With Freedom of Choice, Devo completed their transition into a full-fledged synth-pop group, producing arguably their most musically cohesive effort in the process. Synthesizers are now fully integrated into the band's sound, frequently dominating the arrangements and at least sharing equal time with the guitars. Everything is played with a cool, polished precision that mirrors the stylized uniformity of the band's visuals; the dissonance is more subdued than in the past, and the uptight rhythms are no longer jarring, instead locking the band into a rigidly even keel. Oddly, even though the music is the least human-sounding Devo had yet produced, their social observations were growing less insular and more sympathetic. Several tunes -- like the oft-covered "Girl U Want" -- have a geeky (but pragmatic) romantic angst that was new to Devo albums, although the band's view of relationships is occasionally colored by their cultural themes of competition and domination. Those preoccupations also inform their breakthrough hit single, "Whip It," but elsewhere, they're finding enough connection with the rest of the world to moderate their cynicism, at least a little bit. Songs like "Gates of Steel," "Planet Earth," and the title track reveal a frustrated idealism under their irony, one that can't quite understand why Americans don't use more of their freedom to search for happiness. Altogether, there's a little less of the debut's energy, and a little less variety as well. But the songwriting is a match for consistent quality, and moreover, the music on Freedom of Choice is the sound that defines Devo in the minds of many. In the end, that makes it the band's only other truly necessary album.
For the Office:mac 2008 launch party at MacWorld 2008, Microsoft invited us to the Warfield in San Franciso to see DevoThe Warfield is quite an interesting venue. I do not know the history, but by the looks of it, it's an old theater.Microsoft even gave out Devo Energy Domes to the audienceIn a full house, Devo performed at a full show of about 90 minutes, playing all their better known songs, ...
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I had the great fortune to catch seminal, industrial, satirical art-punks/techno-wavers Devo in the second of the rock band's two concerts at San Francisco's Regency this past weekend. In the process of being wildly entertained, I also had a rueful laugh or two at the expense of the celebrity death cults that spring up when the famous depart this mortal coil, as the Bard of Avon put it. Too soo...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nJ5_gCiAvY
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h1. I'll WHIP YOU... INTO SHAPE...*_(but, so will DEVO!!!!!)_* ;P*Try to detect it, it's not to late, to whip it... whip it _good_*
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I just love this. Check this out. Lets boycott pre-prepared soft-drinks.http://sodaclub.com/Yes I am giving them a free advert here on MOG.
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Why? Well, why not? Not music related I guess, but related to this box you're sitting in front of. Did ya know? And I threw in some Devo for good measure.Lovelace was fascinated by Charles Babbage's idea for a new mechanical calculating machine, the Difference Engine. In 1842 Luigi F. Menabrea [b. Chambéry, Savoy, France, September 4, 1809, d. St Cassin, France, May 24, 1896] summarized the ..
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I've been watching South Park recently, the repeats they show on the local independent station at eleven o' clock. I've also been using the term douche a lot recently. It didn't take a long time, but it certainly took longer than it should have for me to realize that there was a connection there. Seriously, I've called this one dude a douche like five thousand times in the last four days.So,...
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From: http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/entertainment/Devo+sue+McDonalds+over+happy+meal+toy-53232.htmlEvil fast food purveyors, McDonalds, are being sued by DEVO, for including a toy that appears to be infuenced by the band's famous image from their Whip It video.The toy was named New Wave Nigel.Now, I always though that Happy Meals were for under-10s - I'm trying to image the average 6 year old's ...
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Mac World San Francisco. Huge product release, press meetings, customer meetings, and, of course, the Mac World BLAST! at the Warfield, featuring Devo.I didn't think these guys were still around, but, here's a clip from last year. The audio quality is a bit sub-part, but. after all, it is Devo. Turn your volume up real high, and you'll get a sense of last night's bash.The only real question ...
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For the Office:mac 2008 launch party at MacWorld 2008, Microsoft invited us to the Warfield in San Franciso to see DevoThe Warfield is quite an interesting venue. I do not know the history, but by the looks of it, it's an old theater.Microsoft even gave out Devo Energy Domes to the audienceIn a full house, Devo performed at a full show of about 90 minutes, playing all their better known songs, ...
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Once again I will post some links on the Net Neutrality issue, because this post by Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing has so many good examples of how the phone companies (which are subsidized by us) gouge us again and again and want to charge us even more for inferior internet connections that they have failed to upgrade.More >
In my ongoing crusade to bring relevance to the net neutrality debate and it's effects in the daily (and not just mogging life of moggers), I am trying to post relevant links from experts as to the need of a neutral internet in America. When you start to look at the facts, we are in danger of losing one of the greatest tools we have been given to the corporate greed and control of monopolistic...
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| 1 Girl U Want |
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| 2 It's Not Right |
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| 3 Whip It |
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| 4 Snowball |
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| 5 Ton O' Luv |
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| 6 Freedom Of Choice |
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| 7 Gates Of Steel |
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| 8 Cold War |
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| 9 Don't You Know |
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| 10 That's Pep! |
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| 11 Mr. B's Ballroom |
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| 12 Planet Earth |
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