Gary Numan "M.E" Live 1981

[supermandisco]

I worked as DJ at a gay bath house, we had stacks of GN. Oingo Boingo, New Order, Yazoo, Pretenders, Wall of Voodoo, Devo, Human League, Grace Jones . . . . just to name a few.

[goodhumourwagon]

miss the 80's so much! Wonderful time for music, toys, technology and movies.. What I'd give to go back..

[carlharris67]

These were the best days of his career i went to warriors tour brilliant!

[marieljoed]

i saw this concert at the tower theatre in philly! it was amazing! Numan is truely underated! He had some bowie influence, but so what! who hasn't ? When your breaking new ground! Numan is a great one!

[MrChrysler64]

@marieljoed I also saw the show at the Tower. I was blown away by Nash the Slash, and then Gary came on. I was only familiar with 'The Pleasure Principle' at the time, but the next night I went out and bought everything I could find. I still consider that show the best concert I've ever seen.

[MADBEZMCFC]

THE MASTER AT WORK,AT HIS BEST FOR ALL TIME!!!...ABSOLUTE BRILLIANCE!!!!....NUMANS A GOD!

[leslielove]

saw him back in 1981 this were the days

[stuart38]

at 2:30 he does the "carlton" dance from the fresh prince,years BEFORE carlton.how's THAT for "ahead of his time?

[jrmetmoi]

@stuart38 exactly! LOL

[rudey2shoes1]

where's your head at! Classic Numan! Well used by Basement Jaxx too.

[XxMDAxX]

he is so fucking BOSS.

[beatvampire]

one of the greatest first verse opening line performances ever

[deloreanseasun]

The synth...

[TheFrenchEngineer1]

One of Numand best ever songs.......no question!!!

[wulbo399]

legend

[NecroWhore]

I love how he mouths the beat between lyrics.

[Egiapification]

Gary Numan = Sheer Brilliance

[michaux6000]

great video.

[Numaness]

It 30 years this month since met him in Bristol what a brilliant guy!!! Understated isn't the word!!

[NecroWhore]

This man is so strange, I love watching his movements. Every time I listen to his music I have to get up and move around like him.

[IassassinIam2012]

still gives me the chills after 30 years

[killingnuman]

Sounds like he says"thanks a lot"?

[ronnyim12345]

gary numan is so underrated. the pleasure principle should be recognized as a classic.

[mysticradio]

trent reznor would be THE GENIUS........ gary begged to back up NIN...........

[mushrmhd6661]

@mysticradio without Numan there wudnt be NIN....

[guertler1967]

ja,da war gary numan noch einzigartig.micromusic-best show ever.danach wollte er aufhören,brachte aber meine lieblingsplatte dance raus und danach ging es bergab mit ihm.was er heute macht ist nix besonderes mehr.freut mich aber hier zu sehen das er noch gut dabei ist.

[replicas79]

@guertler1967

quatsch--danach hat er auch noch geile songs gemacht!

[Campbz]

Gary Numan and David Bowie, music masters....

[PhilHartley100]

Oh wow. I was there when this was filmed. :=)

[HowNotToRap]

I got all choked up when I first heard that last synth line... Its a pretty deep song, when you think about it.

[Lordtrouser]

theres only M.E Gary - I married a human Gary - this song is about the only robot left on earth -I was that robot Gary

[beautydaddy]

Proto Emo but with intellect.

[weegerri1sm]

ahem... hardly emo!

I mean, after all, show me an emo with intellect & I'll show you a living contradiction in terms!

Numan was, at times, depressed and down in the dumps, (we can all get like that), but for him it was never a full blown life style, s'be fair! :P

[aaronjarvis1]

kk. Basement Jaxx copied it.

[siitrom]

Great live sound.....makes the song that much better.....

Thanks for posting

[whereangelsplay1]

wheres ur head attttttttttt!

[fuckamericanidiot]

i don't have a problem with your comment mate, it's some smart economical sampling from basement jaxx, hats off to them for a good song

[paullnewlands]

Yeah Gary could time travel too

[fuckamericanidiot]

i have no idea what that means

[LondonPoet]

this was 1981...basement jaxx sampled numan.....thats what comment below means!!!!!

[TyroneTackett]

My favorite Gary's song and one of the best live version.

[GumpyBobbyUglyChris]

What's the bit of lyrics that he sings, not on the record. "I set out"? At 1:33?

[orphiusflux]

I was wondering that too. It sounds like "aye salaa".

[redrightbear]

Could it possibly be "It's a lover" ? I remember once he said in an interview (paraphrase) "there are a lot of things I want to say that I'm not sure I want people to understand"

[Perpetualmotion33]

I think he's saying "It's so wrong" which I think is in the record version, just in a different place. I'm not sure though.

[fleaby]

I wish I was alone.

[Lordtrouser]

@fleaby you are alone

[lovehoney3]

amazing. he was truely one of the sexeist androids ever! love when he smiles.he has got one of the most magnetic smiles ever i think.

[jrmetmoi]

@lovehoney3 He looks hot with make up on!

[BlackSkyThunder]

Esta canción sea probablemente una de las canciones cumbre de Gary. Su sonido electrónica combinado con sus gritos de lamento producen una aguda sensación de alivio al ser escuchados. Sus cambios de ritmo hacen poner la piel de gallina. Su mensaje no puede ser más cierto; habla, en definitiva, que la persona en la quien más se puede confiar es en uno mismo tanto para bien como para mal

[BlackSkyThunder]

the most underrated genius in music history?

[jrmetmoi]

@BlackSkyThunder Yes especially in the U.S.

[DashaDepeche]

@BlackSkyThunder

yes

[fuckamericanidiot]

@BlackSkyThunder no

[numanoid1987]

thks for the upload,i love this song,could get the films song for this show too?

[84cichlidman84]

amazing gary is a legand

[marksimo67]

Superb!

[84cichlidman84]

king of the 80s

[subby33]

He wrote this in 78. Was really far ahead of his time IMO.