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Devo - Devo - Greatest Hits [Warner Brothers] Audio CD

A fair review of the Devo "Devo - Greatest Hits [Warner Brothers]" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Devo reviews here, or go back to the Devo tabs.

Devo Band: Devo
Title: Devo - Greatest Hits [Warner Brothers]
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Release Date: 1990-12-29
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Here to Go [Go Mix Version] 2: Through Being Cool 3: Big Mess 4: That's Good 5: Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth 6: Peek-A-Boo! 7: Beautiful World 8: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 9: Whip It 10: Girl U Want 11: Freedom of Choice 12: Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA 13: Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy 14: Gates of Steel 15: Working in the Coal Mine 16: Jocko Homo

WHERE IS MY DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OF 'FREEDOM OF CHOICE?'
I made the mistake of buying a nice digital copy of the New Order's extended 12" Blue Monday and I couldn't wait to rock it at my gig the following night. Q: ARE YOU NOT CLONES? A: WE ARE BOZO!

Would someone please explain to me why I can't find this album anywhere but iTunes? I want to OWN a digital copy of it I don't want to pay full price for something that I am pretty much renting. I dj'd a 80's retro party and built up to this whole 80's moment where I pull stuff -GREAT STUFF - outta da crates and try to blow minds. . . I can't play any iTunes-purchased mp3s on anything but iTunes.

I'm not talking about playing the 'Outfield' or 'Come On Eileen' I'm talking stuff you didn't know you forgot already and won't remember for another 10yrs when the rappers of the future work their way back in time, start listening to 'NEW WAVE' and sampling it.

FREEDOM OF CHOICE may or may not be Devo's best but I must have my 'Snowball' and all time favorites 'Cold War' & 'Gates of Steel' to spin.

I WANT TO OWN MY OWN COPY. .


Greatest Hits DEVO: compilation CD
This disc is a reminder of how good the Spud Boys actually were. This is the one that contains, the songs that got more airplay, be it on video, or where ever you heard these songs.


All Their Hits In One Spot
This CD also serves as a career spanning overview for the serious fan. A great collection of all the Devo songs the average listener would want. This disc almost never leaves my car CD changer. Grab a copy for a quick Devo fix.


Brains, Beats, and Biscuits
I always loved the sci-fi angle and costumes. It's just great to hear a grand old collection of smart funny music again! These guys cranked it out and kept us moving with a smile on our face. Dig those Not-Men! And I was also happy to finally discover that a contemporary of theirs - the Cosmopolitans - also with deadpan laffs and great dance grooves, finally got a CD out, Wild Moose Party: Pom Pom Girls Gone New Wave NYC 1980-1981.
Viva la fun - from the real deals!.


Exercise your freedom of choice to buy this CD
5/5 stars) This CD is a very good introduction to the world of Devo, which can be described as bizarre, off-kilter, humorous, proudly geeky and just plain fun. (4. The music is not entirely electronica, not altogether pop or rock either. Some of it is an acquired taste, though most of this greatest hits collection is accessible. Devo never takes itself (or anything else, for that matter) too seriously, and that is partly what makes their music so fun. "Here to Go (Go Mix)" is a great tune to begin the CD because it is guaranteed to get you moving. "Through Being Cool" is their proclamation embracing geekdom, while "Big Mess" is a first-person account of a psychotic "boy with a gun" and "a picture in my pocket of the lucky one" he is going to shoot. The lyrics "It's a Beautiful World for you / but not me" appear to appeal for pity, as does Jagger/Richards' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. " It fits with their persona of the hopeless nerd, which was likely rooted in reality at one point. Like their spoof band from "Revenge of the Nerds," however, these guys put together some genuinely good, crowd-pleasing music. "Whip It" is a prime example of this, though pretty much every song in this collection fits this description. It is difficult to ascertain what statement they are making, or even if they are trying to make any at all. "Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA" has Devo as martyrs for mankind, which goes along with their vaguely science fiction-based persona. Did anyone read the poem from "ancient Rome, about a dog who found two bones / He picked at one / He licked the other / He went in circles / Until he dropped dead"? I sure didn't, but apparently Mothersbaugh et al did, perhaps at Kent State University, which is where the group formed. Devo is the quintessential product of Ohio, which is to say not cosmopolitan enough to be cool, yet not provincial enough to be authentically earthy. What choice did they have except to become one big parody, a musical joke if you will? Epitomizing this facet of the group is the song "Jocko Homo," which is their defining song ("we are Devo!"). The title is derived from an anti-evolution pamphlet called "Jocko-Homo Heavenbound," which was penned by Christian writer, preacher and fellow Ohioan Dr. Bertram Shadduck in 1924. Its lyrics, "They tell us that / We lost our tails / Evolving up / From little snails / I say it's all / Just wind in sails," are juxtaposed with the refrain, "God made man / But he used the monkey to do it / Apes in the plan / We're all here to prove it. " What does Devo actually think, and what is their concept of "devolution"? It might not be entirely clear, but you'll have fun trying to found out.

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