![]() And looking back it is hard to see DEVO as anything but a part of mainstream pop culture, from “Whip It” onward at least. ![]() I suppose it becomes difficult to skewer pop culture the more you become a part of mainstream pop culture. Their recordings were still well-crafted but their songwriting became confined to unremarkably generic 1980s synth-pop, their sense of humor common. ![]() By disc two, though it is apparent towards the end of disc one as well, the band just ran out of ideas. 17 of the 50 tracks were previously unreleased on CD, including single B-sides, outtakes, remixes, soundtrack songs and spoken word material. The band’s earliest recordings that open disc one satirize popular culture, often by way of clever new arrangements of well-known pop songs that frequently deploy mechanized, angular rhythms. Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology is a compilation album by the American new wave band Devo, released in 2000 by Rhino Records. People call them a punk band, but I see them more as a disco band strongly influenced by punk rock–not that those genre distinctions really matter. In their early days, DEVO had sharp songwriting skills and a clever, absurdist sense of humor. ![]() Disc one starts out great, but listening to disc two is a real chore. Well, Pioneers Who Got Scalped is a real mixed bag. DEVO – Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology Rhino R2 75967 (2000)
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