Anyone who was there knows DEVO was a unbelievable band. Their live shows were incredible. They were then and still are one of a kind. AND they need to be in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
I was at one live show in the late '80s and a nude woman with a strap-on dildo walked out on stage. Still don't know if it was part of the show or a prank someone pulled on them.
@@radiopadilla yes the B52S The other Video That's Good DEVO posted by Electronictomato is inching it's Way to 1 million views Can you please watch The Video and post your favorite song by The 52s Thank You Kindly kindred spirit !
This tune is so irresistible! Why does this sound so good?! I've listened to this song at least 400 times and I'm still not tired of it! By the way, Mark Mothersbaugh's hip thrusts are AWESOME!!! Screw the haters.
You mean, screw those who see its appeal to that part of human nature that is so empirically verifiable and yet (therefore) is most intellectually resisted?
Incredible when you hear these early Devo tracks and you think its a drum machine but its not, its the human metronome, Alan Myers! RIP to Bob and Alan. Long live SPUDS and DEVO!
True. Unfortunately,none of them are actually playing the instruments in that video. No cords, and of course, Casale playing *chords* on an SH-101. Nope. :)
+MrCarl220 man he killed himself over that shit, if he only live to see the Millennium..... He paved the way for the modern "preformer". Amazing how they had so much back Lash in the 80s and now it's commonplace to lip sync. I know he was embarrassed, but he didn't deserve to die
I performed a lip-synch / dance performance to this song at a talent show when I was in 8th grade. I dressed all in black, made a set of white shoulder-pads out of poster-board, and made my own piano/keytar, complete with a leather strap and painted-on keys, out of 3/4" plywood. (It looked more like an artist's palette, but it did the job.) I got a nice ovation, and the highlight of my junior high school life was that the HOTTEST 9th grade cheerleader, Stephanie Angevine, signed my yearbook that year and complimented me on my performance. She said, "I liked your talent show thingy." As a 5 foot 1, 145 pound butterball, I thought..."I'm gonna MARRY that girl!!!"
DEVO's charisma has always been cleverly cloaked under a veneer of 'nerdism'... These guys had the world punk'd then and now. I've been binge watching footage of DEVO recently and I am convinced that aliens abducted their drummer and implanted an atomic clock in his brain. On time, every time... RIP Alan
People can say what they want about Devo but they were a huge part of the changing music scene at that time & they made a name for themselves whether people want to admit that or not...
Never has there been a band who delivered an orchestrated performance as well as Devo. They developed a theme and stuck with it all the way through. De-evolution.I bow down to the spud boys. Fantastic. In the purest sense of the word. You won't see the likes of them again. Eleven out of ten.
Great band...they were VERY cool ....the general public didn't get them, but the cool people did....everyone who knows what good music is loves devo...
The whole set-up, the thought. We think that someone of the four is going to step up to the microphone and then the fifth comes down the ladder with his own. Magic!
I'm seeing them for the very last time this Saturday night! So effing Psyched. Then New Order on Wednesday 11/15 and ECHO and the Bunnymen on 11/20. Life be good.💯
What new and old fans need to do is every so often just listen to the albums and realize how damn good the songs were . They weren't doing all the visual stuff because they were covering for a lack of writing and playing skills. It was a way to supplement it. They are a top notch rock band
Bold and broad strokes,innovation with courage and charisma, ultra hip and refreshing, a truely iconic part of music culture and history of music in general.
@@carolyndempsey7023 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XkZwHVM64qg.html That's Good DEVO posted by Electronictomato DEVO Kicking Ass On David Letterman Late Show NBC 1982 ! This video has almost 1 million views !
I watched this when it originally aired. I'm pretty sure Mark had an interview segment with Letterman. I remember Dave joking about the white shoulder piece and Mark flipped the piece upside down and said you can use it as a portable snack tray!
It's been decades my friend. Still waiting to see if the other great fave band The Cars will get inducted. Sometimes the RnR HoF is just bollocks. Never explored this side of the 80s.
Yes, this seems a very rare instance of the b'hoys performing on national teevee -- and about the only instrument that was plugged in and real was Mark's microphone. Watch Bob 2's playing and note that they rarely (if ever) used those keyboards in actual live performances. He is, as always, a good actor though. Creepy -- this was the beginning of the end for them -- but there are some interesting interviews floating around out there of this very visit to NYC. diligent spud will find 'em.
:D this is how you rock n roll "robotic style". plus I love it when they have their own choreography. Mr. Mark Mothersbaugh busting those moves! Awesome. Wish I was born in the 70's. I could have seen/heard them earlier. Long live the 80's.
REST IN PEACE TO , ALAN MYERS , AND ROBERT CASALE , BOB 2 OF DEVO , AND GODSPEED TO BOTH , AND MAY GOD BLESS DEVO , SO THE SHOW MUST GO ON , LONG LIVE DEVO INDEED , DEVO ARE THE NEXT FUTURE LEGENDS !!! THE US NEEDS , DOCTOR RON PAUL , WHO CAN WHIP AMERICA INTO SHAPE , AND THATS GOOD !!!!
I asked Mark about the origin of the band's name. Mark told me that humankind was de-evoluting and that things were going to break down. He also said to me, "If we are around thirty years from now, look me up and see if I wrong." Mark was (and remains) a prophet of sorts. Besides all that, Leonard and Sheldon like this song.
by the time I saw them, new traditionalists, l.a. forum, their show was revolutionary, in context and presentation. we've gotten old and the world is even scarier.
I so dislike those who write Devo off as a "One Hit Wonder"...they are amazing, and Mark Mothersbaugh has becoming an accomplished composer, like Danny Elfman....
This is the most innovative of Devo's garb (costumes if you will). And I would wager the raw materials for said costume could be obtained for under $30.
and the videos , That's Good DEVO , posted both by electronictomato and grapesarefun9000 has sent here , THANK GOD ! ,hopefully it will go over 1 million views and this one too ! ,question , does any DEVO fan , have where LETTERMAN is interviewing , JERRY AND MARK and then the rest of the band, ?
Wow, I don't know why the 80's are made fun of... if you had bands like this come out, it just shows the mix of art and pioneering of technologies that created our modern world. IT must have been an amazing time, when the future was finally tangible.
@redheadedgolem - well, they don't make that mistake anymore. They're playing live everywhere they go. They've got a great publicist. They've hit Colbert, Letterman, and even Regis & Kelly. I love they're still around.
true! true! I maybe a millennial but I always thought lady gaga's stuff was quite creepy. But when I stumbled upon this group I just said "woah, now that's my thing right there". How I wish I was born earlier. So ahead of my time right now. P.S. You should try listening to their pre-Devo days. They're into punk rock and stuff like that before going all synthpop. Could be fun too. :D
@MEATYOKERRable Devo is a prime example of an overlooked band from this era. To the broad public they were only known for "Whip It" (which in my mind is far from one of their betters songs) and they weren't "commercially viable" enough to become more than just a cult band. To get a clue what happened during the mid 80's listen to Dead Kennedy's "MTV-Get off the air!". Not saying all the commercial bands of the 80's were bad but a lot got way more airtime than they deserved for their talent.
When I was a kid, I watched Saturday morning cartoons. In the early 1980s, I watched MTV for these guys. Pure geek sugar! This band should do a guest appearance on The Big Bang Theory. Sheldon and company would fit in perfectly with these guys.
