Attention, spudboys and spudgirls!

[tuvor]

I have seen it at last, and it is very, very good.



Considering that this was recorded 26 years ago (in support of Freedom of Choice) with no eye toward commercial release, it's an amazingly good-looking and good-sounding artifact.

Devo plays like the proverbial well-oiled machine, and there's not a lot of deviation from the studio versions of their songs, which is a bit ironic considering their music is supposed to be "the sound of things falling apart." It does get a little anarchic in Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA, though!

And as undoubtedly "weird-sounding" as they were back in 1980, I found myself at times enjoying them strictly as a straight-ahead rock 'n' roll band.

My only real disappointment would be the lack of camerawork on their drummer. Alan Meyers is, I believe, considered to be one of the best rock drummers ever, and so it would have been nice to have featured him a lot more prominently.

Several more comments worth reading about at amazon. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009CTUYG/qid=1137971...

I wasn't lucky enough to see them live, but this is an excellent substitute as the next best thing. If you like the spudboys, I promise you won't regret picking it up. ($20 CDN at HMV)

(One other thing worth mentioning: The flipside is an audio CD of the performance, and the sequence doesn't quite match up with the track listing--in fact, it seems that three songs listed don't actually appear on the CD.)

Thanks for taking the time to listen to my completely unstructured rambling. :)

[FarLeftRage]

1. Thanks for this information

I shall consider it in a future purchase...

Can you recommend the Lorne Greene recording you have illustrated below??

[tuvor]

2. Lorne Greene was the original rapper.

(Ever heard "Ringo"?) Plus, he's Canadian. That should be recommendation enough! ;)

[FarLeftRage]

3. Yes... I have

I had the original 45RPM single, when it came out... I know, I know I'm "THAT" old.

And BTW, being Canadian is a very good recommendation indeed!

[Elidor]

4. Oh no! You took the Canadian kilted yaksman out of your sig line!

I LOVED that pic. Made me laugh every time I saw it. "This man is your FRIEND! He fights for FREEDOM!"