Word: devoe
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...stations in a torrent as remarkable for its suddenness as for its size. There's been no similar topical fascination in rock music since the Beatles set off the psychedelic-drug-song craze in 1967. Listen to the titles: "Generals and Majors" (XTC), "World War" (The Cure), "Cold War" (Devo), "Battleground" (Joe Jackson), "Life During Wartime" (Talking Heads). There are songs about war in the Middle East, songs about nuclear war, political songs against war, jingoist songs for war, songs that use war as a metaphor for everything from love to race relations. Our songwriters have war on the brain...
...listening to music without the music. In practice, it sounds like a kitchen with all the electric appliances on. The fact that Eno has released about ten albums in the last five years using a concept good for two albums at the most, combined with the realization that Devo, Roxy Music and even the Talking Heads have all released superior albums to the ones they did with him, has led to the current critical backlash against the man who in art-rock circles could once do no wrong...
...crowd of about 100 people jammed into the Currier House Senior Common Room for the second night to see new wave videotaped commercials, film excerpts, and television shows. The program, narrated by Ivers, contained works by Gary Neuman, Devo, and many other bands...
...Devo is the first group that was paid to produce "a sophisticated, artistic film that contains important social and political commentary," Ivers said. He added that the mentality typified by Devo's music would greatly affect all forms of entertainment...
Ivers especially praised the "sophisticated musicianship" of Devo, the Castration Squad. Surf Punks, and Hollywood Trash...