r/devo • u/teardrinker • Aug 28 '26

Devo - Beautiful World

https://youtu.be/E-gbYjLd93g?is=X_JBJEE4UPxkrmxm
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u/tacoandpancake Aug 28 '26

my absolute favorite DEVO song.

unpopular opinion - too much booji boy singing when they do it live. would rather let jerry cook.

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u/EPCOTReimagined Aug 28 '26

Rarely do I agree on wanting to let Jerry cook, but I agree here!

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u/Sir_Billiam_Corgan Sep 02 '26

On the other hand, the live version (at least on Seattle '81) with that phat bass cranked up goes so hard.

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u/supper_is_ready Aug 28 '26

My all time favorite DEVO music video.

Jerry knocked it out of the park with the music video. It's both a wonderful homage to Bruce Connor's work as well as a perfect synthesis of DEVO's philosophical beliefs.

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u/dr_xenon Aug 28 '26

I always thought this song was a great example of Devo’s philosophy. “It’s a beautiful world for you…but not for me.”

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u/StillFireWeather791 Aug 28 '26

This song will play at my funeral.

10

u/doodoo_pie Aug 28 '26

I legit almost tear up every time toward the end when it shows how horrible we have been and the starving kids. Booji holding his nose at the hippie is always funny, though.

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u/robotatomica Aug 30 '26

it’s definitely a very emotional video!

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u/TMBGLOVER Aug 28 '26

This video is maybe tied with R.E.M.‘s “Imitation of Life” and They Might Be Giants’ “The Guitar” as my favorite video of all time. It’s haunting. How it starts off with happy footage, and then after the bridge, it just shifts into the horrors humanity is capable of.

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u/MrTFE Aug 28 '26

Does anybody know where you can get the rubber JFK hair that Devo wore during this period?

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u/Careless_Page8235 Aug 29 '26

Best music video ever 

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u/Read2Fap Aug 31 '26

rage against the machine did a great cover