Are Friends Electric
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Uploaded by Numanvideoarchive on Jul 11, 2007
Are 'Friends' Electric? Came out on the 4 May Gary never expected it to become such a mammoth hit. Are 'Friends' Electric? was actually two songs put together and over five minutes long, it was also decided to release it as a picture disc. Picture disc were a very new thing back in them days and serious record collectors were buying anything that came out in Picture disc format, over 20.000 picture disc where pressed but Gary did not get any royalties on the picture disc. The release of the picture disc helped propel 'Friends' Electric? Into the top75 the rise to fame was on its way. Gary and the band were asked to appear on Top Of The Pops.Top Of The Pops had been running a feature called Bubbling Under featuring bands whose single was outside the main chart but showed significant movement yet another stroke of luck, after this performance Are 'Friends' Electric? Was selling 40,000 copies a day. After several appearances on Top Of The Pops Are 'Friends' Electric? Progressively climbed the chart in at 48 then 27 then 20, 13, 7, then at last number 1 and spent an amazing four weeks at the top and a total of 16 weeks in the top 75 listings. Are Friends Electric? the quintessential Gary Numan record and surely a template for any of today's aspiring synth-rock wannabes, Numan's fractured, disembodied vocals sit perfectly against a wall of analogue trickery, a timeless classic which captured the hearts and minds of many disillusioned youngsters back in 1979, the charts had at last given birth to a 'proper' solo star unlike any other.
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How the heck did Gary not get royalties for a song that he wrote? Because of a picture disc? Whatever. I know he's close to his parents and they were always in his corner regarding his career but you see what happens when you don't know the law and you don't have an entertainment lawyer?
jrmetmoi 1 year ago
Awesome.
Is this Gary's first Top of the Pops performance from May '79?
Lily3dd 1 year ago
Fab!!!!
Coxynuma.66.
lisaemberton 3 years ago
The Reall Legend
LordOfInferno 3 years ago