Gary Numan - Replicas (live Paris) (French TV)

[hellchild65]

Replicas and Pleasure Principal are 2 of the best records to ever grace electronic music, hell, music in general!

[Cafc6679]

It was actually march 29th 1980 The Touring Principle. Numanme website has a list of every gig.

[dmnddog74]

I like how he performs the track now, but this version with the slower tempo (like in the album) is more dramatic. I wish they would've included this track in "Living Ornaments '79." This definitely must've been 1979 because they're still using the Touring Principle set and costumes. The tour ended in Australia in early '80, I believe. Then they launched right into Teletour. The man hardly stopped to breathe back then. Sheer excellence!

[NeverGetOld2009]

I read that Numan didn't plan to be all gothic and eerie on stage, that he had stage fright and then behaved like that.

But it sure looked cool!

[godparticles1]

Awesome early days punk New Wave.

Hate change

[jrmetmoi]

I love how all the focus is on Gary all the time with the lights and never on the band members. It's a good thing that the props were lighted because if that was me playing whatever instrument I wouldn't be able to see!

I love all Gary's ideas, I don't care but that probably all fed the fire of the media at the time complaining and saying how Gary was 'arrogant' all the time. Just sayin.

[jrmetmoi]

Lucky frogs! Cause this is HOT! The man is carved out of ice or crystal or something and his eyes are like shards of glass!

[CerebralCrisis]

My, my. He was so beautiful; in a really suave, elegant way.

Bringing us the cold, esoteric sounds of the future, thanks Numan~

[jrmetmoi]

@CerebralCrisis OK? Tell me about it. Gary back in this tour in '79 was unreal in every sense of the word. He looked handsome, pretty, sexy, calm, androgynous, menacing, sadistic, mean, mad, and android-like all at the same time in this vid. The sweat on his face makes him look like he's about to explode!

I like my men exotic and weird but not ugly. His body is good! Take me higher Lord! Back then he looked like a fragile piece of crystal by Lalique even his skin color looks like it.

[TheFrenchEngineer1]

Numan at his peak.....this is an awesome version of a classic track.

Never hit these heights again though - shame!

[retromaster2000s]

great stuff very dark & atmospheric song my favorite Numan track!

[replicas79]

from outer space--wish numan today would perform like this again

[nuartstudio]

outstanding..even to this day...

will never forget ttp in munich march 80

many thanks for postin' this jewel

of stage performance ...

cheers

[TheTelekon]

Fantastic classic.

[soundmanhaven1]

I hear billy currie in this...:)

[Puredarklight]

Great video

[tekmotuz]

Gosh

Very intellectual intense dramatic special.

Is he a Martian,have you been to his planet.He looks very serious and importent,can i be your friend

[MANITOBABENELUX]

The best version of this classic song.

[replicas79]

amazing! it come from outer space!!!!

millions miles ahead of its time!

[hutrputr]

@replicas79 what year was it? 

[jrmetmoi]

@hutrputr 1979 or 1980

[jrmetmoi]

@hutrputr When you go to the Down In The Park of this same show (that was shot in Paris) the credits roll and they tell you which year at the end of it.

[Sashthecat]

Great days!

[64mung]

Great days indeed!! I don't know why we don't see this stuff on American TV.

Thank the maker for You Tube!!

64m >:-)

[themachman1969]

excellent quality of this classic performance.thanks for posting..

[Synthsound1]

Love this version. Thanks for posting it.

[alanlad1]

different keyboard layers are truly awesome

[Nigel324]

Brilliant!

[jakejasmine]

I have to agree with the first comment. My favourite Numan track of all time, it sends shivers down my spine

[intheyear7981]

Truly stunning, my favorite all time rendidtion of Replicas....just brilliant and so powerful.