Amazing music video

[pegkerr]

You've probably seen this on your friends page already. Tough. My life has been blowing up lately, so I'm late to the party, and I'm showing it again. Astounding.

When you're dancing with an enormous machine, it's even more important to get the timing correct, down to the microsecond.

For its latest video, released on YouTube Monday night, pop band OK Go recruited a gang of very talented engineers to build a huge, elaborate Rube Goldberg machine whose action perfectly meshes with the band's song, "This Too Shall Pass," from the band's new album, "Of the Blue Color of the Sky."

For nearly four minutes -- captured in a single, unbroken camera shot -- the machine rolls metal balls down tracks, swings sledgehammers, pours water, unfurls flags and drops a flock of umbrellas from the second story, all perfectly synchronized with the song.

A few gasp-inducing, grin-producing moments, when the machine's action lines up so perfectly, you can only shake your head in admiration at the creativity and precision of the builders.

Thanks to madlori for the link.

OK Go - This Too Shall Pass

There are a series of videos over on the sidebar at Youtube, explaining how the video was made. Also an article here.