Wow it just keeps getting better the deeper I go in this exploration of all that was Devo
@woodrowbowlinginski90654 жыл бұрын
its a journey well worth taking they were tight as hell and rocked..
@berserker71404 жыл бұрын
That's exactly how I feel! They were amazing!
@theitineranthistorian20243 жыл бұрын
they came and didn't stick around long enough, now they're back.
@rickh37143 жыл бұрын
🕳 🚶♂️ ⏳ ⌛ 🕳 🎸 🐌 🌬⛵ 💨🦱 🥔🍠 🍅 💥
@stinkypinkeee50853 жыл бұрын
Yeah! (Exactly me one year later...)
@tonygatos13 жыл бұрын
We're now in the middle of 2021 and I have been following these guys since 1977. I never tire of their wonderful music, We Are Devo!
@mayorb3366 Жыл бұрын
I basically had a musical epiphany when I first heard Jocko Homo. NOTHING I had ever heard compared. Great times.
@user-hb1rg5jp9n4 ай бұрын
Wait, Are We Not Men?
@leokimvideo3 жыл бұрын
DEVO at it's very very best.
@apathy33992 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@stonicle Жыл бұрын
I would have never expected to see ya here, love your Mad Bomber video from way back when!
@eronacalloway91594 жыл бұрын
I remember hearing DEVO for the first time in High School in 1978 and STILL listen to them to this day. DEVO will ALSO live in Infamy.
@onthehill33813 жыл бұрын
Same!
@jabbabbabba3 жыл бұрын
Same same
@24meandyounothing4 сағат бұрын
I can relate to "the object moves to slow" and "repeat until fails" having worked in a factory for 33yrs.
@ripper11 Жыл бұрын
My favorite devo song always wanted a metal band to cover this song
@johnavzaradel1812 Жыл бұрын
One of the most original and greatest American rock and roll bands there ever was. There'll never be a band like Devo again.
@racookster3 жыл бұрын
I thought they were just kidding around until I saw them live in Norman, Oklahoma back in 1981, and they were NOT kidding around!
@The_OneManCrowd3 жыл бұрын
You couldn't get a razor blade in there, that's how tight they were. They were solid PK in the 70's I love the 1st four albums. This one is good too, but you could see the change in musical style at this point.
@jcraigshelton3 жыл бұрын
DEVO was calling out the idiots in the world before we had Dancing With The Stars and The Bachelor to reveal them.
@caribman106 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest rock and roll songs ever, period.
@andrewpotok26618 ай бұрын
I totally agree
@AndrewCapobianco201411 жыл бұрын
I taped that on my VCR in 1980, watched it over 5000x when I was a kid.
@beachkidboy2 жыл бұрын
Always loved seeing 'Fridays' taped back when (K)ABC studios were still in almost a residential area in Los Feliz. ANd the bands, inc. DEVO always played LOUD!
@alexanderteuman72734 жыл бұрын
DEVO was my first record buy; i'am born 1965;
@beachkidboy7 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Alan and Bob
@anonymoushuman8344 Жыл бұрын
They are with "Bob" Dobbs now.
@baaldiablo84594 жыл бұрын
Twist away the gates of steel Unlock the secret voice Give in to ancient noise Take a chance a brand new dance Twist away the gates of steel [Chorus] Twist away Now twist and shout The earth it moves too slow But the earth is all we know We pay to play the human way Twist away the gates of steel A man is real Not made of steel [Refrain] But the earth is all we know We pay to play the human way Twist away the gates of steel [Verse 2] The beginning was the end Of everything now The ape regards his tail He's stuck on it Repeats until he fails Half a goon and half a god A man's not made of steel [Chorus] Twist away Now twist and shout The earth it moves too slow But the earth is all we know We pay to play the human way Twist away the gates of steel [Outro] A man is real that's how he feels
@johnnyp8979 Жыл бұрын
So many thanks for the lyrics, 🥰 for them !
@garboil4 жыл бұрын
Oh Alan❤️ Devo’s best drummer. Yeah. DEVO is secretly the best band ever.
@baaldiablo84594 жыл бұрын
lol Alan is secretly the best drummer ever
@erthbot12 жыл бұрын
The "other" Beatles.
@dennisriley7836 Жыл бұрын
I saw this when it originally aired of Friday's TV show back in 1980!
@TheTralfaz4 жыл бұрын
One of the tightest bands ever.......no one rocked as hard as Devo......or used synths better
@dietz72294 жыл бұрын
I saw them in 1982 at Knott's Berry Farm if you can believe that. Spud Collars. Got one. Got it signed by all of them. Then lost it. I'm 54 now and pissed that I don't have it any longer. Super tight and powerful band.
@laterdudesaint2 жыл бұрын
I saw them in 78, DEVO , now more than ever.
@karenaudreytodd10 жыл бұрын
If you always thought Devo was just a funny band with silly videos, well surprise, actually they were as powerful as any classic rock band, and a hell of a lot tighter (and louder) live than virtually anybody because they were not into drugs. TURN IT UP!
@davidrose496110 жыл бұрын
What the hell are you talking about? They did lots of drugs, HARD DRUGS, like lsd, especially back in the 60s and 70s. Also they had many terrible live performances, albeit mostly because of technical difficulties but you obviously don't know that much about devo.
@ibaDEVOtee10 жыл бұрын
David Rose, YOU obviously don't know that much about DEVO. Might want to check your facts about DEVO doing "LOTS OF HARD DRUGS". Dude...seriously. They were great live then and they are great live today. DEVO has been pioneers in many ways such as music videos and sync'd backing videos just to name a coupl
@davidrose496110 жыл бұрын
Janice Kuwahara PLEASE SHUT THE FUCK UP They have admitted to drug use in several interviews, Bob mothersbaugh claimed to have finished taking an lsd tab before performing one of their first concerts at the uni of ohio. Honestly though, who gives a shit? Don't bother me again with your assumptions.
@ibaDEVOtee10 жыл бұрын
You are right. Please forgive my error. I sincerely apologize. I'm sorry to have made you so angry. I don't understand why you have so much hate towards me but I suppose I deserve to be told off in that unkind language. PLease forgive me. I will not make a stupid "assumption" like that ever again. Thank you for setting me straight .
@yesticles9 жыл бұрын
Bob 1 is totally coked out here. He sold the blue "spud guitar" for coke right around this time. Look it up!
@donbagley23228 жыл бұрын
Maybe their best punk song. Great chords.
@AndrewCapobianco20148 жыл бұрын
GUT FEELING is their best PUNK song
@911insidejobreminder7 жыл бұрын
Gut Feeling? ,,,Bro you need to explore earlier songs that are more punk than the last 40 seconds of Gut Feeling like Fountain of Filth, Social Fools or Penetration of the Centerfold.
@TheTestingGrounds7 жыл бұрын
That's obviously a very subjective question regarding songs. However I think Duty Now for the Future is certainly the best album.
@pkellyspencer86407 жыл бұрын
TheTestingGrounds hkrro
@aveytare21856 жыл бұрын
TheTestingGrounds for an album? No. It's basically a rework of earlier songs that are raw however, the mixing sucks and it is not as consistent as their debut, FOC, and even NT.
@scottgoldstein1194 жыл бұрын
Great example of the fact that Devo was a guitar rock band. A fierce one at that.
@marcialmerino1045 Жыл бұрын
It's 2022 I start my morning everyday with this song when I prepare to open muy business. It just gives me Energy.
@andrewpotok2661 Жыл бұрын
Same here. Their best tune. Rock and roll hall of fame song. Ty
@philharmonicwittgenstein9662 Жыл бұрын
May I sugges tthis - The Devo Corporate Anthem kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKS7lKChi7qAeq8 You can start the day asa Spud-Boy and return home from your corporate work as a New Traditionalist. Devo - Out.
@EddieJonier2 ай бұрын
I'm a huge fan of hard rock Devo fantastic
@michaelharris46516 жыл бұрын
That song kicks ass fuck how good were DEVO !
@setdrift6 жыл бұрын
very good, and no one really gave any credit....
@joaobarbosa98633 жыл бұрын
The message still more than ever real.
@setdrift2 жыл бұрын
you know it
@charleshultquist9233 Жыл бұрын
They had some truly beautiful anthems and this is one of them
@rknout69 Жыл бұрын
I saw the first SNL performance and was hooked. Found the first album the next day at RS. Been a fan for ever.
@user-ht7fy1mh9i Жыл бұрын
DE EVOLUTION OF MUSIC IN THE EARLY 80S.
@topdawg3359 Жыл бұрын
So you don't like this?
@topdawg3359 Жыл бұрын
Nothing's gonna change my world nothings gonna change my world across the universe
@thielees4 жыл бұрын
Simply a kick-ass rock and roll tune. Goosebumps every time.
@patrickfoster45862 жыл бұрын
Devo holds a special place in time for me coming up. What phenomenal songs they wrote. Better days... Cheers P[>
@noisepuppet4 жыл бұрын
A man is real, not made of steel
@gregd35514 жыл бұрын
What a great band.
@eagarde7 жыл бұрын
Awesome beats anything made today!!!
@dinkmartini32364 жыл бұрын
The Spud Boys are presented here twice because you'd play it again anyway. ;)
@tyso69us5 жыл бұрын
Best consistent live band of all time
@communitycollegegenius9684 Жыл бұрын
Like Shonen Knife?
@johnegli1308 Жыл бұрын
Mark Mothersbaugh = Genious !!!!
@memekodd8 жыл бұрын
Oh the memories. This was really good.
@UhtredOfBebbanberg4 жыл бұрын
This performance is like a time machine...
@johnmccormick81595 жыл бұрын
I saw DEVO on this tour at the Calderone Concert Hall, Long Island, NY. For the encores, those light boxes were moved to the floor, and then when they played, they *ran in place* on top of them so that they were illuminated from below. Yes, it was impressive.
@alexanderteuman72734 жыл бұрын
That was PUNK......................................i love DEVO!!!!
@JamesParsonsDunckervon6 жыл бұрын
tighter than the album!....height of their powers :-) 'half goon and half a god'
@paulstoten6075 жыл бұрын
This is the best version
@Brewzerr4 жыл бұрын
Best line in the song. I had that stenciled in spray paint on the back of one of my jackets back in the early 80's
@donaldbrown11009 жыл бұрын
"Oh That ALAN !"
@tonygatos12 жыл бұрын
I never tire of watching this video.
@717rocket5 жыл бұрын
I love the power chords in all Devos music.
@slam443 жыл бұрын
All that and they rock too!
@tnimbus6 жыл бұрын
This tour was my first gig. I was 15. Brilliant!
@sharktroubles6 жыл бұрын
Alan Myers!!!!!!!!!
@marksoquetjr46935 жыл бұрын
This song has been struck in my head for days.
@tomsimpson53173 жыл бұрын
The best times
@JohnSmith-mx8wp10 ай бұрын
Long long time Devo fan here. The thing to me is, these guys weren't "rock stars" in the traditional sense; they dressed kind of silly on stage; and the whole 'devolution' narrative was, well, ... But strip all that away and what's left? Kickass mind-melting, earworming all day music....like this one.
@maruzik6 жыл бұрын
Speaking of making "America Great Again"...
@misterhair662 жыл бұрын
Remember watching this on Fridays
@bogonzales6726 жыл бұрын
Loved Friday's! So much good music there back in the day.
@eddierayvanlynch61333 жыл бұрын
1:17 Not sure who's in charge, but that blue Iceman is Boss. 🤘😎🎸💯🔥🎶😜
@davidvasquez8658 Жыл бұрын
One of my favourite songs.Used to listen to this cassette in the car with my then little boy.
@BlankRegie7 жыл бұрын
My favorite DEVO song of all time. And this was the first time I heard it back in High School during the last century. Suck on this Whip It!
@davesaussieduster8 жыл бұрын
ten out of ten
@AndrewCapobianco20148 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it, this was from my VCR recorded live and I watched it 5,000,000 X when I was a KID
@BicyclePhil7 жыл бұрын
11
@davidordonez44743 жыл бұрын
Just amazing video, thanks for sharing, I still in love with divo, greetings from Chile 2021... DIVO god level
@joeking59276 жыл бұрын
A man is real not made of steel
@michaelcooper94932 жыл бұрын
Only came across this song by chance but automatically got the feeling i did 40 odd years ago when i first heard it on a UK radio station, amazing song that is timeless.
@717jonpaul7 жыл бұрын
Man..Awsome band!! Know me n my memories!...Great song!! My skateboard days.
@litlgrey5 жыл бұрын
I'm not aware of any other appearances of those white with black trim DEVO outfits.
@tnawcwvictoria8 жыл бұрын
I remember hearing this song on Dick Clark's American Bandstand AWESOME Song!
@reresimone4300 Жыл бұрын
a little rock fable. turin, italy, more or less 1980. devo announced to play in town. great excitement. i go to venue, we queue outside. we could hear rehearsals. gates of steel! and then gig got cancelled..... FUUUUUU..........K. never seen them live.
@topdawg3359 Жыл бұрын
That's horrible
@reresimone4300 Жыл бұрын
yes indeed. must have had either sound or promoter issues. but hey high class problems!
@Zombywoof925534 жыл бұрын
words have more meaning now! WE ARE DEVO!!!!
@dklang Жыл бұрын
No one like Mark Mothersbaugh and Devo, amazing to see live
@melomane20102 жыл бұрын
This is like metal Devo. Great actual live TV performance which in itself is hard to pull off. Fridays was a great show - so much better than SNL at the time.
@hiddenagenda17799 жыл бұрын
Guess it so good the guy posted it twice. This song could be on a tape loop for me when driving in L.A. Devolving as we speak!
@bobwhitworth72636 жыл бұрын
This has to be one of the greatest live performances by any group, anywhere.
@eamonwright74885 жыл бұрын
Oh man. This is probably the best live version of this song I’ve ever heard, But you need to check out Wire live at Rockpalast if you’ve never watched it. It blew me away.!
@jhondoe51474 жыл бұрын
@@eamonwright7488 I've got a rare Ep with this song and 4 or 5 others. but this is the closest to it I've found. the ep is live & a lot more raw sounding guitar than anything i have found. its the best of anything I've heard. Good jams
@Goruthar Жыл бұрын
Devo predictors of the future, twice.
@Ralphieboy Жыл бұрын
Twist and shout!
@topdawg3359 Жыл бұрын
Eye still haven't learned the twist. It has something to do with wheels and two opposing diamagnetic forces
@Ralphieboy Жыл бұрын
@@topdawg3359 Then just shout.
@ZumaDogg3 жыл бұрын
Did these guys EVER make a bad song? Never even heard this one and it's great. They can only make hits.
@diggernz65692 жыл бұрын
Another group wsy before there time that crowd in that audience have no clue what they are watching,pure genius
@nuclearrabbit12 жыл бұрын
I was lucky. Lived Devo in all their glory.
@michaelsmyth62966 жыл бұрын
Could just be the best song they ever recorded.
@gogoyubari366 Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite Devo songs!
@RobertShubitowski6 ай бұрын
The microphone cord coming out of Mark's sleeve makes me laugh every time.
@PG527654 жыл бұрын
REPEAT UNTILL IT FAILS!!! Great line!!!
@risingsonseven11 жыл бұрын
Best live performance I've seen of this song so far
@gmas8589 Жыл бұрын
Mark is a fucking genius!
@mannyp4672 жыл бұрын
Monster band.
@princeofcupspoc90736 жыл бұрын
It's rare for Devo to delve into the old Kabbalah, but this shows their depth of knowledge of de-evolution.
@joslynmoses90242 ай бұрын
MT TV ...it was on cable I first seen this band and I didn't know what hit me
@BicyclePhil7 жыл бұрын
Such a fine song....
@ritadamayanti20877 жыл бұрын
when i wasn't break dancing. i was home playing air guitar to DE-VO.😎...1980 Boi!.. AST...SGV... PUNKS N SKINS.
@dayglowjim Жыл бұрын
One of my FAVORITES!
@fernandoespinoza14805 жыл бұрын
Tremendo!!!!!!!
@ryeinaldobettahavmamony76565 жыл бұрын
The greatest of all time.
@txicocamotl4 жыл бұрын
That good old 80's constant endless humming...
@fixie1976dallas7 жыл бұрын
SOMA FM UNDERGROUND 80's brought me here. GO DEVO.
@frankalfar6 жыл бұрын
It's really live, great!!! Devo!!!!!
@TheAnnas4cats4 жыл бұрын
So glorious
@paulopirulito78235 жыл бұрын
Que saudades desta época!!!
@matts173710 жыл бұрын
So damn good.
@harveycasey19003 жыл бұрын
Imagine being one of them folks who caught those helmets. I wonder if they still have them🤔