[a fool in paradise]

Gex-X PING

[a fool in paradise]

corporate rock and roll ping

[a fool in paradise]

...hired an ad agency to help shape its image...

Instead of being an art band targeting a niche following, Devo is now using focus groups to choose which songs to include on its next CD and what clothes to wear onstage, he said.

"We want to know what you think," Casale said. "Just like CNN says 'What do you think?' We want to know."

"There's color studies going on, different costumes being shown to people, different mixes of songs, and we're letting people kind of direct us toward a final product," he said.

This will be the result:

[Eyes Unclouded]

Whines about corporate influence of society then signs with a huge music corporation. Something about that...

[CharlieOK1]

I’m a big Devo fan, but do they realize everything they have they owe to corporations? Including this recent comeback? Wait, don’t answer that...

[LibFreeUSA]

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Instead of being an art band targeting a niche following, Devo is now using focus groups to choose which songs to include on its next CD and what clothes to wear onstage, he said.

LOL - yeah, right. Funny stuff. I remember and love Devo from when I was a kid. And thanks to YouTube, anyone can see how good they were live. There's an excellent set from Paris in the late '70s, showing these guys tearing through "Uncontrollable Urge", "Mongoloid", etc.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

I love Devo, even saw them live back in ‘78, but I can’t fathom them playing an Obama fundraiser in 2008. I thought they had better sense than that!

[olepap]

Twist away the gates of steel!
Unlock the secret voice!

Man, I loved this band in the 80’s. Especially Mothersbaugh. He got a job scoring rugrats...

[RandallFlagg]

In the same chapter, Gary Numan’s still out there making music.
And the guy finally started using a distorted guitar in it as well.

“Haunted,” is one of my favs.

[sportutegrl]

Instead of being an art band targeting a niche following, Devo is now using focus groups to choose which songs to include on its next CD and what clothes to wear onstage, he said.

And they are doing corporate satire?

[papasmurf]

Amazing for a group that publicly dissed their first “corporate” sponsor, Honda.

[JoeProBono]

[BraveMan]

He’s been with the world
and I’m tired of the soup du jour
he’s been with the world
i wanna end this prophylactic tour
afraid nobody around here
understands my potato
guess I’m only a spudboy
looking for a real tomato

[katana]

I went to high school with Mark and was in the same class with his younger brother. We were all a bit warped back then but only a few of us made any money at it.

[al_c]

Awesome! Totally awesome!!!

LOL

[dennisw]

Devo was big in 1980....
We didn’t run trade deficits back then, the Federal Government that Reagan wanted to prune was much smaller, illegal immigration was nothing, Wall Street was fairly small. Was there any version of Windows back then?

[Darnright]

>The goal is for Devo to “penetrate every nook and cranny of our technologically advanced pop culture in the coming year,” a recent news release said. “With an arsenal of new songs, videos, fashions, apps, toys, games, live performances and more, we will reach out to create something for everybody...”<

Sure sounds like they’re going for the “bigger the business, the better” type of poking fun at corporate America.

Dorks.

[The Comedian]

Freedom of Choice...

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.