Uma das mais importantes e inovadoras bandas da new wave, o Devo também é uma das mais incompreendidas. Com o nome tirado do conceito "de-evolution" apresentado no livro The Beginning Was the End: Knowledge Can Be Eaten, cuja a idéia fala que, ao invés de evoluirmos, a mentalidade humana regride. Sua música ecoa esta idéia na rígida, repressiva e mecânica sociedade americana. Com isso, o grupo se tornou uma sensação cult, ajudada pelo visual estilizado de seus integrantes.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 13:27:16 -0700 From: [email protected] (Bruce Armstrong) Subject: /d/devo/gates_of_steel.crd
Gates of Steel - Devo Words and Music by Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald V. Casale, Susan Schmidt, Deborah L. Smith
Intro C (keyboard and drums x 8 bars) then enter guitar CB+ AG / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / x 2 FAmG / / / / | / / / / x 3 FAmGF / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / /
B+ AGC Twist away the gates of steel B+ AGF Unlock the secret voice AmGF Give in to ancient noise AmGF Take a chance a brand new dance AmGF x 4 bars Twist away the gates of steel
CB+ AGC Twist away now twist and shout B+ AGF The earth it moves too slow AmGF But the earth is all we know AmGF We pay to play the human way AmGF x 4 bars Twist away the gates of steel (a man is real not made of steel)
(C x 2 bars G x 2 bars) x 2 (keyboard solo)
FAmGF But the earth is all we know AmGF We pay to play the human way AmGF x 4 bars Twist away the gates of steel
CB+ AG The beginning was the end (of everything now) CBAG The ape regards his tail (he's stuck on it) FAmGF Repeats until he fails AmGF Half a goon and half a god AmGF x 4 bars A man's not made of steel
CB+ AGC Twist away now twist and shout B+ AGF The earth it moves too slow AmGF But the earth is all we know AmGF We pay to play the human way AmGF x 4 bars Twist away the gates of steel (a man is real that's how he feels)
Performance notes: - most of the guitar is just strummed once and held for the two beats, four beats or even two bars!! - major 'chunky' (as opposed to 'smooth' like the peanut butter) distortion with little treble on the guitar