So I was listening to Devo and searching Wikipedia when I found this. What the hell is this? Come on, pre-teens singing Devo songs? This is a travesty! Also, it seems that they made music videos for several songs, including “Whip It”. Umm… :eek: :eek: So what’s up with this. I’m sick of all sorts of “tween pop” or whatever this is.
They Might Be Giants just pulled it off better. You’re jealous. 
Devo does seem to be enjoying a resurgence of sorts. Their music has been on at least 2 commercials of late.
I just had an uncontrollable urge. Can I tell you all about it?
I’m a huge Devo fan, and there is no Devo 2.0 in my house. I could take it if the kids were actually playing the instruments, but it’s just the girl doing the vocals and then three boys as stage dressing. If they’d found kids who could actually play and had them perform, I might even buy the album.
But this is just crap.
And then they change some of the lyrics. Let’s face it, Devo is not a relatively “kid-friendly” band. Don’t cover “Jerkin’ Back and Forth” if you’re going to sing about dancing! Jeez.
I’d be a lot more offended if it wasn’t a project shepherded by the original members of Devo.
Once you’ve heard Chuck E. Cheese cover “Whip It,” nothing can shock you.
I ranted extensively about this the last time it was brought up on the board, and was told that I just didn’t understand how “subversive” it was. :rolleyes:
I still think it’s awful.
What’s the bloody point? Without the innuendo, irony and subversive undertones, Devo is just unremarkable industrial synth-punk - or something - but unremarkable for sure. That it should be sanitised like this is bad enough, but that this has happened with the apparent blessing of the original Devo band is just … terrible.
Well, I’m a lot more offended because it is.
But this is what it has come to. "O, most wicked speed, to post with such dexterity to incestuous sheets! It is not nor it cannot come to good. "
I agree - it’s a sell-out and a complete travesty - like if John Lydon suddenly decided to endorse The Sex Pistols Greatest Hits - on Hammond Organ, or something.
You do realize that Mark Mothersbaugh does all the music for Rug Rats on Nickelodeon.
Sure, and many more…good on him, I reckon.
I just think that maybe the 1977 Mothersbaugh would’ve scoffed at the 00’s Mothersbaugh for doing the old bob & kneel like this. Either that, or the '77 Mothersbaugh was a fraud. Either way, it sucks.
Its no worse than former real authentic punk Elvis Costello now shilling for Volvo (Lexus?)
Guys, Devo was a, you know, a joke. I mean, a joke that works on several different levels. And Devo 2.0 is another joke. It’s a joke because Devo 2.0 is stupid and pointless and uninteresting. It’s a joke because the Devo music that was so mutated and shocking in the 80s is now easy-listening mainstream, so mainstream that it can be made into kid’s music. It’s a joke against Devo fans who took the band seriously. It’s a joke against Devo haters who refused to take the band seriously, because Devo actually is a great band. And so forth.
Devo 2.0 is a joke, just like Devo 1.0.
Well, I can agree with that, somewhat, except that Devo 1.0 appeared to be a joke, but had some fairly thought-provoking lyrics and social comentary behind it. Devo 2.0 is just the joke part.
It may have been a joke, but I liked (and still like) Devo. Devo 2.0 I don’t like, largely because of the puppet-show aspect. If the kids were playing, I’d be cool with it. But they’re not, and that pisses me off.
Maybe that’s true, but it just seems to easy to claim. Just like that “Oh, can’t you tell? I was being ironic!” thing people do to save face.
Maybe Devo 2 is a joke. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good one. Some jokes backfire.
Look, chillens. “Devo” is short for “De-evolution”. If you are evolving backwards, you use lower numbers, not higher ones. Sheesh.