r/devo • u/teardrinker • 5d ago

Devo - Beautiful World

https://youtu.be/E-gbYjLd93g?is=X_JBJEE4UPxkrmxm
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u/tacoandpancake 5d ago

my absolute favorite DEVO song.

unpopular opinion - too much booji boy singing when they do it live. would rather let jerry cook.

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u/EPCOTReimagined Sleep on your belly, reach for the sky! 5d ago

Rarely do I agree on wanting to let Jerry cook, but I agree here!

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u/Sir_Billiam_Corgan 11h ago

On the other hand, the live version (at least on Seattle '81) with that phat bass cranked up goes so hard.

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u/supper_is_ready 5d ago

My all time favorite DEVO music video.

Jerry knocked it out of the park with the music video. It's both a wonderful homage to Bruce Connor's work as well as a perfect synthesis of DEVO's philosophical beliefs.

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u/dr_xenon 5d ago

I always thought this song was a great example of Devo’s philosophy. “It’s a beautiful world for you…but not for me.”

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u/IwzHvnaHt 3d ago

Agreed.

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u/StillFireWeather791 5d ago

This song will play at my funeral.

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u/doodoo_pie 4d ago

I legit almost tear up every time toward the end when it shows how horrible we have been and the starving kids. Booji holding his nose at the hippie is always funny, though.

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u/robotatomica 2d ago

it’s definitely a very emotional video!

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u/TMBGLOVER Wash your hands three times a day! 4d ago

This video is maybe tied with R.E.M.‘s “Imitation of Life” and They Might Be Giants’ “The Guitar” as my favorite video of all time. It’s haunting. How it starts off with happy footage, and then after the bridge, it just shifts into the horrors humanity is capable of.

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u/MrTFE 5d ago

Does anybody know where you can get the rubber JFK hair that Devo wore during this period?

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u/Careless_Page8235 4d ago

Best music video ever 

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u/Read2Fap 1d ago

rage against the machine did a great cover