Devo

Documentário correto, com depoimentos de alguns integrantes (os vidos) e senti um sincero tom de autoconhecimento, tanto dos limites da banda quanto do contexto. Senti falta de uma cronologia mais definida e de alguns números que posicionaram a banda no cenário da época, mas aqui o objetivo nem é quantitativo: há muitos elementos reflexivos sobre a indústria comercial da música e o papel da arte. Neste sentido, é acima da média, trazendo elementos sensacionais que dialogam com a atual sociedade digital.

Great doc, mostly because it was told by the members of the band. Always been a fan and this filled in a lot of gaps for me. Little disappointed that the two main guys are basically socialists, even after we've seen how much of a failed idea that is, but as always with DEVO, it seems to come from a good place. The devolution thing is interesting, but I think they're dead wrong. I think it's less devolution than stalled evolution. And what do we do when we've run out of resources and innovation has stalled? We explore. I think they're ignoring the logical next step for humanity and that's setting up franchises throughout the solar system and beyond. Still, the music has always been the best on every level. I loved how intimate they were with some really big names in music too. That is something to be nostalgic about - that connectivity. I feel that that was one of the few things that the music industry did right and have long forgotten it. I love hearing about the early days of MTV. I remember seeing Video Killed the Radio Star live on the channel. My parents had just gotten cable and then they and my little sister all **** to go visit somewhere and I got to stay home alone with MTV and HBO. It was a glorious weekend. Too bad MTV **** the bed so soon and all those good bands and videos got replace with corporate ****. "MTV sunk as low in one year as commercial TV did in 25!" - Jello Biafra.