House of Blues, Anaheim~DEVO

[Not Afraid]

Well, I'm going to post first then let the true DEVO geek tell you more about it.

DEVO was the only band to play. They came out and did 5 in a row or all of their later hits (stuff from Freedom of Choice) . I was thinking that this was going to be a loooong show. The crowd was a dancing and singing madhouse as I stood there thinking that Mark Mothersbaugh sure looks old. Boy, they all look old. Do I look that old.........They did Whip It and the horror of that entire album came back to me (and the embarassing time I danced with cute Jeff Cordova to this awful song).

But, then they started to DEVOLVE. They went back in time and started playing the "good stuff" starting with Satisfaction. The rest of the concert was pure 1977-1979 bliss. People stopped singing (except for Chris and a few other die-hards) and the magic of thie music was recaptured. They played a F-ing GREAT show!

The encore was a mini devolution starting with Freedom of Choice and working backwards once again. Funny, but I don't think they played anything from the REALLY awful New Traditionalists album.

I got the sense that they like their early stuff better too. YAY!