COOL WHIP COMMERCIAL?! 🎵 Devo "Whip It" Reaction

This is our first time listening to Devo. Whip It is such a fun song!
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[@clash5j]

This is one of those rare songs where you should watch the music video for it too. It's just bizarre and fun

[@0ly001]

💯

[@scapito]

Yes... I can't help but to see the video in my mind whenever I hear it. It's quirky and distracting, but that was part of the fun.

[@hosehead58]

the videos from those times were far superior to the modern types

[@justanotherguy7925]

Yeah the video is a must

[@fords_nothere_100]

Was thinking exactly the same thing. Normally I'd say dont, but for Devo - definitely watch the video

[@BockwinkleB]

Devo is so underrated. True pioneers of electronic music. Mark Mothersbaugh still makes a lot of music for films and tv.

[@JadeDude1973]

Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh both contributed music to the Tiger King series on Netflix among other things. Mark does a LOT of soundtracks.

[@KelsaRavenlock]

I just hate always seeing Mutato Muzika wrapped in ads for streaming shows because of it.

[@shorttimer874]

Remember seeing Mark Mothersbaugh's name on the credits for Rugrats every time my kids were watching it...

[@jackkelly2620]

Thomas Dolby: She Blinded Me With Science, is a classic 80's track for Lex.

[@billburns9260]

Or Peter Gabriel Works!..js

[@TracyfromNC]

That would be a Brad thing

[@joekuul8769]

I think "Hyperactive" by Dolby might be better for Lex, lol.

[@babaoriley1]

SCIENCE!!!!

[@rare_wulf9358]

They need to watch the music video to fully appreciate the song

[@Bluenosegrows]

there was nothing even close to this type of thing back then. Its hard to explain in todays times, how original this song was.

[@laminage]

I know right. This wasn't sampled for "You Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer. It was Rick James Super Freak. If you can, check out She's Just A Girl. It was during the burgeoning Punk Rock/New Wave Movement. They also were one of many acts who did American Bandstand.

[@joshuamasserant8215]

140 ding dongs agree with your comment. You have no idea what you are even talking about. Saying nothing back then was even close to this is the most moronic statement ever. Nearly every old band has an electric sound. The Talking Heads, Midnight Oil, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band are all similar to Devo but you say nothing is even close. Lmfao, OK.

[@Bluenosegrows]

you seem angry, Devo had a video on mtv in 1981, the talking head where still doing that eno thing, noone can even name a song they did before 1983 , im from the U.S and midnight, from my memory hit late 80's with bed are burning. lastly .. who the fvck is alex harvey... im not saying there was not place to hear electric sound.. it just wasnt on MTV and so main stream. not sure why you are so mad about it .. just how myself and a few others remeber it..

[@joshuamasserant8215]

@@Bluenosegrows I'm not mad. 😂😂 You are just SOOOOOO wrong with incorrect information and knowledge. The Talking Heads and Midnight Oil both had similar and popular albums in the mid 70's. Before Devo did. You are going by what you know and heard . Well If I go by what I know Alex Harvey died in 1982 and made music from at least 1964 and made 6+ similar albums in the 70's before Devo was even around so everyone copied off of Alex Harvey. I guarantee you never even listened to Devo even. They are one of a kind for sure but there are still lots of bands, albums and songs back then that are identical.

[@EdwardGregoryNYC]

Stylistically, a lot of influence from Kraftwerk. B-52s may be the closest.

[@aussierob3860]

You crack me up Lex, you don’t look too hard into songs and you take the song for how it was meant to be heard and enjoyed.

[@mikecaetano]

"Whip It" dropped when I was in ninth grade. The song was different from anything else on the radio, but it didn't catch my buddies and me off guard the same way the music on their first album did. When you're ready for more from Devo, check out "Beautiful World", "Girl U Want", "Uncontrollable Urge", "Freedom of Choice", "Mongoloid", "Jocko Homo", or their covers of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and "Working in the Coal Mine" among others.

[@NikkieTwix]

The music video is like an acid trip but the song is fun and catchy as hell

[@annaoswald5943]

Spot on Brad & Lex. Sometimes this kind of music doesn't get much love, but as Brad said, if it makes people laugh and feel good, it has plenty of value. Lex's energy for these 80s songs is a perfect example. Who doesn't love seeing the robot 2 days in a row? Yesterday for Mr. Roboto and today for Whip it. So much fun!

[@FURTHER_ADO]

Devo is beloved. What are you talking about? They've been drooled over by musicians, critics and fans for 40+years. They've been called innovators, brilliant, etc forever. What more is needed?

[@annaoswald5943]

@@FURTHER_ADO They don't seem to get the love from fans of other forms of rock. I watched B & L react to this live stream, and there were numerous negative comments about the band and the sound in general.

[@cesarnarro6013]

Mark Mothersbaugh multi-instrumentalist, composer has done so much music in tv and movies

[@paulobrien9572]

Devo's video of this is quite interesting to say the least. They were an early 80's nerdy punk band lots of synthesizer and their trade mark red energy dome hats

[@clash5j]

My 12 year old self thought..."Holy smokes, this band wears flower pots on their heads!"

[@architectoverlord]

remember them on SNL way back in the day. They were awesome! Not quite FEAR kicking off a mosh pit on SNL in the 70s, labeled a "riot" by uptight media, but close :)

[@carolinecocozza2120]

They just headlined Punk Rock Bowling in Vegas 👊

[@daviddixon6408]

They weren't energy dome hats, they were lamp shades.

[@gj8683]

Devo was rad, and I mean that in a positive way. They were real innovators, both with their music and their stage shows. They even did their own version of "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones, which was pretty rad, too, and really good IMHO.

[@da_blade5040]

I'm right there with ya!! 😁 Always been a Devo fan

[@aafjeyakubu5124]

I heard their take on Satisfaction for the first time a couple weeks ago. It was surprisingly good.

[@Buggins]

It's famously Jaggers favourite Stones cover. He mentioned it still was in a BBC interview a few years ago as I recall. Here's the original story though - *"I thought it was the quintessential rock song," Mothersbaugh states. "In those days, to do a song cover, you had to get permission from the artist. So [Devo co-founder] Gerald Casale and I went to the Rolling Stones' manager's office in Manhattan and Mick Jagger came in and he just kind of looked at us. We put the record on the turntable, and after about 30 seconds, he jumps up and starts dancing around to it. Then he said to us, [in a British accent] 'That's my favorite version of this song!' To us, even that he was in the same room was pretty overwhelming." *

[@VoroninHop]

That's in my Top 10 cover versions ever

[@kennethv5250]

the 80's was The funnest decade EVER in the entire history of the world

[@SalvoSix]

Class of 84.

[@PHILPOP2]

It was the last decade of true fun.

[@kennethv5250]

@@SalvoSix Class of 86

[@kennethv5250]

@@PHILPOP2 now everything depresses me

[@Fred82ndAbn]

Amen brother! 😊

[@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman]

"uncontrollable urge" is what you want - PEACE LOVE n HIPPYNESS!

[@Guildofarcanelore]

One of my all time favorites!

[@elbruces]

Everything they do is fun and quirky and gloriously nerdy. This as their one big hit but they got a deep bench of great songs.. I'm living for these ongoing stories from Lex of "one time in my mom's closet I found..."

[@kennbicknell5492]

Late 70s punk pop, ushering in early 80s new wave. The video is a must. Their outfit, wooooo!

[@sixbladeknife44]

Imagine yourself on the ski bobs ride at an amusement park in 1980 flying around in circles with this song blasting over the speakers…that’s my memory anyway 😅

[@brianheckman920]

Nothing better than roller skating to this song as a youth.

[@rayalvarado5092]

Another 80's classic is The Romantics, What I Like About You.

[@lathedauphinot6820]

They said “Man is not evolving. Man is devolving.” Devo is for “Devolution”.

[@elbruces]

@@opencarry3860 Thanks for being an example if what was talked about.

[@ciscogomez73ify]

You know they have an official music video of this song lol. This song reminds me of the movie in the 80's " Revenge of the Nerds".

[@paulwells1990]

LMAO!!! Lex's laugh makes laugh. She looks like she's having fun with this song.

[@blackkatt777]

Lexi cracked me up at the end of the song. Yep. Whip it girl.🤣

[@BM-hb2mr]

Ahhhhhh. The days of MTV

[@MrJeddYoung]

Wow first the Police and now Devo - this is my childhood all over again - thank you for the reactions. For me - trip down memory lane.

[@jamesshort8660]

Devo is a genre unto itself. And it is freaking awesome!

[@paulclements6277]

Devo are amazing…so ahead of their time..they have been so influential to current music..they are still going even after all this time..they are genius

[@davidcruz8667]

No, it's not "Can't Touch This", that's from Rick James' "Superfreak". This song is from 1980. This is Punk. You should really watch the video, it's a trip, starting with their outfits. You're missing out on a real treat... We would dance to this stuff together with "Hey Mickey" from Toni Basil, "Rock Lobster" from theB-52's, Talking Heads, just fun music... And we would play rock at kegger parties and in our bedrooms and our cars. I was 16 when this song came out. Far out.

[@geoffsimpkins7650]

This was HUGE in the early 80’s. Huge.

[@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf]

U Can't Touch This actually used the music from Rick James' "Super Freak", not Whip It.

[@bassage13]

I'm Rick James B****h!!!

[@jhas727]

When this kind of sound was big in the 80's a band R.E.M dropped a song 10 years before that kind of sound blew up. Song is called Radio Free Europe. So before its time. Check it out and the years it was released.

[@TheScreamingMime]

It's a song about not hiding from your problems, but facing them head on and not letting them drag you down. Devo were pioneers.

[@tjm6983]

I thought they said it was them mocking the culture of motivational posters, etc.

[@carcarjinks1430]

when it came out, everyone assumed it was about the "M" word.....

[@brandimodrak461]

People loved this video . Much love 💘

[@RENEGADEX800]

Brad is always trying to figure out the meaning and Lex is always just enjoying the song!

[@MrYoup11]

You should see their outfits, they were wacky, even back in the 80's

[@noroomforsquares4483]

Devolution is real.

[@rgmann]

Just LOVE Lex!!! She cracks me up! And she's sooo cute...

[@jonasturklbach2705]

Lex is absolutely right. Music doesnt have to be super complex or super intelligent, it just has to give u a certain feeling or give u a feeling of nostalgia

[@volundburvelson5171]

Love your smile lex! your energy is infectious.

[@davidjustsimplefun8484]

Lex would fit in awesome in the video clip to this song! I am picturing her in yellow overalls with a flowerpot on her head haha!

[@mrletternumber]

just a note on how influential Devo was.....Maynard named his first born son, Devo

[@bminturn]

I used to dress up like these guys when I was maybe 7 or 8 yrs old. They were my musical heroes that year.

[@HBFTimmahh]

I think I seen you. lol so many kids dressed as these dweebs. lol Hats included. lol

[@LBinsocal]

Thanks again Lex, you make this so much fun. Wouldn’t be worth watching without you

[@nateashe3140]

Lol! Lex's reaction is priceless. Mark Mothersbaugh and Devo were geniuses.

[@alwaysengines]

Best Lex reaction! Especially when she is trying to do the robot

[@mozilla2576]

I luv to see Lex have so much fun with one of my favorite songs. Thanks y'all!

[@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf]

Making people happy music from the 80's: "Walkin on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves or "Invisible Touch" by Genesis.

[@personaldanceparty5518]

I had this album..& loved every song on it.. I can’t remember.. but it was in rotation with the musical youth lp

[@davidcox30004]

Lex’s reaction is pure 80’s gold. When this song came out everyone reacted just like this.

[@justintaylor6604]

Ohhhh, Akron, OH is in the house today! Let’s goooo!

[@rullmourn1142]

Devo were pioneers of the New Wave genre, and made lots of great songs.

[@7of9RebelHarborth]

Lex you’re having so much fun! I love it!

[@daviddixon6408]

They played this song and video to death on MTV when it came out. The guys wearing the lamp shades on their heads.

[@southernbella6535]

BAWAHAHAHAHAHA...Lex is so crazy . love you guys !

[@bbsmith1980]

This song was used in an ad for swifter wet jet mop. 'When you got a dirty floor, you must swiffer'

[@happymethehappyone8300]

THE OFFICIAL VIDEO IS A MUST SEE!!

[@navbuoy]

Sounds like an 80's workout video? You are absolutely correct. I even remember my mom having a workout album with this song playing in the background as she dancercized....yes that was a verb of the 80's and I just used it. Going to take a nap now after finishing my Metamucil.

[@benshafer5198]

Very artsy, pioneering band formed by art majors from Kent State. The band concept was meant to be satirical, based on the idea of human de-evolution. They were pretty trippy when they first came out in the mid-seventies. Nothing remotely like them, before. Whip It was their breakthrough hit, but Uncontrollable Urge is a great early track from them. Cheers!

[@diegoholguin8019]

Gut Feeling my favorite!

[@BeatLA24]

@@diegoholguin8019 Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy is so good. I love the build up in that song.

[@BlackHatCinephile]

Devo pioneered making nerdy cool.

[@scottfrench4139]

Hugely important and talented band. "Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy)" is fantastic.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

I saw Devo live in the 80s and they were awesome.

[@timothybush9633]

Great band that came in 1973 along when Punk started and people were tired, or didn't like, disco and music started to get more gritty

[@cesarnarro6013]

Lex's reactions to music are the best !!! She cracks me up !!!

[@TheJoshuaPimentel]

The funny part is that your analysis is pretty correct.😄 This never gets old.

[@dixonbourne]

The 80's were awesome

[@T-riter]

First time I heard this song it was on MTV in the 80’s with there lamp shade hats couldn’t get the song out of my head for days.

[@berlincreation]

You two are the absolute best... 😆

[@julieheath9507]

They also wrote Nickelodeon show “Rug Rats” intro song.

[@zzbear317]

Devo and the B-52s - dancing the pogo with my girl at parties. Ahh... the 80s.

[@godsspeedify]

I remember seeing Devo in concert back in the 80s MTV did their very first live tour event and it started in Arizona It was the Police, Thompson twins, Madness, Devo.. MTV had all the original VJ's there.

[@willwozniak2826]

"Just a Girl" is another good one by the boys.

[@robertreichle1]

"Where are the songs like this modern day?" Try They Might Be Giants. Fun, silly, techno mixed in here and there, sound effects, clever lyrics, and just goofiness. They started in '86 and have been making albums every couple of years ever since then. And you've heard their music if you've watched Austin Powers movies (Dr. Evil's theme), Malcomb in the Middle (opening theme), Courage the Cowardly Dog (theme), and the movie, Coraline (the creepy song by the dad at the piano).

[@VidiotSavante]

Love TMBG! I first saw them at the WHFStival back in the 1990s when they were still a 2 person band. The newer full band is great too!

[@thirdgatekeeper]

That novelty joke band cannot remotely hold a candle to the genuinely subversive and innovative devo. They created something out of nothing in Ohio in 1972. Something completely unprecedented.

[@jaynagerber7474]

If you're bringing out They Might Be Giants, don't forget the other crazy quirky bands from the eighties college radio scene: The B52s, and Violent Femmes

[@ShaunHensley]

But aren't they also 20+ years old

[@nightwood4379]

Got into a bar fight listening to this on the jukebox. LOL

[@DanaClarkDana]

Timeless good advice; their cover of Can't Get No Satisfaction is great

[@homesinc1]

Ha that 80's rabbit hole again? I recommend the following: -the human league, "keep feeling fascination" -depeche mode, "people are people", "enjoy the silence" and "personal Jesus" -tears for fears, "shout" -the go go's "head over heels" -billy idol, "eyes without a face" -peter schilling, "major tom" ...

[@baronofgreymatter14]

"We're thru bein cool" is amazing ..especially with the video

[@Johonnac]

Brad & Lex should DEFINITELY watch the animated movie “Heavy Metal” then, for sure!

[@RichardinNC1]

A big hit with the 80s dance clubs. Another vote for reacting to the Whip It video. It was on MTV every hour it seemed.

[@bobkitten8150]

When I was in undergrad at Ohio U the guy in the next apartment played this OVER AND OVER. Good think I liked the song!

[@blakekeithley3400]

Their cover of Satisfaction debuted on SNL. It’s awesome and caught national attention the next day. Read up on this group they were pioneers and probably influenced Blue Man Group with their stage performance.

[@buckhowa2074]

Got to Love Lex's laugh.

[@Rollotomassi099]

Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo Singer)offered a different interpretation of the lyrics, saying they were written in the form of a subtle pep talk for United States President Jimmy Carter during the 1980 presidential election. The members of Devo supported Carter and feared the Republican candidate Ronald Reagan would win the election.[15] Mothersbaugh jokingly once said in an interview: "Come on Jimmy, get your shit together".[16] Huey notes that despite the song's novelty, there are violent undertones in the lyrics. He describes the process of whipping it to solve one's problems as "a sardonic portrait of a general, problematic aspect of the American psyche: the predilection for using force and violence to solve problems, vent frustration, and prove oneself to others

[@myrhino70]

It is great to see someone hear Devo's hit Whip It for the first time not knowing what they sounded like beforehand. People in the day already knew their sound from their first album and their unique hit version of The Rolling Stones' Satisfaction. Late 70's early 80's is the best!

[@nelms78]

Devo "Whip It Released: August 13, 1980 U Can't Touch This" . Released: May 28, 1990 (UK) Producer(s): MC Hammer

[@karlsmith2570]

"Can't Touch This????" No, Lex, that'd be the song "Superfreak" that you're thinking of

[@beatawallace5725]

Love this band.

[@somerotter]

The funny thing is a lot of people were freaked out by Devo - they had these mechanical beats and structures, weird fixations with de-evolution, sex and the biting satire of simplistic American nationalism and values. They were called fascists and freaks, and were more associated with punk than pop music early on.

[@HurricaneDeanWalker]

I think folks need to listen to and watch Devo as a Da Da art project, something like early B-52's. That is the roots of both bands.

[@daveborder7751]

The video was one of the more memorable of the 1980's-a cross eyed Asian woman firing a gun at a tin can a guy was holding, he then rails her. While the lead singer whips another woman until her clothes fall off & she cries.

[@daveabels15]

The video for this song is a must watch MTV classic

[@jillw4983]

Great dance song back in the day. Shortly before Safety Dance.

[@paulclements6277]

Devo were so ahead of their time..they had a huge influence on modern music…they are genius

[@mts982]

gotta love 80's music.

[@NewWestEd]

The 80's were Lit!!! Every genre was amazing in their own way. Some of us took longer to gravitate some genre's than others did.

[@DiscoDee74]

Omg Lex’s reaction is priceless! I love to see y’all excited for the great 80’s music!

[@lantose]

Lex is on fire again! “Oh, there’s a rock in the the road…..What do I do? Whip it good”!

[@zathmmo4346]

Since you're so in to genres, this is New Wave and was popular in the late 70's to early 80's. Gary Newman's song "Cars" is another great example that's worthy of a reaction.

[@chrisb9577]

This is really just a simple song about overcoming obstacles in life. Thats all.

[@danielmchenry1000]

80s WERE lit. good 1

[@traherne6726]

Music video is a must on this song, but I enjoyed..most ‘80s songs have a good music video to it. The fashions were awesome.

[@LuisHernandez-yf2no]

Lex is so freaking funny 😄 👍🏽

[@steviekc9057]

Making an iconic pop song is the hardest thing of all the things. There is no niche audience, you have to find that perfect mix that appeals to the masses in totality. When that happens and almost forty years later you're still digging it, it's magic.

[@nomoreprospecting]

Thank God for Lexi and her enthusiasm -- love her!