Chords for Gerald Casale (DEVO) - What's In My Bag?

[B] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ _ Hi there, [Eb]
Jerry from Devo here and [C] I'm [D] at Amoeba Records [B] in Los Angeles [C] _
and [E] I'm
going to show you what's in my [Dbm] bag.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ I found this [Db] impossible to [D] ignore, as
controversial as it [Bb] is, it's Odd [Em] Future _ [Bb] with [Db] _
an [B] outrageous audacious lead [Db] singer
[B] Tyler the [A] Creator.
[Ebm] _ _
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[Abm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _
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[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ You've [Am] got to have balls to call yourself that.
Anyway
there's a song on here called Yonkers.
I really think _ if you're interested in
[C] somebody that's pushing the limit _
[B] and carrying on in a kind [D] of Dada, Ajapop
art [B] tradition _ _ like [Db] _ _ NWA, Public Enemy, like Devo, [Ebm] you should hear _ this new record.
[D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ _ And then there's this, I won't talk [C] as long about it, but I really like [Db] The
Kills, I've always loved The Kills and this new record is really great, you [C] know.
I'm glad to see people that can keep it up [B] and there's a song on here, the [C] first
one Future, Start Slow, [Bb] that I really responded to.
I've [C] always liked their [D] mix
of _ _ _ rock and techno [B] and the darkness of [Dm] the sentiments and this is their
third [Bb] record I think, I think it's the third and I actually I think it's an
_ [Cm] amalgam of [D] what was best about the first two plus an evolution.
Try that.
_ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ And then it's good to know [Db] that really old [B]-school guys, almost as old as Devo,
[D] can really still put out [E] something that it's not just like, oh we better [C] put out
something to make some money.
[Em]
This Beastie Boys record [A] is excellent.
[Dbm] I mean
it really is really [E] strong and sonically I think they sound better than ever.
They've had the [C] _
ability and the time [Eb] to figure [Cm] that out and [Bb] work with great
people and I [C] love OK, [Bb] _ _
that should be a hit.
[Em] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] This is kind of off the [C] wall but very interesting, you know Gil Scott Heron
just [Ebm] died.
He was a [C] very innovative _ _ black artist from the 60s whose most famous
piece that broke through, [B] he was a spoken word poet, but it was [Db] The [C] Revolution [Bb] Will
Not Be Televised.
The Revolution [C] Will Not Be Televised, [B] The Revolution Will Not
[A] Be Brought to You by [Bb] Xerox in four [A] parts without commercial interruptions.
[Dbm] The
Revolution Will Not Show You Pictures of [Bb] Nixon Blowing a Bugle.
Great, a great
piece of spoken word [Db] proto-rap _ set to music [C] and this was his _ [B] last work before
he died and this happens to be _ really cool because Jamie XX from the group
XX [Bb] remixed this record and I was really thankful that Matt Deal turned me on [E] to
this because it probably isn't something I would [Ab] have ever listened [Bb] to you know
[Ab] so _ _ tip of the hat to Matt [Cm] for that. _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [C] I wouldn't be doing my job unless [Db] I mentioned this.
This [Cm] is so rare I just
couldn't [D] believe I could find [Bm] it here.
This has been _
[Bb] _ _ [B] _ unavailable for 20 years.
This was [D] our easy listening versions [Bm] of our own songs so [Cm] we did, we [B] played and
recorded _ on purpose lounge [A] versions of Devo songs.
[C] Of course it's twisted so we
[Db] would put this on while [B] our crew was setting up [D] because we just we saw no
reason for [Dm] them to play other rock bands or loud music with vocals [Bb] before we came
on we wanted to clean it [Ab] all out you know give people [Db] a break and of [B] course
what happens is they loved it and said where can we get it and [Db] we never even
thought of putting it out back then we go okay we'll put it [A] out [C] that's what
happened. _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] Whenever we hear [Gm] _ _ _ _
sounds _ [G] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ we are _ changed we are no longer the same.
_ _ [Abm] Karlheinz Gaphausen, the [A] formidable _ [Db] German experimental _ _ [C] music [Bbm] concrete prepared
music early electronic [G] music very _ very [Ab] _ _ _
_ abrasive and [B] confrontational for its
time _ used a lot of things like _ [C] electric blenders he'd record [Db] those he'd take
pieces of tape with machine noise and chop it up and so it was early _ early
experimental [Bbm] music that was really in your face and and he went on to just put
out so much volume of [B] work both live recordings and studio recordings that
[Bb] it's you know almost impossible spanning like 40 years.
[Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [G] And then finally [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
[B] Danny Elfman's brother Rick Elfman created a movie called
Forbidden Zone [A] shot in Los Angeles like [B] in 1976 and 77 [Bb] _
_ and featuring his brother
Danny and much of it [B] as a kind of devilish character Danny's quite good at
it and he does a [Db] Cab Calloway song _ [Bb] and he does [C] a fantastic job of it you know
you know [Eb] white tux with white tails.
[Dbm] When you watch this movie it really holds up
because [Bb] it [C]
[E] doesn't even look trendy it doesn't look like [B] anything you've ever
seen and it's in black and white _
[Bbm] _ _ _ and [Db] you you you can watch [Bb] this over and over it's
[Cm] amazing and Danny Elfman's [B] actually best performance [A] I've ever seen him do.
_ _ [Dm] _
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Well [Dm] son let me tell you I'm so pleased to meet you.
[Bb] The boys that I've been expecting [Dm] to greet you.
As just as Adam _ did.
_ [Bb] Just relax lay yourself down say goodbye to your hair.
Well [A] that's _ [B] concluding What's in My [Db] Bag [G] today June 3rd _ 2011. _ _
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_ _ Amoeba! _ _