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neiromaru t1_jd7uwjn wrote

All that I really want from this is more detail about the time Mark Mothersbaugh (lead singer of Devo) had an existential crisis after hearing Weird Al's style-parody song 'Dare to be Stupid' because he thought it was a better Devo song than anything they had ever written.

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Detroit_Cineaste t1_jd7y98e wrote

When I saw that Behind the Music episode I thought Mothersbaugh was being dryly ironic. Besides, nothing tops "Beautiful World".

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frozenvanillacoke t1_jdaca7c wrote

Someone saw a rough cut and said that Mark kept turning it down cause it only focused on the band for a portion of it then kept on talking about Gerry's kinks and sexcapades and it's like dude, I don't give a shit about that side, the Devo image and ethos and music could fill a whole mini-series and the fans want to hear about that.

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citanaF_Fanatic t1_jdaac74 wrote

The whole New Traditionalists Album is fantastic. My two favorite songs of theirs are Worried Man and Come Back Jonee.

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Detroit_Cineaste t1_jdaco0n wrote

I remember the group saying how happy they were to be in the movie Human Highway because they got to keep the costumes they wore for their performance of Jonee. All those years spent busting their butts and they couldn't afford to buy new threads.

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lizzie1hoops t1_jdbeu8s wrote

Ooh, it's a good one but I'd offer my favorite, in contrast. "Planet Earth"

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Fleaslayer t1_jdb2khd wrote

I'm not sure that it's their best song, but I do think it's their best song/video combination. After hearing the song s number of times, the video made me hear it and understand it much differently.

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PKMKII t1_jd926vp wrote

What could better express cultural devolution than a parody of a band about cultural devolution?

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ATribeCalledQueso t1_jd9dsis wrote

This feels pretty reductive to Weird Al and his music.

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PKMKII t1_jd9f3dl wrote

No, see, that’s the genius of Weird Al, he’s not just making parody songs, he’s taking the piss out of an industry that sorely needs the piss taken out of it on a regular basis. It’s a mockery of the pretensions of popular music.

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Howunbecomingofme t1_jda57rt wrote

Also Mark Mothersbaugh went on to compose a whole bunch of music for film and tv. He did the score for Regular Show, Rugrats, Thor Ragnorok and the 4 best Wes Anderson movies. Maybe the was something to those Energy Dome hats

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paradisegardens2021 t1_jd9qrgd wrote

That’s effing adorable. I am so glad all the different music I listened too permeated all of my kids. My 30 yr old son is such a huge fan of Both of them! The movie Weird was amazing imo

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