Gary Numan-Down In The Park(The Complete John Peel Sessions)

[jtdaugherty1]

Best version of the song. It's like he listened to everyone's remakes, and took all of the best for the ultimate remake. Nobody will sing it as good -period-. I like the electric guitars -Manson version-.

[neilolly]

i was in a car crash and got 3 points on my licence

[scouser640]

This has been a great song for 30 some years. Anyone remember the early tours with OMD and Nash the Slash.

Good times.

[Kirke182]

@scouser640 When I was saw him back around '79 or so, Nash the Slash opened for him. I don't remember seeing OMD.

[KOALAsounds]

Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!love this version,

[wanagi006]

@NickB1967little white lies like I was there.....wheeeeeew...yeah

[whereangelsplay1]

The guitars did add to this track, I prefer the original backing tho.

Numans voice has never changed, still sounds as good as he did in 1978

[manualLaborer]

the guitars make this song extra badass. propz baby~

[VaiJedi]

This is bad ass!

[DannyWhiteDan]

I do not now why get his songs so worse in the eigties!

[keyotikdragon]

Philip K. Dick inspired... sort of like Blade Runner i guess.

[srgrock]

I dont know what he does but somehow John Peel just seems to bring out the best in the acts that perform for his show.This is a great version of this song!Thanks for posting KrausErick

[lolitadelamor]

I saw Numan live this november and it was a religious experience.i worship him!

[johnmcglinchey]

superbbbbbbbbbbbbbb

[nuMbERsRuNN3R]

Sinister track.

[KookyMiss2]

Classic.

[NickB1967]

"I was in a car crash--or was it the war? But I've never been quite the same..." :-)

[Mirkon177]

"Little white lies like i was there!"

[dannythedevil1973]

zeitlos endgeil und sau cool

[fleamarket3000]

too awesome

[dedsh]

awesome song

[johnstonutd]

this is a cool version, its nice to hear loud distorted guitars mixing with all the synths, i was so gutted when i heard that john peel had died, he was a great man, the world needs people like him more than ever, otherwise everyone will end up listening to boybands, ( not us though! )

[betsythedog]

@johnstonutd

I concur with the version.

[markbotv3]

@johnstonutd gary numan was a founding member of menudo

[Ilikenuman]

i always imagined the machmen to look like the michellin man made out of white tires

[infrafan]

There's an image. The Michelin Man raping people.

[Ilikenuman]

the rape machines do the raping! dont you know anything about young gary's little world?

i imagine the rape machines to just be hovering atari joysticks with rounded ends.

Makes sense if you visualise it

[infrafan]

Correction: There's an image. The Michelin Man watching and\or controlling Atari Joystick rape machines.

[keyotikdragon]

lol that's kinda of humorous and very non ominious sounding machmen... i probably would freak out if a group of michellin white rubber men were chasing me to kill and rape me though.

[Ilikenuman]

yes but the machmen dont do the raping. the machmen meet the machines and play kill by numbers. but the rape machines are the ones doing the raping.

[Mineav]

Great update to an old classic.

[ryatb84]

This has to be the best version of this song. Amazing.

[coffycup75]

Perfect. I love John Peel Sessions. He's responsible for so much of the music I loved growing up.

[teagey]

They really hit it on this version. Great sound and it sounds like the crowd knew it was something special. Good stuff Gary , and thanks again to John Peel for everything he did

[WilliamGuineaPig]

Well, as far as I know a "M.A.C.H.MAN" was a comic strip in a UK comic called 2000 AD. M.A.C.H. stood for "Man Activated by Compupuncture Hyperpower" and was a ripoff of the 6 Million Dollar Man. The character, John Probe was supposedly given great strencth by computer operated acupuncture. amazing what you believe as a kid innit?

[boberthavok]

He uses Machmen meaning robots with fake skin to look human

[krysylys]

Luckily not WilliamGunieaPig.

Replicas is a fundamental album.

As is a solid base in Sci-Fi literature.

On a sidenote, I echo exproggo's lament:

JOHN PEEL! DIE ON ME WOULD YOU?

Damn....

[WilliamGuineaPig]

Good version of this song. Am I the only one who remembers what a "Machman" is?

[TheReliquary]

├≡≈≈≈≡Dear ≈≈≈≥WilliamGuineaPig≤≈≈≈, Pleeeease explain what a "Machman" is.

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≡≈≈≈≡Is it short for "Machine Man"?

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≡≈≈≈≡BTW, this vid is abso-bloody-lutely brilliant.

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≡≈≈≈≡Thanks ≡≡≡≥→KrausErick←≤≡≡≡ for sharing!≡≈≈≈≡┤

[exproggo]

Fkn amazing.....pity he died

[anddiditmyway]

Who died ???

[exproggo]

Oh...sorry...that was a bit unclear wasn't it? I meant it was a pity that John Peel died. It was a Peel session.

[Cougari72]

This is the best version of this song i've heard. I first heard this song in 2005 when I bought one of Gary's compilation albums. One of my favourite songs from Tubeway Army/Numan.

[chuteok]

My fav Numan song. Anyone here old enough to remember a Film that was showing in the early 80's called

URGHH- A MUSIC WAR, with alternate bands on it and Numan in a little car driving on a fog filled stage? {I think this was the song he did} doing this, creepy loud and brilliant, anyone see that film?

Chris

[COwens]

That was from the Micromusic concert film at Wembley Arena. It's on this site.

[1PlanetClaire]

I remember it! I also saw him live in 1980/81 at LongBeach Arena (up close)...I was in 10the 10th grade at the time--great concert! He came out in that car, fog and all--what a show--what memories! I saw Mark (from Devo) that same night- he was there to see Gary's concert and I got his autograph on my Gary Numan ticket stub envelope!

[ItsRainingDonuts]

which Peel session was this from?

[COwens]

2001

[miklit12345]

is there any video to this,great stuff sounded great

[fellatiano]

This is fantastic, the vocals sound as sharp

as they did on the original, exellent work

Gary...

[TimeWarper75]

i love this version!