8in8 perform "Because The Origami" - ReThink 2011 (HD)

8 in 8's first and only live performance of "Because The Origami"
For the best audio/video quality watch in HD.


8 in 8 are:
Ben Folds
Amanda Palmer
Neil Gaiman
Damian Kulash (of OK Go)

Ben on grand piano and vocals
Amanda on vocals



The group wrote and recorded 6 songs in 12 hours the night before in a project where they aimed to record 8 songs in 8 hours.

Listen to and Download the 8 in 8 album "Nighty Night" HERE:
http://music.amandapalmer.net/album/nighty-night

ReThink Music Conference
Berklee Performance Center
Boston, MA
April 26, 2011

Category:

Music

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• amanda palmer
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• ben folds
• neil gaiman
• damian kulash
• okgo
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• 8in8
• 8 in 8
• rethink music
• berklee
• nighty night
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• origami

[ipswich728]

Why is this funny? I mean, some things in the first verse are pretty funny, but afterwards, it's really tearjerking (or so I thought).

I cried when I heard this! lol

[SourLullabies]

@ipswich728 indeed it's a sad song, but there's comic relief in the unexpected results of each hobby

[hermionebubble]

It... really bothers me that the audience keeps laughing. This is one of the saddest songs I've ever heard.

[Eligmating]

@ipswich728 Some things are more or less like that

[RiggerMantis]

It's amazing what the right people can get accomplished in the space of 12 hours. The songs on this album are better, have more creativity and more heart than probably just about any song I've heard come from a big label.

[TimMuniz]

Agree the song did its job took an audience from laughter to melancholy in 5:00 minutes. It is things like this that music such a pure form of communication.

[Fwikin]

@ipswich728

thats exactly what i thought, i though its a really sweet song! lol

[ionamailbox]

@hermionebubble- It may seem bothersome just watching the video here but if you had been there you would have felt the whole vibe of the concert, which was playful and fun. This song was sort of outside of that vibe. The song is extremely dynamic in that it starts out funny but gets sad. Notice that as soon as the song gets serious no one laughs.

[nandafprado]

this song just gives me such strange feelings... I can't help to laught at some parts on the first verse, but then when Amanda says "if u hear this, please we love u..." omg I fall into tears ( oh my... i can´t even remember her singing and i cry). Well, i just love this song it really suprises me, just because of the feelings it brings. Thank u.

[jimbobbolooki]

@ipswich728 I think when you hear it for the first time, I can imagine that it'd be easy to think it's a silly "comedy" song during the first verse, but pretty much all of the people who are laughing at the beginning do stop eventually as they realise how sad the song really is.