Wow! This really takes me back. I can still remember being a young Black kid with Devo albums and playing along with my guitar and bass as happy as can be. Then being told I was weird for even listening to them and was laughed at. SMH. To this day I don't understand how some people can think that way. Music is music. Race be damned. Devo were brilliant.
I thought they were about the devolution of music from this & Joko Homo etc. back to disco. Not until much later I realised their ethos was the devolution of society. And they were (are) spot on.
It's certainly in the top 5 BUT Lemmy from motorhead doing Louie Louie, Todd Rundgren while my guitar gently weeps, Guns and Roses Covering ain't it fun by the dead boys, MACC Doing land of the new rising sun By Jimi Hendrix
I was a pure hard rocker when I went in the military in 1981. A couple new wave guys in our dorm introduced me and my rocker buddy to DEVO. At first we rejected it, then after a while we opened our minds and we were loving it. They were genius. Good times.
Ha, reminds me of my story. There were four of us that hanged all through highschool, and one of them graduated in 1978. When my mom was gone visiting my sister's we would hang and play records and Den brought over a DEVO album around '78 or '79 and none of us liked it. We hated that album with a passion. We were used to listening to KISS, Kansas, Styx, Beatles, etc. He was also the one that brought over his Cars album. We eventually began to like both groups, but it took a while for us also.
@@observantowl5568 I remember when MTV did a "live" on t.v. concert of Judas Priest, around 1982. It was so cool, watching a live performance at my buddy's house on his .t.v.
If you don't understand it...you throw rocks at....my sister played ozzy diary of a mad man....rush 2112...and Devo...Oingo Boingo....but I kept my love for Metal ...(rainbow...black Sabbath)...punk...(gg allin...antiseen..black flag)....outlaw country( Hank 3...George Jones ...Gary Stewart..f.b.brothers...)new wave ( Devo...Gary Numan..NIN...ministry....yeah I know...but you get it........patrick
Strange enough as it is, for I liked new wave and punk all that cool stuff I liked Bluegrass. I loved country and bluegrass and after I heard a bunch of new wave and Punk and goth, I realized what I was listening to was shit compared to that.
I'm not sure how being witness to the massacre of unarmed students of Kent State University launches absurdist post punk bizarro mayhem music... but I guess ultimately I'm glad it did. LOL!
@@lorenzodepacas9885, if Donna Summer and James Taylor can be in it, surely Devo can. Hell, Gene Pitney is in the damn thing, for crying out loud, and Leonard Cohen and ABBA.
fully deconstructed Satisfaction with a completely different groove to it and still a great musical masterpiece for the ages Respect to Devo and the Stones of course
Just turned 58 and love DEVO. & RUSH. I remember a guy in my HS running across school campus from police in Devo chem suit. It was holloween and he was selling something in the parking lot.
Devo apparently were pioneers of the music video. You will notice that there's more here than just them playing their instruments. This was three years before MTV.
Great observation. Bogie Boy, General Boy and the Captain are all here. Hey, if they are gonna make you watch CRT videos they should balance that out with "De evolution." Lets Go Brandon!
Skipped a day in high school to see DEVO at the Agora Theater in Cleveland, Ohio for the WMMS Coffee Break Concert. I still love those Spud Boys from Akron!.
Devo's version was excellent! It was even one of Mick Jagger's favorite cover versions! At that time, they were so weird that they almost didn't get their musical guest spot on Saturday Night Live. But their producer pulled strings, & they got the SNL gig. Their SNL performance, which included Satisfaction, was a big hit.
Devo was loved by so many influential people....David Bowie was originally supposed to produce their first album because he and Iggy Pop got them their contract with Warner Brothers, but he had other commitments so he got Brian Eno to do it...amazing, underrated band
More Info: Releasing the cover on an album, however, wasn't guaranteed. As the New Yorker explained, Devo had made such a weird, bizarre, warped version of "Satisfaction," the label wouldn't release it without Mick Jagger's permission. And considering how out-there it was, that was no slam-dunk. So when Jagger, his manager, and members of Devo gathered in a Manhattan office, the band members were truly nervous about how Jagger - one of their rock idols - would take the song. After about 30 seconds of silently listening, he delivered his verdict: by dancing around and exclaiming "I like it, I like it." Even if Devo had no satisfaction, at least Mick Jagger got plenty of it from them.
@@ronj9448 *"Devo had made such a weird, bizarre, warped version of "Satisfaction," the label wouldn't release it without Mick Jagger's permission"* What are you talking about? _NO_ band can release an album with a cover unless they have permission from the owner(s) of the song being covered. You can cover a song in a live performance, but you can _not_ release an album with a cover without permission/payment. At any rate, the opposite of what you claim is true: The more _unlike_ an original song a cover is, the more likely it would be able to escape legal ramifications... not there would much chance at all. Sure enough, I looked up the _New Yorker_ source and there's no explanation there, either. Just dishonesty. I suggest you take what you read --- especially from dishonest people --- with a grain of salt.
@@bricaaron3978 You're wrong. Compulsory licensing prohibits the owners of a song from stopping you from releasing a cover song provided you inform them and work out the royalty. The reason people seek permission is because they don't want the writer of the song taking the lion's share of the royalties. Which they can do if it is not worked out in advance. Some bands don't care and they love the song or looking for exposure. So you're wrong, and it would appear confused by the whole thing. Sad.
@@ronj9448 *"You're wrong. Compulsory licensing prohibits the owners of a song from stopping you from releasing a cover song provided you inform them and work out the royalty."* What you refer to was only legislated two years before this occurred and it has been extremely rare that anyone has actually taken that route. In 99.9%+ of cases the covering band gets permission from the copyright owner. Further, it only applies to songs which have not had the melody altered, or been fundamentally changed, which Devo's version certainly was. What is it that you are claiming happened in this case?
The first time I ever heard of Devo was from this video that was played during an SNL episode or some other late night TV show, sometime in the late 70's. I had no idea what the hell I just witnessed, but I was beyond mesmerized. Thank you Devo for all the incredible music throughout the years. Spuds forever!
Devo’s SNL debut was Oct 14, 1978. The Stones’ debuted Oct 7. I was in 9th grade and in one week my cultural compass was a useless relic. I still love the Stones, but Devo took me more than 15 minutes into the future, and for that I am grateful. And the SNL music programmers had a wicked sense of humor to schedule these bands on back-to-back weekends. 1978. Wow.
Yep, me too. Was watching SNL. Then.... "what the hell is this shit!" But then, later it grew on me. Damn, reminiscing the good ol' days. Tearing up now.
See, THIS is how you cover a song. Add your own unique twist to it and make it something that can be remembered on its own merits. Too bad this version isn't well known, it's damn good stuff.
Exactly. You nailed it and said it beautifully. Make it your own. Devo certainly did just that. Way the hell ahead of their time. Happy I caught them 4 times within the past few years. They performed in the same way that they did back then. Devo kept it real.
I cant find when this was first composed but it HAD to be before 1975. I remember going to a theater in Wadsworth Ohio (roughly a "suburb" of Akron) and they rolled a promo of this song with video before the movie. I guess you could say it was the first music "video" I ever saw :-) One thing for certain though is it made a very strong impression on me as a kid.
I like this version better, frankly. It's got that amazingly weird and quirky combination of the off-kilter drum beat with the bass line, coupled with the odd and desperate lyrical style. Pure genius. Devo is hugely misunderstood as a joke band. No way. They are the real deal.
Personally, I've always found the Stones' version to be kind of boring and old-fogeyish, even when I was a kid. I prefer this one too, especially for that drum beat. It's just too bad that most people, even those who who were around when Devo was big, only remember Whip It.
As a serious drummer, that guy did a TON for this song, no lie. A lot of syncopated coordination going on here. I don't know his name but I'm giving props to this drummer.
"Tainted Love" by Soft Cell is my favorite cover in the history of my life. The original is Gloria Jones "Tainted Love": th-cam.com/video/NSehtaY6k1U/w-d-xo.html
This is bad ass!! I’ll never forget my step brother and I sneaking to watch music videos like this in the 80’s!!! It was devil music so it was forbidden in our house
One of the best live groups ever. And I saw some of the great ones: The Clash, DKs, Gary Numan, Patti Smith, etc. Devo were just amazing. I was at their first concert in Cleveland after the first LP was released. It was at the old Agora. During the press party they looked amused at the DEVO ice carving. Among all of us in Cle they were heroes. We were SO proud of them.
In the early 80's I was very "classic rock" and didn't appreciate different versions. But listening to this version now, I think it's brilliant! What a great band!
No small accomplishment to take one of the greatest songs in rock history and make it completely your own. Tight, tight, tight as Heck. Superb and highly apropos musician choreography.
Going on 60 and still one of my favorites!! First time I saw them do this was in '77/'78 on Saturday Night Live!! We were all taking that trip without our luggage and will never forget!! Those were the DAYS!!
Another 58 year old, who came of age in this place called a "Skate Park" (skateboarding park with pipes, pools, etc.), where they blasted the first two DEVO albums repeatedly. Devotee ever since.
I can remember being in the parking lot at Raul's listening to someone talk about this band from up North who were into DEVOlution. First album had not even come out yet. The Raul's crowd was savvy,
The character that is doing the flips and floor dancing is "Spaz Attack" who would show up at some big concerts and do his thing. I read that he was featured in a David Bowie vid which was the beginning of his spazing career. Bless his heart.
Gerald Casale: We stuck our cassette into this big boom box and pressed Play. Jagger sat in total silence staring straight ahead. We thought, "God, he hates it". But then, he jumped up out of his chair and started dancing wildly in front of the fireplace. Dancing just like Mick Jagger. I thought, "Oh shit, he loves it!" Mark and I went home totally stoked and elated.
I am from the Cleveland/Akron area where Devo originated and I have always loved this band. Here they take a great Rolling Stones song and make it totally their own. The video also never fails to crack me up due to its sheer weirdness. The old man/baby in the playpen sticking a fork in the toaster gets me every time.
Mick by all accounts loved this its a stones song with a DEVO stamp! How many bands can take a timeless classic and make it their own? Not too many and live in concert they were phenomenal a show and a concert! Devo fan and Stones Fan for life!
Ive been a Stones fan since 64 but Ive never been a big fan of Satisfaction, but this version is fantastic . Much, much better than the original . Love it !!!
0:13 Electro-Harmonix pedal duct taped to the front of a Telecaster! Mothersbaugh is a genius. Also appearing a LaBaye 2x4 guitar, Gibson Ripper Bass cut to the shape of a potato (!?), a deluxe (and un-popular model) Hagstrom guitar. DEVO was brilliant in so many ways. Great song writing, original visual statements, political reactions to everything from the killings at Kent State to mindless consumerism to the eternally simple boy-girl tango. We are all DEVO.
When they wanted to be, DEVO were the funkiest nerds to ever walk this planet. They could lock into a groove that would make James Brown weep with envy : ) This is probably my favorite 'cover' song ever. Hey, if you're gonna remake a song, then make it your own. That's precisely what they did.
One of the best covers ever. When it came out a cover of this cover by Billy Clone and The Same use to play this at the bar in Tempe Az I hung out in, I thought it was theirs until i got the eight track , Devo was some fresh stuff.
DEVO truly reinvented this song and made it their own. One of the best reinterpretations of a classic song, ever !
It's said that Mick Jagger said this was his favorite Rolling Stones cover
🎸🙋♀️True punk🤣
@@dl733sak Funny thing is that the Stones song was a cover too.
Yep...!!! I agree..!!! 🤘👑🤘
The best cover ever.
Baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby.......................crazy shit.. I love it
Wow! This really takes me back. I can still remember being a young Black kid with Devo albums and playing along with my guitar and bass as happy as can be. Then being told I was weird for even listening to them and was laughed at. SMH. To this day I don't understand how some people can think that way. Music is music. Race be damned. Devo were brilliant.
Great statement. Hats off to you .
@YOU ARE NOT A VICTIM YOU ARE THE MONSTER Lol! I hear ya man.
I agree ...Good Music is good music for all to enjoy. Good music the great communicator of all people!!
Oh yeah these guys rock
Hate to quote Madonna but Music does bring people together
I am now 60 in 2023 and I am still watching DEVO videos. A band that was way ahead of the musical curve.
58 here and keep going back to DEVO. I saw them live in NYC in I think 81. Kept my red flower pot hat for years. No idea where it is now.
60yo here. I saw Devo in concert, Festival Hall , Melbourne, Australia 1982.
yes sir i am 62 and and i still love thes guys rock on devo
77 and still jammin with DEVO!!
Your a true DEVOTEE like me!
The older I get, the more DeEvolution I see.
I thought they were about the devolution of music from this & Joko Homo etc. back to disco. Not until much later I realised their ethos was the devolution of society. And they were (are) spot on.
from 2020 it really accelerated
This may be the coolest cover in music history.
I totally agree.
I like it better than the original.
It's certainly in the top 5 BUT Lemmy from motorhead doing Louie Louie, Todd Rundgren while my guitar gently weeps, Guns and Roses Covering ain't it fun by the dead boys, MACC Doing land of the new rising sun By Jimi Hendrix
😁!
The Residents' cover is cooler
I was a pure hard rocker when I went in the military in 1981. A couple new wave guys in our dorm introduced me and my rocker buddy to DEVO. At first we rejected it, then after a while we opened our minds and we were loving it. They were genius. Good times.
Ha, reminds me of my story. There were four of us that hanged all through highschool, and one of them graduated in 1978. When my mom was gone visiting my sister's we would hang and play records and Den brought over a DEVO album around '78 or '79 and none of us liked it. We hated that album with a passion. We were used to listening to KISS, Kansas, Styx, Beatles, etc. He was also the one that brought over his Cars album. We eventually began to like both groups, but it took a while for us also.
@@veltonmeade1057 Also they introduced us to the B52's. I still like them as well and still love Judas Priest and many rock bands like you mentioned.
@@observantowl5568 I remember when MTV did a "live" on t.v. concert of Judas Priest, around 1982. It was so cool, watching a live performance at my buddy's house on his .t.v.
If you don't understand it...you throw rocks at....my sister played ozzy diary of a mad man....rush 2112...and Devo...Oingo Boingo....but I kept my love for Metal ...(rainbow...black Sabbath)...punk...(gg allin...antiseen..black flag)....outlaw country( Hank 3...George Jones ...Gary Stewart..f.b.brothers...)new wave ( Devo...Gary Numan..NIN...ministry....yeah I know...but you get it........patrick
Strange enough as it is, for I liked new wave and punk all that cool stuff I liked Bluegrass. I loved country and bluegrass and after I heard a bunch of new wave and Punk and goth, I realized what I was listening to was shit compared to that.
Devo was ahead of their time, unfortunately, that time still hasn’t come yet.
🤣
Absolutely this is the first,and probably last,time I've heard Devo.
I'm not sure how being witness to the massacre of unarmed students of Kent State University launches absurdist post punk bizarro mayhem music... but I guess ultimately I'm glad it did. LOL!
And yes, I guess I agree with that statement. Yet, they're seriously great in some way.
True that
Absolutely adored these guys when I was a punk in my 20s! I'm a 62 year old lady now! 💗
You’re awesome blossom
Fun times!
@@bluecat798 Stay that way bluecat, I'm sure at you
I'm
r age you still rock!!🎻🎻🎸🥁🎤🎵🎶🎼
I'm 61, my birthday was on the 24 of October, I'm a punk Scorpio.
Wooohooo
Devo are the band of the future, and they always will be.
Has to be one of the best covers ever. They take the original song but make it into something so unique, yet it somehow fits the original.
This is a great cover of this song 🎵
I have always enjoyed this version.
Devo needs to be in the Rock and Roll hall of fame. Right there with tears for fears
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fuck is pathetic. Get that shit of a pedestal, and treat it for the overrated garbage it is.
Lmfao
@@lorenzodepacas9885 I'm so serious lmaooo. They made some bops!
@@lorenzodepacas9885, if Donna Summer and James Taylor can be in it, surely Devo can. Hell, Gene Pitney is in the damn thing, for crying out loud, and Leonard Cohen and ABBA.
Big facts
That is Spaz Attack dancing. Shows how old I am to remember that dude!
Me 2 and I'm 44 Sapz is new wave history like Crazy Legs is to hip-hop . 😎 classic 80s
When I think of the song, Satifaction, my mind goes immediately to Devo. That prolonged Baby, baby, Baby x 35 in a 2 minute song is killer!
yup its 35 times i just counted
@@TT-yf5gm EPIC.
I always think of the 1995 film Casino the shooting scene when this song was used, their other song Whip it was used too.
@@Squab1972 `was going to comment on exactly the same re. Casino
I tried counting long ago. I thought 32 but no problem if it's more. Later on it was just like babbababbababbabbababba, not taking as much care.
This is how covers should be done.
Damn staright.
Apparently it’s micks favorite cover
You like covers better when bands try to do it exactly the same as the original or when they recreate it in their own way.?
WHAT A GREAT COVER OF A CLASSIC MERLE HAGGARD SONG - BOY THEM FELLOWS CAN PLAY AND SING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fully deconstructed Satisfaction with a completely different groove to it and still a great musical masterpiece for the ages Respect to Devo and the Stones of course
Yep !!!!! The good ole days when music was good !!! DEVO ROCKS !!!!
Back in the 80's I was a metal head, but DEVO always will have a place in my heart.
One of the greatest covers of all time.
Just turned 58 and love DEVO. & RUSH. I remember a guy in my HS running across school campus from police in Devo chem suit. It was holloween and he was selling something in the parking lot.
Devo apparently were pioneers of the music video. You will notice that there's more here than just them playing their instruments. This was three years before MTV.
one of the first bands to release a full length video for an album
they gave up some money for more control over videos,mark Mothersbaugh said that.
MTV played Devo videos constantly in their early years because it was the only content they had.
Great observation. Bogie Boy, General Boy and the Captain are all here. Hey, if they are gonna make you watch CRT videos they should balance that out with "De evolution." Lets Go Brandon!
Someone has to be first!
Devo was one of the best parts of going to Kent State University from 1976 to 1980.
Yup, formed straight after the massacre
Skipped a day in high school to see DEVO at the Agora Theater in Cleveland, Ohio for the WMMS Coffee Break Concert.
I still love those Spud Boys from Akron!.
Rock n roll hall of fame, put these legends in
Man, the greatest Rolling Stones cover I've ever heard!
I have never been a fan of cover songs, but oh my GOD do I love this! Nobody has done a better version of this than Devo.
Heh!!!
It's one of the best but not the only cover that manages to be completely original....
F'rs rock s-o-o hard...So damn funnee!!!(where punk met metal!)😮
Is thar you Keith flint???
Devo's version was excellent! It was even one of Mick Jagger's favorite cover versions! At that time, they were so weird that they almost didn't get their musical guest spot on Saturday Night Live. But their producer pulled strings, & they got the SNL gig. Their SNL performance, which included Satisfaction, was a big hit.
Devo was loved by so many influential people....David Bowie was originally supposed to produce their first album because he and Iggy Pop got them their contract with Warner Brothers, but he had other commitments so he got Brian Eno to do it...amazing, underrated band
More Info: Releasing the cover on an album, however, wasn't guaranteed. As the New Yorker explained, Devo had made such a weird, bizarre, warped version of "Satisfaction," the label wouldn't release it without Mick Jagger's permission. And considering how out-there it was, that was no slam-dunk. So when Jagger, his manager, and members of Devo gathered in a Manhattan office, the band members were truly nervous about how Jagger - one of their rock idols - would take the song. After about 30 seconds of silently listening, he delivered his verdict: by dancing around and exclaiming "I like it, I like it." Even if Devo had no satisfaction, at least Mick Jagger got plenty of it from them.
@@ronj9448 *"Devo had made such a weird, bizarre, warped version of "Satisfaction," the label wouldn't release it without Mick Jagger's permission"*
What are you talking about? _NO_ band can release an album with a cover unless they have permission from the owner(s) of the song being covered.
You can cover a song in a live performance, but you can _not_ release an album with a cover without permission/payment.
At any rate, the opposite of what you claim is true: The more _unlike_ an original song a cover is, the more likely it would be able to escape legal ramifications... not there would much chance at all.
Sure enough, I looked up the _New Yorker_ source and there's no explanation there, either. Just dishonesty. I suggest you take what you read --- especially from dishonest people --- with a grain of salt.
@@bricaaron3978 You're wrong. Compulsory licensing prohibits the owners of a song from stopping you from releasing a cover song provided you inform them and work out the royalty. The reason people seek permission is because they don't want the writer of the song taking the lion's share of the royalties. Which they can do if it is not worked out in advance. Some bands don't care and they love the song or looking for exposure. So you're wrong, and it would appear confused by the whole thing. Sad.
@@ronj9448 *"You're wrong. Compulsory licensing prohibits the owners of a song from stopping you from releasing a cover song provided you inform them and work out the royalty."*
What you refer to was only legislated two years before this occurred and it has been extremely rare that anyone has actually taken that route. In 99.9%+ of cases the covering band gets permission from the copyright owner.
Further, it only applies to songs which have not had the melody altered, or been fundamentally changed, which Devo's version certainly was.
What is it that you are claiming happened in this case?
Greatest band ever!!
"Are we nt men?"
"We are DEVO!"
One of the best blending of sarcasm and irony in the history of pop music. Truly inconoclastic.
This song lends so much crazy frenetic energy to Casino, I couldn’t imagine a better music choice for those scenes.
The first time I ever heard of Devo was from this video that was played during an SNL episode or some other late night TV show, sometime in the late 70's. I had no idea what the hell I just witnessed, but I was beyond mesmerized. Thank you Devo for all the incredible music throughout the years. Spuds forever!
Devo’s SNL debut was Oct 14, 1978. The Stones’ debuted Oct 7. I was in 9th grade and in one week my cultural compass was a useless relic. I still love the Stones, but Devo took me more than 15 minutes into the future, and for that I am grateful. And the SNL music programmers had a wicked sense of humor to schedule these bands on back-to-back weekends. 1978. Wow.
Yep, me too. Was watching SNL. Then.... "what the hell is this shit!"
But then, later it grew on me. Damn, reminiscing the good ol' days.
Tearing up now.
I think they were on Fridays too.
have ALWAYS loved their cover of this song. STILL LISTENING: 2022! (HA!)
Casino brought me here! I love his version
Shit This Band Still Blows Me Away And I'm 62
懐かしい〜45年前によく聴いてたなぁ😄🇯🇵
I'd like to go to their home planet some time.
+A Witty Username Yeah. Me too!
+Zorua Chany
Me three!
It's also the same space rock that Polysics and Man or Astro-man? are from.
Thank you for making me literally laugh out loud
inhale more deeply, you'll get there
See, THIS is how you cover a song. Add your own unique twist to it and make it something that can be remembered on its own merits. Too bad this version isn't well known, it's damn good stuff.
Exactly. You nailed it and said it beautifully. Make it your own. Devo certainly did just that. Way the hell ahead of their time. Happy I caught them 4 times within the past few years. They performed in the same way that they did back then. Devo kept it real.
I cant find when this was first composed but it HAD to be before 1975. I remember going to a theater in Wadsworth Ohio (roughly a "suburb" of Akron) and they rolled a promo of this song with video before the movie. I guess you could say it was the first music "video" I ever saw :-) One thing for certain though is it made a very strong impression on me as a kid.
I like this version better, frankly. It's got that amazingly weird and quirky combination of the off-kilter drum beat with the bass line, coupled with the odd and desperate lyrical style. Pure genius. Devo is hugely misunderstood as a joke band. No way. They are the real deal.
Personally, I've always found the Stones' version to be kind of boring and old-fogeyish, even when I was a kid. I prefer this one too, especially for that drum beat. It's just too bad that most people, even those who who were around when Devo was big, only remember Whip It.
Yes, agreed. I like DEVO's version better than the Stones'.
Really interesting cover. I like.
Still love the Punk at 0:55 and his amazing 'Flip'! 👍👏👏👏
As a serious drummer, that guy did a TON for this song, no lie. A lot of syncopated coordination going on here. I don't know his name but I'm giving props to this drummer.
Alan Myers. I don't know much about drumming, but apparently he was highly respected. For a weird art band, Devo was pretty tight.
Yea the drums are a trip.. Dope af'
I still can't figure out how to do it using pens on a desk.
You can see why he was nicknamed "the human metronome" by the other band members
He's now the drummer for Foo Fighters
DEVO IS HALL OF FAME BOUND !, THERE ARE THE NEXT FUTURE ROCK LEGENDS !
Last weekend I saw them perform this tune live - so far the best show I've seen in a good while. On their farewell tour.
One of the most underrated bands ever!!!! Way ahead of their time
This is by far the best version of this song! Devo was ahead of its time! Lol anyone else think of the movie casino when hearing this song?
High school days, fast times, rolling smoke, Devo on the cassette. Underrated band for sure. Good times in 81!
The best cover of a Rolling Stones track ever!
In the year 2525 people will finally understand the genius of Devo
I understood their genius at 11 ❤
"if man is still alive"
@@charlesgordon6969 points for getting the reference.
Um, probably not! 😂
more like 2505
The most brilliant cover of a song in the history of life.
Maybe 2nd only to the Psychedelic Furs Mack the Knife, or XTCs All Along the Watchtower?
"Tainted Love" by Soft Cell is my favorite cover in the history of my life. The original is Gloria Jones "Tainted Love": th-cam.com/video/NSehtaY6k1U/w-d-xo.html
@@mattrowland27 Keith likes this cover, good enough for me.
For your consideration: th-cam.com/video/xAdL4_3oOEU/w-d-xo.html
next to marilyn manson covering eurythmics "sweet dreams"....
Probably the greatest rock cover ever recorded...
This song and video blew my mind when I first heard and saw it in 1978.
and the 2nd best cover song ever is Devo's version of Secret Agent Man...
This is bad ass!! I’ll never forget my step brother and I sneaking to watch music videos like this in the 80’s!!! It was devil music so it was forbidden in our house
One of the best live groups ever. And I saw some of the great ones: The Clash, DKs, Gary Numan, Patti Smith, etc. Devo were just amazing. I was at their first concert in Cleveland after the first LP was released. It was at the old Agora. During the press party they looked amused at the DEVO ice carving. Among all of us in Cle they were heroes. We were SO proud of them.
Saw them live in small theater in 1980. Best live show I ever saw in my whole life!!
KuLE+
I love Devo, absolutely brilliant. 👏👍👏
I can't help it I love Devo and I love this version of this song...🎉😂❤
Love DEVO!!! I like they had their dad in the videos too! 😂😂
I have been a fan of DEVO since the early 1980s. Man I love these guys man. No CAP. "Workin in a caol mine" o7!Big Ups to DEVO!
In the early 80's I was very "classic rock" and didn't appreciate different versions. But listening to this version now, I think it's brilliant! What a great band!
Such a kool version , i'm no muso ...but I love the unusual time signature they have used , Bravo Devo ... Pure genius
the only thing that keeps this 73 year old alive is DEVO
I hope you have/had a happy 74th birthday this year despite the whole social distancing thing going on
Very good luck you old fart.
You rock 👍🙂
rock on man
Amen
Such killer bass work in this
RIP Bob Casale
Another key piece of Devo gone. He will be missed
Baby with the fork in the toaster, while singing "baby, baby, baby,,," is golden! Couldn't be made today, with the PC people.
No small accomplishment to take one of the greatest songs in rock history and make it completely your own.
Tight, tight, tight as Heck.
Superb and highly apropos musician choreography.
I'm 58 years old & still diggin it, come on young upstarts mount a challenge!
Going on 60 and still one of my favorites!! First time I saw them do this was in '77/'78 on Saturday Night Live!! We were all taking that trip without our luggage and will never forget!! Those were the DAYS!!
Hi Mike,
Saw them Midnight 12/31/78 at Avery Fischer Hall NY. What a show.
+Mike Hall Try & find the original 7" version, i think it beats this one. Big statement, as this is close to perfection.
About to turn 75 and have always loved it. Didn't take any getting used to, love at first listen.
Another 58 year old, who came of age in this place called a "Skate Park" (skateboarding park with pipes, pools, etc.), where they blasted the first two DEVO albums repeatedly. Devotee ever since.
Bloody classic. I love this version as much as the original Stones version.
I can remember being in the parking lot at Raul's listening to someone talk about this band from up North who were into DEVOlution. First album had not even come out yet. The Raul's crowd was savvy,
This tune makes me smile!!....Love Devo....they're not just "Whip It"!
Till the day I die I will always say the early years of MTV were the best years of MTV!
Yep
Man,what a version of this song ,5 star to this one
That bass though 😮😍❤️
This brings A Smile To My Face ! Thanks DEVO!!!!!
One the best covers in history!😎
Heh...
Zepparella+++
For anyone wondering, he says 'baby' 37 times in a row.
当時この曲をここまで、完璧にアレンジしたのは素晴らしい👍と思う😀
The character that is doing the flips and floor dancing is "Spaz Attack" who would show up at some big concerts and do his thing. I read that he was featured in a David Bowie vid which was the beginning of his spazing career. Bless his heart.
When they played Dublin Ireland,I caught the trousers of his yellow jumpsuit,nuff said. Still got them too!🇨🇮🤩
Lucky, I'd give my left arm to see them in Ireland XD
An outrageously fresh interpretation brings this old songs into the '80s kicking and screaming.
Great cover of the Rolling Stones. 🎶🎵😊
Been Listening 2 Them Since The First Album.... Killer
Still listening to in 2021
Gerald Casale: We stuck our cassette into this big boom box and pressed Play. Jagger sat in total silence staring straight ahead. We thought, "God, he hates it". But then, he jumped up out of his chair and started dancing wildly in front of the fireplace. Dancing just like Mick Jagger. I thought, "Oh shit, he loves it!" Mark and I went home totally stoked and elated.
I just love this version of satisfaction and knowing the stones I think they enjoyed it as well
Jonah Falcon w
Cool nice to know
Stay away from the grass man
eric heuvel sorry mate,that's the facts!
No substitute for talent . DEVO are cool as
Assisti esse clip uns 20 anos atrás na tv Cultura..como faz falta de programas assim..
Absolutely brilliant video!
I am from the Cleveland/Akron area where Devo originated and I have always loved this band. Here they take a great Rolling Stones song and make it totally their own. The video also never fails to crack me up due to its sheer weirdness. The old man/baby in the playpen sticking a fork in the toaster gets me every time.
I’m proud to have been around while the genius of Devo existed in the world.
Mick by all accounts loved this its a stones song with a DEVO stamp! How many bands can take a timeless classic and make it their own? Not too many and live in concert they were phenomenal a show and a concert! Devo fan and Stones Fan for life!
Ive been a Stones fan since 64 but Ive never been a big fan of Satisfaction, but this version is fantastic . Much, much better than the original . Love it !!!
this is actually art.
Oh my gosh! This is a great version of The Rollings Stones cover! Satisfation great!🇿🇦💓
0:13 Electro-Harmonix pedal duct taped to the front of a Telecaster! Mothersbaugh is a genius. Also appearing a LaBaye 2x4 guitar, Gibson Ripper Bass cut to the shape of a potato (!?), a deluxe (and un-popular model) Hagstrom guitar. DEVO was brilliant in so many ways. Great song writing, original visual statements, political reactions to everything from the killings at Kent State to mindless consumerism to the eternally simple boy-girl tango. We are all DEVO.
Franz Kafka I completely agree
I remember seeing these guys on Saturday night live in the 70 s. It was great! Your first thought is wtf .
Yes, we saw that and our jaws dropped. One of the guys, said, "THAT was 'Satisfaction' "?! He didn't recognize that.
When they wanted to be, DEVO were the funkiest nerds to ever walk this planet. They could lock into a groove that would make James Brown weep with envy : )
This is probably my favorite 'cover' song ever. Hey, if you're gonna remake a song, then make it your own. That's precisely what they did.
I think James Brown just wept after he had to bear this version of satisfaction
Every time the Stones version comes on the radio, THIS is the way I sing along!!
People need to stop saying this is better than the original...
This IS the Original
I wish it was
DEVO é sensacional criaram um estilo minha banda preferida até hj, esse cover é um clássico
Engraçado que eles já vieram pro Brasil algumas vezes e mesmo assim não vejo nunca alguém falar deles aqui
@@Vitorio582DEVO é o tipo de coisa que o brasil ainda não ta preparado pra entender
One of the best covers ever. When it came out a cover of this cover by Billy Clone and The Same use to play this at the bar in Tempe Az I hung out in, I thought it was theirs until i got the eight track , Devo was some fresh stuff.
summer sonicで見ました！
最高！！