Devo - Meeting with Rod Rooter

[Spudboy41]

"Rod's big reamer" ? where can i find this tune ?

[Spudboy41]

0:31 FUCK YEAH Real Devo Music (i want this version of u got me bugged)

[robowen1]

whats the tune that starts at 4.55 that continues through the rest of the clip?

[FriedAudio]

"You go for that corner seat in the restaurant

'cause they're gonna try and get behind you,

don't you let 'em do it.

You know what I'm talkin' about?

You hear me talkin'?!"

[orlando0999]

@FriedAudio thats fron "turn around" love that jam!

[irdial]

"Disease is punishment".

[rufioestrada]

Where can I find these full videos? or maybe even buy them?

[carbonlaminate]

"You left the stable door open, now you got trouble in the barnyard". This is pretty awesome. Devo were notorious troublemakers for Warner Brothers. I'm not sure if this skit predates any specific interactions with the record company or was just another example of their amazing prescience

[MoffeAnimal]

He was a mongoloid!!

[MoffeAnimal]

Nice negro mask at 4.30.. Devo probably never ment to be a music group, that was never theyre main ambition, the music was just a part of the, devo expressional artconstilation. Devo is a fenomena.

[RevAndroid]

The things I do for Big Entertainment...

[marc08110]

HELLO,,,,,HELLO------ IT'S DADDY KNOW IT ALL HEAR & I'M NOT HAPPY,,,,,ROD---ROD,,,,GET THOSE BOYS BACK IN THERE YELLOW SUITES or I'LL HAVE TO CLEAN HOUSE...... KILLER.....WHERE'S PTS 1,,,,2 & 5???????

[JohnnyLovely2]

hahahahahahahahahaahhahahahaaa­aaaaahahah!!!!!!!

[guidosky11]

Very good!

[blackadder3]

One of the best scenes of all their films, I hope there is a release with all of the videos!

[WoodRatGirl]

Avant garde bizarreness, but then that's Devo for you. Sometimes they just don't make sense at all, but then again they probably don't want you to understand them completely anyway lol.

[syqko]

'She didn't know I was a Midget'!!! Shit, Yeah, The EVIL CLOWNS! (aka Dave Lee Roth)

[RedneckSpaceMan]

Smegma! Turn on the voice-stress analyzer! LOL!

Rod's polishing up his big reamer! HAHAHA!

[evelau]

The best part of this video is when Alan is explaining chess to the old lady and she says "What a dull game."

And the best part of the movie itself is that they have this segment and no follow-up at all, which makes it all awesomely pointless.

[lbjb247]

Was Rod the character who was screwing his daughter donut?

[fftlguy]

@lbjb247 i believe so yes

[goongoon]

listen to rod rooter - he makes some great points!

[fluffydolly]

klassik devo.....you like it or you don't.

[chrichal23]

Devo represent the pinnacle of HUman existence, everything after is D-evolution.

[yossarian9]

I wish there was some way I could trick Kid Rock into covering "She Doesn't Know (I Was A Midget)".

[elderberry9]

Smeg Head? I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that the creators of the British TV show were Devo fans. I looked up the word smeg recently, it's pretty disgusting!

[MoonCrashed]

I'm still waiting for this to hit DVD.

[elderberry9]

Check out Boogie Boy's Basement online.

[eggsammichz]

"Turn on the voice stress analyzer" lolwut

[NESSHEAD]

"Are we not men? Sorry I asked."

Lol!

[SirHatchporch]

Michael Schwartz was so appropriately odious as Rod Rooter. Anyone know what Michael is up to these days?

I read an interview with Jerry where he said everything Rod ever said was pretty much taken verbatim from meetings they'd had with real record execs. I can believe it.

[trenttuqiri]

hahaha---classic///dem boys was so far ahead of their time it still hasnt caught...and Rod Rooter? Didnt he start a commune in Guyana?

[travisklein11]

totally scary

[lbjb247]

Thanks for sharing this. Can you still get this video anywhere?

[leonardoalejandro]

this mans genius

[ElectricPinkUnicorn]

jesus christ these masks are creepy.

i'm glad they've never actually decided to wear masks

[evelau]

@ElectricPinkUnicorn

Well you need to check out the peek-a-boo clip from the Olympics concert...

[calaverasgrande]

Used to have this on Beta. Damn it!

[frankdevodude]

We izz De-Bo !

[SheVoTheBoojiGirl]

one of the best scenes! Plus-Smozart,U got me bugged,Midget and Rod's big reamer all in one clip!

thanks spud

[gadgetman2000]

and some great guitar in 'A New Way To Be' from about 4.58 in - shame it never became a full blown track. But Devo dolls? As if Devo would ever allow that to happen!

[TerminalShockRecords]

@gadgetman2000 They did. Theres a Devo Action Figure. that came out soon.

[pyrolimeade]

From 2:12 to 2:35 you can hear "Aquarius" by the Fifth Dimension on the office speakers lol.

[cromag35]

LOL the african mask would not fly these days , the rev would be all over them.

[cromag35]

thats hot!!thats hot!!!Paris Hilton will sue DEVO now cuz she has a patent on the word thats hot!! LOL

[cromag35]

sure daddy know it all!! lol solid pappi!!!

[fritzduce]

Saw devo in '78 when I was 17. This video played before the band came out. I went from being into disco with no direction to a devoid artist and never looked back. The most significant artistic moment in my life! Now I am a multimedia producer, lighting designer and I have DEVO to thank!

[scissorsman311]

What does Mark say right before Bob Casale says "No, turn on the voice-stress analyzer"?

[gadgetman2000]

'smegma' i think....

[capricioussole]

SMEGMA, that is what he says. no doubt a "pet" name for Rod Rooter

[scissorsman311]

The song "midget" is on Hardcore Devo Vol 1.

[scissorsman311]

She didn't know i was a midget hahahahaha

[ArianWhite]

I love this skit! I bought the compilation DVD several years back; some good stuff - but it didn't run true from the Men Who Make The Music video and it misses alot of excellent skits. I found a copy of the vhs tape online but can't justify paying $54 for it. Any spuds know if this will ever come out on DVD?

[Jayguy95]

It will not be released on DVD because of a rights issue. Thats what Jerry said to me at the last show.

[339544]

Did the creators of Red Dwarf take Smeg Head from this?

[sigmasix]

i always wondered what song that was in the club DEVO scene.... anyone know?.. i've heard there is still so much unreleased stuff that never made it on the hardcore volumes... the world is ready for vol.3.

[gadgetman2000]

I asked Gerry Casale about that song - his reply is below:

"The song was called "A New Way to Be" but we never recorded a final

version. We wanted to make circus clown music meets rock and that was

our first attempt. GVC"

[sigmasix]

oh!.. thanks.. i guess this "demo" version we are hearing never leaked out?

[gadgetman2000]

It's certainly not on anything I have.

[robotzorro]

Rod's polishing up his reamer. LOL

[kuragxo]

I remember seeing this video at one of Devo's concerts. I believe it was called "Roll Out the Barrel" at the time.

[DEVOSpudess101]

Thank you so much for posting this, Spud!

Devo is wonderful.

[theinfantilespiritof]

The guys with the square and the black costumes! The same costumes jerry and Mark wwere wearing at that interview!

[tomars630]

Rover from The Prisoner.

[Videodrome06]

I never saw this before! where did it come from?

[gadgetman2000]

It's taken from the video release called "The Men Who Make the Music", a compilation of live and promo footage all from pre 1980.

[DrByrthfood]

Thank you so much for this! I've been looking for it on YouTube for a long time!