VIDEO: ONE SHOT GRAND RAPIDS, MI LIP DUB - WILD

[Ryan Goble]

Elizabeth Thoman hipped me to this video that Roger Ebert dubbed "the greatest music video ever made" as it is all done in a single shot with NO EDITS. It starts out a bit slow but as you realize it is one take you will be quite impressed at the choreography and the helicopter climax.


NPR has a great story about the making of the video. Some transcript:

LINDSEY SMITH: It was late in January when Newsweek published a seemingly innocuous article listing America's top ten dying cities. The list was based on total population loss and the loss of those residents younger than 18. It's really no surprise that three of those cities were in Michigan, which was hammered hard by the recession. Detroit, Flint and Grand Rapids all made the list.
So what can you do to refute that your city isn't really dying? Here's what these guys in Grand Rapids did.

Link to the full NPR story is HERE with some awful singing :)

Plus, what an interesting "protest song/video" to teach about the dialogues between social media and mainstream media.