It took and ENORMOUS amount of balls to be different back then 😳. Jocks and preppies seemed earnestly offended that punks & creative types showed disdain for same-ness, conformity, thoughtless consumerism, and all that. It was SUPER common for punks and new-wavers to be the targets of males who wanted to do something with their confused masculinity through fist-fighting. That’s what America was like back then. And these guys had the balls to be THIS different and be from Ohio !! Y’all cannot imagine the level of balls-i-ness.
Not sure I've replied to a 12-year-old comment before... IMHO Devo's first album is their best by a wide margin. And one of my favorite albums ever. I still play it regularly in 2024
The concept of devolution is misleading because it assumes that evolution has a direction. For example, penguins could be considered an example of devolution because they lost the ability to fly, but this assumes that flight is an endpoint that evolution is working towards Evolution isn’t inherently good or bad. There are
I feel that an intellectual and moral de-evolution has definitely taken place. The current sociopolitical climate, the entertainment industry, the food industry-they all illustrate this perfectly, as they all affect the choices we make. Devo is the best satire, as there is an uncomfortable darkness and an urgency beneath the “silliness” of what they appear to be-simply a weird New Wave/punk band.
That must have after the 1970 shooting dead of 12 Kent State students by their own local National Guard, during an anti-Viet Nam War riot on the University grounds.
A band mate first played them for me,this song, in 1977...I never laughed harder at a musical act, but these guys are geniuses, and unicorns...no one ever tried this at that level before or after...
Welcome to the World offf... RUclips! Yes! Here on RUclips you can travel BACK in Time to the 70s and 80s! Flair's and Robuk. There's even Dinosaurs like Bostonosaurus and Kansasaurus, looking for the nearest tarpit to fall into...
When the band formed they were art students at Kent State. They were making videos for fun before music videos became a phenomenon. When MTV came along and needed content, DEVO was one of the few bands who had any videos so they got a lot of air time. They had the right content at just the right time.
They didn't; it was already underway. Jane Fonda started it! I know... I was there... Then David Simmons came along... please, don't look 'him' up on RUclips. He's awful...
2:49 This is the part you blare out your window when the guy with the thumping bass pulls up next to you at the red light. Just look over with The Nod before driving off.
at the 3m mark the song takes off. It is one of the best songs of the 70s (released in 1978) and remains at the forefront of Progressive Punk Music. The concept dates back to 1924.
Forgetting about the brilliance on display and aurally for a moment, this is a really fucking awesomely complex song in terms of musicality and arrangement. I mean how the hell do you rehearse this timing??
As an Athens born and bred hillbilly...I just wanna say I'm more than proud of havin y'all as representatives of round on the end and high in the middle 😎
Top 20 around this time mid 1978 1 2 SHADOW DANCING -•- Andy Gibb (RSO) -10 (1 week at #1) (1) 2 1 YOU’RE THE ONE THAT I WANT -•- John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (RSO) -12 (1) 3 5 BAKER STREET -•- Gerry Rafferty (United Artists) -9 (3) 4 6 IT’S A HEARTACHE -•- Bonnie Tyler (RCA) -13 (4) 5 3 TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE -•- Johnny Mathis / Denise Williams (Columbia) -12 (1) 6 8 TAKE A CHANCE ON ME -•- Abba (Atlantic) -9 (6) 7 4 FEELS SO GOOD -•- Chuck Mangione (A&M) -19 (4) 8 7 ON BROADWAY -•- George Benson (Warner Brothers) -15 (7) 9 16 YOU BELONG TO ME -•- Carly Simon (Elektra) -10 (9) 10 12 LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN -•- Sweet (Capitol) -18 (10) 11 13 DANCE WITH ME -•- Peter Brown with Betty Wright (Drive) -16 (11) 12 20 USE TA BE MY GIRL -•- The O’Jays (Philadelphia International) -8 (12) 13 15 THE GROOVE LINE -•- Heatwave (Epic) -7 (13) 14 17 TWO OUT OF THREE AIN’T BAD -•- Meat Loaf (Cleveland International) -14 (14) 15 18 BECAUSE THE NIGHT -•- The Patti Smith Group (Arista) -11 (15) 16 22 STILL THE SAME -•- Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band (Capitol) -6 (16) 17 9 WITH A LITTLE LUCK -•- Wings (Capitol) -13 (1) 18 21 EVERY KINDA PEOPLE -•- Robert Palmer (Island) -13 (18) 19 19 DEACON BLUES -•- Steely Dan (ABC) -12 (19) 20 26 BLUER THAN BLUE -•- Michael Johnson (EMI-America) -9 (20)
early vertramp / dranage ditch skate music, home ave, 805, later del mar, aah, good ole' daze, thank god hip replacement surgery has come along way....
I am a pretty big fan of the band that they use for the opening of this broadcast too, where Devo is displayed on the red background, that is not Devo, it is British band XTC. Honestly I like them more than Devo even, but both bands are in my top 10 favorites I would say. XTC has more good material and was better longer as far as new material went in my opinion. But Devo is a better live band, because XTC didn't even do live shows after a few albums becuase their singer Andy Partridge admitted to severe stage fright. And it is a shame, they deserved to be bigger and I think the lack of supporting tours were a main reason they were not as big. At the very least here in America.
their stuff from this period was so LSD it's untrue. Middle class punk on acid. Brilliant... halfway through it turns into an acid house party 10 years before acid house!
I loved it- although luck showed up at concerts- I saw some crazy stuff- but as you see by this video- there is MUCH more to DEVO than just labeling them puck- that’s a misgendering of a way advanced group that should be haraled as pioneers into a new age of music that we haven’t even gotten to yet- masters of their craft👍🏻😁
Went to Sanity to look for Duty Now For The Future said to girl im looking for Devo. Divo?No D.E.V.O. She missed the inside joke. Than said got El Divo. I walked out feeling sorry for her..
Mon deu! That was a good publicity stunt by Devo (2:20), tossing their uniforms to the audience. Devo mocked consumerism by using its own marketing tactics against it; profiting themselves by using the same consumer Advertising and Trademark imagery to jeer at it. Mockery of Consumerism is the essence of Punk; reflecting the opinion of we, the Social Outcasts, of the Status Quo of Consumerism. Punk proves that we Nerds can, after all, ROCK!🤓🎸📸👢💄👜🛍🚘💳💰
these guys had the balls to be different ............. play pretty darn good music
New Wave at its Finest
@@pa.encema2821 They were new wave before the first wave
@@snewl5324 The Pre-Wave
It took and ENORMOUS amount of balls to be different back then 😳. Jocks and preppies seemed earnestly offended that punks & creative types showed disdain for same-ness, conformity, thoughtless consumerism, and all that. It was SUPER common for punks and new-wavers to be the targets of males who wanted to do something with their confused masculinity through fist-fighting. That’s what America was like back then. And these guys had the balls to be THIS different and be from Ohio !! Y’all cannot imagine the level of balls-i-ness.
I would have to say their first album is one of the best punk albums of all time.
I’d argue it’s the best
@@BroForce426 I always get mad when people call devo new wave! Its not new wave! Its punk!
@@noelmurray8052Isnt new wave a derivative of postpunk?
It's a good point, although sounding more refined it did retain that punk energy and originality
Not sure I've replied to a 12-year-old comment before... IMHO Devo's first album is their best by a wide margin. And one of my favorite albums ever. I still play it regularly in 2024
DEVOLUTION IS REAL
Ya think?
They love "Island of Lost Souls" just like me. Rock n Roll 🤘💙🎶🔥
Blockheads are Presidents now
The concept of devolution is misleading because it assumes that evolution has a direction. For example, penguins could be considered an example of devolution because they lost the ability to fly, but this assumes that flight is an endpoint that evolution is working towards
Evolution isn’t inherently good or bad. There are
I feel that an intellectual and moral de-evolution has definitely taken place. The current sociopolitical climate, the entertainment industry, the food industry-they all illustrate this perfectly, as they all affect the choices we make.
Devo is the best satire, as there is an uncomfortable darkness and an urgency beneath the “silliness” of what they appear to be-simply a weird New Wave/punk band.
I'm so glad my dad had me listening to Devo at such a young age.
In the early 80's when DEVO hit it big my 6th grade school teacher talked about how she knew them when she went to school at Kent State
"Cool Teacher" Alert!
Lucky she didnt get murdered by the national guard like 4 of their friends.
That must have after the 1970 shooting dead of 12 Kent State students by their own local National Guard, during an anti-Viet Nam War riot on the University grounds.
Pretty cool. The Akron/Canton/Kent area salutes!
I had the pleasure of seeing them a couple of times back in the day in NYC and had the pleasure of yelling "WE ARE DEVO!!!"
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Do you mean, Quill, they are not men?
A band mate first played them for me,this song, in 1977...I never laughed harder at a musical act, but these guys are geniuses, and unicorns...no one ever tried this at that level before or after...
What a great band! Showing how rock n roll can change and morph into something totally unique
Too bad they changed their style right after that. Still good but I wish we got more of this sound
They influenced future bands and audiences. What better epitaph could any modern band wish for; especially a Punk band!
Alan Myers R.I.P...
This performance is so amazing and full of sound and energy, I love it.
Great and nothing like this ever . Love Devo .
Devo love France and France love Devo !!
Fantastic! (And on another note, let's hear it for short-shorts!)
If I could go back in time, this would be something I would revisit.
Welcome to the World offf... RUclips!
Yes! Here on RUclips you can travel BACK in Time to the 70s and 80s! Flair's and Robuk.
There's even Dinosaurs like Bostonosaurus and Kansasaurus, looking for the nearest tarpit to fall into...
*A R E W E N O T M E N*
*W E A R E D E V O*
A R E W E N O T M E N
@@square_kirby7852D E V O
RIP Alan Myers
This is grand! I never really knew Devo's material in depth, but I recall how they livened up MTV in the early years.
When the band formed they were art students at Kent State. They were making videos for fun before music videos became a phenomenon. When MTV came along and needed content, DEVO was one of the few bands who had any videos so they got a lot of air time. They had the right content at just the right time.
Its a little known fact that DEVO started the Jazzer- cize trend.
They didn't; it was already underway. Jane Fonda started it! I know... I was there...
Then David Simmons came along... please, don't look 'him' up on RUclips. He's awful...
2:49 This is the part you blare out your window when the guy with the thumping bass pulls up next to you at the red light. Just look over with The Nod before driving off.
MY GOD I LOVE DEVO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
at the 3m mark the song takes off. It is one of the best songs of the 70s (released in 1978) and remains at the forefront of Progressive Punk Music. The concept dates back to 1924.
Love that part on. Every version. Seen them many many times.
More menacing even than their act, is that they're telling a truth
Numan went out to the States to hear them, this song is surely where he got the idea for We are so fragile from, very similar!!!!!!
Cette version live est excellente !!!👍😁
epic performance
Fantastic. Saw them live in Auckland, early '80s. A good night....
He's coming.Unforgivable at a live concert.
Wow !!!! They are still on fire !!!!
So good!
Saw them in 78, they were fantastic! Nothing else like them! Thank you for the upload.
This TV show was broadcast every sunday at noon on french public TV. You can also find a concert of the Clash on same show. 1978 rules
I’m so proud to be a spud!
Why is Bob1 so cool?
Because he has to compete with Mark 😊 everyone in Devo is fucking awesome.
we are DEVO.... just look out ur window 2019
WE MUST REPEAT!
D-E-V-O!
Forgetting about the brilliance on display and aurally for a moment, this is a really fucking awesomely complex song in terms of musicality and arrangement. I mean how the hell do you rehearse this timing??
The timing is immaculate
Island of Dr. Moreau
As an Athens born and bred hillbilly...I just wanna say I'm more than proud of havin y'all as representatives of round on the end and high in the middle 😎
Best band ever..
oh hell yes.
awesome. i also like the bit of XTC music on the title card.
loved it then love it now
The original Rector skateboard elbow and knee pads :)
che ricordi! una fra le migliori punkrock band di sempre!
We're all DEVO!
We must repeat D V E O!
I once caught marks trousers in Dublin,enough said.
That point, at 2 minutes, when you are watching them live!!
D E V O!!!!
RIP Bob
Play half speed for HEAVY version.
Just watch a recent live version. It’s like Devo on valium
Play it with the sound off for best version.@@Dixieddawg
brilliaant devolution.
what a band brilliant
Was that a bit of XTC opening before the video started, gotta love those guys!
Yea I'm trying to find out who was the opening song
Beatown - XTC 👌🏽
Impresionante
Class
The weirdest band in the universe.
I dunno. Butthole Surfers in the 80's kind of took home that trophy.
Kraftwerk were out there.
@@gregd3551 ya but they are not from Ohio. Ohio is weird.
The Residents
The Avalanches
Top 20 around this time mid 1978
1 2 SHADOW DANCING -•- Andy Gibb (RSO) -10 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 1 YOU’RE THE ONE THAT I WANT -•- John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (RSO) -12 (1)
3 5 BAKER STREET -•- Gerry Rafferty (United Artists) -9 (3)
4 6 IT’S A HEARTACHE -•- Bonnie Tyler (RCA) -13 (4)
5 3 TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE -•- Johnny Mathis / Denise Williams (Columbia) -12 (1)
6 8 TAKE A CHANCE ON ME -•- Abba (Atlantic) -9 (6)
7 4 FEELS SO GOOD -•- Chuck Mangione (A&M) -19 (4)
8 7 ON BROADWAY -•- George Benson (Warner Brothers) -15 (7)
9 16 YOU BELONG TO ME -•- Carly Simon (Elektra) -10 (9)
10 12 LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN -•- Sweet (Capitol) -18 (10)
11 13 DANCE WITH ME -•- Peter Brown with Betty Wright (Drive) -16 (11)
12 20 USE TA BE MY GIRL -•- The O’Jays (Philadelphia International) -8 (12)
13 15 THE GROOVE LINE -•- Heatwave (Epic) -7 (13)
14 17 TWO OUT OF THREE AIN’T BAD -•- Meat Loaf (Cleveland International) -14 (14)
15 18 BECAUSE THE NIGHT -•- The Patti Smith Group (Arista) -11 (15)
16 22 STILL THE SAME -•- Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band (Capitol) -6 (16)
17 9 WITH A LITTLE LUCK -•- Wings (Capitol) -13 (1)
18 21 EVERY KINDA PEOPLE -•- Robert Palmer (Island) -13 (18)
19 19 DEACON BLUES -•- Steely Dan (ABC) -12 (19)
20 26 BLUER THAN BLUE -•- Michael Johnson (EMI-America) -9 (20)
I remember all those songs. Great era.
Ditto. Good times!
Fromdeathcomes DEVO 4MAY1970
DEVO does AI before the world knew it.
oHIo and the beginning of pogo dancing. I saw them in concert in Chicago.
early vertramp / dranage ditch skate music, home ave, 805, later del mar, aah, good ole' daze, thank god hip replacement surgery has come along way....
The mid section sounds like it goes into 7/8. Is that right?
I believe the whole song (at least most of it) is in 7/8 time
I got a rhyme and it comes in a riddle, what's round on the end and high in the middle?
GODDAMMIT!!!!!! i just broke 2 floor tiles pogo dancing my fat ass around!!!!!!!!
I am a pretty big fan of the band that they use for the opening of this broadcast too, where Devo is displayed on the red background, that is not Devo, it is British band XTC. Honestly I like them more than Devo even, but both bands are in my top 10 favorites I would say. XTC has more good material and was better longer as far as new material went in my opinion. But Devo is a better live band, because XTC didn't even do live shows after a few albums becuase their singer Andy Partridge admitted to severe stage fright. And it is a shame, they deserved to be bigger and I think the lack of supporting tours were a main reason they were not as big. At the very least here in America.
i know this comment is old but which xtc song is it? ive been looking for it
Beatown
DEVO
their stuff from this period was so LSD it's untrue.
Middle class punk on acid. Brilliant... halfway through it turns into an acid house party 10 years before acid house!
I loved it- although luck showed up at concerts- I saw some crazy stuff- but as you see by this video- there is MUCH more to DEVO than just labeling them puck- that’s a misgendering of a way advanced group that should be haraled as pioneers into a new age of music that we haven’t even gotten to yet- masters of their craft👍🏻😁
Went to Sanity to look for Duty Now For The Future said to girl im looking for Devo. Divo?No D.E.V.O. She missed the inside joke. Than said got El Divo. I walked out feeling sorry for her..
Has anybody ever danced the poot?
Teachers and critics have.
Every morning
Frank Zappa did
Punker than punk
You aren't, RUclips.
👍🏻🐵
@dortyhoor Well, they're more post-punk than punk.
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Ohio...nuff said 😎
Bumper music provided by XTC!
this is the badness.
They can obviously be men and DEVO at the same time…duh!
Mon deu! That was a good publicity stunt by Devo (2:20), tossing their uniforms to the audience.
Devo mocked consumerism by using its own marketing tactics against it; profiting themselves by using the same consumer Advertising and Trademark imagery to jeer at it.
Mockery of Consumerism is the essence of Punk; reflecting the opinion of we, the Social Outcasts, of the Status Quo of Consumerism.
Punk proves that we Nerds can, after all, ROCK!🤓🎸📸👢💄👜🛍🚘💳💰