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Devo Trivia questions
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r***@excite.com
2006-03-26 22:56:02 UTC
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Which songs had Gerry as the lead singer? One was Beautiful World, or
at least he lip syncs it in the video.

Many of the Devo videos have sexual imagery, including a french fry in
a donut. Do you think the sexual imagery has a purpose or are they
just being funny?

Did Mark always have wavy hair? In the fuzzy clip from way back when,
he had straight hair. Do you have photos of them from before 1975 or
so?

What happened to Alan Myers? Legend states he is an electrician.
Where did they find the newer dude?

For the second album, did they try to get Eno or David Bowie to
produce?

What do you know about Mark and Lorraine Newman??!?!??!
Rev. Richard Skull
2006-03-26 23:13:31 UTC
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<<Which songs had Gerry as the lead singer? One was Beautiful World,
or
at least he lip syncs it in the video. >>

The ones Mark & Bob1 don't sign on.


<<Many of the Devo videos have sexual imagery, including a french fry
in
a donut. Do you think the sexual imagery has a purpose or are they
just being funny? >>

WHAT! Are you saing that DEVO is some kinda sick parady joke of MOdern
Society w/ its conflicting and often Hypocritical values?

WHY I'M SHOCKED! SHOCKED!

<<Did Mark always have wavy hair? In the fuzzy clip from way back
when,
he had straight hair. Do you have photos of them from before 1975 or
so? >>

Hair today, gone tomorrow.

<<What happened to Alan Myers? Legend states he is an electrician.
Where did they find the newer dude? >>

He was abducted by Space Aliens to Drum for Elvis's new band at the New
Caesars Palace on Ceti Alpha 3

<<For the second album, did they try to get Eno or David Bowie to
produce? >>

No. Eno was "bait" used by Warner to lure DEVO into a trap. There were
ready to sign with Virgin. But becuase WB claimed that theuir getting
Eno to rpoduce was on the condition DEVO Signed with WB.

<<What do you know about Mark and Lorraine Newman??!?!??! >>

They were a couple for several years to the mid-1980's. They had one
child. Its was hidioudly deformed and played the part of Turkey-Monkey
on the DEVO Video Game.
Gary Childs
2006-03-27 00:53:35 UTC
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Post by r***@excite.com
Which songs had Gerry as the lead singer?
The 4th Dimension, All of Us, Are You Ready?, Auto Mo-down, B Stiff,
Beautiful World, Beulah, Big Mess, Bottled Up, Buttered Beauties, A Change
is Gonna Cum (solos by Jerry), Chango, Clockout, C'mon, Cold War, Deep Sleep
(duets by Jerry), Don't Be Cruel, Find Out, Fountain of Filth (duets by
Jerry), Gates of Steel (duets & phrase by Jerry), Going Under, Growing
Pains, Here To Go, Huboon Stomp (Mark on Chef Aid CD), I Need a Chick, It
Doesn't Matter to Me (duets by Jerry), Jerkin' Back 'N Forth, Jimmy,
Mecha-Mania Boy (duets by Jerry), Mechanical Man, Mongoloid (duet), Morning
Dew, No Noise, One Dumb Thing, Out of Sync, Peek·A·Boo! (duet), Pink Jazz
Trancers, Plain Truth, A Plan for U, Planet Earth, Please Please, Praying
Hands (brief solo), Psychology of Desire, Puppet Boy, Race of Doom, The
Satisfied Mind, The Shadow, Shout (duet), Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA - (solos &
duets by Jerry) Snowball (duet), Social Fools, Soft Things, Space Junk,
Space Girl Blues, Stuck in a Loop (duet), Subhuman Woman, The Super Thing,
That's What He Said, Those Darn Girls (duets by Jerry), Through Being Cool
(duet), Time Out For Fun, Ton O' Luv, Too Much Paranoias (brief solo),
Triumph Of The Will, Uglatto, When We Do It, Whip It (alternate and duet),
Wiggly World (brief phrases by Jerry), Working in the Coal Mine (duet)
Post by r***@excite.com
Many of the Devo videos have sexual imagery, including a french fry in
a donut. Do you think the sexual imagery has a purpose or are they
just being funny?
Both.
Post by r***@excite.com
Did Mark always have wavy hair?
Yes, but it is less noticable when his hair is shorter.
Post by r***@excite.com
What happened to Alan Myers?
Legend states he is an electrician.
That's right.
Post by r***@excite.com
Where did they find the newer dude?
They were friendly with David already.
He was a pretty well known drummer on the New Wave scene.
Post by r***@excite.com
For the second album, did they try to get Eno or David Bowie to
produce?
For the first album they tryed to get Bowie, but couldn't, so Eno did it.
They didn't really get along with Eno.
I don't think there was any plan to get Bowie or Eno to do DNFTF.
They settled on Bowie's producer, Ken Scott.

"One day, we were in the studio and I got a phone call from the studio owner
saying, "I've got this guy who wants to book some time. Can I show him
around?" We weren't that busy, so I said, "Yeah, sure." It was a normal
business-like session. Sanity prevailed. Then in walks this prospective
client. Mark [Mothersbaugh, of Devo] started to sort of run around,
completely ridiculous. He almost scared the guy out of the control room by
appearing completely manic; that's the only way I can describe it. He was
being very silly. It just went along with the stage persona. As soon as the
guy left, we sat down and continued the session as normal. The Tubes were
very similar. All business in the studio, but if someone came in, they'd
suddenly become one of their many stage personas." - Ken Scott
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What do you know about Mark and Lorraine Newman??!?!??!
They lived together, and he knew her in a biblical sense.

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