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(with the participation of

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), 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.

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directed all nine of the videos. Actress

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, who later appeared in ''

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'', was a member. The band split up in 2007 when lead singer Nicole Stoehr and lead guitarist Nathan Norman quit.

Background

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

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said that the band re-recorded their own music due to budgetary restraints. An

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ous

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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.

Altered lyrics

The lyrics to some of the songs they perform have been

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to make them more "

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" 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". *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 addition, the bridge lyrics "Boy and girl with the new clothes on/You can shake it to me all night long hey hey" have been changed to "Boy and girl with the new clothes on/You can pose and party all day long hey hey". *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", and the line "he went in circles/til he dropped dead" became "he went in circles/til he dropped down". *The theme of "Uncontrollable Urge" changed from social anxiety to craving snack foods, and "Jerkin' Back 'N Forth", a song about a woman saying one thing but meaning another, is now a perky song about dancing. * The song "The Winner" is a re-recording with new lyrics of "If the Shoe Fits" by

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. The anti-

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sentiment was replaced by a song about perseverance and thinking for oneself. In 2010,

in an interview conducted by the AV Club's Sam Adams, mentioned his amusement by Disney's forced alterations, saying, "You went beyond getting mad to just like going, 'This is proof of devolution. This is it.' We thought it was really funny." In a 2012 interview, Jacqueline Emerson said that she thought the band was "made to prove the point of devolution".

Members

Devo 2.0

* Nicole Stoehr – lead vocals *

– keyboards * Nathan Norman – lead guitar, vocals * Michael Gossard – bass * Kane Ritchotte – drums

Musicians (Devo members)

– synthesizers, vocals, guitar *

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– guitar *

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– bass *

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– guitar *

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– drums * Neil Taylor – drums

DEV2.0

CD

DVD

# "Freedom Of Choice" # "That's Good" # "Big Mess" # "Whip It" # "Uncontrollable Urge" # "Peek-A-Boo" # "Cyclops" # "Beautiful World" # "Boy U Want" (No Devo 2.0 House Version) # “The Winner” (Target Exclusive Bonus Video) # “Girl U Want” (Target Exclusive Bonus Video)

Other recordings

Devo 2.0 covered the title song from the 1965 Disney movie ''

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'' for the 2006 album ''

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''.

References

External links

Nathan Norman (guitarist for Devo 2.0) interview (July 2006) for QRD
{{Authority control Devo American new wave musical groups American children's musical groups Walt Disney Records artists