I saw devo at the Aragon ballroom chicago 1980. Great band. They had just changed from there yellow suits I'd missed to there bell hats and freedom of choice uniforms. It was still a good show. This live version of smart patrol is the best I heard.

Jimi style

light years ahead of its time. So sad that the rest of America was still shackled to the eagles and fleetwood (and kiss)

1977! I was still immersed in Foghat and Foreigner..

Saw them do smart patrol at summer fest in Milwaukee coupletwotree years ago. Best hour of my life. This song got me through so many shitty situations/years of my life. Would give my right ball to have my 8-year-old self been there.

I would trade a few years off my life to have been there that night.

Bob 2 rhytm guitar Best.

This is absolutely amazing. The best version of this song I’ve found. I swear they were/sounded better live, Just based on watching videos.

He's a altruistic pervert

This is a Masterpiece! I saw Devo in 1978, 1979 and New Year’s Eve 1980. Thank you so very much for sharing this gem. ❤

It doesn't get any better than this kids

imagine if so many people didn't shoot any analogue video in the 1970s - 2000s but only used film? we'd have an amazing archive of so many amazing events. analog video is great for effects, but "shimmering dogs vomit" (Bill Gosper) is all we have a clouded memories. I suppose that is a testament to de-evolution though.

I want two of everything from their merch booth!

Proto-spuds. 🍺👍

This was when Devo was real good and fried out. Iconoclastic.

Lot of my happiness was in the 70# and 80$.Devo gave me permission to be weird as that was my true nature as I am Devo.....This was my confidence and I turned out to be a Well rounded intelligent Human being...Roll models are very important as inspiration and explorations of choices and finding your true path in happiness

I love the guy in the second row who isn’t sure what he’s watching but is absolutely certain that it’s changing his life

Top band very well followed from the punks of sutton , st.helens ....boiler suits on and flower pots on heads, smart patrol was a st.nicks disco favourite🤠🤠

Caught DEVO in 1978 / Boston Massachusetts at one of the oldest theatre's ...perfect acoustics ...was made before amps were used...They were fantastic. Ah I remeber the name now...The Orpheum...very very nice place to see anything...

AVE DEVO!

Go spuds go!

True artists

nowhere to go....

yesssss

The best muzak Boy am I tiered 2 × 2 in row

these guys made a lasting impression on me as a teenager in the 80s, and I am blown away (as others have said) by how prescient they were and are. Incredible.

sorry 2:48

the greatest devo live video ever...ever..the guitar work just at 2:58 ...

fantastic

I just came here to say that Bob1 is a vastly underrated shredder.

I hear devo and Think La Dispute is devo kiddo. *arms crossed* change my mind

Too bad someone can't colorize this.

Bob 1 must be the worlds most underrated guitarist of all time

Ground breaking! These type of videos make me feel that i have a week vocab.

Wow, early show for them.

Listening to their records as a kid I had no idea what I was in for when I finally saw them live in '78. They really rock the jams turning 3 minutes songs from a record into an 8 minute rock and roll fantasy.

So much better live.

DEVO, the band from the future ......

Fantastic

What a great show. And from 1977! Sounds friggin awesome.

9 thumbdowners leading empty lives.

Only spud boys thumbs down DE-VO!

They are geniuses.

Baby Devos

crappy video tape crappy audio I love it still to this day!

I listen to them starting in 79 when I was first turned on to them by my next door neighbor I was 10 years old and I was just getting into playing drums also I'm a professional musician now these guys were so far ahead of their time they still are they've been paralyzing audiences on Earth for 40 years can you imagine being that guy on the front row right there in 1977 not realizing how big they were going to be and what they were witnessing, amazing man....

:)

I’ve been hunting through KZbin forever for one of those hilarious Devo live shows or videos where they perform while walking on treadmills. Does anyone out there remember?

My respect for talking heads has gone out the window..obviously a copy of this crew??

I’d place “we shove the poles in the holes” up there with “pretty vacant” in terms of 70s lycrics