Whip It

This will be a little on the short side considering the Thanksgiving holiday and all, but two weeks ago I caught Devo before a loud, boisterous crowd at The Vic. The band is playing double shows in a few cities in support of the reissues of their two best albums, Are We Not Men? We Are Devo! and Freedom of Choice. They play through the first record one night and the second the next, tossing in a some bonus encore songs to mix things up a bit. I LOVE Freedom of Choice, so picking a show was a piece of cake.

I took my usual memory card full of photos, plus made a point to take video of my three favorite songs. My dinky little camera never ceases to amaze me, though admittedly I was quite a few rows further back this time than for the Sunny Day show.

Easy setlist, right? Freedom of Choice plus two. Booji Boy's appearance for Beautiful World was absolutely priceless.

Devo // Chicago, IL // November 13, 2009

1. Girl U Want
2. It's Not Right
3. Whip It
4. Snowball
5. Ton Of Love
6. Freedom of Choice
7. Gates of Steel
8. Cold War
9. Don't You Know
10. That's Pep
11. Mr. B's Ballroom
12. Planet Earth
13. Be Stiff
14. Beautiful World