

     New] Traditionalists — 
     
    
     is to say, if you like the 
     
     Devo 
     
    
     group's past material, 
     
     you should be quite 
     
     satisfied with this LP‘. 
     
     One noticeable alteration 
     
     in style is that the band 
     
     sears to be gradually 
     
     edging toward a mare 
     
     mainstream sound. 'Ihat 
     
    
     ‘ is, they appear to be 
     
     preoccupied with finding 
     
     another "Whip It", the ‘ 
     
     group's first commercially 
     
     successful single which 
     
     must have Caught radio 
     
     programmers (and Devo) 
     
     by surprise. Well, what 
     
     the hell — we all have to 
     
     make a living. 
     
    
     None of the songs on 
     
    
     New Traditionalists can 
     
     beat ' p It pun 
     
     intended). However, 
     
     there are some very 
     
     catchy tunes on the 
     
     albm'n. If there are any 
     
     singles released, "Through 
     
    
     9r 
     
    
     Devo (which, by the 
     
     way, is an acronym for 
     
     De-evolution) are a sign 
     
     of our fidcle times. 
     
    
     Five years ago, they and 
     
    
     their nusic were coll- 
     
    
     ectivley labelled. . 
     
    
     "weird". Now that 
     
    
     "weird" is connonplace, 
     
    
     many new wave bands are 
     
    
     doing quite well, thank- 
     
    
     you. Sowhat about Devo—  
     
    
     one of the pioneers of .. 
     
    
     synthetic rod&lt; and'nusic's 
     
    
     so—called "New Wave". ‘ The 
     
    
     fact is, trust new wave 
     
    
     bands - if they were 
     
    
     honest - would admit 
     
    
     owing a lot (perhaps even 
     
    
     their existence) to Devo. 
     
     The material on 
     
    
     , New Traditionalists is 
     
     pretty much what we have 
     
     become accustomed to 
     
     hearing from Devo. Which 
     
    
     THE SUN, Thursday, October 15, 1981, page 9 
     
    
     Being'Oool" and"Going 
     
     Under" get my vote. 
     
    
     Devo continues to 
     
     utilize their patented 
     
     synthesized sound and 
     
     robotic vocals. Their 
     
     lyrics remain relatively 
     
     intelligent and witty, 
     
     and sometims insane (e.g. 
     
     "It's a beautiful world") . 
     
    
     Recam'ended cuts: 
     
     "Through Being @01"; 
     
     "Soft Things"; "Going 
     
    
     Under"; , "'Ihe Super 
     
     ~"1‘hing"; and "Beautiful 
     
    
     World" . 
     
    
     O'anletion Backward 
     
     Prmcrplé 3m 
     
     By Dave McInnis 535 
     
    
     l"'I’ne Tubes latest 
     
     effort is a somewhat 
     
     down to earth undertaking; 
     
     the result of budget 
     
     cuts and marketing 
     
     strategies. The crunch 
     
     is on and record companies 
     
    
     The Music Beet , 
     
    
     are no exception. This, 
     
     once extravegant sounding 
     
     band has toned down much 
     
     to this listeners pleasure. 
     
     It is definitely a 
     
     "commercial" album 
     
     designed to reach the 
     
     mass, p0p rock market. 
     
     The nusic is 
     
     sonewhere between the 
     
     Doobies and Steely Dan, 
     
     if that's possible. 
     
     Notable cuts are: 
     
     "Snishi Girl", "Attack 
     
     of the.;;Fifty—Foot Woman" 
     
    
     y‘ ’(this't‘song is reminiscent 
     
    
     of the band's previous 
     
     style), "Don't Want to 
     
     Wait Anymore" (an AM 
     
     DJ. 's standard single) 
     
     and the zinger "Talk to 
     
     Ya Later." ' 
     
     Although off beat 
     
     for this band, the album 
     
     should sustain old fans 
     
     and attract a lot of new 
     
     ones. Try playing two 
     
     copies at the same time. 
     
    
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