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Devo - punk way ahead of its time

SweetAndLowSweetAndLow Posts: 178
edited March 2013 in Other Music
If all you know Devo for is the big hit "Whip It", do yourself a favor and get your head out of the sand. What. a. fucking. brilliant. punk. band!
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  • DavieBDavieB Posts: 222
    I am incredibly tempted by "Something For Everybody" (out Monday here in the UK), but unfortunately, June is a busy month for new releases so I have to be selective (Also out Monday - Crowded House "Intriguer", and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers "Mojo").

    I'll no doubt end up getting it at some point next week and going broke, starving until pay-day. From what I've heard (there's a few tracks streaming around the Internet) it sounds really great, exciting music, and a fun album for summer. It's killing me convincing myself not to just go and buy it! :(
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,884
    Jocko Homo is my favorite Devo song. Really fun tune. I'd like to see these guys live. I bet it's a trip.
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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    SweetAndLow wrote:
    If all you know Devo for is the big hit "Whip It", do yourself a favor and get your head out of the sand. What. a. fucking. brilliant. punk. band!
    ...
    Uncontrollable Urge, Mongoloid, Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy, Be Stiff, Social Fool, Soo Bawl, Space Junk, Jock Homo, Clockout, Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA, Pink Pussycat, Secret Agent Man, Come Back Jonee, Gates Of Steel... all light years better then Whip It.
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  • SweetAndLowSweetAndLow Posts: 178
    Yes, Cosmo! And more coherent than a lot of other punk that came out. I love their presence and showmanship, too. So fucking punk. As Cobain once said: "Of all the bands who came from the underground and actually made it in the mainstream, Devo is the most challenging and subversive of all."
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    Jocko Homo is my favorite Devo song. Really fun tune. I'd like to see these guys live. I bet it's a trip.
    The version from their live album is awesome.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    DEVO kicks ass
  • CobCob Posts: 857
    I LOVE DEVO and they were one of my favorite bands growing up, however I consider them more New Wave than Punk.
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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Cob wrote:
    I LOVE DEVO and they were one of my favorite bands growing up, however I consider them more New Wave than Punk.

    Agreed
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