Talk:OK Go
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[edit] Hinder
I don't have much information, but I believe we should include the fact that Hinder referred to Ok Go as "pussies". MafiaCapo 02:57, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Record label type interest
Ezenden removed the Record label type, claiming it was no needed, I will revert this as it clearly is in the interest of many readers if the artist is on a major or independent label. Even MySpace owned by Fox declares the label type. Is MySpace to be more informative than the Wikipedia? I think not. Any thoughts? Add them here. Wikipedia is democratic! -VirianFlux
[edit] Too artsy?
you might want to talk about their first cd they planned on making that they got rid of because they were afraid people would think they were being too artsy, i think its name is "apprendices"
[edit] Pre OK Go Band History
Singer Damian Kulash, bassist Tim Nordwind, and original guitarist Andy Duncan became friends in junior high, when they all attended the same camp. They had always talked of forming a band, but were not afforded the opporutnity to do so until after college. Before college, Kulash was in a local D.C. band called Load, and started the very small Level Records label.
While in college at Brown University in Providence, RI, Kulash played in at least three bands - A La Playa, Calixto Chinchilla, and Square. He released three CDs his senior year: an album of experimental Elvis covers (for his senior project), an eponymously-titled 5 song EP from his electronic pop band Square (tastefully packaged between two metal disks held together by a large bolt), and Appendices, a collection of more than a dozen miscellaneous recordings from his time in college, including solo songs, collaborations with friends, class projects, studio experiments (Damian was famous for charming people out of their studio time), and recordings from previous bands. Included on this CD are the original recording of "Bye Bye Baby," which was later re-recorded for OK Go's debut record, and 4 songs from a never-finished EP for his Pixies-meets-Shudder to Think punk band A La Playa.
While in Kulash was in Providence, Duncan and Nordwind were at school in Chicago. Duncan attended Northwestern, and Nordwind went to DePaul, where he studied theater. The two formed a popular local Chicago band, Stanley's Joyful Noise, with drummer Dan Konopka.
After Kulash graduated from Brown in 1998, he moved to Chicago. There, he joined up with his friends in Stanley's Joyful Noise. The group renamed itself OK Go, with Kulash now acting as frontperson.
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- I'll add this to the article. Skittlesjc 15:12, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Media/Marketing
And now OK Go is in a JCPenney commercial. Does this fit in the article somewhere? Jimcripps 01:16, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
OK Go played at the Chicago Auto Show, Pontiac Stage,[1] and has their song "Do What You Want" featured in a Pontiac commercial, and Pontiac Racing website.[2] Jimcripps 20:22, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Adding on to this, 'Here It Goes Again' is being used in a Nike commercial for television. I just caught the end of the commercial with the logo, but the music was unmistakable. (Apparently, using an iPod and a particular shoe, you can listen to stats about your walking/jogging/running, and then download them at home, with the help of software and iPod.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEs8NIRRyYc Jimcripps 19:03, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Music Video
From the article:
Its popularity was due in large part to its video, which proved to be a viral internet sensation in the fall of 2005. The ultra-low budget, one-take video featured the band in their back yard performing a dance choreographed by lead singer Kulash's sister, Trish Sie. Using a camera borrowed from a friend, the video was produced for under ten dollars and released without the knowledge or consent of their label, Capitol Records. This low cost video follows similar fashion as in Fatboy Slim's Praise You video, directed by Spike Jonze. By November 2005, the video had become the most downloaded music video ever with over 3 million downloads.
That last part is a little ambiguous. Are they saying the OK Go video was the most downloaded ever, or the Fatboy Slim video? Vicious Blayd 22:20, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] External links
What do you think about adding external links to interviews with the band? ```` —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 38.99.162.187 (talk) 16:31, 5 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Cinnamon Lips
Did Damian Kulash do the vocals for "C-C-C-Cinnamon Lips"? It doesn't sound like him. Skittlesjc 15:08, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism
Someone really screwed this article up. I don't know how it was beforehand, but it needs to be fixed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Klazmar (talk • contribs).
- It's been vandalized and reverted a couple of times today. You, too, can clean up vandalism. --Dhartung | Talk 04:48, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Dress Pants
"dress pants (called smart trousers outside of the United States)" I've never heard the phrase "smart trousers", and I'm from New Zealand and currently living in Germany. kabl00ey 12:51, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] "MTV had rejected the idea for a music video for the song"???
How does MTV have any say in this? Shouldn't it be the record label? I really don't think MTV has a whole lot of say in anything music video-related. Do they even play videos anymore?--Fightingirish 17:46, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- According to the USAToday article it was intended from the beginning to try to have a viral success similar to the "A Million Ways" video. -- Dhartung | Talk 18:37, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Singles Chart
Hiya. Somebody did something to place the singles chart at the bottom of the page. I tried to fix it but all that did was also put the album chart down there too. Can some one...more experienced put this back? I'm unable to without reverting it back to a page from a few months ago. Thanks. Doc Strange 11:42, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Basically, someone tried to add an EP listing to the Singles, and overwrote the |} close table syntax. I fixed the syntax, and moved the EP up with the rest of the LPs and EPs. WP:MUSTARD used to specify that they were to be treated as albums, but I guess that's been dropped, which is nuts because the music industry does not track them as singles. --Dhartung | Talk 23:18, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
