OK Go – This Too Shall Pass – Rube Goldberg Machine version – Official

Posted by admin on April 12th, 2010 and filed under video clips | 25 Comments »

From the new album “Of the Blue Colour of the Sky” available at http://www.okgo.net/store
OK Go on Tour http://www.okgo.net/shows/
Directed by James Frost, OK Go and Syyn Labs. Produced by Shirley Moyers. The official video for the recorded version of “This Too Shall Pass” off of the album “Of the Blue Colour of the Sky”. The video was filmed in a two story warehouse, in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. The “machine” was designed and built by the band, along with members of Syyn Labs ( http://syynlabs.com/ ) over the course of several months.
There is an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at the warehouse here: http://www.okgo.net/this-too-shall-pass-rube-goldberg-machine/
OK Go thanks State Farm for making this video possible.

Duration : 0:3:54


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25 Responses

  1. ayrow69 Says:

    85 takes. Only …
    85 takes. Only twelve actually made it past the tire.

  2. Crusader605 Says:

    @inetusgaming Oh, …
    @inetusgaming Oh, they say it took like 40 something takes as well. My bad.

  3. Crusader605 Says:

    @inetusgaming Oh, I …
    @inetusgaming Oh, I see it. Very subtle. Still, it’s awesome

  4. inetusgaming Says:

    @Crusader605 It’s …
    @Crusader605 It’s not one take. You can see transitions. Look at the piano in the background at 2:00 and how it changed it’s place when the camera goes behind the bars.

  5. Crusader605 Says:

    @Juancanumber7 …
    @Juancanumber7 What’s awesome is the fact that the whole thing was done in one take
    Or so I’ve heard

  6. AhdDib Says:

    well, they were …
    well, they were already painted. I assume this was not their first run. very fun!

  7. captainhook666 Says:

    héhé check at 2m40 …
    héhé check at 2m40 and count how many TV are broken on back scene !
    You can probably know how many times they fail before getting the final result !

    BTW this was awesome !

  8. garybred Says:

    This just genus
    This just genus

  9. BurritoMovies Says:

    copy and paste
    2. …

    copy and paste
    2. send this to 2 other videos.
    3. hold your breath for 10 seconds
    4. press refresh twice
    3. LOOK AT YOUR HANDS 1 sec ago

  10. cardiobuck Says:

    Big budget music …
    Big budget music video producers should take note. So creative & well thought out. Content like this reminds me of how great Youtube is as vehicle for expression.

  11. 21milo21 Says:

    The best I’ve seen …
    The best I’ve seen in my life!.

  12. bebenic Says:

    @twenty3enigma,


    @twenty3enigma,

    ha! thx.

  13. 03BIGCITY Says:

    great video, too …
    great video, too bad the song sucks balls.

  14. EpicWin001 Says:

    Good video! I’d …
    Good video! I’d love to see more in the future!

  15. twenty3enigma Says:

    Could it be that …
    Could it be that you just didn’t know about it? So cheer up. You stumbled onto it 3 hours before I did.

  16. legendofscatman Says:

    @Puterpolice34 well …
    @Puterpolice34 well if u saw their suits they were painted but at the end they washed their ffaces and receted for more scenes

  17. EarnForexMoney Says:

    WOW!!? I just watch …
    WOW!!? I just watch this movie it is so awesome! I watched it online for free with my boy friend! check it out at [ hd-movieGGnet ](change GG to a dot)

  18. Banker1091 Says:

    NEED EXTRA MONEY …
    NEED EXTRA MONEY FAST one place i use is survey-alternative 300 isnt enough per week…?????????????????? any ideas

  19. waffles984 Says:

    AMAZING!!!!!!!
    AMAZING!!!!!!!

  20. Puterpolice34 Says:

    @Juancanumber7 Look …
    @Juancanumber7 Look at 2:40 in the background, see all the smashed TVs? That tells you almost how many time they had to reset up to that point. I think there are 7-8

  21. IanTweekDP Says:

    @bebenic I’m …
    @bebenic I’m wondering the same thing.

  22. 13Filmrisse Says:

    Awesome!
    Awesome!

  23. bebenic Says:

    that is …
    that is amazing!!!!!!!!!!! why did i just now watch this?

  24. freaky5805 Says:

    this was amazing.
    this was amazing.

  25. iluvmychem95 Says:

    @prodimid Why not? …
    @prodimid Why not? It’s like perfect, ecspecially for this video. It’s so random and weird! Haha

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