This one's coming to you a bit late. Something just said DEVO to me earlier today. Another band whose music was often written off due to a gimmicky approach, DEVO was truly unique in both sound and style.
The song I really wanted to post does not allow embedding, but here's the url:
Jocko Homo by DEVO
Check it out. Somewhat disturbing and altogether enthralling.
Here's another classic DEVO song, Uncontrollable Urge live from the movie Urgh! A Music War:
Have a great weekend!
~Sham, Quixotic Referee
Good stuff! I always liked the song, Mongoloid!
ReplyDeleteYep. Mongoloid is definitely one of my favorite DEVO songs. There's a decent Mongoloid Youtube video, but I felt Uncontrollable Urge served the purpose of showing that DEVO could rock out a little better.
ReplyDeleteI saw Urgh! in Hollywood when it came out in my punk rock days as a teen. Me and a few buddies got shit-faced on Mickey's Bigmouth and went in pretty rowdy. It was such a rowdy crowd altogether it felt like a live show.
ReplyDeleteDevo still holds up. Got a complete collection on my Ipods. Great hooks and beats, and the cheesy robotic retro-future feeling still might fit the future.
My fave is their version of "Working in the Coalmine," I think one of only a couple of cover songs they did. It was unavailable for years, I believe, until they finally released the Heavy Metal movie Soundtrack. Bitchin'.
"Duty Now For The Future!!!"
Devo was the first band I ever saw in concert, back in 1981 when I was a wee 13 years old. I still have all my Devo LPs and to this day, I have not met another Devo fan face-to-face. Shame, because they really were a terribly underated band. I guess people just didn't get it.
ReplyDeleteI saw a lot of live acts of the time (Oingo Boingo, Adam Ant, Sparks, The Clash, Black Flag, Cindy Lauper, The Go Gos, etc etc) I would have loved to have seen Devo. Who knows, perhaps they will tour again.
ReplyDeleteI don't think they got underrated though. They were especially huge around the time that Whip It came out. Bring up Devo to any random person who is around 40-50 years old, and you will find there are a lot of Devo fans still lurking inside people.
DEVO! Yes! Probably one of my top three bands of all time.
ReplyDeleteSeeing the video for "Whip It" when I was 14 changed my life.
I particularly like their earlier stuff. Have you heard either of their "Hardcore" CD collections?
I bought "Urgh ,a music war" ages ago on VHS and played it to death. Lots of great music on that, thanks for posting the DEVO song
ReplyDeleteI had Q: Are We Not Men, A: We Are DEVO on 8-track and played the thing to death. Later I picked up the vinyl. I think I still have that, I'll have to check. Pretty much everything on that debut is ingrained in my memory.
ReplyDeleteI don't think DEVO ever received the acclaim they deserved. Mothersbaugh is a genius.