Devo - Q: Are We Not Men
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Free Music Review: Aww, Dad: We're ALL DEVO!
Hit: 5 Stars
Wow. I was 14 when this came out, and it really got to me: I remember staying up all hours to get a chance to film (not record, film) DEVO's early films and videos on Don Kirshner's. Just the perfect antidote to Foreigner.
Yes, it is a real grounbreaker of an album and, strangely, has an original flavor that DEVO shed as quickly as they recorded their second album. The Akron anarchy still shines through on this one, though: the sense that these guys were having such a great time playing their joke on the spudboys at Warner Bros, and disbelieving they were getting the chance. 'Course, having Eno -- while he could still take a joke -- and Connie Planck involved in the production was a big help, too. For this album, it all REALLY worked. And the album got (for 1978, when, remember, Foreigner still reigned) kind of big, at least among the colllege and art school kids. Too bad that after this, the Smart Patrol really did have nowhere to go except into Noo Wave parody.
Free Music Review: If You Like Music, Buy This Album
Hit: 5 Stars
DEVO has not been given appropriate credit for their contributions to modern music. Written off as a "One Hit Wonder" (for "Whip It" which is not on this album but is on "Freedom Of Choice"), DEVO bridged the gaps between punk and new wave and again from new wave to electronica. They have influenced more bands than most people realize. If you fancy yourself as one who has a big CD/MP3 collection, it is incomplete without this album! Also, visit their web site: http://www.clubdevo.com . They are still alive and kicking and they occasionally tour. Buy this album and go and see them. I've met them, they are very nice guys!
And Remember, De-evolution Is Real!
The Devolutionary Oath:
1. Be like your ancestors or be different. It doesn't matter.
2. Lay a million eggs or give birth to one.
3. Wear gaudy colors or avoid display. It's all the same.
4. The fittest shall survive, yet the unfit may live.
5. We Must Repeat!
Free Music Review: Genius at work!
Hit: 5 Stars
Simply put, this album is one of the musical high points of the 70's: shocking, cutting edge and mind-expanding, even today. The album is distinctly Jekyll-and-Hyde -- Side 1 is more polished and mainstream (or at least as "mainstream" as the Spud Boys could be in their debut) and Side 2 is raw, unbridled Mark Mothersbaugh. It's a shame you don't see this side of him these days. Unlike later albums, you'll find nothing but acoustic drums here (along with Duty Now for the Future, which is nearly impossible to find these days in its original recording). The lyrics are unsettling, guitars are a buzzsaw and Gerald's keyboard work is outstanding!If you've ever seen the Devo appearance on Saturday Night Live, this is that moment in time frozen in ones and zeros -- and if Devo's incredible take on "Satisfaction" doesn't set your heart racing just a bit, friend, then you are DEAD.
Free Music Review: I forgot how much fun Devo is!
Hit: 5 Stars
you got your left handyou got your right hand
the left hand's di ddling
while the right hand goes to work
you got both hands
you got praying hands
they pray for no man
Are we not men? We are Devo! What is surprising about listening to this album twenty some years later is how powerful the music is. The lyrics are fun/strange/puzzling/provoking/comical. But the music is really quite elegant. There is something approaching a call-and-response fugue comprising the second half of Jocko Homo that I never noticed when I was 15, and many of the bass lines are very contemporary.
Concept albums were all the rage back in the mid seventies, but punk rock concept bands? Only Devo.
they tell us that
we lost our tails
evolving up
from little snails
i say it's all
just wind in sails
Free Music Review: Still Devo after all these years...
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm not sure if even Devo could foresee just how devolved we have become (e.g. gangsta rap, Survivor, WWF--a world where Staind is a serious musical artist!?), but 23 years later this album is still fresh and wonderful. I just want to say Amen to all the other raves noted above, and add three points of observation. First, it should be noted that the opening chords of the marvelous teen anthem, Uncontrollable Urge, are ripped off from I Want to Hold Your Hand (the Beatles' own uncontrollable urge). Secondly, IMHO the Devo version of Satisfaction actually IMPROVES on the Stones version. Lastly, what used to be Side 2 of the LP (beginning with Too Much Paranoias and concluding with Shrivel Up) is a fantastic adrenaline-soaked punk rock suite of sorts that leaves me breathless every time I hear it. Oh, and one more thing--Alan Myers ROCKS on drums! A masterpiece.