THE VIDEO SHELF · music video
OK Go - Needing/Getting - Official Video
OK Go's music video for Needing/Getting, shot in the desert with a Chevy Sonic fitted with pneumatic arms that play over a thousand instruments across two miles.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as an example of inventive, physical-effects music video making, with the car as an instrument.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- OK Go
- Topic
- music video
- Format
- music
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
Ah, these are the guys who did "This Too Shall Pass"? I've been trying to work out who did this song - it's been infuriating me for ages! Incidentally, you really aught to see how they make music with a car... [VIDEO]
chris_wot on Hacker News · 2013-06
In Seriously.jsA number of their music videos are quite creative: * in a zero-G plane: [LINK] * one-take (?) on electric unicycles: [LINK] * 4.2s real-time scene with the footage slowed down to 4 minutes: [LINK] * Chevrolet-sponsored video where they use a moving car as …
throw0101c on Hacker News · 2026-05
In The Greatest Shot in Television: James Burke Had One Chance to Nail This Scene
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.
