I've watched this so many times and still, I can't get over how damn tight the drums are. Just spot on, that rhythm just propels this song. One thing I love about a lot of music from this era is the great drumming. This is a prime example.

@Loke2112

4 жыл бұрын

They called the drummer a human metronome.

@berns.4210

4 жыл бұрын

Oh that Alan!

@tonda9915

4 жыл бұрын

To this day I say Allen is one of the most underrated drummers ever

@berns.4210

4 жыл бұрын

@@tonda9915 yes he is VERY underrated!🥔

@deronlackey2083

3 жыл бұрын

This band was super tight live-amazing!

Alan Meyers, one of the BEST metronome quality drummers to ever live. R.I.P.

@chrisdicarlo9825

2 ай бұрын

Could not agree more! Simply great!

@adderon7476

Ай бұрын

Alan, Jaki and the drummer from Idles

The human metronome in action

@mediumstudio

5 жыл бұрын

man, he's so good

@85wastedyears

5 жыл бұрын

I'm a huge drumming fan, and he's sick as hell. Very impressive! The whole band plays tight as hell.

@aaroneiermann1120

5 жыл бұрын

Who needs a drum machine when you are the drum machine.

@stevenstainbrook1064

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! This and Gates of Steel from a performance on Fridays are outstanding. So tight.

@MrEss-ld3sw

4 жыл бұрын

I keep coming back to this version because of that high hat

You swear it's a drum machine but no it's human. Incredible drummer in DEVO

@joeyoungs8426

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, these guy were tight.

@AD-fz6ov

Жыл бұрын

I don't think there was ever a more precise, robotic drummer that could just go like that. Peart may have been more technical / layered, but I can't think of a song where Peart just sits there for 3 minutes straight playing with the repetitive precision of a Roland drum machine lol. The first time I heard Devo was FOC era stuff, and I thought for sure Whip it was a drum machine. It's not. lol still blows my mind

@tect777

Жыл бұрын

Fact's

@dougyoung4790

8 ай бұрын

The Human Metronome Alan Myers RIP

@dudstep

7 ай бұрын

Alan was the man!

How can ANYONE get sick of this performance? Alan is truly a human metronome, and Bob 1's overdrive on "the cloud" is fierce. I am Devo.

@dalakerdaniel9240

3 жыл бұрын

We're all are DEVO ☠️💣☠️

@judithschneider1520

Жыл бұрын

Devo Mega

@judithschneider1520

Жыл бұрын

Selin Moije Schule Mathe Deutsch?

@judithschneider1520

Жыл бұрын

Good Answer

Can we take a second and appreciate how tight that drummer is!

@CorePathway

2 ай бұрын

When NASA needs to reset their clocks they give him a call

This band was so ahead of it's time.

@dalakerdaniel9240

3 жыл бұрын

They stil are ☠️💣☠️

@Jacksmusicshack

3 жыл бұрын

Because....THEYRE FROM THE FUTURE! :D

@dalakerdaniel9240

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jacksmusicshack ☠️💣☠️

Awesome. Any band that can reproduce live, the album quality sound, is aces in my book 👍🏻😀

Love reading the compliments on Alan Meyers. A phenomenal drummer who made it look easy- it wasn’t!! R.I.P. Alan. P.S. All time Devo classic performed to perfection!

Good Lord, that was Fantastic !

One of the best punk rock guitar riffs ever.

@BroForce426

Жыл бұрын

So seamless yet so robotic and calculated

@Nagoldoognivol

8 ай бұрын

If you've never heard of the band crack cloud, I think you'd probably dig their first album. Check out drab measure if you feel like it.

@CorePathway

2 ай бұрын

The punk covers of Gates of Steel are epic! A little more up-tempo

@chrisdicarlo9825

2 ай бұрын

Indeed! All time Devo classic tune!

So polished, so tight. Fkn impressive

the drummer Allen is literally a metronome - his meter in so precise you'd swear its a drum machine.

It sounds exactly like the recording , im impressed

I watched this on the night it was 1st broadcast, extremely high on the LSD and believing that The Devo was talking to me personally. Good Times 😂

@markmartin6365

2 жыл бұрын

Dude that's effin hilarious. I too have had experiences like that. I hope you are well today.

@mitchyoung93

Жыл бұрын

They were.

@BT-ir5zl

7 ай бұрын

@@mitchyoung93 Really. That's how good art comes across.

@CorePathway

2 ай бұрын

Look up their collab with Neil Young. It’s a fvcking trip. On LSD? Good lord😂😂😂

5 geeks with no auto-tune or backing track laying it down and blowing away the vast majority of modern acts. I was in Eastern Europe this summer and every (and I mean every) bar and business was playing 80's music. Long live the 80's!!! It's crazy how accurate the drummer is for a live performance.

pure greatness

Devo, I really loved their keyboards, it's why I still play

Got this on on vinyl from way back then... my fav!

Damn! I saw this when it came out! I was a HUGE Fridays fan! DEVO Rulz!!!

2:36 That adorable eye flutter xo

Seeing them live really imprinted how talented they were as musicians. The entire show felt like it was in a studio. I believe it was 1981.

@kenm2709

2 жыл бұрын

Title of the video LITERALLY says 1980

@yourfairyking

Жыл бұрын

@@kenm2709 I think they were referring to when they, personally, saw them live.

RIP Bob 2 and Alan you are sorely missed.

Utter genius

Revolutionary at the time..

@freakfoxvevo7915

5 жыл бұрын

Devolutionary*

Incredible instrumental hook.

Great song

Fridays was a great show and this song is perfect.

1:29 the drummer face!!

@dmg7111

5 жыл бұрын

Kinda looks like my Accountant on speed :/ lol

The timing of the riff and the drums still seems so hard to fathom after all these years. Pure brilliance.

Perfect Devo

Absolutely brilliant 2023

Wore out the Album Freedom of Choice🇦🇺

In one word...GENIUS!!!

That guitar player has some sick moves.

Love DEVO!!

This is the Best performance of the song, thank you so much for posting such a high quality recording! You’ve made my day

@jms1963

5 жыл бұрын

Agree 100%. They were absolutely bloody brilliant on that show.

@ciaobella65

3 жыл бұрын

The second set was insane as well on the same night, uncontrollable urge from their first album

Awesome! Looks better than any of the other uploads I’ve seen

Devo Dropped the mike!

These guys will always be on another level!!!

Excellent performance. Maybe perfect.

The way both Bob 1 and Gerald are in perfect sync during the guitar solo and nailed in perfect timing is so damn good you can actually see Mark fist bump Gerald at 1:58. This was definitely them at their finest, probably the last time they were full of so much energy talent and youth. And as other's have mention the drums are perfect!

@finnsterling6514

Жыл бұрын

I didn't see that fist bump until you pointed it out. And dude on the upstage synth didn't even need to stop his badass dance moves. In all seriousness, this is an amazing video.

@adderon7476

Ай бұрын

Fist bumping from six feet away that is the essence of DEVO

Killer tune. Bravo.

one of the rare bands to have the drummer be the best musician

@kellylappin5944

9 күн бұрын

They’re all phenomenal!

Great.

In today's 2022 world, everything is so contrived as far as the rhythm and sound and delivery. Devo could make a comeback if they were just starting, because their approach to music was so fresh. Nobody is going to perform on stage like this, and nobody's going to make something different like this today.

@Azerod

2 жыл бұрын

Check out the Polysics.

@theunknowngamer5477

Жыл бұрын

@@Azerod I MY ME MINE

Devo=true music and musicians

2:45 Makes my heart warm.

R.I.P. Alan Myers and Bob (Bob 2) Casale.

Such a simple guitar lick made such a great song.

Back in the day before the manufactured pop stars existed and you had to have musical talent. The cream always rose to the top. Great memories, their hats always reminded me of 'Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men' if you know what I am referring to, then you're old also.

IMHO Devo's LIVE performances of Girl U Want and Gates of Steel on Fridays are their BEST ever - stone cold TIGHT - I saw this as a kid when it first aired on ABC, was a huge fan then, still a fan now. We're all DEVO.

Been singing this song for days

Sick

They define COOL.

Great vid I use to what the Devo Fridays vid way back on YT and it was really grainy and poor but this is great quality thanks!

I watch this video, first, because Devo is the greatest performance band of European descent of all-time, and just to see Bob II's head in the groove. You can't teach it.

If that isnt one of the best live clips ever...im not here.

So good!!! I watched it again at 0.75x speed and it still sounds great at a slightly slower tempo. More to appreciate. ❤️ // Edit: Just remembered that they did slow down the tempo live in later years.

@chrisj.9129

2 жыл бұрын

that was cool slowed down…

@ThisIsLondon

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisj.9129 Try it at 1.25x - still sounds great!

@mikeryan6028

Жыл бұрын

0.75 x is dope too, but the full speed of this performance gets me so amped lol love Devo!

This performance was the first time I ever heard DEVO. ARE WE NOT MEN?!?

@maiden-eq4uv

6 ай бұрын

Back in 1980 when they would played whip it off the same album at the skating rink I always had to get on the floor and skate as fast as I could and hang those curves like my life depended on it great memories!

@chrisdicarlo9825

2 ай бұрын

WE ARE DEVO!

POWER DOME

Tank girl✌

yo thanks for the upload!

Espectaculaaaaaaar DEVO!!!!

Man i❤Devo

❤Thank you, Violet!

avanti anni luce....fantastici.

I’d say everyone in that audience instantly turned into Spud Boys and Spud Girls after this amazing performance.

Sometimes it is hard to explain to anyone I learned keyboards because of Devo

Love Devo, but few of their songs really hit for me. THIS is one.

I LOVE THEIR HATS

Intense and sincere. That’s must’ve been nice hearing it loud as f. What gets me is Mark is all show business with the song but when he plays the synth breaks in the chorus he’s not messing. I’m glad I saw them live.

Lol I thought the camera effects in the beginning was my internet cutting 🤣

Gramma: What do they have those flower pots on their heads for? 10 year old me: Gramma! It's DEVO!

Tight!

I am totally digging the keyboard players twitch moves.

Why do I see #reviewbrah #thereportoftheweek in the lead singers face. aye yie yie! Aloha~~ from Hawaii~~

I want an energy dome. Anyone else?

Happy Birthday Bob Mark Mothersbaugh 11-08-2019

HOT FUCKEN DAMN

DEVOlution is REAL! Haven't the last several years taught you that??

Tank Girl

Just can't seem to find the slower version. It has kick-ass rock guitar and best vocals. The MP3 info says it's from a movie sound track but be buggarred if I can find it on YT.

I love Mark Mothersbaugh.... Devo is sooo BITCHEN!!!

Fucking DEVO are the shit .

Devo BASED asf

Nerds Rock.

New Wave was exactly like this. The future of music on stage but the audience are all dressed like 1977 high school students. This is at start of promo push for lp. Before Whip It chart success.

Based

Epic, awesome. Another band who were better live than in the studio.

@dylanward6486

4 жыл бұрын

Talking heads are another from this era

Just so everyone knows.... those aren't flower pots they're wearing. Those are "Energy Domes"!😃

Ahead of their time.😊

What kind of style are those shirts? The cut's so cool

@christiem1742

3 жыл бұрын

Boat neck. Had a few shirts and sweaters with that neckline back then.

DECONSTRUCTED POP

Is Bob 2 playing a Prophet 5?

Looks like Mark is playing his small riff on a Korg Mono-Poly

Ahhh!!! Why the cameras didn't film the drummer >:(

this is how popular music will sound 100 years from now and DEVO will be respected on a par with the Beatles.

Ahhhh, analog oscillators slightly out of tune. That was my childhood.