Gary Numan - Intruder Opinion ► Pictures, Noise and Words 

I love how Gary Numan's voice seems to get better with age. He's also incredible live, seen him about 8 times now... Incredible energy onstage.

Mr Numan is iconic, and deserves all the awards for his music. He is such a nice guy when you meet him, and he means alot to the mrs as she has strokes and to get her speech back she sings his stuff. His lyrics mean alot to her and have gotten her through loosing her beloved dad who died of cancer two year ago this January gone. Numans intruder ought to be played in hospitals to get the staff through this pandemic with honours. His words wring so true with all who suffer with their mental health and he gives a light where there is not one for all those who listen.

He has got better and better since the turning point of Sacrifice. The machine music era is still classic, but this is NOW 😎

'The Chosen' off the Intruder album and 'Haunted' off the Jagged album really punch through with huge swathes of industrial metal overtones. There's so much that people don't know about Gary's music that may surprise them. From 1994 'Sacrifice' to date, he's set new standards embracing the darkwave genre and forging himself a legendary status within it.

Gary Numan is better than Gary Numan think's he is.

He has not lost it at all !!!! Fantastic Yes please do more random stuff

I think I'm about a year younger than you, and the first music "scene" I really got into was that post-punk wave of synth/electronic stuff. My first gig was Gary Numan at the Edinburgh Playhouse in 1983. I still have the ticket (£3). Gary always credits the late '70s version of Ultravox led by John Foxx as his inspiration, and Ultravox's third album Systems of Romance does an excellent job of blending rock guitars and analogue synths and showing just how *heavy* electronic music can be. My friends and I quite happily listened to it alongside Motorhead and Rush. Anyway, nice to hear Gary doing his thing, even if that thing hasn't changed very much in four decades. Like Ningen Isu, he gets points for dogged tenacity and, as you say, down-to-earth humility.

Gary Numan is one of a kind in all aspects of his life. What a precious gem in a sea of stones.

Excellent! No lie, I have The Pleasure Principle on my phone and it's one of those albums that has always traveled with me, along with the entire DEVO catalog.

Had always heard of Gary growing up. Got to see him playing a demo of Intruder in 2019, my second ever concert, am only 23. Loved the reaction!

I love metal, fav bands aren't that famous. Avatar, Schwarzer Engle, And so on. But love Gary Numan. I found you because of him. Knowing u like my music and I love seeing folk our age still banging on. New subscriber instantly

Dude. Gary Numan just brought me to your channel.....

I've seen him live 59 times. Hoping for #60 this year when he tours Intruder :)

I am Gary's age and have followed him and Depeche Mode for 40 years. Now I also listen to metal and dark stuff, but as you said, I will listen to almost any genre to check out a band or a tune. I'm a singer, so I know right away if I like it or not. But Gary has his own sound and this Intruder tune has been etched on my brain since I first heard it. I actually woke up at 4:30 this morning with it in my head, so I just got up and listened to it; resistance was futile. His "Now and Forever" is running a close second and I found myself humming that in the elevator today. I clicked on your video because I was glad to see someone else who couldn't stop hearing "Intruder".

Every channel needs a Gary break, whether they know it or not. Excellent 👌 He is his own artifact. One of a kind.

He keeps evolving and is always looks for newer and fresher ideas. Even his stage persona is very different. He is candid and truly honest about being his own worst critic. But that’s what makes him unique. His voice is so recognisable and it’s actually used really well with his anthemic sounds. There is a lot of music left in him and hopefully he will want to keep finding new sounds.

Gary's new album ,Intruder ,is a masterpiece . I've been listening to him since about 1978 and he just gets better. ....

I got his last two albums. This is the most metal pop in existence. It fits in well with the industrial crew like Rob Zombie and Ministry and the obvious NIN who he's performed with. He's a bit one dimensional, but it's such earworm I don't care. It's great. And do more varied music. I dare you.

Am waiting with baited breath for the album to come out. Have been a Numanoid since 79 long may he continue

Been loving his last few albums. Still got it.

He just put up ‘I am Screaming’. Check it out.

Gary Numan is the epitome of synth pop music, a chameleon who changes with time and progressively gets better and better. It was been wonderful to listen to the evolution of his music from the late 70s until now in 2021. Most of all, there is the haunting, mysterious voice that has aged so well. I’ve always felt the his music was sequestered to a little dark corner and never awarded as it should be. Hopefully, Intruder will rocket his style to fame. Such a great and creative talent.

Gary has evolved and in an intense, brilliant way. I liked his earlier work a lot--listened to him in college way back in the day. But now, I absolutely fangirl over his work he's been creating since the 1990s. If you like a lot of alternative stuff, try In Strict Confidence--dark industrial Euro band.

Very much looking forward to Intruder record coming out in May

Very cool track and I liked the video. Well done Gary. You can do a 'Non Metal Confessions ' segment now and again. Without going into percentages, I listen to quite a bit of classical music, world music and folk music. I grew up in the 80s and still like a lot of the non-metal music from that era. Variety is the spice of life after all. Cheers Hedgy.

I love this song and honestly don't recall how I stumbled onto it. Growing up my older brothers pushed and impressed heavy metal on me and my very first concert at age 12 was Iron Maiden for their support of "Somewhere In Time". The only thing I hate is that there is this wait for the album to drop because with this sample, I am really curious about the album, how it will sound, and hoping it will be on par with this song. With your ending sentiment, I think a great song by a metal band that covers multiple genres within the lyrics is "31 Flavors" by Sacred Reich. If you're not already familiar with it, definitely look it up.

That's great. I enjoyed that. I like you. Damn fine track that.

Obviously I've heard of Gary Numan, but I just never really thought to see what his later stuff is like. Darker than I remember so absolutely fits in my "industrial pop" tastes (I would presume you are aware of Aesthetic Perfection, he's pretty much cultivated that as a genre in its own right these days, if not go check his latest stuff out) I'd be interested in seeing more non metal videos, even more stuff from the industrial scene? Also. Request for Trollfest. Just because they're fun

Astonishingly good.....

Love this hedgy! I'm delighted to hear you are an electronica fan! The early 80s really was brilliant for that dark electro pop. Kids don't know they're alive these day.

Good show im come from Germany

😃 ok. Got a little secret to tell you. Besides metal I listen to ska occasionally😎 Growing up I listened to Madness and The Specials. Also a fan of Robert Palmer. He's got a one in a million voice. This was funny for a change. Cheers.

Many thanks for the refeshing video. And many thanks for your openness

Brilliant

I hope to go see Gary next year at rock city in nottingham

Oh yes! With bells on!!!! The wider you cast your net, the richer the haul. Gary Numan, OMD, Depeche Mode, New Order, Spear Of Destiny, Tears For Fears.... my brother does a great podcast ostensibly about jazz, but the amount of other stuff that crops up is amazing. How wedded are you to a genre? People are blind to trying new things, or moving away from their comfort zone. Their loss - we can try our hardest to promote and share left field stuff, interesting, obscure, gems and discoveries, but most people want to see Comfortably Numb or Stairway To Heaven over and over and over again.....

It's going to take me a few listens to get into this album, the last 1, savage, got me straight out the box

So yeah 78 and 79 you liked listening to a lot of music 'like what;? Tell us!

loved it

I have a strong feeling he’ll win a Pulitzer for music for this (he’s now a United States citizen) next year…I mean if Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer, why not Gary?

Well, haven't surprised at all. I guessed you would find synthwave/darkvawe material enjoyable. That's a usual non-metal composed by metal musicians (Perturbator, Bergeton and alike) . Also neofolk (Vardruna, Heilung) would be absolutely expected on your channel )

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the music has suffered since he brought ade fenton into the fold and if you think numan doesnt have an ego haha, get clued up and listen to interviews of past band members on YT

Gary's music has went downhill since he made Ade Fenton his producer, it has become too stale and repetitive, even the "middle years" were far more inventive and the songs at least had melody back then. The last decent Numan album was Exile.