Devo sold their songs to Disney. But the check must've cleared. Now Devo song-writer Gerry Casale is revealing how surreal the collaboration was.

...they picked the songs, then acted horrified -- the top Taliban at Disney -- when they got the lyrics.

"What? Beautiful world for you, but not for me! You can't say that."

I'd say, "But you picked the song. What do you want me to say?"

"Make it say me, too!"

It was fantastic. It was an exercise in proving our point. Even better.

59-year-old Casale hopes that when the album's audience is older, "they're gonna go to the internet and find out about the real Devo.

"Hopefully it teaches them another lesson about censorship and the corporation."

See also: Devo vs. MTV and Disney

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