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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
 Posted - 01/24/2006 : 16:41:58
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No way! We're all Devo!! :D
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
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Posted - 01/24/2006 : 16:58:20
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If a Mothersbaugh or Casale is somehow involved, then I'm for it. Otherwise it's stupid.
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 01/24/2006 : 20:42:29
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http://www.clubdevo.com/mp/news_pgs/dev20.html
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DEV2.0 is a strange, Corporate-Feudal experiment that attempts to bring the original DEVO music sensibility to children in the 5 to 8 year old demographic range.
The band is composed of 5 talented kids ranging in age from 10 to 12 years old. They are able to play and sing. DEVO produced the music for them and Gerald Casale directed all of the videos for the DVD which was funded by Buena Vista Records, a division of the Disney Company.
From Billboard.com: The "Devo 2.0" CD is due March 17 via Disney Sound. A companion DVD will feature animated and live action videos for each of the tracks directed by Devo bassist and co-founder Gerry Casale.
Really it would be cool if they'd dress and dance like those kids in the "Through Being Cool" video.
I hope they won't be doing any of those early DEVO hits like "Golden Energy" or "I Need a Chick (to Suck My Dick)".
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7446 Posts |
Posted - 01/25/2006 : 00:37:33
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They could sing Slap Your Mammy, that would be cool.
Denis
I love Guitar Wolf from the Erath! |
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Doog
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1220 Posts |
Posted - 01/25/2006 : 03:04:00
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WTF?!?
That's very cool and very horrible at the same time... I mean, Disney, of all people?!
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Originally posted by vilainde
They could sing Slap Your Mammy, that would be cool.
More like "Don't Slap Me, Mammy"
Can't believe they do 'Jerkin' Back And Forth', surely that's a totally blatant reference to masturbation?
"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, morecambe and wise"
www.myspace.com/doog - www.doog.tk |
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Doog
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6289 Posts |
Posted - 01/25/2006 : 05:21:51
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haha, this is original to say the least!
I hope I won't be a fan though
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
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Posted - 01/25/2006 : 11:22:34
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| Casale got Disney to market their songs to kids. How unbelievable is that? |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 01/25/2006 : 11:35:05
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i bet "Shrivel Up" will be a hit with the 5-and-under set.
"time tested and true you gotta pooty poo poo" |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 01/25/2006 : 11:35:49
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| Disney released the last TMBG kids album (not that TMBG is as revolutionary as Devo). To me it was noticably worse than their previous kids album, but I can't say that's Disney's fault. |
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Doog
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/25/2006 : 12:41:59
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I suppose it's technically a Devolution...BUT AT WHAT COST?!
I'm all for doing things that are considered taboo or uncool, but Disney? Man... It just feels like it's cheapened Devo's AWESOME songs.
"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, morecambe and wise"
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 01/25/2006 : 13:05:35
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| If they actually play their instruments, that'll be a step-up from usual "boy" band creations. It does look pretty awful, but with a kid at 7 years old I'm afraid of what she's going to start wanting to listen to (beyond what I play, my 2 year son enjoyed dancing to Mike Watt this morning). This Devo 2.0 is probably better than most young teen music. |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
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Posted - 01/25/2006 : 13:52:11
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I'm not against Disney-music in general
I love some soundtracks of their first feature cartoons like Jungle Book
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Doog
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1220 Posts |
Posted - 01/26/2006 : 16:44:38
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As a reaction to this, I recorded a boring version of Whip It with my sister and my best mate. And my kid sister on the start.
http://www.btinternet.com/~ewj.phipps/whipit160.mp3
"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, morecambe and wise"
www.myspace.com/doog - www.doog.tk |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2006 : 21:45:25
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http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1525358/20060303/devo.jhtml?headlines=true
Are They Not Kids? Yes, They Are — And They're Giving Devo A Disney Makeover
03.06.2006 6:00 AM EST
Devo 2.0, made up of tweens ages 10-13, have recorded band's songs for Disney Sound label.
Devo 2.0
Photo: Disney Sound
Think of 13-year-old Nicole Stoehr as the anti-J.D. Fortune. While the new INXS singer grew up idolizing the Aussie band he now fronts, Nicole had never even heard of Devo when the pioneering new-wave act tapped her to front its new, kid-safe incarnation, Devo 2.0.
"My mom and dad said they were listening to Devo when they were in high school and college, and my mom said she had this eight-track player thing and it had a bunch of Devo songs on it," said Nicole, who beat out 1,000 other hopefuls to front the all-tween version of the group, whose self-titled debut will be released on the new Disney Sound label on March 14. "My dad said that in college he went to one of their concerts and they were all on treadmills while they sang 'Whip It' and it was the coolest thing ever."
Since she won the gig last year, Nicole has been briefed on the history of Devo-lution by the original members of the band and has recorded the album of 10 kid-friendly Devo covers. The LP also includes two new songs, "Cyclops" and "The Winner." The "showbiz veteran" — she's been taking voice lessons since she was 4, has appeared in stage productions of "Aladdin" and "Beauty and the Beast" and was previously part of a group called Kidstarz — is, like, psyched.
"At first they wanted all boys like the original band," said Stoehr, who goes to performing-arts school. "A bunch of people I know auditioned and I was, like, really bummed I didn't get an audition. Then they wanted a girl for keyboards, and they ended up picking me for lead singer because they liked my spunk and attitude."
But how did the band that used dada-pop songs satirizing corporate culture to theorize that humans were devolving instead of evolving end up under the Mickey Mouse banner? Simple: The folks at Disney asked, and Devo said, "Sure, why not?"
Band co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh said the idea of reincarnating the band with fresh-faced kids (guitarist Nathan, drummer Kane, keyboardist Jackie and bassist Michael are all ages 10-13) actually fits perfectly with the original theory of the group, which formed at Ohio's Kent State University in 1972.
"Back in the mid-'70s, when we were trying to figure out what Devo was, we thought of the actual five members of the group more as a concept than as performing artists, and we imagined sending out bands to perform Devo songs so we wouldn't have to tour," said new dad Mothersbaugh, 55. "It would be like the Blue Man Group is now, with four troops out there at a time playing our songs."
That never happened, but luckily for the real Devo, their friends at Disney found a group of kids who can actually play, "probably better than us at this point," Mothersbaugh joked. Once they were chosen, Devo sat them down and asked them some simple fill-in-the-blank questions to make sure they were right for the "part," such as, "Are we not men? We are ..." If they answered "Devo," Mothersbaugh said, it was a "point in their favor."
The idea of picking pixies to take your place might seem odd, but it's not like the members of the band haven't dipped their toes in the kiddie pool before. Mothersbaugh has scored such popular shows as "Clifford the Big Red Dog," "The Powerpuff Girls" and "Rugrats," and he pointed to the nursery rhyme-like cadences of songs like "Whip It" ("Step on a crack, break your momma's back") and "Peek-a-Boo" as proof that Devo's music has always been kids' stuff.
Realizing the old recordings were not up to modern standards, the band re-recorded the instrumental tracks for the album to brighten up the arrangements and changed "Girl U Want" to "Boy U Want" to accommodate Nicole. And while some of the lyrics have been tweaked to strip the overt innuendo, for fans of the original band, the sight of perky, blond-haired Nicole bopping around in animated videos for "Uncontrollable Urge" and "Jerkin' Back and Forth" might be even stranger than the deadpan, arty clips Devo filmed more than 20 years ago.
The project has drawn mixed responses from hard-core Devolutionists, some of whom have complained in blogs that the band — which three years ago drew groans for licensing the use of "Whip It" for a Swiffer commercial with the tagline "Swiff it good!" — has crossed the line this time. They've wondered whether it's another case of stealth subversion or just a cheesy move to get in bed with the Mouse House. Surely there must be some kind of hidden messages in the songs or some esoteric idea behind the project, right?
Not really, no.
"As times change, people's perceptions change, too," Mothersbaugh said. "I think everyone liked the twist of doing something to update the band. Now the people who are running Disney are the people who grew up on Devo. Back in my 20s that wasn't something I would have imagined."
Plans are in the works for Devo 2.0 to do a limited U.S. tour. Disney Sound has already tapped the next band to get the 2.0 treatment: The Go-Gos will be re-created as the Po-Gos.
— Gil Kaufman
"My mom said she had this eight-track player thing and it had a bunch of Devo songs on it." — Devo 2.0's Nicole Stoehr |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5456 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2006 : 01:23:33
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| "The idea of picking pixies to take your place might seem odd". Can the "pixie Pixies" be next? |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
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Posted - 08/03/2006 : 06:20:31
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I didn't want to start a new thread about Devo and all I found in the archives was that. *sigh*
Anyway. I just bought Devo's Duty Now For The Future and New Traditionalists (compiled on a single CD).
That's about all... I just wanted to look cool in front of BLT.
Denis
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 08/03/2006 : 08:11:06
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Originally posted by darwin
"The idea of picking pixies to take your place might seem odd". Can the "pixie Pixies" be next?
A Disney Pixies band could be called The Imps.
I've thought before a good name for an Irish Pixies cover band would be The Leprechauns.
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mr.biscuitdoughhead
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 08/03/2006 : 09:47:25
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quote:
Originally posted by Carl
quote:
Originally posted by darwin
"The idea of picking pixies to take your place might seem odd". Can the "pixie Pixies" be next?
A Disney Pixies band could be called The Imps.
I've thought before a good name for an Irish Pixies cover band would be The Leprechauns.
Join the Cult Of Pob! And don't forget to listen to the Pobcast!
The Tommyknockers sounds like a good name for a band. Plus it's a great drink.
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Edited by - mr.biscuitdoughhead on 08/04/2006 19:40:14 |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 08/04/2006 : 20:00:40
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i wonder if any unsuspecting Devo fans accidentially got tickets to Dev2.O and were, surprised.
"i own Mailbu." |
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ScottP
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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mr.biscuitdoughhead
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1729 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2006 : 10:04:13
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| Defenitely, ScottP. I don't think it's as bad as that stupid KidsBop, or whatever. Has anyone else seen that? It's horrible. |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
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misterwoe
= Cult of Ray =
Greece
675 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2006 : 18:46:15
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She didn't know I was midget...
Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole. |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
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Posted - 09/14/2006 : 01:19:00
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Got me Oh No It's Devo and Freedom of Choice yesterday (both on 1 CD). Yeah, I have almost all their records now (well everything until Oh No at least).
Denis
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ScottP
= Cult of Ray =
USA
618 Posts |
Posted - 09/14/2006 : 07:41:28
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I saw a man on a stage scream, "Put me back in my cage!"
I saw him hang by his tie.
I saw enough to make me cry on Planet Earth. |
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