Now It Can Be Told: DEVO at the Palace
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| Studio album by Devo | |||||
| Released | 1989 | ||||
| Recorded | December 9 1988 | ||||
| Genre | New Wave | ||||
| Length | 60:01 | ||||
| Label | Enigma Records | ||||
| Producer | Devo | ||||
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Now It Can Be Told: DEVO At The Palace is a live album released by American New Wave band Devo, recorded during their "comeback tour" in promotion of Total Devo. It did contain several cuts from the album, but largely focused on earlier material (although the disc also had one exclusive song; "It Doesn't Matter To Me". The cover art and tagline were based on the 1971 book "The Beginning Was the End".
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[edit] Song Changes
The first part of the show was a semi-acoustic set, in which the band played heavily altered versions of earlier hits. The show's opener was a country version of "Jocko Homo", which was now significantly slower and had a vocal melody change. The sad ballad-esque delivery of the song prompted Mark Mothersbaugh to exclaim "I'll bet you didn't know that was such a sad song."
The next change was applied to "Going Under", which was performed in a style similar to the E-Z Listening Disc version.
A similar treatment was given to "Working In A Coal Mine". However, in this case the lyrics were changed; the spoken "I am so tired... how long can this go on?" was changed to "I am so de-volved!".
The rest of the set was relatively normal relative to the original studio versions. (The only notable diffirence was in "Gut Feeling", where the fast "Slap Your Mammy" jam had been removed from the ending.) However, the album's closer is an eleven-minute medley of "Disco Dancer", "Shout" (one of only two songs from Shout ever played live), and a typically mutated version of "Somewhere" from West Side Story. Although this was an impressive feat for Devo length-wise, an even longer version eighteen minutes in length appeared on the Recombo DNA outtakes album, featuring a longer instrumental section and the addition of an older Devo song called "Social Fools".
[edit] Album Length
The description of the album as containing "More than one hour of uncensored sonic proof" is a deliberate joke on part of Devo. The album's length is 60 minutes and 1 second.
[edit] Track listing
- "Jocko Homo" – 3:51
- "It Doesn't Matter to Me" – 2:52
- "Going Under" – 4:17
- "Working in a Coal Mine" – 3:59
- "Happy Guy" – 3:22
- "That's Good" – 3:31
- "Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth" – 3:05
- "Girl U Want" – 3:02
- "Whip It" – 2:37
- "Baby Doll" – 3:53
- "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 3:36
- "Uncontrollable Urge" – 3:28
- "Gut Feeling" – 3:13
- "Gates of Steel" – 3:46
- "Somewhere With DEVO" – 11:20
[edit] External links
- Devo Live Guide - Comprehensive guide to Devo's live performances.
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