Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Devo - Whip It!!! What is this…

[@ErisRising]

I'm so proud of Devo for making music that continues to confuse people 40 years later.

[@JustMe-vk4fn]

Oh yeah. Agreed. :D

[@jamesrobbison]

😂

[@queenjayneapproximately]

What a great compliment

[@UTubeHandlesSuck]

No finer praise was ever uttered, and so few have achieved it. DEVO. Frank Zappa.

[@shirleyduffer2081]

@@ErisRising did you see they performed at NPR’s tiny desk concert series a few months ago?

[@Mcbuzz37]

Don't overthink it. Whip it is about overcoming obstacles in your life. "When a problem comes along...You must Whip it!".

[@susanrombak7959]

No kidding….about slavery? The current generations are so race obsessed and it is so regressive. Sad

[@johnthomas1422]

No. It's literal. Devo was trying to start a whip trend. They wanted everyone to go to the store and get a whip to crack. Clear as day. Listen to the lyrics.

[@quincee3376]

​​@@johnthomas1422 no. The lead singer said it's about American optimism.(Satirically)

[@spood87839]

Devo can't be explained, just enjoyed.

[@ricbogart1968]

yes, I love people trying to explain it,......just whip it!

[@geraldyungling3334]

The name Devo comes from the concept of De-evolution. Devo took performance art to a whole new level. Absolute misunderstood geniuses. Basically the more we advance as a technological society the more we de-evolve as humans. This song is about overcoming hardship and facing difficulties head on. Fun fact the members of Devo met at Kent State University and a couple of them witnessed the infamous Kent State Shooting in 1970.

[@helenmckeetaylor9409]

Yes! Somebody knows 😉✌🏼

[@williamhannam3870]

These guys are still icons in Kent! And yes, beyond whipping your problems, no one really knows what was going through their heads at the time... or thinks too much about it!

[@blakerh]

I didn't know that! I always thought they were from the UK.

[@myntami]

It was the 80s... LOL Us Gen Xers will forever love the unique quirkiness of bands like Devo... It just wouldn't have been the same without them... ❤

[@kelliej200]

Exactly

[@NathanCline12-21]

For some of us it got really weird with G.G. Allin

[@Monsterdrumma]

yeah, you can’t get deep with this stuff videos just started no one knew what they were doing. It was just fun Goofiness and the bands were all unique which may throw people in this generation.

[@deborahpaley21]

Devo are BOOMERS FFS Jesus.

[@taoist32]

@@deborahpaley21Many of us Gen X forget that it was mostly boomers who made up our favorite 80’s bands.

[@piperbird7193]

"What is going on?!" Welcome to the music of the 80s. We loved it.

[@stoicsceptic8420]

Are we not men . We are DEVO. Are we not men. D.E.V.O.

[@bbb462cid]

I am just a spud boy, looking for a real tomato

[@MrLedotson]

DEVO was as much about art as they were music. In 1978, one week after the Rolling Stones hosted and performed on SNL Devo played thier song Satisfaction. It was shocking and bizarre and helped usher in the 80's new wave music like the Cars, Talking Heads, and Blondie.

[@kbrewski1]

Devo were from Akron Ohio, met in college. This is Punk/New Wave genius.

[@johnsonwilliam1023]

And Kent state

[@beckiramsey9561]

Interesting, didn’t know they were from Ohio.

[@JohnMorris-c5v]

The singer's name is Mark Mothersbaugh. He went on to write musical scores and theme songs for dozens of TV shows, including The Rugrats cartoons

[@tracym7568]

We just loved the weirdness of it all. Not all music has a deep meaning. 80s music was just fun.

[@pegasus5287]

Yes, this song particularly

[@heatherfantana1912]

Music was so awesome before people started dissecting it trying to find offensive hidden meanings and messages😥

[@wintermoonomen]

Don't forget to play the record backwards for a hidden message!

[@angiemaney761]

Agreed!!! Just enjoy the music dude!!

[@taoist32]

@@heatherfantana191270’s hard rock and metal were always blamed for a degenerate society. Parents always thought there were hidden messages in these songs.

[@danielroach1241]

Devo is one of Weird Al's favorite bands!! Makes perfect sense!

[@stevenbergom3415]

"He out-Devo-ed Devo, and I hate him for it." Mark Mothersbaugh

[@Stacy55ish]

"When a problem comes around, you must whip it."

[@jimprescott1843]

DEVO gotta love them Seen them back in the late 70's crazy punk rock,

[@neillenet291]

One of the first new wave songs we ever heard back in the day.

[@Rael_486]

This is DEVO's salute to America's can do spirit. 🇺🇸

[@pegasus5287]

Yes, I always took it to mean, whatever you're facing, just whip it.

[@Rael_486]

@@pegasus5287 But, whip it good. 👍

[@SethLooks]

Actually is a sarcastic parody of Reagan’s America with lyrics mocking the affirmations in a self help Jerry was reading.

[@JRcomments]

@@SethLooks Interesting that this is what Jerry said when he and Mark wrote the song in 1979 and Reagan didn't get into office until Jan 1981.

[@murraytown4]

Reminds me of Men Without Hats and the Safety Dance. Have to check that out.

[@ad9aggie]

I second this suggestion

[@MEGATRON1069]

Still love that song!!!

[@HollyB5484]

I love Safety Dance! ✌️&♥️

[@philliphill2219]

So many great Devo songs! Girl You Want, Gates of Steel, Through Being Cool, Freedom of Choice, Mongoloid, etc…

[@wintermoonomen]

The 80's especially early 80's was one of the few decades that such a variety of music genres was born or finally came to light .... Punk, SKA, Goth, New Wave, Power Pop, Synth Pop, College Rock, Indie Rock, and my favorite the Psychedelic scene with bands like th Fuzztones, Thee Fourgicen, the Miracle Workers etc etc

[@FritzforSheriff]

Some music is just fun. This is one that got everyone on the dance floor. Enjoy!

[@brianclassen5221]

Like Love Shack.✌

[@kittenhrdr]

They were about the de-evolution of society. Suburban guys with a sense of humor. The single note piano solo❤ They used flower pots from a dollar store for hats, just to be wierd. I plyed in a band back then and had an lady come up and request this song, we gladly played it and she did the robot.❤

[@elceenomoun8115]

Devo was 1 of multiple approaches to punk rock.

[@silverfiste]

Devo is an American new wave band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 1973 Also I saw that Talking Heads - once in a lifetime was on the recommendations for that video, ++

[@creepingmalaise5006]

"The name Devo comes from the concept of "de-evolution" and the band's related idea that instead of continuing to evolve, mankind had begun to regress, as evidenced by the dysfunction and herd mentality of American society." They were far ahead of their time.

[@JRcomments]

...and why they sound more relevant today than ever before.

[@chelseahaley8350]

Long live the 80s! 🙌😆

[@stephaniewarthen]

LOL you are REALLY getting into the weeds! Devo rocked!

[@andreacombs8986]

❤❤❤❤❤❤THE 80S.. I MISS THE 80'S. THIS SONG WAS GREAT AT THE TOLLER SKATING RINKS BACK THEN

[@THEPATRIOT1000]

Spell check

[@drea4195]

You're right, it was in a Swiffer commercial! I remember that one from the 2000s.

[@allengator1914]

"Whip It", the song and the album it's from sold over a million copies and are certified Gold.

[@joeuncoolio]

These are the kinds of reactions that I'm here for! Devo is the first concert that I ever went to. I was 15 and they were at the auditorium at CU Boulder. Up there with all the college kids. Mark Mothersbaugh is the lead for Devo. He has gone on most recently to compose music for movies and television shows. Love your reaction. "What is going on?" Lots of their music was sexually charged. Devo takes me back.

[@danrumble74]

🎶 when a good time comes around, you must whip it. You will never live it down unless you whip it 🎶

[@JohnMorris-c5v]

🎶 When a problem comes along, you must whip it. Before the cream sits out too long, you must whip it 🎶

[@ProfessorMystery77]

Dude, you are never going to understand Devo. Just enjoy the music.

[@rhondapease8516]

I am 72 and I could never understand Devo but you could catch me singing the whip it line while I dusted my house. My kids would get a kick out of me!😂

[@bbb462cid]

Everyone understands Devo. There is nothing to understand. We are DEVO.

[@taoist32]

He seems not to understand most 80’s music, but I guess I can’t blame him since he’s younger.

[@msmrsro]

Funny story. I was a teen in the 80s so quite familiar with Devo. FF ten years ago, my adult ladies dance class performed a routine to this song; we wore aprons with large whisks as a prop. 😂😂😂

[@susanprather1021]

Love the confused look! Frantic dance music for all the youngsters!

[@GailGray-r2n]

They’re from Ohio, not Europe. The lead singer was at Kent State when the National Guard shot into the crowd when students were protesting the Vietnam War. Chrissy Hynde from the Pretenders was also there.

[@jamesgeorge5276]

Those of us that were teenagers in 1980 loved this song and all the other New Wave music of that era..it didn't have to make sense to us for those who lived thru this period in real time, we just loved it!!! Now looking back on this as a older person, I do raise my eyebrow at some of the stuff we enjoyed in the late 70's and 80's!!😊❤ it's all Relative!!

[@mkmstillstackin]

Forever a classic fav for me!....even did it in karaoke once. lol 😆Good times!

[@tdwester]

Devo, the de-evolution of man. Joko Homo and Freedom of Choice two fabulous songs.

[@Puttdaddy78]

The Jocko Homo video is great!!

[@geoffsimpkins7650]

Back at that time, we loved DEVO. A sort of novelty band, like the B-52s and the Knack.

[@primopowers]

They are awesome! Check out Freedom of Choice, Beautiful World, Girl U Want, Uncontrollable Urge, I Can't Get No Satisfaction, Gates of Steel and countless others

[@jdscottphd]

Through Being Cool!

[@RoGueNavy]

This was THE awesome song, back when I was a kid. We'd play it on the bus, on the way to basketball games!

[@danielbenincasa770]

These guys Devo was introducing the new wave sound. They were one of the 1st groups to be on the newly show MTV back in the day in 1981.

[@jdscottphd]

DEE-voh, short for de-evolution. American band, totally unique, super smart.

[@noelle6167]

I ❤Devo ! 🤪

[@sassymess7111]

Now Whip It. Into shape. Shape it up. Get straight. Go forward. Move ahead. Try to detect it. It's not too late. To whip it. WHIP IT GOOD. 😁

[@Navarre-i1j]

The Voice of a Generation, lol! This song and video was HUGELY popular when it came out! Very..... fresh! You're on the right track with the B-52, same genre. Punk, Art-Punk, Synth-Pop. It was a movement.

[@bkm2797]

Thinking it’s pronounced DeeVoe! Weird but catchy tune, remember them, Blondie, The Cars, Bangles, all kinds of silliness with an edge. Thanks B.P.👍

[@JustMe-vk4fn]

Small kids born in the 50's and living in the suburbs would skip and play on the sidewalk and sometimes we got lucky enough to have some chalk to draw diagrams. When we didn't it was "Step on a crack - break your Mother's back". I forget what "step on a line" meant... :) Nothing more than kids play until Devo got hold of it. :D

[@PaintedCavern]

Step on a line, break your mother's spine... ?

[@tomhiggins875]

Break your father's spine is what we said.

[@hollywhite7449]

Awesome flashback to high school! I still have that album somewhere.

[@marthat4258]

This was a great song to dance to back in the '80s

[@cheripetty1805]

DEVO does a great cover of The Rolling Stones "SATISFACTION"!

[@lovefromnyc]

Yes!! 🎉 i love that cover!

[@romandacilv9260]

They call their hats "Energy Domes". DEVO's '76 Concert in Paris is pretty cool to watch. One of their songs is used as the theme song for Rob Dyrdek's Ridiculousness. "Uncontrollable Urge"

[@Twilyhtmist]

HUh, I didn't know that - I DID notice, however, that it's the exact same shape of the base of one of those lightening plasma ball toys... so that makes sense.

[@jvaz6264]

Gates of Steel another of Devo's many classics!

[@allenruss2976]

Face life head on. They embraced the clichés for the video. Pronounced Devo. Long e long o. A vowel before a consonant with a vowel after is always long. They're from Akron Ohio. Check out Working in a coal Mine

[@brianclassen5221]

I think we all reacted about the same first time hearing them. We just had to see them again. Thanks for the reaction, they shocked America the Kinks also will blow you away with their videos. Apeman, Come Dancing, Lola, Destroyer just to name a few. ✌👍

[@kaseymonroe1063]

Devo's one the best concept bands in history. You might get more of the concept if you check out Beautiful World or even Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA.

[@Jude_196]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 Can't WAIT for THIS!!! ENJOY THE 80s, BP!! Love their cover of The Rolling Stones: SATISFACTION!! ❤❤❤❤❤ Uncontrollable Urge was another good one!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@1deringwhy94]

Like so many things in the 80s. We just went with it. Don’t overthink everything

[@ricbogart1968]

gram of coke, little king 8 pack, friends with pool, parents out of town.

[@wesmiddaugh230]

Mothersbaugh bros wrote the music to the Rug Rats. loved Devo

[@ZacCostilla]

Their cover of The Rolling Stones hit “Satisfaction” is a creative take. They definitely brought their own flair to it.

[@cindyhall5995]

Handicap eyes omg I’m rolling 😂

[@shirazzza]

I got to see these guys years ago, so much fun!!

[@TheSpaztickOne]

Please react to - Live Forever by Billy Joe Shaver. You will love it, it is one of my favorites.

[@mattblatchley2061]

Devo was a massive act! pretty much all of their songs and videos are either A: fighting censorship from MTV or B: Anti Ronald Reagan...

[@Grumpyoldcoote]

You heard Whip it now uou should listen to Workkng in a Coal mine by Devo aswell

[@shirleyduffer2081]

The lead singer Mark Mothersbaugh is legally blind and wears glasses strapped to his head. He also wrote the theme song to the rugrats and scored many movie scores. He is also Mr Mark on the TV show Yo Gabba Gabba where he teaches kids to draw. The things on their heads are called domes and many fans will wear them to shows. They are AMAZING live and still kick ass!

[@JoseDaniel-o8z]

Adoro esse grupo ainda hoje os ouvi ❤❤❤de valor viva música 🎷 anos 80 💯

[@alphajava761]

Neil Young is a huge fan of Devo and used to go see them at clubs in Hollywood. Young then collaborated with Devo. There's an early version of Hey Hey My My on KZbin featuring Young and Devo before Young recorded it live on his Rust Never Sleeps album.

[@ShawnRavenfire]

Devo are next-level creativity!

[@MissouriJohnson]

Their hats are called Energy Domes. Also, Weird Al did an original song called "Dare to be Stupid," of which is in the style of DEVO.

[@Liz-cmc313]

So popular in the day😂....love the 80s❤

[@donnasmith5942]

Love this song.

[@personalcheeses8073]

Never seen the video, just used to dance to it in the clubs. And loved it.

[@Leslie-Light-Warrior]

It's one of those songs you can't over think. You can pogo, slam dance, or both to Whip It.

[@Momspennies2]

A really strange song from the 80's for sure Now check out Rock Lobster by the B-52'S.

[@forakermm]

My first concert!! Devo was so out there it drove my parents crazy!!

[@ElizabethKatz-q1t]

I saw these guys on stage more than 40 years ago. Most fun I ever had at a concert.

[@t0ddtu63]

I believe those are art deco lampshades. They refer to them as energy domes. Gates of Steel is my favorite song from this record.

[@nogames8982]

REM always had great songs and I didn’t know what 90% of them were about But I loved them

[@flor9389]

The video is based on an actual act that the owners of a dude ranch did. They read about it in a 50s magazine.

[@tlucas9798]

They have so many great songs. Freedom of choice/ girl u want/Beautiful/ world

[@paulinesoares3594]

Saw them in concert back in the 80s.

[@jonathanbsmith5178]

You'll never understand Devo 1:24 and know the song is not about sexual content. Jerry Cassell cleared that up in an interview that he did I can't count how many times I've seen them from the early years up until the New Year's were some of the original members of passed away. They're from Ohio

[@RENfan1265]

I collected all their albums starting with Are We Not Men, We Are Devo that dropped in 78. Whip It came out in 80, the first song to hit the Top 40. They had so much great music. They covered the Stons's Satisfaction that they performed on SNL. , you should check out Secret Agent Man. I think you would like that one.

[@jackieknows9129]

When the song came out we danced to it without every questioning it. It was the 80's.

[@RonTruocchio]

aaaaaa devo. good memories of early MTV

[@jeffrichards1537]

The triangle patch on the girls pants is Guess Jeans Brand not Wranglers. C'MON MAN...

[@punker-gamer-trucker-guy]

Yes! Check out Uncontrollable Urge, or their insane cover of I Can't Get No Satisfaction! This is a band worth diving deep into, for at least the first four albums. Their album Duty Now For The Future is nuts!

[@NancyMoran-r3b]

Listen to the lyrics. They tell you what to whip. If you have a problem; you must whip it. And so forth. Listen!

[@luissoto8681]

The 80's new wave was everything I actually had the single before it hit the radio waves and everyone went crazy for it. 🙂

[@ohfour-seven6228]

Huge in the alternative dance clubs, still gets the toe tappin!

[@richpeltier9519]

If you Google Mark Mothersbaugh and look at all the incredible theme songs he's written since Devo, it's absolutely incredible. You remember that cartoon that was popular when you were a kid, Rugrats? The cool ass music for that show.... Mark. Guy is a force of musical nature.

[@frankk8018]

The nineties grunge movement was the answer to the 80's New Wave movement. I was in high school when this came out.

[@timmccoy4875]

When a problem comes along, you must whip it, whip it good....these guys are what we referred to as Geeks or Nerds. The Police have a song called Doo Doo Doo, Dee Dee Dee, Dah Dah Dah and it was a hit.

[@lisazaccardimeunier8378]

They used this in a Swiffer commercial.

[@alejandrobojorquez6181]

PETER SCHILLING - " Major Tom (Coming Home) (Official Music Video) " and " The Different Story (World Of Lust And Crime) (Official Video) " 1980s SYNTH POP/ NEW WAVE CLASSICS 🎸🎹🔥 AMAZING JAMS RETRO 80's

[@jamesmolley8636]

Black Pegasus, its been 45 yrs, and we are still trying to figure out this video. Its Great!

[@tx_1]

Wait until you hear the Violent Femmes. Kiss Off is a good one.

[@tomhiggins875]

"Country Death Song" is one of my favorites, not for everyone, from Violent Femmes written by Gordon Gano when he was in high school.

[@fhdz505]

You crack me up!😂 I enjoy your reactions! Love my 80s. ❤

[@catserver8577]

Bought this 45 when it came out. 45 record. For the kids who don't know. It's a bop.