{"id":1025,"date":"2010-11-28T00:07:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-28T00:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abandonedcouches.com\/?p=1025"},"modified":"2026-06-28T00:08:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T00:08:57","slug":"ok-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abandonedcouches.com\/?p=1025","title":{"rendered":"OK Go"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

November 2010, 40 Watt, Athens, Ga.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We all know OK Go from their videos \u2014 millions of people do \u2014 and the band seems pretty cool with that. But I couldn\u2019t help but wonder if the guys with the inventive videos could deliver in the live show (I admit I didn\u2019t have much of a chance to see them before). Safe to say, they did so in offbeat, humorous and smart ways.<\/p>\n

And the music was pretty good too.<\/p>\n

The Watt saw some 3-D action, a shitload of confetti, lots of dancing and four guys in different colored suits serving as ringleaders to it all. Propelled by the hilarious lead singer Damian Kulash (sporting the blue suit), OK Go\u2019s hour and a half, 17-song show was a delight from start to finish, highlighted by several antics to keep the audience\u2019s full attention.<\/p>\n

Opening with \u201cDo What You Want,\u201d Kulash, Tim Nordwind (bass in yellow), Andy Ross (guitar, keys in red) and Dan Konopka (drums, green), leapt off the stage with vigor, accompanied by hundreds of pieces of confetti exploding behind them. \u201cAfter White Knuckles,\u201d a song of the 2010 release Of the Blue Colour of the Sky<\/em>, Kulush came to the mic to tell the audience they will hear the song again, in the form of 3-D video. Remarking on the new wave of 3-D movies coming out at that time, Kulash said \u201cwe have as much money as Disney but aren\u2019t as fucking classless,\u201d and pointed people to the basic 3-D glasses in the back of the room.<\/p>\n

Following \u201cNeeding\/Getting,\u201d \u201cBack From Kathmandu\u201d and a rousing \u201cInvincible,\u201d a table of bells was brought to the stage. \u201cFor this song we will only use God\u2019s instruments,\u201d Kulash said, while the four circled the table and proceeded to play \u201cReturn\u201d as the crowd quieted to hear the song\u2019s full effect. Kulash noted how he was prepared for the \u201chippie town\u201d that is Athens, then moved to the center of the audience with a guitar and mic for a \u2018Kumbaya\u2019 song, which in this case was \u201cLast Leaf,\u201d also off of Blue Colour<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Following the 3-D video of leaping dogs, the band ripped into \u201cHere It Goes Again,\u201d \u201cA Good Idea At the Time\u201d and \u201cI Want You So Bad I Can\u2019t Breathe\u201d. The pace of the show slowed with a somnambulant \u201cSkyscrapers,\u201d before picking back up with \u201cA Million Ways and Get Over It\u201d to end the set.<\/p>\n

The encore was flush with LED suits, laser-streaming guitars with furry side panels, and yes more confetti. After \u201cWTF?\u201d and \u201cIn The Glass,\u201d Kulash asked for some audience participation, with Nordwind critiquing how the audience did. After the crowd\u2019s first singing of the words \u201cLet It Go, This Too Shall Pass,\u201d Kulash thought the crowd was a bunch of pussies, while Nordwind didn\u2019t realize they were suddenly in Atlanta. After a second and third try, the band was happy with the results, ripping through \u201cThis Too Shall Pass\u201d to end the night of frivolity.<\/p>\n

All in all, an entertaining show from the Chicago guys. They are as good live as video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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