Devo - Live Clip M-80 Festival Devo As Dove 1980

Live clip at the M-80 festival with Devo as Dove playing the song "It Takes A Worried Man" in 1980.

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[jbrown1169]

There's something very Andy Kaufman-esque about Devo somtimes. You have to remember at the time 90% of people just wanted to hear them sing Girl U Want and Whip It, then they come out as a "Dove The Band Of Love" and play a Kingston Trio cover. People didn't always get Devo back then. There is a track on The Mongoloid Years where a promoter gets mad at them and unplugs them during their set, and a shouting match ensues. They just did their own thing, like it or not.

[MyConversation]

You're obviously an idiot markussis. 

"I never saw worse grammar"

[PnxNdd420]

I know what you mean. They're so into their own gimmick it almost comes off as a joke. They really believe in being DEVO... Maybe that's where you get the Andy Kaufman feeling, like, he was so into his character he literally couldnt stop the showmanship

[GREG FREEMAN]

My favorite Devo song.

[Shelley Owen]

Carter Family original.

[warthogphil]

Whenever I hear anyone try to say "Devo isn't punk rock, they're new wave", I just want to smack them in the head. It don't get any punk rockier than Devo.

[mysketchbook]

They probably met Kaufman at a Fridays appearance. I like to think their paths crossed at some stage. Can you imagine how great that would have been?!

[hc2333]

I was there, it was explained that their label wouldn't let them perform at M80, so they were DOVE instead of DEVO for the show, which gave them ideas for the fun "Love Dove..." and the evangelist look for a great satirical statement on that... their show was pure genius as always.

[spwb2k]

the apotheosis of nerd cool, decades ahead of their time.

[dawggybonz]

30+ years ago

[Mikeol2006]

Devo = Punk Rock Baby :D 

[empiricalproof]

Yeah and I love the music video they did for Neil Young? that featured Booji Boy as a nuclear plant worker on a routine waste dump. The best thing about this song is its unspoken punchline (in the album version)i.e. "I'm not going to be worried long because we're all going to die horribly, thanks to you huboons."