Devo is one of the few bands that actually, really understood what both "Irony" and "Subversion" meant.

I think they are glad we're experimenting and they're not. Nicely said.

I always admired how well spoken Casale was/is in these interviews. Mark comes across quieter, but his comments complete the discussion.

Devo deserved more acclaim than they got.

We never misunderstood you Mark and Jerry, we know exactly what you mean by your explanation "Musical laxative for a constipated society'. Australia has a constipated society too.

Closing on the image of Devo drinking Diet Coke after talking about choosing your mutations carefully is brilliant.

Mothersbaugh and Casale - one of the greatest songwriting duos in music history. Certainly, the most underrated music duo ever.

They spoke of the times and undercurrents that were not mainstream. Opened our eyes to a new reality. They are Awesome

It's thirty some years later and I think there is massive de-evolution going on today. So Devo was right.

"It's important that people choose their mutations carefully." I've been saying that for years. Or minutes. Or whatever. I want that on a T shirt.

lol Mark's "in character" like he was in so many interviews during DEVO's heyday

"We think that's important that people choose their mutations carefully; rather than have them foistered upon them". Truer words.

You all should watch Devo's music video for their cover of "Secret Agent Man" from 1974. It is awesome.

"the most misunderstood band on the Planet"...indeed.

Well, it's a beautiful world. For you.

Next: Walter Cronkite interviews General Boy

i love DEVO more than I can say. The guiding light of my adolescence, and beyond. omg charlie is so square and lifeless

Recovering DEVO talk show interview addict here! Just kidding I'm not recovering.

Charlie Rose was old back then too

Good interview. Devo always had a clear sense of who they were and what they were about, never imitating or rehashing some previous style or genre. Side note: There's a split second of a Devo Diet Coke commercial here that I've never seen before.

4:16 MTV stoped playing Devo by 1984 because THAT became dominated by ohhhh Michael "King of Pop" Jackson, Madonna, Sting, Phill Collins, Def Leopard, Huey Lewis, Prince, Kenny Loggins, u2 and Bon Jovi and just kind of abandoned them along with all the other new wave acts of the earlier part of that decade ( 80 to 82 ) like Blondie, Talking Heads, B52's and so on.

Radioactivity? Mark's face shows he's not so sure what that means. You can tell he's a shy type. He looks just likr his father. :)

To think there was a time when a mainstream chat show could get an intelligent and insightful interview out of a band. Mutations on a global scale, since 1984, have gone badly. This must be rectified.

"Choose your mutations carefully."

Very underrated band.

Devo should be running the White House, they'd make a great job of creating a beautiful world.

2:21 In other words, performance art.

Charlie is so hilariously serious here.

i knew it was gonna cut out, but i was still upset when it did. :( great interview thought.

Charlie, lighten up < lol>. By the way, if you go exploring for DEVO find their concert that they played on French TV, they take no prisoners with their blistering set, simply amazing. So yes, there are the videos, but never overlook their musicianship.

On shows like this they came off as a cult. Americans were spooked, and the “Whip It” video was scary. Way ahead of their time. Bravo, Akron!

This whole "what is your image" kind of line of questioning is so... ahh... kind of like, old fashioned and seems to be such a 70s and 80s trope...

So we have two guys from Devo: one guy from an Italian descent and the other, German. Their basically Anglo-Saxons... Great juxtapocation.

I know most fans see Shout as one of Devo's weaker albums, I like it, for a synth-pop album it's pretty solid.

MTV!!!!!!....We are DEVO!

Choose your mutations carefully. Damn right.

D-E-V-O...

Man. These guys were so misunderstood and AHEAD of their time.

We are DEVO! RIP Charlie

Charlie Rose isn't much older than Jerry Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh but he was decades behind here, and the brilliance of Casale and Mothersbaugh seemed to whoosh right over his head. IT'S ART, Charlie.

DEVO Smart Patrol.

Charlie Rose is toast Devo was a act a smart act with a good gimmick

Has to be 1986 - Shout was released in 1984, and Jerry says that this is 1 year and 9 months 'after the release' of Shout.

I agree. I enjoy every track on there except for the the Hendrix cover. "Growing Pains" was a really good b-side, too.

Poor Charlie never had a snowball's chance of "getting" these guys.

Starting an effing DevO tribute

Damn, Charlie Rose used to be a great interviewer ...who knew? They try to throw him, and he stays focused and re orients to get the answer he asked instead of moving on..Kudos

Are we not men?

charlie rose asks some goofy questions some times.

MTV never plays ANY music video's any more. They should change the name to "Lame reality shows" TV.

Devo.....Revolutionaries Of The " Outside -Of-The-Box " Movement...........

If the spud fits, wear it...

Will Mark ever say something?

IT'S ITALIAN.

Funny how alternative news did an 180 since 1983.

Sounds like the perfect band for the year 2021. ONLY, they would be "cancelled" due to giving out "alternative" information.

This is back when mark stil looked like booji boy

"Shout" is an okay album, but it's the runt of the industry. Dont get me wrong.

You must devolve to become a spud

Charlie just doesn’t get it.

Choose mutations with very low half-life. Got it.

Casale`, its Italian!

SHOUT is a good lp now in2013 than most crap out in this world

True artist band MTV used them then through them away too bad music TV lost the mission of the founding of the channel

Devo is the anti-Led Zepplin , if you know what I mean

Charlie Rose was the worst interviewer of all time. He wasn't even listening to their answers, clearly didn't care anything who they were or what they were saying. Didn't even know that Are You Experienced was a cover.

shout is the worst devo album, it was fucking crazy how everything just sort of tanked around that time. Dont get me wrong, im a huge huge fan but i think anyone thats a fan can hear when it was just an overabundance of jerry doing stuff (this was almost evident on something for everybody, go and listen to the standard version and then go and listen to the demo version they released. Almost every fuckin song sounded exactly the same and was just dumb pop culture references that dont go anywhere. That being said, i do like the record, and i liked the song study version as well but as neil hamburger has famously said, "they cant all be zingers" (unrelated but a few days ago i came upon the realization that seeing devo when "oh no" came out must have been the coolest thing, im 28 but ill never ever ever get over the fact that i not only wasnt around to see a lot of the stuff in the 80's, ill never get to experience that tour, or actually any tour ever because i missed my only chance a few years ago, i regret it every day)

They are weird and confusing as hell but I love them so much. Their interviews are cringeworthy in the fact that they talk in circles and try to project the image that they are over your head then act smug and pissy when anyone attempts to put their finger on what's going on....in short, yes they are over your head

Are we not men?