Song Changes
The first part of the show was a semi-acoustic set, in which the band played heavily altered versions of earlier hits. The show's opener was a country version of "Jocko Homo", which was now significantly slower and had a vocal melody change. The sad ballad-esque delivery of the song prompted Mark Mothersbaugh to exclaim "I'll bet you didn't know that was such a sad song."
The next change was applied to "Going Under", which was performed in a style similar to the E-Z Listening Disc version.
The rest of the set was largely based on the original studio versions. (The only notable difference was in "Gut Feeling", where the fast "Slap Your Mammy" jam had been removed from the ending and was replaced by the different yet equally energetic song "Gates Of Steel".) However, the album's closer is an eleven-minute medley of "Shout", "Somewhere" from West Side Story, and "Disco Dancer". This is the second-longest track found in Devo's catalog; a longer studio version, totaling eighteen minutes, later appeared on the Recombo DNA compilation. It features a longer instrumental section and the addition of an older Devo song called "Social Fools".
Devo's performance of "Disco Dancer" is nearly identical to the remixed version heard in the song's music video.
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