@@ffieditor Techno came out long before Devo, but Deve did have a lot of influence on many other Punk and New Wave bands that followed. Whip it was released in 1980.
You are on a roll! I am loving all the songs you’ve been reacting too!! Lou Reed, Marty Robbins, the Kinks, Devo, B-52’s !!! Keep it up , Please! Best channel on RUclips 😀
more devo! we need devo reactions. they've got like 60 bangers if you're willing to meet 'em half way, which good reactors like yourself do! it's a leap a faith each time i get it, but the best music takes you by trusting aural hand to places you may never have been. or in devo's case, directly transports you to late 70s early 80s. but fr, it's timeless high art type stuff.
They actually originally pronounced it like how she said it. They went with dee voh because that is how everyone else said it. Technically she is right
Fun song! Back in 1980 when it came out, MTV was not yet launched. (And when it did launch in 1981, my parents were too cheap to buy cable TV anyway! :-) ) So I wasn't really too familiar with this weird video. We mostly just listened to the radio. :-) I wouldn't take the video too seriously. Devo had a fun, warped sense of humor. LOL. I read that when MTV did launch in 1981, there weren't too many promotional music videos around to play, so "Whip It" got a lot of airplay on the new music channel. Back in the day, us cable-TV-free teens had to stay up until midnight on Friday nights to watch "Friday Night Videos" on NBC. There were also live bands performing on "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert," "The Midnight Special" and "Saturday Night Live" on various nights of the week.
No one has done this song. thank you. This was like the first New Wave song we heard in the early 80s and we knew something new was a foot. It was a classic. I love the whipping in it.
Check their other songs, That’s Good, Satisfaction(Roll Stones cover). Girl U Want, etc…They are insanely good musicians and song writers. Most underrated band EVER!
They should be in the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame dammit! Look up some of their live concert videos, just not from their later years, though. Try live in Japan. They had a huge fan base over there.
I suffered my worst rolling skating injury to this song when I was in junior high. I skated way too fast- losing it around a curve and crashed into the side of a door. Just too hyped listening to Devo- they were one of my favorites growing up.
Hey one of the facts about this group is they were actually major players in the development of synthesizers. I don't remember what company they actually worked with but basically they worked with one of the companies I believe it was Moog to get the synthesizers that we have today. Mongoloid is one of their greatest songs.
I always thought they looked like upside-down flower pots. But now that I know their energy domes I need to get one. I'm being serious I need to get one
I found this an interesting one for you. I realize that this ultra cheesy song is always and forever going to be what they were known for. But they had so many more great songs. The entire Gates of Steel album, for instance
Devo had a punk vibe in the new wave scene, reaching back to Dadaism and Absurdity to make a statement about Mankinds de-evolution. They achieved that mark.
Mark Mothersbaugh, the band member in the glasses, went on to a successful composing career, doing music for movies like The LEGO Movie and Rushmore, TV shows like Rugrats, Beakman's World, Clifford the Big Red Dog, and Pee-Wee's Playhouse, video games like The Sims 2, Crash Bandicoot, and the Jak and Daxter series, and the music for the Apple "Get a Mac" commercials.
I love this song. Was driving home late one night a few months ago and it came on the radio during a "80s flashback" segment. I cranked up the volume and jammed out singing as loud as I could LOL
Not 2 of their best songs at all play their damn albums and live material lol learn they had more overseas hits and how Warner Bros. screwed them pretty much.
The video was inspired by an old Dude magazine article they found about a wealthy guy who opened a dude ranch where he and his wife would perform such a "whiptease" act. The whole cowboy aesthetic of the video is basically their commentary on blue collar America during the Reagan era. "Whip It" the song itself was Jerry Casale's attempt at mimicking the style of "can-do" poems from Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow. There's obvious (or vague?) double entendres in the lyrics but the band insists it was innocent. If you know any of Devo's other material you know there's no way they weren't aware of the innuendos. The red hats are called "energy domes" and have been variously explained as based on ziggurats or an old art deco lamp, etc. It's one of their signature live gear pieces following 1980, along with the yellow jumpsuits from 1978. The band's catalogue is really solid from the 70s up through '82, I cannot recommend them enough.
I saw Devo in Chicago right before this album was released. It was the most fun I ever had a concert. About 20 of us friends all went and we had a blast.
Loved DEVO, another fun band of the 80's. I had heard about a show of theirs that had Prince as the opening act. Prince was getting Booed when some ropes dropped from overhead and DEVO slid down them chanting "are we not men, no DEVO". Would love to see them again.
It is pronounced D-E-V-O they stand for De-Evolution regressing not progressing true they picked up the word Devo from a Wonder Woman Comic. They had so many better Singles & Album cuts lol. They are like my favorite band ever lol. Pioneers that got scalped as their anthology is called true lol. Girl U Want, Gates Of Steel, Freedom Of Choice and Planet Earth if I picked only 4 on the album too lol which in went Platinum yes in 1980. This Music Video I saw as a kid in about 1997 on VH1's Big 80's their sound drew me in but the De-Evolution shit blew my mind. By 1999 for Christmas my Grandma got me their Greatest Hits (1990) Cassette Tape by Warner Bros. Records and I was hooked. 1974-1979 I liked those years better pick a better Devo song already lol.
Fun 80s song. You should check out Onigo Boingo's Little Girls, Only a Lad, Grey Matter, Just Another Day, Weird Science or Dead Man's Party. The singer is the voice of Jack Skellington from Nightmare Before Christmas and now does major movie scores.
Mark Mothersbaugh still does music. He does the music score for Television shows and cartoons. One notable cartoon was Rugrats (Mark wrote most of the music in the show and the opening score).
They are wearing flower pots on their head. And people way white folk have no culture, guess agin sweaty. But seriously, Devo is ridiculous on purpose, I respect that. Weird for the sake of weird and all that.
I saw Devo in 1977 before they made it big. I like their humor and music. My favorite song is "Mongoloid".
lucky cowboy
I love their music. I was and still am a fan of Punk and New Wave.
@@andrewluchsinger Me too. My all-time favorite is Nina Hagen.
Were Boojie Boy and the Chinaman present for the performance?
@@stevenfritchie7529 Damn I love that woman's voice.
"Are we not men? No, we're Devo!"
This song is sooo much the early 80's, birth of music videos, punk transitions to new wave. So much history here.
This was start of what was called the Techo music
@@ffieditor Techno came out long before Devo, but Deve did have a lot of influence on many other Punk and New Wave bands that followed. Whip it was released in 1980.
Girl U Want. That would be a great video of theirs to review.
You are on a roll! I am loving all the songs you’ve been reacting too!! Lou Reed, Marty Robbins, the Kinks, Devo, B-52’s !!! Keep it up , Please! Best channel on RUclips 😀
more devo! we need devo reactions. they've got like 60 bangers if you're willing to meet 'em half way, which good reactors like yourself do! it's a leap a faith each time i get it, but the best music takes you by trusting aural hand to places you may never have been. or in devo's case, directly transports you to late 70s early 80s. but fr, it's timeless high art type stuff.
Devo was lots of fun! This song was epic!
it's pronounced "DEE VOH"
YES!
They actually originally pronounced it like how she said it. They went with dee voh because that is how everyone else said it. Technically she is right
Fun song! Back in 1980 when it came out, MTV was not yet launched. (And when it did launch in 1981, my parents were too cheap to buy cable TV anyway! :-) ) So I wasn't really too familiar with this weird video. We mostly just listened to the radio. :-) I wouldn't take the video too seriously. Devo had a fun, warped sense of humor. LOL. I read that when MTV did launch in 1981, there weren't too many promotional music videos around to play, so "Whip It" got a lot of airplay on the new music channel. Back in the day, us cable-TV-free teens had to stay up until midnight on Friday nights to watch "Friday Night Videos" on NBC. There were also live bands performing on "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert," "The Midnight Special" and "Saturday Night Live" on various nights of the week.
I got to see them live back in the 80s. They were awesome.
They were my first concert.
They were so different I liked them back in college. tv was still very young. When they just did Music videos only at that time still.
No one has done this song. thank you. This was like the first New Wave song we heard in the early 80s and we knew something new was a foot. It was a classic. I love the whipping in it.
Check their other songs, That’s Good, Satisfaction(Roll Stones cover). Girl U Want, etc…They are insanely good musicians and song writers. Most underrated band EVER!
They should be in the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame dammit! Look up some of their live concert videos, just not from their later years, though. Try live in Japan. They had a huge fan base over there.
It’s so absurd.
I love it.
DEVO did a scintillating version of the Rolling Stones "Satisfaction", and performed it on Saturday Night Live.
Best way to listen to this song is with rollerskates on at the skating rink.
I suffered my worst rolling skating injury to this song when I was in junior high. I skated way too fast- losing it around a curve and crashed into the side of a door. Just too hyped listening to Devo- they were one of my favorites growing up.
That is an absolutely perfect alternative video to this song
He whip stripped Tony Basil. LOL I have loved that video since it first came out.
Would you do a reaction to Postmodern Jukebox? May I suggest "Creep" , "Love Yourself", "Welcome to the Black Parade", or "Royals"
Man cannot live on Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin alone. Go DEVO and India!! Yes!!
Devo - Satisfaction
I’m always a hit at Halloween with that hat
PLEASE do Smart Patrol / Mister DNA, by DEVO
that song is hilarious!
I remember hearing this on 21 Jump Street. Great times. 😃
Love this song! Uplifting!
Hey one of the facts about this group is they were actually major players in the development of synthesizers. I don't remember what company they actually worked with but basically they worked with one of the companies I believe it was Moog to get the synthesizers that we have today. Mongoloid is one of their greatest songs.
Loved the song. great reaction!
Love
MAMA ... just jiggle to the music lovely!!!!!!!!!! Jiggle Good!!!
The hats are energy domes I’ve got one
I always thought they looked like upside-down flower pots. But now that I know their energy domes I need to get one. I'm being serious I need to get one
wow totally 80'es pop (in some kind of avantgarde synth way)
You might like Men Without Hat's Safety Dance.
I love this!!!
Please try 500 miles by the Scottish band The Proclaimers. It will make you tap your toes.
I was in high school when this weird song came. It was extremely popular.
cowboys in vid were harsh comment on stupid urban cowboy culture that year(s).
Devo ( Deevoh)
Devo 😹🤣😜🎶🤗❤️
you sure are open minded............nice.
DEE VO!
Those are flower pots on their heads.
"what is he wearing on top of his head?" ha ha ha
Ooh riminds me... Gary Numan-Cars ...hint hint 😁
Prefer "Down In The Park". But I'm a latecomer nerd.
@@NefariousKoel actually... a much better choice 😉
@@TheRubyG Hey... us weirdos gotta stick together amiright? * wink wink nod nod *
Welcome to nerd rock
The lead singer "Mark Mothersbaugh" created The "Rug rats"
React to Devo. What we do is what we do
They are wearing anti nuclear fallout domes😆
they're from akron
😃
I found this an interesting one for you. I realize that this ultra cheesy song is always and forever going to be what they were known for. But they had so many more great songs. The entire Gates of Steel album, for instance
MTV was WTF TV
America's most subversive band. Genius.
DEE Voh
DEE-voh
Jocko Homo live on Saturday Night Live.
Akron Ohio
In fashion style, this band is very influenced by Kraftwerk.
i'd say its a planter
Its Deevo
Deevo. As in de-volution.
Dee Vo
They do rugrats music today
I want to like your channel but you can't keep your finger off the pause button.
thats what coke does to you in the 80 s
Why would a sane person be allowed to make money with a flower pot on their head?
I always wanted to know what Devo's home planet looks like.
Looks like Ohio.
Ohio...definitely Ohio
As someone recently moved to Ohio from Arizona... Can confirm. Definitely Ohio.
Pottery barn
Akron Ohio
Hella Yeah!.
DEVO Finally got a nomination to be inducted into the Rock Hall of fame this year.
Play NOTHER DEVO TUNE.
Smart Patrol/ Mr DNA
......and Gut Feeling/Slap your mammy....
Devo had a punk vibe in the new wave scene, reaching back to Dadaism and Absurdity to make a statement about Mankinds de-evolution. They achieved that mark.
I never considered Devo as being Dadaist but on a little reflection that's definitely what they are.
Mark Mothersbaugh wrote the Rugrats theme
Please do “Twilight Zone” by Golden Earring
Great song!
Yes love that song
Mark Mothersbaugh, the band member in the glasses, went on to a successful composing career, doing music for movies like The LEGO Movie and Rushmore, TV shows like Rugrats, Beakman's World, Clifford the Big Red Dog, and Pee-Wee's Playhouse, video games like The Sims 2, Crash Bandicoot, and the Jak and Daxter series, and the music for the Apple "Get a Mac" commercials.
Devo: First band made up of nerds...after Kraftwerk.
Kraftwerk was amazing
Autobahn
Not all nerds nope.
Whip It is good, but my favorite DEVO song is Uncontrollable Urge
Yes! Mine too! Did you see it live on “Fridays”
Deeeeeeeee-voe. They made wearing a flower pot on your head COOL as hell.
I love this song. Was driving home late one night a few months ago and it came on the radio during a "80s flashback" segment. I cranked up the volume and jammed out singing as loud as I could LOL
Loved Devo,back in the day.This and "Working in a Coalmine' were my faves.
Not 2 of their best songs at all play their damn albums and live material lol learn they had more overseas hits and how Warner Bros. screwed them pretty much.
The video was inspired by an old Dude magazine article they found about a wealthy guy who opened a dude ranch where he and his wife would perform such a "whiptease" act.
The whole cowboy aesthetic of the video is basically their commentary on blue collar America during the Reagan era.
"Whip It" the song itself was Jerry Casale's attempt at mimicking the style of "can-do" poems from Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow.
There's obvious (or vague?) double entendres in the lyrics but the band insists it was innocent. If you know any of Devo's other material you know there's no way they weren't aware of the innuendos.
The red hats are called "energy domes" and have been variously explained as based on ziggurats or an old art deco lamp, etc. It's one of their signature live gear pieces following 1980, along with the yellow jumpsuits from 1978.
The band's catalogue is really solid from the 70s up through '82, I cannot recommend them enough.
😃 Those are flower pots on their heads 😃😃😃
Energy dome hats
Their best songs in my opinion were Gates of Steel and their cover of R U Xperienced - great video - they made movies (early videos) in the early ‘70s
They are smart weird and fun. Try their cover of the Rolling Stone's "satisfaction"
I saw Devo in Chicago right before this album was released. It was the most fun I ever had a concert.
About 20 of us friends all went and we had a blast.
Wait until you get to Weird AL.
Loved DEVO, another fun band of the 80's. I had heard about a show of theirs that had Prince as the opening act. Prince was getting Booed when some ropes dropped from overhead and DEVO slid down them chanting "are we not men, no DEVO". Would love to see them again.
Prince loved Devo he called them Caucasian James Browns on Marching Powder lol.
Please react to my war by black flag or killing in the name by rage against the machine
The theme song from the show Rediculousness is also a Devo song. :)
It is pronounced D-E-V-O they stand for De-Evolution regressing not progressing true they picked up the word Devo from a Wonder Woman Comic. They had so many better Singles & Album cuts lol. They are like my favorite band ever lol. Pioneers that got scalped as their anthology is called true lol. Girl U Want, Gates Of Steel, Freedom Of Choice and Planet Earth if I picked only 4 on the album too lol which in went Platinum yes in 1980. This Music Video I saw as a kid in about 1997 on VH1's Big 80's their sound drew me in but the De-Evolution shit blew my mind. By 1999 for Christmas my Grandma got me their Greatest Hits (1990) Cassette Tape by Warner Bros. Records and I was hooked. 1974-1979 I liked those years better pick a better Devo song already lol.
Flashback to the 80’s! I remember this one!
I love the diversity of your music
This was definitely a cute, fun song back in the day, and fell more into the catagory of New Wave type music, that became quite popular in the 80's :)
Devo's cover of The Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" is incredible.
I was tripping on Mr natural the 1st time I heard and seen this song on mtv at a party. I was like WTF hahahahahahaha!
A classic... definitely unique, even during that New Wave era.
They wear flowerpots on their heads.
They weren't flower pots they were energy domes
You should react to DEVOs cover of "can't get no satisfaction"
Fun 80s song. You should check out Onigo Boingo's Little Girls, Only a Lad, Grey Matter, Just Another Day, Weird Science or Dead Man's Party. The singer is the voice of Jack Skellington from Nightmare Before Christmas and now does major movie scores.
This my first time seeing this video even though I've heard the song before
Mark Mothersbaugh still does music. He does the music score for Television shows and cartoons. One notable cartoon was Rugrats (Mark wrote most of the music in the show and the opening score).
They are wearing flower pots on their head. And people way white folk have no culture, guess agin sweaty.
But seriously, Devo is ridiculous on purpose, I respect that. Weird for the sake of weird and all that.
Remember when Neil Yong and DEVO hooked up.....now that was a trip.
Everytime I watch that video it reminds me of Revenge of the Nerds.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
OMG! I remember going
to their concert in 1982 Adelaide Sth Australia.. Has it seriously been that many years?