Writing and Recording
- “ Space Girl Blues” was written by Jerry in the Art Devo / Hardcore era.
- In the 1974 and 1975 recordings, Jerry sang his lyrics, backed by Devo's instruments.
Versions and Releases
- The 1974 recording[1] “Space Girl Blues (Early version)” (1:57)[2] was restored, remixed and first released in 2023 as track four on the box set compilation Art Devo 1973-1977 , grouped with the earliest Devo tracks.
- “Space Girl Blues” (about 1:50) was remastered and first released as the third track in the compilation Hardcore Devo: Volume One (1990). [And the Vol.1 + Vol.2 Hardcore (2013)]. The original packaging - which included lyrics - listed this track as a 1975 demo.
Perfomance
- “Space Girl Blues” was performed by Devo; 1975, 1976, 1977 and 2014.
- Devo’s June 28, 2014 performance of about two minutes is included as the third track on the audio / video release Hardcore Devo Live! (2015). The tour booklet included lyrics.
- On the 2014 tour Devo performed this track seated - with Josh on drums, Jerry on electric bass and Bob 1 on electric guitar – except for Mark who usually stood behind his synthesizers.
DEVO + Toni Basil Version
- Space Girl Blues was recorded by Devo and Toni Basil, titled “Space Girls”, and released as the third track on side B of her album Word of Mouth .
- “Space Girls” was listed with an approximate run time of 3:00 on the May 1981 UK LP release [and international release] and with a run time of 2:56 on the April 1982 US LP release.
- Toni Basil directed the music video “Space Girls” which was included on the Word of Mouth video album. The video ran about 2 minutes and included dance performances by Basil and Craig Allen Rothwell (Spazz Attack).
Lyrics
space girls are as cold as ice they'll kiss you once and kiss you twice you'll shiver and shake and then turn blue next you got the space girl blues i want your mechanism give me your mechanism space girls always smoke for taste swallow butts and leave no waste sado-maso is the rule you want them they don't want you just to show that they don't care they'll bite your face and burn the hair the sun comes up the moon boo-hoos now you got the spacegirl blues i need your mechanism destroy your mechanism destroy it
See Also
- “Polymer Love” - essay written by Jerry and first published in 1972.
References
Links
- Internal Links
- https://devo.fandom.com/wiki/HARDCORE
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