Gary Numan/Tubeway Army - Basic J

Track 18 of The Plan

Jo the waiter spilling wine
Over some ex-friends of mine
In zero cafe number 9
What you gonna say this time

Basic J, say, are you new here

New ones walking down the stairs
Pretty young thing but no-one cares
Jo the waiter drops the tray
Do you always know your name

Jo the waiter smiled at me
Jo the waiter's company
I keep him in a book by my fireside
A drama is my perfect bride

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[kenotram]

love this one, great to hear this again, he had to do some punk songs in the 70 s to get a record deal, then he did his own music once he d got a contract, 

[hatmap]

One of the greats of the New Wave movement. A genius, horribly underappreciated---at least here in North America.

[Hwral]

Killer tune and riff. I don't know any other recording of 1978 with a guitar sound as raw as this. Anything from the official debut is tame by comparison.

[FrizzKWest]

This is odd when compared with "Jo the Waiter."

[Caridith]

Good tune, one of the standouts.

[IAssassin1983]

This is a grungey one

[Synthsound1]

Great.