Gary Numan We Take Mystery (To bed) Promo Video 1982 - USA

[TheReplicant16]

Best track on the album- always loved the heavy bass & meaty drums.

[leonakita]

@TheReplicant16 cedric sharpley underrated drummer extraordinaire

[drysuitbear]

awesome bass line, and a good track!!!!

[Noodles37UK]

He looks like Damien Omen III lol

[mrstaffytoots]

wow studio 54!

[451TIMOTHY]

Respect stil there in the Now .

[djmusicjac]

awesome GODFATHER of New Wave Gary Numan

[fergusil]

yeah,its very like duran my own way.big garry numan fan,saw him live nov2009, best gig i,ve ever been at

[rocknrollcola]

Chris Slade with his then newly shaven head.

[eponymist]

I call this a 'shadow classic'. Everyone who knows it loves it, but few do.

Still, excellent example of the 80s-style faux-performance video. A synth-heavy track with no synths visible, one guitar when there are clearly two, and what are the horn players doing, anyway? XD

[jstragne]

Sounds very much like Japan w a touch of Duran Duran from the early 80's, doncha think? Specially the bassline and the "string/horn" section... Well, I guess he needed to update his sound to get into the game and top-10 lists, and also to make it in the states... I have always loved him though I prefer his darker works...

[seithiennyn]

@jstragne The likes of Mick Karn et al worked with Numan on the both the 81 & 82 albums, so I guess the style reflects the musicians lol

[chrisnewcastle61]

@jstragne I was working in a record shop when this came out, and unfortunately it was not a successful album for him. Shame, I really liked it. If you believe everything you read on wiki (and I do, religously... :p) then he was quite in awe of Pino Palladino on bass, and mixed the bass up to the front - credit where it's due. And maybe Gary was a little ahead of his time... Pino's sound came much more to the fore a couple years later on Paul Young's No Parlez album.

[DameHaha2011]

@jstragne Yep, this could definetly be mistaken for a Japan record.

[lambchopsf]

Love the spaghetti leg movements.

[slig665]

Gary Numan's most underrated phase I think. Great friggin track.

[sprintbass]

i love pino palladino!

[djpetenice]

epic

[keev21]

Love this song. Should have ranked high on the charts here in the U.S.. DJs and their bosses just had narrow vision. Song's title should be "We take Mistery to bed"(album spells Mystery with an "I".

[keev21]

Love this song! On the album the real title is spelled 'Mistery', "We take Mistery to Bed".

[hardenedman]

@keev21 Not the one I have, maybe you got your hand on one of the early batches

[DeadBabiesInParis]

total badass

[Grebfairy]

good song, he tried to something different and it paid off.

[slvideo1]

GARY NUMAN IS GOD

[missmarypickford]

I never liked anything he did around this period-he seemed to be stuck in same old funk groove, from Music for cham eleons onwards..

[creatornat]

Whenever I meet anyone named Debbie, I always have to fight the complusion to sing the line like Numan at them, and confuse the ever living heck out of em. ^_^

[Aggedor1959]

Back in the day in my area this song got played a lot after 'Cars' became popular. Great showcase of Gary Numan's talents.

Thanks for the post, PatrickIngham21!

[kraftbeatsuk]

this was just after transplant,i think he would ha ve killed anyone who tried to make him hatless

[iscaylis]

LOL

[lovehoney3]

i thought it was by the look of the buildings and of course studio 54 but he had blonde hair in that video so i wonder whether it was done after the original song itself?

[lovehoney3]

thanks for the comment midnightsavannah it looked a bit simalier to new york although some of the buildings looked a bit different. numania los angeles!

[MidnightNSavannah]

You know you are right it is New York,I thought i read somewhere it was filmed in LA.The Studio 54 is a big giveaway.

[cabbage190569]

Love me love me I'm thick, but I still don't understand the opening lyrics - "Confiscate letters like D. E. B." after 27 years. Please advise.

[ckck42]

quite simple, d.e.b is bed in reverse

[clarencethecrosseyed]

No, its a reference to his an ex, called Debbie, who sold a story about him liking guns and stuff after she left him to the News of The World (uk newspaper) hence, "I called your number and you told the world..."

[tokyojoe01]

it stands for Debbie - his ex who inspired the lyrics

[gangstaginamontana]

Favriote song on that album.

[AndrewAnthonyHyde]

"You're my assassin but you can't see the crime" is still one one of my favourite Numan lines.

I think it's true, sometimes people don't realize how much they hurt you.

Interestingly, what with his black hat and blonde hair, Gary looks a little like Beck here (on whom he's been of considerable influence - just listen to Devil's Haircut, the melody is very Numan-ish).

[lovehoney3]

one of many numan favorites. although this is one of the catcheist. looks to me like that video was shoot i new-york. well thats what i assume. numaina rule'th the world!

[lovehoney3]

where was that video shot. be interesting to know. i think he had blonde hair in that video as well. goes well with his gorgous black suit. go numan!

[MidnightNSavannah]

It was shot in Los Angeles.

[death2hiphopnRnB]

Possibly Numans finest ever single. Catchy, addictive, mysterious and danceable.

[DKXrate]

what about andy coughlin?

[OFR]

PINO PALLADINO rocks the bass!!! Killer!

[TheRealVolanaro]

this aint Pino Palladion, this is Nick Davies

[TheRealVolanaro]

oops my mistake, looking at the wrong article when i posted that last comment

[PatrickIngham21]

Yeh that is definatly pino in the video lol

[TheRealVolanaro]

ive never seen him up close so i wouldnt know :P only bass player who played with numan that i know anything about was Paul Gardiner