ok go archive at The World Forgot

I’m sorry for the long delay in this series. I was a bit caught up in the holidays, the end of the year, all of the lists I feel obligated to make, etc. But this series is back and better than ever. It seems as if the more I poke fun at the music used on Gossip Girl the better the selections have become on future episodes. So I hesitate to say anything good, at all, about the soundtrack until they incorporate some little known acts from New York into the lineup. I’m pushing for Zach Williams or Wakey!Wakey! Think about it. Wouldn’t it be great if the little Manhattanites went to a cool indie show at Rockwood or Southpaw? I think that would make an excellent date for Dan and Serena or Jenny and Nate {oh, I said it!}.

These songs appeared in the episode where it was revealed that Blair struggles from bulimia and has received counseling for this before. I’m sure Tom Cruise would’ve hated this episode, but who cares.

All the tracks in one zip file : here {link removed by request}

mp3 : Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous (feat Timbaland)
mp3 : Ok Go - Here It Goes Again
mp3 : Bonobo - Recurring
mp3 : Sebastian Tellier - La Ritournelle {link removed by request}
- buy it on iTunes and help out the indie label that promotes Mr. Tellier
- or get it direct from the label, Lucky Number Music
mp3 : Vanessa Carlton - Nolita Fairytale
mp3 : Will Dailey - Grand Opening

Enjoy the songs my friends. The ambient/insturmental track by Bonobo sounds achingly familiar but I cannot seem to place where I’ve heard this sound before. I’m thinking maybe, wait, I got it. It sounds just like Imogen Heap without vocals. Trust me, that’s what it is. The OK Go track is awesome, but who hasn’t heard it a thousand times by now? Also, the Sebastian Tellier track could easily have passed for an instrumental remix of a melodic Radiohead song. They clearly sound similar. The Nelly Furtado track is only popping because of Timbaland and the Vanessa Carlton track could be avoided. And in the end the Will Dailey track is solid but largely forgettable.

If you’d like to see all other posts in this series just click the “twf” link there in the bottom.

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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.

mp3 : Ok Go - A Million Ways

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