Devo interview with David Letterman 1982. I claim no rights to this material and don't seek to monetize. This is just for fun. You don't like it, I take it down
One of the greatest American bands, I wish they came out 5 years later they would be more appreciated . They were so bold and ahead of their time. Society wasn't ready for them , they are rock solid musicians, artists ,philosophers, poets, artists, tech wizards and fashionistas.. The complete package.
The way they played their songs live with such precision w/o the aid of digital presets, changing time signatures, is amazing , they were like clock work.all with that Akron flair.
Bazooka Joe Jihad Jerry is a perfect example of Casale showing how great he is at performance art. That project went over a lot of people’s heads, too.
Given the technology of 1982, what Devo attempted in live shows showed incredible foresight. Synching the band to the "large projection screen behind them" took a heck of a lot of effort....and sometimes it failed in concert. But it was the future. Now you have multiple massive sized screens that the band/singers flow in/out of synch with. Devo saw it coming 40 years ago.
Saw the band in NYC in '82 and the show was phenomenal! Thankfully the music and video were synced perfectly using what was then cutting edge tech. One of my favorite shows, so glad I was there!
As of November 6, 2021………I can honestly say these guys were way ahead of their time. Kids are tucked away in their rooms watching TikTok on their mobil devices…….not sure how much lower we can go?
Now, since 9/11, the government makes the ones who have not been organically regressed forcibly regress by means of directed energy weapons. Both in mind and body, until they die from the effects of it. Https://targetedjustice.com I am waiting for my account to be banned by UA-cam Nazi Patrol.
@404TVfr Being asked to care about our neighbors for a few months broke a lot of "boomers" minds. It's patheric and fascinating all at once. I guess that's why boomers were always called 'the "ME" generation'
OMG. Mark almost died from Covid. He was in a hospital in Los Angeles for two months on the brink of life, hooked up to a respirator and having intense hallucinations. So glad he's recovered.
I'm 57 and been diagnosed with this virus. I've had 3 doctors give me 3 DIFFERENT diagnoses. EXPLAIN THIS, I'll wait. If it weren't for the occasional sniffles, I FEEL FINE because my immune system is up to par. PLEASE, remove the head from the "OMG" ass, for you will find that there is LIFE. AWE FUCKIT, lemme put this where you fuckin cheeseheads get it. OKAY, so none of us went to science class due to ... say "other obligations" as it were. But in the science class they have these little dishes with a lid. Some of us took them for a greater purpose at the time, but these things are very useful when containing something known as a VIRUS. HEY, FUCK ME RIGHT??? So anyway, long of a short, that PETRI dish, is EXACTLY the same as being quarantine. A LOTTA YA IN ONE ROOM gonna make A BIG ASS VIRUS GUARANTEED, and this is not an issue you can debate. By the way, piss on your feet while you shower, AGAIN, look it UP, IT WORKS. The GOD, oh yes, he WORKS in so many mysterious ways. I wish all the PEACE and PROSPERITY to ALL, and YOU ... pass this on, it doesn't cost nothin.
@Dragoon Regardless, they both spread. So how do you decide who to kick out of your family? There are plenty of people, especially in cities that have more than 5 in their immediate families. And no, I don't know EVERYTHING, but what I don't know, my brother knows ... HAH.
@M T I just HAD to give you a thumbs up because you made me laugh. Now, if you even READ my post, you'd see that I didn't attend biology class, nor did I pass English. HAILS FIRE SON, I only done GRADGEATED the 9th grade!!?? I mean, what izzit you tend to be expectin off this here ... UA-camR?
@@cornfusedatbest6693 I had it. Early March, incorrectly diagnosed with pneumonia based on x-rays. It was annoying, but I went to work no problem, and I knew it was not pneumonia having gone thought that before. I now have SARS-COV2 antibodies. My son too, he actually got sicker than me and a high fever. After 3 days, he was back right as rain. All the COVID symptoms, no smell, no taste, high fever, and lethargic. However, still eating. In the end COVID is much less intense than the flu. Also, I beat it down with antibiotics and zinc which says to me, I already had this. My 17 year old son did not. AND, everyone was sick late Feb & March, so this whole thing is an overreaction. We should quarantine the sick, elderly, and immune system compromise - not healthy people especially children, and not allow this globalist current martial law that has been imposed on us.
Young people either "got" the New Wave or they didn't. Most didn't. Letterman's thinly-veiled animosity was typical of many of those who didn't - and who never will.
@Larry Fine Is there now a public vote for the R&RHOF? I used to have 1/5 of an official private vote (as part of the music journo team at the publication I worked at) but I don't any more...
Yeah, to appreciate David Letterman is to realize he had guests, sometimes he'd be confrontational if he was expecting them to be funnier than him, Like Mel Blanc, but he drew true talent.
Not one of Dave's best interviews by a long shot. I don't think he had any idea what impact DEVO would have on the sound of the 80s. It's a great time capsule none the less.
“Our fans collect a lot of negative energy that was meant for us.” So true. It was not cool to be into Devo but they turned out to have a huge influence.
(Showing my age here but) back around 1979 I bought a basic black Devo T-shirt and pretty much any time I wore it I was guaranteed at the very least verbal confrontation from the various humanoids out and about. So I can vouch for Gerald V.'s comment.
I like that they sold their merch (potato rings, flower pot hat, jumpsuits) via order forms provided in their records. Never ordered anything, but I liked that connection to their fans!
The classic catalog sounds super dope, though I wish they still woulda had some stuff on their club devo website that wasn't energy domes or band shirts back in 2015. I ended up making a few of the yellow suits by hand from surplus tyvek and black duct tape for halloween that year. Totally jank, but worth it.
Saw an art show of his in 94' near the Riverfront in Detroit (lots of gold-leaf and florescent blacklight art). At one point, I said to a friend "Cool show, but too bad I don't see Mark." He pointed to a spot like five yards away and was like "He's over there." Sure enough, he was all dressed in an all black suit wearing color-rimmed glasses (and a tad wide in the middle) standing at the end of a black couch talking to a young woman who had the "generic New Wave look" with mussed and chop-bobbed bleach-blonde hair, white skinny wrap-around shades, and a neon green sleeveless shirt-she looked all jazzed and geeked looking up and talking to him. At the other end of the couch was a photographer friend of mine just casually smiling with his legs crossed in his hiking boots just looking away off to the side. When we walked back to the car, my photographer friend commented about how he wishes he saw Mark there. We said "Yeah, he was right there, talking to the girl sitting on the other end of the couch you were on." He started jumping up and down in exaggerated leaps and stomps "No! No! No Way! He was right there, and I missed him?!"
I saw them in 1982 at the Palladium in Manhattan. It was amazing. The most amazing part was during one song, Mark left the stage, next thing I know he was a few feet from me in the balcony! He then made his way down via a rope or ladder to the main floor where he was surrounded by the audience!
He did the same thing on that tour here in Portland OR at the Paramount. Same deal, I was in the balcony, shocked. I tell that story whenever I see a show at that venue (now the Schnitzer) and nobody believes me. I started doubting it myself actually. My recollection was that it was an ordinary but very thick rope, no ladder.
These guys were so far ahead of their time that it's basically impossible to quantify - hell, "their time" might still be a hundred years away. It's not often that uniqueness and brilliance overlap with such perfect congruence.
I am so deeply in love with DEVO. More than any other rock'n'roll group, DEVO was the leader of the New Wave era. But perhaps, DEVO and the Talking Heads were about equal to each other. Other New Wave groups from that era included, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Bow Wow Wow, Kraftwerk, Madness, Squeeze, Altered Images, Gang of Four, New Order, and others. I saw an interview of Danny Elfman, and he preferred that his group not be characterized as, "New Wave." On the other hand, in view of of the moment in time that Oingo Boingo entered the music scene, and in view of the querky and highly clever nature of Oingo Boingo's music, I contend that it would be reasonable to characterize Oingo Boingo as being a New Wave group.
Devo was actually a Punk band starting out. While lumped in with New Wave, they never really were. Just like the Heads, they were proto punk/ art rock.
Tbh as a nighttime talk host, i always found Dave profoundly overrated. Dunno what an ingenious interviewer like Sean Evans sees in the guy, but i guess to each their own after. Mark and Jerry's brilliance is eternal, and Letterman seems to found his perfect niche with Netflix.
Thanks for posting this interview! I'd been looking for it desperately after a previous post had disappeared years ago. I remember seeing the actual broadcast back in the day.
I was real big into Devo when Freedom of choice came out. Of course Whip It was the 1st song I ever heard from them but I was only like 7 years old and always liked them. It was the only album of theirs that I had but I remember seeing them on Solid Gold as a kid and they played Jerking Back and Forth. That song was stuck in my head for decades. I was just a little kid and didn't get all of the meaning and social agenda but I always thought the music was good. A few other songs I really dug were Peekaboo, Secret Agent Man, Uncontrollable Urge, and the whole Freedom of Choice album. I'm surprised they weren't bigger but they were ahead of their time and pioneers. A buddy of mine saw them in concert and said they were fantastic and had just incredible energy on stage.
I like that Gerry and Mark get "out-fake-disinterested" in their own shtick by Letterman. Letterman perfected the shtick of being fake-disinterested in his own career.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🤗🤓😁🎶💓🎉🎵👮🏻♂️Whit All Do Respect Greetings To Devo Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks For The Great Video's & Music ,SDHS Class 81 Sincerely Jose Luis Silva From San Diego CA USA.
DEVO was MTV before MTV, not sure the date of this Letterman show, but this was probably when MTV was less than a year old and most people didn't have it yet.
You're right in the zone, MTV was only 13 months old (and far from available everywhere) when the "Oh No, It's DEVO" album came out and this airing was only a little after. But yes DEVO was making music vids long before MTV. To MTV's credit, they were great in their first year and a half, and they played a lot of DEVO then.
@@demonicsweaters Demonic sweaters. Where did you get a name like that? You don't like DEVO do you? Why you "critiquing" their wares? There is more to life than psycho analyzing the hair growth pattern around a hound dog's butthole, ya know! ☹️
They're one of the more unique bands in the past 50 years. Listen to an album and see what you think, everyone has a music subscription like Spotify these days If you like punk and "early stuff" (IMO their best album) - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! If you like tight synthpop and want to see how Devo helped pioneer the 80s sound while keeping some punk aesthetic: Freedom of Choice If you're cynical and feel detached from society: New Traditionalists
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A flat note at end implied criticism of Letterman about not talking not communicating with the audience, pretty clear he didnt understand the band, its music dude not a talk show.
I am born in 1975 and discovered Devo because of weird Al. It looks like there is so much happening before my time that I can appreciate and I am looking forward to buying a lot of albums and a lot of their early multimedia art I wonder what they would say about the 1990s and he was trying to do something experimental on the Internet and on optical media?
" What City will you be travelling to next?" , "We schedule are tours to Avoid Winter!" I Used to live in Illinois, I Can Relate to That, Hahahahahahahaha 😂!!!
Letterman couldn't have been less interested. Definitely he didn't get them. Props to the network for giving them two interview segments, though - that would never happen these days.
Exactly. But they stuck to their guns. Casale is a smart cookie (as are all of them actually). Mark actually has done quite a few soundtracks for TV shows and movies too.
*Gerry* : "I wouldn't say we're not communicating..." *Letterman* (floundering hopelessly): "verbally though..." _dead air_ *Gerry* (smirking): "well, we *are* using our voices!" *audience* : _laughing at Dave's idiocy!_ 😂
I guess this was a time when being a slick cat and talking up the audience was considered necessary, especially to a guy like Dave, who came to prominence on that kind of personality. Devo gave the middle finger to that, like most punk
Even Johnny Carson, a legend and the greatest--but old--would have done a better job with that interview. I never liked Letterman, not ever. He was overrated. I know I am very alone on that one, but it is just my opinion.
OMG I loved them so much, still do. Maybe it was a bit geeky to be into De-vo back in the time but looking at that , they were so intelligent and humerous. They had Letterman all ends up.
Sloburnjo wrote: "Dave's schtick dies when the guest is smarter, wittier & more engaging. DEVO destroys conventional teevee." You ain't kiddin'. Dave is literally floundering in this interview. The Devo guys are running circles around him with concepts that he is just not getting. The problem is clear: Devo was some 20 ---- well, all right: let's make that 30 ---- years ahead of their time. Aside from that, the band had no problems communicating their ideas at all.
Yeah, David Letterman is plenty smart enough to grasp their "concepts" (which are mostly Devo joking around, anyhow.) It was clear that Dave found the guys amusing, which is what they were intending to be. Watch more old Letterman interviews...you'll figure out in no time how quickly his mind actually works.
Who still rocking out to devo in 2022 ✊❤
I sure as hell am! And that really gets my goat! I got a gut feeling!!!
Here here🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔
RIGHT HERE!!!!!!
I'm common stock, work around the clock
@@phill6159 Love that one!
"We're regressing then?" "Oh, absolutely". They were so right.
Race to the bottom, we're almost there!
we’ve regressed even since the 1980s..
@@Dr-Stu You'll need to get your pets microchipped. Like your kids.
One of the greatest American bands, I wish they came out 5 years later they would be more appreciated . They were so bold and ahead of their time. Society wasn't ready for them , they are rock solid musicians, artists ,philosophers, poets, artists, tech wizards and fashionistas.. The complete package.
One of the greatest bands.
If Devo hadn't pushed the culture when it did, the "five years" you mention would have STILL been five years too soon. ;-)
Probably true
A pop version of Kraftwerk, but it worked. I grew up on their tunes here in Ohio.
The way they played their songs live with such precision w/o the aid of digital presets, changing time signatures, is amazing , they were like clock work.all with that Akron flair.
Casale is such a brilliant guy. So much of his wit just flies over the heads of the audience here.
His interview in RE/Search Pranks! is on top!
He has a talent, no doubt.
They are smarter than a whip. 💢
Bazooka Joe Jihad Jerry is a perfect example of Casale showing how great he is at performance art. That project went over a lot of people’s heads, too.
Given the technology of 1982, what Devo attempted in live shows showed incredible foresight. Synching the band to the "large projection screen behind them" took a heck of a lot of effort....and sometimes it failed in concert. But it was the future. Now you have multiple massive sized screens that the band/singers flow in/out of synch with. Devo saw it coming 40 years ago.
And Kraftwerk did all that even earlier.
I saw them in the UK 1980 and still consider it one of, if not the, all time favourite gig. Still love Devo.
@@Gyrbae was about to mention Kraftwerk.
Saw the band in NYC in '82 and the show was phenomenal! Thankfully the music and video were synced perfectly using what was then cutting edge tech. One of my favorite shows, so glad I was there!
Genesis did ... well ... uh ....
From 2021, devolution was spot on.
As of November 6, 2021………I can honestly say these guys were way ahead of their time. Kids are tucked away in their rooms watching TikTok on their mobil devices…….not sure how much lower we can go?
March 2020 more like. Worldwide.
And now we're paying.
Now, since 9/11, the government makes the ones who have not been organically regressed forcibly regress by means of directed energy weapons. Both in mind and body, until they die from the effects of it. Https://targetedjustice.com
I am waiting for my account to be banned by UA-cam Nazi Patrol.
@404TVfr Being asked to care about our neighbors for a few months broke a lot of "boomers" minds. It's patheric and fascinating all at once. I guess that's why boomers were always called 'the "ME" generation'
OMG. Mark almost died from Covid. He was in a hospital in Los Angeles for two months on the brink of life, hooked up to a respirator and having intense hallucinations. So glad he's recovered.
the operative word there is " RECOVERED "
I'm 57 and been diagnosed with this virus. I've had 3 doctors give me 3 DIFFERENT diagnoses. EXPLAIN THIS, I'll wait. If it weren't for the occasional sniffles, I FEEL FINE because my immune system is up to par. PLEASE, remove the head from the "OMG" ass, for you will find that there is LIFE. AWE FUCKIT, lemme put this where you fuckin cheeseheads get it. OKAY, so none of us went to science class due to ... say "other obligations" as it were. But in the science class they have these little dishes with a lid. Some of us took them for a greater purpose at the time, but these things are very useful when containing something known as a VIRUS. HEY, FUCK ME RIGHT??? So anyway, long of a short, that PETRI dish, is EXACTLY the same as being quarantine. A LOTTA YA IN ONE ROOM gonna make A BIG ASS VIRUS GUARANTEED, and this is not an issue you can debate. By the way, piss on your feet while you shower, AGAIN, look it UP, IT WORKS. The GOD, oh yes, he WORKS in so many mysterious ways. I wish all the PEACE and PROSPERITY to ALL, and YOU ... pass this on, it doesn't cost nothin.
@Dragoon Regardless, they both spread. So how do you decide who to kick out of your family? There are plenty of people, especially in cities that have more than 5 in their immediate families. And no, I don't know EVERYTHING, but what I don't know, my brother knows ... HAH.
@M T I just HAD to give you a thumbs up because you made me laugh. Now, if you even READ my post, you'd see that I didn't attend biology class, nor did I pass English. HAILS FIRE SON, I only done GRADGEATED the 9th grade!!?? I mean, what izzit you tend to be expectin off this here ... UA-camR?
@@cornfusedatbest6693 I had it. Early March, incorrectly diagnosed with pneumonia based on x-rays. It was annoying, but I went to work no problem, and I knew it was not pneumonia having gone thought that before. I now have SARS-COV2 antibodies. My son too, he actually got sicker than me and a high fever. After 3 days, he was back right as rain. All the COVID symptoms, no smell, no taste, high fever, and lethargic. However, still eating. In the end COVID is much less intense than the flu. Also, I beat it down with antibiotics and zinc which says to me, I already had this. My 17 year old son did not. AND, everyone was sick late Feb & March, so this whole thing is an overreaction. We should quarantine the sick, elderly, and immune system compromise - not healthy people especially children, and not allow this globalist current martial law that has been imposed on us.
Self-demeaning,.... it's basically the DEVO aesthetic -- hilarious! These guys were, are, and will always be true genius!!
I saw Devo in the early 80s in Sydney, Australia. They did the whole concert walking on treadmills. They were fantastic.
Saw them in Melbourne on the same tour. Great show.
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I'm from Sydney and I wasn't cool enough to go (also to see B52s) but I am certainly enjoying watching their concerts of the day.
Devo is to rock what Andy Kaufman was to comedians!
Negativland would be a strong contender too
Only better than Kaufman.
It's too bad the late night talk shows have stopped interviewing musicians like this. They made the shows better.
Only those who made deals with I Heart Radio/Clear Channel may appear.
Silencing of any independent voices. Status quo.
Letterman is only a year older than Jerry, yet the divide between Devo and him seems almost generational here.
Letterman is not in Jerry's league. Jerry is Einstein in comparison.
Young people either "got" the New Wave or they didn't. Most didn't. Letterman's thinly-veiled animosity was typical of many of those who didn't - and who never will.
Dave was always a curmudgeon.
My energy dome cost me thirty bucks, no way I'm putting it in the oven *or* stomping it
@Kash Onyx you're right, no one gives a damn
Freedom of Choice
Mark comes over and stomps it
I've got so much DEVO fricka frack it's just downright not upright!
@@AndieZ4U2 That was a devolved thing to say.
Man. Peewee Herman and Devo in the same show? I want to go back. That time was so fun.
Mark wrote the music for his show.
@@guitarmemoir Cyndi Lauper sang the theme song.
Please beem me back to the 70's and 80's. I have so much to do there.
Beam me up anybody...
Look around you. Haven't you done enough already?
@Larry Fine Is there now a public vote for the R&RHOF? I used to have 1/5 of an official private vote (as part of the music journo team at the publication I worked at) but I don't any more...
I never realized how funny these guys were. Actually they were very observant about the devolution of civilization but had fun with it.
It's been downhill since WW1. Disguised by the fact technology is progressing but society devolving.
“I’d say so” 😂
Everyone criticizing DL but at least he had DEVO as guests on his show.
Yeah, to appreciate David Letterman is to realize he had guests, sometimes he'd be confrontational if he was expecting them to be funnier than him, Like Mel Blanc, but he drew true talent.
These guys were both of their time and ahead of their time. D-E-V-O-lution
Not one of Dave's best interviews by a long shot. I don't think he had any idea what impact DEVO would have on the sound of the 80s. It's a great time capsule none the less.
He hated them and their music, like a lot of people. It was divisive, that's why it's timeless.
Remember seeing DEVO and other cool new-wave bands on the show "Fridays"?
The pride of Akron Ohio!
DEVO --- We need them more than anyone can imagine. I sure do love you guys.
david and some of the audience didn't get this......what a shame.....lol..these guys are epic!! still around 40 yrs later.
“Our fans collect a lot of negative energy that was meant for us.” So true. It was not cool to be into Devo but they turned out to have a huge influence.
(Showing my age here but) back around 1979 I bought a basic black Devo T-shirt and pretty much any time I wore it I was guaranteed at the very least verbal confrontation from the various humanoids out and about. So I can vouch for Gerald V.'s comment.
I like that they sold their merch (potato rings, flower pot hat, jumpsuits) via order forms provided in their records. Never ordered anything, but I liked that connection to their fans!
The classic catalog sounds super dope, though I wish they still woulda had some stuff on their club devo website that wasn't energy domes or band shirts back in 2015.
I ended up making a few of the yellow suits by hand from surplus tyvek and black duct tape for halloween that year.
Totally jank, but worth it.
@Johnny Smith Cool - do you remember what stuff you got?
@Johnny Smith Excellent!
Devo in 1982 probably at the peak of their popularity. Sadly it was all downhill from here on
Wow... Young Mark looked so handsome 💜
And funny!
Saw an art show of his in 94' near the Riverfront in Detroit (lots of gold-leaf and florescent blacklight art). At one point, I said to a friend "Cool show, but too bad I don't see Mark." He pointed to a spot like five yards away and was like "He's over there." Sure enough, he was all dressed in an all black suit wearing color-rimmed glasses (and a tad wide in the middle) standing at the end of a black couch talking to a young woman who had the "generic New Wave look" with mussed and chop-bobbed bleach-blonde hair, white skinny wrap-around shades, and a neon green sleeveless shirt-she looked all jazzed and geeked looking up and talking to him. At the other end of the couch was a photographer friend of mine just casually smiling with his legs crossed in his hiking boots just looking away off to the side.
When we walked back to the car, my photographer friend commented about how he wishes he saw Mark there. We said "Yeah, he was right there, talking to the girl sitting on the other end of the couch you were on." He started jumping up and down in exaggerated leaps and stomps "No! No! No Way! He was right there, and I missed him?!"
Mark was so hoooooooot
"Where would you wear these?"
"On your head."
I saw them in 1982 at the Palladium in Manhattan. It was amazing. The most amazing part was during one song, Mark left the stage, next thing I know he was a few feet from me in the balcony! He then made his way down via a rope or ladder to the main floor where he was surrounded by the audience!
I was there too. Blown away by the use of the screen and how movements were synchronized to sound and video.
Shows really aren't like this anymore. Live shows were very spontaneous back in the day
He did the same thing on that tour here in Portland OR at the Paramount. Same deal, I was in the balcony, shocked. I tell that story whenever I see a show at that venue (now the Schnitzer) and nobody believes me. I started doubting it myself actually. My recollection was that it was an ordinary but very thick rope, no ladder.
I love how Mark goes ahead and demonstrates the lack of durability of the Club Devo energy domes of the time.
These guys were so far ahead of their time that it's basically impossible to quantify - hell, "their time" might still be a hundred years away. It's not often that uniqueness and brilliance overlap with such perfect congruence.
I am so deeply in love with DEVO. More than any other rock'n'roll group, DEVO was the leader of the New Wave era. But perhaps, DEVO and the Talking Heads were about equal to each other. Other New Wave groups from that era included, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Bow Wow Wow, Kraftwerk, Madness, Squeeze, Altered Images, Gang of Four, New Order, and others. I saw an interview of Danny Elfman, and he preferred that his group not be characterized as, "New Wave." On the other hand, in view of of the moment in time that Oingo Boingo entered the music scene, and in view of the querky and highly clever nature of Oingo Boingo's music, I contend that it would be reasonable to characterize Oingo Boingo as being a New Wave group.
Devo was actually a Punk band starting out. While lumped in with New Wave, they never really were. Just like the Heads, they were proto punk/ art rock.
And Oingo Boingo was also ska revival
Prophetic words by Gerry Casale
Great band great people long live devo! Uncontrollable urge I play constantly!!
Mark was so cute
so progressive, so ahead of their times! dearly miss my brother, Bob Casale
I love these guys so much. Merkun classics
Really interesting to see Dave sit and respectfully listen
Gerry: "we dream of experimenting with recombinant DNA"
2021: Hold my syringe
More like late 1980s to early 1990s. The technology isn't new
Dave's schtick dies when the guest is smarter, wittier & more engaging. DEVO destroys conventional teevee.
You're right about that, Slob.
@@pashadyne thanx
It is strange. Dave seemed to like booking the oddball acts but then he didn't quite know what to do with them.
Tbh as a nighttime talk host, i always found Dave profoundly overrated. Dunno what an ingenious interviewer like Sean Evans sees in the guy, but i guess to each their own after. Mark and Jerry's brilliance is eternal, and Letterman seems to found his perfect niche with Netflix.
@@jasonlieberman4606 have you watched much Letterman?
1982 was an awesome year.
Thanks for posting this interview! I'd been looking for it desperately after a previous post had disappeared years ago. I remember seeing the actual broadcast back in the day.
I was real big into Devo when Freedom of choice came out. Of course Whip It was the 1st song I ever heard from them but I was only like 7 years old and always liked them. It was the only album of theirs that I had but I remember seeing them on Solid Gold as a kid and they played Jerking Back and Forth. That song was stuck in my head for decades. I was just a little kid and didn't get all of the meaning and social agenda but I always thought the music was good. A few other songs I really dug were Peekaboo, Secret Agent Man, Uncontrollable Urge, and the whole Freedom of Choice album. I'm surprised they weren't bigger but they were ahead of their time and pioneers. A buddy of mine saw them in concert and said they were fantastic and had just incredible energy on stage.
Those guy made my high school years a blast!! First concert as well! Are we not men??? in fact we ARE DEVO.
Great stuff!
I like that Gerry and Mark get "out-fake-disinterested" in their own shtick by Letterman. Letterman perfected the shtick of being fake-disinterested in his own career.
Great observation! That's brilliant of them.
DEVO Hall of Fame Bound
Vote for DEVO Thanks
When i went to UC Santa Cruz, c.1975, there were Devo posters everywhere.
These guys do deserve the rock hall! Should be a no 🧠
DEVO is one of the last truly original rock and roll bands to form. If one cares about the RaRHoF, it's downright criminal they aren't in there yet.
@@WinslowLeach1974eh. No big deal. They have some stuff on display at Fat Mikes punk rock museum in Nevada.
OUTTA SIGHT
Ah man I love these guys. Cannot think of a cleverer way of reflecting the utter ridiculousness of life on earth.
Best Music to cut grass by on a Saturday Morning !!! Dig IT !
God I love these guys.
i love them too much✨
I saw them that year in NYC. Amazing show!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🤗🤓😁🎶💓🎉🎵👮🏻♂️Whit All Do Respect Greetings To Devo Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks For The Great Video's & Music ,SDHS Class 81 Sincerely Jose Luis Silva From San Diego CA USA.
DEVO was MTV before MTV, not sure the date of this Letterman show, but this was probably when MTV was less than a year old and most people didn't have it yet.
You're right in the zone, MTV was only 13 months old (and far from available everywhere) when the "Oh No, It's DEVO" album came out and this airing was only a little after. But yes DEVO was making music vids long before MTV. To MTV's credit, they were great in their first year and a half, and they played a lot of DEVO then.
@@WinslowLeach1974 I got MTV on NYE 1982. It was still pretty good in 83/84 but I'm sure there was already a difference from the very early days.
@@michaeltnewyorknights8413 Agreed, it was definitely a gradual slide down in quality throughout the 80s. Still good by mid-decade.
Alan is a fukkin ninja.
Our nerd ancestors.
I think a lot of people don’t see the true GENIUS of DEVO!
Booji? I didn't see him!
Even at interviews Casale plays devo-stiffness-style, I love it
Amazing how much Gerry was really a leader in this band. Mark has been the most successful, but Gerry may have been the real genius.
They all work together to this day.
See "Oral History of DEVO" here on YT. Just an hour of Casale telling stories about DEVO, it's so good.
@@demonicsweaters Demonic sweaters. Where did you get a name like that? You don't like DEVO do you? Why you "critiquing" their wares? There is more to life than psycho analyzing the hair growth pattern around a hound dog's butthole, ya know! ☹️
@@AndieZ4U2 What?????
@@TheChristafershawn I'm asked that a lot.
Devo knew it was all a joke and civilisation as proved them right.
Gerry throwing that low key shade "I'd say so." at Dave with his show being part of devolution and Dave shootin' right back at em
Priceless!!😆
I don’t know Devo real well but I’m a fan of Mark’s soundtrack work and incidental music. Jerry is a charming guy here.
it is your #dutynow ! important theories BEYOND their musick.
They're one of the more unique bands in the past 50 years. Listen to an album and see what you think, everyone has a music subscription like Spotify these days
If you like punk and "early stuff" (IMO their best album) - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
If you like tight synthpop and want to see how Devo helped pioneer the 80s sound while keeping some punk aesthetic: Freedom of Choice
If you're cynical and feel detached from society: New Traditionalists
Alan and The Bobs just walking in from off screen toward the end got a laugh outta me.
I’m laughing so hard I’m crying!
The best 😎
DE EVOLUTION is Real From JFK down to Obama
Someone needs to put the brakes on to stop the De Evolution Roller Coaster Ride !
Please watch The Video That's Good DEVO posted by Electronictomato Thanks !
Guy Boost I’m pursuing filming an interview with Jerry for my show Pallas On Air. I love doing deep research before interviewing my guests.
@@pallasonair6443 can do me a favor and please Google DEVO Next Future Legends and scoll down
To the videos next to for
That's Good DEVO posted by Electronictomato
And write on post a comment on
It this was DEVO performing
It Wireless !
Thank you again !
Guy Boost please just link me here.
I’m a little surprised that Mark didn’t do more talking, whether by his own desire or by Gerry taking all the questions.
Gerry was actually the band genius; people think it was Mark because he held the microphone.
It's Too bad in the return of
DEVO to The Late Show CBS
David Letterman June 2010
After they Perform Fresh
There's not enough time for an
Interview !
So this was mentioned in a podcast I listened to on Spotify and now it’s in my feed.
A flat note at end implied criticism of Letterman about not talking not communicating with the audience, pretty clear he didnt understand the band, its music dude not a talk show.
Omg i had the Muzac tape!
They were very technological minded and it's like someone talking these days time travelling to 1982.
I am born in 1975 and discovered Devo because of weird Al. It looks like there is so much happening before my time that I can appreciate and I am looking forward to buying a lot of albums and a lot of their early multimedia art I wonder what they would say about the 1990s and he was trying to do something experimental on the Internet and on optical media?
In the year 2023, "DEVO was Right"...
" What City will you be travelling to next?" , "We schedule are tours to Avoid Winter!" I Used to live in Illinois, I Can Relate to That, Hahahahahahahaha 😂!!!
Letterman couldn't have been less interested. Definitely he didn't get them. Props to the network for giving them two interview segments, though - that would never happen these days.
Exactly. But they stuck to their guns. Casale is a smart cookie (as are all of them actually). Mark actually has done quite a few soundtracks for TV shows and movies too.
*Gerry* : "I wouldn't say we're not communicating..."
*Letterman* (floundering hopelessly): "verbally though..."
_dead air_
*Gerry* (smirking): "well, we *are* using our voices!"
*audience* : _laughing at Dave's idiocy!_ 😂
I guess this was a time when being a slick cat and talking up the audience was considered necessary, especially to a guy like Dave, who came to prominence on that kind of personality. Devo gave the middle finger to that, like most punk
Even Johnny Carson, a legend and the greatest--but old--would have done a better job with that interview. I never liked Letterman, not ever. He was overrated. I know I am very alone on that one, but it is just my opinion.
@@bobbysands6923 Dave was Johnny's choice to replace him.
OMG I loved them so much, still do. Maybe it was a bit geeky to be into De-vo back in the time but looking at that , they were so intelligent and humerous. They had Letterman all ends up.
They are still going.....love It's What We Do 360 video
Some of Jerry's jokes were too nerdy for the audience. The floppy disk joke was pretty clever but it went over everyone's head.
DEVO were always a little too smart for (most of) the house, and Letterman could never handle being upstaged by a guest.
You can't wear it properly if you don't put it over your head.
:D
Good to see Alan, the human metronome.
That was a very coherent post for you..... congrats.
Letterman doesn't like the boys gettin' all the laughs.'
This was early in his run so he was actually less obnoxious that later on.
Sloburnjo wrote: "Dave's schtick dies when the guest is smarter, wittier & more engaging. DEVO destroys conventional teevee."
You ain't kiddin'. Dave is literally floundering in this interview. The Devo guys are running circles around him with concepts that he is just not getting.
The problem is clear: Devo was some 20 ---- well, all right: let's make that 30 ---- years ahead of their time. Aside from that, the band had no problems communicating their ideas at all.
Part of David Letterman’s schtick is to be the disinterested straight man
Yeah, David Letterman is plenty smart enough to grasp their "concepts" (which are mostly Devo joking around, anyhow.) It was clear that Dave found the guys amusing, which is what they were intending to be. Watch more old Letterman interviews...you'll figure out in no time how quickly his mind actually works.
Made me miss those Letterman days aside from Devo also.
DEVOLUTION.
40 years ahead, is a tough place to be.
1:25
Q: And these are all inextricably linked to devolution, is that correct?
A: I'd say so.
I remember my parents letting me stay up late to watch this.
Devo and Pee Wee Herman. What a great pairing.
Because of Devo or pee wee?
Looking back from 2021 can anyone doubt devolution hasn’t sped up?
Devo was right you know ....
Hilarious. Laughing harder than most comedian interviews.
A) where is the musical performance? B) did Letterman say peewee herman was also a guest? Now I need the whole episode...
it is posted keep looking. check Don Geller YT channel he is #1 Dave fanatic
Gerald and Mark are musical geniuses
I was the 500th "person" to like this bitchin Devo interview, 493 liked it ,7 didn't.....why fuckifIknow
Can we talk about Mark's precision when he stomped on the energy dome? He must've practiced that I tell you
Ilike the tmusic man