Gary Numan's voice is the soundtrack to my own thoughts; especially during those dark moments when I contemplate my fate. "Dark" is the song that probably rules with its hypnotic rhythm; but truthfully speaking; I can certainly find something that I can relish in most every song he does; , as most of those who follow his music. Of all my favorite artists; I wish Gary a long and creative life and happiness with his Lady.
I love reading these comments, nothing like a bit of numan to get a good debate going.personally i like this track,but what do i know,sod all really ,musically.But i do know what i like .And isnt that the point .
@StretchDouche what?.. this is pure garbage....mentally disturbing gyrating crap tied to one hook !... when i was 2 years old in a crib i made music like this it went ' GOO GOO GAH GAH' hahahahaha
wow awesome alternative DARK WAVE i can see how the world is going stir crazy for dark, mysterious, DARK WAVE, dark music, we are all fed up with commercial tunes, so darker better
bin a fan since the beginning of time.iAwesome.U will only realize that new music was created by Numan when u hear all the samples of his music everyone uses!
The chorus is simply brilliant, but then the song is ruined by that gap after the massive height reached by the chorus..and an extremely slow bit around 2.15! I went for the album after I heard this, but then all the songs on Jagged are all ruined by this same style... some great choruses and production in there, but some intros are way.. WAYYY.. too long ..and all those gaps in the middle of the tracks. Would have loved the whole cd to be more upbeat. Looking forward to the new album now
I adore him and tubeway Army.But I'm sorry .His compositional style seems to have taken on some nin rythms and guitar wityhout NEW HARMONIES or NEW CHORD changes.He hasn't changed at all.Darker sound.I would have hoped he had lightened up found some joy.This is sterile and derivative .I'm a musician I recognize the framework.Effects do not make music new.He needs to study Bach,gubaidulina,Boulez.Unimpressive !
@lovesGenet He influenced Trent Reznor. So really anything after sacrifice (1994) is more the other way around. NiN sounds like Numan... as Trent has stated before that he was heavily influenced by Gary Numan.
@lovesGenet Hahaha Mr Funny... He is the father of NIN and his talent can not be understood by mere commoners or "over talented musicians" like... "you".
Go back to your lonely chamber and play for yourself
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I have'nt bought a Numan album since Exile, which was the biggest dissapointing album I had heard at the time, but this is worse. I have'nt touched anything Numan since '98 and now he's trying to mock the bands he helped influence (NIN, Skinny Puppy). This is horrible, there's no melodies, and the lyrics sound like a rough draft.
I remember back when Numan had it on, albums like I Assassin and Warriors, and not to forget Berserker. That's back when he was good, I can say.
@diesonneuk It's dark dirge and he has being recognised for his earlier work but IDAP is an exceptionaly poor song as is the album it came from. Numan used to produce eerie electro pop that caught the publics imagination now he's lazy and makes awful demos that even his producer cannot finish properly.
well as i have recently heard he based his pure album around them. after hearing their first two albums. and loving their heavy metal/industrial sound. i'll give you the white rap, but i still stick to my guns!
thats bollocks, numans Pure album came out in the same year as hyrbid theory. i personally love linkin park but i doubt numan based any of his music from theirs!!!
I'm Not a Big Fan of Numan's Dark Wave, Punk Work But This is one of the few tracks that appeals to me and shows an element of his old work (Replicas, Pleasure Principle etc.)
To be pulled in a whirlwind of thought and returning to the base that there could be no creator was alot of energy wasted going no where only to come back to the premiss of that which moved both of you to wonder about the thought to begin with. a concept that is also a misconcept at the same time.
Intersting.
I like roller coasters too, but maybe this is more foreplay with the two of you. lol
Great song just hard to listen to. At my friends funeral they played this as they were taking him in. Think he was looking down smiling, i no i was. Numan rules.
yes he was a big fan from beginning, we both used to go to all gigs together. He passed in 2006. Even the priest gave a mention to Numan. Been following Numan since 79. He had his autograph tattoed on his arm, mine is on my back, signed by gary himself. going to liverpool on 24th April. Numan is God!!!!
erie video. i think that he went in right direction with his music. the music he makes now mirrors his past present and possibly future too. him and gothic music seem to go well togther. so do his songs they seem to fit togther. just like that.
yes in this particular song, cos he says "am i afraid of the truth. am i a fool in the dark and so forth". But if you hear songs like A prayer for the unborn he seems to be directly saying that god isnt there for him.
i would prefer Haunted, Blind or Slave as a single though
Don't be surprised in years to come if people have a critical re-evaluation of Numan, what he has done, the fact he has kept going and that he makes music he wants to make.
This is why I respect the guy, buy the albums and go and see him live
The irony of all this new high quality material Numan has been producing over the last year or two is that if he were a 20 year old, the press would be saying what a big future he's got ahead of him.
I don't like ''religion'' Christianity to me is a personal relationship with God, I don't like the word Religion. Btw great song & video, haunting & beautiful.
That was uncalled for. 80's synthpop is not cheesy but the idea of being civil is too grand for your simple mind I see. How about everyone just enjoy the music? It's so hard to watch a video these days without someone bashing some genre or something.
Pure and Jagged were great. This era needs more talent like Numan.
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He must of felt so stupid when he made this video (or, the shooting process I mean. Crawling around like an idiot)
As for you anti-relgious bastards, such your damn heathen mouths. It's one thing to not believe in God or whatever, but it's another to BASH down people who do. (Same thing goes for Gary, lol)
990racle ah go show the bible up your ass, love the way religons and the "loving relgious" show their ture colours, now you religous woman burning war mongering shithead go and shove a crucifix up your arse
So I am right then PatrickIngham21, by your own cryptic statement? anyway, you know my life story or a lot of the life stories of those who love what Gary say's about God? the way a lot of the "loving religous" truly behave, the contradictions of the Bible itself of the "very loving God" , peoples very personal pain? No of course you don't, ok my spelling was a bit off but I in no way regret what I said to 990racle
Ok i just read what 990ricle and disagree with most of what he put but it is wrong to have a go at people just because they are religious. Im on the fence, i neither love or hate it but i do go to church sometimes and it does help cope with the loss of my brother sometimes so i think religion does no harm, and you are still very childish for replying the way you did, and besides this is a gary numan video not a religious debate.
Well I lost my girlfriend on the 14th jan 2002 and sorry but I don't really care if you think my remark to 990ricle is childish as it was addressed to him and not you, I used to be secretly ,because of my upringing, still a believer, but no more and I find it doesn't help at all, as for turning this thread into a religious debate well I think you will find that wasn't what I was doing, and I think secretly you wish to turn it into a religous debate, not me, I am done with religion
Fair enough m8 we'll leave it at that, no i dont want to have a religious debate i couldent give a rats ass about it , if i did i wouldent be listening to Numan. So on a lighter note did you catch the Replicas tour?
No not this time unfortunately wish I could have :( ut not going through good times at the moment hoefully I will see him though this year when the new album comes out
gary said in interviews he is quite aware of religious people thinking he is religious cos of some of the lyrics.He said they do not reflect his feelings and he's a atheist.Ofcourse he is, every man who thinks for himself is :-)Religion is like dope, it fucks up your head man
Numan claims to be atheist but he sings about God far too much to actually be one. If he didn't really believe God existed why all the songs about him? Sometimes it's as if he's singing TO God. That's not atheism...if anything he's angry at God. Why I don't know.
I didnt know that! There are gaps in my Numan knowledge as Ive been more into his stuff since Exile.
I assumed the loss of his child was partly responsible for it, but its good to know hes been an active athiest for so long. Perhaps a few people will pick up on it and learn something
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Atheism is a disbelief. If Numan truly didn't believe that God exists he wouldn't sing about him so much. Think about it...would you dedicate so much time on something you don't even think is out there????
You would if it had an impact on your life for a long time like most Atheist before they denounced. NIN made many songs about god and Trent Reznor is firmly Atheist. As a Former believer myself I know what it feels like to desire something to be real but see the delusion collapse all around you, Just because somebody doesn't believe in god doesn't mean they can't still feel the want for one. It's why religions sprout up all over the world. It's a primitive complex.
Yes. What religion has done to this world is bad enough for any good atheist to want to speak out. Atheists who dedicate their time to religion do so because they believe that it shouldn't exist in our modern world.
Moreover, your argument is flawed. You might as well say that any artist that doesn't sing about God is atheist if someone who condemns religion frequently in his/her songs is faithful. It simply doesn't follow through.
You obviously don't know Numan very well. His lyrics clearly emphasize that he's questioning the existence of god. He has conflicting beliefs on whether god exists or not and he obviously struggles with it. He doesn't know what to believe and it seems that it drives him mad sometimes. He clearly expresses agnosticism which people often confuse with atheism.
Agnosticism is the belief that a piece of knowledge is unattainable, and therefore must be considered through other things. For example, my girlfriend is an Agnostic atheist and I'm a non-Agnostic atheist. This is because while she believes it's impossible to know whether God exists, I believe it is possible to know the answer for sure, and hold onto the possibility that we may know for sure before we become extinct. Yet neither of us believe there is a God. Kind of a common misconception.
THis is a great song and song material its about Numans present self struggling with the issue and belief/non belief of God. He is on the fence. Been there myself and went over the fence. (One of the best things ive done)
I would recommend doing an "Alpha course" I did one nine years ago and would highly recommend it to anybody.I had very strong views against faith/religion before doing this,It is very interesting and for me life changing and you can ask questions, i had many, hope this helps..
gary numberone
elitevisherman 4 hours ago
WOW! WHAT A FIND :)
I9IIEIIYIIEIIS 6 days ago
Wow.. All ive ever herd of Numans was that damn cars song.. never knew his music was this dark.. and I fuckin love it.
Jasonbjamin 2 weeks ago 2
Numan Rules! love the video!!!
DrMorbious7 1 month ago
it doesn't matter WHAT mood I'm in, I can always listen to Gary :3
Llamangoes4eva 1 month ago
I typed in dark place and just found this..
Oh my god..its amazing
ToxicImagination 2 months ago
Gary Numan's voice is the soundtrack to my own thoughts; especially during those dark moments when I contemplate my fate. "Dark" is the song that probably rules with its hypnotic rhythm; but truthfully speaking; I can certainly find something that I can relish in most every song he does; , as most of those who follow his music. Of all my favorite artists; I wish Gary a long and creative life and happiness with his Lady.
zenjim007 2 months ago
Sometimes I pull out for you, and sometimes I'm a freak
DJantiPLUR 2 months ago
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<3 Gary. He's so cool.
Christine82Y 3 months ago
I love reading these comments, nothing like a bit of numan to get a good debate going.personally i like this track,but what do i know,sod all really ,musically.But i do know what i like .And isnt that the point .
webbsfan1 3 months ago
@leonakita you're better then that, just walk away. NUMAN 4EVER!!!!
saganemc2 3 months ago
Golliwogg APPROVES of this song.
GolliwoggMusic 4 months ago
"sometimes I pull out for you" Wtf?
Lipsteck 4 months ago
Never thought I'd like dark wave, but this song is eargasmic.
ImLaura321 4 months ago
The godfather of synth!
MissBlueRose2 4 months ago
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hes so cool
sleepyfish 5 months ago
screams out bowie! but its numan! LOVE IT!
JohnnyRevell123 5 months ago
Good to see Gary has finally ditched that stupid jazz funk shite.
StretchDouche 5 months ago
@StretchDouche what?.. this is pure garbage....mentally disturbing gyrating crap tied to one hook !... when i was 2 years old in a crib i made music like this it went ' GOO GOO GAH GAH' hahahahaha
leonakita 4 months ago
@leonakita
I am the great cornholio!! Bring me tp for my bunghole!!
StretchDouche 4 months ago
@StretchDouche thats nice....wtf does that have to do with anything?...go die now!
leonakita 4 months ago
@leonakita
Are you threatening me? COME OUT WITH YOUR PANTS DOWN! Do not make my bunghole angry!!
StretchDouche 4 months ago
@StretchDouche ewwwwwwww, you're a polesmoker arent you?...I should have expected as much...prob 90% of numanoids are!
leonakita 4 months ago
@leonakita
This must be some kind of gangsta rap lol. David Bowie?
StretchDouche 4 months ago
@StretchDouche really?
saganemc2 3 months ago
@saganemc2
I dunno. Trolls everywhere.
StretchDouche 3 months ago
Love it!
TheRosePhantom 6 months ago
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I had no idea he went out on his own. Good music.
666tubegod 7 months ago
LOL I guess Gary didn't get the memo that it's not popular or politically correct to ask these kinds of questions. Bless him! <3
L00kng 8 months ago
Numan rocks x
hodgietwo 9 months ago
wow awesome alternative DARK WAVE i can see how the world is going stir crazy for dark, mysterious, DARK WAVE, dark music, we are all fed up with commercial tunes, so darker better
djmusicjac 9 months ago 2
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Dotrat1 7 months ago
I love YOU Gary Webb!!!
mxxy
DominionDayME 10 months ago
excellent
alanrogers707 11 months ago
Numan The Legend!
alanrogers707 11 months ago 4
Numan is the shit!!!
gravesarelove 1 year ago 2
bin a fan since the beginning of time.iAwesome.U will only realize that new music was created by Numan when u hear all the samples of his music everyone uses!
wiz29superbikes 1 year ago
@wiz29superbikes
oh? what songs?
theabcsofstds 1 year ago
i meant "though" my english sucks
Tigreloaded 1 year ago
Numan is awesome,simple as that what else is there left to say?He just makes fucking brilliant music with loads of energy and grind.
SPFXsynthesisers 1 year ago
..Numan never really got the praise he deserved because he was seen as ripping off David Bowie, even though his sound was very different to Bowie's.
Dungarth 1 year ago
Sometimes I pull out for you
And sometimes
I'm
a freak
noscopegod 1 year ago
Very powerful song,sends gosse bumps in my spin.
whitecat735 1 year ago
Dark Pop?! This is pure Gothic music like The Cure or Bahaus! NOT emo, but Gothic!
Lestat1898 1 year ago
epic
waschbeckenfrisch 1 year ago
Sounds like Numan, who influenced Trent Reznor, has been influenced by Reznor as well. I can't complain either way!
PuttingOnTheFoil 1 year ago
LEGEND!!!!
tuxjade 1 year ago
He played this at the enmore and no one i went with knew it , i have been looking for the song ever since freaking amazing!
maiinf 1 year ago 2
The chorus is simply brilliant, but then the song is ruined by that gap after the massive height reached by the chorus..and an extremely slow bit around 2.15! I went for the album after I heard this, but then all the songs on Jagged are all ruined by this same style... some great choruses and production in there, but some intros are way.. WAYYY.. too long ..and all those gaps in the middle of the tracks. Would have loved the whole cd to be more upbeat. Looking forward to the new album now
fistft99 1 year ago
He is the proper trinity! dark - very dark - met him twice - luvvly fella - concorde 2 brighton - 29/7 - small n personal its gonna kick fkin arse!
pixievixie86 1 year ago
i cant stand the guitarists goofy dances... but i love Numan!
mushrmhd6661 1 year ago
Great tune lotsa truth
deathialator1 1 year ago
I adore him and tubeway Army.But I'm sorry .His compositional style seems to have taken on some nin rythms and guitar wityhout NEW HARMONIES or NEW CHORD changes.He hasn't changed at all.Darker sound.I would have hoped he had lightened up found some joy.This is sterile and derivative .I'm a musician I recognize the framework.Effects do not make music new.He needs to study Bach,gubaidulina,Boulez.Unimpressive !
lovesGenet 1 year ago
@lovesGenet He influenced Trent Reznor. So really anything after sacrifice (1994) is more the other way around. NiN sounds like Numan... as Trent has stated before that he was heavily influenced by Gary Numan.
noscopegod 1 year ago
@lovesGenet Hahaha Mr Funny... He is the father of NIN and his talent can not be understood by mere commoners or "over talented musicians" like... "you".
Go back to your lonely chamber and play for yourself
Tigreloaded 1 year ago
@Tigreloaded 'Go back to your lonely chamber and play for yourself' That line belongs in a song.
SPFXsynthesisers 1 year ago
@SPFXsynthesisers Really? I never tough so... what a "coincidense"
Tigreloaded 1 year ago
@Tigreloaded Sorry I cannot understand what you mean,'I never tough so.....'
SPFXsynthesisers 1 year ago
The fall is a million times better, haunted would have been a much better single grrrr!!!
The curse of Numan choosing bad tracks as singles strikes again
diesonneuk 1 year ago
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@diesonneuk Yep In A Dark Place is fucking awful, mind you 99% of the Jagged album is bullshit.
LordArsehat 1 year ago
maybe u should listen to something else
z3r0b4r5 1 year ago 3
Great single, cant wait for The Fall to be released.
JarrodCook93 2 years ago 2
ITS ALL TO DARK
sportandmovies 2 years ago 2
its all so wonderfully dark
z3r0b4r5 1 year ago
Yes this is AWESOME
utubewayarmy 2 years ago
this more like it.
awolfinsheepswool 2 years ago
pufff buenisisimo i love gary numan!!!!!
sarasilverwolf 2 years ago
epic!!! 5*
warlock040 2 years ago
I really love Gary Numan´s music. Greetings from Sweden :)
numansweden 2 years ago 3
then you have great taste in music!
neil1963creed 2 years ago 3
his vocals help me feel better when i am down.
Cockoblock 2 years ago 11
Agree 100%
numansweden 2 years ago
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jdcresswell 2 years ago
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I have'nt bought a Numan album since Exile, which was the biggest dissapointing album I had heard at the time, but this is worse. I have'nt touched anything Numan since '98 and now he's trying to mock the bands he helped influence (NIN, Skinny Puppy). This is horrible, there's no melodies, and the lyrics sound like a rough draft.
I remember back when Numan had it on, albums like I Assassin and Warriors, and not to forget Berserker. That's back when he was good, I can say.
ILurkInShadows 2 years ago
lol - only messin' - he is amazing!!
luvinbuzzin 2 years ago 3
This man is just amazing.
He has kept me sain.
aislynnOHGR 2 years ago 4
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hasn't helped your spelling tho :)))
luvinbuzzin 2 years ago
Oh no!
What a fucking shame.
aislynnOHGR 2 years ago
I LOVE YOU Gary Numan 4 EVER !!!!
googlecheep 2 years ago 5
Numan. British legend and about time people recognised the guys talent, dark pop at it's best.
Numan song. Chorus. it's always something amazing!
diesonneuk 2 years ago 34
I wouldn't say it's "Dark Pop", I think Dark Wave is the term.
NUMAN 4 EVA!!!!!!!!!!
guywholikesvids 2 years ago 38
@guywholikesvids yeah, Dark Wave, dark electronic, both describe Numans newer music
hellchild65 6 months ago
@diesonneuk It's dark dirge and he has being recognised for his earlier work but IDAP is an exceptionaly poor song as is the album it came from. Numan used to produce eerie electro pop that caught the publics imagination now he's lazy and makes awful demos that even his producer cannot finish properly.
Hammersmith80 1 year ago
@diesonneuk Dark Pop?! This is pure Gothic music like The Cure or Bahaus! NOT emo, but Gothic!
Lestat1898 1 year ago 4
@Lestat1898
lol but the cure is so pop!
theabcsofstds 1 year ago
@theabcsofstds The cure is definately not pop. No matter what you think. I think you need to listen and look at them again.
TheBMTHfreak 1 year ago
@TheBMTHfreak cure sucks
Riac007 7 months ago
@Riac007 To you maybe, I happen to love them
TheBMTHfreak 7 months ago
@Lestat1898
How in the fuck did this mong get top comment?
EnDZYm3 14 hours ago
@EnDZYm3 Did you take your medication today?
Lestat1898 7 hours ago
@Lestat1898
Not yet.
EnDZYm3 2 hours ago
Did he film this in his garden? Cheapest video ever! haha
Great song tho :)
Digideus 2 years ago 2
I love how Numan's music draws you in~it's so hypnotic and addicting!
blueblacks 2 years ago 9
Fantastic music by the greatest British vocalist!!!
TheTraveller125 2 years ago 4
ok,ok lets say no'ones right or no'ones wrong on this one.i do have a lot of respect for gary numan and his music.
lovehoney3 2 years ago
well as i have recently heard he based his pure album around them. after hearing their first two albums. and loving their heavy metal/industrial sound. i'll give you the white rap, but i still stick to my guns!
lovehoney3 2 years ago
thats bollocks, numans Pure album came out in the same year as hyrbid theory. i personally love linkin park but i doubt numan based any of his music from theirs!!!
PatrickIngham21 2 years ago 2
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great video. the style of music is not that far from the sounds of linkin park's first two albums. which are both fantastic!
lovehoney3 2 years ago
Are you serious,stinkin linkin park.Numan been doing this since 1977.Gary Numan doesn't do the "White Rap BS".
MidnightNSavannah 2 years ago 9
You´re comparing two differents type of music
Hackmoune 2 years ago 4
I'm Not a Big Fan of Numan's Dark Wave, Punk Work But This is one of the few tracks that appeals to me and shows an element of his old work (Replicas, Pleasure Principle etc.)
x
newfieldgreen 2 years ago
Very dark and haunting beat
fazelinae 2 years ago 2
ɹǝʌǝɹoɟ spıouɐɯnu
PandorasGlocks 2 years ago 4
I much prefer the 'Jagged Edge' version, or versions, since there are two versions on that album.
TheMagicalCarpenter 2 years ago
To be pulled in a whirlwind of thought and returning to the base that there could be no creator was alot of energy wasted going no where only to come back to the premiss of that which moved both of you to wonder about the thought to begin with. a concept that is also a misconcept at the same time.
Intersting.
I like roller coasters too, but maybe this is more foreplay with the two of you. lol
AlpineEastern 2 years ago
HI IS GOD
PunkyStinky 2 years ago 2
Jagged is an awesome album.
drkstr3443 2 years ago
This is off Jagged...I think this new work of his is awesome
Ziah691 3 years ago 2
Great song just hard to listen to. At my friends funeral they played this as they were taking him in. Think he was looking down smiling, i no i was. Numan rules.
exile40 3 years ago
was he a numan fan?
KUROGUY 2 years ago
yes he was a big fan from beginning, we both used to go to all gigs together. He passed in 2006. Even the priest gave a mention to Numan. Been following Numan since 79. He had his autograph tattoed on his arm, mine is on my back, signed by gary himself. going to liverpool on 24th April. Numan is God!!!!
exile40 2 years ago 5
*Garygasm!* brilliance!
xInsanePrincessx 3 years ago 3
this is friggen chawesome
TECS0N 3 years ago
yes lovehoney shut up and enjoy
sportandmovies 3 years ago
erie video. i think that he went in right direction with his music. the music he makes now mirrors his past present and possibly future too. him and gothic music seem to go well togther. so do his songs they seem to fit togther. just like that.
lovehoney3 3 years ago
Oh shut up and enjoy!
ikcinbaz 3 years ago
amen
Jmarshall2k7 3 years ago
i love the moodiness of this song. it sort of grabs you. can,t wait for his album next year. all hail gary numan!
lovehoney3 3 years ago 2
Love this song. Loved Jagged as an album, I love that he is still making brilliant music. Even if he is going in a slightly different direction.
xvexing 3 years ago
it's not really that different if you think about it.
KUROGUY 2 years ago
Consciously or unconsciously, this is pro-wanting-God - even if he's afraid there is none...
irinishka 3 years ago 2
gary is an atheist, he is singing about god, doesnt mean he believes god is real. hes just being clever and ironic.
he sings about rape machine chasing humans, and going to work by proxy and going to sleep by dialing 0, doesnt necessarily mean he thinks its real.
"If he didn't really believe God existed why all the songs about him?"- what a stupid thing to say?
Ilikenuman 3 years ago 3
The way I understand his lyrics, I think he's saying that he's not even sure if god exists or not and this is something he struggles with.
KUROGUY 2 years ago
yes in this particular song, cos he says "am i afraid of the truth. am i a fool in the dark and so forth". But if you hear songs like A prayer for the unborn he seems to be directly saying that god isnt there for him.
Ilikenuman 2 years ago
Gary Numan is actually a devout atheist.
In this song he is questioning God. See his song Melt, which contains more of the same subject matter.
TheMagicalCarpenter 2 years ago
crap. CRAP.
He's become so much cooler.
Just might bring back darkwave...
sigendymion 3 years ago 3
we all have a reason to hate God I just I wish I could do with the talent Numan has.
thedeadpurplecat 3 years ago 2
Nice! I had no idea Numan was still making music.
LeSnackWeez 3 years ago
Where have you been!!! Check out Exile and Pure for what youve missed!
Digideus 3 years ago
It's a good song
i would prefer Haunted, Blind or Slave as a single though
Don't be surprised in years to come if people have a critical re-evaluation of Numan, what he has done, the fact he has kept going and that he makes music he wants to make.
This is why I respect the guy, buy the albums and go and see him live
diesonneuk 3 years ago
The irony of all this new high quality material Numan has been producing over the last year or two is that if he were a 20 year old, the press would be saying what a big future he's got ahead of him.
thelonelyhunter 3 years ago
Yes thelonelyhunter, the fickle, rubbish, blind and foolish paper music press, no wonder their power has declined so spectacularly
DerVampyrEngel 3 years ago 4
wow, this is awesome! i didn't even know he was still going, that's fucking brilliant!
DavySolaris 3 years ago
And sometines to be mature you sometimes have to be childish but not all the time though
DerVampyrEngel 3 years ago
I don't like ''religion'' Christianity to me is a personal relationship with God, I don't like the word Religion. Btw great song & video, haunting & beautiful.
Dungarth 3 years ago
What on earth does God have to do with religion? Religion is about power, God, if it exists, is about love.
Aueneye 3 years ago
Oh, what happened to you, dear?
-wanders back to Replicas-
Harzomar 3 years ago
He got a harder edge, that's what happened. You enjoy your cheesy 80's synthpop though kk.
MesoAsian 3 years ago
hey, hey. I shall, and you enjoy your goth.
But, at least, we both must agree it's quite the transition to go through, no?
Harzomar 3 years ago
@MesoAsian
That was uncalled for. 80's synthpop is not cheesy but the idea of being civil is too grand for your simple mind I see. How about everyone just enjoy the music? It's so hard to watch a video these days without someone bashing some genre or something.
Pure and Jagged were great. This era needs more talent like Numan.
CorbenikTheHarbinger 3 years ago
well said
sportandmovies 3 years ago
Absolutly Brilliant, video and song
shenmueaddict 4 years ago 5
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He must of felt so stupid when he made this video (or, the shooting process I mean. Crawling around like an idiot)
As for you anti-relgious bastards, such your damn heathen mouths. It's one thing to not believe in God or whatever, but it's another to BASH down people who do. (Same thing goes for Gary, lol)
990racle 4 years ago
Okay, when in this video was he crawling?
The closest he got to crawling that I saw was squatting...
And as for the "bashing"
I'd say that you're doing just as much as anyone else, religious or not
It's okay for you to bash people, because you're doing it in the name of God, though? Is that right?
I thought that Christianity promoted tolerance and understanding?
Awesomeperson72 3 years ago
990racle ah go show the bible up your ass, love the way religons and the "loving relgious" show their ture colours, now you religous woman burning war mongering shithead go and shove a crucifix up your arse
DerVampyrEngel 3 years ago
Your immature for a 41 year old.
PatrickIngham21 3 years ago
and your such a twat for a 21 year old
DerVampyrEngel 3 years ago
how do you figure that one?
PatrickIngham21 3 years ago
So I am right then PatrickIngham21, by your own cryptic statement? anyway, you know my life story or a lot of the life stories of those who love what Gary say's about God? the way a lot of the "loving religous" truly behave, the contradictions of the Bible itself of the "very loving God" , peoples very personal pain? No of course you don't, ok my spelling was a bit off but I in no way regret what I said to 990racle
DerVampyrEngel 3 years ago
Ok i just read what 990ricle and disagree with most of what he put but it is wrong to have a go at people just because they are religious. Im on the fence, i neither love or hate it but i do go to church sometimes and it does help cope with the loss of my brother sometimes so i think religion does no harm, and you are still very childish for replying the way you did, and besides this is a gary numan video not a religious debate.
PatrickIngham21 3 years ago
Well I lost my girlfriend on the 14th jan 2002 and sorry but I don't really care if you think my remark to 990ricle is childish as it was addressed to him and not you, I used to be secretly ,because of my upringing, still a believer, but no more and I find it doesn't help at all, as for turning this thread into a religious debate well I think you will find that wasn't what I was doing, and I think secretly you wish to turn it into a religous debate, not me, I am done with religion
DerVampyrEngel 3 years ago
Fair enough m8 we'll leave it at that, no i dont want to have a religious debate i couldent give a rats ass about it , if i did i wouldent be listening to Numan. So on a lighter note did you catch the Replicas tour?
PatrickIngham21 3 years ago
No not this time unfortunately wish I could have :( ut not going through good times at the moment hoefully I will see him though this year when the new album comes out
DerVampyrEngel 3 years ago
I did :)
RusticNinja 3 years ago
lucky you RusticNinja, wish I could have gone and seen him:(
DerVampyrEngel 3 years ago
gary said in interviews he is quite aware of religious people thinking he is religious cos of some of the lyrics.He said they do not reflect his feelings and he's a atheist.Ofcourse he is, every man who thinks for himself is :-)Religion is like dope, it fucks up your head man
nederwiet1 4 years ago
Numan isn't struggling with religion.
He's an atheist.Read his interviews
nederwiet1 4 years ago 2
that's what he says. But listening to his lyrics it appears he is unsure. I know ive been there...
CHESEABUN 4 years ago
Numan claims to be atheist but he sings about God far too much to actually be one. If he didn't really believe God existed why all the songs about him? Sometimes it's as if he's singing TO God. That's not atheism...if anything he's angry at God. Why I don't know.
Tazz77 3 years ago
Because he lost a child
Doesnt really need any more reason than that
Digideus 3 years ago
Numan's been anti-God long before he lost his child. This goes waaay back. It became more pronounced with the album Sacrifice.
Tazz77 3 years ago
I didnt know that! There are gaps in my Numan knowledge as Ive been more into his stuff since Exile.
I assumed the loss of his child was partly responsible for it, but its good to know hes been an active athiest for so long. Perhaps a few people will pick up on it and learn something
Cheers for that :)
Digideus 3 years ago
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Atheism is a disbelief. If Numan truly didn't believe that God exists he wouldn't sing about him so much. Think about it...would you dedicate so much time on something you don't even think is out there????
Tazz77 3 years ago
You would if it had an impact on your life for a long time like most Atheist before they denounced. NIN made many songs about god and Trent Reznor is firmly Atheist. As a Former believer myself I know what it feels like to desire something to be real but see the delusion collapse all around you, Just because somebody doesn't believe in god doesn't mean they can't still feel the want for one. It's why religions sprout up all over the world. It's a primitive complex.
xXAkridXx 3 years ago 5
I agree with you on that.
FumetsuShinryu 3 years ago 2
Ditto for that.
popio777 3 years ago
Yes. What religion has done to this world is bad enough for any good atheist to want to speak out. Atheists who dedicate their time to religion do so because they believe that it shouldn't exist in our modern world.
Moreover, your argument is flawed. You might as well say that any artist that doesn't sing about God is atheist if someone who condemns religion frequently in his/her songs is faithful. It simply doesn't follow through.
popio777 3 years ago
You obviously don't know Numan very well. His lyrics clearly emphasize that he's questioning the existence of god. He has conflicting beliefs on whether god exists or not and he obviously struggles with it. He doesn't know what to believe and it seems that it drives him mad sometimes. He clearly expresses agnosticism which people often confuse with atheism.
KUROGUY 3 years ago
Well, it's important to note that agnosticism is not separate from atheism or theism. You can agnostic and be either atheist or theist.
IndustrialPlatypus 3 years ago
Really? How does that work? o.o
KUROGUY 3 years ago
Agnosticism is the belief that a piece of knowledge is unattainable, and therefore must be considered through other things. For example, my girlfriend is an Agnostic atheist and I'm a non-Agnostic atheist. This is because while she believes it's impossible to know whether God exists, I believe it is possible to know the answer for sure, and hold onto the possibility that we may know for sure before we become extinct. Yet neither of us believe there is a God. Kind of a common misconception.
IndustrialPlatypus 3 years ago
Did you also know that he has Asperger Syndrome? It's a form of autism. He talks about it in his interviews but you can't tell because it's mild.
KUROGUY 3 years ago
THis is a great song and song material its about Numans present self struggling with the issue and belief/non belief of God. He is on the fence. Been there myself and went over the fence. (One of the best things ive done)
CHESEABUN 4 years ago
since 2005 I have been on the fence I'm glad there are others that are in the same position that I am.
DJNesSimepolys 4 years ago
I would recommend doing an "Alpha course" I did one nine years ago and would highly recommend it to anybody.I had very strong views against faith/religion before doing this,It is very interesting and for me life changing and you can ask questions, i had many, hope this helps..
CHESEABUN 4 years ago
The older he gets the more and more he looks like Klaus Kinsky as Nosferatu. Disturbing.
Haemophile 4 years ago
My favorite of Numan.
seiyar979 4 years ago 3
Brilliantly haunting dark and evil, Numan at his best
DerVampyrEngel 4 years ago 5