![]() ![]() The answer seems to be that there isn't any difference.īrian Eno's production is the perfect complement to Devo's music. In the lobotomized anthems that end side one, "Mongoloid" (a sort of bastard cousin to the Ramones' "Pinhead," with a great, stuttering guitar line) and "Jocko Homo," it's impossible to tell whether these guys are satirizing robotlike regimentation or glorifying it. ![]() And the group's attitude remains poker-faced throughout. "Too Much Paranoias," for example, starts out as a mocking, jarring little ode to dread that's genuinely frightening, then turns into an overt joke in which the chief villain is apparently a McDonald's hamburger ("Hold the pickles hold the lettuce," in a spasmodic shriek), but the joke is equally scary. ![]() I suspect, though, that in adopting this style, Devo would argue that they're simply being good journalists - that the futuristic deadpan comedy of their stance reflects the current pop-culture reality. ![]()
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