New Wave Flashback

My monthly deadline has been met, so I can return to the land of the blogging. This afternoon while working I was listening to the 1980 DEVO album Freedom of Choice, which I've always thought was their best. I remembered that when the album came out, the band made an appearance on the ABC late-night show Fridays (which was a short-lived attempt to emulate the success of Saturday Night Live) that I saw.

I wondered if there might be video of that appearance floating around on the web, and sure enough, a quick look at YouTube found it. So, please to enjoy... (There are two songs, and in the first one, "Girl U Want," the video appears choppy at times, but having seen the original broadcast, I can say that it was done this way on purpose.)