DEVO on french TV - june 1980 - Girl U Want - 

“Can we play it live?” “No.” “Fine froggy, I’ll sing it into an ice cream cone.”

The French are just as mesmerized by Devo as I would if I saw them playing a spot on performance in the middle of a town!

My god, this reminds me of something I would see on Fridays.… And just like in America no one knew what they were seeing.… No big deal I just am so glad that I got to see Devo do their thing in the day I enjoyed the music till this day.… I consider myself to be extremely fortunate

Murray Manchanthasouk Translation: "What are these flowerpots?" "These are no flowerpots! This is DEVO, one of the best bands in the world! Come on, ask them to sing a song!"

The cinematography is excellent. Why wasn't THIS the music video for "Girl U Want"?

The French people sit transfixed, thinking that they are watching a sub-species of mimes.

How in the world do 4 dudes from Ohio make do many fantastic decisions? This stuff is timeless.

OMG! This is the best thing I've ever seen! Mark singing into an ice cream, Bob1 flipping off the camera... this is absolutely amazing. I must use some of this in the Devo video I'm making.

I saw on TV this back then. My introduction to Devo.

才能の圧力が今でも。2024年でもまだ。DEVO最強。

Devo blew so many minds that day

Alan myers is "playing" a couple electro harmonix space drum

Brilliant, absolutely BRILLIANT! ! ! ! !

The French Ginger guy looks kinda like Booji Boy😂

Thank you so much for posting this! I thought I saw everything Devo did and this blew me away… I love this band and I love Bob’s perfect bird at the end of the guitar solo….Oui!!

Absolutely awesome album

2:24 he gives us the finger LMAO

Ah, le Collaroshow, Martin Lamotte, Bernard Hommel ... 😋😃 Cette scène avec Devo est tournée rue des Alouettes, en face de l'immeuble de la SFP aujourd'hui détruit.

Après son solo de guitare Bob envoie un doigt d'honneur à la caméra 🤣

Remember Disco, which I love, was still around at this time! Almost 40 years ago!!! Space spuds have landed. 😍

That was France in the 80's. people had no idea what was going on. they look confused.

Wonderful! What a gem! It made a great music video. I especially liked how Mark walked (the Naughahyde pants don't bend very easily, I guess). Come to think of it, given the increasingly rapid pace of devolution, pretty soon all of us might wind up wearing Naughahyde pants -- or at least walk like we do.

One of my favorite Devo songs!

This is so funny. DEVO looks used to playing to confused crowds.

Absolutely fantastic

Yeeoooowww!! Great stuff, Alain! Thanks so much for posting this. I hadn't seen this until now, and it's some of the best DEVO TV I've ever seen! -Michael/Devo-Obsesso

2:23 BOB1 flips the "bird"

Wow, what a rare find!

Great shot of Alan playing drums

Great stuff. DEVO never disappoints...

thier early stuff is just the best, the dumb french guy yelling out window : show some manners im having a conference here, haha epic. he doesn't understand what he just heard how good it is, even 50 years later, still rocking, I just saw thier final last show they will ever play at utube theater In inglewood, calif, that guy in the window is long gone. their music will last longer then all of us will live because its just so great.

The energy cones!

bob casale! an under rated true talent on many levels

They were such brilliant performance artists aside from being great visionary musicians

I like Bob 1 wearing his dome at that jaunty angle.

So I didn't imagine bob's middle finger during the close-up, then??

Still sounds great after 30 odd years 😊

Seeing DEVO in Chicago during a teenage acid trip changed my life

Never saw this vid before tonight! Ka-POW!!! Even better than I knew it would be!

The French were not ready for DEVO yet😂 They were ahead of their time❤️❤️❤️

Devo c’est tres merveilleux

Where has this video been all my life def deep catalog DEVO

Tres magnifique! Merci beaucoup, Alain.

The video here is GIRL U WANT. A track that toys with the advertising campaigns that depict must-have buys, framed by the words ‘WANT IT’ with the question mark deliberately left out. Jerry Casale elaborated on the song: "It's about the essence of desire - what does the girl really represent for the guy? She represents this aching desire. She's the object that motivates the guy to do everything he does, so we're just describing the attributes of the power of the female. She sings from somewhere you can't see, like the famous myth of the sirens that used to lure the sailors to their deaths by singing to them in the night and they'd go try to find these girls that didn't really exist, and the boat would crash on the rocks and they'd die. It's the girl playing with the guy on the end of the string."

alain!!! thank you, what a GREAT share. peace to you kind Spud.

Devo les gens! So funny, this performance was filmed for this popular/franchouillard program of the 70 & 80s which in those days was the equivalent of the Benny Hill show for France on tv. The song itself is so simple and catchy that they just couldn't help but find it entertaining and maybe pas trop à chier ^^

Ce groupe c était vraiment nouveau mais tellement bien

Thankx for this upload LONG time spud , Spudboy , sPuD Rude Boy . I had not seen this . I day This is the Girl U want , The Street crowd audience , I WANT that 2 scoop Ice cream Cone covoured in CHERRY hard shell MIC

Awesomenesss

HEY ALAIN!!!!! Woooo hooooo! DEVO curls my toes.......meow😻

Devo broadcasted in french TV show for kids... I also discovered on RU-vid a Dr Feelgood performance in french school yard in the 70's... Same audience reaction : Where are those aliens coming from ? :)) J'aurais voulu être là...

"allez tu payes ta canette ! No! Pay us!" Super vidéo, merci!

love it! merci!

they came from the future...amazing

I would bet many franks that Daft Punk found some inspiration from this song from the boys from Ohio. Both legendary bands BTW.

Que maestros!! Con la sátira como. Estandarte

très bien!

and that was a real icecream

I was skinny in 1980 too.

fantastico

Ooooooooooohhhhh, je l'ai cherché celui là avec le "No Payai!" que je sors tout le temps quand je veux pas faire un truc, oh que c'est bon !!!

The fellow in the striped shirt....France has it's own Booji Boy!

Here in 2024 and still in love with Bob 1 2:24

That mics not even plugged in 🤔

OUI!

Please read the 33 1/3 book series of Freedom of Choice. I would gladly pay admission for a biopic of DEVO's european tour film.

Excellent ! Quand les français lambda se demandent qu'est ce que c'est que ce groupe barré ! Devo n'a jamais eu le prestige qu'ils méritaient en France, c'est triste...

Those French people sure know how to dance.

COOL George Harrison White Album photo pic t-shirt there on one of the lucky spuds assembled for the performance!..

Hahaha awesome!!

💓🍦💓

# 1 in the French singles chart

Iv been into Gary long before his hit song CARS Best album :The Pleasure Principal, especially the song Down In The Park

Je veux en glace maintenant 😂

My eyes enjoyed the video. Does anyone know the make and model of that guitar?

Yeah but at least the French got DEVO curbside and applause!

"C'est fini c'bordel !!!"

nous sommes tous DEVO...

THE BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST !!!!!

awesome!

1:05 Energy Dome bump!

dingue !

Love it, but it's not live.

moi, je fini mes solos de guitare avec un oiseau aussi

Sólo en cassettes!!

Hé ! C'est pas fini ce bordel !...

👍

great

Shape of new Louvre and the Energy Domes?

Concert à Emporter ! un vrai

Never seen Bob play an Iceman before. Wonder why he didn't keep it, it's slick.

Did anyone else think the guy in the zebra shirt looked a little like Booji Boy? Especially at the end of the video.

I miss Bob 2.

Why would they gather a whole bunch of French people, that are either too old, or too young for Devo’s demographics. The people are looking at them, like they are from Mars (no pun intended)

is he eating some kind of gelato is it berry and banana or

just a studio recording

This goes extra hard at 1.25x

Devo go to France, and theyre MORE American. The greatest lads

Can anybody translate the French speaking dialogue for me.

2:24 : Geste offensant non censuré.