DEVO Freedom Of Choice (Official Music Video)

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  • Опубліковано 16 лис 2024

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  • @CoreyGallant-h7x
    @CoreyGallant-h7x 7 місяців тому +75

    We need this on every tv in America

    • @JohnLRice
      @JohnLRice 5 місяців тому +7

      Agreed, unfortunately most people have short attention spans and will switch channels before the end of the song and miss the really important part. 🤦‍♂

    • @djn48
      @djn48 2 місяці тому +2

      We need this on every TV in every English-speaking country. Then we need it translated into other languages and played on their TVs as well.

    • @onomehtenialb
      @onomehtenialb 21 день тому

      Im trying hard now.. Every 3rd night I post it on Twitter

    • @jeremyyoung4415
      @jeremyyoung4415 18 днів тому

      Im guessen that's where we got tricked.

  • @patdthomas
    @patdthomas 6 років тому +144

    Skateboards, donuts and Romans. Only Devo could pull this off.

    • @johnjeffery6638
      @johnjeffery6638 6 місяців тому +8

      Well it was 1979...

    • @roel.vinckens
      @roel.vinckens 2 місяці тому +2

      Just another great Tuesday back in the day.

    • @lazlokovacs2263
      @lazlokovacs2263 9 днів тому

      Shopping centers with Roman columns and fountains with acrylic flamingos. Overlapping images of Greco-Roman busts, palm trees, lilac-colored kitchens on beaches at sunset. Before this became reality, Devo was already real.

  • @chrispydrummer
    @chrispydrummer 8 місяців тому +15

    that extra 8th note in the intro always throws me off. Like they started on the and of 4 when recording. Brilliant.

  • @jebidiahmorales227
    @jebidiahmorales227 3 роки тому +17

    Freedom of choice is what you got.
    Freedom from choice is what you want...

  • @josephshinko3725
    @josephshinko3725 8 місяців тому +64

    This song, album and video stoked me even more because I skateboard.
    Still skating at 58.

    • @hazelrah321
      @hazelrah321 3 місяці тому +6

      I'm 58, never skated, love DEVO!❤

    • @chrhadden
      @chrhadden 3 місяці тому +6

      same here. 50 been a skater since 85 and I AINT NEVER GOING TO STOP! 215 Philadelphia Pa

    • @damianb2374
      @damianb2374 Місяць тому +1

      the canyon jump (was that the term?) in the keyhole bowl was year zero for me. Had heard they did it but to see it in a video of a great band: no way. Insane.

    • @chrhadden
      @chrhadden Місяць тому

      @@damianb2374 i would call it a channel but close enough. im saying even now i would be hype if i saw them do that. it was dope

    • @chrhadden
      @chrhadden Місяць тому

      ua-cam.com/video/BoSWUo0OKzg/v-deo.htmlsi=5pH3nSfZp8Fq20kL i skate too 50yrs old

  • @FeonaLeeJones
    @FeonaLeeJones 3 роки тому +1118

    This song is super relevant right now...."This is often misinterpreted as a song celebrating personal freedom. It is actually a commentary on how people really want choices made for them. The song's statement is made in the last chorus, "Freedom of choice is what you've got, freedom from choice is what you want."

    • @Rhythmattica
      @Rhythmattica 2 роки тому +50

      Thank you.,.. This isn't a political song, it should be seen as thought provoking.... But alas, someone will tie it to some political party or situation out of anyones personal scope.

    • @Positive_Pronouns
      @Positive_Pronouns 2 роки тому +27

      Thanks for the insight, Vladimir Putin would be proud.

    • @jonoedwards4195
      @jonoedwards4195 2 роки тому +2

      Ahahahhaa!

    • @johnnycjnr
      @johnnycjnr 2 роки тому +39

      People don't want and can't think for themselves

    • @blue23song31
      @blue23song31 2 роки тому +17

      Said every dictator in the history of the world. Good grief..🤦‍♂️

  • @gornhorror
    @gornhorror 12 років тому +404

    at least 50 years ahead of their time. There is a very special place for Devo in music history. Very unique.

    • @rebeccawalter645
      @rebeccawalter645 2 роки тому +1

      Can you say more about DEVO being 50 years ahead of their time? What do you mean?

    • @mjt1517
      @mjt1517 2 роки тому +18

      @@rebeccawalter645 devolution, man...we're devolving as time goes on.

    • @bryanprince5276
      @bryanprince5276 Рік тому +1

      Wouldn't That Mean. In A Way That is.. THAT This SONG Came out In "73" ??? Which it didn't...

    • @DJAlgorhythms
      @DJAlgorhythms Рік тому +5

      It’s “devolved” gracefully.

    • @something2061
      @something2061 Рік тому +6

      @@bryanprince5276 No, they mean that they're still ahead of their time

  • @lauriediandrea715
    @lauriediandrea715 Місяць тому +6

    Devo was definitely ahead of their time. Nerdy geniuses, not just songs, the videos as well.

  • @bdg77
    @bdg77 5 місяців тому +106

    Why did it take me 40 years to realize how cool Devo was/is.

    • @imfallibleK
      @imfallibleK 5 місяців тому +15

      Who cares so long as you finally made it. Hooray!

    • @blogobre
      @blogobre 5 місяців тому +11

      I think Devo made weirdness cool. Glad you finally realized you weren't normal.

    • @Greenmile.
      @Greenmile. 4 місяці тому +8

      So you're late to the party. The good news is that you can still catch a Devo concert if you want to and they still give quality performances.

    • @retrodemon263
      @retrodemon263 4 місяці тому +9

      It’s ok Spud! We’re all DE-VO!

    • @Booklook111
      @Booklook111 3 місяці тому +3

      You made it to the party! 🎉 🥳

  • @aspjake123
    @aspjake123 2 роки тому +23

    Song is very applicable to today's time! Don't be a sheeple, go out and make your choice instead of someone else doing it for you.

  • @rundoetx
    @rundoetx Рік тому +73

    Devo for the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame!

    • @josejones7025
      @josejones7025 4 місяці тому +7

      They should be in the Hall of Fame

    • @brians736
      @brians736 3 місяці тому +5

      I had been saying that for years, but now my own selfish desire is to see them NOT be inducted. The Rock HOF has become an absolute joke, and it is no longer deserving of Devo's inclusion.

    • @larrymaxwell8565
      @larrymaxwell8565 2 місяці тому

      They are the hall of fame come on rock!😊

    • @darinsmith4414
      @darinsmith4414 2 місяці тому +1

      @@brians736 Hi, it's Sad but it was Proven* when they Inducted Radiohead and the Cure BERORE Devo and Kraftwerk Who Laid the Foundation for both of those bands and Many Others*-Insulting***. Thanks

  • @brianwolters7560
    @brianwolters7560 3 роки тому +66

    How relevant is "Freedom of Choice, is what you got...Freedom FROM Choice, is what you want?" That speaks!

    • @HotRod12667
      @HotRod12667 Місяць тому +2

      Explains the love affair some people have with totalitarian government. Some people just don't want freedom. (shrugs)

    • @72hermit
      @72hermit 29 днів тому +1

      Relevant for ANY election year!

    • @Nick-f9z2c
      @Nick-f9z2c 11 днів тому +1

      2024 election year
      What do you want...

  • @KRAFTWERK2K6
    @KRAFTWERK2K6 2 місяці тому +8

    Still VERY playable and relevant. Hasn't aged at all. Speaks for the quality of DEVO's body of work :)

  • @morganmachen
    @morganmachen 4 місяці тому +22

    Did we not have the coolest youth culture ever?!!

  • @WinslowLeach1974
    @WinslowLeach1974 3 роки тому +253

    DEVO is one of those very rare bands where you can let loose and just enjoy the beat and the melody, or you can decide to look a little deeper and be amazed at what you uncover. We're all DEVO.

    • @erossinema8797
      @erossinema8797 2 роки тому +6

      I always preferred to look a little deeper, which is why disco often got on my nerves. I looked deeper and it was so insipid.

    • @julz404
      @julz404 Рік тому +5

      You could literally say this about any band ever

    • @WinslowLeach1974
      @WinslowLeach1974 Рік тому +3

      @@erossinema8797 I think there's a small handful of good disco groups, but I generally agree, that's pretty much a big reason why there was that huge backlash in the late 70s/early 80s, labels flooding the market with countless generic empty-calorie disco groups.

    • @simonelwell9148
      @simonelwell9148 11 місяців тому +3

      Only those of us sensibly silly ..... and appreciative of a catchy beat !

    • @terryprater8115
      @terryprater8115 10 місяців тому +3

      @@julz404 Not really. The lyrics of many bands' songs mean nothing. I'm not saying that that is a bad thing. Most people love a song with a great beat and a feel-good riff & chord progression. You could throw any word salad in there and many people would still love it. However, I personally like a song better if it has a meaning of some kind.

  • @markfrancis6508
    @markfrancis6508 6 років тому +12

    a lot of brave men and women died so you and I can listen to Devo kids.

  • @jamesgallagher3317
    @jamesgallagher3317 5 років тому +4

    Bring back the 80’s

  • @japeyelnoc3276
    @japeyelnoc3276 2 місяці тому +9

    Love'em or hate'em, no denying they are unique. Nothing like them before or since. One of my all-time favorite bands!

  • @omegaseamaster1550
    @omegaseamaster1550 6 років тому +8

    long live DEVO

  • @russellsimonds7148
    @russellsimonds7148 3 роки тому +9

    It's what you got! .
    Freedom FROM choice is what YOU WANT....
    says volumes

  • @DaffydLB
    @DaffydLB 25 днів тому +6

    I swear this plays in my head nonstop Every election season

  • @hbcheser5979
    @hbcheser5979 7 років тому +14

    Most favorite DEVO video of all

  • @brianjacobsen5762
    @brianjacobsen5762 6 років тому +15

    Freedom from choice. These guys knew.

    • @chrhadden
      @chrhadden 3 місяці тому +1

      thats because there has always been no shortage of sheeple

  • @jasonrubin9114
    @jasonrubin9114 10 місяців тому +10

    Devo...defies genre categorization... yet was the wellspring for so many music genres.

  • @fultondegois2229
    @fultondegois2229 3 роки тому +19

    Relevant in 2021

  • @simonkormendy849
    @simonkormendy849 2 роки тому +5

    Devo were right on the money way back then, and they are still right on the money now.

  • @dougtull4594
    @dougtull4594 4 місяці тому +7

    One of the handful of bands that changed the face of music.

  • @cyb3rDracul
    @cyb3rDracul 5 років тому +300

    A victim of collision on the open sea
    Nobody ever said that life was free
    Sank, swam, go down with the ship
    But use your freedom of choice
    I'll say it again in the land of the free
    Use your freedom of choice
    Your freedom of choice
    In ancient Rome
    There was a poem
    About a dog
    Who found two bones
    He picked at one
    He licked the other
    He went in circles
    He dropped dead
    Freedom of choice
    Is what you got
    Freedom of choice!
    Then if you got it you don't want it
    Seems to be the rule of thumb
    Don't be tricked by what you see
    You got two ways to go
    I'll say it again in the land of the free
    Use your freedom of choice
    Freedom of choice
    Freedom of choice
    Is what you got
    Freedom of choice
    In ancient Rome
    There was a poem
    About a dog
    Who found two bones
    He picked at one
    He licked the other
    He went in circles
    He dropped dead
    Freedom of choice
    Is what you got
    Freedom from choice
    Is what you want

  • @B-A-L
    @B-A-L 22 дні тому +2

    DEVO is the only group that every single song on every album is there on its own merit and not just an album filler!

  • @Locke350
    @Locke350 3 роки тому +46

    “Freedom of Choice is what you got, freedom from choice is what you want.” That’s pretty much the issue for every single conformist out there.

  • @iankearns774
    @iankearns774 2 роки тому +10

    Wish we still had freedom of choice. Still fighting for it but so many people I know seem are happy to have their decisions made for them.

  • @nolanleblanc
    @nolanleblanc 10 днів тому +6

    Happy now? Freedom from choice is what you got.

    • @tubian323
      @tubian323 6 днів тому

      "Democracy basically means government by the people, of the people, for the people, but the people are retarded"-Osho🤣🤣

    • @mattdylan664
      @mattdylan664 5 днів тому

      in what way? Roe V Wade returned Freedom OF Choice to each state, or you hate affordable gas and groceries? the fact Trump didn't involve America in any new wars from 2016-2020 ? the fact that in 2019 under Trump the dollar had the spending power of $1.23 in 2024? maybe you hate the fact he puts Americans and not Ukraine or Israel first? that he made America energy independent for the first time in 40 years? imagine voting for a candidate based on their ability to lead and keep the peace instead of their skin color or gender..madness ! 🤡🤡🤡oh wait are we going to pull the fascist/nazi/everyone i disagree with is a 'racist' nonsense?
      because fact check - it was Democrats who started the KKK , and Joe Biden who eulogized Klansman Robert Byrd in 2011 and the Democratic party who fought to keep slaves as well as who funded the 1939 Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden, and who in more recent times demanded free citizens of America wear useless face masks and take experimental drugs for a virus with a 99.97 percent survival rate and nearly every liberal marched in lockstep , yet we're the cult? haha right. ps fun fact , the only areas Kamala won in 2024 were those with no voter ID required. gosh i wonder why 15 million democrat voters just decided not to show up this election...couldn't be because they never existed to begin with and the 4 am mail drops on November 6 2020 were fraudulent, nah that would be too logical 🤣

  • @ZulcanPrime
    @ZulcanPrime 8 років тому +223

    I can tell that I am getting old when I remember watching this on tv during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Devo were a big hit with fans down under. And I am one of those fans.

    • @nonyabiznessses102
      @nonyabiznessses102 5 років тому +6

      The Cutting Edge always came from unexpected places. Be proud.

    • @unstoppableExodia
      @unstoppableExodia 4 роки тому +2

      I sometimes wish I had been born ten years earlier. If I had I'd have been able to exploit soft cannabis cultivation laws during the nineties that meant a person could grow up to 10 plants without going to court if caught.

    • @shawnhapney8784
      @shawnhapney8784 4 роки тому +3

      Cheers from Northeast Ohio, USA Sir!

    • @demelza32
      @demelza32 3 роки тому

      What Australia is losing, "freedom of choice" in 2021!

    • @erossinema8797
      @erossinema8797 2 роки тому

      After their huge hit in the USA , "Whip-IT" there was no stoppin them. I did not know who they were before that. They were way ahead of their time

  • @gilwood7530
    @gilwood7530 5 років тому +4

    For 40 years those RAMS headphones crack me up ...I don't know why ...Just very 79 - 80 ...FOOTBALL PHONE from SI

    • @setdrift
      @setdrift 5 років тому +1

      because if you had them you were cool

  • @FranktheTank70
    @FranktheTank70 5 років тому +474

    I've said it once and I'll say it agsin, DEVO are the most underrated band of all time.

    • @tadams1767
      @tadams1767 4 роки тому +10

      XTC are the most underrated imo

    • @squirtgun100
      @squirtgun100 4 роки тому +5

      Right on! SO underrated! Awesome band!

    • @Hayley23074
      @Hayley23074 4 роки тому +4

      Saw them live in Brisbane Aust in 1981. Terrible on stage. Far from being underrated based on what I experienced.

    • @tadams1767
      @tadams1767 4 роки тому +1

      Steve Austin Devo or XTC?

    • @squirtgun100
      @squirtgun100 4 роки тому +4

      Steve Austin I saw them about seven years ago in Chicago and the crowd never stopped jumping up and down screaming the entire concert! They nailed it! Great show and great energy.

  • @simonkormendy849
    @simonkormendy849 2 роки тому +5

    The message conveyed by this song is just as relevant in 2022 as it was when the song was first released.

  • @bennyshambles
    @bennyshambles 12 років тому +63

    Exactly, spot on. That's why in the video the group of young men ride skateboards into a clothing store and march out in matching outfits, proceding to turn all bystanders into clones to join their marching army; they all become homogenized. The song is basically a critique of facism; it speaks to the human desire for and susceptiblity to mass conformity.

  • @karlmartellce732
    @karlmartellce732 7 років тому +4

    "Freedom of choice" defines the West. "Freedom from choice" defines the East.

  • @whosoever9198
    @whosoever9198 3 роки тому +44

    Their musicianship and writing ability has been so overlooked.

    • @woodoven
      @woodoven 2 роки тому +7

      i pity the fool who overlooks DEVO

    • @ronj9448
      @ronj9448 2 роки тому +1

      Even Neil Young lifted from them - for his Rust never sleeps album.

  • @liketanyanot
    @liketanyanot 3 роки тому +12

    No joke: the Febreeze ad before this played literally just said “ This is what freedom looks like. This is what freedom smells like.” This is my second time listening to it in a row. The first time was a maxi pad ad. Do with that what you will.

  • @KJ-of6lf
    @KJ-of6lf 3 роки тому +72

    Freedom of Choice, is what you got
    Freedom from Choice is what you want
    2021: more relevant than ever

    • @XI_Daisy_XI
      @XI_Daisy_XI 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah, say it! ✨🍩🍩🍩✨

    • @rogbrogb5341
      @rogbrogb5341 2 роки тому +2

      All I need is a half hour of Korporate News.
      Achtung!

    • @JacosJuvenile
      @JacosJuvenile 2 роки тому +1

      Deprogam

    • @rogbrogb5341
      @rogbrogb5341 2 роки тому +1

      @@RockBrentwood
      The next thing I say will be true.
      The last thing I said was false.
      BZZZZZt!

    • @synthoelectro
      @synthoelectro 2 роки тому +3

      people are idiots now, not all, just those who don't care about the choice we once had.

  • @stevelibby6852
    @stevelibby6852 Рік тому +25

    This is going to mean something more in 500 years, I bet.

  • @tnimbus
    @tnimbus Рік тому +28

    All these years being a mad Devo fan (since the 70s) I have never before actually listened to these lyrics properly. Prophetic.

  • @astrolopes
    @astrolopes 6 років тому +4

    best video ever made really

  • @seigfredancay4963
    @seigfredancay4963 5 років тому +400

    Sci-fi kitsch on the surface, savage sarcasm beneath, devo's Dadaist disco-punk spectacle felt like the missing link between Kraftwerk, the Sex Pistols, and mad magazine.

    • @carlmarks8170
      @carlmarks8170 4 роки тому +12

      I feel lucky to have been a 10 year old consumer of this Top 40 pop music
      Devo were an amazing, underrated cultural force!

    • @guyboost7311
      @guyboost7311 4 роки тому +4

      DEVO in The Age COV19 Corina Virus Epademic from China !
      Please watch The Video That Fortold about The COV 19 Corrina Virus Epademic from China !
      Jocko Homo DEVO posted by
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      From The True Pioneers Of Rock and Roll Music Videos
      DEVO is Still Ahead of Their Time
      Duty Now For The Future !

    • @michelleegarrett6669
      @michelleegarrett6669 4 роки тому +13

      This might be the single best comment on this entire godforsaken website

    • @guyboost7311
      @guyboost7311 4 роки тому

      @Michael Garrettua-cam.com/video/Bp2tQ75pTD0/v-deo.html

    • @billmcginley
      @billmcginley 4 роки тому +3

      Brian Eno produced at least one of their LP's- can't be bad

  • @markjettner635
    @markjettner635 Рік тому +7

    Devos tunes are all very inciteful. Got me jerkin back an forth . Been there done that. Go Devo. Love ya work enjoy ya retirement. From a devotee🤠💪😎😃

  • @bobbysands6923
    @bobbysands6923 6 років тому +61

    Only one Devo. No one dared tried to imitate them. Saw them twice. Wow, they were great.

    • @richardkey4289
      @richardkey4289 3 роки тому +2

      Soundgarden covered ' girl u want' , they did their own thing to the song, it's cool.

    • @ibmsst
      @ibmsst 2 роки тому +1

      I hope to see them one day!

    • @do0ranfrump260
      @do0ranfrump260 2 роки тому +7

      Well, Weird Al did do that one song,"dare to be stupid".

    • @rickh3714
      @rickh3714 2 роки тому +1

      Shihad. Gates of Steel.

    • @Rocket1377
      @Rocket1377 Місяць тому

      Weird Al Yankovic did, and he created the perfect Devo song. Dare to be Stupid.

  • @swanstep
    @swanstep 3 роки тому +144

    That opening booming metallic pulse is *still* one of the greatest, most unique drum sounds ever. In a way it's surprising that it didn't become as much a feature of later records the way the Phil Collins' gated reverb drum sound from around the same time did.

    • @antagonizingusername
      @antagonizingusername 2 роки тому +16

      Probably because they used a fairly obscure and unique synthesizer for it, I recall Mark saying that the drum beat was the only damned thing they were able to get out of it that they considered worthwhile.

    • @jonoedwards4195
      @jonoedwards4195 2 роки тому

      @@antagonizingusername Aahahhahah!
      Yank KOOKS, Bet You Rule nohow

    • @garethbaus5471
      @garethbaus5471 2 роки тому +1

      @@antagonizingusername with modern technology it would probably be fairly easy to cut out a sample of that one sound, and clean up the audio before reusing it in new songs without having to buy that specific model of synthesizer.

    • @ironmartysharpe8293
      @ironmartysharpe8293 2 роки тому +1

      This is definitely a great tune , It should have had the same air time as the tune Whip it

    • @andrewroberts7428
      @andrewroberts7428 2 роки тому

      i feel like i've heard a similar tom sound in some earlier depeche mode songs

  • @aboveaxis
    @aboveaxis 3 роки тому +3

    well well.... here we are

  • @terrybo8
    @terrybo8 8 років тому +99

    this album, this song particularly was all I really needed to understand the world as a kid. bloody genius.

    • @christopherspillman3870
      @christopherspillman3870 8 місяців тому

      Agreed, they sang about things I had heard growing up in my home and put it in terms I could wrap my young brain around. 🏁

  • @virginielaffitebeauregard
    @virginielaffitebeauregard 8 років тому +3

    tous mes 20 ans!!! j'adore Devo!

  • @damonallen3322
    @damonallen3322 2 місяці тому +1

    I can still remember their live performance on SNL. Back when SNL was worth watching!

  • @heterosapien
    @heterosapien Рік тому +2

    IMHO, it's their magnum opus, both song and video, for those grasping the message.

  • @tomparker-s7j
    @tomparker-s7j 3 місяці тому +4

    this song is relevant today in the political climate

  • @johnmacinnis1696
    @johnmacinnis1696 2 роки тому +4

    Devo rules.

  • @scientifico
    @scientifico 6 років тому +15

    A million miles ahead of their time. They were like the wildmen of old the prophets and the seerers. And here we are fools with choice but wanting to be told what to do. Thank you Devo for keeping me ahead of the curve (as I swim in the shallow pool with idiots)

  • @KyleKing-vx4by
    @KyleKing-vx4by 9 місяців тому +1

    I just LOVE the weird costumes in this video!! GREAT SONG!! I LOVE DEVO👍👍🌟🕺🌹❤️😎😎

  • @thomasdeas1941
    @thomasdeas1941 3 місяці тому +2

    Let us all rinse, and then repeat. Freedom of choice. Is what we want. Freedom of choice. Freedom of choice.

  • @9999999995914
    @9999999995914 8 років тому +18

    Happy New Year , Great DEVO fans !, and rest in peace to DAVID BOWIE !, DAVID BOWIE called DEVO the future of rock !, GOD speed to DAVID BOWIE !

  • @Donati2151233
    @Donati2151233 10 років тому +263

    Great satirists who saw the future. Freedom fades.

    • @synthmaniacmoog2607
      @synthmaniacmoog2607 5 років тому +14

      As relevant today as it was then, if not more relevant.

    • @guyboost7311
      @guyboost7311 5 років тому +9

      Very True Like Today's Democrats
      And The last Fool in The
      House Obummer
      Gives lots of Money To Iran
      Who wants Take Away
      Your Freedom of Choice !

    • @blondearyanmohawkhairdoski9086
      @blondearyanmohawkhairdoski9086 5 років тому +1

      FREEDOM NEVER FADES ; TENDER HEARTS GET BROKEN...THATS ALL...U KNOW GERALD, MARK, BOB1, BOB2 ALL ALLEGE TO BE SHAKEYS GIRL!?!?! DAMMIT MON, IM WAITING IN LINE...IM ALREADY PREGGO THOUGH...LOL...ROCK N ROLL!

    • @abramtaylor1
      @abramtaylor1 4 роки тому +7

      @@guyboost7311 Okay meathead.

    • @guyboost7311
      @guyboost7311 4 роки тому +5

      @@abramtaylor1 your the meathead
      People of Iran want Freedom
      Presdent John Kennedy is the last
      Of The good Democrats
      Not Today the all work for George Soros
      Who wants Take Away Our
      Freedom of Choice
      Because the c are power hungry
      Look at all the homeless
      in San Francisco under Nancy Pelosi Maxine Waters Feet
      While they live in Mansion
      Shame on Them
      They need to be replaced and locked up in jail
      And Shame on you
      you keep drinking the Kool aid !
      CBS NBC MSNBC ABC PBS and CNN all work for George Soros
      And that is what I call
      Corruption
      You're the meathead
      Because you want
      Freedom From Choice
      It's what you want !

  • @davidschlessinger9945
    @davidschlessinger9945 9 років тому +64

    Devo helped define early 80s MTV. This is my favorite song of theirs

    • @DylanKarbo
      @DylanKarbo 5 років тому +2

      nonya Biznessses What a wonderful comment.

    • @ThrillingTwo
      @ThrillingTwo 4 роки тому +4

      Exactly.. Remember how MTV would use clips from Devo videos in their promo bumpers, especially the "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" video?

  • @perryjacob8850
    @perryjacob8850 7 років тому +5

    Classic Devo.

  • @guyboost7311
    @guyboost7311 4 роки тому +1

    DEVO !
    The True Pioneers Of Rock and Roll Music Videos !
    DEVO is Ahead of Their Time !

  • @ianhills5793
    @ianhills5793 6 років тому +70

    Devo at their best. True artists with provocative and serious messages for everyone. So good.

  • @JamesBaw
    @JamesBaw 9 років тому +22

    I;m 55 years old now. Wow was I a Spud Head in the early 80's. Still love these guys. That concert I attended in Houston seeing Devo was a super kick !

    • @Dorelaxen
      @Dorelaxen 9 років тому +6

      +James Baw Just because you gotta grow up doesn't mean you gotta grow old. Stay young and keep on rockin'!

    • @UniteFoundation1
      @UniteFoundation1 8 років тому +3

      +James Baw YOU BLESSED SOUL!!

  • @camarochild8270
    @camarochild8270 4 роки тому +279

    It's 2020 and this video/song is more meaningful than ever...

    • @johncothren603
      @johncothren603 3 роки тому +12

      Came here myself for the melodic medication

    • @bojangles2644
      @bojangles2644 3 роки тому +9

      Video? You mean the song, yeah I agree. But I’m from the near future and we don’t have much of a choice anymore. Enjoy that quarantine dude. Luls 😉

    • @johncothren603
      @johncothren603 3 роки тому +3

      @@bojangles2644not sure if I could if I lived in an urban area, fortunately I live in the Ozark foothills

    • @gregbors8364
      @gregbors8364 3 роки тому +13

      We're *all* De-vo

    • @Five_31
      @Five_31 3 роки тому +2

      We must think like them 🤖🤖🤖🤖

  • @user-ys9fg4ol9s
    @user-ys9fg4ol9s 3 роки тому +2

    The WHOLE SONG, THE WHOLE VIDEO ...Best part? The guys Rams old school EarCovers. I just love Devo . Always have, Always Will.

  • @Gringo_In_Chile
    @Gringo_In_Chile 2 роки тому +2

    I'll say it again in the land of the free . . . 🚧
    Freedom of choice
    Is what you got
    Freedom FROM choice 🚫
    Is what you want

  • @SeeburgMusic
    @SeeburgMusic 10 років тому +138

    FREEDOM OF CHOICE: IS WHAT YOU GOT----FREEDOM FROM CHOICE: IS WHAT YOU WANT.

    • @dennistyler8746
      @dennistyler8746 6 років тому +12

      What the sheepeple want...to be led.

    • @nonyabiznessses102
      @nonyabiznessses102 5 років тому +5

      @@dennistyler8746 Not precisely. They want someone ELSE to take the blame

    • @herrgrabarske
      @herrgrabarske 5 років тому +3

      So few who see truth. So many who laugh in ignorance.

    • @davidbowman4259
      @davidbowman4259 5 років тому +1

      @Art and Music Sod off, you stupid reich-wing bastard. We patriots whipped your sorry treasonous ilk150 years ago and 80 years ago, and we'll do it again. Not just mouth-breathing fascists have guns, you know. If anybody will be destroyed, it will be you.

    • @guyboost7311
      @guyboost7311 4 роки тому +6

      Yes just like today's Democrats
      who corrupt and want to give
      All the money to the
      Iran like the last in the house
      Obummer dud
      Thank GOD he's not there
      Abd we more corruption from
      Nancy Pelosi Maxine Waters
      AOC Illhan
      Drain The Swamp !

  • @mksland3884
    @mksland3884 2 роки тому +23

    Totally forgot about this song and now I can’t stop listening to it. It’s like new wave meets rock and roll!

  • @markpoles2046
    @markpoles2046 10 років тому +31

    FREEDOM OF CHOICE---DEVO IS THE WISE CHOICE THIS PLANET GOT!

    • @georgelarson8597
      @georgelarson8597 7 років тому +2

      if anyone could put flowerpots on their heads and make a good fashion statement its devo. this song, and whip it, and that's good are timeless classics. long live the 80s/ long live devo.

    • @Meme_Lor
      @Meme_Lor 4 роки тому

      @@georgelarson8597 they're not flower pots

  • @robertobustamantesoto4146
    @robertobustamantesoto4146 4 роки тому +2

    1980 devo en el disco club de canal 7 a las 7 lo pasaban este videoclip muy difernte a lo que se escuchaba despues de toda la movida de los bee gees saturday night fever grease y travolta aqui en lima peru

  • @LouCarlozo
    @LouCarlozo 5 років тому +33

    This video is one of the best arguments against the kind of jump-cut, super-slick music videos that dominate the stream-o-verse today. Look what Devo did with cheesy alien makeup, donuts, and ultra deadpan expressions. This video just never ever fails to crack me up--it also has a surreal visual narrative, and the song is unbelievably catchy. I am not man, I am DEVO.

  • @mredmundo247
    @mredmundo247 6 років тому +27

    Love the drums in this track. Perfection

    • @DJAlgorhythms
      @DJAlgorhythms Рік тому +1

      I love how the guitar and synth kicks in off beat and stays perfectly in sync.

    • @sicks6six
      @sicks6six Рік тому +1

      sounds like rat scabies new rose intro

  • @Ouroboros1958
    @Ouroboros1958 10 років тому +65

    Thank you, Bob Casale and all the guys in DEVO for being the only band that I grew up listening to that ever saw the world through the same lens that I did. And still do.

  • @skipperson4077
    @skipperson4077 5 років тому +23

    not only is this brilliant skateboarding and a largely unknown Rock Anthem but I especially enjoyed the March Of The Retails Workers at the end....

  • @ORCECpwpro
    @ORCECpwpro 11 місяців тому

    I sure miss skating the keyhole bowl in Del Mar during my youth…… and the freedoms I thought would last forever.

  • @jelt110
    @jelt110 10 місяців тому +4

    no words. First date/concert with my wife of 35 years. Still love DEVO. No words.

  • @larkatmic
    @larkatmic 10 років тому +10

    The best Devo video! I miss the Devo days of my youth. I can't thank them enough from choosing to break away from that awful baby boomer music of the day. (Disco and hard rock). So glad to say Devo is my generation, and that I had the 'Freedom of Choice' RIP Bob.

  • @astrolopes
    @astrolopes 7 років тому +4

    just gets better and better and better

  • @SoulSleepOfficial
    @SoulSleepOfficial 6 днів тому +2

    Who here after the outcome of the election in 2024? This song speaks..

  • @ThatsWhenItkickedin
    @ThatsWhenItkickedin 4 роки тому +8

    Saw them twice, some best highlights of my life looking back. Wish I could go back in time, they saw the future

  • @IndianSteveo
    @IndianSteveo 10 років тому +39

    R.I.P. Bob Casale (Bob-2)!

  • @larrywilliams67
    @larrywilliams67 10 років тому +55

    FREEDOM OF CHOICE , IS A GREAT CLASSIC ROCK ALBUM !!!!

    • @neithere
      @neithere 5 років тому +1

      There was also a great jazz funk album by Throbbing Gristle...

    • @hewgrebe4771
      @hewgrebe4771 5 років тому

      I have that on vinal. Good disc. Freedom of choice is a fun record.

    • @frogman3740
      @frogman3740 5 років тому

      I have been corrected.
      I learned something!

    • @pa.encema2821
      @pa.encema2821 4 роки тому

      better than their debut album, which is also a classic

  • @talloaks9644
    @talloaks9644 4 роки тому +4

    The Eye has become the we. We are DEVO.

  • @larrycwik1960
    @larrycwik1960 8 років тому +20

    One of the best songs ever. Thank you Devo.

  • @annifridl2820
    @annifridl2820 3 роки тому +7

    Heard this song at a Freedom Rally on the weekend. Blew my mind then just as it did back in the day, great great band.

  • @Scott231TSM
    @Scott231TSM 10 років тому +510

    Skaters include Duane Peters, Tony Alva, Steve Olson, Steve Alba, Stacy Peralta, David Andrecht, Eddie “El Gato” Elguera, and Eric Grisham. Location: Marina Del Rey Skatepark - Marina Del Rey, California
    Year: 1980

    • @fatfreddyscat5173
      @fatfreddyscat5173 6 років тому +22

      No Shogo Kubo, eh?!? Dayum I'm old. Hehehe. d;^)
      Grandparents didn't have a vacation destination one year and took me from NC to Upland Pipeline when I was 16. Very nice. Got to skate what I saw in "Skateboarder" magazine.

    • @68rbj
      @68rbj 6 років тому +18

      Scott231TSM
      I had a Steve Olson board w/ Orange Gyros it was a bad ass board as well as my G&S SideCut
      LA in the 80's 🤙🤘👍🖕

    • @stephenfernald2490
      @stephenfernald2490 6 років тому +15

      Scott231TSM thanks for this info. Been very curious about the skaters and location.

    • @powerstrokedude993
      @powerstrokedude993 6 років тому +8

      I had the Mickey alba k-beam with tracker trucks and sims green juice wheels. Miss those days. Love this band and always will. Big part of my youth. And of course my favorite skaters back then would be Alan “Ollie” gelfand and of course Bert Lamar who was a very underrated skater. Owns his own golf club and apparel line.

    • @mrxdrno4266
      @mrxdrno4266 6 років тому +6

      california Gods.......xD

  • @janetwhyte3546
    @janetwhyte3546 6 років тому +3

    Way before their time

  • @9999999995914
    @9999999995914 10 років тому +254

    DEVO WITH NO DOUBT , DOES BELONG IN THE ROCKANDROLL HALL OF FAME , FOR MAKING GREAT VIDEOS LIKE THIS ONE!!!!!

    • @larrywilliams67
      @larrywilliams67 10 років тому +22

      SO VERY TRUE, I WISH I CAN GET SOME HELP , FROM SOME TRUE BRAVE DEVO FANS OUT THAT WOULD AGREE TOO, YES WE ARE DEVO!

    • @fredmarzino3663
      @fredmarzino3663 10 років тому +14

      yes they, DEVO do, because DEVO IS THE BEST THERE IS.

    • @ProtoGhostal1701
      @ProtoGhostal1701 10 років тому +21

      QUICK QUESTION... WHY ARE WE YELLING?

    • @larrywilliams67
      @larrywilliams67 10 років тому +12

      The Volcano Worshpers Club QUICK ANSWER, BECAUSE, DEVO IS THE BEST!

    • @ProtoGhostal1701
      @ProtoGhostal1701 10 років тому +15

      Larry Williams YES, BUT I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO YELL. BUT, IF YOU USE YOUR FREEDOM OF CHOICE, I GUESS THAT'S GOOD!

  • @jimhays2772
    @jimhays2772 2 місяці тому +1

    Many bands I've listened to in the late 70s and they could fill up a few pages if I listed them all. I'm 58 now and two bands I keep going to when driving and just want to listen to some cool music and they are the B-52s and DEVO!

  • @roninaround6450
    @roninaround6450 4 роки тому +6

    The Ultimate and quintessential DEVO song.

    • @gregbors8364
      @gregbors8364 3 роки тому +1

      Not one of their better songs, but that's just one man's opinion. I'm a "Smart Patrol / Mr. DNA" kinda guy.

  • @kerryjohnbentally2808
    @kerryjohnbentally2808 10 років тому +29

    this song and the video is the right , kind of medicine , and DEVO IS SUPBERB !, and DEVO needs to be inducted to the rock and roll hall of fame !, so my fellow DEVOTEES , go vote them in , as the next future legends !, ps , r I p , BOB 2 CASALE AND ALAN MYERS !

  • @fitvet67
    @fitvet67 9 років тому +5

    An amazing song that brings back awesome memories from 1980. I was 13 and felt like I could tackle the world because I was finally a teenager. LOL Devo RULES.

  • @monstergod888
    @monstergod888 8 років тому +13

    Devo has the best music videos of all time!

  • @priell3
    @priell3 9 місяців тому +1

    Great song and the music rocks.

  • @48operations
    @48operations 2 місяці тому +1

    Devo is such a band’s band

  • @karenbrown2135
    @karenbrown2135 Рік тому +3

    Such a great song. I really liked Devo…….still do. I have their greatest hits.

  • @anthonymorales3995
    @anthonymorales3995 10 років тому +13

    one of my favorite songs from one of fav albums...

  • @mikewatkinson1996
    @mikewatkinson1996 5 років тому +43

    This might be the most patriotic American music video ever.

    • @AufWiedersehen550
      @AufWiedersehen550 3 роки тому +4

      It's actually not, if you get what the song is really about

    • @b00psn00t
      @b00psn00t 2 роки тому +2

      The song is about capitalism lol so no

    • @AufWiedersehen550
      @AufWiedersehen550 2 роки тому +3

      @@b00psn00t it's making fun of America