“Weird Al” Yankovic - Girl U Want by Devo

[@adhoclavaman]

His Mark impression is golden.

[@waycnf7229]

Man, imagine him using that on Dare To Be Stupid

[@mikeleahy573]

Weird Al is an underrated genius. Dude can rock.

[@trtr-bc3zl]

Who underrated him???? Do people go around underrateing bands and singers?

[@jpolls233]

Totally True!!!!! Amazing

[@davebartosh5]

Both a Devo and Al fan, so this works. I watch the Dare to be Stupid video often.

[@zalafinari]

Sometimes the Algo bestows upon me a gift and this was one for sure. I've seen Al live several times over the decades and I've listened to his albums and whatever oddities I could find but this is the first time I can recall an out and out cover of someone elses song. The fact that it's a Devo cover is perfect too. Thanks for sharing :)

[@bbb462cid]

It seems impossible to have a bad time playing a DEVO song

[@Qwentar]

It *is* a Beautiful World...

[@mistergone5156]

This is beyond cool, he hits that Mark vocal dead on.

[@michaelyoungstrom9412]

Hell of a cover!!!

[@andrettski8686]

WELL done guys, I love DEVO, so i appreciate you doing them right.

[@industrialcheese1155]

What a rare find! I LOVE coming across gems like this!🤘

[@gregdolecki8530]

I knew this was going to be awesome even before hitting play. Keyboard was not loud enough however.

[@stephenpemberton85]

Without my glasses on the drummer looks like "Sloth" from Goonies😆✌💛🤘

[@genogeno6643]

I thought he was going to make a parody out of it. Like, "I'm going to hurl, I'm going to hurl....Maybe not....

[@gregh7380]

Too difficult - the song is already a parody of itself....

[@PamIsley314]

Damn I didn't know how bad I needed this

[@davidkaufman7979]

This tour was great. Saw him in Chicago 🤙

[@briantaulbee6452]

Nailed it.

[@kenlieck7756]

You mean like... kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpmvaYaiaMmKopo ...?

[@amyshy]

This is such a great song, I love this!

[@punkybrewstershubby]

This is brilliant!

[@harrisonwintergreen1147]

I first heard this song from the Soundgarden cover , now Weird Al did it!!

[@motnosniv]

Robert Palmer did a cover of this song if you can believe that.

[@fullriver1234]

Interesting that this is only recently starting to pop up in people’s recommendations, seeing as there’s only 2 comments from around the time this was originally posted. This cover was fantastic

[@tmbjon]

I've been trying to figure out why it's suddenly getting dozens of comments. Is it linked somewhere?

[@fullriver1234]

@@tmbjon I have no idea. Maybe the two recent live performances had something to do with it? I’m just a big Devo fan so I guess I was gonna see this regardless only a matter of time lol

[@fullriver1234]

Or who knows about the performances affecting it really because some of these comments are months old

[@MagnumInnominandum]

The boi tore it up!

[@kellynew44]

That’s awesome.

[@rockets4kids]

How often does Weird Al do direct covers?

[@belugatoons]

That was the interesting thing about this tour. He did a straight cover every night as an encore.

[@rockets4kids]

@@belugatoons Aah, thanks for the info!

[@matthewcutter8760]

In case it wasn't clear, they played a different cover at every single show.

[@robingourde9366]

After viewing Al's video "Dare to be Stupid", Mark was heard to loudly exclaim: "Expletive! He did Devo better than Devo!" I wouldn't say Al did "Girl You Want" better than Devo, but he sure did as good. I'd have a hard time telling them apart.

[@pointnozzleaway]

Made My Day ! Awesome

[@coled2048]

WOW!!!

[@thebettybestshow]

thank you for sharing!

[@dennisgreene5055]

Not bad....Now go listen to DEVO for the proper SPUDS experience

[@bartthatcher5799]

Radical!!

[@kylesmith5668]

Awesome!

[@kelvinphipps7884]

I grew up on this shit...thought you were going to be a muppet...you kicked arse 100%..thanks for that.

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

I love this song even thought its rhythm is almost impossible to follow!

[@hubbsllc]

The problem I have is that during the intro my mind puts the one in the wrong place. i hear those first two eighth notes as pickups that start on the 4 of the bar and the low quarter note that follows as being on the one. But that's not correct - the whole pattern actually starts on the one. So when the drums start I'm hearing him hitting snare on the one and the three when it's actually on the two and the four as in a normal 4/4 backbeat. It doesn't straighten out in my head until the first verse; then I'm good for the rest of the song. :)

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

@@hubbsllc I'm not a musician so I barely understand any of that. All I know is, from repetitive hearing I know where the lyrics come in. That's a big part of this cover's greatness. It forces you to listen to the beat, the whole beat, and nothing but the beat. Sometimes I like it better than the Stones' original that is built around that opening hook.

[@hubbsllc]

@@JohnDrummondPhoto "Satisfaction" was a Rolling Stones cover but "Girl U Want" was not. It was written by Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh.

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

@@hubbsllc I got my Devos confused! I was binging Devo videos the other day, saw your comment today responding to mine, and completely forgot which video I had commented on! See what happens when you age ... 🤦🏿‍♂️😂 I still stand by my original comment on "Girl U Want". It's really hard for me to follow the beat.

[@kenlieck7756]

Check out DEVO's slowed-down "Tank Girl" version. That may help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHm1hZlreN9rl9U

[@Texasslim57]

Great closeups! The make phones with zoom on them now.....

[@tmbjon]

This was shot in 2018 and I was way in the back. For the 2022 Vanity Tour I have better seats, but I promise to zoom in more for your satisfaction. Stay tuned, going to a bunch of shows in June.

[@TruthrConsequences]

BETTER than the original.

[@rmaxinmass]

Pretty good but I can’t hear the keys.

[@Aeternuss]

Wow !

[@wobedraggled]

Holy hell...

[@stevenfulmer7877]

Badass Boss 🦇 Yet the other one is the best 😉

[@mitchellsmith4601]

Pretty good cover

[@craigevans4694]

Still daring to be stupid. From the best song Devo never wrote to actually doing one their songs.

[@brownwrench]

Mark Mothersbaugh commented to the effect that he was resentful Al did it so effortlessly with Dare To Be Stupid.

[@slamfreepoetry1845]

Fukn awesome sauce. DEVO!

[@lostcelts1536]

WE ARE DE-VO

[@mongoloid1369]

Wow the band and Al sound AMAZING then again he is from Lynnwood,

[@brianstjohn]

Next time they should plug the keyboard into the PA system…

[@gregdolecki8530]

Agreed. Sound guy fell asleep.

[@reacguru]

Makes me want to turn in my turban for a red stepped flower pot hat.

[@The_OneManCrowd]

It's not a flower pot. It's an energy dome.

[@reacguru]

@@The_OneManCrowd Thanks for correcting me on that. I knew that back in the day but I have devolved so much over the last 40 some years that I had lost that memory.

[@kenlieck7756]

@@reacguru Funny thing is, Jerry from Devo has turned in his e-dome for a turban! See: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpzZY4iDpN6hhdk

[@exstock]

I'd honestly forgotten this song was by Devo in the first place. And now it'll be even harder to remember, because as we all know, Weird Al is more Devo than Devo!

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

Dare to Be Stupid!

[@mongoloid1369]

@@princeofcupspoc9073 lol

[@Buttermilkjug]

Drummer and bass player ruined it, but Al was good~

[@UncleFexxer]

Al and his band are almost scary how they can totally emulate the sound of any band. They're like living AI's.