So I’ve seen this commercial a lot lately and everytime I think that it sounds like such an amazing song. So I looked it up and found a copy of it, and it is a good song. So here you have it. The Dentyne Ice commercial featuring this band I had never heard of: Ben’s Brother.
I checked out their myspace and their other songs were decent, but not as good as this one. Luckily this is their “new mix” so hopefully they are evolving into this new sound.
EDIT : This file will now work with Windows Media Player. I know many of you were having issues getting the file to play using this atrocious media player, but now those should be sorted out. Enjoy the music and if there’s ever a problem feel free to leave a comment.
I saw OK GO play the other night at Butler and it was completely worth it.
Using a friends student discount, the night only cost 9.00.
They had a screen set up behind them which they utilized amazingly. Every song either had a guy in the wallpaper costume dancing behind them, things blowing up in reverse (these two were not the music videos. It was almost like they took a scene of a music video and instead played that one scene the whole time), or just some stop motion mannequins changing clothes. Every third song or so they would then switch to the cameras that they had mounted on all their equipment around the stage. All in all, I can’t think of a better way to use a screen behind the band.
They played almost all of of the songs off of Oh No and, in the middle of the performance, grabbed acoustic guitars and a small bell set and moved to the small stage, in front of the main stage. They told us that they wanted to play the whole concert there but pointed out that none of the lights were set up for that stage. So they invited the crowd to join them and handed out flash lights to the audience so they could play an amazing, acoustic version of A Million Ways. That song alone would be worth the 9.00 ticket.
Quick overview of awesome: Damian climbed up to the first balcony on the metal bars used to mount lights on the side of the stage and bent it when he jumped off. He also ran threw about 15 rows, standing on the arm rests. The show was really high energy and amazingly fun. If you have the option to go see them in concert, it is highly recommended by me. The band also had 2 choreographed jumps, where they all jumped at the moment the music stopped and landed at the same time to begin playing again. It was beautiful.
I wish that I had recorded them playing A Million Ways acoustic, but alass, I didn’t. So I’ll leave you with the album version, which is still very good and may be my favorite Ok Go song.
I’m Josh. And I’m here to save this blog from the bad music that exemplifies today’s pop culture. (ie. Gossip Girl) So, on to the real music.
I got out of my Calculus class today and was totally drained.
(Lack of sleep) x (Reviewing my high school calculus class) = (A bad mood)
So I walk towards the door and turn my iPod on.
Cloud Control begins playing “Your 8th Birthday” right into my ears.
The guy in front of me holds the door open, just for me.
I walk around a couple, deeply in love,
dreading the fact they have to go to different classes,
unable to let go of each other’s hands.
I can’t help but smiling the whole way back to my place.
The world is beautiful. Don’t be confused by Gossip Girl and their pitiful music.
Sorry for the lack of information about the band. It’s late and I’m looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow.
