Category Archives: Music

Living Legend

BBC Radio 4: Mastertapes special: Paul McCartney. “In this filmed version of Mastertapes, Paul McCartney talks to John Wilson about his career and answers questions from the audience at Maida Vale studios.” (Video, 46 minutes, 24 May 2016)

In case you prefer the audio version without video, it’s available here.

Behind the scenes

I posted about OK Go‘s recent video Upside Down & Inside Out a few weeks ago, but today I re-read the MetaFilter thread and discovered the Upside Down & Inside Out FAQ and credits for the video. I like their explanation of weightlessness on a parabolic flight, which is better than what one finds in most textbooks.

I also enjoyed OK Go Singer Passes Out During Music Video Shoot. See The Footage on Guff even though the title is a bit over the top. Scroll all the way down for the eight-minute video of the last day of shooting.

Music Video

Upside Down & Inside Out by OK Go has to be one of the coolest and most impressively made music videos this geek has ever seen. Check it out!

I heard of the band and their impressive videos before when a colleague recommended This Too Shall Pass (Rube Goldberg machine). It’s blocked in Germany because of GEMA issues, but should be viewable elsewhere.

Ok Go – Needing/Getting (This American Life – The Invisible Made Visible). The corresponding This American Life show is Live at BAM, the radio version is Invisible Made Visible (episode 464).