This band formed at Kent State, Ohio, when one of their friends was among the 4 students killed by national guard troops during a protest. Their original drummer, Alan Myers (1954-2013) was known as The Human Metronome.
Yes, exactly and that shooting formed their sensibilities, they decided that we were de-evolving as a species. I don't know if they were serious about that but they were serious about their music. They were 2 sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs and the Casales. After GirlUWant, you should also check out Freedom of Choice, Uncontrollable Urge, and their cover of Johnny Rivers' 60s hit Secret Agent Man. The flower pot hats were sold as merch. The lead singer Mark Mothersbaugh became a famous composer of TV theme and movie scores like his contemporary Danny Elfman of Oingo Boingo. If you haven't listened to any of Oingo Boingo yet, that's next. You may recognize Elfman as the composer of The Simpsons theme song and The Nightmare Before Christmas. He still performs old Oingo Boingo hits after the annual live performance of The Nightmare Before Christmas at the Hollywood Bowl. Mothersbaugh wrote the Rugrats theme and was a supporting cast member of the children's show Yo Gabba Gabba. He drew pictures that became animated. Devo has still been performing live but with a different drummer and sadly one of the Casale brothers, Bob 2, passed away in 2014.
Jerry Casale from the band saw his friends get killed by the National Guard and came up with the concept that we were not evolving forward as a society but devolving. And yes Alan was The Human Metranome. Later quitting the band because he could not compete with drum machines.
Many folks see Devo as simply a novelty band. In fact they are talented and put a lot of other 80s bands to shame. I like that they are riff-based, in a time when a lot of players were chucking guitars. Very cool band.
Yes! Exactly. I just posted a similar comment. These guys were talented and wrote some great songs, but were kind of pigeonholed as a novelty act. You're so right.
My favorite band growing up. Was a member of their fan club when I was a kid. It still bugs me they're basically only known for Whip It when they had so many great songs.
I'm 72 years old, and I almost hate to say this, but I love DEVO. Straight forward and in your face music and lyrics. "Girl U Want" is like the perfect male adolescence theme song. "You know you're headed for the pleasure bun, but the words get stuck on the tip of your tongue." Backseat brilliance, right there. 😳
Best Punk band? They are my favorite band of all time followed by Oingo Boingo, ELO, Zeppelin, Rodger Waters....However, my favorite punk band is probably the Circle Jerks followed by DK, DI, SNFU, and The Addicts(I don't know why I like them like I shouldn't). Devo, Blondie, Talking Heads, The GoGo's...etc. were all in the early punk scene. However, I would classify them as outside any genre at the time. Like Siouxsie, Scraping Foetus, Even the Ramones. Punk to me is an attitude and not just a music style. I still think The Who are punk. I still think The Bad Brains invented Hard Core(Respect! another black band reinvents music! ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME MOFO'S!!!) Not digging on you, but I would put them as your favorite band...like me. Not the best Punk band. They played all the best venues with all the best punk bands ever but they are DEVO.
DEVO stands for de-evolution. They do a great breakdown of (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction and their restructuring of Are You Experienced? is a favorite of mine.
I would say they are the greatest band in the world. Lol But it's from my perspective and I just never found another band who I related to so much. I loved that they did a remixed version of this song to open up the film Tank Girl and because Joan Jett was also submitting to that soundtrack they recorded a version with her on lead vocals. :)
I'm 66, and was blown away by the late 60's and 70's, but I overall love 80's rock music most of all. Devo, Psychedelic Furs, XTC, The Cure, B-52's, REM, Flock of Seagulls, Duran Duran, Bangles, Buzzcocks, New Order, Third Eye Blind, Pixies, Pop Will Eat Itself, Public Image Limited, Romeo Void, Simple Minds, Social Distortion, The Cars, Stranglers, Depeche Mode, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Wall of Voodoo, The Smiths, Echo & the Bunnymen, Ministry, Peter Gabriel, and on and on and on......
Mark and Bob Morhersbaugh 's younger brother, and the Original drummer Jim went on to invent the Electronic Drum set for Roland, right after leaving the band in 74 - 75
Used in the film Tank Girl. When I saw them mid/late 80's they did devolve. New stuf first. Then middle stuf. Finally old stuf. With their instruments getting more primitive as it went. Mighty fine show.
the original drummer from devo was a human metronome. he was a proffesional jazz drummer. he knew dothing about this type of music. but decided to embrace it lol
Oh by the way you youngins those are called Energy Domes it's so funny cuz I saw a video talking about those specific hats and it turned out that at one of the schools that I either Bob won or Bob two went to they had these lamps you know these overhead lamps in the classrooms and it had that structure just like that and some artists took one of those and used it as a mold to make the plastic quote unquote energy domes for the group you could actually at one time had bought a version of this I think there was something within the vinyl record where you could order the energy domes pretty freaking awesome
You asked us to tell you about that time period and this came out in the year 1980, the very beginning of the eighties. At that time, I was in high school in Texas and I remember bully jocks, the kind of people who beat up people for fun, hating any music that wasn't hard rock, especially Devo, and they would yell "Devo!" and various anti-gay slurs when they were about to physically attack people. I even specifically remember them hating this song because, they said, "It just ends!" Seventies-style hard rock endings, like in Van Halen, Ted Nugent (their two favorites), Boston, Journey, Peter Frampton, etc, often had long, drawn-out endings, and this ends abruptly. The bully jocks in school didn't like that.
If they have the resources, the band plays with a video backing. To make that work, they are well practiced to play with a click track, and get everything at the right time.
Ah, a great DEVO song! These guys had a lot of great music. I almost think they were typecast (ha) with their major hit, Whip It, and the flowerpot hats. But they really were good musicians and put out some great music.
Love Devo! They actually released a new album in 2010, and the track “Fresh” is really good! Also check out their appearance on the old ABC show called “Fridays”, excellent!
Please do "Freedom Of Choice". It's a punky, sneering song with surprisingly scathing lyrics about US consumer culture. Swap out the synths and robot nerd vibe with thrashy guitars and a British accent and it could easily be Sex Pistols, The. Naturally, it's got a bizarre, funny video too. D-E-V-O!
Soundgarden do a HEAVY version of "Girl U Want". I picture Devo and Soundgarden in High School; they steal the song from the nerd's lunchbox and make it dangerous. Nonetheless, I, for one, welcomed our new Nerd Overlords.
Oh you know what's funny is they actually had something from a high school some sort of a lamp and this guy took that lamp and he made a mold out of it can you turn it upside down and you got the energy Dome
Funny he referred to Stevie Wonder, Devo , used Stevies Producer on this album. 2 albums later they will pair with AC DC's producer for the OH NO IT'S DEVO, album. Great producers liked the challenge of producing a DEVO record, after Brian Eno , and David Bowie Co produced their 1st album,, soooo, they are not a bad band at all. They are actually really great musicians, who minimized their skill for the sake of the minimalist sound,, that's the sign of a great musician. Oh, PRINCE, was quoted as saying He loves DEVO, and the singer on this Track, Mark Mothersbaugh ,was bestowed as the white James Brown by Prince..
Great Reaction! You guys get Devo..some can't relate.."Race Of Doom" from the New Traditionalists LP is an awesome track.. and also "Strange Pursuit" or "Beautiful World ".. thanks.
FREEDOM OF CHOICE is arguably their best album. And funny you should mention Stevie! Co-producers of FREEDOM, Bob Margouleff and Malcolm Cecil introduced Stevie to synths, which resulted in his first truly "electrified" album, INNERVISIONS.
I mean I know you guys might be a little spooked by having the video up but you got to see the video it is so awesome and there's this mutant Les Paul that either Bob one or Bob 2 is playing and these girls are just so awesome San Miguel in the tree with a can of hairspray or aerosol something no it's amazing their first album was produced by Brian Eno I mean come on that's got to tell you something right there new kru Spud boys and Spud girls in Brooklyn
You guys made them fun again. It was the energy on stage and those frigging hooks. Just try the title track off this album freedom of choice. Avoid their "hit" and you will not be a disappointed spud. Lol. The Era of Talking heads , Devo, oingo boingo,and wall of Voodoo was the transition from straight punk to a sound that was never going to get the airplay it deserved because it wasn't safe it was new ,fresh and never boring it was college radio smart, fun, experimental, interesting and ahead of its time
Hey there, have a look on Buddy Guys record „sweet tea“, especially the song „Baby please don’t leave“ and put the equalizer on higher tons and the volume up…. Love ur job! Cheers
You know what though you crazy brooklynites you really got to see the video with this one I don't know you might have to do another reaction because wow I don't think you'll get blocked even if you display the video but there you go I think you'd be all right but one of the Great Golden Age MTV videos of all time and it just so well goes like the first part of the video it feels so perfectly with the lyrics it's almost well it's just kind of literally a very cool surprising way okay mutants the question we have to ask ourselves is who's been a bad Spud?
Chuck them in the bin? Not true at all, no one like that and that forward punk in many ways in your face more Punk Rock, Synth-Punk and New Wave. The truth about De-Evolution not just about the music they were an art movement project. Never trying to get attention they are about the sound, messages and band pop culture icons art music movement project and sad De-Evolution is real and was an art school joke that came true as Jerry Casale said. The song is a metaphor to anything like anything you want say you want a Corvette that the Girl U Want you miss understood the whole song meaning basically like most the masses do. Also jumped on the wagon because of the new found fame they had with Whip It. Which is not the best Single or song they made at all. I like Whip It but compared to this Single, more and even albums too many better Whip It is really boring annoying overplayed and repetitive.
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This band formed at Kent State, Ohio, when one of their friends was among the 4 students killed by national guard troops during a protest. Their original drummer, Alan Myers (1954-2013) was known as The Human Metronome.
😳 woah. Thanks for the history Fred!
@@SightAfterDark wasn’t the first and original drummer one of the brothers
Yes, exactly and that shooting formed their sensibilities, they decided that we were de-evolving as a species. I don't know if they were serious about that but they were serious about their music. They were 2 sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs and the Casales. After GirlUWant, you should also check out Freedom of Choice, Uncontrollable Urge, and their cover of Johnny Rivers' 60s hit Secret Agent Man.
The flower pot hats were sold as merch.
The lead singer Mark Mothersbaugh became a famous composer of TV theme and movie scores like his contemporary Danny Elfman of Oingo Boingo. If you haven't listened to any of Oingo Boingo yet, that's next. You may recognize Elfman as the composer of The Simpsons theme song and The Nightmare Before Christmas. He still performs old Oingo Boingo hits after the annual live performance of The Nightmare Before Christmas at the Hollywood Bowl. Mothersbaugh wrote the Rugrats theme and was a supporting cast member of the children's show Yo Gabba Gabba. He drew pictures that became animated. Devo has still been performing live but with a different drummer and sadly one of the Casale brothers, Bob 2, passed away in 2014.
Jerry Casale from the band saw his friends get killed by the National Guard and came up with the concept that we were not evolving forward as a society but devolving. And yes Alan was The Human Metranome. Later quitting the band because he could not compete with drum machines.
@@ronkells they had a drummer for one show and then Jim Mothersbaugh drummed for a while, later quitting and going to work for Roland
Many folks see Devo as simply a novelty band. In fact they are
talented and put a lot of other 80s bands to shame. I like that they are riff-based, in a time when a lot of players were chucking guitars. Very cool band.
Yes! Exactly. I just posted a similar comment. These guys were talented and wrote some great songs, but were kind of pigeonholed as a novelty act. You're so right.
What's this "were." They are still active, with Josh Freese on drums.
My favorite band growing up. Was a member of their fan club when I was a kid. It still bugs me they're basically only known for Whip It when they had so many great songs.
Kurt Cobain absolutely loved DEVO
I'm class of '84 from The Bronx. I always waited for DEVO to come on at a party so I could dance like the spud boy I am. Lookin' for a real tomato.
I'm 72 years old, and I almost hate to say this, but I love DEVO. Straight forward and in your face music and lyrics. "Girl U Want" is like the perfect male adolescence theme song. "You know you're headed for the pleasure bun, but the words get stuck on the tip of your tongue." Backseat brilliance, right there. 😳
'70s Devo is hands down the best Punk band.
And Alan Myers was a beast on drums.
We’ll check it out, thanks Jack!
Best Punk band? They are my favorite band of all time followed by Oingo Boingo, ELO, Zeppelin, Rodger Waters....However, my favorite punk band is probably the Circle Jerks followed by DK, DI, SNFU, and The Addicts(I don't know why I like them like I shouldn't). Devo, Blondie, Talking Heads, The GoGo's...etc. were all in the early punk scene. However, I would classify them as outside any genre at the time. Like Siouxsie, Scraping Foetus, Even the Ramones. Punk to me is an attitude and not just a music style. I still think The Who are punk. I still think The Bad Brains invented Hard Core(Respect! another black band reinvents music! ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME MOFO'S!!!) Not digging on you, but I would put them as your favorite band...like me. Not the best Punk band. They played all the best venues with all the best punk bands ever but they are DEVO.
i remember shaking my energy dome to this - a seriously great live band!!
🥰excellent
My sister had this vinyl. I remember it scratching an itch at the time.
DEVO stands for de-evolution. They do a great breakdown of (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction and their restructuring of Are You Experienced? is a favorite of mine.
Devo = Perfection.
For sure
For sure
Included in the album was a flyer - you could send away for an official DEVO 'flowerpot' hat!
Mouth watering: check...
Mind spinning: check...
Pointiless admitions: check...
¡¡¡Aroma!!!
AHHHH YES. DEVO! Great band - loads of great memories around the early 80s - roller skating of course!
I would say they are the greatest band in the world. Lol But it's from my perspective and I just never found another band who I related to so much. I loved that they did a remixed version of this song to open up the film Tank Girl and because Joan Jett was also submitting to that soundtrack they recorded a version with her on lead vocals. :)
Yes, and this is a great example of their musical talent.
I'm 66, and was blown away by the late 60's and 70's, but I overall love 80's rock music most of all. Devo, Psychedelic Furs, XTC, The Cure, B-52's, REM, Flock of Seagulls, Duran Duran, Bangles, Buzzcocks, New Order, Third Eye Blind, Pixies, Pop Will Eat Itself, Public Image Limited, Romeo Void, Simple Minds, Social Distortion, The Cars, Stranglers, Depeche Mode, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Wall of Voodoo, The Smiths, Echo & the Bunnymen, Ministry, Peter Gabriel, and on and on and on......
You forgot Big Audio Dynamite...
You lost me at Toad and Echo...lol
An absolute classic!!! Just made a vocal cover of it, it ain't much but it's honest workd
Pure synth pop...New electronic drum and synth bass was arriving when this came out and they took advantage.
Mark and Bob Morhersbaugh 's younger brother, and the Original drummer Jim went on to invent the Electronic Drum set for Roland, right after leaving the band in 74 - 75
this is the best soul-felt music reaction video I have ever seen.. few words needed..nize! subbed
Thanks for the sub!
My fave Devo song!
Yay! Devo!
Used in the film Tank Girl. When I saw them mid/late 80's they did devolve. New stuf first. Then middle stuf. Finally old stuf. With their instruments getting more primitive as it went. Mighty fine show.
Glad you enjoyed!
I got to see Devo live in the 80s and they were great.
the original drummer from devo was a human metronome. he was a proffesional jazz drummer. he knew dothing about this type of music. but decided to embrace it lol
oh that Alan
Oh, them spud boys, always lookin' for that real tomato. I love that Soundgarden did a fun cover of this tune.
Wow, how cool, thanks for the info Eidetecker!
Oh by the way you youngins those are called Energy Domes it's so funny cuz I saw a video talking about those specific hats and it turned out that at one of the schools that I either Bob won or Bob two went to they had these lamps you know these overhead lamps in the classrooms and it had that structure just like that and some artists took one of those and used it as a mold to make the plastic quote unquote energy domes for the group you could actually at one time had bought a version of this I think there was something within the vinyl record where you could order the energy domes pretty freaking awesome
Robert Margouleff produced Stevie Wonder recorda and this Devo album.
Soundgarden did a cover of this. Nirvana did a cover of "turnaround". They get respect.
You asked us to tell you about that time period and this came out in the year 1980, the very beginning of the eighties. At that time, I was in high school in Texas and I remember bully jocks, the kind of people who beat up people for fun, hating any music that wasn't hard rock, especially Devo, and they would yell "Devo!" and various anti-gay slurs when they were about to physically attack people. I even specifically remember them hating this song because, they said, "It just ends!" Seventies-style hard rock endings, like in Van Halen, Ted Nugent (their two favorites), Boston, Journey, Peter Frampton, etc, often had long, drawn-out endings, and this ends abruptly. The bully jocks in school didn't like that.
Wow that’s twisted. We’re glad you made it out of that❤️❤️
Oh, beloved Devo! What a tonic they were for how pretentious rock and roll had become.
In concert Devo was one of the tightest bands I have ever seen. Every note and every movement they made was so exact it was as if it was prerecorded.
Wow #goals
If they have the resources, the band plays with a video backing. To make that work, they are well practiced to play with a click track, and get everything at the right time.
This great beats and bass great live band music sounds great
Ah, a great DEVO song! These guys had a lot of great music. I almost think they were typecast (ha) with their major hit, Whip It, and the flowerpot hats. But they really were good musicians and put out some great music.
Excellent ! Love Devo ! Great review !
Thanks so much!
Love Devo! They actually released a new album in 2010, and the track “Fresh” is really good! Also check out their appearance on the old ABC show called “Fridays”, excellent!
Nice, thanks Dave!
@@SightAfterDark - I even have a Devo CD that's "easy listening", elevator music versions of their stuff, and it was performed by DEVO!
@@doplinger1 it’s so not easy
@@ronkells - funny, because the album is called “E-Z Listening Disc” and Wikipedia describes it as easy listening Muzak versions of their music.
Please do "Freedom Of Choice".
It's a punky, sneering song with surprisingly scathing lyrics about US consumer culture. Swap out the synths and robot nerd vibe with thrashy guitars and a British accent and it could easily be Sex Pistols, The.
Naturally, it's got a bizarre, funny video too. D-E-V-O!
Timeless ❤
Thanks Carmine - haven't heard this in a couple decades XD
You guys have to watch the videos to this band (especially to the stones. Can't get no satisfaction
What is cool about Devo is that they KICK ASS! I don't know how many of my friends started on Devo and ended up listening to thrash metal!
Soundgarden do a HEAVY version of "Girl U Want".
I picture Devo and Soundgarden in High School; they steal the song from the nerd's lunchbox and make it dangerous.
Nonetheless, I, for one, welcomed our new Nerd Overlords.
Used to play this on a college radio show on a 3-6 am slot for those kids on speed looking for a last kick.
That sounds invigorating!
@@SightAfterDark twas that or Roadrunner ; )
College. 😁❤️. DEVO was one of our favorites to jam out on the dance floor.
Carmine! Great choice! These guys were alot better musicians than it appeared in those days. Especially Bob #1. He could shred with the best of them.
thank you its one of my sons favorite bands they were a lot of fun
He would shred til his strings broke! He was a wizard Smart Patrol/DNA
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are DEVO. Q: Is it okay to like Devo, Neil Young, Grateful Dead and Talking Heads? A: Hope so.
Remember, Bowie was the one who "found" them and made the first album happen with Brian Eno producing.
One of their best songs
Oh you know what's funny is they actually had something from a high school some sort of a lamp and this guy took that lamp and he made a mold out of it can you turn it upside down and you got the energy Dome
😆we heard #crazy
Tight band
Just the girl I want....
The slowed down version from the Tank Girl sound track is great. A bigger, more badass sound but still DEVO
Amazing live band.
She’s just the girl, the girl you want.
Funny he referred to Stevie Wonder,
Devo , used Stevies Producer on this album.
2 albums later they will pair with AC DC's producer for the OH NO IT'S DEVO, album.
Great producers liked the challenge of producing a DEVO record, after Brian Eno , and David Bowie Co produced their 1st album,, soooo, they are not a bad band at all.
They are actually really great musicians, who minimized their skill for the sake of the minimalist sound,, that's the sign of a great musician.
Oh, PRINCE, was quoted as saying He loves DEVO, and the singer on this Track, Mark Mothersbaugh ,was bestowed as the white James Brown by Prince..
Wow, really cool info, thanks Dan T!
Great Reaction! You guys get Devo..some can't relate.."Race Of Doom" from the New Traditionalists LP is an awesome track.. and also "Strange Pursuit" or "Beautiful World ".. thanks.
Now I have to watch Tank Girl again.
Next up, "It's Different For Girls." Joe Jackson!
In fact Mark Mothersbaugh the lead ..has had a strong career in film score as well as TV show scores since DEVO
FANK LIVES !!!
😆😂😂
FREEDOM OF CHOICE is arguably their best album. And funny you should mention Stevie! Co-producers of FREEDOM, Bob Margouleff and Malcolm Cecil introduced Stevie to synths, which resulted in his first truly "electrified" album, INNERVISIONS.
Thanks for the info Survivor2002!
I mean I know you guys might be a little spooked by having the video up but you got to see the video it is so awesome and there's this mutant Les Paul that either Bob one or Bob 2 is playing and these girls are just so awesome San Miguel in the tree with a can of hairspray or aerosol something no it's amazing their first album was produced by Brian Eno I mean come on that's got to tell you something right there new kru Spud boys and Spud girls in Brooklyn
Thanks Bryan!
Can't help but like em 👍
you gotta try "Dont shoot, i'm a man" or "What we do" by devo
We’re All DEVO⚛️🥔
You guys made them fun again.
It was the energy on stage and those frigging hooks.
Just try the title track off this album freedom of choice. Avoid their "hit" and you will not be a disappointed spud. Lol.
The Era of Talking heads , Devo, oingo boingo,and wall of Voodoo was the transition from straight punk to a sound that was never going to get the airplay it deserved because it wasn't safe it was new ,fresh and never boring it was college radio smart, fun, experimental, interesting and ahead of its time
Thanks so much James!
But they've always been fun.
Hey there, have a look on Buddy Guys record „sweet tea“, especially the song „Baby please don’t leave“ and put the equalizer on higher tons and the volume up…. Love ur job! Cheers
Thanks Rene, we do too❤️!
Don’t know if you’ve reacted to Gut Feeling, I stumbled onto it on The Life Aquatic soundtrack.
Not yet!
When will someone do Pop Will Eat Itself?!
Tank Girl movie Soundtrack ♥️👍😁
The MV makes a better reaction.
You know what though you crazy brooklynites you really got to see the video with this one I don't know you might have to do another reaction because wow I don't think you'll get blocked even if you display the video but there you go I think you'd be all right but one of the Great Golden Age MTV videos of all time and it just so well goes like the first part of the video it feels so perfectly with the lyrics it's almost well it's just kind of literally a very cool surprising way okay mutants the question we have to ask ourselves is who's been a bad Spud?
Thanks Bryan!
definitely influenced by Kraftwerk
Chuck them in the bin? Not true at all, no one like that and that forward punk in many ways in your face more Punk Rock, Synth-Punk and New Wave. The truth about De-Evolution not just about the music they were an art movement project. Never trying to get attention they are about the sound, messages and band pop culture icons art music movement project and sad De-Evolution is real and was an art school joke that came true as Jerry Casale said. The song is a metaphor to anything like anything you want say you want a Corvette that the Girl U Want you miss understood the whole song meaning basically like most the masses do. Also jumped on the wagon because of the new found fame they had with Whip It. Which is not the best Single or song they made at all. I like Whip It but compared to this Single, more and even albums too many better Whip It is really boring annoying overplayed and repetitive.