“Can we play it live?” “No.” “Fine froggy, I’ll sing it into an ice cream cone.”

The French are just as mesmerized by Devo as I would if I saw them playing a spot on performance in the middle of a town!

@frlango6082

Жыл бұрын

In the middle of a bunch of pricks that had never seen any such band b4

@olivierrabearivelo9596

7 ай бұрын

I am french, was listening to devo since 1978... I was a total mess in my country 😂😂

The French people sit transfixed, thinking that they are watching a sub-species of mimes.

@henrym6411

6 жыл бұрын

mcgoodle They're the best!

@rickh3714

5 жыл бұрын

In 1970 on an ocean liner, as a 7 yo dragged across the world by my parents to a new country of residence, I sat utterly bewildered as a strange Frenchman waddled around us 3rd class passenger kids and did funny moves. I later found out it was Marcel Marceau! Completely lost on me at time! As I think Devo might be to some of this crowd!.

@Holdington

4 жыл бұрын

Well, they are miming, since the music is playback and not live.

@jamesgillen2339

29 күн бұрын

They are.

Murray Manchanthasouk Translation: "What are these flowerpots?" "These are no flowerpots! This is DEVO, one of the best bands in the world! Come on, ask them to sing a song!"

@jdm3gee14

8 жыл бұрын

+Sabina Kangerud Thanks a lot!

The cinematography is excellent. Why wasn't THIS the music video for "Girl U Want"?

How in the world do 4 dudes from Ohio make do many fantastic decisions? This stuff is timeless.

@disfibulator

4 жыл бұрын

@Ottavio Rubini oops, I miscounted. 5 dudes from OH. Much greatness.

OMG! This is the best thing I've ever seen! Mark singing into an ice cream, Bob1 flipping off the camera... this is absolutely amazing. I must use some of this in the Devo video I'm making.

Alan myers is "playing" a couple electro harmonix space drum

Devo blew so many minds that day

Après son solo de guitare Bob envoie un doigt d'honneur à la caméra 🤣

Absolutely awesome album

That was France in the 80's. people had no idea what was going on. they look confused.

@numbersix6437

7 жыл бұрын

that's a stupid statement man ..cause they where a lot of french who know's what to deal with devo...it's only that i'm not sure devo belong to this sort of public who is very "popular" . devo woul'd be more fiting in show like "chorus" ...but to be really honnest they where a lot of french who didn't like this sorts of band

@Blank_Frank

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, "synth music" was "devil music" back in the late 70's/early 80's for most of french people...

@jnyfumare

5 жыл бұрын

The majority of Americans had the same reaction to Devo in 1980.

@rickh3714

5 жыл бұрын

You haven't particularly described France. You've described the 1980's to a 'T' though!

@rich_t

5 жыл бұрын

They were probably expecting Jerry Lewis.

Remember Disco, which I love, was still around at this time! Almost 40 years ago!!! Space spuds have landed. 😍

Thank you so much for posting this! I thought I saw everything Devo did and this blew me away… I love this band and I love Bob’s perfect bird at the end of the guitar solo….Oui!!

@biniky3033

2 жыл бұрын

🤣😂

Wonderful! What a gem! It made a great music video. I especially liked how Mark walked (the Naughahyde pants don't bend very easily, I guess). Come to think of it, given the increasingly rapid pace of devolution, pretty soon all of us might wind up wearing Naughahyde pants -- or at least walk like we do.

Ah, le Collaroshow, Martin Lamotte, Bernard Hommel ... 😋😃 Cette scène avec Devo est tournée rue des Alouettes, en face de l'immeuble de la SFP aujourd'hui détruit.

@alainfromfrance

6 жыл бұрын

bien vu !

@0x0008

9 күн бұрын

33 Rue des Alouettes maps.app.goo.gl/6ewSJBRpioqNKrAu6?g_st=ac

They were such brilliant performance artists aside from being great visionary musicians

2:23 BOB1 flips the "bird"

@mattkilleen7174

4 жыл бұрын

Doesn't that have "International" meaning?

@rjwusher

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattkilleen7174 In France it means: film my face not my hands.

Absolutely fantastic

Wow, what a rare find!

The French Ginger guy looks kinda like Booji Boy😂

@litlgrey

5 жыл бұрын

Didn't he, though!

Yeeoooowww!! Great stuff, Alain! Thanks so much for posting this. I hadn't seen this until now, and it's some of the best DEVO TV I've ever seen! -Michael/Devo-Obsesso

This is so funny. DEVO looks used to playing to confused crowds.

Great stuff. DEVO never disappoints...

Devo c’est tres merveilleux

I would bet many franks that Daft Punk found some inspiration from this song from the boys from Ohio. Both legendary bands BTW.

Where has this video been all my life def deep catalog DEVO

love it! merci!

Never saw this vid before tonight! Ka-POW!!! Even better than I knew it would be!

Tres magnifique! Merci beaucoup, Alain.

2:24 he gives us the finger LMAO

alain!!! thank you, what a GREAT share. peace to you kind Spud.

Awesomenesss

COOL George Harrison White Album photo pic t-shirt there on one of the lucky spuds assembled for the performance!..

The energy cones!

Ce groupe c était vraiment nouveau mais tellement bien

très bien!

Devo les gens! So funny, this performance was filmed for this popular/franchouillard program of the 70 & 80s which in those days was the equivalent of the Benny Hill show for France on tv. The song itself is so simple and catchy that they just couldn't help but find it entertaining and maybe pas trop à chier ^^

@russellbrown3800

7 ай бұрын

Yep, and now the French have realised that the popular/franchouillard programs weren't so bad after all, just as they have in England and America. I find the crowd more interesting and far less dated than Mark Mothersbaugh's jejune performance in the video.

and that was a real icecream

@henrym6411

6 жыл бұрын

Spooky Ghost Slowly melting in Marks hands as he sings perfectly!

awesome!

Que maestros!! Con la sátira como. Estandarte

"allez tu payes ta canette ! No! Pay us!" Super vidéo, merci!

they came from the future...amazing

OUI!

fantastico

thier early stuff is just the best, the dumb french guy yelling out window : show some manners im having a conference here, haha epic. he doesn't understand what he just heard how good it is, even 50 years later, still rocking, I just saw thier final last show they will ever play at utube theater In inglewood, calif, that guy in the window is long gone. their music will last longer then all of us will live because its just so great.

HEY ALAIN!!!!! Woooo hooooo! DEVO curls my toes.......meow😻

@ButterknivesDEVO

3 ай бұрын

IM LAUGHING MY ASS OFF RIGHT NOW

dingue !

Thankx for this upload LONG time spud , Spudboy , sPuD Rude Boy . I had not seen this . I day This is the Girl U want , The Street crowd audience , I WANT that 2 scoop Ice cream Cone covoured in CHERRY hard shell MIC

Hahaha awesome!!

I was skinny in 1980 too.

@rickh3714

5 жыл бұрын

Everyone was skinny in 1980! If you were fat you were either Meatloaf or Alison Moyet! (No one was actually obese)

@olgakim4848

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty much everybody was skinny back in 1980. In my 1980 high school graduating class, there was only ONE over-weight person.

So I didn't imagine bob's middle finger during the close-up, then??

@japoople

8 жыл бұрын

Bob1.

@QuarrellaDeVil

4 жыл бұрын

Fortunately, not the same reaction when the cameraman gets too close to Ritchie Blackmore. 😃

@patdogggg

4 жыл бұрын

That was epic

@japoople

4 жыл бұрын

Damn, forgot I have old comments on this video lmao

great

Ooooooooooohhhhh, je l'ai cherché celui là avec le "No Payai!" que je sors tout le temps quand je veux pas faire un truc, oh que c'est bon !!!

@alainfromfrance

9 жыл бұрын

refractorymercury je l'avais vu en direct à l'époque...et retrouvé sur le site de l' INA 30 ans aprés !!

Devo broadcasted in french TV show for kids... I also discovered on KZread a Dr Feelgood performance in french school yard in the 70's... Same audience reaction : Where are those aliens coming from ? :)) J'aurais voulu être là...

# 1 in the French singles chart

I love the ice cream gag, I reckon he asked specifically for vanilla and chocolate :)

@txicocamotl

4 жыл бұрын

Looks more like cinnamon or raspberry to me.

@chucku00

2 жыл бұрын

@@txicocamotl Cassis (French for blackcurrant).

THE BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST !!!!!

Excellent ! Quand les français lambda se demandent qu'est ce que c'est que ce groupe barré ! Devo n'a jamais eu le prestige qu'ils méritaient en France, c'est triste...

@sceneofthecrash99

5 жыл бұрын

on est d'accord ptn

@frenchydelboy5509

4 жыл бұрын

T'inquiète, les enfants d'hier écoutent DEVO aujourd'hui :)))) indémodable !

@Blank_Frank

4 жыл бұрын

@@frenchydelboy5509 Les enfants d'aujourd'hui aussi alors, si avoir la vingtaine c'est encore être un enfant ! :-p

@frenchydelboy5509

4 жыл бұрын

Bon sang oui, c'est clair !!!.. Quel groupe... Je le redécouvre encore et encore et j'ai l'impression d'avoir.. 20 ans :))

@thecrazyjoe250

Жыл бұрын

Les mecs venaient vraiment du futur, les spectateurs ont tous du halluciner à l'époque ! Je suis sur que la plupart n'ont même pas vraiment su quel groupe ils venaient de voir et ont oublié la prestation rapidement quel dommage, et nous on est là 40 après :o

I like Bob 1 wearing his dome at that jaunty angle.

Concert à Emporter ! un vrai

nous sommes tous DEVO...

The fellow in the striped shirt....France has it's own Booji Boy!

Yeah but at least the French got DEVO curbside and applause!

This goes extra hard at 1.25x

👍

"C'est fini c'bordel !!!"

Je veux en glace maintenant 😂

💓🍦💓

Sólo en cassettes!!

Devo go to France, and theyre MORE American. The greatest lads

Hé ! C'est pas fini ce bordel !...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

My eyes enjoyed the video. Does anyone know the make and model of that guitar?

Please read the 33 1/3 book series of Freedom of Choice. I would gladly pay admission for a biopic of DEVO's european tour film.

moi, je fini mes solos de guitare avec un oiseau aussi

I miss Bob 2.

Never seen Bob play an Iceman before. Wonder why he didn't keep it, it's slick.

Shape of new Louvre and the Energy Domes?

Those French people sure know how to dance.

Did anyone else think the guy in the zebra shirt looked a little like Booji Boy? Especially at the end of the video.

1:05 Energy Dome bump!

You can almost hear the crowd thinking "they're ok, but they're no jerry lewis, now there's a real artist!".

Why would they gather a whole bunch of French people, that are either too old, or too young for Devo’s demographics. The people are looking at them, like they are from Mars (no pun intended)

bad ass flipping off of the camera

Flower pot hats.

Ibanez Iceman

My Charona may owe some royalties

Could someone translate what is being said at the beginning and end? I don't speak French... I speak DEVO...

@NarquelieNarmo

7 жыл бұрын

BEGINNING : - "..And he has a lot of money. Anyway'.. let's get to work." - "Oh dang no, let's drink a shot before !" - "Roooooooooh.." - "Oh come on, you'll buy your own can." - "Uh, what are these flowerpots ?!" - "That's not flowerpots, they're DEVO, the best rock band in the world. Come on, Stephane, ask them to sing a song !" - "But I don't know them.." - "Come on, ask them to play !" - " Pardon me, would you sing a song for this little guy right there, please ?" - "NON ! Pay us first !" - "He's tough, heh !" *throw a coin* - "MORE, More." *throw the rest of his coins* ENDING : - "HEY ! Is this fucking mess over yet ?! I'm in the middle of a conference, I'm working dammit !" - "Oh boy, we better get going, your dad just yelled." - "For sure he yelled."

Clearly, "Ils ne comprennent pas leur pomme de terre."

2:25 Hah Hah

Those people were like wtf?

Just as fucking weird today as 43 yrs ago

That mics not even plugged in 🤔

I demand more nut-cases! X

is he eating some kind of gelato is it berry and banana or

The folks in the audience don't quite seem to know what to make of Bob and the gang...

2:24 : Geste offensant non censuré.

I can’t believe that these guys are from Ohio. I would of guessed that they would be from a much more intense American city musical scene.

Tony Hawk sent me.