It’s often painful to watch aged performers, trying to recreate what they were doing in their youth. None of that on show here and still full of youthful exuberance. Well done, Gary.
I remember being in the Royal Air Force at Brize Norton in the early 80's and his mysterious black plane had to land with an emergency fault. The tail has a silhouette of his face on it... A memorable sight.
Reminds me of Lestat in Queen of the Damned Music and visually. Gary Numan has been making some awesome music for a long time. I remember Cars when it first came out. My favorite song? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-22Z4Tv1zn-s.html definitely
Come to think of it, that is the same thing he was doing when he made the synth version! :) *coming out of the Guitar centric 60's-70's :) He not only manages to follow trends but sometimes set them too. That said it is weird to see him performing in the broad daylight!!! :) LOL
@WoodysAR The drummer and bass player on The Pleasure Principle (Cedric Sharpley and Paul Gardiner, respectively) were a solid rhythm section. IMHO the fact that Gary chose to use real instruments (instead of a Moog synth bass and a LinnDrum drum machine) made those tracks what they were. RIP Cedric and Paul.
I’ve been a Gary Numan fan since I was 15 and first heard “are friends electric”, in 1979. If I recall correctly, in an interview, back then, he said that he composed on an old piano that had been out in the weather so it no longer held tune or sounded much like a piano. He also said he was going to do music for only another two or three years and then go back to being a pilot. Looks like he remained a musician and the world is much richer for it.
They absolutely stole the show, in my opinion!!! I was only expecting to see Iggy Pop and Siouxsie for the makeup show, but I was extremely happy to find out Gary Numan was performing too!
Love it absolutely brilliant the best electronic man in the hole would I am a big big big fan of Mr Gary numan I have all his CDs and vinyl and DVD 🎤🎹🎹🎹🎹🥁🎸
So many memories after seeing him (with Ubeway Army at the time for the album Down in the park) in Paris, at the Palace in 1980, I was 17 and it was my first concert! Also very happy to hear a recent version of "Metal"! I always enjoy the album The Pleasure Principle!
I fell in love with him when I was 13/14 years old,you can always spot a really unique charismatic person & he definitely is that ❤ also he must have the essence of eternal youth by gosh he only looks about 38 what a lovely man,Paula,Liverpool x
I remember when he first came onto the music scene... I completely disregarded him then. BUT... as years go by, my own interests developed and really... this guy just gets better and better. Brilliant stuff Gary.... 😃
@@RosieHarp i've seen him multiple times over the last few decades - his performance is always on point. I love that his music seems as timeless now as ever before. I find the vanity of aging musicians (and anyone really) sometimes baffling.
Just found this by random, and boy what a great performance, at 65 too ?! Have to go and see him whilst I still can. He almost outpills the likes of the modern PIL.
Gary is an absolute legend! Such an amazing performer. He is a credit and example of how to deal with the aging process. What is there not to admire about Gary. A fantastic video.
3:46 *Love those ending chords on the keyboard from the song "M.E". on this same album, which I bought in 1979 (well my parents must've bought it - I was only 12 then!!!)*
