony BMG recently got in trouble after attempting to stem piracy by encoding its CD's with software meant to limit how many copies can be made of the discs. It turned out that the copy-protection software exposed consumers' computers to Internet viruses, forcing Sony BMG to recall the CD's. This technological disaster aside, though, Sony BMG and the other major labels need to face reality: copy-protection software is bad for everyone, consumers, musicians and labels alike. It's much better to have copies of albums on lots of iPods, even if only half of them have been paid for, than to have a few CD's sitting on a shelf and not being played. The Sony BMG debacle revealed the privacy issues and security risks tied to the spyware that many copy-protection programs install on users' computers. But even if these problems are solved, copy protection is guaranteed to fail because it's a house of cards. No matter how sophisticated the software, it takes only one person to break it, once, and the music is free to roam and multiply on the peer-to-peer file-trading networks. Meanwhile, music lovers get pushed away. Tech-savvy fans won't go to the trouble of buying a strings-attached record when they can get a better version free. Less Net-knowledgeable fans (those who don't know the simple tricks to get around the copy-protection software or don't use peer-to-peer networks) are punished by discs that often won't load onto their MP3 players (the copy-protection programs are incompatible with Apple's iPods, for example) and sometimes won't even play in their computers. Conscientious fans, who buy music legally because it's the right thing to do, just get insulted. They've made the choice not to steal their music, and the labels thank them by giving them an inferior product hampered by software that's at best a nuisance, and at worst a security threat. As for musicians, we are left to wonder how many more people could be listening to our music if it weren't such a hassle, and how many more iPods might have our albums on them if our labels hadn't sabotaged our releases with cumbersome software. The truth is that the more a record gets listened to, the more successful it is. This is not just our megalomania, it's Marketing 101: the more times a song gets played, the more of a chance it has to catch the ear of someone new. It doesn't do us much good if people buy our records and promptly shelve them; we need them to fall in love with our songs and listen to them over and over. A record that you can't transfer to your iPod is a record you're less likely to listen to, less likely to get obsessed with and less likely to tell your friends about. Luckily, my band's recently released album, "Oh No," escaped copy control, but only narrowly. When our album came out, our label's parent company, EMI, was testing protective software and thought we were a good candidate for it. Record company executives reasoned that because we appeal to college students who have the high-bandwidth connections necessary for getting access to peer-to-peer networks, we're the kind of band that gets traded instead of bought. That may be true, but we are also the sort of band that hasn't yet gotten the full attention of MTV and major commercial radio stations, so those college students are our only window onto the world. They are our best chance for success, and we desperately need them to be listening to us, talking about us, coming to our shows and yes, trading us. To be clear, I certainly don't encourage people to pirate our music. I have poured my life into my band, and after two major label records, our accountants can tell you that we're not real rock stars yet. But before a million people can buy our record, a million people have to hear our music and like it enough to go looking for it. That won't happen without a lot of people playing us for their friends, which, in turn, won't happen without a fair amount of file sharing. As it happened, for a variety of reasons, our label didn't put copy-protection software on our album. What a shame, though, that so many bands aren't as fortunate. Damian Kulash Jr. is the lead singer for OK Go.

Sounding like Beck, with a taste of Sebadoh. Works for me!

I've never heard OK Go. I think I'm liking this!

The title alone is worth a 5 ...