15-12-2012, 05:53
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DEVO "greatest hits" cd,1990
part electronic,part new wave outfit from Akron,Ohio...
these guys only ever had one UK hit(whip it #51) and two US hits (whip it #14, and a cover of the Lee Dorsey hit 'working in a coulmine' #43), but here in Australia they had four #1 hits (freedom of choice, girl u want, whip it, and 'gates of steel'), they also has another half dozen chart entries here also...i guess that means they were more popular here than anywhere else...
well, i like 'em but not love them, just simply cannot get into a lot of their material(just a bit too far 'out there' for me)...i always loved their kooky video's though, always entertaining in the early MTV days...apparently their hit "whip it" is up there in the most played videos on MTV...
i never realised till i did the Neil Young beginners guide that it was Devo who created the uptempo/grungy "hey hey my my" for Neil, they were in the studio nextdoor to NY when he was recording the acoustic version, invited him in to their studio and goofed around with that song for him with synths and guitars...he liked what he heard and re-did it electric himself for the 'rust never sleeps' album...
besides the Lee Dorsey cover on here is another one....an abysmal cover of The Stones "satisfaction"...one of the worst covers ever recorded by anyone IMO
all up though, not a bad album, but nowhere near as good as a best of set by anyone should score, makes me wonder just how low their studio albums would score???
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: (i cant get no) satisfaction
best track: girl u want
tracks:
1. here to go *
2. through bein' cool **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_HH_jher3c video
3. big mess *
4. thats good **
5. jerkin' back n forth *
6. peek-a-boo! ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eglgj77T0rk video
7. beautiful world **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3MxuDk7wqo video
8. (i cant get no)satisfaction *
9. whip it ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OtRFZ572u0 live
10.girl u want ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4-2onb62y8 video
11.freedom of choice ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVGINIsLnqU video
12.smart patrol/mr.DNA *
13.gut feeling **
14.gates of steel ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goV57pGmiCk audio
15.working in a coalmine **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms79633njIg live
16.jocko homo *
3s=5
2s=5
1s=6
rating: 1.9 or 6/10
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.