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DEVO - Way ahead of their time?
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Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:33 amby WoodlandParkPunk
Just purchased their DVD video anthology. Have been a "spud" for many years and realized that their great videos, as raw as they are, would've been INCREDIBLE with todays technology. Great, great band!!
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Thu Apr 29, 2004 8:05 amby Berserker
Absolutely agree. DEVO simply rules.
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Fri Apr 30, 2004 1:18 amby scramjet
Their early stuff was pure genius, but they jumped the shark badly by the late 80's. Started sounding like they were imitating all the synthpop bands that imitated them.
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Fri Apr 30, 2004 2:16 pmby skinnytie
I'm really amused by the resurgance of "Whip It" in the Schwiffer commericals and just recently being done on "American Idol". I had read a critic's view in one of the local papers saying that Devo has become part of the very commercialism that they sang
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Fri Apr 30, 2004 2:37 pmby Berserker
[quote]I'm really amused by the resurgance of "Whip It" in the Schwiffer commericals and just recently being done on "American Idol". I had
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Mon May 03, 2004 3:46 amby Mr. DNA
I actually have an old issue of Penthouse from 80 or 81 with DEVO modeling the 'new wave fashion'...it's a riot...and definitely poster material.My old roomate actually had a Honda Scooter poster ad from like 84 with DEV-O donning the energy domes and pro
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Mon May 03, 2004 7:44 amby schwenko
[quote]Originally posted by WoodlandParkPunk
[br]Just purchased their DVD video anthology. Have been a "spud" for many years and rea
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Mon May 03, 2004 11:55 amby Berserker
Check out my thread in Concerts about their upcoming Chicago appearance.