Devo 2.0

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Devo 2.0
Also known as DEV2.O
Origin United States
Genre(s) Children's music
Years active 2006 - Present
Label(s) Walt Disney Records
Associated acts Devo
Website Official site
Members
Nicole Stoehr (lead singer)
Jackie Emerson (keyboards)
Nathan Norman (lead guitar and singer)
Michael Gossard (bass)
Kane Ritchotte (drums)

Instruments recorded by original DEVO members :
Mark Mothersbaugh
Bob Mothersbaugh
Gerald Casale
Bob Casale
Josh Freese
Neil Taylor

Devo 2.0 (also known as DEV2.O) is a quintet, created for Walt Disney Records (with the participation of Devo), of child actors who sing, dance, and (in their music videos and photo shoots) mime playing instruments along to songs re-recorded by some of the original members of Devo. Jerry Casale directed all nine of the videos.

While the music on the album was written and recorded by DEVO and merely dubbed in over footage in which the the four dancing children appear to be performing, some of the members are actually credible musicians. Devo 2.0 band member Nathan Norman states they do play their own instruments with mild help from sequencers.[1]

An eponymous DVD and CD combo was released March 14, 2006. Two new songs, "Cyclops" and "The Winner", were written by Devo for the album. In the summer of 2006 the band began a limited series of live performances, and also contributed a track, "Monkey's Uncle", to a compilation of re-recorded Disney songs called Disneymania, Volume 4.

Contents

[edit] Altered lyrics

The lyrics to some of the songs they perform have been edited to make them more "family friendly" and remove much of the innuendo and irony typical of Devo songs.

In "Through Being Cool", for instance, the line "Eliminate the ninnies and the twits" is changed to "Eliminate the time you waste in cliques".

The innuendo-filled "Girl U Want" is perhaps the most-changed song with all lyrics modified, and is sung by Devo 2.0's singer Nicole Stoehr as "Boy U Want".[2]

The song "Beautiful World" remains mostly unchanged until the end, where the words, "It's a beautiful world for you/It's not for me" have been changed to, "It's a beautiful world for you/I guess me too".

In "Big Mess" the line "I'm a boy with a gun" became "I'm a girl havin' fun".

In "Freedom of Choice", the line "Freedom from choice is what you want" was changed to "Freedom of choice is what you want".

The theme of "Uncontrollable Urge" changed from social anxiety to craving snack foods, and "Jerkin' Back 'N Forth", a techno dirge with a masturbation double-entendre, is now a perky song about dancing.

Additionally, the song "The Winner" is a re-recording with new lyrics of the Anti-George W. Bush song "If the Shoe Fits" by Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Audio CD

  1. "That’s Good"
  2. "Peek-A-Boo"
  3. "Whip It"
  4. "Boy U Want"
  5. "Uncontrollable Urge"
  6. "Cyclops"
  7. "The Winner"
  8. "Big Mess"
  9. "Jerkin Back N Forth"
  10. "Through Being Cool"
  11. "Freedom of Choice"
  12. "Beautiful World"
  13. "Girl U Want" *

[edit] DVD

  1. "That's Good"
  2. "Big Mess"
  3. "Whip It"
  4. "Freedom Of Choice"
  5. "Uncontrollable Urge"
  6. "Peek-A-Boo"
  7. "Cyclops"
  8. "Beautiful World"
  9. "Boy U Want"
  10. "The Winner" *
  11. "Girl U Want" *

* (Target exclusive)

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