Gary Numan - Observer

Track 7 of 10 of The Pleasure Principle

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• principle
• observer
• tubeway
• army
• alternative
• rock
• synth
• pop
• electronica
• 1979
• 70's
• 80's
• telekon
• teletour
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• electric

[felinelvr1]

Excellent album imo. Love Gary! So what if he is old you will be too. Nobody lives forever. But music does thank god.

[fewzebrank]

@hugebodylover you mean gary oldman ;-)

[TheCycadsAreAudible]

@themachman19691 true of many songs on this album

[themachman19691]

A hugely under rated song

[1RadNomad]

@LiteracyLabyrinth2 That cool retro synth sound is the '70s 'Polymoog' polyphonic analogue synthesizer in particular the 'vox humana' preset. The Polymoog was very expensive, overly complex and notoriously unreliable, but made some incredible, powerful sounds.

[CountZero78]

@JanChow1 I believe that many of the Dramatis members are now doing their own thing - Cedric Sharply I read somewhere is drumming for a band but I have forgotten their name.

Check out the videos for Tubeway Days - a tribute band. They seem very good, especially if you are missing some old school Numan.

[JanChow1]

@CountZero78 Wonder if Dramatis are still going? - I think not!. Loved listening to this Numan track on YouTube - blast from the past, but a very pleasant one! I'm 48 now and after listening to this, have just bought Replicas, Pleasure Principle and Telekon on CD to replace by the vinyl copies I haven't listened to for years. Still love it - used to be a MASSIVE Numan fan. Ah, memories of going out Numanoiding round Preston. Ha!!

[CountZero78]

Love the drums on this one. Makes it all the more catchy (not to mention way ahead of its time)

Bring back Cedric ASAP lol

[leslielove]

since 1979 80s were the ebst in the world

[LiteracyLabyrinth2]

I read a critic once called this "Cars' idiot brother". I can see what he means but this one grows on you and its got that cool retro synth sound.