Song Name: Blockhead
Artist: DEVO
Appears On: Duty Now For The Future, DEV-O Live (Re-release only), Live in Central Park, DEVO Live: 1980, Butch Devo And The Sundance Gig
Year: 1976
Performed: 1976-1977, 1979-1980, 1991, 1996-2007
Run Time: 2:58
Writing Credits: Bob Mothersbaugh/Mark Mothersbaugh
Sung By: Mark Mothersbaugh (lead), Gerald V. Casale, Bob Mothersbaugh and Bob Casale (backing)
Alternate Versions: None Known
Demo Versions: Blockhead ("Industrial" Demo), Blockhead (Demo)
Song Connections:
Trivia / Info:
- Bob 1 originally wrote the song, and was inspired to call it Blockhead after seeing a TV commercial for a sinus decongestant. Mark wrote the lyrics.
- The original demo recording, described by Bob 1 in an interview, was performed by himself on guitar and Mark hitting a fence post with a chain.
Onstage Behavior:
Lyrics:
- Never leaves a gap - unfilled
- Always pays on time, always fits the bill
- He comes well prepared
- Cube top, squared off
- Eight corners, 90-degree angles
- Flat top, stares straight ahead
- Stock parts, blockhead
- Never trips over, stands up on his own
- He is a blockhead, thinking man full grown
- He comes well prepared
- Cube top, squared off
- Eight corners, 90-degree angles
- Flat top, stares straight ahead
- Snake eyes, blockhead
- Flat top, stares straight ahead
- Stock parts, blockhead
- Never trips over, stands up on his own
- He is a blockhead, thinking man full grown
- He comes well prepared
- Cube top, squared off
- Eight corners, 90-degree angles
- Flat top, stares straight ahead
- Snake eyes, blockhead
- Cube top, squared off
- Eight corners, 90-degree angles
- Flat top, stares straight ahead
- Stock parts, blockhead