The Greatest Misses Music Cd

Devo - The Greatest Misses

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The Greatest Misses      Artist : Devo      List Price : $9.98 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1990-12-29      Studio : Warner Bros / Wea      Label : Warner Bros / Wea      Avg. Customer Rating : (15 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for The Greatest Misses      Better Than Expected      Rating:      This is where it gets cool. Devo's lesser known songs and a few rarities on the same disc. The serious collecter will already have the rarities on the original 45 issues. But having them on CD is convenient. Grab a copy of this CD if you want to fill out your Devo collection. As the title implies these songs are worth a second look. The use of the Parental Advisory - Explicit Lyrics on the cover is a sarcasm on Devo's part. The songs contain no vulgar lyrics. It's their way of sticking their tounges out at us for not liking these songs the first time around. I hope the era of the Greatest Misses compilations isn't over. They were some better collections over the usual suspects Greatest Hits comps.     Customer Reviews for The Greatest Misses Cd      Good companion piece to "Hits"      Rating:      There are many good songs on "Greatest Misses," making this a good purchase for the casual Devo listener. With Devo's irreverent sense of humor, most of these songs will put a smile on your face. In typical erudite fashion, they look down their noses at blockheads and mongoloids. "Hold the pickles / hold the lettuce / all that we ask is that / you let us serve it YOUR way" is their stab at our fast food nation on "Too Much Paranoias." I cannot help but find the misogyny of "Timing X/Space Junk" funny. Typical for Devo's idea of a love song, the girl is a person of reference rather than a person of address. Not so typically, however, the girl this time is killed, though not by murder. Rather, she is hit by "space junk," such as the Sputnik, which fell from the sky. ("Original" is a word that promptly comes to mind when conjuring words to describe Devo.) The "Explicit lyrics advisory" comes from one song, "Penetration in the Centerfold." (Hint: "penetration" does not refer to the staples that were used to bind magazines at that time.) Not quite misses, "Jocko Homo" and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" are nonetheless slightly different versions than those appearing on the "Greatest Hits" disc. Devo is a group whose music does not appeal to all tastes, though fans cannot get enough. This is a very good choice for purchase, though a better choice for celebrating geekdom would be to get all their original releases.