GARY NUMAN - Are Friends Electric? XMAS TOTP's

[mikew4863]

Saw him at the Manchester Apollo in 1980, what an awesome show that was!!!!

[PlantaPress]

I was born in March 1979 lol - work it out for yourselves what age I was when he did this performance! :P xx

[ThatCate]

I so remember buying this! Fab, fab fab...

[toprami69]

Gary Numan hit number 1 two times in 1979, and he is still so under rated.

[Meowbay]

Gary was way ahead of his time with his selection of sounds. Everybody knew this back then, which is why it went straight to number 1.

[jimroyal1972]

class..!!

[paulthepill]

i want this played at my circumsicion.

[ToolsnFire]

Good lip/instrument synching

[andreaprodan]

Painful copy of Bowie... look at the 'moves', the way he touches the mic., the acid little looks... A rip off of The Thin White Duke's German period.Period!

[NumanoidGirl]

@andreaprodan oh, who cares? He's absolutely gorgeous and does it well, even if if some people consider his style a Bowie "rip-off"

[paintedship]

@NumanoidGirl Bowie himself considered him a ripoff and hated him. Too bad really I don't see much similarity there and it's unfair to compare it to him entirely.

[jrmetmoi]

@andreaprodan Not a painful copy, a feels so good copy!

[millbrook79]

amazin to think this is over 30 years old..now 30 years on we have james blunt. what went wrong ?

[2endcliffe]

AWSOME !!!! STILL KEEPING MUSIC REAL THANKS

[godparticles1]

The days of no worries

[happentodie]

so far ahead ...weve yet to catch up to numans world

[killingjokefan1]

fantastic song! why is this clip cut short?

[CombatRocks]

Power cut!

[JarrodCook93]

Short but sweet

[Mightybooshswat]

Numan ftw!

[Sashthecat]

Great to watch this still!

[number11984]

wow i cant belive how good this sounds

[zom1zom1]

the year the future of music was born fukin brilll

[neil1963creed]

1979!

[CoLtRaNeDaDoN310]

this song was on need for speed carbon and i loved it i raced other motha fuckaz on that game with that song .. i love it .. simply classic..

[overlord822]

all time classic with a new sound

[ec101dm]

a bloody CLASSIC!

[niceguy34]

after listening to this we have to wonder .....is music going backwards?

[PassiveDaniel]

This is pretty bleeding edge music.

[hard2start427]

@niceguy34 Rhetorical question, I know!

[hud42cdo]

;just for a second i thought i remembered you;

now in london we just say-

fakawff ya foreighn mugponcecunt-

nice one gary-wanna anuvver car?

[nrjelley]

I loved Top of the Pops coz most of the bands on there/if not all mimed!

[MrSmiles1994]

0:31 is he wearing high heals?

[nrjelley]

it was the 70's mate lol!

[forbesb]

it was realised in 77' i beleive , and since he's miming to the original its technically 1977

[capricious71]

I thought it was 1979.

[MarkPMus]

Yes capricious it was 1979.

[forbesb]

yep , I thought they were winkle pickers , but nope high heals xD

[wabbitywascal]

i recall when gary numan first appeared on totp's singing this he had blonde hair ,does anybody have this version?????

[MegaRapture]

the sugarbabes ruined this.

[tinysally]

this  was still the 70's

[lollipopfop]

Is he a scientologist? Does someone know?

[JayPee1962]

No he's an atheist

Owns no "even in doubt" cromosome

[mikecbr66]

80 s truly an awesome era wish i was still there loved them all

[22Phantasm]

ditto, dude. loved it!!!!

[wd5g3j8]

god is it really 30 year's ago since ower freind's electric.

[euth]

Replicas is nearly 30 years old, should be a public holiday in my opinion!!

[DerVampyrEngel]

I agree euth

[MrPSGifford]

Memories!

[huntedhalo]

Numan still rocks after 30 years!!! Wooooooooh!

[steveredo]

liverpoolscottish,well said personally i think the best years were from 76 to 86

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

Gary Newman was definitely a pioneer & broke new ground. Where are the pioneers today? They seem to be sadly lacking. The late 70's & early 80's was a great period for music.

[GNeuman]

No relation to Paul Newman though.........

[darkshiv]

I thought it was Numan, because Newman is the game designer of Gmod.

[TheRealVolanaro]

yh its numan not newman

[rhylmart]

Nothing as good as Numan has ever graced this planet since...

[nfojunky321]

I like Gary Numan.

I think he owes a bit to David Bowie...

took Ziggy to another level?

[GNeuman]

Yes, Numan "out-bowied" Bowie in 1979 but in 1980 Bowie lept back to the forfront with Number 1 Smash Hit, "Ashes to Ashes".......

[mrsginabrightside]

amazing performance..love the song

[jackeyramone]

the great thing about gary numan is that hes a musician and hes got a poilets licence!

Mighty Boosh FTW

Gary Numan = Awesome

[CHANNELOMD]

WHATS A POILETS LICENCE MATE?

[jackeyramone]

a licence that lets you fly a plane....

[Quanny7]

ah a 'POILET' licence

a cross between a toilet and pilot

'flush before you fly' is their motto

[purpleAiPEy]

LMFAO

I heard that Poilet licences are now banned due to the smell. Poor Gary can't fly now. =[

[gambleZ144]

Lmao, at first I thought you misspelled police!

[ghostsatnight]

His original version is way better then Sugababes!

[furyplum44]

He is an amazing pioneer...Nothing like this nowerdays. GARY ROCKS!

[chickitakoowan]

I like this guy-I like him 'cus he can fly a plane.

[subservelad]

That era gave way to such creation in music. Was SOOOO lucky to grow up in that time! Fab track!

[Davidharrow5000]

Tell me about it,I agree

[stuart38]

he,s around 5`10.the 10 inches is his cock.lol.

[lotreamon01]

Plastikman have a song on the cd Artifakts..same title....oh i hate this new fashion in music,remix everything. Tone def people called dj's.....

[jwalkerphd]

how tall is gary?

[ekogreko]

oh yes..still brilliant..rock on gary..see you on the replicas tour..08..

[waheex]

same here cant wait

[coyanikki]

SEX

[lisaemberton]

A classic bit of History!And still around today!

Great.Coxynuma.66.

[donkey1888]

I Love this song its a shame its a short clip.

[zomzomgit]

brill great memories tubewawarmy timeles

[Tazz77]

Excellent clip, though brief.

Cool jacket Numan is wearing too.