[kj] O.T. Devo

[Alexander Smith]

It's true. DUTY NOW is a slavishly underrated affair. "Wiggly World"  
is my absolute fave off that record.

Alex in NYC


On Sep 16, 2009, at 7:32 PM, Darren A. Peace wrote:


> Agreed. But any album with something as flawless as Smart Patrol /  

> Mr DNA on it has to be taken very seriously. And WW, nd SIB, and  

> Clockout, and Blockhead, and &c.

>

> It’s only their cover of Secret Agent Man that lets it down as an  

> album, IMO.

>

> Darren

> Hungerford, UK

>

> From: GREG SLAWSON [mailto:gregslawson at msn.com]

> Sent: 17 September 2009 12:23 AM

> To: dpeace at suspiria.demon.co.uk

> Subject: RE: [kj] O.T. Devo

>

> It's amazing how weird much of the "Duty Now" album was for that  

> time. It really has an edge to it. And one of the most "normal"  

> songs on it, Wiggley World", really rocks.

>

> From: dpeace at bigfoot.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:44:49 +0100

> Subject: Re: [kj] O.T. Devo

> Excellent!

>

> Although I didn’t take the trouble to see the Are We Not Men? dates,  

> I would have definitely gone had they done “Duty Now For The  

> Future”, far and away my favourite of theirs.

>

> Darren

> Hungerford, UK

> (still a little disorientated from seeing the new Rammstein video...)

>

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net 

> ] On Behalf Of Dave Axford

> Sent: 16 September 2009 5:41 PM

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: [kj] O.T. Devo

>

> DEVO SIGN GROUND-BREAKING WORLDWIDE PARTNERSHIP WITH WARNER BROS.  

> RECORDS

>

> LABEL TO REISSUE DELUXE VERSIONS OF ARE WE NOT MEN? AND FREEDOM OF  

> CHOICE ON NOVEMBER 3RD

>

> BAND LAUNCH SPECIAL TOUR TO PERFORM BOTH ALBUMS IN THEIR ENTIRETY

>

> From the Devo press release on Sept. 16th:

>

>

> The day the reissues are released, DEVO will launch a series of very  

> special live performances in select markets (Los Angeles, San  

> Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Washington D.C., New York City, and  

> Toronto), during which they will play back-to-back nights in each  

> city. One the first night, the band will perform Are We Not Men? in  

> its entirety; on the second night, they will perform Freedom of  

> Choice in its entirety. As a bonus, fans who purchase tickets  

> onlineto any one of these concerts will receive three demos recently  

> uncovered in the DEVO vaults. The three previously unreleased  

> versions, "Whip It," "Red Shark" (later re-titled "it's Not Right"  

> and recorded with different lyrics), and "Turn Around," were all  

> recorded on a four-track in the band's rehearsal space at Modern  

> Music in Hollywood, CA.Tickets for most of the shows go on-sale on  

> September 18th. All tour dates are listed below.

>

>

> Are we not happy?

> We are DEVO

>

>

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