Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 108 (click to see context) from:
** Devo also loved sticking it to their corporate masters, via the character of Rod Rooter, an executive for Big Entertainment who totally didn't get it.
to:
** Devo also loved [[BitingTheHandHumor sticking it to their corporate masters, masters]] via the character of Rod Rooter, an executive for Big Entertainment who totally didn't get it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 65 (click to see context) from:
** An alternate interpretation of this song is [[AllWomenAreLustful]].
to:
** An alternate interpretation of this song is [[AllWomenAreLustful]].AllWomenAreLustful.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 67 (click to see context) from:
* LoveHurts: A recurring theme throughout their work ("Gut Feeling," "It's Not Right," "Cold War," "Please Please," etc.) and very heavily featured on ''Total Devo'' ("Baby Doll," "I'd Cry if You Died").
to:
* LoveHurts: A recurring theme throughout their work ("Gut Feeling," "It's Not Right," "Cold War," "Please Please," etc.) and very heavily featured on ''Total Devo'' ("Baby Doll," "I'd Cry if You Died").
Added DiffLines:
** "The Satisfied Mind" tells us that "lucky ones learn that love is blind."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* LoveHurts: A recurring theme throughout their work ("Gut Feeling," "It's Not Right," "Cold War," "Please Please," etc.) and very heavily featured on ''Total Devo'' ("Baby Doll," "I'd Cry if You Died").
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Another common theme, employed especially in "Ton o' Love," "Love Without Anger," "The Jurisdiction of Love," and "Mind Games."
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Another common theme, employed especially in "Ton o' Love," "Love Without Anger," "The Jurisdiction of Love," and "Mind Games."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* AbusivelySexyWoman: "Space Girl Blues" and "Soo Bawlz."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 64 (click to see context) from:
** Though interpretations have varied on whether this song is about a rapist or simply a player (which sounds more like Jerry).
to:
** Though interpretations have varied on whether An alternate interpretation of this song is about a rapist or simply a player (which sounds more like Jerry).[[AllWomenAreLustful]].
Added DiffLines:
* SafeSaneAndConsensual: BSDM is glorified in the music video for "Whip It" and the album covers of ''Hardcore Devo''.
** "The Rope Song" details a man's relationship with a girl literally tied to him: "[[SafeWord One word]] from her, and she'd be free/But she's [[AllWomenAreLustful exactly where she wants to be]]."
** "The Rope Song" details a man's relationship with a girl literally tied to him: "[[SafeWord One word]] from her, and she'd be free/But she's [[AllWomenAreLustful exactly where she wants to be]]."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
*StalkerWithACrush: "Strange Pursuit" ("Always kept your distance when you felt my presence near you," "Fly in retreat I would follow without shame")
** Owing to the author of the lyrics, "I Desire."
** Owing to the author of the lyrics, "I Desire."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 59 (click to see context) from:
* GodwinsLaw: "Triumph of the Will".
to:
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: "Space Girl Blues."
* GodwinsLaw: "Triumph of theWill".Will," and Booji Boy's book ''My Struggle.''
* GodwinsLaw: "Triumph of the
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 97 (click to see context) :
* SpecialEffectFailure: The ChromaKey in their early videos.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein: Good luck making out any lyrics of "Be Stiff" other than the title without a lyric sheet.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* SpecialEffectFailure: The ChromaKey in their early videos.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 66 (click to see context) from:
* TheMerch: One of the reasons they have been occasionally referred to as the "thinking man's [[Music/KISS]]." Much of their live gear was made available through Club Devo (a practice continued on their website today). Their vinyl albums often came with a catalogue.
to:
* TheMerch: One of the reasons they have been occasionally referred to as the "thinking man's [[Music/KISS]].Music/{{KISS}}." Much of their live gear was made available through Club Devo (a practice continued on their website today). Their vinyl albums often came with a catalogue.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 66 (click to see context) from:
* TheMerch: One of the reasons they have been occasionally referred to as the "thinking man's Music/KISS." Much of their live gear was made available through Club Devo (a practice continued on their website today). Their vinyl albums often came with a catalogue.
to:
* TheMerch: One of the reasons they have been occasionally referred to as the "thinking man's Music/KISS.[[Music/KISS]]." Much of their live gear was made available through Club Devo (a practice continued on their website today). Their vinyl albums often came with a catalogue.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 65 (click to see context) from:
* LyricSwap - In "Jocko Homo" at least.
to:
* LyricSwap - LyricSwap: In "Jocko Homo" at least.least.
* TheMerch: One of the reasons they have been occasionally referred to as the "thinking man's Music/KISS." Much of their live gear was made available through Club Devo (a practice continued on their website today). Their vinyl albums often came with a catalogue.
* TheMerch: One of the reasons they have been occasionally referred to as the "thinking man's Music/KISS." Much of their live gear was made available through Club Devo (a practice continued on their website today). Their vinyl albums often came with a catalogue.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Most of their lyrics.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* BlatantLies: In the band's early days, the local clubs and bars in Akron were only interested in hiring cover bands. Devo would claim to be a cover band, but when they actually got on stage, they'd immediately launch into their usual material, provoking angry reactions from the crowds.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 69 (click to see context) from:
* NotableMusicVideos
to:
* NotableMusicVideosNotableMusicVideos: Mostly entering SurrealMusicVideo. (they were even [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMhwddNQSWQ&ob=av3e parodied]] by WeirdAl, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_rTTsZZ9KE&ob=av3e copied]] - specially because the director was Jerry Casale - by the FooFighters)
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
** Though interpretations have varied on whether this song is about a rapist or simply a player (which sounds more like Jerry).
Changed line(s) 69 (click to see context) from:
* OffTheShelfFX - In some of their early videos. And then there's their "mascot" character [[http://www.devo-obsesso.com/images/photos/candid/jlens-booji-slash77.jpg Booji Boy]], who is effectively unnerving specifically ''because'' he's clearly a grown man in a [[UncannyValley creepily disproportionate]] store-bought rubber little boy mask speaking in a high pitched voice.
to:
* OffTheShelfFX - OffTheShelfFX: In some of their early videos. And then there's their "mascot" character [[http://www.devo-obsesso.com/images/photos/candid/jlens-booji-slash77.jpg Booji Boy]], who is effectively unnerving specifically ''because'' he's clearly a grown man in a [[UncannyValley creepily disproportionate]] store-bought rubber little boy mask speaking in a high pitched voice.
Changed line(s) 74 (click to see context) from:
* PopStarComposer - Mark Mothersbaugh is a successful TV, movie and video game composer.
to:
* PopStarComposer - PopStarComposer: Mark Mothersbaugh is a successful TV, movie and video game composer.
Changed line(s) 91 (click to see context) from:
* TakeThat - After being propelled into mainstream popularity by "Whip It", the opening track on their next album was called "Through Being Cool".
to:
* TakeThat - TakeThat: After being propelled into mainstream popularity by "Whip It", the opening track on their next album was called "Through Being Cool".Cool".
** Jerry Casale's solo project, Jihad Jerry and the Evildoers, contains a lot of slams on the Bush era, particularly in "If the Shoe Fits" ("Well, I guess you wouldn't know/With your boots stuck in the mud/And your cowboy brains glued shut").
** Jerry Casale's solo project, Jihad Jerry and the Evildoers, contains a lot of slams on the Bush era, particularly in "If the Shoe Fits" ("Well, I guess you wouldn't know/With your boots stuck in the mud/And your cowboy brains glued shut").
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* [[ImAManICantHelpIt I'm a Man! I Can't Help It!]]: Mocked in "Triumph of the Will," in which a rapist uses this idea to excuse his crime.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 2,3 (click to see context) from:
[-[[caption-width-right:300:Devo display the "energy domes" on the cover of their 1980 album ''Freedom of Choice''. Left to right: Bob 2, Alan Myers, Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob 1 and Jerry Casale.]]-]
to:
[-[[caption-width-right:300:Devo display the "energy domes" on the cover of their 1980 album ''Freedom of Choice''. \\
Left to right: Bob 2, Alan Myers, Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob 1 and Jerry Casale.]]-]
Left to right: Bob 2, Alan Myers, Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob 1 and Jerry Casale.]]-]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 2,3 (click to see context) from:
[[caption-width-right:300:Devo display the "energy domes" on the cover of their 1980 album ''Freedom of Choice''. Left to right: Bob 2, Alan Myers, Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob 1 and Jerry Casale.]]
-->''"They tell us that we lost our tails''\\
-->''"They tell us that we lost our tails''\\
to:
-->''"They
->''"They tell us that we lost our tails''\\
Changed line(s) 7 (click to see context) from:
-->''Are we not men? (We are DEVO!)''\\
to:
Deleted line(s) 11 (click to see context) :
Added DiffLines:
Added DiffLines:
Added DiffLines:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* HumansAreBastards: The general theme running throughout their work.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** Their trademark "energy domes" are a shout-out to Wilhelm Reich.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 55 (click to see context) from:
* IChooseToStay: "Planet Earth": "On Planet Earth/I'll probably stay/On Planet Earth/It's a place to live to live your life."
to:
* IChooseToStay: "Planet Earth": "On Planet Earth/I'll probably stay/On Planet Earth/It's a place to live to live your life."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ShapedLikeItself: "With a mind that's satisfied/The satisfied mind is satisfied."
** "What we do is what we do," and by the same token, "I must do what I must do."
** "What we do is what we do," and by the same token, "I must do what I must do."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** Mark does a very rapid one in their cover of "Satisfaction": "Tell me, baby-baby-baby-baby-baby-baby-baby-baby-baby-baby-baby..." etc.
** "Pink Pussycat": "I'm so stroooooooft! I'm so stroft, I'm so strooooooft!"
** The title is repeated in this fashion at the end of "Red Eye Express" and "Wiggly World".
** "Pink Pussycat": "I'm so stroooooooft! I'm so stroft, I'm so strooooooft!"
** The title is repeated in this fashion at the end of "Red Eye Express" and "Wiggly World".
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 42 (click to see context) from:
* DeadBabyComedy: Some of their early material is funny in a very disturbing way.
to:
* DeadBabyComedy: Some of their early material is funny in a very disturbing way.
Added DiffLines:
** A more literal example can be found in the character of Booji Boy (sticking a fork in a toaster, getting his head crushed, etc.).
Added DiffLines:
** "Devo Corporate Anthem" and its accompanying video is a shout-out to the 1975 film ''Rollerball''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* DemotedToExtra: Alan Myers was made practically obsolete by the time ''Shout'' was released due to the use of drum machines, and he left essentially out of creative boredom.
**Arguably this happened to Bob 1 on the albums of the late 80s. He himself has said he was unhappy while recording them because he was simply copying the sequencer lines that Mark and Jerry had written for him.
**Arguably this happened to Bob 1 on the albums of the late 80s. He himself has said he was unhappy while recording them because he was simply copying the sequencer lines that Mark and Jerry had written for him.
