That night, all the young kids who were too young to go out and have dates or whatever,

they were watching Devo.

So, in my parlance, I call it the thing that should not be.

Devo should not be, but you are.

Well, you know, we were really controversial and polarizing back then.

And there were people who loved us and people that hated us.

More of them that hated us.

Well, yeah, more in the beginning, you know, like anything new.

That's the beauty of rock and roll.

It doesn't sleep.

It is always looking for the next thing.

The only reason people are interested in us now is because we did something sincere and creative

and original at that time that a lot of it has withstood the test of time.

Well, here we are. Thank you for being at Matt. This is our first ever live podcast for my podcast, The Magnific, and others. So I'm very honored to have you on my podcast. You can applaud. It's hard to get people to visit.

And this is the first time I've met you in person.

Yes, we played together in about 2007.

That's right.

They kept us apart, though.

Well, you know, despite your sort of eagulitarian profile, you know, it was like, don't go near

them, don't talk to them, don't look at them in the eye.

You could catch something.

Who said that?

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