D E V O - Thats Good (letterman)

D E V O performing 'Thats Good' on letterman in 1982
Happy 30 years Dave!

[@StripperLicker]

Anyone who was there knows DEVO was a unbelievable band. Their live shows were incredible. They were then and still are one of a kind. AND they need to be in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

I was at one live show in the late '80s and a nude woman with a strap-on dildo walked out on stage. Still don't know if it was part of the show or a prank someone pulled on them.

[@BicyclePhil]

The live shows…..I saw them play twice 81-82….great shows, they rocked hard, the crowds loved it

[@coreycox2345]

I make a point o not even knowing who is in there, StripperLicker.

[@NeilTruick]

True. True. AND absolutely true.

[@haybill3000]

Put Devo in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! They really deserve it -- lots of unique, brilliant, and catchy music.

[@pH7screwtube]

I agree they should get the nod....... But its far more important to put rap groups in there........ eye roll

[@jeeedel2491]

Bill Hay Dont worry the Hall of Fame is meaningless bollocks anyway

[@radiopadilla]

and B-52's

[@greensocks4507]

Agree. Talking heads too, their early stuff was brilliant. Later stuff ? Hmmm.

[@guyboost7311]

@@radiopadilla yes the B52S The other Video That's Good DEVO posted by Electronictomato is inching it's Way to 1 million views Can you please watch The Video and post your favorite song by The 52s Thank You Kindly kindred spirit !

[@daves4645]

When they came out I was about 12yrs old, they seemed like they were from the future. I'm now 53 and that still seems true.

[@gregbors8364]

Back then, they were doing their Duty Now for the Future.

[@martingrey2231]

DEVO + David Letterman = winner.

[@kzinful]

Alan was a Beast on the skins! Alan and Bob, we miss our brothers. Unlock that ancient voice

[@billsanders4]

Celebrating 50 years of D-EVOlution 1973-2023

[@bsharpnack]

Nobody understood Devo back then, but a lot of people get them now. I love these guys.

[@CoachatCole]

I got it from the first time I saw them

[@kogik]

Muchos incluso muy lejos los amamos y entendimos en esos años… ellos adelantaron la DEV evolución del ser humano en manos de la tecnología

[@watergoddess9]

my god I was 11 years old, running around with a flowerpot on my head wanting to be DEVO!! :)

[@karlfisher1864]

I hope that you enjoyed being Devo! Sounds like fun! My son was "Buckethead". Karl

[@jessemorgan2009]

We are all DeVO!

[@davidgori4500]

I'm 53 and still want to be DEVO.

[@MistressGlowWorm]

You too? :P

[@MistressGlowWorm]

@@karlfisher1864 Parenting done right.

[@singeri]

30 yrs later, this is still relevant! Even my teenage boys like Devo!

[@drsloanski]

40 years later...more relevant than ever!

[@jgunther3398]

@@drsloanski 41 and still no satisfactION!

[@timvo8311]

Incredible when you hear these early Devo tracks and you think its a drum machine but its not, its the human metronome, Alan Myers! RIP to Bob and Alan. Long live SPUDS and DEVO!

[@Psychlist1972]

True. Unfortunately,none of them are actually playing the instruments in that video. No cords, and of course, Casale playing *chords* on an SH-101. Nope. :)

[@MrCarl220]

Pete Brown 80s were about lip syncing, but I still liked it, just to see the artists perform to it

[@Psychlist1972]

MrCarl220 Yeah. It cracks me up when lip syncing on stage these days is considered controversial and new. :)

[@MrCarl220]

When I think controversy, I recall Milli Vanilli! Ha!

[@ookie4179]

+MrCarl220 man he killed himself over that shit, if he only live to see the Millennium..... He paved the way for the modern "preformer". Amazing how they had so much back Lash in the 80s and now it's commonplace to lip sync. I know he was embarrassed, but he didn't deserve to die

[@rendy2205]

Let's put Devo on the rock and roll hall of fame now👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@astraldemise]

I love the way Alan moves and plays in this he's a badass

[@6709ify]

This tune is so irresistible! Why does this sound so good?! I've listened to this song at least 400 times and I'm still not tired of it! By the way, Mark Mothersbaugh's hip thrusts are AWESOME!!! Screw the haters.

[@karlmartellce732]

You mean, screw those who see its appeal to that part of human nature that is so empirically verifiable and yet (therefore) is most intellectually resisted?

[@6709ify]

Karl Martell Sure. That works, too. 👍🏾

[@larrywilliams67]

the one posted by electronictomato , has almost 1 million views !

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

Jerry's bass.

[@ronkells]

Only 400

[@iamtoothewalrus]

Devo and the B-52's are such fun original bands.

[@greensocks4507]

Never has there been a band who delivered an orchestrated performance as well as Devo. They developed a theme and stuck with it all the way through. De-evolution.I bow down to the spud boys. Fantastic. In the purest sense of the word. You won't see the likes of them again. Eleven out of ten.

[@hubbsllc]

What other group formed behind a message and stayed true to that message the whole time?

[@BirdTalk13]

@@hubbsllcGhost 😈🎶🖤🤘🏻

[@hello2jello4mellow34]

The whole set-up, the thought. We think that someone of the four is going to step up to the microphone and then the fifth comes down the ladder with his own. Magic!

[@victoria2050nin]

Great band...they were VERY cool ....the general public didn't get them, but the cool people did....everyone who knows what good music is loves devo...

[@timscott8703]

How could anyone no like Devo?

[@kevinsnodgrass6222]

This band has helped me through so many 80s party years

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

If people had listened, this country wouldn't be in the sad state that it is in.

[@hubbsllc]

It's like they tried to warn us, and in more recent interviews they make a point of saying de-evolution *happened* - past tense.

[@joelpotter659]

Those early 80s herky jerky tunes.Loved them all. The Cars. Devo. Gary Neumann.

[@ogrebattle22763]

People can say what they want about Devo but they were a huge part of the changing music scene at that time & they made a name for themselves whether people want to admit that or not...

[@pml22]

ogrebattle22763 --- saw them three times in Atlanta at the Fox, '79 to '81. We had a great time.

[@jeffbaer5851]

I performed a lip-synch / dance performance to this song at a talent show when I was in 8th grade. I dressed all in black, made a set of white shoulder-pads out of poster-board, and made my own piano/keytar, complete with a leather strap and painted-on keys, out of 3/4" plywood. (It looked more like an artist's palette, but it did the job.) I got a nice ovation, and the highlight of my junior high school life was that the HOTTEST 9th grade cheerleader, Stephanie Angevine, signed my yearbook that year and complimented me on my performance. She said, "I liked your talent show thingy." As a 5 foot 1, 145 pound butterball, I thought..."I'm gonna MARRY that girl!!!"

[@russbeard3665]

DEVO's charisma has always been cleverly cloaked under a veneer of 'nerdism'... These guys had the world punk'd then and now. I've been binge watching footage of DEVO recently and I am convinced that aliens abducted their drummer and implanted an atomic clock in his brain. On time, every time... RIP Alan

[@julianestrada7409]

mark's hair is completely on point in this video, totally amazing

[@johndoran1754]

Saw them many times, local bar band before MTV "discovered" them . Amazing live.

[@scottlarson1548]

"Whip It" was a massive hit years before MTV existed. Hell, twenty million people saw them on Saturday Night Live in 1978.

[@SuburbanBBQ]

I absolutely adore Devo. Spudboy forever.

[@billsanders4]

I'm seeing them for the very last time this Saturday night! So effing Psyched. Then New Order on Wednesday 11/15 and ECHO and the Bunnymen on 11/20. Life be good.💯

[@Meowmixmaster]

Just saw them 2 nights ago. Incredible performance. These guys still have it. Seeing Depeche Mode next week!

[@TheFreebasslessons]

Bold and broad strokes,innovation with courage and charisma, ultra hip and refreshing, a truely iconic part of music culture and history of music in general.

[@9999999995914]

lets hear ! , three cheers for DEVO , DEVO , DEVO ! , Duty Now For The Future !, DEVO the future legends to be voted into the rock and hall of fame !

[@joanpelpinosas]

It's been decades my friend. Still waiting to see if the other great fave band The Cars will get inducted. Sometimes the RnR HoF is just bollocks. Never explored this side of the 80s.

[@larrywilliams67]

this year , THE CARS are in ! , DEVO is next and long over due !

[@sgtrosie7859]

All the more mind-blowing when you realize the singer is the same guy who wrote Everything is Awesome for the LEGO movie

[@jesserothbeind950]

To this day DEVO has put on the greatest live shows I have ever seen!!

[@mariasondell3613]

Favourites 40 years ago and still is

[@drillsgtvee]

Gotta love the head knock gestures by Motherbaugh! Knock!! Long live DEVO, New Wave, and early 80s!

[@chrisgemmell102]

some great spuds there

[@thegorn68]

So ahead of their time.

[@THECLARENCES]

Devo rules! Letterman ruled in the 80’s! xoxo The Clarences

[@texshelters]

DEVO played two of the best concerts I ever went to, so I will always have a place in my collection for them. PTxS

[@BradYaeger]

What new and old fans need to do is every so often just listen to the albums and realize how damn good the songs were . They weren't doing all the visual stuff because they were covering for a lack of writing and playing skills. It was a way to supplement it. They are a top notch rock band

[@johndoran1754]

Best band I ever saw live.

[@davidordonez4474]

Devo the best music ever greetings from Chile 2021

[@80sEric]

I watched this when it originally aired. I'm pretty sure Mark had an interview segment with Letterman. I remember Dave joking about the white shoulder piece and Mark flipped the piece upside down and said you can use it as a portable snack tray!

[@TheRealKILLERD]

He did the same thing on night flight

[@mournblade1066]

Here around1:08, I think: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6DFoIp-epllfM0

[@80sEric]

@@mournblade1066 Hey, awesome! Thanks for the link- hadn't seen this since '82. That was some show with Pee Wee Herman as the other guest.

[@VeesFunkyAZZshop]

Amazing!! a band way before their time!

[@mickeymousebiker1]

I love Mark's Billy Bibbit hair-doo. This is pure geek sugar. LOVE IT! And to think, they are from my old hometown -- AK-RON!

[@jameseldogger7410]

Buh buh buh buh buh bbbbbbbillly!

[@RochelleEskue]

One of my favorite tracks!!

[@mensen2462]

Same here, it’s the song that introduced me to Devo

[@adirondackbruce]

Yes, this seems a very rare instance of the b'hoys performing on national teevee -- and about the only instrument that was plugged in and real was Mark's microphone. Watch Bob 2's playing and note that they rarely (if ever) used those keyboards in actual live performances. He is, as always, a good actor though. Creepy -- this was the beginning of the end for them -- but there are some interesting interviews floating around out there of this very visit to NYC. diligent spud will find 'em.

[@andonedave]

I was 10 when this came out. Devo was the first record I ever bought. This is still a really good song.

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

This guy’s are Legends! They announced they’re retiring this year!😢they deserved to be in the rock and roll hall of fame!

[@odiemodie1]

Ah, every time I hear this song from Devo, can't help thinking of thee good ol' days of the 80's... And of the movie, REVENGE OF THE NERDS 1&2.

[@akaimpc7237]

DEVO were studs....uuuuuh, I mean spuds.

[@carolyndempsey7023]

I Love You

[@atis9061]

AWW cute

[@guyboost7311]

@@carolyndempsey7023 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpy9qHuMgptnp8k That's Good DEVO posted by Electronictomato DEVO Kicking Ass On David Letterman Late Show NBC 1982 ! This video has almost 1 million views !

[@MistressGlowWorm]

Spudrific

[@joanpelpinosas]

:D this is how you rock n roll "robotic style". plus I love it when they have their own choreography. Mr. Mark Mothersbaugh busting those moves! Awesome. Wish I was born in the 70's. I could have seen/heard them earlier. Long live the 80's.

[@hubbsllc]

I saw Devo twice in the 1980s and they were very memorable and exciting shows.

[@michaelthomas366]

The first 'new wave' song I ever heard in my life was their version of 'Satisfaction'. I didn't know what to think about it!

[@jeffwilcox7949]

Strange to see Alan play electronic drums. One of my favorite drummers.

[@kovchue]

i discovered this band last year... thanks youtube! they are great

[@BUSTER.BRATAMUS]

CREATIVE GENIUS

[@1980svegan]

Bob 1 and Bob 2 are so cute

[@melquaidesskunduglio3830]

This is the most innovative of Devo's garb (costumes if you will). And I would wager the raw materials for said costume could be obtained for under $30.

[@truth-rewound9317]

Who woulda thought that God would put it on these gentleman's hands to tell everybody that life is a good thing

[@larrywilliams67]

REST IN PEACE TO , ALAN MYERS , AND ROBERT CASALE , BOB 2 OF DEVO , AND GODSPEED TO BOTH , AND MAY GOD BLESS DEVO , SO THE SHOW MUST GO ON , LONG LIVE DEVO INDEED , DEVO ARE THE NEXT FUTURE LEGENDS !!! THE US NEEDS , DOCTOR RON PAUL , WHO CAN WHIP AMERICA INTO SHAPE , AND THATS GOOD !!!!

[@aicarpool]

DEVO AND RAINBOW BRIGHT IS THE 80'S MAN!

[@scottrhodes6234]

Thank you for your fantastic musical choices.

[@Alaninbroomfield]

COOL sound, GREAT style, GREAT music!!

[@georgeboultadakis8530]

Awesome drummer

[@notallrocknroll]

First band I ever saw live in concert. I was thirteen.

[@suds5214]

I saw these guys in Akron before MTV came along. There was a weird crowd in the audience those nights. Punk was pure then.

[@obxyellowpages]

Hell yeah! I saw this live when it happend - they are so super fun!

[@jdm3gee14]

Starting my record collection with that album. :)

[@hubbsllc]

Could have done a lot worse!

[@josejones7025]

Saw deco in 1978 on 3 hits of acid. It changed my life. 2:30

[@Mikeol2006]

Thank the poster for this better quality video so much, I love this performance!!

[@theitineranthistorian2024]

by the time I saw them, new traditionalists, l.a. forum, their show was revolutionary, in context and presentation. we've gotten old and the world is even scarier.

[@joef6271]

fuckin classic, way ahead of their time, saw them three times live. be stiff

[@9999999995914]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK MOTHERSBAUGH DEVO LEGENGDS !

[@jwdOH]

We're all DEVO.

[@haroldsgirl5043]

Yes! :)

[@RichS.73yroldbodybuilder]

Oh dad it’s Devo!

[@larrywilliams67]

NBC Should release this clasic , and the other on DVD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and DEVO belongs in the rock and roll hall of fame !!!!!!!!

[@scottlarson1548]

NBC does not own the show.

[@PhillipDavis830]

I'd love to see Devo play uncontrollable urge at the rock and roll hall of fame.

[@AlanBrown-yg7rl]

And "Big Mess!"

[@larrywilliams67]

DEVO next future legends !

[@dvelasquez2000]

I love mark

[@Zhoolik]

@redheadedgolem - well, they don't make that mistake anymore. They're playing live everywhere they go. They've got a great publicist. They've hit Colbert, Letterman, and even Regis & Kelly. I love they're still around.

[@helloitsmehb]

I can remember sitting on my waterbed after buying this album. It was dark and had my headphones on. Blew my mind

[@jpsutty197]

My god, these guys are AWSUMM!

[@mickeymousebiker1]

I asked Mark about the origin of the band's name. Mark told me that humankind was de-evoluting and that things were going to break down. He also said to me, "If we are around thirty years from now, look me up and see if I wrong." Mark was (and remains) a prophet of sorts. Besides all that, Leonard and Sheldon like this song.

[@soyounoat]

100% original, a category of their own.

[@bugiewugie1234]

the world wouldn't listen at that time, as it wouldn' t today as well .

[@paisleykings1913]

GREAT Live Band!

[@tkalbfeld1]

I love this band!!

[@jjamiejackson]

On the night I was born this was on TV. Explains a lot.

[@valkimber3706]

New Wave.Totally new wave!

[@larrywilliams67]

and the videos , That's Good DEVO , posted both by electronictomato and grapesarefun9000 has sent here , THANK GOD ! ,hopefully it will go over 1 million views and this one too ! ,question , does any DEVO fan , have where LETTERMAN is interviewing , JERRY AND MARK and then the rest of the band, ?

[@patricialeidy]

love these guys

[@TheJabernet]

DEVO!!!!!!!!!

[@mikerieck306]

These fellas were always tight. I saw them a number of times in the 80's and 90's.

[@Mr.Bryanmay32]

Please Lord,Send me Back to the 80' I don't want to be here on this time Lord I'm dying on this time God

[@ALong-fo5so]

They are a really good band. Love their live acts

[@lisahentschell4741]

I voted to put DEVO IN R&R HOF So faithfully. I have loved them since the late 70s.

[@tinasuarez117]

Released in 1982. Still rocks today!

[@larrywilliams67]

HAPPY NEW YEAR ! 2018 ! great DEVO fans !

[@drdr1957]

Rock and roll Hall of Fame

[@riccardotorri]

I love devo.

[@McLarenMercedes]

@MEATYOKERRable Devo is a prime example of an overlooked band from this era. To the broad public they were only known for "Whip It" (which in my mind is far from one of their betters songs) and they weren't "commercially viable" enough to become more than just a cult band. To get a clue what happened during the mid 80's listen to Dead Kennedy's "MTV-Get off the air!". Not saying all the commercial bands of the 80's were bad but a lot got way more airtime than they deserved for their talent.