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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: kosmo vinyl on August 11, 2005, 08:16:00 am
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So far plenty of mumblings which have been limited to ticket onsale dates, show confirmation, a treeware conspiracy, a rumoured cancellation, and a "discussion" about the price of the tickets.
How about what songs are you looking forward to hearing? Will the great visuals be along for the ride? Does Booji Boy grace us with his appearence? You know the important stuff...
"Girl U Want", "Uncontrollable Urge", "Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA", and "Mongoloid" work for me!
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Chatter, chatter, chatter, chatter, chatter, chatter, chatter, chatter......
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i'm still debating whether or not its worth $55...
maybe if i had this person's self-assurance (http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mis/89831152.html)
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I am literally crying over having to miss another chance at catching these guys live. I just cant afford that damn ticket, !!!!
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I am going...and it is WAY more money than I would like to pay, but I choked and hey, it's Devo. This is a one shot deal for me. The only reason I got to see Kraftwerk both nights is because I got on the guest list one night. Anyway, I would be happy with anything from like their first 3 records, especially the first one. It will be a great show, I don't doubt that. It's all part of the experience of going...it will be an event.
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I'll be going, and the cost was quite reasonable.
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I'm guessing you saved your Bush tax rebate just for these tickets? :p
I'll be there, and I can't wait. I was starting to feel bad about only spending my money on reunion shows and dinosaur acts, but considering how stellar those shows have been, it's been well worth it. Nothing like paying for nostalgia I never had...
Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
I'll be going, and the cost was quite reasonable.
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i'd really like to go, but i can't really afford a $55 ticket right now with all the stuff i have coming up.
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I gave up my ticket for Sunday..........and am getting one for Saturday night instead.....heading to the Ram's Head in Bmore on Sunday....."Akron In The House"!
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I'm going to Sunday. It was between this and the NYDolls, and once Tsar dropped out, I decided to opt for Devo.
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Listening to "Duty Now For The Future" as I type this. I can't wait for these shows.
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Originally posted by Jonas Grumby:
.....heading to the Ram's Head in Bmore on Sunday
You should go there tonight for the KC and The Sunshine Band show. :)
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My two day Bumbershoot pass cost about half of a Devo ticket.
Iggy
Elvis
Flogging Molly
Ted Leo
Son Volt
Decemberists
Common
Brazilian Girls
Dolorean
Be Good Tanyas
Math and Physics Club
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I'm going Sunday, largely on the recommendation and excitement of folks here... I didn't have any Devo albums growing up -- I was just getting in to music around "Whip It" and the like.
So, if I were to buy one (or two) albums to get ready for this show, what should I get?
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Last time I saw DEVO was at the old club and it rocked out. Everything I have read about the current tour, it is going to rock out also. I am so pumped up for the show.
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Originally posted by Bags:
I'm going Sunday, largely on the recommendation and excitement of folks here... I didn't have any Devo albums growing up -- I was just getting in to music around "Whip It" and the like.
So, if I were to buy one (or two) albums to get ready for this show, what should I get?
Are We Not Men?
Duty Now For The Future
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Originally posted by Jonas Grumby:
.....heading to the Ram's Head in Bmore on Sunday
You should go there tonight for the KC and The Sunshine Band show. :) [/b]
I did some video work on a New Year's Eve show at Disney in Florida one year with KC and Paul Shaffer........that was the first and last experience up close with those two I will ever need for the rest of my life...... :eek:
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These are their best two albums. But you won't hear much of this at shows. Very cutting edge stuff...
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Originally posted by Ellis D. Fleischbach:
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These are their best two albums. But you won't hear much of this at shows. Very cutting edge stuff...
It would be wonderful,but I doubt it very much they'll be playing much of either one at all......
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KC lives in the Triangle Area in NC. He got his hair cut at the same salon as me. Used to have his limo driver drive him right up to the strip mall where the salon was. The same guy also cut Joan Collins' hair. She would fly him in whenever she needed a touch-up. Now aren't you glad I shared that story?
Originally posted by Jonas Grumby:
Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Originally posted by Jonas Grumby:
.....heading to the Ram's Head in Bmore on Sunday
You should go there tonight for the KC and The Sunshine Band show. :) [/b]
I did some video work on a New Year's Eve show at Disney in Florida one year with KC and Paul Shaffer........that was the first and last experience up close with those two I will ever need for the rest of my life...... :eek: [/b]
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Everyone should own "Are We Not Men...". If you only get one, it MUST be this one.
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I'll be at the sunday show, hoping they play 'girl u want' and 'turnaround'.
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Well, for now I split the difference between popular and early/edgy -- I got Devo's Greatest Hits (I HAD to have "Through Being Cool") and 'Duty Now For The Future.'
Chutney, Are We Not Men will be on my list...
Greatest Hits:
1. Here To Go (Go Mix Version)
2. Through Being Cool
3. Big Mess
4. That's Good
5. Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth
6. Peek-A-Boo!
7. Beautiful World
8. (I Can't Get No) Satis...
9. Whip It
10. Girl U Want
11. Freedom Of Choice
12. Smart Patrol / Mr. DNA
13. Gut Feeling
14. Gates Of Steel
15. Working In The Coalmine
16. Jocko Homo
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Originally posted by Bags:
8. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
can't shell out $55 for this show, but this is one of my favorite all-time new wave tracks ... it feels like the musical equivalent of post-modern theory
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Originally posted by Bags:
Well, for now I split the difference between popular and early/edgy -- I got Devo's Greatest Hits (I HAD to have "Through Being Cool") and 'Duty Now For The Future.'
I preferred Devo's greatest misses over hits. Misses has tracks like Blockhead,Mongoloid,Swelling itching Brain,Satisfaction,etc. You can't go wrong with any of the 1st 3 studio albums.My personal fave is Duty Now For the Future.
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
Originally posted by Bags:
8. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
can't shell out $55 for this show, but this is one of my favorite all-time new wave tracks ... it feels like the musical equivalent of post-modern theory [/b]
not to mention 1000x better than the stones version.
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Originally posted by pickup:
Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
Originally posted by Bags:
8. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
can't shell out $55 for this show, but this is one of my favorite all-time new wave tracks ... it feels like the musical equivalent of post-modern theory [/b]
not to mention 1000x better than the stones version. [/b]
not even close .... and devo's version doesn't hold a torch to otis redding's
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Originally posted by pickup:
not to mention 1000x better than the stones version. [/QB]
I'm sure if there was a poll on just about any site, the Stones would win handily. Maybe not this one, but most.
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Originally posted by pickup:
not to mention 1000x better than the stones version. [/b]
I'm sure if there was a poll on just about any site, the Stones would win handily. Maybe not this one, but most. [/QB]
i'm sure if there was a poll on "better band" on just about any site, linkin park would get more votes than devo ... who gives a fuck
it's just a fantastic song ... otis did it best and completely re-interpreted the song (like how johnny cash just makes any song he covers his own), the whole sense of adolescent frustration is channeled into the experience of being black in america in the late 60s and it's just infinitely more powerful and meaningful than the stones ... devo's is really cool in it's own way, but it's just not on the same level as the first two versions
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But what I really want to know is...Which is better, Devo's Satisfaction or Flying Lizards Money?
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So Eddie must be on vacation!
Any idea on Sunday's set times? I'm headed out of town tomorrow and have to be sure to get back in time.
Thx!
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Can't wait for Saturday night! A chance to relive my early 20's all over again.
I found a setlist from an Atlanta (12 June) show on a Devo fansite (http://www.devo-obsesso.com/obsesso/html/news_pgs/atlanta_05.html) and it looks like a good selection (mostly from the first three releases). I would also add Come Back Jonee and The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprise and would be a totally satisfied spud.
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
it's just a fantastic song ... otis did it best and completely re-interpreted the song (like how johnny cash just makes any song he covers his own), the whole sense of adolescent frustration is channeled into the experience of being black in america in the late 60s and it's just infinitely more powerful and meaningful than the stones ... [/QB]
It would have been even more impressive if they had created the song themselves. Then I'd say, yeah, the Devo version is much better. Anyways, it will be a fun concert Sunday night.
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Considering that this could very well be the last time we're going to get to see DEVO live, $55 is fine by me. I would have paid more -- hundreds, if Alan were drumming. Whatever the case, it's a corporate feudal state, and we're just spuds for the harvest.
My buddy's flying in from Pittsburgh and we're going to both shows, recreating a similar odyessy we took in '88 to see them in Cincinnati and Columbus.
Club DEVO reports that they'll being playing seldom-heard tunes on the August dates. Though this could mean anything from "Come Back Johnee" to "DEVO Has Feelings Too," I dare not speculate. "I Need a Chick"? "Dr. Detroit"? "Cold War"? "DEVO Has Feelings Too"? "Man Turned Inside Out"? "Here to Go"?
Who knows? So let's find out!
If anybody wants to meet pre-gig for drinks and de-evolution, let's get it rollin'. ...
Bombs away!
GRS
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Now you're talking. My buddy is flying in from Seattle tonight for the show on Sunday. Wish there was a cheap way in on Saturday, oh well. Can't wait!!! CU there.
T
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YEAH, Eddie's the bomb!!
For Sunday:
No opening act but Eddie Eyeball may come down and DJ prior to the band.
7:30 Doors
9:30 Devo
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My brother is driving down from NYC. We're looking forward to seeing the Spud Boys on Saturday evening !
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Why might it be the last time we see them live? Is someone in the band dying?
Originally posted by B.I.G. Entertainment:
Considering that this could very well be the last time we're going to get to see DEVO live, $55 is fine by me. I would have paid more -- hundreds, if Alan were drumming. Whatever the case, it's a corporate feudal state, and we're just spuds for the harvest.
My buddy's flying in from Pittsburgh and we're going to both shows, recreating a similar odyessy we took in '88 to see them in Cincinnati and Columbus.
Club DEVO reports that they'll being playing seldom-heard tunes on the August dates. Though this could mean anything from "Come Back Johnee" to "DEVO Has Feelings Too," I dare not speculate. "I Need a Chick"? "Dr. Detroit"? "Cold War"? "DEVO Has Feelings Too"? "Man Turned Inside Out"? "Here to Go"?
Who knows? So let's find out!
If anybody wants to meet pre-gig for drinks and de-evolution, let's get it rollin'. ...
Bombs away!
GRS
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Why might it be the last time we see them live? Is someone in the band dying?
Alan Myers?
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We were at the show in NYC this past Wednesday and they cancelled the second oncore saying that their drummer broke his hand. Now we get ready for the show at 9:30 and wonder what the story is? Are they playing tonight in SC? Is the show taking place tomorrow? Who is the drummer??
Show in NYC was outstanding!
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So...
A month or so ago, my girlfriend returned to Baltimore from a great time seeing Devo down in Atlanta at some music festival, bringing with her the good news that they'd be coming to DC.
Finally, I thought, a reason to return to the nation's capital where I spent my formative years seeing punk shows at a little crap box on F street.
Tonight I surfed over to this here web site to check the price of said show, and saw... FIFTY-FIVE FREAKIN' DOLLARS?!?
I wouldn't pay 55 bucks for the second coming of Christ, let alone some over-the-hill one hit wonders in paper suits (let me stem a tide of abusive criticism here, by saying that I own every GD album they put out, including a marble vinyl copy of Are We Not Men. In other words, I'm a bigger Devo geek than you. So there).
The point is, NO SHOW is worth 55 bucks, I mean come on, if you folks down in the birthplace of Ian Mackaye don't know that, who the hell does? The aforementioned music festival was $70 for three days and, like, a million bands.
As I read through the posts above this I see that some of you think that 11 TIMES the upper price limit of Mr. DC-Music himself is not too much to pay to hear the bros. Mothersbaugh crank out a juke box version of the hits, some of you say you would even pay more!
This a plea to all of you: take the money and give it some 18-year-old kids making weird sounds in their basements. They need it a lot more and that's what made Devo cool in the first place.
Spending my 55 dollars on 15.4929 cases of Natty Boh and firing up the record player,
Reverend Chris
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You're all washed up yourself pal. Stay home. If you were at Central Park, The Hammerstein, you'd find that despite it being years, Devo is the best band out there right now. Go get U2 tickets for $110. but you'd not be able to - go to the ticket brokers for 150.
It's about F-in time that the Spud Boys made some money on a tour instead of losing as in past years. This is it for them and us so pay the 55. Best show of the year you'll see. Stop letting MTV tell you that they're a "revival" or "One hit Wonder" crap. If you're into Devo - you're there.....period.
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I am seeing that all other shows at this club are nowhere near $55. so I understand in that respect.
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Originally posted by revcbl:
So...
A month or so ago, my girlfriend returned to Baltimore from a great time seeing Devo down in Atlanta at some music festival, bringing with her the good news that they'd be coming to DC.
Finally, I thought, a reason to return to the nation's capital where I spent my formative years seeing punk shows at a little crap box on F street.
Tonight I surfed over to this here web site to check the price of said show, and saw... FIFTY-FIVE FREAKIN' DOLLARS?!?
I wouldn't pay 55 bucks for the second coming of Christ, let alone some over-the-hill one hit wonders in paper suits (let me stem a tide of abusive criticism here, by saying that I own every GD album they put out, including a marble vinyl copy of Are We Not Men. In other words, I'm a bigger Devo geek than you. So there).
The point is, NO SHOW is worth 55 bucks, I mean come on, if you folks down in the birthplace of Ian Mackaye don't know that, who the hell does? The aforementioned music festival was $70 for three days and, like, a million bands.
As I read through the posts above this I see that some of you think that 11 TIMES the upper price limit of Mr. DC-Music himself is not too much to pay to hear the bros. Mothersbaugh crank out a juke box version of the hits, some of you say you would even pay more!
This a plea to all of you: take the money and give it some 18-year-old kids making weird sounds in their basements. They need it a lot more and that's what made Devo cool in the first place.
Spending my 55 dollars on 15.4929 cases of Natty Boh and firing up the record player,
Reverend Chris
Since you appear to be new to this board, you've most likely missed the many discussions that have been held here about ticket prices. To summarize, there is a direct correlation between the ticket price and the fee demanded by the artist. Devo ain't cheap. Festivals have large budgets to pay artists generated by big-money sponsorships and concessions sales in addition to ticket sales. Clubs have ticket and bar sales and that's it.
Personally, I vastly prefer seeing a show in an intimate club, with A/C and a great sound system where I can really see what is happening onstage, as opposed to a large hot outdoor setting where I can't see the band, the sound sucks and there's no real bathrooms. I think it's worth paying more for a more comfortable concert experience. But if you don't think it's worth the money that's certainly your choice.
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well in LA you'd be able to buy even more cheap beer for your self as the tickets were going for 62.50
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I have a ticket for Sunday's show and now can't go...anyone have an extra ticket for tonight that they want to trade?
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Me again.
Yes, I am new to this board- I don't usually post to things like this and I just joined because I was pissed off. Now we're rollin'.
So, to take issue with some of the above comments:
"Washed up" No no, my friend. Washed up is being so hung up on the music of your youth that you're willing to pony up $55 when there are other bands, just as good for a lot less (see also Rolling Stones, New York Dolls, et al.). The problem is most people stop discovering new music in their college years. Evolve, dammit.
Now, going to see an older band can be great. I saw the Rezillos play at Black Cat a few years ago and they rocked. For all I cared they could have been animatronic replicas of the original members, and no, I didn't really want to hear their new songs-- I wanted to hear the "hits." However, those folks dragged themselves all the way here from Scotlandia or some such for about 12 bucks. What's Devo doing that cost so much? Man Or Astroman carted around all that freakin' gear and stage show stuff for a bargain price. Has the cone hat futures market driven prices that high?
I don't care how much U2 charges. I ain't goin' to see them either, and whatever the ticket price, it's too much. My point is that even the best band in the world (and for the record, that will always be the Ramones) isn't worth the money.
The idea that Devo were taken advantage of in the early years is a little suspect. I'm sure the royalties have been rolling in, and the members haven't exactly been idle since then, so we're not talking about Blind Lemon Jefferson here (barring some type of Willie Nelson-style tax difficulties, which I can't speak to). If Devo's that great (and they probably are) they could just rent a nice bus, call ahead to say they're coming, and we'd show up. Young punks all over the country are doing the same thing as I write this, playing for gas money in nowhere towns. With Devo's draw, they probably wouldn't even have to sleep on peoples' floors or anything. Jonathan Richman's been doing it for years, and I don't know how much he's charging now, but it ain't no $55.
Whoever's responsible for the prices, send 'em a message. Don't go. And for god sakes don't start using L.A. as a benchmark for music prices. Do that and the bastards have won.
Selah,
Rev. Chris
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Seeing as the doors open at 9:00, and Devo goes on at 11:00, what's happening for two hours? An unannounced opening act? Videos? Two hours of hanging out, drinking, with spuds?
I'm planning to get there about 9:30, hopefully I won't miss anything good.
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Decent show, but 1 hour and 5 minutes? Whoah.
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What they only played an hour!!
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Yep.
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Regardless of how good the show may have been, that is not good especially after charging $55 and no opener.
Glad that I saw them back in the day when they played Gaston Hall and half the crowd was wearing trash bags. The crowd amazed me. I've never seen such an artistic audience before nor after in my life. I was totally amazed what all they could do with trash bags. They put the accent mark in garbáge.
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Originally posted by revcbl:
Me again.
Yes, I am new to this board- I don't usually post to things like this and I just joined because I was pissed off. Now we're rollin'.
So, to take issue with some of the above comments:
"Washed up" No no, my friend. Washed up is being so hung up on the music of your youth that you're willing to pony up $55 when there are other bands, just as good for a lot less (see also Rolling Stones, New York Dolls, et al.). The problem is most people stop discovering new music in their college years. Evolve, dammit.
Now, going to see an older band can be great. I saw the Rezillos play at Black Cat a few years ago and they rocked. For all I cared they could have been animatronic replicas of the original members, and no, I didn't really want to hear their new songs-- I wanted to hear the "hits." However, those folks dragged themselves all the way here from Scotlandia or some such for about 12 bucks. What's Devo doing that cost so much? Man Or Astroman carted around all that freakin' gear and stage show stuff for a bargain price. Has the cone hat futures market driven prices that high?
I don't care how much U2 charges. I ain't goin' to see them either, and whatever the ticket price, it's too much. My point is that even the best band in the world (and for the record, that will always be the Ramones) isn't worth the money.
The idea that Devo were taken advantage of in the early years is a little suspect. I'm sure the royalties have been rolling in, and the members haven't exactly been idle since then, so we're not talking about Blind Lemon Jefferson here (barring some type of Willie Nelson-style tax difficulties, which I can't speak to). If Devo's that great (and they probably are) they could just rent a nice bus, call ahead to say they're coming, and we'd show up. Young punks all over the country are doing the same thing as I write this, playing for gas money in nowhere towns. With Devo's draw, they probably wouldn't even have to sleep on peoples' floors or anything. Jonathan Richman's been doing it for years, and I don't know how much he's charging now, but it ain't no $55.
Whoever's responsible for the prices, send 'em a message. Don't go. And for god sakes don't start using L.A. as a benchmark for music prices. Do that and the bastards have won.
Selah,
Rev. Chris
Wow someone has issues! How about people pay for and go to whatever shows they want to and not get all pissy about what other folks choose to do with their entertainment dollars. Who gives a rat's red ass what I listen to or when (if I have) stopped listening to 'new' bands. Last year I went to everyone from Arlo Guthrie to Marilyn Manson to Old Crow Medicine Show to The Secret Machines (plus another 47 shows). I am sure everyone on these boards could target at least one show I saw as a 'you have to be kidding me' show. However most of the regulars know that what I choose to go to is irrlevant to any damn thing. Did I actually make a point? Oh yeah, I'll be at the Devo show on Sunday...
DB
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Originally posted by bearman:
Decent show, but 1 hour and 5 minutes? Whoah.
And trouble with their opening video was not a very good sign,either....man,55 clams...I just didn't see 55 bucks a head up on the stage.....but,I did enjoy the music and the song selection was pretty damn cool...
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Setlist was great, I heard pretty much what I had hoped to hear, but that being said...it could have been amazing and instead I thought it was merely OK. I was impressed at the one-handed drummer's performance during "Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy".
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What all did they play?
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I don't ever recall DEVO having openers during their heyday and they were never known for doing lengthy shows either. But will agree the ticket price is a bit hefty, but The New York Dolls did around 75 minutes the other night.
I pulled out some old tickets stubs that go back to 82 and DEVO was getting $11.50 for a show in 5K theater on the "Oh No It's Devo" tour. Which adjusted for inflation is $23.33 in 2005. Some Ticket prices have definitely outplaced inflation.
For the shows I still ticket stubs for 82/83 DEVO was about the median price.
The Clash (82) - $11 (Small Theatre)
The Who (w/ The Clash, Eddie Money) at the Pontiac Silverdome (80K) - $15
Gang of Four (83) - $8.50 (club show)
Ramones (83) - $10
U2 (83 War Tour) - $10.50 (Small Theatre)
New Order (83) - $11 (Club show)
The Police (83) - $12.50 (Joe Louis Arena)
Talking Heads (83 Stop Making Sense tour) - $13.50 (Pine Knob smiliar to Merriweather)
Most of those bands were at or near the peak of their popularity, so on thier way up. And the Summer of 83 was a great time, turned 21 and on one weekend saw Bowie, The Police and Peter Gabriel.
And speaking of how ticket prices have inflated... Paul McCartney 1990 $28.50 floors adjusted for inflation $42.50
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It was kind of funny when the video intro screwed up. Not so funny when I realized there would be no visuals at all. Everything they played was great. They just didn't play enough of it. I couldn't believe they walked off the stage after 50 minutes. The encore pushed it to just over an hour, but it was still way too short.
I won't post any attempt at a setlist. Better to leave it as a surprise for those going tonight. I will say that it was about 85% from the first 3 records.
Like bearman said - It was a good show, but it coulda been great. Hopefully, they'll at least get the video working tonight.
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I'm sure tonight will be a better show. I just hope they play longer.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Some Ticket prices have definitely outplaced inflation.
i think ticket prices these days are totally ridiculous in general.
if only i could have been going to shows in the early 80s..
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Originally posted by bearman:
I'm sure tonight will be a better show. I just hope they play longer.
Word is, the setlist should be pretty much a carbon copy.....won't spoil it for anyone going tonight because that is the highlight of the show,the song selection.....btw,I think it's one of the Bob's, looks to be weighing in at about the 260 to 280 range if I'm not mistaken,maybe it's a stamina thing on the short setlist......
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while looking at list of DEVO shows in the early 80s, and most of them list ran around 85 minutes and included the audio used with the video segments.
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Originally posted by Jonas Grumby:
Originally posted by bearman:
I'm sure tonight will be a better show. I just hope they play longer.
Word is, the setlist should be pretty much a carbon copy.....won't spoil it for anyone going tonight because that is the highlight of the show,the song selection.....btw,I think it's one of the Bob's, looks to be weighing in at about the 260 to 280 range if I'm not mistaken,maybe it's a stamina thing on the short setlist...... [/b]
I expect it probably has more to do with the drummer's injured hand.
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You could see the drummer was in pain. He was working hard to try to use his left hand and kept changing his style with that hand in an attempt to use it. Was not totally successful. My friends and I could think of 1 or 2 songs that would have made the night complete but it still was great. I think the broken video added to the even, almost as if they meant for it to be repeating. I didn't view it as an encore but as two sets. They are not young guys anymore.
Was hoping for the Nickelodeon encore.
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Fab show, the band was tight and sounded great but was a bit creeped out by the fact the four originial looked like a bunch of dads on stage.
Was a bit disappointed by no appearence of Boojy Boy doing "Beautiful World" and little in the way of video back drops. The only video used was at teh start of the show, the General Boy intro from the New Traditionalists tour followed by a montage of Devo videos. Then again there was a bit of is it live or is it Memorex feel at those 80's shows. BOB1 still rocks...
"We're All Devo"
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3 fat guys that could have been accountants. one of them looked like larz from mars.
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Yo, weirdest crowd EVER. In line the guy next to me kept talking about how great Weird Al is. Felt like i was at a star wars convention. As for the show, aside from being short, i thought that they played great, and I think Mark Mothersbaugh is a great showman, in his own strange way. Bouncing the superballs into the audience was a nice touch.
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Was so happy that I sucked it up and got the tickets. They rocked out!! They were as good as they were when I saw them at the old club the last time they were it town. Duty Now for the Future!!
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Originally posted by SPARX:
What all did they play?
Would someone provide this old fart with a setlist now that the second show is history??
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They played a great show Sunday. So glad I finally got to see Devo.
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For those who thought they were obese, you should have seen Steve Jones when the Sex Pistols played the club. His guitar was tilted up from the belly.
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I was up front. had a total blast. Got a pair of drumsticks from Josh to add to my collection and a pick for my friend who collects those. Very glad I made the trek from Richmond.
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Originally posted by distance:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Some Ticket prices have definitely outplaced inflation.
i think ticket prices these days are totally ridiculous in general.
if only i could have been going to shows in the early 80s.. [/b]
believe me, everyone complianed about them back then, too
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All's I have to say is that it was 55 bucks worth spending. I'd never seen them before, knew very little of their songs, but knew of them and knew what songs were popular amongst their fans. I have to say that it was easily a top two concert of the year. So much energy and the music was just GREAT. I had no problem with the length, I usually leave a little early anyways. I can easily live for an hour concert if they play good songs and if its a band I like, play the songs I like. Conclusion: EXCELLANT AND WELL WORTH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Are We Not Men, We Are DEVO" was by far the most entertaining song of the night. Still got it playing in my head and seeing the two guitarist jump back and forth when not singing their vocals.
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the crowd was a bit like the New York Dolls show, a fairly wide age range... best comment I over heard right before the band started was paraphasing "Oh I just noticed the video screen, they a bit arty"
The audience was also digging the DJ who I believe was Twangirl...
Will look for a setlist, the best place to find one is the Devo email list but to get approved for it requires filling out a questionnaire which I couldn't be bothered with when getting it...
Anyone know what the band was pumping through the PA before they came on? It was very Devoesque...
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Originally posted by revcbl:
The point is, NO SHOW is worth 55 bucks, I mean come on, if you folks down in the birthplace of Ian Mackaye don't know that, who the hell does? The aforementioned music festival was $70 for three days and, like, a million bands.
I am so fucking sick of reading this same old rant..."This 18-day festival with 179 bands was only $20 -- how can they charge $50 for blah blah 'show I don't need to see if I think it's too expensive' blah blah blah...
This a plea to all of you: take the money and give it some 18-year-old kids making weird sounds in their basements. They need it a lot more and that's what made Devo cool in the first place.
If you spent more time here, you'd see that most of do that as well. So speak from whereth you knoweth.
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Yeah, $55 is steep, but it was Sunday night so the hour and five minute set didn't bother me that much. I could have used 3 or 4 more songs, but they really pack a whollop into a short set. There was great energy all through the club -- made me imagine how insane the shows in their heyday would have been. Jaguar indicated as much...
Glad I went, good show, sorry for the drummer and wish I'd gotten a superball!
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So let me get this straight.
They played for one hour, with no openers. The drummer played (ineffectively) with a broken hand. The band looked like fat, old middle aged accountants. The incredible video show that was supposed to set the club date apart from a festival date didn't work. Sounds like one hell of a rock and roll extravanganza!!! All for only $55. That's probably more than most of their fans pay a Mexican to do a day of yardwork at their house.
Where is the fan outrage? I guess a roomful of Weird Al fans would tend to set the bar pretty low as to what constitutes a "good show".
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First of all no openers and short shows were standard for Devo in the past.... The drummer was hardly impeded by injury, he just didn't rock to 11... the energy was still there, they just didn't bounce as high... the shows of past with videos were highly planned affairs which the band probably didn't have the time to do this timeout... and take your shit somewhere else
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Short performance with nothing for openers. I guess Devo fans are as forgiving of Devo performance as their wives are of theirs.
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
First of all no openers and short shows were standard for Devo in the past.... The drummer was hardly impeded by injury, he just didn't rock to 11... the energy was still there, they just didn't bounce as high... the shows of past with videos were highly planned affairs which the band probably didn't have the time to do this timeout... and take your shit somewhere else
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it has more to do with sonic overload then anything.. their shows were always intense and fairly loud affairs... it was also very hot in the club last night
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
The incredible video show that was supposed to set the club date apart from a festival date didn't work.
It worked on Sunday...
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While it might have smarted a bit to drop $55 on one show, I don't have any regrets. Devo ran through every song I would have wanted to hear (except Space Junk, which would've sent me into a fit of insanity) with an intensity that I wouldn't have thought they could muster at their age. And the drummer's hand must have been feeling better, because he was using it a good bit, not only drumming with both hands, but using the broken one for most of the big cymbal crashes. All in all it was money well spent; plus, you gotta figure those tear-away yellow jumpsuits are expensive to replace.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
it has more to do with sonic overload then anything.. their shows were always intense and fairly loud affairs... it was also very hot in the club last night
Yeah, what was that? Did the band request it?? It was really, really hot...
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one can only run the a/c so hard, seeing as hot it was outside it much be a bitch to cool a room that large with so many bodies in it.
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While I am new to the site, I have seen over 500 shows in my 40 years. Many at the old club, and too few at the current location. One thing that seems to beg for a comment... It is really odd to complain about a show you did not attend. The club is fantastic, the staff is always respectful and in control, and the band still has the talent and energy to put on a fantastic show. I hope everyone who attended has as much fun as I did!
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Originally posted by phillidan:
One thing that seems to beg for a comment... It is really odd to complain about a show you did not attend.
We've had people give concert reviews of concerts they didn't attend before. The revisionist history runs rampant.
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The set list from both nights, not necessarily in order and perhaps missing a song or two:
That's Good
Goin' Under
Whip It
Blockhead
Jocko Homo
Girl U Want
Gates of Steel
Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy
Freedom of Choice
Come Back Jonee
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Uncontrollable Urge
Mongoloid
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The set list from both nights, not necessarily in order and perhaps missing a song or two:
That's Good
Goin' Under
Whip It
Blockhead
Jocko Homo
Girl U Want
Gates of Steel
Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy
Freedom of Choice
Come Back Jonee
Also, played... at least on Saturday:
Uncontrollable Urge
Satisfaction
Mongoloid
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The shows were great. Enough said.
As for the ticket price, whatever. Besides, the core DEVO fan demographic is 35+ (older ... and, perhaps, wiser), which means more disposable income and probably fewer events/concerts coming to town that actually inspire them to head on out into the night.
One thing will never change, that's for sure: the check-me-out-I'm-cooler-than-thou criticism of what music other people listen to, their physical appearances and how they choose to spend their money. The smug music fanatics who pride themselves on knowing the minutiae of, like, every band that ever formed, fell apart, regrouped or dissipated into oblivion (and who engage in loud conversations that are nothing but bouts of sad one-upsmanship and check-out-my-encyclopedic-knowledge-of-like-everything-from-MST3K-to-G.G. Allin-to-The-Bacon-Brothers) will always be a part of the music scene. It's OK for a teenager or 20-something who hasn't been around the block and is still poking around to find an identity; but to hear it from older people queued up for a DEVO gig or milling about the floor of Nightclub 9:30 or posting on an Internet bulletin board or wherever makes me smile quietly to myself (with an admittedly hypocritical sense of irony).
As for my own bigotry, I'll take a corpulent member of DEVO over a self-satisfied, tattooed, jive-talkin', I'm-in-the-know social fool any day of the week.
Choose your mutations carefully.
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If you are referring to my comments...I was not at the concert, and am not complaining about the concert. I was merely repeating the comments of others.
Originally posted by phillidan:
While I am new to the site, I have seen over 500 shows in my 40 years. Many at the old club, and too few at the current location. One thing that seems to beg for a comment... It is really odd to complain about a show you did not attend. The club is fantastic, the staff is always respectful and in control, and the band still has the talent and energy to put on a fantastic show. I hope everyone who attended has as much fun as I did!
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it was a goodl, punchy show, but yes, some of them look like they should hit the stairmaster once in a while.
and what is with the crowd????
Talk about a dork-o-rama....
One little mini-mothersbaugh in a hawaiian shirt was totally mental. He rudely jammed himself in front of us, knocking into a beer held by this girl next to me. I said something like, "hey, watch it," and he totally exploded. Got in my face and screamed at me, "WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO GO?????" Mind you, this guy is about half my height.
Then he started accusing me of threatening him. He cowered to the floor and covered his head, pointing at me, making a big scene about how I was threatening him. Then he told the people in front of us to protect him from me, and.... took the space in front of them.
I thought it was a mental scam to get closer to the stage, but he spent much of the show looking back at me and cowering, so maybe he was just a nut.
I'm wondering, what would the club do in a case where one patron accuses another of harrassing and/or violent behavior? (Assuming, of course, security saw no such contact because it is a total fabrication)
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Yeah, there was a guy next to me doing big motion new wave dancing -- i.e., taking up lots of space. Granted, this was near the very back where there's more of that kind of room, and I enjoy seeing someone appreciate the show so much. But what I found funny is that he had a cast on one arm, and when someone came near and sort of threatened some of his dancing space, he held up his arm until they went away, as if to say "hey, lookie lookie, I'm injured here. I need my space or I may hit you with this rock-hard arm cast when I flail about my arms..."
And then another guy in front of me with his girlfriend would NOT move to let a guy carrying three beers cross in front of him. The stationary guy was funny...he was so adamant, as if he truly believed the guy (who just needed to pass by) was going to position himself right in front of the couple, happily drinking all three beers himself. Even when the beer guy got by and headed away, the stationary guy retained this insulted look on his face.
People can be really idiosyncratic at shows...
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J'Mal, your story is rather similiar to what happened to us at the last show we were at...
We had been standing near the front at a three band show for about two hours. The show was sold out and packed. We were standing next to a couple of rather short women. There was also a large group of people near us, a couple of whom we had chatted with briefly between bands.
As the headliner was about to go on, a couple of big haired hags came pushing through the crowd, doing the pretend to be meeting someone up front, then stopping. They stopped in such a way that they both obscured the view of the short women, and had their boobs practically sticking into my wife's back.
My wife told them they needed to move on, the refused and started giving shit back to her. A couple of the people we had chatted with started mocking them and telling them to move on. Finally, they did.
But five minutes later, just as the headliner started playing, 9:30 staph came and pulled us out of the audience and took us to the back, saying that there were two crying women who my wife had elbowed. Total bullshit fabrication. Man, I tell you...what women get away with when they turn on the tears. We told the staph person our side of the story, and they weren't convinced. Luckily, one of the people we had been standing next to heard that we had been whisked away, and came to the back and corroborated our story. And we were set free.
Also, lucklily, we managed to squirm our way back to where we had been standing.
The end.
Originally posted by J'Mal:
it was a goodl, punchy show, but yes, some of them look like they should hit the stairmaster once in a while.
and what is with the crowd????
Talk about a dork-o-rama....
One little mini-mothersbaugh in a hawaiian shirt was totally mental. He rudely jammed himself in front of us, knocking into a beer held by this girl next to me. I said something like, "hey, watch it," and he totally exploded. Got in my face and screamed at me, "WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO GO?????" Mind you, this guy is about half my height.
Then he started accusing me of threatening him. He cowered to the floor and covered his head, pointing at me, making a big scene about how I was threatening him. Then he told the people in front of us to protect him from me, and.... took the space in front of them.
I thought it was a mental scam to get closer to the stage, but he spent much of the show looking back at me and cowering, so maybe he was just a nut.
I'm wondering, what would the club do in a case where one patron accuses another of harrassing and/or violent behavior? (Assuming, of course, security saw no such contact because it is a total fabrication)
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Originally posted by J'Mal:
One little mini-mothersbaugh in a hawaiian shirt was totally mental. He rudely jammed himself in front of us, knocking into a beer held by this girl next to me. I said something like, "hey, watch it," and he totally exploded. Got in my face and screamed at me, "WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO GO?????" Mind you, this guy is about half my height.
Then he started accusing me of threatening him. He cowered to the floor and covered his head, pointing at me, making a big scene about how I was threatening him. Then he told the people in front of us to protect him from me, and.... took the space in front of them.
I thought it was a mental scam to get closer to the stage, but he spent much of the show looking back at me and cowering, so maybe he was just a nut.
This is one of the funniest stories I've read in a long time. Two thumbs up for sharing!
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I enjoyed both stories and am glad that the other people you were talking to stepped up and helped you guys out.
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
My wife told them they needed to move on, the refused and started giving shit back to her. A couple of the people we had chatted with started mocking them and telling them to move on. Finally, they did.
it's a good thing you or celeste didn't light up a cigarette ... i sent the 930 staff your photos, and if you pull that kind of shit again, expect to be booted ... or punched in the nose by me ... asshole ...
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Yes, the people around us were cool, and 9:30 staph handled the situation professionally and fairly.
Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
I enjoyed both stories and am glad that the other people you were talking to stepped up and helped you guys out.
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setlist for both shows was as follows (in order):
That's Good
Going Under
Girl U Want
Whip It
Satisfaction
Uncontrollable Urge
Mongoloid
Blockhead
Jocko Homo
Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
Gates Of Steel
----encore----
Freedom Of Choice
Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy
Come Back Jonee
At some of the recent shows, they've done "Wiggly World" in the encore, but not in D.C. unfortunately. It's too bad they didn't end with "Beautiful World". I can't imagine a more perfect place as D.C. for Booji Boy to sing that one.
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Originally posted by geeesevvon:
It's too bad they didn't end with "Beautiful World". I can't imagine a more perfect place as D.C. for Booji Boy to sing that one.
My thoughts exactly! Still a great setlist though.
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Originally posted by J'Mal:
I'm wondering, what would the club do in a case where one patron accuses another of harrassing and/or violent behavior? (Assuming, of course, security saw no such contact because it is a total fabrication)
we do our best to talk to everyone involved, and often ask the people around the scene to get an unbiased opinion. there are always at least three sides to every story (yours, theirs, and the truth), so it's hard to get down to what actually happened.
usually, we can convince everyone to calm down and enjoy the show. if i didn't see what happened and nobody will back down, i usually say that i'll just have to remove everybody involved. that always gets people to shut up and stop arguing and watch the show. sometimes we ask the people to seperate.
if one person is clearly in the wrong, we remove them. if anyone resorts to physical violence, we remove them, whether they started it or not.
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Originally posted by geeesevvon:
setlist for both shows was as follows (in order):
That's Good
Going Under
Girl U Want
Whip It
Satisfaction
Uncontrollable Urge
Mongoloid
Blockhead
Jocko Homo
Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
Gates Of Steel
----encore----
Freedom Of Choice
Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy
Come Back Jonee
At some of the recent shows, they've done "Wiggly World" in the encore, but not in D.C. unfortunately. It's too bad they didn't end with "Beautiful World". I can't imagine a more perfect place as D.C. for Booji Boy to sing that one.
Thanks for posting that.I don't see how anybody could complain if they saw all those live.Excellent choices,although omitting Beautiful World is kind of a bummer.
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josh,
can a person ever be "clearly in the wrong" when it's just one person's word against another's?
the staph clearly are not interested in playing hall monitor, and deciding who is right and who is wrong is far from being a science in these situations. I would just hope that I'm never kicked out of a show on someone's say so. I must admit, the thought crossed my mind, because this little nut made a very big production of how I supposedly threatened him. I've been accused of shit before in bars, but under very different circumstances (not being local, and outnumbered, and the other guy's a drunk, etc.)
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
It was kind of funny when the video intro screwed up. Not so funny when I realized there would be no visuals at all. Everything they played was great. They just didn't play enough of it. I couldn't believe they walked off the stage after 50 minutes. The encore pushed it to just over an hour, but it was still way too short.
I won't post any attempt at a setlist. Better to leave it as a surprise for those going tonight. I will say that it was about 85% from the first 3 records.
Like bearman said - It was a good show, but it coulda been great. Hopefully, they'll at least get the video working tonight.
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Saturday was a great show (while it lasted) but I was in disbelief when they only played for an hour. So in disbelief that I continued to stand there, even as the roadies secured equipment (surely they were going to come back out!). I kinda felt like they didn't care too much for their fans. The $55 dollar ticket price seemed exorbitant, considering their stage show was stripped down to the bare minimum.
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Originally posted by J'Mal:
can a person ever be "clearly in the wrong" when it's just one person's word against another's?
sometimes it's pretty clear what's going on no matter what each side says. most times, however, it's impossible to tell. which is why i give the option of everybody leaving, or everybody acting like adults and enjoying the show. it usually works.
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sunday's show was outstanding. I felt very satisfied when I left. Was surprised how guitar-based the music was, I always thought it was mostly keyboards. Lots of wierdos, but they were harmless. was upset they didn't play 'turnaround' but I wasn't expecting them to. Liked the DJ setlist before the show, good selections. anyway, good show.
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Saw Devo in 1978+- at Painters Mill outside of Baltimore,again in 1980 or 81 at Merriweather Post and then Sunday night. To some 55 bucks may seem high but I'd be glad to spend that again and even drive hundreds of miles to do it.I'm 51 years old and I can't jump around like I used to,neither can anyone else.The show Sunday may not of had the "showmanship" of past shows but,to this Spud,the music was why I went,and the music is why I'll travel far distances to see Devo.Hopefully they'll tour this area again. The days of the Ontario Theater and $5 concerts of Talking Heads,B-52s,The Police, The Cramps,Pearl Harbor ,and The Insect Surfers are over.Give me Devo in a setting like Sunday and I'll give you $55 any day.
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Originally posted by spudb0y:
Saw Devo in 1978+- at Painters Mill outside of Baltimore,again in 1980 or 81 at Merriweather Post and then Sunday night. To some 55 bucks may seem high but I'd be glad to spend that again and even drive hundreds of miles to do it.I'm 51 years old and I can't jump around like I used to,neither can anyone else.The show Sunday may not of had the "showmanship" of past shows but,to this Spud,the music was why I went,and the music is why I'll travel far distances to see Devo.Hopefully they'll tour this area again. The days of the Ontario Theater and $5 concerts of Talking Heads,B-52s,The Police, The Cramps,Pearl Harbor ,and The Insect Surfers are over.Give me Devo in a setting like Sunday and I'll give you $55 any day.
Right on Spudboy!! I too have to drive hundreds of miles to get to the 930 so it definitely limits your shows and makes you choose more wisely. Having also seen them at the Merriweather show and then seeing the setlist they played over the w/end, I certainly admit to being upset at myself for not making the trek out for that one.Almost forgot about shows at Painters Mill. I went to a few there but the one that stands out for me was The Police tour in 80.It was right around the time the 3rd release was out I believe.Anyway, glad you enjoyed it. Long live Akron's finest!!