The man is a genius and only gets better and better as time goes on and he is more relevant than ever ,this September 2023 will be my 40th year following him live, proud to be a Numan fan through and through.
I adore all Gary Numan music been a fan from the start. I have all the albums on cd and many on records some rare ones. One of my record albums signed by all the band from the 80's. Yes am nearly 60's but I still pump out my Gary Numan songs and sing a long.
Gary Numan was five years ahead of his time with synth-based music..In 1979-80 it was disco fighting punk ; his voice remains one of the most unique ever. Love him.
Gary Numan keeps reinventing himself through the decades. He's like a chameleon keeps changing, his music is so haunting at times!! But he's still a pioneer of synisiser music like Are Friends Electric with its haunting sound, Cars, We Are Glss and Music For Chameleons and Down In The Park pure Genius!! 🎶🎶🎶👍👍👍🎧🎧🎧😍😍😍.
Numan technopop, Numan pop dance, Numan dark, Numan rock, Numan industrial...HOW MANY DIFFERENTS NUMAN EXIST IN THIS WORLD!! PS: I am waiting for Numan opera...
There is really no comparison either, CARS is far better than any new songs, IN. MY. OPINION. however, there are several Nu-er songs that I love, like "everything comes down to this"...
Early years will always remain the best / my favourite 1979- 82, lost interest by 85, found again in 2006 with Jagged, I keep tabs but haven’t actually bought any album after Jagged edge, last seen live on his 40th anniversary tour . Have great admiration that he’s still going. 🎤🎹🎸🔺
He is going backwards with regards to his song writing. How many of the songs from the last 20yrs will be fondly remembered in the way AFE & Cars are ?
Gary's career began to decline in the mid-80's because he made it clear that he was right-wing and supported Margaret Tatcher. The media didn't accept it well and he began being boycotted on the radio and on tv. It was absurd, because he had every right to support whoever he wanted. I vividly remember his fans protesting outside the BBC because Radio 1 and the network wouldn't play his songs. He did have 2 top 30 hits in 1985, which were major triumphs considering the boycott. In many ways, he was the first artist to be cancelled because of his political views. Sadly it's something really common nowadays.
That's a very interesting perspective and certainly goes some way towards explaining the damning campaign against him but also has to be recognised, the mid-80's to late 90's were not his best. His tenacity won the day with a triumphant and totally unexpected rise from the ashes in 2000. Public honesty is most definitely not the best policy in the music industry
@@marting6037 You have a point when you say that his mid-80's records weren't his best, but I DO love ''Change Your Mind", a track he did with Bill from Shakatak. I actually listened to it the other day, to be frank. As for being honest, no, you're not supposed to do that in the industry. I'll give you an example. When Culture Club had their ''Karma Chameleon'' hit, the record company wanted to follow it with something uptempo. The band chose instead an orchestral ballad called ''Victms". Using orchestras in pop records wasn't at all common back then. The label didn't want it to be released. Radio pluggers didn't either. The band forced it anyway. The result: after having spent weeks at #1 with KC, they didn't get a single airplay on the main radio stations in the UK. Fans bought the record on the strength of their name, but had no idea what it sounded like beforehand. When Culture Club recorded their fist live VHS a few months later, Boy George actually commented on this. He was totally angry that the song didn't get any airplay because it wasn't radio friendly. The band kept his criticism on their VHS release. It was the beginning of a long battle with radio stations and radio promoters, which went on when he embarked on his solo career.
@@JCesar-xf2bk The industries littered with casualties; Prince was hit hard and his career never truly recovered yet George Michael somehow managed to lose the battle but ultimately win the war although his mental health suffered greatly. It was bad then but much, much worse post-2000 and it's undeniably evident labels treat artists as disposable commodities building two-year business plans to maximise profit before effectively dropping regardless of artistic output. Probably the only way to make any kind of living whilst retaining integrity is to go entirely independent enjoying considerably smaller but very appreciative audiences.
@@marting6037 Excellent post. You're absolutely right. Most artists have had to learn to reinvent themselves. After all, they're easily dropped by their labels, by the radio and tv stations etc. A few years ago, Radio I, UK's most famous radio, made an annoucement to say they would no longer play Madonna's records because she's too old. I was shocked they put this down on a piece of paper without any second thought. The reason for boycotting her was unbelievabel.
@@JCesar-xf2bk The 'jolly BBC' lost its way long ago but in times gone by they were more subtle. It seems now their arrogance has reached such heights they no longer feel obligated to conceal their messed-up agenda which's kind of concerning for a publicly funded organisation but not surprising given how government behaves. Whether a fan or not there's one band who single handedly turned everything on its head clearing a huge, rich path for upcoming original artists mid/late 70's without whom the world would never got to see/hear: The Sex Pistols. The Been pulled-out the stops to suppress, even refusing to play their #1 tracks on TOTP but this only served to further heighten the Pistols profile. Sadly the suits learned from that which goes some way towards explaining why they introduced hardline rules controlling any kind of airplay for 'unapproved' artists resulting in decades of unlistenable muzac and plummeting sales.
He would not play the big music corporate game. He just wanted the freedom to make his music. He's really the greatest musician ever but had he gone for fame his music wouldn't be his music if you feel me. Rushed playing 400 a year etc they'd have killed him
Those who follow the path of Numan know that through their music these musicians express the violent rejection as a vomit of a world where nothing is worth living because there is no longer any spark of purity. A world of ashes where souls of ashes roam. Then, these sooty men go among these shadows, fist brandished, scream their warning and their unshakeable faith in a social and mythical universe elsewhere 🕊
I’ve heard a lotta people hold it against him that he started out as a DJ on “Bowie Night” at a local club. But I think he did well from that, developed his own very worthy style and approach. Especially love “films”.
@@daveh465 I've read his autobiography (the one he personally rewrote because he wasn't happy with what the ghostwriter came up with) and no DJ gigs were ever mentioned. He says he snuck his way into Tubeway Army by pretending to be a lead guitarist. 😂
Great at one time.I kept the faith but The Fury album was horrible and that was it for me.Looking at some of these truly awful videos soon after I'm glad I was out then.However I'm really glad he's respected for his work,it's about time.Replicas,Pleasure Principle and especially Telekon are outstanding.
Why stretch out everything to 16:9? It looks awful. I call it the Stewie Griffin effect. HD? No way is this in HD, possibly resized? Resizing and upscaling are NOT the same thing.
Personaly I think everything from Sacrifice ('94) on has been brilliant. But he openly admits he lost it in the mid 80s thru to early 90s and went the wrong way musically.
it only got really bad around 92/97. youre too nitpicky. go listen to berserker. the album before berserker "warriors" is the only numan album i dont like much before the 90s.
Complex was left out, I Die: You Die and We Are Glass I think 4 songs from each album should of been included with the 2 or 3 singles on each and least 1 classic album deep cut or popular album song.
