Devo - Girl U Want (Live on Fridays 1980)

Devo's first apperance on ABC's cult classic Fridays playing Girl U Want from their new Freedom of Choice album.

[@leokimvideo]

You swear it's a drum machine but no it's human. Incredible drummer in DEVO

[@joeyoungs8426]

Yep, these guy were tight.

[@AD-fz6ov]

I don't think there was ever a more precise, robotic drummer that could just go like that. Peart may have been more technical / layered, but I can't think of a song where Peart just sits there for 3 minutes straight playing with the repetitive precision of a Roland drum machine lol. The first time I heard Devo was FOC era stuff, and I thought for sure Whip it was a drum machine. It's not. lol still blows my mind

[@tect777]

Fact's

[@dougyoung4790]

The Human Metronome Alan Myers RIP

[@dudstep]

Alan was the man!

[@thombone]

Alan Meyers, one of the BEST metronome quality drummers to ever live. R.I.P.

[@chrisdicarlo9825]

Could not agree more! Simply great!

[@adderon7476]

Alan, Jaki and the drummer from Idles

[@stevenstainbrook1064]

I've watched this so many times and still, I can't get over how damn tight the drums are. Just spot on, that rhythm just propels this song. One thing I love about a lot of music from this era is the great drumming. This is a prime example.

[@Loke2112]

They called the drummer a human metronome.

[@berns.4210]

Oh that Alan!

[@tonda9915]

To this day I say Allen is one of the most underrated drummers ever

[@berns.4210]

@@tonda9915 yes he is VERY underrated!🥔

[@deronlackey2083]

This band was super tight live-amazing!

[@valurautakattila]

The human metronome in action

[@mediumstudio]

man, he's so good

[@85wastedyears]

I'm a huge drumming fan, and he's sick as hell. Very impressive! The whole band plays tight as hell.

[@aaroneiermann1120]

Who needs a drum machine when you are the drum machine.

[@stevenstainbrook1064]

Absolutely! This and Gates of Steel from a performance on Fridays are outstanding. So tight.

[@MrEss-ld3sw]

I keep coming back to this version because of that high hat

[@HazeFace100]

How can ANYONE get sick of this performance? Alan is truly a human metronome, and Bob 1's overdrive on "the cloud" is fierce. I am Devo.

[@dalakerdaniel9240]

We're all are DEVO ☠️💣☠️

[@judithschneider1520]

Devo Mega

[@judithschneider1520]

Selin Moije Schule Mathe Deutsch?

[@judithschneider1520]

Good Answer

[@imyourgodmachine]

Can we take a second and appreciate how tight that drummer is!

[@CorePathway]

When NASA needs to reset their clocks they give him a call

[@jasons8499]

5 geeks with no auto-tune or backing track laying it down and blowing away the vast majority of modern acts. I was in Eastern Europe this summer and every (and I mean every) bar and business was playing 80's music. Long live the 80's!!! It's crazy how accurate the drummer is for a live performance.

[@substatikvideos]

This band was so ahead of it's time.

[@dalakerdaniel9240]

They stil are ☠️💣☠️

[@Jacksmusicshack]

Because....THEYRE FROM THE FUTURE! :D

[@dalakerdaniel9240]

@@Jacksmusicshack ☠️💣☠️

[@jimmyromano249]

One of the best punk rock guitar riffs ever.

[@BroForce426]

So seamless yet so robotic and calculated

[@Nagoldoognivol]

If you've never heard of the band crack cloud, I think you'd probably dig their first album. Check out drab measure if you feel like it.

[@CorePathway]

The punk covers of Gates of Steel are epic! A little more up-tempo

[@chrisdicarlo9825]

Indeed! All time Devo classic tune!

[@ciaobella65]

I watched this on the night it was 1st broadcast, extremely high on the LSD and believing that The Devo was talking to me personally. Good Times 😂

[@markmartin6365]

Dude that's effin hilarious. I too have had experiences like that. I hope you are well today.

[@mitchyoung93]

They were.

[@BT-ir5zl]

@@mitchyoung93 Really. That's how good art comes across.

[@CorePathway]

Look up their collab with Neil Young. It’s a fvcking trip. On LSD? Good lord😂😂😂

[@TotalSinging]

the drummer Allen is literally a metronome - his meter in so precise you'd swear its a drum machine.

[@chrisdicarlo9825]

Love reading the compliments on Alan Meyers. A phenomenal drummer who made it look easy- it wasn’t!! R.I.P. Alan. P.S. All time Devo classic performed to perfection!

[@shanekilpatrick3378]

Awesome. Any band that can reproduce live, the album quality sound, is aces in my book 👍🏻😀

[@foghatrocks]

Good Lord, that was Fantastic !

[@bigbopper143]

So polished, so tight. Fkn impressive

[@shady-hermit4470]

It sounds exactly like the recording , im impressed

[@stevedonahue7956]

one of the rare bands to have the drummer be the best musician

[@kellylappin5944]

They’re all phenomenal!

[@ciaobella65]

Seeing them live really imprinted how talented they were as musicians. The entire show felt like it was in a studio. I believe it was 1981.

[@kenm2709]

Title of the video LITERALLY says 1980

[@yourfairyking]

@@kenm2709 I think they were referring to when they, personally, saw them live.

[@langolodigibo]

1:29 the drummer face!!

[@dmg7111]

Kinda looks like my Accountant on speed :/ lol

[@shhh3185]

2:36 That adorable eye flutter xo

[@catfishphil]

Got this on on vinyl from way back then... my fav!

[@superdoov]

That guitar player has some sick moves.

[@ecatalan98]

Damn! I saw this when it came out! I was a HUGE Fridays fan! DEVO Rulz!!!

[@louturks23]

Devo, I really loved their keyboards, it's why I still play

[@kenm2709]

The way both Bob 1 and Gerald are in perfect sync during the guitar solo and nailed in perfect timing is so damn good you can actually see Mark fist bump Gerald at 1:58. This was definitely them at their finest, probably the last time they were full of so much energy talent and youth. And as other's have mention the drums are perfect!

[@finnsterling6514]

I didn't see that fist bump until you pointed it out. And dude on the upstage synth didn't even need to stop his badass dance moves. In all seriousness, this is an amazing video.

[@adderon7476]

Fist bumping from six feet away that is the essence of DEVO

[@johnjullien-wk3pp]

Wore out the Album Freedom of Choice🇦🇺

[@smbake]

RIP Bob 2 and Alan you are sorely missed.

[@TimVineTelevisual]

The timing of the riff and the drums still seems so hard to fathom after all these years. Pure brilliance.

[@ratfinkie62]

Incredible instrumental hook.

[@jeremiahbarth4363]

This is the Best performance of the song, thank you so much for posting such a high quality recording! You’ve made my day

[@jms1963]

Agree 100%. They were absolutely bloody brilliant on that show.

[@ciaobella65]

The second set was insane as well on the same night, uncontrollable urge from their first album

[@kevinwithers3781]

R.I.P. Alan Myers and Bob (Bob 2) Casale.

[@fredball8240]

Revolutionary at the time..

[@freakfoxvevo7915]

Devolutionary*

[@mctavish23]

Fridays was a great show and this song is perfect.

[@TheIkaraCult]

pure greatness

[@nsilver61]

Utter genius

[@ldolphin34]

In today's 2022 world, everything is so contrived as far as the rhythm and sound and delivery. Devo could make a comeback if they were just starting, because their approach to music was so fresh. Nobody is going to perform on stage like this, and nobody's going to make something different like this today.

[@Azerod]

Check out the Polysics.

[@theunknowngamer5477]

@@Azerod I MY ME MINE

[@MrEconline]

Devo Dropped the mike!

[@bryangarnet3553]

loved them

[@luannabbate2624]

In one word...GENIUS!!!

[@ocularpatdown]

This performance was the first time I ever heard DEVO. ARE WE NOT MEN?!?

[@maiden-eq4uv]

Back in 1980 when they would played whip it off the same album at the skating rink I always had to get on the floor and skate as fast as I could and hang those curves like my life depended on it great memories!

[@chrisdicarlo9825]

WE ARE DEVO!

[@ottomatic3123]

Excellent performance. Maybe perfect.

[@simonkeane6729]

Absolutely brilliant 2023

[@doncarleno2623]

Perfect Devo

[@malcolmtreseder2847]

I’d say everyone in that audience instantly turned into Spud Boys and Spud Girls after this amazing performance.

[@paulmeissner66]

Great song

[@doodlebob3758]

2:45 Makes my heart warm.

[@coolhand1964]

Back in the day before the manufactured pop stars existed and you had to have musical talent. The cream always rose to the top. Great memories, their hats always reminded me of 'Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men' if you know what I am referring to, then you're old also.

[@Declan50]

These guys will always be on another level!!!

[@ericverbeten8747]

Awesome! Looks better than any of the other uploads I’ve seen

[@trobertson1092]

Love DEVO!!

[@gregdolecki8530]

Such a simple guitar lick made such a great song.

[@tyso69us]

If that isnt one of the best live clips ever...im not here.

[@louturks23]

Sometimes it is hard to explain to anyone I learned keyboards because of Devo

[@Jacksmusicshack]

Devo=true music and musicians

[@mrwhompass1986]

Killer tune. Bravo.

[@greggmitchell2392]

IMHO Devo's LIVE performances of Girl U Want and Gates of Steel on Fridays are their BEST ever - stone cold TIGHT - I saw this as a kid when it first aired on ABC, was a huge fan then, still a fan now. We're all DEVO.

[@mikegee248]

I want an energy dome. Anyone else?

[@JamesLRichardII]

I watch this video, first, because Devo is the greatest performance band of European descent of all-time, and just to see Bob II's head in the groove. You can't teach it.

[@christiem1742]

Gramma: What do they have those flower pots on their heads for? 10 year old me: Gramma! It's DEVO!

[@curtisunit]

Intense and sincere. That’s must’ve been nice hearing it loud as f. What gets me is Mark is all show business with the song but when he plays the synth breaks in the chorus he’s not messing. I’m glad I saw them live.

[@johnmacinnis1696]

Great.

[@bradevans3815]

I am totally digging the keyboard players twitch moves.

[@jamesbrousseau2159]

Been singing this song for days

[@adderon7476]

POWER DOME

[@frostedhead]

Great vid I use to what the Devo Fridays vid way back on YT and it was really grainy and poor but this is great quality thanks!

[@Musicalmane]

Lol I thought the camera effects in the beginning was my internet cutting 🤣

[@skirmisherfront1498]

They define COOL.

[@tracyinthemoment]

So good!!! I watched it again at 0.75x speed and it still sounds great at a slightly slower tempo. More to appreciate. ❤️ // Edit: Just remembered that they did slow down the tempo live in later years.

[@chrisj.9129]

that was cool slowed down…

[@ThisIsLondon]

@@chrisj.9129 Try it at 1.25x - still sounds great!

[@mikeryan6028]

0.75 x is dope too, but the full speed of this performance gets me so amped lol love Devo!

[@saulgoodmanshellokittyphone]

yo thanks for the upload!

[@keithkoenig5320]

DEVOlution is REAL! Haven't the last several years taught you that??

[@dannoonan7094]

Man i❤Devo

[@tomfuturo5692]

Espectaculaaaaaaar DEVO!!!!

[@kiddio4090]

Sick

[@florianomenegatti1433]

avanti anni luce....fantastici.

[@stainboyvova]

Tank girl✌

[@shannonflores2602]

❤Thank you, Violet!

[@bo1932]

I LOVE THEIR HATS

[@TonyLovell]

Love Devo, but few of their songs really hit for me. THIS is one.

[@robnalu6436]

Why do I see #reviewbrah #thereportoftheweek in the lead singers face. aye yie yie! Aloha~~ from Hawaii~~

[@genogeno6643]

Tight!

[@javierruiz5800]

Happy Birthday Bob Mark Mothersbaugh 11-08-2019

[@reginarichards7001]

I love Mark Mothersbaugh.... Devo is sooo BITCHEN!!!

[@GreasyFilms-qc1xo]

Nerds Rock.

[@mayonueve]

Tank Girl

[@shhh3185]

HOT FUCKEN DAMN

[@tect777]

Devo BASED asf

[@adamc1966]

Epic, awesome. Another band who were better live than in the studio.

[@dylanward6486]

Talking heads are another from this era

[@Dr.Meth666]

Fucking DEVO are the shit .

[@EdStahl-vi6lj]

Just so everyone knows.... those aren't flower pots they're wearing. Those are "Energy Domes"!😃

[@sammencia7945]

New Wave was exactly like this. The future of music on stage but the audience are all dressed like 1977 high school students. This is at start of promo push for lp. Before Whip It chart success.

[@s.e.wagger3888]

Just can't seem to find the slower version. It has kick-ass rock guitar and best vocals. The MP3 info says it's from a movie sound track but be buggarred if I can find it on YT.

[@paradoxward2533]

this is how popular music will sound 100 years from now and DEVO will be respected on a par with the Beatles.

[@tect777]

Based

[@Bipbop66]

Ahead of their time.😊

[@brightstar1212]

I used to wish I was the girl

[@CyberVamp01]

[@jeromebrown6626]

DECONSTRUCTED POP

[@hubertvale5132]

Revenge of the Nerds! Seriously though, DEVO was/is awesome! 😎😎

[@chrisj.9129]

Looks like Mark is playing his small riff on a Korg Mono-Poly

[@kidkique]

I always thought this was a Soundgarden song Until I was an adult