In one of the more bizarre and unexpected media match-ups in recent history, it seems that DEVO and Disney have fallen into a web of love and had an unusual offspring known as DEVO 2.0.

It’s a group of kids, several of them girls (lead singer Nicole), that sing slightly modified versions of the original DEVO songs, and by altered I mean many of the deep, philosophical and sexual references removed with a more “feel good” lilt. For example:

The song “Beautiful World” remains mostly unchanged until the end, where the words, “It’s a beautiful world for you/It’s not for me” have been changed to, “It’s a beautiful world for you/I guess me too”.

from Wikipedia entry on DEVO 2.0

I’ve listed to some of the songs and I have to say the end result is actually cooler and rocks harder than I thought it was going to. Having a young girl as the lead singer is interesting, though it might be more interesting without the altered lyrics. Apparently the kids don’t actually play the instruments; the original DEVO guys still do that, but the kids do indeed provide the vocals.

I think it’s especially interesting they are wearing the iconic “red flower pot” hats that DEVO used to wear back in their earlier days… which DEVO allegedly were quoted with saying the funky hats were worn to focus their sexual energies into their vocals.

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