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OK Go - This Too Shall Pass - Rube Goldberg Machine - Official Video

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What it is

OK Go's music video for This Too Shall Pass, featuring a huge Rube Goldberg machine built in a warehouse in Los Angeles with Syyn Labs. The band interacts with the contraption in one continuous take.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as an example of ambitious, practical-effects creativity in music videos, made without CGI.

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2010, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “You should watch . You'll like it. Trust me.”

    Quirky OK Go Rube Goldberg music video the commenter promises you will like

    Intermernet, 2013-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Seriously.js”

  2. “I think it is abstract, but I like it a whole lot nonetheless.”

    Creative, cute and whimsical OK Go video

    Perceval, 2010-04 · Recommendation · in “Another lovely Google Chrome ad - Extensions”

  3. “incredible videos made without CGI”

    Incredible videos made without CGI

    derrybryson, 2011-11 · Recommendation · in “Stop motion video shot over 2 years with 288,000 jelly beans”

  4. “The Rube Goldberg machine [0] one is particularily impressive.”

    Particularly impressive Rube Goldberg machine music video by OK Go

    ymse, 2016-11 · Recommendation · in “OK Go’s video, for the song “The One Moment”, took only 4.2 seconds to film”

  5. “Still a great music video and song.”

    3-minute Rube Goldberg machine music video, with a couple of cuts

    gosub100, 2026-05 · Recommendation · in “The Greatest Shot in Television: James Burke Had One Chance to Nail This Scene”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: ok go, rube goldberg, practical effects, creativity

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