OH NO! IT’S ANOTHER DEVO OBIT!
Feb. 19th, 2014 10:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogWell, hell.
Devo co-founder and guitarist Bob Casale is gone now. And I have to post something about it, not least because he’s the second Devo member to pass away in the past year (the first being original drummer Alan Myers, who died in June last year).
But of course there’s not much I can add that hasn’t been posted elsewhere on the interwub. What I can tell you is that I was a big Devo fan in high school, and Freedom Of Choice was a constant presence on my turntable. It is now a constant presence in my iPod (along with a number of other Devo LPs).
Also, like a lot of people my age, the first time I ever heard of them wasn’t when “Whip It” became a hit – it was on Saturday Night Live in the late 70s.
But since I'm not allowed to post any SNL videos from Hong Kong (because that's piracy somehow), here's a clip from their 1980 appearance on Fridays.
If I was ever to make a list of Bands I've Never Seen Live But Wish I Had, Devo would be near the top of it.
Anyway. It’s a shame to know one more member of Devo is gone. But I’m glad he got to do one more album with the band (2010's Fresh) before he went.
Respect.
It's not right,
This is dF
Devo co-founder and guitarist Bob Casale is gone now. And I have to post something about it, not least because he’s the second Devo member to pass away in the past year (the first being original drummer Alan Myers, who died in June last year).
But of course there’s not much I can add that hasn’t been posted elsewhere on the interwub. What I can tell you is that I was a big Devo fan in high school, and Freedom Of Choice was a constant presence on my turntable. It is now a constant presence in my iPod (along with a number of other Devo LPs).
Also, like a lot of people my age, the first time I ever heard of them wasn’t when “Whip It” became a hit – it was on Saturday Night Live in the late 70s.
But since I'm not allowed to post any SNL videos from Hong Kong (because that's piracy somehow), here's a clip from their 1980 appearance on Fridays.
If I was ever to make a list of Bands I've Never Seen Live But Wish I Had, Devo would be near the top of it.
Anyway. It’s a shame to know one more member of Devo is gone. But I’m glad he got to do one more album with the band (2010's Fresh) before he went.
Respect.
It's not right,
This is dF
