The first of the two CDs on the Rhino compilation Pioneers Who Got Scalped goes down like butter, every song a classic. They could rock! Disjointed beats, Beefheart-worthy rhythms, and strange sounds combined with general outrageousness resulted in a great rock & roll band, and even a hit or two on the pop charts like 1980's "Whip It." Devo were not just academic philosophers, or simple clowns. "Are we not men? We are Devo!" was their declaration, echoing the man-beast experiments in H.G. Devo would find more honest humanity by becoming less human. ![]() Theirs was a fight against the increasingly alienating modern world, a sort of "if you can't beat it, join it" idea. This is it? Just two CDs devoted (snicker) to one of the great American bands? With the one-two punch of their mission statements "Jocko Homo" and "Mongoloid" from the early 70's, it's clear that Devo had it all figured out from the beginning. 12 The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize imgĢ6 Nu-Tra Speaks (New Traditionalist Man)ġ3 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka-Dot BikiniĢ4 The Words Get Stuck In My Throat (Live) Devo and Booji Boy img
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