# Devo 2.0? Why Disney WHY?!?!? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 25, 2006, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529 "2006-01-25T07:15:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529/41 "2006-01-25T19:34:25Z")
I just feel kind of sorry for the kid in the black sleeveless shirt, playing air-guitar to match up with the recorded guitar… and there’s no guitar on the recording, just a synthesizer, drums, and vocals. He’s just playing along, and doing some head-banging (with short hair, which always works so well), and there’s no music coming out… See, I always knew there would be some long-term trauma from having your kids watch Barney and Friends, and this is it… ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529/42 "2006-01-25T20:04:54Z")
I remembered reading something about this… > [@USA TODAY](#): > > Three boys and two girls ages 10 to 13 have joined the original band to re-record 10 of Devo’s singles, including its trademark hit Whip It, for Devo 2.0. The CD/DVD collection, due March 14, also includes some “revamped” lyrics, as well as Devo’s first new songs in 15 years, Cyclops and The Winner. Founding Devo singer/bassist/keyboardist Gerald Casale says that the young musicians, some of whom were familiar with his old music through their parents and musical role models, were chosen from about 1,000 contenders over a three- to four-month period. “We were looking for kids that were as unique to their time as Devo was to ours,” says Casale, who also directed the DVD portion, which blends performance footage with new animation. > \*from [here](http://www.usatoday.com/life/2006-01-12-coming-attractions_x.htm), ©2006 Gannett I was never a Devo-tee, but these songs are pretty catchy! Heck, I’m buying the album! ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529/43 "2006-01-25T20:29:40Z")
> [@Pochacco](#): > > I eagerly await Dead Kennedys 2.0. > [@Zebra](#): > > The Ramones 2.0 **Sex Pistols 2.0** Hey, don’t forget the Disney-fied lyrics … _I am a good little citizen I am an honest student Don’t know what I want but I know how to get it I wanna be good at school 'cuz I Don’t … want … anarchy !_ :: SHUDDER :: ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529/44 "2006-01-25T20:39:10Z")
How is it “subversive” if they’re _changing all the freakin’ lyrics_? All references to “girls” have been changed to “boys” to suit the female singer. In “Big Mess”, the line has been changed from “I’m a man with a mission/A boy with a gun” to “I’m a girl with a mission/A girl havin’ fun!” I mean, come on! This is just more cheesy KidsBop crap. Is KidsBop considered subversive, because it gets little kids to listen to Green Day only without the cursing? It’s nice to think that this will get a whole new generation into Devo, but may I ask what is wrong about introducing kids to the original rather than the candy-coated-Mousketeer versions? I’m quite sure I _am_ overreacting, but dammit, Devo is quite possibly my favourite band of all time, and the only thing more depressing than the fact that this is going on is the fact that the band is apparently so hard up for recognition that they are in on it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529/45 "2006-01-25T20:59:16Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > The Ramones 2.0 My kids (5 & 8) love the real Ramones. Sometimes when we’re leaving the house my wife shouts “Hey, Ho!” and both kids yell “Let’s GO!” ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529/46 "2006-01-25T22:58:11Z")
> [@NailBunny](#): > > How is it “subversive” if they’re _changing all the freakin’ lyrics_? All references to “girls” have been changed to “boys” to suit the female singer. In “Big Mess”, the line has been changed from “I’m a man with a mission/A boy with a gun” to “I’m a girl with a mission/A girl havin’ fun!” Homosexuality and kids with guns aren’t really family-friendly. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529/47 "2006-01-25T23:25:42Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > You know how people are always wondering what the next generation is going to do to freak out the current generation? > > Now you know. I always knew it would be bad. Really, really bad. I just didn’t realize how bad really, really bad was actually going to be. I would say that it could be worse but I don’t want to jinx us all. DOH! ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529/48 "2006-01-25T23:25:46Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > Homosexuality and kids with guns aren’t really family-friendly. Precisely. So - why even bother? If the songs have to be rewritten to make them acceptable for that age group, why use those songs? The whole thing gives me the Rage. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529/49 "2006-01-25T23:33:13Z")
> [@Pochacco](#): > > I eagerly await Dead Kennedys 2.0. The day I hear a group of shiny, happy pre-teens sing “Too Drunk To Fuck”, I swear to Og I’m blowing my brains out. ---
**Author:** ![eponymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e0b2c6/32.png) [@eponymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eponymous)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529/50 "2006-01-26T00:10:59Z")
> [@Dorjän](#): > > I dunno, it all has a very… Japanese quality to it. Maybe they’ll break into that market as well as the kids. I thought it was cute. Actually, there’s already a Devo inspired band from Japan - [Polysics](http://www.polysics.com/en/). They specifically made a point to visit Akron the last time they came to the US to play (last year). ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529/51 "2006-01-26T00:18:10Z")
Look, Devo was all about celebrating the authenticity of fakeness and the fakeness of authenticity and the freakiness of conformity and the conformity of freakiness and the horribleness and wonderfulness of the plastic age. This is project is entirely in keeping with the spirit of De-evolution. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529/52 "2006-01-26T00:28:30Z")
Sweet Lord NO! That’s just terrible; the kids are awful to watch, and the vocals are just wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529/53 "2006-01-26T00:42:44Z")
_We are Devo… Are we not kids?_ Brace yourselves, True Believers, and dig: If this is what they’ll do to Devo, what’s Pixar in for? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529/54 "2006-01-26T00:52:54Z")
They should have done this with those little blonde neo-nazi twins. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529/55 "2006-01-26T02:23:47Z")
> [@Fern Forest](#): > > Hmm, what’s worse is this can spread. I didn’t mind the Kidz Bop crew trashing modern hits since I never particularly cared for the songs or the bands that played them but this seems different. Different? Dev2.0 is _better_ than that Kidz Bop pap! ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529/56 "2006-01-26T03:09:03Z")
Serious props to Casale for running with this idea. With Disney’s help, a whole new generation of kids could be turned on to the writings of Oscar Kiss Maerth and his theory of human descent from brain-eating psychic apes. So, does anyone genuinely believe any of the execs at Disney knew anything about DEVO or their source materials before they greenlighted this project? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529/57 "2006-01-26T03:16:43Z")
What I find funny in all this is how upset you children are getting about something that never had anything to do with REAL music anyway. Now, the real sign of the apocalypse will be if some clueless corporate entity gets their hand on something meaningful like Led Zeppelin. Oh, wait. What??? ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529/58 "2006-01-26T05:32:31Z")
Wow this is an incredible [sub]downer.[/sub] ☹ Others have wondered what Disney might do to other groups. How about Pla2matic2.0 ? :eek: Maybe they would get a glue gun and _repair_ a guitar? Instead of driving a Cadillac _into_ the stage, they’d sing about seatbelt safety and defensive driving? I am not happy about this “trend” at all. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529/59 "2006-01-26T05:52:01Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Different? Dev2.0 is _better_ than that Kidz Bop pap! I say nay nay\* to your reading of my post. My meaning was that I didn’t care that Kidz Bop was bastardizing modern hits since I don’t like those songs regardless of how crappy they sung it but now that they’re coming after songs I like and bands I like I say to them, nay nay! You know what this is kinda like. Those old monkey movies only with kids. How long till Scarface 2.0? \*John Pinette’s a funny guy ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529/60 "2006-01-26T05:56:48Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Different? Unless this word was the only one you were focusing on. By different I meant this isn’t just mining the pop charts to use for their own purposes, this is reimagining other bands … as kids. Reimagining is almost always bad as exampled by the other 2.0 suggestions. And by different I also meant that other bands could see this as a way to make money and not having to go through those small channels. Really the first 2.0s I’d expect to see if this is popular are The Beatles and the Beach Boys. And I say Nay Nay! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-2-0-why-disney-why/341529.md?page=4)