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''Duty Now for the Future'' was the second album by American new wave band Devo, released in 1979. The majority of the songs on the album had been performed in Devo's live set as early as 1976. 〔(Devo Live Guide - 1973 to 1977 )〕 The "Devo Corporate Anthem" song and video are a nod to the 1975 film ''Rollerball'', in which games are preceded by players and audience standing solemnly while listening to a regional "corporate hymn."〔 〕 "Secret Agent Man" is a cover (with modified lyrics) of the song by P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri and performed by Johnny Rivers in 1965. An early demo version of "Secret Agent Man" had been featured in Devo's award-winning 1976 short film ''The Truth About De-Evolution''. ==Production== ''Duty Now for the Future'' was produced by Ken Scott. Like Brian Eno, who had produced Devo's debut album ''Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!'', Scott had also worked with David Bowie, most notably on the records ''The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'' and its follow-up, ''Aladdin Sane''. Scott has heaped praised on the band, saying they were "quite professional in the studio" and that he "loved every minute of it." Scott discussed his role in the recordings and how Devo came to choose him for the album: "I consider my job to put the act across in the best way possible, in the way THEY wish to be perceived. I hate it when I'm part of the final equation. The act was signed for their talent not mine. I just wish the modern A&R people saw things that way. I know they chose me because of the Bowie records I did, but I don't know if it was a direct recommendation from Mr Jones. Devo always wanted to learn. That's why they worked with each producer only once. Took what they needed and then time to move on." One prominent aspect of ''Duty Now for the Future'' is in the manipulated sound of the guitars. According to Scott, to record the solo for "Secret Agent Man," "We overloaded mic amps and fed the signal through headphones which were taped to the mic." Devo bassist and co-songwriter Jerry Casale corroborated this approach in an interview with Bam Magazine in 1979. "A guitar can only do what a guitar does. It's like only one tiny piece of a synthesizer. On this album, we did much more with the guitars, too. Sometimes you don't know that they're guitars." However, more recently, Casale has been critical of the sound of the album, particularly in a Reddit chat on June, 25th, 2013. "I love the songs but I loathe Ken Scott's production. He 'de-balled' us." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Duty Now for the Future」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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