Devo - Live In Japan 5-28-79 (Part 1)

[@manjay49]

Alan Myers. On drums. The Most Underestimated Drummer in the History of Underestimated Drummers. The Creator of Modern Drumming. His drum parts, creative approach and technical abilities are perfectly integrated into the music; so much so that his Genius is mostly undetected. Most people do *not* understand how Great he truly is. Truth. R.I.P.

[@ReallyVerySomething]

Love your comment and wholeheartedly agree with you. Was lucky enough to see him with Devo twice. Cheers!

[@ayankey23]

opening Japanese translation :The band born in American factory city warned us that what people believe lead us towards progress is in reality devolution.

[@marzsit9833]

holy fuck.......so totally true.

[@Itsa6stringthang]

Was that a clip from the movie Human Highway in the beginning?

[@madmaniac2552]

Johnny BushHogg that’s from there first music video for secret agent man I think

[@helmutsecke3529]

すごい！

[@erestube]

It also said this broadcast and all commercials will be in stereo!

[@ReallyVerySomething]

Just found out Bob Casale died this morning and had to watch some Devo...RIP Bob...you were a one of a kind spud in a one of a kind band!

[@Brewzerr]

1979 was the peak era for DEVO, in my opinion. They were playing at their tightest, and had sped up their tempoes to punk levels. Bob Mothersbaugh said in an interview once that at that time, they were heavily inspired by all the (then) new punk bands in L.A., where they had recently relocated to. Especially the Screamers. I first saw them that summer (1979), and clearly remember how tight and fast they were. The tempoes were at least twice as fast as the albums, and they definitely blew me away. After 1980 or thereabouts, they started going in a more electronic direction and slowed things down a bit, but at this time they were at the top of their abilities and 100% energized.

[@granudisimo]

Devo didn't do anything towards punk because they ARE, the creators of punk two years before the term was smooched by the Sex Pistols in 75. The aforementioned Pistols, suposedly, the first punk rockers, are a boy band in comparison.

[@lazlostrutz]

@KILLING⚡HEROS Yeah I agree. Try out 'the Music Machine' and Boniwell Music Machine, finding their music was like finding a gem.

[@Brewzerr]

@KILLING⚡HEROS Yeah, the whole "who started punk" debate has been raging for at least 40 years, and will continue to be debated for many generations to come. In my opinion, the punk attitude has been around for as long as young humans have existed on this planet and at some point made the decision to stand up for themselves and fly the "fuck you" flag in the face of convention and do things their own way. So in other words, since prehistoric times. As far as music goes, I think many of the original 50's rock and rollers were punks. I mean, Little Richard? An openly gay black man from the deep South putting on make-up and singing about kinky sex... *IN THE 50's* ??? That's punk as fuck. Jerry Lee Lewis kicking his piano over and inciting riots at his gigs. Screamin' Jay Hawkins rising up onstage from a coffin and singing into a human skull about voodoo rituals. And all this took place in the most socially/sexually/religiously repressed decade in modern history. They may not have been calling it "punk" back then, but you'd better believe that shit was as punk as it gets. Every decade upped the ante a little higher. All the countless snotty three-chord garage bands of the 60's, then bands like the Stooges, MC5, Velvet Underground, Flamin' Groovies, New York Dolls, Droogs, and Dictators all had recordings released before the first Ramones album even saw the light of day. It's all just a linear progression of a shared spirit that's as old as the human race. That's why I never involve myself in these futile debates.Who did punk first? Who cares... as long as they did it.

[@Turtle152]

Love Jerry's robot moves on "Satisfaction." He looks like Kraftwerk on speed.

[@donalddbagley]

Their nervous, jerky movements set them apart. They were jamming, and they were possessed by the jam like no one else.

[@stereopolice]

I'd give my every worldly possession to get into a time machine to be there live, at that concert, front row.

[@eleanorfleming8137]

My Dad saw them in '78 and I let him know how much I hate him on a weekly basis.

[@vhhawk]

Saw them in 1978 at the Fox Theater in Atlanta with the Kinks. You can imagine that show. Two bands with two ways of attacking the same problems. The girl I took got so stoned.

[@espresso5512]

Damn yeah count me in!!!

[@markmower6507]

Time does not work like that, Does It?!

[@markmower6507]

One of My favorite songs live Is Pink Floyd, Time!

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

I love that Bob 1 never lost his "Akron" accent.

[@somattalistenta]

A big part of my youth was devoted to DEVO.

[@NameNotAlreadyTaken2]

Not a bad way to be

[@carlodave9]

I was dropped out of 8th grade, listening to Duty Now. Devo taught me that I was an intellectual and the world was an idiot. I went back to school a year later, hungry to educate myself - but on my own terms. They changed my life.

[@libertineme]

This is an extraordinary performance.

[@trickster33able]

RIP allan myers! best drummer devo ever had!

[@maryreilly5092]

The Human Metronome!

[@RCAvhstape]

Devo in Japan. Because Japan wasn't wierd enough already.

[@espresso5512]

Is there a video of it?

[@kzinful]

Helium Road + Listen, when you have a giant radioactive lizard that trashes Tokyo It affects your perception 😄! Peace and onward for the future

[@powerpopaholic876]

Opening riff of the first song - so precise! And the computer- jerky guitars about half way through “Satisfaction”. Wow !

[@CommunityGuidelines]

Classic footage, Devo is on fire! RIP, Alan Myers.

[@芝池裕教]

この映像をUPしてくれたことに感謝します。

[@fishead1967]

I remember the Japan tours were the holy grail of shows if you could go...many nights I would hit my obscure record shop through the road catalog looking for a for vinyl that's been released..They loved there devos and they where so ahead of the curve

[@litlgrey]

Alan Myers... a BRUTAL machine drummer. My god.

[@davidstarr4620]

Boogi boy for president

[@1StinkyFinger]

Best. Live. Devo. Ever !!

[@paulbuzzz]

God they were good

[@sacheverelle]

Their drummer was crazy fast.

[@joelbirch7691]

+sacheverelle AGREED! They all/were great musicians. One of my favorite groups then and now. I'm a buckeye and it's on honor to say that they are from Ohio too!

[@navi1098]

solid

[@TheJAG6752]

sacheverelle not really, learn to bounce

[@TheJAG6752]

sacheverelle btw still a favorite

[@EskimoCanadian44]

They played all their songs really fast in this particular performance.

[@tomchurak8108]

Most influential band in the last 30 years!

[@davidames1746]

+Tom Churak HOW IS THAT... ttHE rESIDENTS ARE MORE ACCOMPLISHED..dUTY nOW IS CONSISTENT, THOUGH.

[@jmorra]

Never duplicated either.

[@manjay49]

I saw them @ 2 months later at The Palladium in NY. Live, so *powerful*, and *tight* presented with dark sarcastic entertainment values. Better live than any records they made, even though their records were brilliant.

[@sharikmarius]

Fender needs to make a Mark Mothersbaugh's custom shop Tele. Awesome video, btw!!

[@mslaerik66]

of all the crazy music I listened to in my youth my Dad only enjoyed one of them and used to ask me who they were that was DEVO

[@MrLangDog]

Holy crap that's good!!

[@bizchazlien]

This is AWESOME!!!!!

[@matthewrosebrock5135]

One of the most underrated bass players of all time.

[@dingoesatemycamera]

I am in love with this! i am too in love with this. and I LOVE too much paranoia, and i can never find live performances of it. thank you! and thank you, ohio.

[@thedirective]

awesome! hadnt seen this before, looks very well shot, multi camera!

[@jamesclunie9675]

pure dead brilliant!

[@markharrod784]

such raw energy,unique.

[@WoodRatGirl]

The Japanese admire creative avant garde brilliance.

[@Sylar962]

They are not just great, they are the GREATEST. Enough Said! ; )

[@dianaschneider3791]

george carlin. lost skit.

[@StGeoRUSH619]

Time 4:44 (speedy Satisfaction)...So much better than the original "Stones" version. PEACE, George

[@robertfagan3917]

I would have been 11 but would loved every second of it.

[@stevehuffman3452]

Glad I found this one. My friend and I saw them 6 weeks later on the 4th of July. Great show, still have the tshirt...only worn once and sitting in a box. Funny thing, no one in the family cares. Doesn't matter...I do! =)

[@JDavidHopkins]

In Denver at the Rainbow Music Hall?

[@stevehuffman3452]

@@JDavidHopkins yes sir. Were you at that show? Saw a lot of shows there. It was a great small sized venue.

[@JDavidHopkins]

@@stevehuffman3452 Yes! DEVO was so fresh & unusual! I still have the ticket stub. I saw a lot of great bands at the Rainbow.

[@JDavidHopkins]

@@stevehuffman3452 That same summer of ‘79, AC/DC with Bon Scott, played there & I missed it because I went to an Aerosmith show at McNichols arena (remember that venue?). Big mistake. I heard AC/DC was great while Aerosmith stank!

[@capchrisvt]

Drummer is SOLID!

[@balalaikatana]

Coolest geeks ever.

[@MarcioSilva-ssiillvvaa]

Man, what did they do to look so weird? Playing, singing and moving like robots at the same time. That's hypnotic!

[@AndieZ4U2]

The Men Who Make the Music. Wooooooo hoooooo !! 🤟

[@jeffdawson2786]

Mark’s guitar breaks in “Too Much Paranoia” are hilariously good.

[@bastianjara]

un buen grupo de musica (; DEVO es lo mejor

[@nhito]

great performance!

[@lixar2000]

wowwzee! what a great video, never seen it before, thanks spud!

[@timacrow]

Again, amother incrediblie DEVO video.

[@AmarilloMusicAB]

Notice How they didn't Play their song "Mongoloid"

[@DonDiegon]

They play it later

[@erestube]

This is only three songs from the concert.

[@AmarilloMusicAB]

@@erestube yeah, but like you don't get my joke

[@mrCUTNPASTE]

Without this.... You would never have The Boredoms!

[@capchrisvt]

In a weird way Satisfaction vocals remind me of Talking Heads.

[@jonathansteadman7935]

David Byrne copied Mark Mothersbaugh.

[@metall1983]

why is cool shit like this not released on dvd that 80s concert dvd was amazing!

[@maryreilly5092]

Parks right in front of a fire hydrant, lol! So DEVO!

[@markraza9762]

cool stuff.

[@markmower6507]

They were just having some fun with Extremely Expensive Musical Instruments, Wish I Could Afford a 20,000$ Synthesizers!!!

[@luisizquierdo9002]

Great video and thought provoking... don't stop provoking

[@THExViCExSHOW]

i bet they were so huge in japan back then.. i know they still get packed houses in japan from some of the resent tour footage I've perused...

[@johnedwards4394]

I bet this took off in Japan.

[@hitomi6388]

リアルタイムでLive行けた人が羨ましい‼︎

[@frankdevodude]

This is Bad Ass! I want it!

[@panther105]

Not criticizing but Japanese in a large hall are a tough crowd. They don't get up and dance around, sit really quiet and then clap. When Devo played in my city they were at a smaller venue and the feeling was wild and really intimate.

[@nadrad100]

Creative group of humans.

[@crbdudeman]

Secret Agent Man, don't hear that one much. It rules.

[@JamesLamm-jt7vg]

Great

[@myautobiographyafanfic1413]

Oh, this must be how Polysics started.

[@jabbabbabba]

Soooooo good

[@friendandpoet]

holy shit how is Devo so good?

[@WestAucksNZ]

Dabbing way back then..✌️

[@Tautolonaut]

That big mac lyric is why they lost the lawsuit :)

[@markmower6507]

Interviewer, " Why does your music sound so Good?!" Devo, " These Synthesizers Do Not Grow on Trees." Hahahahahahahaha 😀🌶️⚡!!!

[@threadbear]

I notice they don't use the verse lyrics from the original - just from the chorus.

[@stephenhensley5631]

How does MARK baby baby baby so fast ? Try it !

[@vitocusss]

perfecto..

[@deanagewasteland6658]

Fuck yeah!

[@henriquedavid6107]

Maximilian esteve aqui

[@pandanurse]

Mile's hair looks different

[@patrik702]

Ohio or Osaka? TY bouillonbeefcube for the upload! Two stumps up!^^^

[@Robotron5673]

Hey Hey Hey

[@GP-yc2it]

Mark had no idea where he'd be in a few decades, following close behind Danny Elfman making fortunes off movie and TV scores.

[@GuyBanani]

holy shit

[@sinjinmonsoon9055]

I'm watching this to study narcissistic personality disorder.

[@SpencerWilliamsIV]

In the last song, that is what you call an anti-guitar solo.

[@MsLilyhorse]

Nice '68 Caprice.

[@kennethedwards3936]

2020 to much paranoia.

[@tedkier3264]

i never realized what a dork Spud Boy is. letting others open doors for him.yucch!

[@cutsrosescents4950]

Oh boogie

[@Khultan]

: )

[@WoodRatGirl]

LOL indeed.

[@bagman444]

6:39 bars

[@dcb1138]

Where is part 3 ??

[@TofuTehSurvivor]

Where did you find this? There a torrent anywhere?

[@mwmc3449]

why not came to Hong Kong~~have lot of friend in HK too.

[@Inpreesme]

Where were you in 1979 ?

[@mariorossipuzza]

9:25 is it a ring modulator?

[@superlove35]

yep

[@Dahstin]

The Japanese love everything American.

[@olgakim4848]

0:07 was that Lou Reed?

[@rhenin009]

へへへ

[@nanettewinston-armstrong9294]

Thats A Cover band ➕💙🌌

[@mikeydep89]

was that LOU?

[@Kedbuka]

Doing it a million times too fast...but still cool.

[@daniglue]

I prefer Polysics.