Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"Jocko Homo\" is the B-side to Devo's first single, \"Mongoloid\", released in 1977 on Devo's own label, Booji Boy Records and later released in the UK on Stiff Records. The song was re-recorded as the feature song for Devo's first album, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! on Warner Bros. Records in 1978. The original version peaked at #62 on the UK Singles Chart. It is based on a chant from the 1932 movie Island of Lost Souls. \"Jocko Homo\" introduced the call-and-response \"Are we not men?\" / \"We are Devo\", and is generally considered to be Devo's anthem. The title is taken from a 1924 anti-evolution tract called Jocko-Homo Heavenbound by B. H. Shadduck, where it is explained as meaning \"ape-man\". The song revolves around an idiosyncratic descending guitar riff and absurdist lyrics."@en }
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- Jocko_Homo abstract "\"Jocko Homo\" is the B-side to Devo's first single, \"Mongoloid\", released in 1977 on Devo's own label, Booji Boy Records and later released in the UK on Stiff Records. The song was re-recorded as the feature song for Devo's first album, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! on Warner Bros. Records in 1978. The original version peaked at #62 on the UK Singles Chart. It is based on a chant from the 1932 movie Island of Lost Souls. \"Jocko Homo\" introduced the call-and-response \"Are we not men?\" / \"We are Devo\", and is generally considered to be Devo's anthem. The title is taken from a 1924 anti-evolution tract called Jocko-Homo Heavenbound by B. H. Shadduck, where it is explained as meaning \"ape-man\". The song revolves around an idiosyncratic descending guitar riff and absurdist lyrics.".