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    Posted: December 19 2005 at 05:07
I have freedom of choice and think most of that album is killer stuff, especially the 2nd half. Anyone else into them?
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2005 at 05:14

Are We Not Men?

 

Wrong zone BTW.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2005 at 05:17
I consider them prog ;)
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I don't like them much...
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2005 at 05:21

Originally posted by gentletull gentletull wrote:

I consider them prog ;)

I don't really care to be honest, consider them what you like! Fact is, they're not in the Archives, so this is the wrong zone.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2005 at 06:03
what archives? lol. I know most prog fans are into devo. So they are worth discussion ;)
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Points: 825 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2005 at 06:05
are we not prog?
progressive, but not prog rock.

anyway, check them out, all of you. a VISIONARY
band – way ahead of their time.

thanks for namechecking them!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2005 at 06:15
they were ahead of their time. In other words they were progressive

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Originally posted by gentletull gentletull wrote:

what archives? lol. I know most prog fans are into devo. So they are worth discussion ;)

I never said they were not worthy of discussion...this thread will be moved anyway, so carry on!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2005 at 06:44
why don't u join the discussion snow dog? U afraid they will get more talk than Rush?
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Originally posted by gentletull gentletull wrote:

why don't u join the discussion snow dog? U afraid they will get more talk than Rush?

That will never happen...but as to Devo......not prog, and I never really got into them.



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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2005 at 08:03

Originally posted by gentletull gentletull wrote:

I consider them prog ;)

The Prog Music lounge is only for bands who are actually listed in the archives though.

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there first album is great and so is the epic smart patrol/mr dna a hole 6 minutes of greatnes
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I saw Devo's first UK concert at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, and I was knocked out by them. The first couple of singles were pretty good, but I wasn't so impressed by their debut album. I don't really know any of their later stuff, but they definitely had some good ideas. I always preferred Pere Ubu.
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Points: 12818 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2005 at 06:36

Originally posted by gentletull gentletull wrote:

I consider them prog ;)

 

Either:

a) all popular music is prog, OR

b) you have to tighten up you definitions.

 

Devo produced some interesting music, but none of which struck me as prog.
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Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

I saw Devo's first UK concert at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, and I was knocked out by them. The first couple of singles were pretty good, but I wasn't so impressed by their debut album. I don't really know any of their later stuff, but they definitely had some good ideas. I always preferred Pere Ubu.

Yah i always say Devo as a more accesible version of Pere Ubu
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I love their first album to death, and they were truly ahead of their time. After that, though, when keyboards took the place of thier twisted idea of guitars, the music didn't seem as interesting to me. Still love Are We Not Men, though!
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Gates of Steel, Whip It, Mongoloid, and Mexican Radio (I still kind of like that one) were pretty good, in their time.  They didn't age very well though, any more than the old Holly & the Italians or Pearl Harbour albums I once thought were way ahead of their time too.

Devo got a double share of their 15 minutes thanks largely to 1) MTV, 2) Movie & TV soundtracks, and 3) cover tunes.  By the time they did Shout, they were pretty much out of steam and I exercised my freedom of choice and quit listening.  Interesting band (for a while), but no more prog (IMHO) than The Waitresses or Trio were.
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