Gary Numan Top Of The Pops Are 'Friends' Electric July 1979 Video 768 x 576

[stuart38]

i had a m8 who said he'd met gary numan once in london,he said numan had breath like a dead dog's arse...

[4511jen]

O,ooooh, yeeeeaaahhh!!! Love Gary! was Thirteen then!!

[chyman]

i think all the young adults who survived the trappings of the 80s should be commended.

[chyman]

i don't see any acne at all. they must have really lacquered the make-up on heavy back then.

[LithiumTheKid]

Wow

[MysteryBreath2302]

Nuuuuuuuuuuuumaaaaaaaaaaannn !!!!!!!!!!

[jaggass]

people with aspergers are creative. I have AS like gary numan.

[robmcginley]

Timeless... I had the picture disc 7" single of this, I wonder where that went?

[Numanarchist]

That is my favourite TOTP version of the song.

They really look like they put a lot of effort into that with the stage set, lighting, camera angles and vision mixing. Absolutely superb! Shows just how good he was.

[22Phantasm]

I watched this on TOTP in 1979. My Dad said - 'Bloody Rubbish, this'! I said, 'I actually think it's really good'. A week later it was No1. Priceless !!!!!!!!!! Memories aaaaaaahhhhh. One of the most original No1's in UK history. Still such beautiful sounds....

[vosblod]

I remember watching it on Top of the Pops

[jaggass]

best song ever. even made an instrumental using the real song so i could sing it,

[medljoc]

This was the first song I ever bought ( on 7" single ) , I couldn't have started my record collection with a better song . A classic song indeed .

[spalf73]

@medljoc Me too! Sadly my second single was Born to be Alive by Patrick Hernandez..

[medljoc]

@medljoc The second single I bought was " Cars " and followed this with most of the other Gary Numan singles . I now listen to these songs on my Ipod . How times have changed but this music is timeless !

[lloydphotos]

This blew me away when I first saw it on Top of the Pops. 1979. Phew. Had just left school....oh boy, do I feel old !!!!!!

[rhessex]

remember seeing this on top of the pops and even aged 10 it was just so astonishing. Something tickled his fancy - I can see a smile almost breaking out a couple of times!

[crjdemte]

Great video of him!And the song.

[vespasianlegx11]

if you like this get the album replicas .best sci fi album ever .

[coltsuperocean10]

.......absolutely brilliant tune!! Takes me back to when I was very young kid, just getting into music at that time!! This is an amazing tune!! Squeeze, XTC, Gary Numan shaped my young music tastes...long changed now!

[mfactor88]

main keyboard Billy Currie Ultravox even the suagerbabes rehash is good. played this album to death in 79 :)

still have it in the car on mp3 2011. m49

[numanettetrish]

Dedicated to all my Numan friends, Nuuuuuuumaaaaaaaannnnnn !!!!! xxxxx

[418mhzcablefree]

Hair weave-a-go-go!

[mollysangelique]

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[HELLO2YOU3]

My X wife's Brother was in to Gary Still remember he was going out one Saturday Night No word of a lie,Fookin jumpsuit Gray And Black nail varnish.He Looket a Cunt AFookin Right One he did.Still made some stonkin go one as well

[godparticles1]

How TIme is so cruel and so nice at the same time

[xymoxwave]

original!!!!!!!!!!!

[lottaluck]

Genius.Gary was much better than any group except Krafwerk .Very futuristic and lead the way for the eighties.

The music leaders go in this order heading for the eighties.

1st KRAFTWERK

2ND GARY NUMAN AND TUBEWAY ARMY

3RD DAVID BOWIE

4TH STEVE STRANGE AND VISAGE(fade to grey wrote by Gary Numan and tubeway army)

5th WHAM (George Michael)

[FaceInTheRain]

@lottaluck "

"Fade To Grey" music was written by Billy Currie and Chris Payne. Gary Numan said that Currie and Payne would work on it during sound checks on the European leg of the '79 tour. Midge Ure added the vocals later.

George Michael? LOL...but hey, you like what you like.

[postcardterry]

absolutely fabulous! Well ahead of its time - in 1979,it took most of my friends a couple of months to appreciate it,it was so far ahead of time.Thanks Gary!!!!!!!!!

[nipplebrush]

@postcardterry Loved it the first time I heard it, I was 9. Still an all time favourite.

[shikshikshik3]

PLAYBACK? SOMEBODY KNOWS?

[alan717usa]

Not the best from Gary!

[barnowl01292]

Classic and he's still good.