Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!

they're still good live

devo and gang of four, old ppl who will not make you sad if you see them live

Listened to this on the walk to work, going to have to go with 'Uncontrollable Urge', flawless opener.

Uncontrollable POLL: Best Track on Q: Are We Not Men?

man i KNEW we had done this, pretty sure i voted 'gut feeling/slap yr mammy' last time so voting 'uncontrollable urge' this time

all those posts wasted for nothing..

I wish it were possible to add keywords to threads to make searches more productive.

I think I voted for Gut Feeling as well, thinkin about Prayin Hands or the Satisfaction cover

a little surprised by the lack of "space junk" chatter on here

outside of Shrivel Up and maybe Too Much Paranoias I think every song here is pretty defensible

as a choice for this poll, that is. every song is good but so many of them are really good

yeah, I get that. but "space junk" rules.

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"Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy" for me. SO glad to hear that the Hardcore Devos are being reissued - and by the same label that's doing the MX-80 reissue program! I LOVE THE MIDWEST!!

everything bonty just said, down to the second exclamation point.

wish there was a 20:10 gut feeling out there somewhere...

Ha yeah

Hey does anyone know where to get the tracks they did with Neil Young from the Human Highway soundtrack? Used to have those and can't seem to find them anymore.

'Mongoloid'

I love this, but Jocko Homo has to be the one.

Oh man, it's got to be 'Space Junk' really. Such a joyful bounding sprint of a song. Subject matter set against that totally not-arsed delivery and the call-response backing vocals... oh boy. Totally exhilarating song.

xxxpost re Human Highway, it's just two songs: "It Takes a Worried Man" which was on a 7 inch and comped a couple of times such as on the Pioneers Who Got Scalped comp and the "We're All Devo" video comp; and "Hey Hey My My" which has never been released except on but you can get it from bootlegs available from Booji Boys Basement. But hey, good old youtube.

This album is so top-to-bottom brilliant that I went with what I think summarizes its greatness: Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy. (And does ILX like/not like Shrivel Up?)

i was wondering why nobody's mentioned Jonee itt. voted for it on account of how it was used in the movie rock'n'roll high school.
but yes, shrivel is kinda tucked away there and is a groover

Late vote for Gut Feeling.

(Although now feeling sorry for Praying Hands which is another of the great ones that I tend to overlook).

mongoloid

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I voted for "Space Junk," but that was one of a half dozen possible choices. I remember first hearing this album in 7th grade or thereabouts and being just blown away by it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYwL3SmcnB4

Missed it but I'd have voted Mongoloid. My first ever band did a cover of it when I was 13 or 14. I'm sure it was awful.

Stoked that Satisfaction got some votes this time. Its weird how all time covers get short shrift in these (see also: Killing Me Softly in the Fugees poll)

I could have easily voted for 'Satisfaction', but man, all the originals on this album are just so strong.

I know but Satisfaction is practically an original itself

i voted for "Space Junk," and then felt right about that choice later that day when i saw the phrase in the U.S. Space and Rocket Center

I know but Satisfaction is practically an original itself

Seconded - and it's the song that keeps me coming back to this album. When I do I remember how great it is overall, but the other songs don't stick with me like this one does.

for me the archetypal Space Junk will always be an exhortation breathed by Fred Schneider during Channel Z

There's something about the guitar line, the vocal delivery and the chord progression in 'Shrivel Up' which sounds to me like a very obvious influence on The Pixies.

True

40 years old today.

...and still great. I know their early "Hardcore" material has its fans but I prefer the versions on this album.

Checked a few Devo threads including two for this album and the unconpollable urge and couldn't see this posted.

The story behind the (US) cover image. Interviews with Jerry, Mark and other players. Also added Langley School Project.

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/devolutionary-design/

Chi Chi Rodriguez is one of the most famous golfers in history.

Er, I don't think so, I'd never heard of him - he only played in one Open Championship in 18 years, that probably explains it.

explains why the face looks so "off" - though I would disagree with the "hideous" descriptor, I think the altered photo looks better!

Any excuse: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7WmTsLO-hUI

this has nothing to do with the topic at hand, but this is an amazing photo

https://i.imgur.com/7Ws29C0.jpg

http://ireallylovemusic.co.uk/blog/?p=2134

still the best live album i have.

That was actually the first Devo album I bought!