Devo - Live
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Movie Reviews of Devo - Live
Movie Review: very good
Summary: 4 Stars
Always is a pleasure see and hear old songs... Essencially, this dvd is a great show, good sound and good video, although some classic songs, as "working in a coal mine", were absent. It is recomendable to remember old timesMovie Review: Better than nothing
Summary: 3 Stars
Oh, GOD! They got OLD! I didn't know they were going to AGE, like other pop stars. NTL, they still perform with all the spirit of their younger days. They must have grown in their skill, but they don't show off or elaborate, in keeping with their style. You gotta respect them resisting the urge.
Still, seeing them with guts and thinning hair detracts. And the venue is the last one in the world I'd have chosen to record "for posterity." It's a bare-bones, Lalapalooza stage with midday sunlight; it makes them look smaller. I've seen them live a few times, and this just ain't how a the shows I've seen felt.
Ultimately, it's kinda sad to see them stripped-down, playing their hearts out to a bunch of obviously non-fans who are largely tolerating them, about as mis-presented as possible. Audience-interaction-synergy was always a major element, and this audience just ain't into it.
But if you want a DVD of old DEVO doing their old numbers as well as they ever have, and you don't care about the venue, get it. I'm still happy to have it.
Movie Review: Sucks.
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm a hardcore Devo fan and I think they're geniuses. I've read about some of the amazing stage theatrics they've performed and was excited about this dvd. Unfortunately this dvd sucks. Instead of being footage from when they were new and experimental in the 70s or at their peak in the 80s the show is from a 1996 Lollapalooza show. Filmed in broad daylight a very middleaged Devo perform for a crowd of people wearing Metallica t-shirts possibly waiting for Metallica to come on. The crowd seens bored and although Devo put on a better show as middle aged men than other bands do in their prime they are clearly phoning in their performance. The dvd ends with Mark Mothersborough telling the camera that he was dissapointed with the show and looks annoyed when asked if he plans on touring again.
Why not release a concert dvd of the Beginning was the End or of their other performance art? Who has the rights to those shows?