I remember this album. My older bro and his friend which were15yrs old in 1980, i was 10. They played it and was hooked. DEVO was it. Along with The B52's Zapp and all the great music that came out in that area. God Bless Rock n Roll. God Bless America 🇺🇸 🙏... Mr.AST. Oi!
Same here, same age too except I first saw them when they were first on SNL in 1977, and I was like WTF?! By 1980, though (the year of this show), I started liking them. I loved "Whip It" (before I got sick of it), "Girl U Want" (surprised they didn't do it here) and "Gates Of Steel." I also liked the couple of their songs from 1982, especially "Through Being Cool." But then they dropped-off the face of the Earth for many years. Now I can definitely appreciate their overall brilliance more. Their whole act was an ironic commentary on modern society, but they were seriously musically talented as well.
@@bobthebear1246 Yes. When they came on TV with my father sitting there I felt embarrassed that this was a "representation" of our music. I was so, so wrong.
Loved Devo since hearing them for the first time in ‘80. It was the album Freedom Of Choice and I immediately bought the cassette and vinyl, and began to look at their older stuff. Good times!
But Blondie was also being played on the radio and there were many more. I feel as if those before them gave Devo a stage. Either way it was a hell of a good time and I was there during it all
No, they didn’t singlehandedly “invent” new wave. There were plenty of others that came before DEVO who had a major hand in developing what would later come to be known as ‘new wave’, and I’m sure the remaining original members of DEVO would be the first to tell you this. Kraftwerk, Van Der Graaf Generator, CAN, Brian Eno, and even Hawkwind were but a few who laid the foundations for it in the early 70’s, years before DEVO had any recordings out. Yes, they were definitely pioneers of the new wave, but far from “inventing” it.
I was 13 when I watched Devo for the first time on Saturday Night Live, and I was all in! I was totally intrigued by the stage wear and the whole Devo concept. However, it was the upbeat, synthesized, and oftentimes hard-pounding riffs and drums that set the hook.
Loved these guys when I was a kid. I had no clue what the f they were on about but That was part of the charm. so creative and So ahead of their time, something that we will probably never see again.
Theres no such thing as being ahead of ones time. I hate that phrase. Its some hollow phrase people throw around. All the issues we talk about now have existed for at least few generations prior.
@@neonfrootI agree that phrase really gets overused and abused, much in the same way that terms like “underrated” and “epic” are. However I do think it’s possible for some bands and artists to come across as being something that the public at large isn’t ready for yet, and in that sense DEVO certainly fit the bill at one point… just not this point. By 1980 the times had definitely caught up with them. Hell, I’d even say the same was true of their first album (which was indeed on the cutting edge, just not quite ‘ahead of it’s time’ any longer). Still, whenever I listen to those early pre-first album home demos, the ones compiled on the “Hardcore DEVO” CD’s… there’s no denying that they were from the future.
@@neonfroot I think "ahead of their time" is most often used for bands that were brave and unique...not a copy-cat of their peers. DEVO definitely fits the mold, as did the Cars, Blondie, the B-52s and Talking Heads. There was nobody around like them, and nobody afterwards that could replicate what they did. So to that extent they were "ahead of their time" in that they created something entirely new and stood out. I also think the term "ahead of their time" also gets applied to bands who's music aged well. Again, DEVO fits that mold, as do the other bands I listed above...and that's why people use it with them.
They were “ahead of their time” until they weren’t. Roughly around this exact time actually (1980) was when they kind of just became ‘contemporary’. The first two albums definitely qualify as being “ahead of the curve” though. That’s de-evolution for ya. 🤷♂️
@@AcujeremyYou actually think Whip It and the rest of the material on FOC is ‘ahead of it’s time’? Um, ok then. 🤷♂️ I’m 56 years old. I turned 13 in 1980. I can remember those times pretty accurately. This style of music was quite commonplace by then. There had already been several big charting hits from other artists done in the same vein, like “Cars” by Gary Numan, or any number of hits from The Cars. The B-52’s had already made the charts with “Rock Lobster”. This style of music wasn’t exactly ‘cutting edge’ at the time of it’s release. I’m not saying it’s bad, just saying it had already been done several times over by then. Now the first album (Are We Not Men?) was definitely on the sharpest part of the cutting edge when it came out in ‘78, but even then it wasn’t what I’d call ‘ahead of it’s time’. A bit ahead of the curve, perhaps. If you listen to the early home demos they made before the first album, from 1974 through ‘77 while they were still based in Ohio… *THAT* stuff is genuinely ahead of it’s time. That was undeniably the sound of the future, and it (mostly) still sounds futuristic even today. Most of those recordings have been compiled on the “Hardcore DEVO” albums. I can’t recommend them enough.
@@Shikta-poobah67 Originally what I was suggesting was Devo as a whole, not just the albums but their live schtick and Devo as a whole was ahead of its time and still is remarkable. You are focusing more on the albums as separate entities and of course the 70s albums are really something else! But I don't think Whip It sounds just like every song of that time and the 3rd album should just be looked at as basic. I think Devo still was something special. But then again if you think they sound like The Cars or Oingoo Bingo, those bands were also something special. I hate the B-52s.
I wouldn't consider Devo New Wave yet when Gates of Steel was recorded.. the song is so heavy in Punk roots and elements. Just a great song all altogether
“Punk”. “New Wave”. Those are just labels designed to put bands in boxes. Especially ‘new wave’. That label really never meant much, and it means even less today. DEVO were just DEVO.
Brave individuals who were able and capable of taking things into unknown territory that was so desperately needed at the time music in general had become very stale repetitive and predictable and unimaginative ruled with an iron fist by cigar smoking record company, executives , and radio station managers who were in the business of selling little flat black plastic discs and that is all that mattered to them the executive that sold the most plastic was considered the most successful and nothing else mattered if it wasn’t something they hadn’t already heard a hundred times before they just were not incline towards risking. Giving it a chance it was that stagnation that is what led to the great breakthrough in new wave music in the late 70s and early 80s people had just just reached a point where we were we weren’t even the least bit excited to hear the next Bob Seger or Molly Hatchet album the feeling at the time was please anything else but that just give something else a try maybe we will give it a listen
While looking at the Devo live ep from this era when I was young it struck me that their outfits were a lot like the outfit Gary Numan wore for his Teletour. The red bands in particular. The lighting also reminded me of Numan's, though not to the same scale. In a recent interview Gerald Casale stated that they were indeed influenced visually by seeing Numan's live shows.
DEVO Was intelligent, DEVO was an anarchist to regular music because it had words of thought and satire, sarcasm and irony well hidden in the beat. DEVO, when they turned those flowerpots upside down, then the music started being fun again (for a while). Now we have , ARGH, 🤮 stuff...
i saw these guys at a lallapalooza.. allegedly their last big concert tour,, i had never seen them, they were incredible.... just a girl had irvine meadows hopping...
You see. ,. The end begins again . Iron core . Slipping at the end of what is , 4 , always , skipping past 4 . Not this time . infinity chapter 8 tod . . . . .
Want to see de-evolution documented in real time? Watch the Don Kirshner footage from a year earlier in ‘79, in it’s entirety… and *THEN* watch this. I’m not saying this was bad, but just watch the other one first, and consider the chronology at play… and then draw your own conclusion.
They were great UNTIL "Whip It" happened..... the quality and edge of their music greatly declined. I don't even like Whip It as a song either. Not sure what happened..... Those first 2 albums - AMAZING - desert island discs.
I remember this album. My older bro and his friend which were15yrs old in 1980, i was 10. They played it and was hooked. DEVO was it. Along with The B52's Zapp and all the great music that came out in that area. God Bless Rock n Roll. God Bless America 🇺🇸 🙏... Mr.AST. Oi!
The older I get the more I love and appreciate DEVO
DEVO4LIFE
At 15 I couldn't understand Devo. Now at 56 I adore their brilliance. It seemingly took us that long to catch up to them.
Same here, same age too except I first saw them when they were first on SNL in 1977, and I was like WTF?! By 1980, though (the year of this show), I started liking them. I loved "Whip It" (before I got sick of it), "Girl U Want" (surprised they didn't do it here) and "Gates Of Steel." I also liked the couple of their songs from 1982, especially "Through Being Cool." But then they dropped-off the face of the Earth for many years. Now I can definitely appreciate their overall brilliance more. Their whole act was an ironic commentary on modern society, but they were seriously musically talented as well.
@@bobthebear1246 Yes. When they came on TV with my father sitting there I felt embarrassed that this was a "representation" of our music. I was so, so wrong.
We use to call punk.
Yep I wanted nothing to do with those weirdos at that time when all I wanted was AC/DC, Led Zep, etc. Really appreciate their talent now.
I heard new wave got some shit because they used alot of synthesizer effects
I'm 62, seen DEVO, 6 times. Absolutely love them.
I'm 66 and feel the same
I saw DEVO in Boston in 1981. I have seen many shows since at 61 years old. Still one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. These videos bring it all back
I was at that show
0:00: Intro
0:21: FOC Theme
1:39: Whip It
4:26: Snowball
7:17: Gates Of Steel
Maybe in a hundred years people will finally realize what geniuses DEVO have always been.
You say that but devo are pioneers
hopefully less than that
Loved Devo since hearing them for the first time in ‘80. It was the album Freedom Of Choice and I immediately bought the cassette and vinyl, and began to look at their older stuff.
Good times!
2 years later all there was on the radio was New Wave.
DEVO invented it and will forever be the GOAT New Wave band.
But Blondie was also being played on the radio and there were many more. I feel as if those before them gave Devo a stage.
Either way it was a hell of a good time and I was there during it all
Devo should eventually get into the hof, same with b52s
Devo, Blondie, and The B-52's are the Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar of new wave
No, they didn’t singlehandedly “invent” new wave. There were plenty of others that came before DEVO who had a major hand in developing what would later come to be known as ‘new wave’, and I’m sure the remaining original members of DEVO would be the first to tell you this. Kraftwerk, Van Der Graaf Generator, CAN, Brian Eno, and even Hawkwind were but a few who laid the foundations for it in the early 70’s, years before DEVO had any recordings out.
Yes, they were definitely pioneers of the new wave, but far from “inventing” it.
The Cars....
I’ve always understood Devo. What’s there to not understand. Are we not men we are Devo..💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
I agree we are men…uncontrollable urge…whip it…
I've had tremors for 51 years and I'm 56 now with Parkinsons. I have always been Jerking Back and Forth. 🤡
I don't understand why you didn't use a question mark. . .
I was 13 when I watched Devo for the first time on Saturday Night Live, and I was all in! I was totally intrigued by the stage wear and the whole Devo concept. However, it was the upbeat, synthesized, and oftentimes hard-pounding riffs and drums that set the hook.
Loved these guys when I was a kid. I had no clue what the f they were on about but That was part of the charm. so creative and So ahead of their time, something that we will probably never see again.
Theres no such thing as being ahead of ones time.
I hate that phrase.
Its some hollow phrase people throw around.
All the issues we talk about now have existed for at least few generations prior.
@@neonfrootI agree that phrase really gets overused and abused, much in the same way that terms like “underrated” and “epic” are. However I do think it’s possible for some bands and artists to come across as being something that the public at large isn’t ready for yet, and in that sense DEVO certainly fit the bill at one point… just not this point. By 1980 the times had definitely caught up with them. Hell, I’d even say the same was true of their first album (which was indeed on the cutting edge, just not quite ‘ahead of it’s time’ any longer). Still, whenever I listen to those early pre-first album home demos, the ones compiled on the “Hardcore DEVO” CD’s… there’s no denying that they were from the future.
@@neonfroot THANK YOU!!! I hate that phrase too. Devo was OF their time, obviously. The very essence of it, in fact.
@@neonfroot I think "ahead of their time" is most often used for bands that were brave and unique...not a copy-cat of their peers. DEVO definitely fits the mold, as did the Cars, Blondie, the B-52s and Talking Heads. There was nobody around like them, and nobody afterwards that could replicate what they did. So to that extent they were "ahead of their time" in that they created something entirely new and stood out.
I also think the term "ahead of their time" also gets applied to bands who's music aged well. Again, DEVO fits that mold, as do the other bands I listed above...and that's why people use it with them.
THANK YOU!!!!!
This is awesome
I'm in awe
Blown away
So awesome! I wish I was 15 again!
The Don Kirshner footage from a year before blows this out of the water. HUGE difference.
They guys were amazing - never before, never since!
Gates of steal is one of the greatest songs ever written
absolutely.
*Steel
Pittsburgh Stealers
Totally agree. Ty. Saw em in 81. I was too young to truly realize how good they were. Ty
NO, it's NOT a Flower Pot. It's an ENERGY DOME.
You can say Devo was ahead of its time, but it still seems ahead of THIS time.
They were “ahead of their time” until they weren’t. Roughly around this exact time actually (1980) was when they kind of just became ‘contemporary’. The first two albums definitely qualify as being “ahead of the curve” though.
That’s de-evolution for ya. 🤷♂️
@@Shikta-poobah67 Even Whip It and their 3rd album is ahead of its time and still sounds great!
@@AcujeremyYou actually think Whip It and the rest of the material on FOC is ‘ahead of it’s time’? Um, ok then. 🤷♂️
I’m 56 years old. I turned 13 in 1980. I can remember those times pretty accurately. This style of music was quite commonplace by then. There had already been several big charting hits from other artists done in the same vein, like “Cars” by Gary Numan, or any number of hits from The Cars. The B-52’s had already made the charts with “Rock Lobster”. This style of music wasn’t exactly ‘cutting edge’ at the time of it’s release. I’m not saying it’s bad, just saying it had already been done several times over by then. Now the first album (Are We Not Men?) was definitely on the sharpest part of the cutting edge when it came out in ‘78, but even then it wasn’t what I’d call ‘ahead of it’s time’. A bit ahead of the curve, perhaps.
If you listen to the early home demos they made before the first album, from 1974 through ‘77 while they were still based in Ohio… *THAT* stuff is genuinely ahead of it’s time. That was undeniably the sound of the future, and it (mostly) still sounds futuristic even today. Most of those recordings have been compiled on the “Hardcore DEVO” albums. I can’t recommend them enough.
@@Shikta-poobah67 Originally what I was suggesting was Devo as a whole, not just the albums but their live schtick and Devo as a whole was ahead of its time and still is remarkable. You are focusing more on the albums as separate entities and of course the 70s albums are really something else! But I don't think Whip It sounds just like every song of that time and the 3rd album should just be looked at as basic. I think Devo still was something special. But then again if you think they sound like The Cars or Oingoo Bingo, those bands were also something special. I hate the B-52s.
@@Acujeremy You do you.
The under appreciated part of DEVO is just how tight and precise they play, all amazing musicians!
Gates of Steel is such a fuckin Punk anthem!
I wouldn't consider Devo New Wave yet when Gates of Steel was recorded.. the song is so heavy in Punk roots and elements. Just a great song all altogether
“Punk”. “New Wave”. Those are just labels designed to put bands in boxes. Especially ‘new wave’. That label really never meant much, and it means even less today. DEVO were just DEVO.
Gates of steel. Best song they ever recorded. So much better than their only hit. Whip It. Ci did hear Gates Of Steel on American Bandstand
The energy dome! I bought one off the album sleeve back in the day. Awesome.
It's so weird , I never listen to devo growing up. At sixty years old i find it humerus and understanding , it is all good . infinity chapter 8 tod
Gates of steel absolutely incredible here
Half a goon and half a God. A
man’s not made of steel!
Brave individuals who were able and capable of taking things into unknown territory that was so desperately needed at the time music in general had become very stale repetitive and predictable and unimaginative ruled with an iron fist by cigar smoking record company, executives , and radio station managers who were in the business of selling little flat black plastic discs and that is all that mattered to them the executive that sold the most plastic was considered the most successful and nothing else mattered if it wasn’t something they hadn’t already heard a hundred times before they just were not incline towards risking. Giving it a chance it was that stagnation that is what led to the great breakthrough in new wave music in the late 70s and early 80s people had just just reached a point where we were we weren’t even the least bit excited to hear the next Bob Seger or Molly Hatchet album the feeling at the time was please anything else but that just give something else a try maybe we will give it a listen
One of my favorites
I've seen these kats in 1982. Amazing & talented men!!❤
It is my humble opinion that Whip it is the best pop song ever written. I’m a 🥔 and I vote .
Adelantados para su tiempo, excelentes
I saw devo at the fox theater in oceanside and the long beach arena. We were into punk rock and new wave. LSD and devo it was the 80s
genius. could have watched more of DK's Rock Concert featuring these spuds.
While looking at the Devo live ep from this era when I was young it struck me that their outfits were a lot like the outfit Gary Numan wore for his Teletour. The red bands in particular. The lighting also reminded me of Numan's, though not to the same scale. In a recent interview Gerald Casale stated that they were indeed influenced visually by seeing Numan's live shows.
If it weren't for Mark, Neil Young would never have included "Rust Never Sleeps" in his tune. And now you know the REST of the story.
gracias
Remember - DEVO did all this for YOU.
Alan Myers' drumming on "Gates of Steel" is outstanding. Losing him killed the band.
Im going to see them Thursday November 16, 2023. At the you tube theater
If your Atari 2600 console came to life
Rest in Peace
Alan🥁&Bob2🎸⚛️🥔
“Carrying the concept of de-evolution one step further”
Thanks for sharing this!
I actually watch this on TV.. I really didn't like the program,but Devo was the shit in 80
You didn't like Don Kirshner's Rock concert? Are you a commie?
I guess you didn't like the Midnight Special either
Wamp wah 😕
@@AlmostReady504 Sugarman was Okay..
First record I bought was the 45 of Whip It/Girl U Want.
My copy of Whip It had “Turnaround” on the b-side. I bought it right when it came out. You must have either a foreign pressing or a reissue.
Don Kirschner reminds me of Rod Rooter.
💕😎 Tinja&Markuu 🌹
Best version of Gates of Steel, IMHO.
Close, but IMHO Devo's version of GoS on Fridays trumps this take
7:16 You’re right. These early live appearances only seem to get better with each watch and listen. I still prefer angry Jerry over cheeky Jerry.
That crowd really needs to control it's excitement
❤
Twist away those gates of steel woohoo
Ya se que zona ra re la perfecion de la raza humana
Love Snowball and Gates of Steel
Is Don kirshner in the Rock and roll Hall of Fame? And did kraftwork have an influence?
Hell yes concerning Kraftwork. So influential and so underappreciated.
7:17
DEVO
Was intelligent, DEVO was an anarchist to regular music because it had words of thought and satire, sarcasm and irony well hidden in the beat.
DEVO, when they turned those flowerpots upside down, then the music started being fun again (for a while).
Now we have , ARGH, 🤮 stuff...
i saw these guys at a lallapalooza.. allegedly their last big concert tour,, i had never seen them, they were incredible.... just a girl had irvine meadows hopping...
also saw the Ramones,, same night, same stage,,, lucky me, they were both incredible
Devo and The Ramones did Lollapalooza?! Which year?!
Yea, pretty bad ass .
Powerman 5000 does a great parody of this...heavy
All the previous positive comments.
You MUST whip it
Okay, okay...
It's whipped, it's whipped; ya happy now?
Birdie birdie overhead
See the car, it's bright bright red
Suddenly there is a splotch...
Oh No it's Caca datch!
Also see Stewie " cool-hhhhwipp"
You see. ,. The end begins again . Iron core . Slipping at the end of what is , 4 , always , skipping past 4 . Not this time . infinity chapter 8 tod . . . . .
Want to see de-evolution documented in real time? Watch the Don Kirshner footage from a year earlier in ‘79, in it’s entirety… and *THEN* watch this. I’m not saying this was bad, but just watch the other one first, and consider the chronology at play… and then draw your own conclusion.
Maybe , hidden message from the beginning .
Are we not pins
I’ve got a rhyme that starts with a riddle: O-HI-O
It’s round on the edges and hi in the middle: O-HI-O
Half a goon and half a god. Great lyrics!
the GODS of NEw WaVe
Why the applause track ?
How did they keep those things on their heads?
they had the same arrangement as a hard hat. held one once.
Superglue and staples
Gates of Steel. Bringing the kabbalah in 1980.
What did they give to this audience? VALIUM? I think they never heard this type of music. I guess?
Ahh yes the flower pots on the head.
Energy Domes, please.
They were great UNTIL "Whip It" happened..... the quality and edge of their music greatly declined. I don't even like Whip It as a song either. Not sure what happened..... Those first 2 albums - AMAZING - desert island discs.
How can you not like when he says, "Ca-rack that whip!"
They de-evolved. Simple as that.
@@Acujeremy There's always got to be music snobs who hate the big hit. But they're always wrong. "Whip It" is fantastic.