Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
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Free Music Notes for Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Free Music Review: Greg Schwartz from The Netherlands is factually wrong
Hit: 3 Stars
This debut Devo album was released in July 1978 and their second in mid 1979. The Human League's first single was released in June 1978. The first Thompson Twin single was released in April 1980. The first Visage single was released in late 1979.
To say that Devo were in any way influenced by the aforementioned UK bands (as Greg Schwartz from The Netherlands claimed) is simply nonsense. It is true to say that all were influenced by the masters of this genre, the highly original Kraftwerk.
That said, this album is their most raw and punk influenced. It contains some gems but I prefer 'Freedom of Choice' which is why I have only allocated ***.
Anyone interested in the facts about Devo's development and their unique contribution to the evolution of modern music should read "We Are Devo!" by Jade Dellinger & David Giffels.
Free Music Review: Same old, same old generic corporate slop
Hit: 1 Stars
This band totally bit their style and message from such Euro-synth groups as Human League, Thompson Twins and Visage. Get a grip, people, if not for those bands Devo wouldn't even exist.
Go listen to the Spandau Ballet song "Coffee Club" and then listen to "Gut Feeling". Um, Spandau Ballet CALL YOUR LAWYER!!! Plaigirism!!!
Free Music Review: Ignore 'Music Fan from Seattle'
Hit: 5 Stars
It's spelt RAMONES! This album should be in any true music fan's collection. It was so far ahead of anything being done at the time it's ridiculous. This came out around the same time as The Rolling Stones' 'Some Girls' and it has one of the best covers of a Stones' song EVER...Free Music Review: Devo's first CD is a rock masterpeice
Hit: 5 Stars
I love this CD. Devo's first album may be my favorite. It's starts with a great song "Uncontrollable Urge," and ends with another great song "Shrivel Up." From begining to end it is just a great Cd. The only thing I don't like is the length. It seems a little short to me. If you like Pop Rock, bands like Oingo Boingo or Talking Heads, then I think you will like Devo. This CD was so much ahead of it's time.Free Music Review: We're All Devo
Hit: 5 Stars
Okay, let's flashback in time. It's 1978, the height of the disco era and one can only wonder what the future of rock and roll will hold. Then, come one seminal moment in the history of rock, one television's Saturday Night Live, these young men from Akron, Ohio come out on stage in their yellow radioactive suits and perform "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" and put a little fun back into rock and roll.Twenty-five years later, this disc remains a classic. Devo has always been hard to sort of pigeonhole or label. Perhaps, that is why their music is just as fresh now as it was back then.
Having Brian Eno and David Bowie in the wings did not hurt at all and one can only wonder if Eno had worked with the band more in later years what sort of the direction the band could have taken.
Nonetheless, Devo has never really enjoyed the fame that they rightfully deserved, but that's okay. Maybe that is why when you listen to them now their music defies any genre labels that have been the death knell for other bands from the same era.
Hey, this is some of the zaniest music with some of the craziest lyrics you will ever hear on a disc.
But don't just take my word for it. Buy the disc, slap it on and have yourself an enjoyable "devo" moment.