SpaceGuru5 | Guru Reviews: Oh, No! It's DEVO (1982) @SpaceGuru5 | Uploaded April 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Well, here's a first. I review an album that I really like, from a band that not enough people truly know or understand. Today we look at the history of DEVO and dive into their 1982 album, Oh, No! It's DEVO. Sit back and enjoy the crazy ride!
More insights:
youtu.be/Mqtfx5_zD9Q
Music bed:
DEVO - "Girl U Want (1980)
DEVO - "Secret Agent Man" (1979)
DEVO - "Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth" (1981)
DEVO - "Jurisdiction of Love" (1984)
Songs reviewed:
"Time Out for Fun"
"Peek-A-Boo"
"Out of Sync"
"Explosions"
"That's Good"
"Patterns"
"Big Mess"
"Speed Racer"
"What I Must Do"
"I Desire"
"Deep Sleep"
This review is protected under Fair Use.
Well, here's a first. I review an album that I really like, from a band that not enough people truly know or understand. Today we look at the history of DEVO and dive into their 1982 album, Oh, No! It's DEVO. Sit back and enjoy the crazy ride!
More insights:
youtu.be/Mqtfx5_zD9Q
Music bed:
DEVO - "Girl U Want (1980)
DEVO - "Secret Agent Man" (1979)
DEVO - "Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth" (1981)
DEVO - "Jurisdiction of Love" (1984)
Songs reviewed:
"Time Out for Fun"
"Peek-A-Boo"
"Out of Sync"
"Explosions"
"That's Good"
"Patterns"
"Big Mess"
"Speed Racer"
"What I Must Do"
"I Desire"
"Deep Sleep"
This review is protected under Fair Use.
![One Big Hug: Hold On Now! [Slayercoon]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GgmTJBau_7Q/hqdefault.jpg "One Big Hug: Hold On Now! [Slayercoon]
I decided to do something a little different today. Im doing a one-shot on a video decrying the current state of pop music (as in he bemoans songs that are in heavy rotation, or at least WERE as of Nov 2020) and pining for the days when rock music was on rotation. For now, well set aside the fact that things are called alternative and mainstream for a reason. Yeah, I know this video is over a year old, but being an amateur pop historian myself, this is right up my alley. Plus, its a way for me to show yall that Im still working on videos!
Thats not whats different, though. I am excited to announce that this is the worlds (or at least the SCCs) first ever music-based commentary. I opted for an avant-garde approach for this because I wanted to prove a point that I couldve only made with music.
If you dont like this song, youre showing me that people dont like what they cant access. This can apply to your average pop fan not liking metal, and, for that matter, vice versa. If you DO like this song, then it begs the question of why we like the things we like. And fundamentally, like a song or not, thats not what makes a song good or bad. Theres something much more than meets the eye, but thats a story for another time.
Lyrics:
Hold on now! Heavy types of rock
designed to outrage and to shock
have never pierced the charts of pop!
They never ever reach the top!
Aesthetic tastes will always change,
and new ones always felt so strange
to those who knew of pop before.
Dont mean its not good anymore!
In times of old and times anew,
youd find some gold and lots of pew.
Its music! Who cares what we think?
There aint no need to cause a stink!
Dismissing pop as all the same
ignores the ultimate pop game!
Now go on! Pipe yourself back down;
youre making music lovers frown!
Source video - be nice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7sze05yris
Written & Recorded 19 Feb 2022
Video Made 20 Feb 2022
All copyrighted materials belong to their respective owners.")
![Coyote Comms: A Blindness that Touches Imperfection [SadieTheCultist222]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H8Y4vxt2T0Y/hqdefault.jpg "Coyote Comms: A Blindness that Touches Imperfection [SadieTheCultist222]
Ill be honest. I thought about how I was gonna do this one for a while, and it wasnt until yesterday that I figured out how Id go about it. Given the subject material, this is gonna be a more serious commentary. I strongly urge that you dont harass Sadie over this. Its just not worth it, and youll only end up making things worse. That said, I didnt make this commentary as a means of harassment; this is simply refutation with occasional humor sprinkled in because thats just what I do. Dont take this the wrong way.
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Sources:
SadieTheCultist222’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z65uL_d8khg
Urban Dictionary’s definition of “vanilla sex”:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Vanilla%20Sex
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics documents:
https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/ceshighlights.pdf
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
Box office numbers for horror movies in 2018:
https://www.the-numbers.com/market/2018/genre/Horror
DSM-V definition of psychiatric disorders, as posted by the National Institutes of Health:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3101504/
Scripted 20-21 Mar 2019
Recorded 25 Mar 2019
Edited 25-26 Mar 2019
Script Checkers:
Chai Mocha
Snapshot_Tiger
The Script:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ADPgRJR37gsebEREEQm0njs7e4UbSWRwq5ax06lF7W4/edit?usp=sharing
Music:
J.S. Bach - “Prelude in E Flat Major” (1722)
Michelangelo Rossi - “Toccata Settima” (1657)
Girolamo Frescobaldi - “Toccata II” (1615)
Remaining Few - “Painted Air” (1968)
All copyrighted materials and original artworks belong to their respective owners.")
![90s Ad!! [PARODY]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IblHD012gpU/hqdefault.jpg "90s Ad!! [PARODY]
Daniel and I came up with this little gem on June 14, 2014, when we saw a real ad from a 1993 Hulk comic. We figured we should do an ad for it. This is the result.
Enjoy!
Music:
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991)")
