Saturday Sessions: OK Go performs "The Writing's On the Wall"

OK Go, the popular alternative rock band took the internet by storm with their clever groundbreaking videos. Jeff Glor sat down with the band to discuss their formula for coming up with their music videos, that are innovative, elaborate and unlike anything else.

[@warpatato]

Wow. What a clean and almost studio-quality performance

[@kylesullivan312]

those are called backing tracks.

[@OmriRahat]

@@kylesullivan312 NO BACKING TRACKS! This is called a talent

[@geoffreycoan]

After watching lots of ok-go videos its quite a nice change to see them singing live

[@buggiemara4902]

Sometimes you forget they can actually play their respective instruments. XD

[@gianlucatartaro1335]

I normally hate hearing songs in F Major because it just sounds simplistic and cheesy… However, this performance somehow made it sound calm and relaxing instead. Transposing a song for performance is often annoying, but this is definitely an exception.

[@davidyang1207]

cbs needs a new sound engineer. The drums through an iphonne would probably sound better than this

[@xyzeb]

song start at 2:56

[@brandaomateus2279]

Adoro esses caras!!!

[@janeamandaford4199]

Me too!

[@janeamandaford4199]

💥🌺💖 MAR👌VEL👏LOUS! 💖💐💥

[@silverysnowfox]

Damian is adorable

[@WillPriddis]

oh my god they got the label wrong :D

[@audioa41]

Dennis Rynolds?

[@BruceWayne-fe4ev]

ba55letmysoulfly THE GOLDEN GOD HIMSELF?!

[@cg4JC]

....why are there two bass players?

[@deltaco97]

Each bass has a different melodic line so it kinda makes sense. It sounds good anyway so what difference does it make? hahahaha

[@KazarothGaming]

That's how the song was composed.

[@HappySlayer81]

You serious?

[@NotDingse]

Geordi Dosher listen at 5:00

[@EatPezzzz]

There are 2 basses because there are 2 bass parts in this song. For the exact same reason a string quartet might have 2 violins or why the Allman Bros Band had 2 drummers or why most rock bands have 2 guitar players. There are times where the identical instruments are playing different parts.

[@reliktim]

Any reason why they need second bass?

[@joshpriest5301]

One bass is Used as the traditional bass while the other bass is used more of a lead,

[@NotDingse]

It’s in the Bridge at around 5:00 you can hear the two basses harmonizing

[@EatPezzzz]

There are 2 basses because there are 2 bass parts in this song. For the exact same reason a string quartet might have 2 violins or why the Allman Bros Band had 2 drummers or why most rock bands have 2 guitar players. There are times where the identical instruments are playing different parts.

[@lethaoluaao2814]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@9volt65]

Mixing skills 0/10