musical group Devo
Devo is an Art Punk / New Wave musical group.
We think anarchy and rebellion, as stances, are obsolete, and dishonest. As a matter of fact, they're designed to keep people where they are.
We denounce this as impostors playing with fire.
But once again DEVO attempts to cut through the mental grease and grime with techniques of positive mutation designed to protect you from the ninnies and the twits.
This is the boy who burns the books / This is the way he always looks / This is the boy who smashed his car / This is the boy who went too far / Washed his eyes with yellow soap / He stole his daddy's microscope.
What we seek then, is that transcendent state most fully engendered by Fred Flintstone -- technologically sophisticated cave-man.
Why believe in things that make it tough on you.
Being in a band is really great when you're 20. When you're 30, it's kind of 'Spinal Tap,' and when you're 40, it's just pathetic.
Twist away those gates of steel / Unlock the secret voice.
But wishin' is for chumps / High hopin' is for fools / They'll hunt you down / and taze you bro / for playin' with the rules.
Love without anger isn't love at all.
Remember to do nothing when you don't know what to do.
It's a wonderful time to be here / It's nice to be alive.
We do give straight answers, but nobody believes them.
Use your freedom of choice.
The way that we weren't is what we'll become.
I got my head down to my lungs and move my feet.
Like the Bible, devolution is basically an extended joke. One man's doughnut is another man's death.