Customer Reviews

We Are Not Devo

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Pretty much for die-hards only.Even THEN,you'll most likely be let down.Believe this CD is my first one-star rating,out of all my reviews I've done upon this site.Main problem here is that I seriously doubt any of the thirteen bands that appeared on this disc were all that familiar with Devo.UNLESS you spot this title for like $1.00,you might want to avoid it.Might get better use out of it as a drink coaster.

Want Devo songs to be more rock and less punk? That is perhaps the only angle that works on this album. One must question the logic of a tribute album: what are any of these bands adding to these songs?...and...what CAN be added to a Devo song? Nothing of particular merit here, and it's almost sad for a band to use a Devo tribute as a leg-up into the industry.

I bought it. I listened to it. I opened my window and threw the disc out into the yard. 'Nuff said.

"One star" is 3/4 of a star too much. Sounds like watered down covers without benefit of any variation or originality. If you want new variations on old tunes, find a copy of the Devo Muzac album.

What else can I say? These are some of the most bland, boring, pointless bands rock has to offer. I like Supernova and thought their cover of 'Gates of Steel' would be worth listening to, but I was sorely mistaken. Tribute albums can be fun because they can offer such variety. If I just heard this cd and not known I probably would have thought these were all done by a single, crappy band who wishes they were punk but have no clue as to what that even means. Bad, bad, bad.

YOU CANT ADD ANYTHING TO DEVO, DEVO ISNT PUNK AND NEVER WILL COMBINE OR SOUND GOOD WITH A PUNK VERSION OF IT. PLUS, I DESPISE THE WHINNY PUNK OF TODAY. THE BANDS WHO REMAKE ANY DEVO SONG MOST LIKELY DONT LISTEN TO THEM AT ALL. IF YOU REMAKE IT, REMAKE IT GOOD, BUT NO REMAKE IS BETTER THEN THE REAL THING!!! SEE YOU ALL IN THE FUTURE...FOREVER DEVO...

Although you can't really improve on the originals, this album gave us a new look at these great songs. "Blockhead" is powerful stuff. This album helped me expose a new generation to all of our Spudly favorites

Unlike the other reviewers, I really like this album. I've been a DEVO fan forever, and have all their recorded works, seen them perform three times... and so on. I like DEVO, but I REALLY like this tribute album too. It's campy, and if you can appreciate it as nothing more than that, it's pretty fun. The "Love Without Anger" as sung by what seems like a Mexican lounge act, and "Mongoloid" sung entirely in Spanish... it's funny! It's a decent album that makes you appreciate the original works all the more.

Wow, it seems avery reviewer either love this tribute or hate it. I personally think most of the remakes are good and some great. OK, Face to face's version if "Whip It" disappoints. However, Uncontrollable Urge, Freedom of Choice, Blockhead and Snowball rock out, while Time out for Fun, Love without Anger and Mongoloid are funny and clever. Of course it's not Devo, that's the point! I give this disc thumbs up; always an enjoyable play for me.

I couldnt care less about the rest of the album. The 5th track, Snowball, by Don Knotts Overdrive is one of my favorite covers of all time, and Voodoo Glow Skulls and Aquabats rule too. Im giving it a 5 because the one track alone is worth $1.50.

It seems that most of the reviewers who gave this album one star didn't like it because it didn't sound like DEVO. Well, did they read the title of the album? They're not DEVO! That's the point!

DEVO had a tradition of doing cover songs in their own style. (Satisfaction etc.) This album is the same except the other way around, other bands doing covers of DEVO songs and making them their own. It rocks and it's one of my favorite albums.

You may like this album. You may hate it. But don't say it sucks because it sounds different. That's what DEVO is all about.