DEVO - Mongoloid

[@robertkaye7378]

No one noticed my youngest brother. He was a mongoloid. He was indeed happier than you and me. He wore a hat. He had a job. He brought home the bacon... seriously. No one knew. He was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's at the age of forty. His disability prevented him from understanding that his ailment was terminal. He thought he was sick and would get over it soon. I sat by his side for years whenever I could until the end... This song is a masterpiece. Thank you Devo.

[@wayne_twentyfive]

Thanks for sharing those memories .. And it's great that you found in this Devo song, something so relatable and which perfecty encapsulated the reality of the situation with your brother .. Glad to know that he was so happy in his life .. Wayne

[@zsin128]

:(

[@wayne_twentyfive]

@@zsin128 Please elaborate.

[@joecraig6056]

your brother...he instructs me clearly, although we never met! I don't know his name and I've never had his company. I will not live in fear, thanks to your brother

[@wayne_twentyfive]

@@jesterstudiokj I'm pretty sure that I would have been like how you think you would have handled it, and I would probably have given up quite early on .. Your brother was pretty special.

[@ColinPottersBar]

Probably the most underrated band on this planet, definitely in the UK. So far ahead of their time....glad they are still performing...

[@darthmoop]

Love the faster version displayed here. Blows the album version out of the water

[@TKnuckles333]

One of the greatest bands, ever! Seriously, underrated, and underappreciated. Needs to be in the R&R Hall of Fame.

[@davidmayberry2794]

Truer words were never spoken

[@dorianmorgan2195]

I’ve said for years, they are the most underrated American rock bands ever.

[@kenaudette3360]

They were just nominated today.

[@MrJimbojamez]

Why? The Rock & Roll hall of fame is a joke, it's for sellouts and bands who fit THEIR criteria

[@olgakim4848]

@@MrJimbojamez True, but they should still be inducted already.

[@Christopher1889]

I have been listening to Devo since the 70's and they remain my favorite band to this day.

[@longlivebytor]

Same. A fan since their original appearance on SNL.

[@mattmccarthy4530]

Are you a mongoloid?

[@ScottMabry-v3k]

You know, I think seriously I’ve never heard anybody say that before

[@ScottMabry-v3k]

So like here we are in the 70s and we’re listening all this different shit like kiss you know and all that other crap that they were playing and then all of a sudden Devo.… And you thought Debo was the best band all through the 70s the 80s clicked on the end and then you were still thinking all through the 80s that this is your favorite band Devo.… 1990 happen

[@ScottMabry-v3k]

So like here we are in the 70s and we’re listening all this different shit like kiss you know and all that other crap that they were playing and then all of a sudden Devo.… And you thought Debo was the best band all through the 70s the 80s clicked on the end and then you were still thinking all through the 80s that this is your favorite band Devo.… 1990 happen happened.… And you still got a thing for this band I mean you’re still claiming this to be your favorite band all through the 90s.… So you’ve got the name is now in your peripheral rearview mirror and now you’re looking at the year 2000.… Devo is still itching you where are you scratch.… I find this completely unbelievable almost to the point to where it’s unbelievable.

[@arthurmcdermont9171]

Don't care what anyone says Devo was rock and roll. Innovative and always on the edge. What's more rock and roll than that?

[@mongoloid1369]

Nada

[@diegoholguin8019]

Ye definitely

[@goranl2316]

whitehouse?

[@murrayinwood5084]

1978.Chch New Zealand,eighteen years old cruising in my first car,a 1965 Chevy Impala,with Devo pumping out of the speakers.A great time to be alive

[@chocomanger6873]

Drugs?

[@aic9235]

Choco Manger Hopefully

[@GreasyMcNasty]

Rock on you wonderful mongoloid

[@controlledaggression3716]

Those were the days. Men were men and women were proud of them.

[@OldbeanO]

Chevy Impala My Ultimate Car...

[@tommygarson8592]

when you first learn about devo, you think they're just weird for the sake of it. but as time goes on, you find out what their message is, and what their lyrics mean, and you realize that they're being weird because this is what you have become, and they are putting the mirror up to your face. when they say "we are devo", they are not introducing themselves, they are describing the human race. we are not men. we are devo

[@RedRocket415]

just saw them last night in San Francisco. devolution is more true than they could have guessed. DEVO 50...looking forward to DEVO 100!

[@andrewpegman7959]

Hehe

[@zackworrell]

They are above that Bullshit institution,. DEVO is eternal GOLD!!!!!

[@michaelburk9171]

There's definitely genius in there.

[@CamusFR7]

The theory of Devo-lution. All true.

[@WaaDoku]

Just recently discovered DEVO and binged through all of their albums. I don't know why but I keep coming back to this one in particular. This might be my absolute favorite DEVO song.

[@Randy1337]

:)

[@lucpiccard9847]

This song and Devo's other punk influenced songs got me to appreciate them more. Always ahead of their time.

[@mournblade1066]

Punk influenced? Man, DEVO were arguably the *first* punk band.

[@rczeien]

They were one of the inventors of punk. Punk was Devo influenced.

[@distillery1816]

DEVO is punk

[@tommygarson8592]

@@rczeien I am not sure what you mean by this commeny

[@Zebedeez_Nuts]

I got into Devo because of Skankin' Pickles' ska-punk cover of "Gates Of Steel"

[@ColettePepperell]

Mabuhay Gardens. 1978. Went backstage. These guys were so kind and real. Love them forever.

[@TECHNOIR]

I find this a joyous song and immensely and intensely humane. It’s a classic case of ‘laughing’ with, not laughing at what the mentally afflicted in the human sphere can accomplish- so clever, a clarion call to anyone who feels they failed, who is disappointed in their job, should rightly be ashamed that our perhaps not polythmatic human brethren are drawing down a wage, getting on with it, God love them. Great, Great tune

[@jillpannill2578]

My God DEVO was pure genius.

[@Unoduetrequattro340]

june 1980 in my city Rome, saw the concert. Unforgettable.

[@lucapanchini3967]

quanta invidia!!

[@GianniC-vt9of]

my first concert in June 1980 in Bologna (Italy), I was 15, unforgettable!!!

[@YTPartyTonight]

DEVO at the speed of Ramones

[@carlossantillan2763]

Right! This is a wonderful version

[@Frag-Drache-Offiziel]

@@carlossantillan2763 da Best ever

[@xaq7745]

Lol, the audio is a sped up version of the album version. Pretty cool, though.

[@Jungleland33]

Well, 2/3 the speed anyway.

[@MegaCirse]

Devo a mis un peu de lumière, d'émerveillement et d'humour dans une période d'obscurité et de lassitude quand j'étudiais à l'université. En l'écoutant de nombreuses années plus tard, ma sensibilité et l'admiration que je lui portais, grandit. Une écoute difficile au début, il prête sa beauté et son intelligence écorchée, jusqu'à ce qu'il vous entraîne inéluctablement dans son univers. Chaque écoute dévoile un peu plus de son mystère et de sa féérie biscornue

[@joevitse9372]

DEVO est exceptionnel mais dans un genre différent (space rock), Hawkwind a aussi été un groupe précurseur.

[@Jen-lw7vz]

POGO !!!!!! So many fun memories attached to DEVO. I still love every song they've ever done.

[@yvesdesbois8865]

My favorite 1978 record

[@Breakbeats92.5]

Devo, as in devolution. You can really hear the punk influence on thier sound. Amazing performance.

[@houngandave]

If you look at Devos' timeline, they were there at the beginnings of punk, so punk took notes from Devo first.

[@didoman2645]

Devo was a bigger punk influence than a lot of so called "punk" bands!

[@russhl125]

Music Power you guys talking like Devo is not a punk band lol

[@whirving]

I think their first single was produced in 1974.

[@juanbuendia1726]

yeah , is a kind of punk band , but funny in ta smart and political way

[@bumblebeemoi]

Love Alan Myers' crisp, sharp drums as well as his intensity.

[@rachael_grey]

He was simply brilliant, and definitely a key to their sound.

[@paulwilliams2663]

Played a festival at shitty holiday park in uk 2009, one of them cheesy places, like on dirty dancing.. I was plastered n turned thunder at bar, bob1 was stood there. You go before me I said, I fkn love u fellas, I'd only come to see devo. (Truth). Now here u are I'm a nervous fkn mess, I won't bother n ask for inconvenient autographs n pic shit......he looked me in eye n said...would you like a picture in a bogart.style voice??? I said fuckin yehhhhh..... the pic has him pointing at me, like I'm his Idol, the star...hilarious ..and a great memory

[@mikes6970]

Thank you Devo and especially this song ...... along story ... a happy youth ... but a spunky girl stole my heart with this song .... giving me the finger to come dance with her .... didnt ever think it meant dance together for ever ....💋👄💓💝💝💝🎼🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@buddcarcook4655]

Absolutely amazing band. Saw them on snl and bought the album a few days later. Great lyrics and music. Great show as well . Glad I grew up at the time I did.

[@RR-hm2qj]

I had the exact same experience. I played that record tons. Solid album.

[@robmicaznex]

These guys were so far ahead of their time (maybe too far)

[@brianwoods2395]

So true......Even in some of their 70s 80s videos they had their face masks on ....Devo not only prodicted the future, they are still ahead of it.....

[@Metal-Possum]

1977... quite a few bands were pioneering the 80's before the 80's actually happened. I still think Ultravox summed up the entire 80's in 1980, before the decade had even managed to shape itself an image.

[@didjeriddim]

They are still waaay ahead

[@surfelvis5946]

This brings back a flood of memories from my youth when I was an Annashuved - pineapple head in Swedish - with my punk rocker spiked hair cut, leopard print tight pants, and I thought I was totally cool. Wonderful time! I saw Devo live in Dallas, Texas USA, Blondie, the Cars, Elvis Costello, XTC, The Talking Heads, David Bowie, B'52, Joe King Carrasco, The Pretenders, and I even saw the Sex Pistols and got back stage and on their tour bus at the Lone Star Ballroom in Dallas. I saw most of the bands in Austin, Texas where I went to school at UT Austin, Raoul's was our local punk rock dive.

[@josephgrynkiewicz1921]

Thank god I’m a mongoloid, after ingesting large quantities of spuds and proper mutation techniques I now qualify as a full blown mongoloid. Thank you Devi 🙏🤘

[@danielorlando8172]

For all of the obscure pop bands you never hear Devo on the radio. Except for the song whip it, 15 records later Devo is a footnote in American music. My Sharona gets more airplay.

[@mauserwinchester]

Holy crap, what a performance, they were going for it, we are DEVO.

[@henrywang8139]

I want this played at my funeral.

[@timbell1810]

Me too😋

[@pauljenkins6807]

Lmao

[@iainrussell8383]

Blue collar worker from Great Britain

[@alainperrieregenevincent54]

Me too. From Billings Montana.

[@dannyinaus]

I want it to become Greta Thunberg's theme song.

[@massimobattaglia5093]

the bass line is inhebriating, I'm tring to learn it but it's as fas as a machine gun. beautiful!

[@MilesBader]

But once you have it down, all will be powerless before you....

[@markearl7837]

Ripped off here. Imitation is a form of flattery. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5qQXomtjpV0fa8

[@Johnny.1965]

Hell yeah I bought the "are we not men ?, we are Devo" record album when it came out.

[@itgelbyambadorj339]

Greetings from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia ;))

[@keemstarkreamstar7069]

Itgel Byambadorj How’s Mongolia this time of year?

[@JohnSmith-qq8ok]

@@keemstarkreamstar7069 not warm,

[@pc2611]

Dying. 2021. This song is still apt. DEVO FOREVER.

[@Topesio66]

Whos's got a Devo hat (energy dome hat)? I'm wearing it right now and the video plays at 200 watt while video splash on the wall and people do dance like mad. This was one of the greatest band of my youth. They really meant something and still do. And this song is more than a song, is a true manifest.

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend a new indie song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

[@paquchou]

oh man that bassline

[@daviddennis808]

What’s so funny to me is how, back in ‘78, I thought that this was such a New Wave/Punk kind of song. I mean, I’ve always loved this song and just about everything DEVO ever released. But I just couldn’t get over how new, different, unique and bizarre these guys were. Now (a lot due to DEVO’s influences) this song would come off as a three minute, radio friendly, pop tune made for all the masses (maybe I’m exaggerating , but you get what I mean).

[@NoPrefect]

Eh, this is still a super out-there song to the modern audience, it is so unlike anything anyone else has done. People REALLY listen to lyrics these days, and they would spot that nothing about this song is actually "friendly"! 🤣

[@peterbland7227]

I still remember hearing 5his in the late 70’s and not knowing what to make of it. So different from what as on the radio.

[@kevinn1158]

I saw so many great bands back in high school and university. But Devo was the one that got missed. UGH. I even lost my Devo album at a house party!!

[@palmereldritch7579]

The greatest art band on this side of the pond

[@andremacleod1375]

Banda sensacional...muuuuito a frente da sua época, parece totalmente novo...originalidade pura, sem falar na presença e no estilo 😎

[@SuperJinkyO]

Thanks for this upload! It's September 30, 2018 and these lyrics speak to me so hard right now.

[@GoRY69R]

Layo and bushwacka sampled the bass line from this song for their song called love story. Both are fantastic songs.

[@mvnorsel6354]

Can still remember finishing work in the bank and buying their EP, 1981, always a fan from Australia😅.

[@bosco1076]

Brilliant work they are amazing!!!

[@finnmccool7543]

I can't help help hear this song and then not expect to hear "Jocko Homo" right after it.

[@gregorydodwell3895]

Finn McCool if I ever listen to the album again it’ll be like putting on an old, comfortable shoe: I played the *Hell* out of it when a teen.

[@pc2611]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZTTaaKpjtKIbpo

[@coreycox2345]

I don't know what this song means to anyone else...I love it. As a young teenager, I babysat a boy who was mongoloid. There were some hurdles in getting used to him. Ultimately, he was one of the sweetest, most loving and innocent people I have met. He encountered cruelty from neighborhood children and died young. Don't take me for someone who swallows the Bible verbatim, but it was Christ-like.

[@adammbowman]

I am sooo super glad that I just read this while super trippping on like a lot of acid right now...thanks agian.

[@puerto77]

Lol

[@sciardeo]

The meaning of this song is that a that time (now is worst!) the american society was in a devolution, a mental devolution, assimilation, uniformation.......

[@JohnSmith-mx8wp]

@Adam Drugs are bad, m'kay? Case in point: you misspelled "again."

[@alfredocarpaneto5976]

My friend's brother was a mongoloid and as I grow older I realize he was more normal than most people in society today and infinitely happier. Knew every Michael Jackson song by heart and Hulk Hogan was his superhero. Kid was awesome and liked to wrestle when I came over, but was strong as an ox and only wore underwear around the house so I usually passed.

[@peterroberts7921]

cant help keep coming back to this version, sooooooooo fast:P

[@MarvinStarr-i6f]

Best Devo song ever

[@nudapaccc]

Ex Drummer!

[@skaileep]

Да

[@davejones5745]

I was just watching a who video(sea and sand) and came apon this video. The who and Devo, two of my favorite bands back in the day. And now that I'm older I can honestly seperate the talented from the chumps. And the truly talented were Devo. Definitely original and one of a kind, and they're not dragging their seventy year old carcasses on stage trying to still preform!

[@mj.l]

...devo are still performing

[@davejones5745]

mjl . Their not in their mid-seventies.

[@JohnSmith-mx8wp]

"Hope I die before I get old" my ass!

[@gilyoshida4453]

weeeeeell.. this is strange. i found here by chance examining the victory tune from a species from the nienties game "Star control" called the Androsynth... apparently they used the melody of the chorus in a strange 8bit version and now i cant get it out of my head how this song would sound in a 60s like 8bit tune... i am at the end of my sanity here, Ramen.

[@frankdepotter238]

One of my favorites in the 70's when punk was cool...Cinderella, cellar in Antwerp!....Cool times!

[@davemathews7890]

We here in America have been devolving for the last 8 years.

[@gazlee3208]

Why don't we have bands like this anymore????

[@DR-xt9ux]

@GAZ Because we are not allowed 🚫 It’s too white

[@luxbunny8678]

@@DR-xt9ux stop

[@confuseatronica]

i like how marks lyrics for the bridge part are AND HE AND HE SO THAT

[@hamishmcpenguin603]

Always thought these guys were natural bedfellows of 'Half man half biscuit'

[@daviddennis808]

Anyone with a problem with DEVO, just doesn’t get it!

[@gilwood7530]

All the sh*t that happens in the world ...AND DEVO REMAIN AWESOME !

[@bdg77]

I listen to these sings now, Devo was better than I remembered.

[@ericpanissidi6761]

first time I heard this I said forget kiss all that devo was number 1 spudboy for life

[@bluecat798]

I love quirkiness-and these guys were the kings of quirk!😂

[@Phyl93]

Thanks for the upload mate, i put that fire on repeat!

[@dominiclalor960]

Love this song and video ❤

[@gandalfgreenhands]

so raw. its like im right there in the place . ty .

[@emma-im5yx]

Years ago walked into a caden night to watch Lydia lunch and this was playing as men gathered around the stage in primal anticipation best nite woohoo

[@purplespudz4023]

could not get away with writing this nowadays. catchy lyrics, brings back my childhood

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend a song called 'Looking Into The Mirror ' By Robert Nix

[@purplespudz4023]

@@redskies4530 will check that out

[@alfredocarpaneto5976]

It is dangerously based. When one considers he ramifications of the lyrics.

[@billbird4797]

One of my favourite Deco songs !

[@patricklink8527]

One of my top DEVO tracks. funny, without being offence. and like a lot of early DEVO, very funny.

[@GodAkito]

I was in high school when this came out and I loved DEVO. BTW, I'm Japanese!

[@andres6v893]

GodAkito Araki?

[@jonesy2111]

Ahso !

[@aokottawa]

Devo somehow seems more Japanese than most Japanese bands

[@williamwhite1357]

@@aokottawa there’s the “Japanese Devo” of course - Polysics - but the similarities are only superficial, they wear similar clothes and have sort of the same high energy but that’s just about it

[@sicks6six]

1977 seen them, I had been lent an LP to tape the night before and that was all I had heard of them, the gig was great, much better than I expected, the sound was tight, instant, and clear, they sang a song then a two second gap of silence then straight into the next song over and over like a machine that does not vary or make mistakes, I spoke briefly to Bob Mothersbaugh 🎸asking him his thoughts on the UK, he said he hadn't seen anything of it yet but wanted to during time off between gigs, he did comment on the small portions of food at cafes and restaurants and how it rained all the time. I asked about his thoughts of Northern Ireland (our civil war at the time) and he said he knew little about it as the TV networks in the USA didn't report on much outside of the USA, remember this is before the internet and TV news was peoples only means of trying to find out what was happening anywhere in the world, so when you met someone from abroad you asked what it was like where they came from, whats happening there etc, he was pleasantly intense and seemed intelligent and not like other Americans I had met. Richard Hell & Wayne County spring to mind 💉💊

[@victorkennedy62]

Classic Devo !! Reaching for my energy dome !!😅😅

[@marcocasas6148]

always a great smashing piece !!!!!!!

[@t8r507]

I swear, the guy singing and playing the guitar on the right side, when the show close ups of him..He looks like the guy who played in the Chuck Norris movie called Hero and the Terror! He was the Terror! I swear it's him,or a spitting image

[@anitasonialesniak1414]

Best song and clip!😊

[@mightyspuds]

OK,Im going to watch it 514 more times to hit 10,000! WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

[@PhilipBurton-dn3ce]

Devo.............the masculine of the feminine Diva

[@BillM1960]

Saw them around 80 or. so. Great show.

[@rocktypedude]

Bill Mayhew me to Manchester Apollo 😊

[@ThePeejayjohnson]

And me B’ham Odeon 79 and 80 - amazing shows!!!

[@indecentproposal9473]

Jealous of you all :) Glad you enjoyed it

[@becker1016]

Did anybody else notice the last 6 letters of the web address?

[@eliasrodriues6614]

SuxCUM! LOL!!!

[@internettrowel6930]

ay dios mio!

[@alexanderteuman7273]

no, what?

[@jozzybadges]

I didn't ? !

[@carmencaamano9434]

What?

[@beandipcartography]

"Froggy boy, he was a frogaloid like a heavy metal dromedary Froggy boy, he was a frogaloid and we determined he was Chunky Cheese ...."

[@crazyman8472]

Are we not men? We are DEVO! 😎

[@2019AyyDee]

This should be the official music video.

[@theitineranthistorian2024]

i have a grandson on the "spectrum" and he is cool, without even trying.

[@DavidLee-wj9sp]

The first band i ever could have joined used to play this

[@Alberad08]

Enjoyed this a lot! The very slightly increased tempo makes them look moving like something like giant herons or some extinct man sized dinosaurs - just: cool.

[@Chris-Top-HerB]

1980's UK Free festival band, The Oroonies, did a cover of this but replaced the lyric Mongoloid with Cloven Foot. They were a very impressive sight at 3 in the morning, while totally tripping balls and baked out of your mind n all that ..

[@1906Yogi]

I absolutely LOVE IT!!! DEVO!! Punk ROCK😊

[@roel.vinckens]

One of those many great 80ies universes.

[@dj-um7el]

Isn't this from 70s?

[@roel.vinckens]

@@dj-um7el You might be right, but it definitely shaped the 80ies vibe and my childhood in it. If they produced this before 1980 I'm even more impressed!

[@dj-um7el]

@@roel.vinckens True there

[@TheJAG6752]

My all time favorite front man

[@jonesy2111]

Used to cover this song in my band... great stuff

[@JC-xx5dm]

If anyone thinks this song is making fun of the mentally disabled they are living under the same rock the song is criticizing.

[@kashmirirose3733]

All this time I thought I was the shit for bringing home the bacon.

[@lisamccoy8209]

Love this song !

[@andrewluchsinger]

This is one Kick Ass underated band!

[@GaryReeves]

Fuckin deeeevvvvooooo!!!!!!

[@BlindingSun_]

I love singing this on the high street. Gets some looks

[@garrycollett1480]

I love this band Awsome

[@superdetartrant]

This is art.

[@philomcmasters8358]

The Screamers The Dickies The Weirdos The Skulls The Alleycats DEVO WHAT A GREAT MUSICAL TALENT L.A. HAD THEN

[@eti313]

Fastest version I've ever heard.

[@jerrynator5924]

Listen to the demented are go version

[@drewmanster6043]

And it still sounds like the studio recording! A testament to their skills

[@Matt.Willoughby]

Sounds better no?

[@eti313]

@@Matt.Willoughby This is the Q&A version sped up.

[@TheRealPontificator]

This is from Don Kirschner's Rock Concert, correct? This is freaking awesome.