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jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
edited September 2009 in Other Music
Much discussion about Devo after last night's PJ performance ... so, figured I'd start a thread ...

Personally, I love a lot of their stuff .... sadly, never got to see them live (and think I'd be let down if I went to see them now).

I love seeing these old performances of them ...

Girl U Want* - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX4E5UgP6gc


probably my favorite song ....
Freedom of Choice - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SDdq59WPCI


From Letterman - 1982
That's Good - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkZwHVM64qg


The song that's causing some of the fuss ...
Gut Feeling - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qcw67KL ... re=related


... and hey, they were even animated in that cult classic movie Heavy Metal from 1981!

Through Being Cool - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PZjtiikneI



* I know Soundgarden covered Girl U Want, I thought that was awful. But, sometime in the mid 90s, a Boston band I love dearly, Buffalo Tom, covered Gril U Want live at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA ... and the place went berserk ... good times!
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    they were great on square pegs!! :mrgreen:


    devo is great...have listened to them in years but every once and while something will come up while shuffling...good stuff :D
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    jimed14 wrote:
    Much discussion about Devo after last night's PJ performance

    Why? :?:
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Byrnzie wrote:
    jimed14 wrote:
    Much discussion about Devo after last night's PJ performance

    Why? :?:

    For some reason or another, people have been saying the song last night was sort of, er, Devo-esque I guess you could say?

    I had a friend in high-school that was pretty big on them...the only kid I ever knew to have a Devo shirt, lol. Interesting fact too, Mark Mothersbaugh and I'm sure other members of the band have done a lot of musical writing for cartoons and kids television programs.

    Rugrats was a big show on Nickelodeon when I was a sprout and I rememer seeing the name on the credits...years later, it all makes sense :)
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Byrnzie wrote:
    jimed14 wrote:
    Much discussion about Devo after last night's PJ performance

    Why? :?:


    for you steve....nonsense viewtopic.php?f=4&t=100058
  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    My favorite DEVO songs are 'Gut Feeling/Slap your Mammy', 'Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA', 'Gates Of Steel', 'Mongoloid', 'Jocko Homo', 'Clockout', 'Uncontrolable Urge', 'Be Stiff' and 'Come Back Jonee'.
    They were a great band in the late 70s/early 80s and put on one of the strangest, most innovative shows of the time. And no one else could pull of such a warped cover of one of the most recognized Rock standards, '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'... except DEVO.
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  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,281
    devo is back on tour!

    OMG
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    And you can't forget Human Highway. Neil Youngs film with Devo:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BOz12CN7tM
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  • say_hisay_hi Posts: 313
    emptyglass wrote:
    devo is back on tour!

    OMG

    I got my ticket for their NYC show!! I am very excited about this! I heard that they will play Are We Not Me? We Are Devo and Freedom of Choice in their entirety.
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  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,281
    there are witches wrote:
    emptyglass wrote:
    devo is back on tour!

    OMG

    I got my ticket for their NYC show!! I am very excited about this! I heard that they will play Are We Not Me? We Are Devo and Freedom of Choice in their entirety.


    show i got a ticket for is being advertised as: are we not men? we are devo being played in its entirety. its gonna be perfectly weird

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgIihmBf ... L&index=21
  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,281
    merkinball wrote:
    And you can't forget Human Highway. Neil Youngs film with Devo:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BOz12CN7tM

    actually i have never heard about that till today...thanks!...heres the wiki quote

    Human Highway is a 1982 comedy film starring and co-directed by Neil Young under his pseudonym Bernard Shakey. Dean Stockwell co-directed the film and acted along with Russ Tamblyn, Dennis Hopper, and the post-punk and new wave band Devo. Included is an unusual collaborative performance of "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" by Devo and Neil Young with Booji Boy singing lead vocals and Young playing lead guitar.
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