Hm -- I actually like "Sloppy" -- I guess I can see why someone wouldn't like it, though, but I like the billions of fake endings. I can see not liking "Shrivel-Up", too, but while it's not my favorite, I do like it, and it's a good ending to the record.
It's funny too, with FoC, I'm with you on "That's Pep", but I LOVE "Snowball" and "Planet Earth" -- like, both of those would be in my top track list from that album.
"Race of Doom" is kind of a weird one -- I know it's not a really very good song, but I kind of like the "RACE!!!! OF!!!! DOOOOOMM!!!!!!" parts, and the "Let me be your time bomb/let me be your timebomb baby" bits -- though "Time Bomb" was a much better song. I like "Enough Said" too, though I wonder if that's partly just because it was co-written with General Boy, which is kinda neat.
Oh No was my first DEVO record (I came to 'em as a big Barnes and Barnes fan, and "Before You Leave" on the Soak It Up EP was "I Desire" with new lyrics), so perhaps that's part of the reason I love it so much all the way through -- but honestly, that and Duty Now are the ones I listen to the most all the way through (as well as tracks coming up on shuffle).
Shout -- I like both of those, too -- although part of it might be that it fits in with (at least my interpretation of) the story. I'm trying to figure out -- I know there's one or two songs on Shout that don't really do it for me, but I'm spacing on 'em. "Satisfied Mind" isn't _great_, but I dig it, likewise "Please Please". Because, after all, love DOES come in spurts.
Total: Oh, Christ. Of those, "Man Turned Inside Out" is the only one of those I REALLY like. "Don't Be Cruel" is interesting only in that I didn't think Mark could do such a convincing Elvis impersonation. However, that is not something I particularly needed to know. "Blow Up" is braindead stupid, but I kinda like "BLOW UP!!!! HOT CHIHUAHUA!!!" just because it IS so goddamn dumb. I'm not a fan of "Agitated" at all, and um... god, what's the other one right before Blow Up that's just sorta there? I've actually only got about half of Total ripped -- I should probably put the rest of the album on here, but every time I think about it, I'm like "Man, do I really NEED Don't Be Cruel on here?"
SNM: Uh, pretty much yeah. I kinda like Morning Dew, but... yeah, not enough to really argue too much? Although, I am surprised you didn't mention "Pink Jazz Trancers". Urrgh. (My ex-girlfriend I think either kinda liked that song, or enjoyed that I hated it, so she'd kinda make reference to it and such in a joking way. Jazz trance for YOUR MOM.)
My theory with the last two records is that Kent State finally caught up with DEVO -- both of those albums are much more emotionally connected; where the previous records are more dispassionate observers of humanity, commenting on all the stupid shit we do, Total and (to a bit of a lesser extent) SNM, are from the point of view of someone actually HURT and wanting to understand said stupid shit and failing. Those records, DEVO stopped being Young Alien Types and started being human. Which, sadly, didn't quite work as well for them...8)
Did you pick up the Jihad Jerry record yet? It's not bad -- though I wish he hadn't put on the female backing vocalists -- it's a little cheezy.
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Date: 2009-04-11 05:21 pm (UTC)From:It's funny too, with FoC, I'm with you on "That's Pep", but I LOVE "Snowball" and "Planet Earth" -- like, both of those would be in my top track list from that album.
"Race of Doom" is kind of a weird one -- I know it's not a really very good song, but I kind of like the "RACE!!!! OF!!!! DOOOOOMM!!!!!!" parts, and the "Let me be your time bomb/let me be your timebomb baby" bits -- though "Time Bomb" was a much better song. I like "Enough Said" too, though I wonder if that's partly just because it was co-written with General Boy, which is kinda neat.
Oh No was my first DEVO record (I came to 'em as a big Barnes and Barnes fan, and "Before You Leave" on the Soak It Up EP was "I Desire" with new lyrics), so perhaps that's part of the reason I love it so much all the way through -- but honestly, that and Duty Now are the ones I listen to the most all the way through (as well as tracks coming up on shuffle).
Shout -- I like both of those, too -- although part of it might be that it fits in with (at least my interpretation of) the story. I'm trying to figure out -- I know there's one or two songs on Shout that don't really do it for me, but I'm spacing on 'em. "Satisfied Mind" isn't _great_, but I dig it, likewise "Please Please". Because, after all, love DOES come in spurts.
Total: Oh, Christ. Of those, "Man Turned Inside Out" is the only one of those I REALLY like. "Don't Be Cruel" is interesting only in that I didn't think Mark could do such a convincing Elvis impersonation. However, that is not something I particularly needed to know. "Blow Up" is braindead stupid, but I kinda like "BLOW UP!!!! HOT CHIHUAHUA!!!" just because it IS so goddamn dumb. I'm not a fan of "Agitated" at all, and um... god, what's the other one right before Blow Up that's just sorta there? I've actually only got about half of Total ripped -- I should probably put the rest of the album on here, but every time I think about it, I'm like "Man, do I really NEED Don't Be Cruel on here?"
SNM: Uh, pretty much yeah. I kinda like Morning Dew, but... yeah, not enough to really argue too much? Although, I am surprised you didn't mention "Pink Jazz Trancers". Urrgh. (My ex-girlfriend I think either kinda liked that song, or enjoyed that I hated it, so she'd kinda make reference to it and such in a joking way. Jazz trance for YOUR MOM.)
My theory with the last two records is that Kent State finally caught up with DEVO -- both of those albums are much more emotionally connected; where the previous records are more dispassionate observers of humanity, commenting on all the stupid shit we do, Total and (to a bit of a lesser extent) SNM, are from the point of view of someone actually HURT and wanting to understand said stupid shit and failing. Those records, DEVO stopped being Young Alien Types and started being human. Which, sadly, didn't quite work as well for them...8)
Did you pick up the Jihad Jerry record yet? It's not bad -- though I wish he hadn't put on the female backing vocalists -- it's a little cheezy.