I remember seeing them for the first time on SNL. After seeing them perform and their Booji Boy video, I asked myself, WTF did I just see? Still listen to them to this day. Just this morning, I listened to the live show they recorded at their July 1980 concert at the Orpheum in Boston ( I was lucky enough to get tickets for that one).
I regret not seeing them live in their prime. If people only know them from “Whip It”, they are really missing out.
My favorite is Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA.
I think that is an apt reaction. I think it’s funny that Mark Mothersbaugh was so annoyed by Weird Al’s parody of them, because he thought Devo should have written it.