Devo - Live 1980

Starring:Devo
Studio: Music Video Dist.
Product Type: DVD

Product Description

LIVE 1980 (AMARAY DUAL DISC) (DEVO)

Customer Reviews:

A very worthy purchase.......2007-04-02

(4.5/5 stars) This features Devo performing blistering, nearly perfect renditions of some of their most popular songs, including "Smart Partol/Mr.DNA," "Mongoloid," "Gut Feeling/Slap Yer Mammy," "Jocko Homo," "Come Back Jonee" and "Whip It." Highlights for me are the performance of "Pink Pussycat" and, since I am from Ohio, the inclusion of the "What's round on the ends and HI in the middle" riddle as part of "Jocko Homo." The sound quality is pretty good, considering it was recorded live in 1980. There are even a couple different audio options. Furthermore, the showmanship is most entertaining, with the guys sporting a variety of outfits, including their trademark Energy Domes. Attribute it to what you will, but the group is also very energetic throughout the performance. This is more than can be said for the Petaluma, CA audience, which does not appear to have been very large. Until the final couple songs, people in the front were more or less standing still in spite of the fact these guys were providing such an excellent show. My one complaint is that there is virtually no verbal interaction with the audience. Perhaps this was edited from the original footage for whatever reason, but Devo simply performs their songs and then leaves. I expected some witty dialogue, a monologue, anything that would allow us to get to know their personalities a little better. Nonetheless, this is a great value, with a video of a complete Devo concert from 1980 on one side and the soundtrack from the concert on the other, all for about $13.00. Heck, there are even clips of the guys performing as Dove, an alter ego of Devo. Buy this today.

DEVO live is a religious experience.......2007-01-18

wow. great song selection, endless energy, enough variation to keep it interesting, and a really weird, awesome ending featuring booji boy and 'tunnel of life'. the breakdown in the middle of 'jocko homo' is especially cool(what's round on the sides and hi in the middle? O-HI-O!). it's just amazing how good DEVO was live. the dvd loses a star because they don't show the drummer enough and the audio side of the disc inexplicably butchers the concert and leaves out the great version of 'jocko homo'.

Softcore Mutations!.......2006-12-25

Devo...nothing else compares. They are much more than just a band. You won't be disappointed with the disk. Great tracks, well shot, and definately a must have for the spud in your life.

A must have for all spuds.......2006-11-09

Where has this golden footage been hiding these past 25 years.There is something special about re-viewing this rare live concert in its raw form.Ok, so the picture quality and audio may not be exactly dolby digital but in my view this only adds to the sensation of seeing the pioneers of punk/electro/rock in their heyday
Absolutely essential viewing for fans

A madness to your movements really gets my goat.......2006-03-17

I got no beef with the audio. My beef ain't with the picture quality per se. My beef's with the editing.

The August 17, 1980 performance of "Gut Feeling/Slap Yer Mammy" included on this "LIVE 1980" DVD can also be found on the "DEVO: RISING SUN" DVD as a bonus feature. The "RISING SUN" version shows only what a single hand-held camera photographed from the foot of the stage, but slaps yer mammy twice as hard as the "LIVE 1980" version. Why? Because the "LIVE 1980" edit interpolates this tune, and every other, with blurry long shots of the entire stage, shot by a locked-off camera in the balcony. If you've ever fantasized about watching a concert entirely by security cam, this DVD brings you one step closer to your dream.

As presented on "RISING SUN", however, "Gut Feeling/Slap Yer Mammy" consists of one long, unbroken piece of film. The shot is by no means static; the cameraman creates one composition after another with attentive pans and zooms. The unbroken shot brings the viewer up-close-and-personal with the archetypal New Wave nutjob: Mark Mothersbaugh, his ramen noodle coif tossing sweat across the lens, banishes all doubt that he's had just about all he can take, and can't take it no more.

Even when, technically, he's marking time until the next lyric comes along, he stays in ferocious character. The unblinking camera captures each twitch. It's at these brief, dramaturgical moments that the "1980" editors get bored and throw in those lousy-looking long shots.

The people who put this DVD together had the raw material to create something extraordinary, something exciting and organic, but because you can't make the obligatory, coked-up edit from one camera's images alone, all available filler, Grade-Z or lower, is loaded into the grinder.

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