THE CROSSED COW » OkGo http://www.thecrossedcow.com Blog from brand consultants The Partners. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:03:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Oh, ok, go! http://www.thecrossedcow.com/2010/03/03/oh-ok-go/ http://www.thecrossedcow.com/2010/03/03/oh-ok-go/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:25:17 +0000 Kevin http://www.thecrossedcow.com/?p=1926 Continue reading →]]> So I’m going to have a little rant — don’t you just hate it when you see ads that blatantly copy something from Youtube? Fine. Okay, sometimes it’s hard for everyone to come up with good ideas so you inevitably end up ‘looking’ for inspiration. The great Steve Jobs once said that; “good artists copy, great artists steal” — he copied that off of Picasso — but it just smacks of laziness to see a carbon copy of a Youtube classic made into a 30 second sting [Rant over].

This music video is such a joy to watch, taking a ‘mini-swipe’ at the ad boys. It’s by Los Angeles rock band OkGo (produced by Syyn Labs) who are famous for their cleverly choreographed music videos. The premise is nothing new, but they’ve taken it to another level in sheer scale, you can’t help but be dazzled by it.  Next, I’ll rant about T-Mobile and social media…

Click here to view the embedded video.

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