Globo Whip It Good

UK electronic trio Globo opened up about covering Devo's '80s anthem 'Whip It' this week and revealed that, as well as admiring the song's 'can-do spirit', they enjoy a close and intimate relationship with its subject matter of whipping.

"You know that scene in the film 'If', where Malcom McDowell is prostrate over some gym equipment getting a savage whooping from the prefects- That was school for Globo.

"For us, 'Whip It' is a love song about two people urging each other to survive all of life's trials and it was Devo's biggest hit," they added.

Their painful revelations coincided with the publication of a lengthy piece on the history of flagellation by US website, Slate, which suggested that 'the purpose of the lash has always been to excite passion, desire, and fantasy - to arouse the imagination.'

'The Allure of the Whip' article also suggested whipping fans do it 'in the service of self-creation, as a route to a more authentic self, as a rejection of norms, as a tribute to the power of theatricality and performance in making a life', to the full approval of Globo.

"All hail the power of theatricality and performance; Globo has always believed in it. We also like how people who like whipping each other have developed such a lofty rationale for it.

"Mel Gibson hit the nail on the head with that kinky Jesus film of his, didn't he- All that whipping, all that pain, all that suffering. Ooh yeah, baby.

"When Devo originally released 'Whip It' in 1980, is was widely thought to be about masturbating and/or S&M...Devo always asserted that the song was about sorting problems out, putting bad experiences behind you, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. So do we," they said. Tags

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