History YMMV / Devo

* GeniusBonus: "Whip It" is based on the songs in Thomas Pynchon's ''GravitysRainbow''.

* RuinedFOREVER: The fans were not pleased with the whole Dev2.0 thing. AndTheFandomRejoiced [[ShooOutTheNewGuy when Dev2.0 bombed]].

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The two Hardcore Devo compilations are demos from 1974 to 1977, and they are some seriously creepy sounding stuff ("U Got Me Bugged" in particular is little more than a loop of high-frequency noise).
** The robotic voice on "Mechanical Man" is just a little bit terrifying. Then you add the discordant music.
*** [[AC: Me feel swell. Me work well. Me want what you got.]]

** These include "Mexican Radio" by WallOfVoodoo and "Pop Muzik" by M.

** The band has fallen back on the "proof of de-evolution" line of reasoning more than once, particularly in reference to the SeasonalRot mentioned above. They mused that even Devo was not immune to the effects of de-evolution - decay was inevitable, according to their genetic imperative - and life marched on.

** The band has fallen back on the "proof of de-evolution" line of reasoning more than once, particularly in reference to the SeasonalRot mentioned above. They mused that even Devo was not immune to the effects of de-evolution - decay was inevitable - and marched on.

** The band has fallen back on the "proof of de-evolution" line of reasoning more than once, particularly in reference to the SeasonalRot mentioned above. They mused that even Devo was not immune to the effects of de-evolution, that they were merely fulfilling their genetic imperative and marched on.

** The band has fallen back on the "proof of de-evolution" line of reasoning more than once, particularly in reference to the SeasonalRot mentioned above. They mused that even Devo was not immune to the effects of de-evolution and marched on.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: As if [[AGodAmI each had created the other]] in its [[HallOfMirrors own warped image]], never in the history of television were a [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits band]] and a late-night TalkShow more [[RoboticSpouse perfectly matched]] than {{Devo}} and ''TheColbertReport'' (on June 16, 2010).

* RuinedFOREVER: The fans were not pleased with the whole Dev2.0 thing. AndTheFandomRejoiced [[ThePoochie when Dev2.0 bombed]].

* MisattributedSong: A lot of "quirky" NewWave songs are attributed to the band.

* SoBadItsGood: The only reason Devo agreed to the Dev2.0 concept in the first place was solely because of how ridiculous it was.

* RuinedFOREVER: [[{{Understatement}} The fans were not pleased]] with the whole Dev2.0 thing. AndTheFandomRejoiced [[ThePoochie when Dev2.0 bombed]].

* DudeNotFunny: The reaction to using lyrics written by John Hinckley in "I Desire."

* FetishFuel: Just watch any video.
** To elaborate: "Secret Agent Man" has men in monkey masks spanking a woman in a baby mask, "Jocko Homo" has grown men in full-body condoms, "Whip It" has bullwhips and clothing removal, "Love Without Anger" has a man and a women in a skintight chicken suits (and barbies tearing each other apart), "That's Good" has [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction Hot Doughnut on French Fry Action]], the interactive "What We Do" video gives the viewers the option to watch two French maids servicing a Booji Boy lookalike for the entirety of the video if they so wishes, and then finally there is "Time Out For Fun" which has a scary looking Mark drawing blood from a screaming woman with a large syringe, the same woman pulling a visibly uncomfortable Bob 1's ears with a salad tong, and the woman riding on the back of a humiliated Bob 2, who is wearing a bridle and a clown nose.
** And let's not forget songs like "Be Stiff", "I Need A Chick", and "The Rope Song".

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome - As if [[AGodAmI each had created the other]] in its [[HallOfMirrors own warped image]], never in the history of television were a [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits band]] and a late-night TalkShow more [[RoboticSpouse perfectly matched]] than {{Devo}} and ''TheColbertReport'' (on June 16, 2010).

* GeniusBonus - "Whip It" is based on the songs in Thomas Pynchon's ''GravitysRainbow''.

* TearJerker - "No Place Like Home" (from ''Something for Everybody'') is easily their most poignant song.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The two Hardcore Devo compilations are demos from 1974 to 1977, and they are some seriously creepy sounding stuff ("U Got Me Bugged" in particular is little more than a loop of high-frequency noise).

** The band's signature [[CallAndResponseSong Call And Response]] line "Are we not men?" in "Jocko Homo" is actually from ''TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau,'' by {{H G Wells}}.

* TearJerker - "No Place Like Home" (from their latest album) is easily their most poignant song.

* TearJerker - No Place Like Home (from their latest album) is easily their most poignant song.

* RuinedFOREVER: [[{{Understatement}} The fans were not pleased]] with the whole Dev2.0 thing. AndTheFandomRejoiced when Dev2.0 bombed.

* RuinedFOREVER: [[{{Understatement}} The fans were not pleased]] with the whole Dev2.0 thing. AndTheFandomRejoiced when Dev2.0 bombed.