Fridays: Devo - Through Being Cool

A live performance of "Through Being Cool" on ABC's Fridays. It starts with Gerry Casale singing a sunday school tune into a vocoder (with pixellated visuals to match).

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[IhateNZ]

We need Devo now more than ever.

[expressions2006]

Well, this has been many years coming, but I've decided that I, also, am through.

[fartybraindeath]

This is not the kind of thing I often say, but I absolutely love the hair.

[ProfessorNeuwave]

@ProfessorNeuwave that is the awesomest dance at 2:05.

[ProfessorNeuwave]

WOW!! I used to watch Fridays all the time. Totally sure I saw this at one time. You tube rocks with stuff like this.

[capnjudd]

Yep , I remember this song from the movie "Heavy Metal"

[AJtheory]

Gerry + the Vocoder = WIN

[GrantTarredus]

Oops!

I just noticed that my last post didn't appear in full.

I meant to conclude, "And has Jerry got the moves, or what?"

[GrantTarredus]

I saw this the night it was broadcast and I've seen it hundreds of times since, and this is a better quality recording or a better quality file than most of this performance.

I've maintained since that night 30 years ago that Jerry singing "Jesus" (aka "I Saw Jesus") on national television -- particularly in that ultra-conservative era and particularly as a lead-in to "Through Being Cool" -- was one of the bravest things I've ever seen and one of television's highest moments.

And has Jerry got

[dleeds95]

Funny cuz these are some of the coolest dudes around.

[RevPeterBecause]

One of the BEST SubGenuis groups anywhere,ever!

[tifffanyx]

THE WHALES ARE BLUE, THEY'RE BEING COOL *PerPerPerwew*