What's that Devo song... (1 Viewer)

[drkdrk]

Ok don't know if i dreamed it up but is there a devo song that starts with a kind of electro beat and has a voice (possibly Booji boy) saying "This is... Devo"
It's the first Devo song i ever heard and haven't heard it since (which make me think i'going crazy).
Anyone?
D

 

[Mormon Nailer]

I didnt want to but in on the Devo gig thread cause you were all having such a good time but can someone please explain the attraction of Devo to me.

I just can't listen to them. I don't think I've ever heard a band with less heart.

 

[drkdrk]

That's a tough one, but i think the idea is something to do with fun, satire and, for want of a better word, "alternative" culture/music not taking itself too seriously.
i suppose you could say the music is at times a little clinical but i think it's heart come from the sincerity of the performers. you get the impression from them that they really believe in devo-lution.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Visit to the doctor for Mormon Nailer

 

[Lili Marlene]

Their early stuff doesn't sound a million miles away from early Talking Heads except you're laughing with them rather than at them

 

[Goodbye]

Ok don't know if i dreamed it up but is there a devo song that starts with a kind of electro beat and has a voice (possibly Booji boy) saying "This is... Devo"
It's the first Devo song i ever heard and haven't heard it since (which make me think i'going crazy).
Anyone?
D

Are we not men?

 

[drkdrk]

We are Devo!

no it's not that

 

[Mormon Nailer]

They are impressive technically but I just find them empty and souless. Probably fun live but I could never picture myself sitting down myself to listen to something and pulling out Devo.

 

[nEiLo]

Their early stuff doesn't sound a million miles away from early Talking Heads except you're laughing with them rather than at them

laughing at talking heads? me no understand.

 

[Lili Marlene]

laughing at talking heads? me no understand.

Just David Byrne looks so earnest and uptight and then he's singing in that silly high jerky voice. I know he probably, uh, projected that persona purposely but it isn't immediately obvious. On the other hand the absurdity of Devo is usually pretty obvious straight away

 

[the kid]

Time Out For Fun?

It starts with synths not drums but the opening line is "Hello, this is Devo..."

Ok don't know if i dreamed it up but is there a devo song that starts with a kind of electro beat and has a voice (possibly Booji boy) saying "This is... Devo"
It's the first Devo song i ever heard and haven't heard it since (which make me think i'going crazy).
Anyone?
D

 

[cyclotron]

They are impressive technically but I just find them empty and souless. Probably fun live but I could never picture myself sitting down myself to listen to something and pulling out Devo.

Check out "Gut Feeling" from "Are we not men" if you're after instant evidence of feeling or soul or whatever. There's a real sadness and frustration for humanity's plight as a whole throughout their work. One of the main reasons for the existence of DEVO was Gerry Casale's eye-witness exprience of the Kent State massacres in Ohio, 1968. Underlying all their humour is a sense of darkness and the belief that there are no protective, beneficial political systems at work. The ones that are in place are essentially corrupt and popluated by greedy, sadistic maniacs and fronted by idiots like Reagan and Bush. "DE-VOlution" is a kind of sad realisation that many people have strayed too far into the arms of convenience culture and forgotten how to think for themselves, or collectively.

 

[drkdrk]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
Wow, i feel a weight has been lifted

Now the money shot... what album is it on?

Time Out For Fun?

It starts with synths not drums but the opening line is "Hello, this is Devo..."

 

[cyclotron]

"Time out for fun" is the first track off "Oh No, it's Devo".

 

[drkdrk]

The Kid, Cyclotron, i tip my hat you both.

cheers
D

 

[the dirty weed]

heh..i love "time out for fun". that record's got "speed racer" too. good times.