If I ever directed an episode of "True Blood," I'd totally cast Numan as a vampire version of himself, but in the credits I'd play this song, only the Magnetic Fields version. LOL.
If anyone is looking for the MIDI files of Numan's songs, I've uploaded a video with loads of MIDI files in the description. Inclueding I die you die, cars and many more
You wanna Fkin Respond ! ! ! The way Numan holds his hands above his Head @ 0:23.........An then Breaks them bown to his shoulders @ 0:33 Talk about 'Hit' A Bottle ! ! ! ! ! Sure song/tune! ! ! ! ! ! !
@saganemc2 You have turntable? Scratchy old thing I own, played thing to death, has original guitar rip no-one hears on any version now? Curious I remain why?
@saganemc2 What I don't get regarding this is NO version I can find anywhere has the violent guitar rip at the end that is on my original LP copy? I remain not an idiot, nor does my memory fail that badly. Anyone has a turntable I can prove it.
@Blackmilk81 idk about Bowie getting darker then Numan, hes got some creepy sounding songs, especially on the Berlin Trilogy and Outside, but Numans, new darkwave material is pretty morbid, and even his older stuff, whole not as dark in sound, is lyrically, pretty sad. for example cars is about cutting yourself off from the rest of the world (someone told me in a suicidal manner, idk aif thats true of the song tho) yet its a huge 70's/80's pop hit.
@Blackmilk81 Yeah, you're right. It just drives me crazy that Gary never gets much attention. When I ask most people... "Hey do you like GN", most reply "Who??" Or, "Oh yeah, the Cars song...." You'll be hard pressed to find someone under the age of 21 who knows Gary. To me it's a shame, and I admit the two shouldn't be compared. BTW, Bowie is on the cover of Rolling Stone this month. Hey, I love David Bowie, but personally Let's Dance permenantly tarnished his image for me. PEACE
I love this song. I think it's haunting. Interesting/very eerie trivia bit: In the 1981 gay porn classic, 'A Night at Halsted's', star-director, Fred Halsted uses a pop music soundtrack. During one scene where he is cruising the adult bookstore, with its dark and forbidden atmosphere, this song is playing in the background. With the imagery that the song evokes and the impending AIDS epidemic, this is too eerie for words. Fred Halsted was obviously very tuned in to his environment.
I always felt like this song was a reaction to the trashing he was taking in the music press for The Pleasure Principal. Like, the "they" who crawl out of the holes and tear him are the critics. "See my scars, they call me such things, tear me, tear me, tear me." And I'm still frightened by the telephone could be not wanting to be interviewed by magazines that were just going to write nasty stuff after he talked to them. Then again, Numan's stuff was always post-apocalyptic so maybe not.
Americans were still were wearing hippy clothes when this stuff came out. Pre MTV, pre internet, pre EVERY kind of worldwide media, Americans were in the dark. Most never heard of Gary Numan until "Cars."
has anyone noticed the red black white theme from several artists? Interpol david bowie, kraftwerk, gary numan white stripes, many others? is there a connection? anyone?
gary numan is so awsome live,i saw numan live mon hes amazing and looked great! check out his new album dead son rising, the fall is just out standing, and for the rest of my life, love this album!
@robeorman So did I my friend and I know I am not losing it. I own the original Telekon album on vinyl. What I don't get is the violent slide down the neck of the guitar in the original is missing from every version I can find? Please tell me I wasn't hearing things 3 decades ago?
A great british word, sort of affectionate, but really someone who's a bit slow on the uptake and maybe tries too hard to be cool but is actually has no real idea.
Nerd is close but that implies brains or intelligence which wallies never have. (spod is a good equivalent to nerd) As a big fan at the time, i don't mean it nastily, I just don't know how he was so amazing and then let it all fall apart so quickly.
If mick karn wrote that in his book then he's gone down in my estimations, as if numan would have done something as stupid as that. He'd enjoyed far more success than japan at that time its ridiclous for him to come out with a story like that, does it sound as though it could be true? Think about it. I've noted no numan fans slate japan off on any of their youtube vids, until i had a few pops last night lost me rag a bit im afraid. Didn't slag the music off though only David.
I love Gary Numan, but he is not in any way the father of ALL techno. Gary's style for one thing was much more post-punk than anything. He was one of the contributing artists to what eventually became techno, but you forget Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, and especially John Foxx as his style in "Metamatic" was a big influence on acid and it derivatives(mind you all 3 started before Numan).
I love Gary Numan, but giving him all of the credit is just as bad as none.
the ending of this song always gives me the chills.....in a good dark way, though....lol....and look at how Gary Numan walks down that dark hallway!......really killer shit!!!
Such a fantastic record! One of my favourite Numan records after Are Friends Electric and Cars. Such an underrated artist. Without a doubt one of the most brilliant artists that came out of Britain in the last quarter of the 20th century.
A great last 40 seconds of music, haunting and very dark in tone. Shame this track wasn't on Telekon. I remember buying the 7 inch single off someone at school when I was 11 or 12.
The drums and percussion have been ruined, the video was always of iffy quality but would have been better left overdubbed. The Kenny Everett version is great too. people forget that like Foxxs' Ultravox etc they really did, dare I say it, rock and Numan new his production.
fantasticula, i really dig it deep... this has been a theme for me and my life, since it came out....and this, is a beautiful thing 2 me, with all its reopening of certain scars...but its a sort of odd pleaure...i need....im a big fan of Mr. Webb...lol great stuff man !! thanx 4 makin it accessible 2 me , and all others who r part of the existing cyber tubeway armies at large....lol
I will always see Gary as one of four significant post punk musical pioneers and thats it....... Vince Clarke, Martin Gore, Alan Wilder and Gary Numan. Martin for his song writing sympathetic to synths, Gary and Vince just for the sheer ingenuity of applying synths to music and Alan Wilder (and Flood) for production concepts. Everyone else since has been either pretending, copying or just doing what the record company marketeers wanted.
@40of50 Wouldn't you say that Brian Eno, Martin Hannett and John Foxx deserved being added to that list? What about Richard Barbieri formerly of Japan and now Porcupine Tree? After all, Numan obviously wanted to sound as much like Japan as possible even going as far as to use Mick Karn and Rob Dean on the "Dance" LP. According to Karn's book "Japan and self existence", Numan even took to following them (Japan) around on trains, sitting a few seats behind them!
@MisAnnThorpe your another deluded japan fan who thinks numan ripped them off get a life. And what a load of crap following them on trains and sitting behind them, japan were told by their management to stay away from numan because it would make them look bad to the record buying public and like a set of wankers they shunned him whenever they saw him something which they apologised for in later years. Mick Karn was a great artist and japan were a great band.r.i.p Mick Karn.
@replicas11 I've never heard anything about Japan being discouraged from associating with Numan nor for that matter that they later apologised for having shunned him. Why would it have made them look bad? Personally I'm inclined to believe Karn's story as I see no reason for him to have made it up. Reading his autobiography he comes across as being very honest and even in relating this story he is not criticizing Numan but was obviously amused & seemingly somewhat perplexed by the situation.
@MisAnnThorpe and another thing why all the hostility from japan fans towards numan a lot of you seem to think that japan were the only band who should be allowed to be influenced from the orient. a lot of you seem hell bent on slagging numan off and making up bullshit stories about him, japan and numan were ok with each other they worked together so of course some of their music was was similar but you make out as though some great crime has been commited come on you watford gaps get over it.
@replicas11 I'm just repeating what Mick Karn wrote in his book, I didn't say it was true! I dare say there are lots of Japan fans who're overly precious regarding "their" band, (just like many Numan fans) however I'm not one of them. It seems pretty obvious to me that they influenced each other & were both doubtless, influenced by many of the same artists, Bowie being probably the most obvious. Believe me, I'm very much aware of Numan's importance & influence. Yes, you could say I'm an admirer!
@MisAnnThorpe uh, who is Japan? How many artists claim them as an inspiration. Answer to both questions, ZERO! Your not a genius, you just happen to have in internet connection.
@40of50 Great comment!!! VINCE CLARKE, MARTIN GORE AND ALAN WILDER are or were part of Depeche Mode...............a Group that formed in 1980 give or take 3 months, that still power out music now...Listen to A song called "Wrong" By Depeche Mode released in 2009 Roughly 30 years after Just cant get enough. Just listen to it!!!!!!!!!!!!
fuckin the best,i will always love his music of the late 70s and early 80s just pure electronic fuckin out of this world ahead of its time music,Fuck he is good.
unfortunately, i wasnt alive when numan was around, but i listen to music 30 or 40 years ago :) so sad that music has gone downhill so much in the last 10 years :/ anyone with me on that?
@xmaddyx100 Im with you,I love black metal and metal and such,But I just wish everything would be like back then in the 50s or 60s or 80s!!! Where people had decensy and had shame,Now people have no shame and no respect and Im only 17....
@xmaddyx100 I think it started going downhill in the mid 90s once the Spice Girls got in on the act and gangster rap started getting more popular. Music is becoming a lost artform.
@xmaddyx100 I think it started going downhill in the mid 90s once the Spice Girls got in on the act and gangster rap started getting more popular. Music is becoming a lost artform.
@Shinobi11San Even years later I don't understand Numan lyrics. He sang about dark futures, alienated humans who had to resort to robot pals. BLADE RUNNER came out a little bit after Numan music. Occasionally he reflected on the soul-sucking concert life as in "Remind Me to Smile" or "Please Push No More".
Holy crap, just cause I was not familiar with Gary and Bowie much would not mean that I am totally unaware of most british bands..... I've Got two led zepplin albums... got tired of them,, you want them? I ship that to you from Canada to UK?
I would have to agree with that statement england puts out some bad ass talent siouxie , gary , bowie technically we are english decended from england !!
I am not questionning British talent in music... I am merely stating that us from other cultures have our own things going..which you are not always aware of..... why assume anyone should be, by default, knowledgable about british music?
So funny to be enjoying this Gary Numan and get insulted by a british at the same time... I got a mouthfull of UK, gess what is the bad part i'll have to spit out? lol! you!
Hey guys ,I'm rolling around laughing,imagining poor diddly poised over his keyboard..............he's probably Bowie's publicist trying to drum up some business...........and the spelling mistakes are there to put you off the scent! Ha! Ha!
Inspiration for Yes' "Man in a White Car".
Cash2112 2 weeks ago
If I ever directed an episode of "True Blood," I'd totally cast Numan as a vampire version of himself, but in the credits I'd play this song, only the Magnetic Fields version. LOL.
/watch?v=zYcMtNTn2o8
SwampThizzle 1 month ago
SAW THIS ON TOTP WHEN IT WAS IN THE CHARTS SOUNDED MUCH BETTER THAN THE SINGLE MIX FOR RADIO, HE'S STILL MY HERO EVEN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
electrografik 1 month ago
If anyone is looking for the MIDI files of Numan's songs, I've uploaded a video with loads of MIDI files in the description. Inclueding I die you die, cars and many more
mr2000aaa 1 month ago
You wanna Fkin Respond ! ! ! The way Numan holds his hands above his Head @ 0:23.........An then Breaks them bown to his shoulders @ 0:33 Talk about 'Hit' A Bottle ! ! ! ! ! Sure song/tune! ! ! ! ! ! !
AQUAVIVARIA 1 month ago
@superunt43 I was refering to the comparison between Bowie and Numan, but i'd love to hear your LP!
saganemc2 2 months ago
@saganemc2 You have turntable? Scratchy old thing I own, played thing to death, has original guitar rip no-one hears on any version now? Curious I remain why?
superunt43 1 month ago
I'll take Gary over David Bowie every time. His introspectivenes runs way deeper and darker!
GPWS339 2 months ago
@GPWS339 No, equal they remain?
superunt43 2 months ago
@superunt43 both beautiful in their own separate right.
saganemc2 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
@saganemc2 What I don't get regarding this is NO version I can find anywhere has the violent guitar rip at the end that is on my original LP copy? I remain not an idiot, nor does my memory fail that badly. Anyone has a turntable I can prove it.
superunt43 2 months ago
@GPWS339 you've just not listened to enough Bowie, David gets far darker than Numan ever did.
However, I hate that you can't talk about Numan without Bowie coming up, was Gary influenced by him? Yeah, sure, but who wasn't?
Both great artists, and both quite different from each other. Just enjoy the music.
Blackmilk81 1 month ago
@Blackmilk81 idk about Bowie getting darker then Numan, hes got some creepy sounding songs, especially on the Berlin Trilogy and Outside, but Numans, new darkwave material is pretty morbid, and even his older stuff, whole not as dark in sound, is lyrically, pretty sad. for example cars is about cutting yourself off from the rest of the world (someone told me in a suicidal manner, idk aif thats true of the song tho) yet its a huge 70's/80's pop hit.
hellchild65 1 month ago
@hellchild65 im 17 though
EddieGTV 1 month ago
@Blackmilk81 Yeah, you're right. It just drives me crazy that Gary never gets much attention. When I ask most people... "Hey do you like GN", most reply "Who??" Or, "Oh yeah, the Cars song...." You'll be hard pressed to find someone under the age of 21 who knows Gary. To me it's a shame, and I admit the two shouldn't be compared. BTW, Bowie is on the cover of Rolling Stone this month. Hey, I love David Bowie, but personally Let's Dance permenantly tarnished his image for me. PEACE
GPWS339 1 month ago
I love this song. I think it's haunting. Interesting/very eerie trivia bit: In the 1981 gay porn classic, 'A Night at Halsted's', star-director, Fred Halsted uses a pop music soundtrack. During one scene where he is cruising the adult bookstore, with its dark and forbidden atmosphere, this song is playing in the background. With the imagery that the song evokes and the impending AIDS epidemic, this is too eerie for words. Fred Halsted was obviously very tuned in to his environment.
geupelboi 2 months ago
cut short at the end and the end is the most spooky and striking as he strolls down the corridor at the very end........
Flamingboy100 2 months ago
oh, 0:40 over and over!
saganemc2 3 months ago in playlist saganemc2's favorites
I always felt like this song was a reaction to the trashing he was taking in the music press for The Pleasure Principal. Like, the "they" who crawl out of the holes and tear him are the critics. "See my scars, they call me such things, tear me, tear me, tear me." And I'm still frightened by the telephone could be not wanting to be interviewed by magazines that were just going to write nasty stuff after he talked to them. Then again, Numan's stuff was always post-apocalyptic so maybe not.
ScrfaceBetty 4 months ago
He wa TOPS in Europe.
Americans were still were wearing hippy clothes when this stuff came out. Pre MTV, pre internet, pre EVERY kind of worldwide media, Americans were in the dark. Most never heard of Gary Numan until "Cars."
Sad.
DonBeaumont 4 months ago
@DonBeaumont I beg to differ, I remain American, I was not in the dark. Aware of Gary I was from the beginning, remain a fan, thank you.
superunt43 3 months ago
numans music is fantastic, as an artist he has not been givin the recognition he deserves
wilko2b 4 months ago
I reallllllly LOVE this version
DrHeckill 4 months ago
How are artist these days better than Gary at all?
CastleOfficial 4 months ago
the most ripped-off man in music history
saganemc2 5 months ago in playlist saganemc2's Favorited Videos 33
has anyone noticed the red black white theme from several artists? Interpol david bowie, kraftwerk, gary numan white stripes, many others? is there a connection? anyone?
saganemc2 5 months ago
gary numan is so awsome live,i saw numan live mon hes amazing and looked great! check out his new album dead son rising, the fall is just out standing, and for the rest of my life, love this album!
jasper2011100 5 months ago 5
he is awsome live
cup0fs0up 5 months ago
Saw this on TV late at night back in '81. Gave me chills! Still great, tho I prefer the version without the drum machine in the choruses.
robeorman 6 months ago 2
@robeorman So did I my friend and I know I am not losing it. I own the original Telekon album on vinyl. What I don't get is the violent slide down the neck of the guitar in the original is missing from every version I can find? Please tell me I wasn't hearing things 3 decades ago?
superunt43 5 months ago
He was really modern for his time!!
aaround 6 months ago
Just soooooo bloody cool !!
MrStangman1 6 months ago
Oh yeah, the 80`s .Gary was my favourite!!!
66bodie 6 months ago
you fucked up the video mate
mickyh1966 6 months ago
YES!!! gary numan is just awesome <3 <3 <3
Gdev02 6 months ago
Exciting times. Pure energy in the air then!
jmedia1 6 months ago
to top comment.i like what you said,but pop will eat itself and trent reznor came later so not altogether right.i know what your getting at though.
1kevpap 6 months ago
@stereogrlm Wally?(help)
saganemc2 6 months ago
@saganemc2
A great british word, sort of affectionate, but really someone who's a bit slow on the uptake and maybe tries too hard to be cool but is actually has no real idea.
Nerd is close but that implies brains or intelligence which wallies never have. (spod is a good equivalent to nerd) As a big fan at the time, i don't mean it nastily, I just don't know how he was so amazing and then let it all fall apart so quickly.
stereogrIm 5 months ago
One of the best haircuts ever. That splash of red, cor!
djbethell 6 months ago
Great job remastering this awesome song !! You really maxed up the best parts =-D
saboteur99 6 months ago
42 one of the best
gazspen 6 months ago
His last great single. Somehow he went from being uber cool to a wally almost overnight
stereogrIm 6 months ago 3
Somehow he went from being uber cool to a wally almost overnight
stereogrIm 6 months ago 2
shame 2 the one who disliked Gary >:(
AikoRagDoll 7 months ago
Absolute classic track
JRHartly1984 7 months ago
Love this song but according to Wikipedia this never made it on the US charts. Still, a great tune!
mlittleton 7 months ago
Thanks for the share . Good recording.
LASTINLIVE 7 months ago
Nice, don;t think I ever saw the promo for this.
ghaladgwaith 7 months ago
Well done 10/10 nuf sd
451TIMOTHY 7 months ago in playlist Gary Numan
i'm calling it. That car is a chevrolet corvette between1974-1980
ZanasoRymm 8 months ago
my favorite Gary Numan song.
LegalFuhrer 8 months ago 2
@LegalFuhrer
Yep... mine too
TheDelism 8 months ago
If mick karn wrote that in his book then he's gone down in my estimations, as if numan would have done something as stupid as that. He'd enjoyed far more success than japan at that time its ridiclous for him to come out with a story like that, does it sound as though it could be true? Think about it. I've noted no numan fans slate japan off on any of their youtube vids, until i had a few pops last night lost me rag a bit im afraid. Didn't slag the music off though only David.
replicas11 8 months ago
Thirty-plus years on, and I am still as mesmerized as ever. Not to mention that I have always preferred his sneer over Billy Idol's. ;)
LeCrosse 9 months ago
awesome love it very much new wave synthpop 80s
djmusicjac 9 months ago
Hmmm... I've been singing "this is not love, this is not even worth a point of view, connector for game...." for years....
missionridiculous 9 months ago
Good "Psycho" song!!!
ThePSYCHOChannel 9 months ago
freakin awesome track... the synths are belting out here... GM at his very best
Twilight1964 9 months ago
What else can be said he's the father of ALL techno...
littleboeep 10 months ago
@littleboeep
Yaaaaa....no.
I love Gary Numan, but he is not in any way the father of ALL techno. Gary's style for one thing was much more post-punk than anything. He was one of the contributing artists to what eventually became techno, but you forget Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, and especially John Foxx as his style in "Metamatic" was a big influence on acid and it derivatives(mind you all 3 started before Numan).
I love Gary Numan, but giving him all of the credit is just as bad as none.
Godscarmachine 10 months ago 2
OK all you Numan fans out there....Who had the red stripe in their hair in 'the day'...
I did, I'd love to do it now........BUT I've got no hair ) :
Love I Die: You Die.....Superb lyrics !
P8290970 11 months ago 3
cant beat this except maybe Cars .1979
mrpjbiddy 11 months ago
couldnt agree more with Wickedmentor69 and jucurtis23
havent seen this video in over 30 years...great stuff
kennymoo70 11 months ago
Gary was so beyond his time and quite a mastermind. Just incredible!!!
WickedMentor69 11 months ago 2
Man in a White Car from Yes - Drama.
Cash2112 11 months ago
the ending of this song always gives me the chills.....in a good dark way, though....lol....and look at how Gary Numan walks down that dark hallway!......really killer shit!!!
jucurtis23 1 year ago
He was so hot!
Missanasoria 1 year ago
classic track and original video
unsbncbu 1 year ago
Such a fantastic record! One of my favourite Numan records after Are Friends Electric and Cars. Such an underrated artist. Without a doubt one of the most brilliant artists that came out of Britain in the last quarter of the 20th century.
vonkvetch 1 year ago
Ooh, the White Car! First time I've seen it.
Telekon was the first Numan album I bought, and this song remains a favourite. Always was, through all these years.
buckyboy2832y 1 year ago
He's a cross between Orzabal and Damien 3 lol! Good song btw. Nice instrumentals in the outros.
Noodles37UK 1 year ago
good call on the overdub !
velomatty 1 year ago
There is only Numan!
evilmoif 1 year ago
simple minds doing the handclaps at the beggining..they were in a studio next door...my all time favourite numan song.
docherty53 1 year ago
Great remix, Garycee! Original vid with an excell audio track. Thanks for the time and effort.
storybec 1 year ago
we are soi ragle,cars,friends electric!rox
brittdog2 1 year ago
A great last 40 seconds of music, haunting and very dark in tone. Shame this track wasn't on Telekon. I remember buying the 7 inch single off someone at school when I was 11 or 12.
markusass 1 year ago
Yeah, lets get all their names!
Mammalshaker 1 year ago
i have their names too Gary and they willl suffer
Lordtrouser 1 year ago 3
This vid doesn't do it for me. The one made on Kenny Everett actually made Gary Numan sexy though.
jrmetmoi 1 year ago
Gary Numan, Joy Division, Birthday Party, possibly Bauhaus and some others for me anyway.
jrmetmoi 1 year ago 2
for some reason numan reminds me so much of john cryer from two and a half men
NuggetBlubber 1 year ago
The vid Gary did for Kenny Everett for this song looks even better than this and Gary looks hot in that one!
jrmetmoi 1 year ago
the best Gary Numan song ever 1980 I Die You Die
perfect music at its best
mrpjbiddy 1 year ago
Many thanks for uploading this garycee-I appreciate it enormously!
Hard to believe too that this is now 30 years old-but great music always lasts I feel!
brucedanton 1 year ago
The drums and percussion have been ruined, the video was always of iffy quality but would have been better left overdubbed. The Kenny Everett version is great too. people forget that like Foxxs' Ultravox etc they really did, dare I say it, rock and Numan new his production.
fleaby 1 year ago
dont forget john foxx & billy currie !
gazzashiatsu 1 year ago
fond memories of a distant youth :) Numanoids where are you now
cosak23 1 year ago 4
@cosak23 we are still here my freind and always will be
tiganathegreek 1 year ago
@tiganathegreek - top man
cosak23 1 year ago
@cosak23 yeah yes
Marakandeia 1 year ago
My song forever....captures me as an angst ridden teen needing direction.....I found him.
schmads 1 year ago
fantasticula, i really dig it deep... this has been a theme for me and my life, since it came out....and this, is a beautiful thing 2 me, with all its reopening of certain scars...but its a sort of odd pleaure...i need....im a big fan of Mr. Webb...lol great stuff man !! thanx 4 makin it accessible 2 me , and all others who r part of the existing cyber tubeway armies at large....lol
sunchilde68 1 year ago
This is indeed love. Most definitely worth a point of view. Mint.
terrazzo 1 year ago
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DimensionsofChange 1 year ago
@DimensionsofChange What did I do now?
DimensionsofChange 1 year ago
@fiset35 Only one way to find out... It's a lot better idea then my Frank Zappa teams up with Nirvana, which I asume would end in a riot
DimensionsofChange 1 year ago
@DimensionsofChange But now that I think about it they could do...
A game called Echoes of Love
We take mystery to the streets (in cars)
I keep forgetting I nearly married a human
What a Stormtrooper in drag believes
then Steely Dan could come in and they could do I got the news: you die
DimensionsofChange 1 year ago
Numan should have hired Michael McDonald to back up sing on this track.
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MrJessie1964 1 year ago
I will always see Gary as one of four significant post punk musical pioneers and thats it....... Vince Clarke, Martin Gore, Alan Wilder and Gary Numan. Martin for his song writing sympathetic to synths, Gary and Vince just for the sheer ingenuity of applying synths to music and Alan Wilder (and Flood) for production concepts. Everyone else since has been either pretending, copying or just doing what the record company marketeers wanted.
40of50 1 year ago 37
@40of50 what about Japan and Ultravox?
paintedship 1 year ago
@paintedship couldn't agree more!!!!!! esp Tin Drum by Japan
irishcowboy42 1 year ago
@irishcowboy42 I like Quiet Life and Gentlemen Take Polaroids a lot more than that but I do like that one as well
paintedship 1 year ago
@40of50 dont forget Japan mate1 esp Tin Drum
irishcowboy42 1 year ago
@40of50 Wouldn't you say that Brian Eno, Martin Hannett and John Foxx deserved being added to that list? What about Richard Barbieri formerly of Japan and now Porcupine Tree? After all, Numan obviously wanted to sound as much like Japan as possible even going as far as to use Mick Karn and Rob Dean on the "Dance" LP. According to Karn's book "Japan and self existence", Numan even took to following them (Japan) around on trains, sitting a few seats behind them!
MisAnnThorpe 1 year ago
@MisAnnThorpe your another deluded japan fan who thinks numan ripped them off get a life. And what a load of crap following them on trains and sitting behind them, japan were told by their management to stay away from numan because it would make them look bad to the record buying public and like a set of wankers they shunned him whenever they saw him something which they apologised for in later years. Mick Karn was a great artist and japan were a great band.r.i.p Mick Karn.
replicas11 8 months ago
@replicas11 I've never heard anything about Japan being discouraged from associating with Numan nor for that matter that they later apologised for having shunned him. Why would it have made them look bad? Personally I'm inclined to believe Karn's story as I see no reason for him to have made it up. Reading his autobiography he comes across as being very honest and even in relating this story he is not criticizing Numan but was obviously amused & seemingly somewhat perplexed by the situation.
MisAnnThorpe 7 months ago
@MisAnnThorpe and another thing why all the hostility from japan fans towards numan a lot of you seem to think that japan were the only band who should be allowed to be influenced from the orient. a lot of you seem hell bent on slagging numan off and making up bullshit stories about him, japan and numan were ok with each other they worked together so of course some of their music was was similar but you make out as though some great crime has been commited come on you watford gaps get over it.
replicas11 8 months ago
@replicas11 I'm just repeating what Mick Karn wrote in his book, I didn't say it was true! I dare say there are lots of Japan fans who're overly precious regarding "their" band, (just like many Numan fans) however I'm not one of them. It seems pretty obvious to me that they influenced each other & were both doubtless, influenced by many of the same artists, Bowie being probably the most obvious. Believe me, I'm very much aware of Numan's importance & influence. Yes, you could say I'm an admirer!
MisAnnThorpe 8 months ago
@MisAnnThorpe uh, who is Japan? How many artists claim them as an inspiration. Answer to both questions, ZERO! Your not a genius, you just happen to have in internet connection.
greatfulld 7 months ago
@40of50 Mike Score? (shrugs)
bol316 1 year ago
@40of50 I would personally add John Foxx to that list since it is he who influenced Gary's sound.
smartverity 7 months ago
@40of50 Could not have put it better myself. Each one a synthpop genius yet to be matched!
bretvyon 6 months ago
@40of50 Great comment!!! VINCE CLARKE, MARTIN GORE AND ALAN WILDER are or were part of Depeche Mode...............a Group that formed in 1980 give or take 3 months, that still power out music now...Listen to A song called "Wrong" By Depeche Mode released in 2009 Roughly 30 years after Just cant get enough. Just listen to it!!!!!!!!!!!!
nighterjay 5 months ago
@40of50 NICELY PUT :)
CHANNELOMD 4 months ago in playlist vidlog3
The ultimate paranoia track.
Kafkabinkles 1 year ago 21
@Kafkabinkles Bang on the money there.
faunflynn 1 year ago
I think he was in his prime during the Telekon era.
Telekon5 1 year ago
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When this was brand new and I was a lovely sylph of a girl, this was my 4:00 a.m. insomnia soundtrack. Still brilliant. Thanks for posting.
katrina2323 1 year ago
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katrina2323 1 year ago
Fucking legend. Pity about his new stuff where he tries to act like a rocker, takes away from the image somewhat.
dublintoffee 1 year ago 2
In Echo Park, I pause for effect, and whisper 'who are you?'
But I'm still frightened by the telephone.
aedi on evah uoy
TRUENOdaROCKETFOX 1 year ago 3
Awesome vid, the human robot Numan. Thanks a million for the upload pal.
dublintoffee 1 year ago
Awesome - and never bettered
DerangedInsanity69 1 year ago
NUMAN . . . NUMAN . . . NUMAN
TEEC4C 1 year ago
his hair is fuckin dope!
23Jarek23 1 year ago
I just got the US 45. They are somewhat scarce to find as it missed the Hot 100 here (even the bubbling under as well).
pannoni1 1 year ago
fuckin the best,i will always love his music of the late 70s and early 80s just pure electronic fuckin out of this world ahead of its time music,Fuck he is good.
seamed100 1 year ago 2
i can't decide wich is my fave numan track between this and we are glass lol
tubewayarmy2005 1 year ago
Numans Hair in this is fkin AWSOME !
AQUAVIVARIA 1 year ago
What a talent. A man before his time with a unique sound.
loungeleezard 1 year ago
what a talent. A man on his own.
loungeleezard 1 year ago
il genio che ha buttato le basi per la maggior parte della musica elettronica!....lode anche ai kraftwerk e devo!
MrCezio 1 year ago
This one is very good, i think one of his best songs. and, btw, it isn't dark as some of his songs...
Kenckaplus 1 year ago
unfortunately, i wasnt alive when numan was around, but i listen to music 30 or 40 years ago :) so sad that music has gone downhill so much in the last 10 years :/ anyone with me on that?
xmaddyx100 1 year ago 3
@xmaddyx100 Im with you,I love black metal and metal and such,But I just wish everything would be like back then in the 50s or 60s or 80s!!! Where people had decensy and had shame,Now people have no shame and no respect and Im only 17....
6sic666666 1 year ago 2
@xmaddyx100 I think it started going downhill in the mid 90s once the Spice Girls got in on the act and gangster rap started getting more popular. Music is becoming a lost artform.
maccagrabme 1 year ago
@xmaddyx100 I think it started going downhill in the mid 90s once the Spice Girls got in on the act and gangster rap started getting more popular. Music is becoming a lost artform.
maccagrabme 1 year ago
Brilliant, on ya Gary
rustylegiron 1 year ago
The thing about Gary Numan is, not only is he a pop star right, he's got a pilot's license. Imagine that!
IndrasBlade77 1 year ago
Numan is the older god of scienfiction music,it makes me happy :) Unbelievable sound...long live the synthie pop :) Peace Friends
prefekt82 1 year ago
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he couldn't wipe Bowies Arse he is not in same league
garynevillefan 1 year ago
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he couldn't wipe Bowies Arse he is not in same league
garynevillefan 1 year ago
he couldn't wipe Bowies Arse he is not in same league
garynevillefan 1 year ago
@garynevillefan
We love you Bayern we do,oh Bayern we love you!
Romei62 1 year ago
again cracking victory over bad vids great stuff gary, svenny x
svenny 1 year ago
magic
fluffycake1 1 year ago
you said it! I would add "Pure" to that, pure magic, lol
Acadianiste 1 year ago
What's this song suppose to mean?
Oh yeah...it's good.
Shinobi11San 1 year ago
@Shinobi11San Even years later I don't understand Numan lyrics. He sang about dark futures, alienated humans who had to resort to robot pals. BLADE RUNNER came out a little bit after Numan music. Occasionally he reflected on the soul-sucking concert life as in "Remind Me to Smile" or "Please Push No More".
Dracopol 1 year ago
Numan is god, hands down.
BluDevil93 1 year ago
Numan 5
Bowie 0
Romei62 1 year ago
Numan 5 Bowie 0
Romei62 1 year ago
Numan 5
Bowie 0
Romei62 1 year ago
Oh and all those bands I mentioned are English!
hididdlyho82 2 years ago
Holy crap, just cause I was not familiar with Gary and Bowie much would not mean that I am totally unaware of most british bands..... I've Got two led zepplin albums... got tired of them,, you want them? I ship that to you from Canada to UK?
Acadianiste 2 years ago
No no no your just pissed off because we the british have along with america the best acts in music always have!
hididdlyho82 1 year ago
No I was just explaining why I am unaware about some bands, in spite of them being british.... get a life ...
Acadianiste 1 year ago 3
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As I said before "fuck off you pretentious wanker!"
hididdlyho82 1 year ago
I would have to agree with that statement england puts out some bad ass talent siouxie , gary , bowie technically we are english decended from england !!
veteran1970 1 year ago
I am not questionning British talent in music... I am merely stating that us from other cultures have our own things going..which you are not always aware of..... why assume anyone should be, by default, knowledgable about british music?
So funny to be enjoying this Gary Numan and get insulted by a british at the same time... I got a mouthfull of UK, gess what is the bad part i'll have to spit out? lol! you!
Acadianiste 2 years ago
No you claimed you'd never heard pop music or heard any more than one David Bowie song where'd you live in a cave!
hididdlyho82 1 year ago
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Only a fake frenchman could give me a thumbs down for that comment!
hididdlyho82 1 year ago
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Awwheehawwheehaww garlec munchier!
hididdlyho82 2 years ago
@jawharpjab Finally, someone saying the right thing!
I believe that Gary was like the "pop music" of that time. DEVO were the outsiders. Were the alternative.
However, they are equally influential.
lizs004 2 years ago
I have to disagree! I think Newman was very of his time! Devo were just a pile of shit!
hididdlyho82 2 years ago
One day statues will be erected of Lord Numan and the music industry will bow in shame.
Romei62 2 years ago 2
Needless to say I had the last laugh!
hididdlyho82 2 years ago
Hey guys ,I'm rolling around laughing,imagining poor diddly poised over his keyboard..............he's probably Bowie's publicist trying to drum up some business...........and the spelling mistakes are there to put you off the scent! Ha! Ha!
Romei62 2 years ago
Yeah thats right, I'm David Bowies publicist and I've come on a Gary Newman video a year ago to publicize Davids new album! I'm a mul