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kraftwrkr t1_j41qx52 wrote

Devo should've been there ages ago. The true extent of their influence isn't known by most.

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ScreamingNinja t1_j42iqod wrote

Why is that? I ask because aside from the one or two videos with them wearing silly hats, I've never heard anything about them.

I'm not being snarky, im just curious as to why you think that, when I'd say they don't belong at all.

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kraftwrkr t1_j42vnkd wrote

For one, way way back in the Don Kirshner's Rock Concert era (way way before mtv) they were producing discrete thematically relevant videos for individual songs. Don Kirshner's Rock Concert was the only place to see music video at the time and most of it was concert footage with album tracks dubbed over, which was pretty underwhelming after a while. Meanwhile, DEVO was producing and releasing humorous, smart and well edited and produced videos made for each individual song! Their music sounds deceptively simple, but is actually very sophisticated and often technically difficult to actually play! I am admittedly biased because I've loved them 4 ever! Edited.

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ScreamingNinja t1_j42wk8u wrote

Any suggestions? I really haven't gotten much exposure to them or heard much about them outside of like those two songs.

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kraftwrkr t1_j43axho wrote

Pretty huge discography, lots of great stuff! I'm sure there's great playlists around! I don't stream, and can't really think of anything to blow your mind! Dig in! If nothing does it for you I'm sorry!

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ScreamingNinja t1_j43wpfm wrote

I still love you. Thanks for the non jerky response that we've all become accustomed to with social media.

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dodog1 t1_j44y5fp wrote

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!

You can thank me later. One of the most underrated albums, ever.

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Peircez t1_j47lxoy wrote

I love the whole “Freedom of Choice” album.

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TheBlitzkid46 t1_j46b2dx wrote

One of the most underappreciated bands in history, there really needs to be a documentary or docu-series about them so people realize just how important they were

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