Song Name: Post Post-Modern Man
Artist: DEVO
Appears On: smoothnoodlemaps
Run Time: 2:55 (album version)
Year Written: 19xx
Year Released: 1990
Years Performed: [1] 1989 to 1990
Writing Credits:
Sung By: Mark (lead), with Jerry
Alternate Versions:
- Post Post Post-Modern Edit (6:09)
- Remix Version (3:20)
- Pre Post Post-Modern Instrumental (2:47)
- Macro Post-Modern Mix (3:21)
- Sub Post-Modern Mix (6:49)
- Neo Post-Modern Mix (6:44)
- Ultra Post-Modern Dub (6:13)
- Prime Cuts Version (about 6:48)[2]
Demo Versions: Post Post-Modern Man (Demo) (2:51) [Futurismo's 2019 Deluxe Smooth Noodle Maps]
Trivia / Info:[]
- Performed live after "Whip It", and before "A Change is Gonna Cum".
- During the Rocky Schenck Remix music video, film clips are used from:
- Girl U Want, Whip It, Satisfaction, Love Without Anger, The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize, Freedom of Choice, Peek-A-Boo!, Through Being Cool, and Beautiful World.
- Live and remix versions are available from BBB.[3]
- Lyric transcription from the release:
- if I had a hammer
- I'd wake up all my neighbors
- pounding out a rhythm
- all about you
- if I had a pencil
- I'd push me some paper
- I'd build a skyscraper
- to get close to you
- if I had a lasso
- I'd sail out the window
- and land on an island
- next to you
- if I had a hot rod
- I'd fasten up my seatbelt
- and break the speed limit
- gettin to you
- but I ain't got a hammer
- and I ain't got a pencil
- and I ain't got a lasso
- so I'm doing it the hard way
- like a post post-modern man
- if I had a credit card
- I'd clear me a pathway
- through the deepest jungle
- right to your door
- if I had a camera
- I'd snap away my fingers
- and collect up the pictures
- of you of course
- but I ain't got a hot rod
- and I ain't got a credit card
- no chance for a camera
- so I'm doing it the hard way
- like a post post-modern man
- well I ain't got a hammer
- and I ain't got a lasso
- no chance for a camera
- so I'm doing it the hard way
Video:[]
Short Films / Music Videos
- Gerald Casale/Corporate Directed Album Version
- Rocky Schenck Directed Remix Version
- Released on The Complete Truth About De-Evolution
- Post Post-Modern Man (Macro Post-Modern Mix) (Lyric Video)
- Released in 2023 at DEVOvision
- Post Post-Modern Man (Macro Post-Modern Mix) (Lyric Video)
- “Post Post-Modern Man” (3:42) was uploaded to DEVOvision on October 24th, 2025.[4]
- DEVO talk about the Post Post-Modern Man videos in in The Complete Truth About De-Evolution, and in Episode 8, at DEVOvision.
Live Video:
- “DEVO - 16/10/1990 - Town & Country Club, London” uploaded to YouTube by Maya King
- “Devo live 1990 "Post Modern Man"” uploaded to YouTube by Alain From France
Additional Info:[]
Spelling/Orthography –
- Lyrics printed in the album liner notes as white text on a black background, and are set in a lowercase, sans-serif font.
- The word “I” is capitalized.[5]
References:
- ↑
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- “Post Post-Modern Man” (Prime Cuts Version)
- Released by the remix service Prime Cuts, on the 45 RPM vinyl, various artists compilation Prime Cuts Volume 3, Issue 4
- Track details printed on release: track duration “6:51”, 132 BPM, Ab, Cold
- Written by “Mothersbaugh/Casale”
- Courtesy Enigma Records, Inc. (p) 1990
- Old New Wave Edit By: Howard Prince and Phillip Columbus
- “All Post Post-Modern Man versions known to mankind” YouTube playlist by zerojuno
- ↑
- Live and remix versions of "Post Post-Modern Man" are available from Booji Boy's Basement:
- boojiboysbasement.com/?s=Post+Modern
- ↑
- The wrong file was uploaded by the publicity people running DEVOvision in 2025, instead of the HD video and high-quality audio restoration.
- ↑
- if I had a hammer
- I'd wake up my neighbors
- pounding out a rhythm
- all about you
- if I had a pencil
- i'd push me some paper
- i'd build a skyscraper
- to get close to you
- if I had a lasso
- I'd sail out the window
- and land on an island
- next to you
- if I had a hot rod
- I'd fasten up my seatbelt
- and break the speed limit
- gettin to you
- but I ain't got a hammer
- and I ain't got a pencil
- and I ain't got a lasso
- so I'm doing it the hard way
- like a post post-modern man
- if I had a credit card
- I'd clear me a pathway
- through the deepest jungle
- right to your door
- if I had a camera
- I'd snap away my fingers
- and collect up the pictures
- of you of course
- but I ain't got a hot rod
- and I ain't got a credit card
- no chance for a camera
- so I'm doing it the hard way
- like a post post-modern man
- well I ain't got a hammer
- and I ain't got a lasso
- no chance for a camera
- so I'm doing it the hard way
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