Beautiful/Ball's In He-Butt!

[Dr. Strangemonde]

I wasn't all that surprised when I heard "Beautiful World" in the
H.E.B. (grocery chain owned by Texas' Butt family) a few months ago,
but last night they had "Snowball" on the P.A. as I shopped for canned
goods and such. If someone had said in 1982 or so that DEVO would be
supermarket music by now, what would you have replied?

- Dr S

[Rev. Richard Skull]

Post by Dr. Strangemonde
I wasn't all that surprised when I heard "Beautiful World" in the
H.E.B. (grocery chain owned by Texas' Butt family) a few months ago,
but last night they had "Snowball" on the P.A. as I shopped for canned
goods and such. If someone had said in 1982 or so that DEVO would be
supermarket music by now, what would you have replied?
  - Dr S

Can't be any worse then Sufan Stevens at the Food Lion.

You have to remember, Devo, like Most modern Artists, lost the rights
to their songs when they singed up w/ "Big Entertainment"

And Big Entertainment like to license music to the various firms that
compile background music fort he stores.

They compile the music based upon a "Demographic" profile of the
shoppers.

The artists still get a "cut" as the writers of the songs, but only a
miniscule one based on what the Owners (Big Media) get.

John Fogerty spent every penny he had (and then mortgagaed himself on
top of that) to free himself from this "servatude", His manager and
label placed a vague statement in his contract that could be legally
interpreted as saying they owned everything Fogaerty ever wrote AND
ever will write as an artist.

It took him ten years, but he got the contract voided becuase it was
bsicly a from of Slavery. Many of the Black Doo-Whop groups of teh
'50's also got screwed this way as well. They are fighting back and
getting their back royalties or at least the rights to perform teh
songs they wrote without haveing to pay their Labels for the
"privalege"


I think part of DEVO's demise was once they thought they could
outsmart WB and thier legions of Lawyers, but still got screwed. So
they DE-Volved to screw WB back.

[Guest]

Post by Rev. Richard Skull
I think part of DEVO's demise was once they thought they could
outsmart WB and thier legions of Lawyers, but still got screwed. So
they DE-Volved to screw WB back.

"The beginning was the end."

Those of us who were lucky to have seen Devo before the end,
circa 1981 or 82, recognize the difference between artistry and
simply going through the motions.

[Rev. Richard Skull]

Post by Guest

Post by Rev. Richard Skull
outsmart WB and thier legions of Lawyers, but still got screwed. So
they DE-Volved to screw WB back.

"The beginning was the end."
Those of us who were lucky to have seen Devo before the end,
circa 1981 or 82, recognize the difference between artistry and
simply going through the motions.

I saw them on the NuTra tour. Even after all these years it was STILL
one of the best concerts I have ever been too.

[Guest]

Post by Rev. Richard Skull

Post by Guest
"The beginning was the end."
Those of us who were lucky to have seen Devo before the end,
circa 1981 or 82, recognize the difference between artistry and
simply going through the motions.

I saw them on the NuTra tour. Even after all these years it was STILL
one of the best concerts I have ever been too.

Ditto. Devo going through the motions was (and still is) better
than anything else out there. But the raw energy that lept off
the stage in their hungry years disappeared somewhere around
'81-82 and wasn't seen again.