Gary Numan/Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric? | Reaction! 

Y.e.s

It’s 44 years old and yet somehow it still sounds like the future!

I'm not quite old enough to really remember 1979, but I can imagine this must have been pretty mind blowing, and Cars too. Plus to have other iconic hits like Message in a Bottle, Video Killed The Radio Star, Another Brick In The Wall in the same year must have been amazing.

The first time I heard this from nfs carbon own the city on my old psp when i was kid

I first heard this on 102.3 WHFS in the Washington DC area around mid 1979 or so. I was blown away. Gary was years ahead in the music field then, never got the full recognition he deserves.

58 years old ...Can still remember first hearing this on Top of The Pops and everyone at school talking about it. It flew in the face of everything that was around in those days. Wasn't the first but brought Synths to the masses.

I knew Tubeway Army before Replicas and I was mortified how different this was to That's Too Bad

@@DazzleMonroe @That's Too Bad' is brilliant, the whole Tubeway Army album was amazing at the time

Same here, 14.

@dazzlemonroe oh, didn't I say I'm not one of you?

Don't get me wrong - It's a great song, but Bowie had already released 'Sound and Vision ' before this, Bowie was always ahead of the curve ball.

I think replicas, pleasure principle and Telekon (and dance) are better than the last 3 (or 4) albums I see what you're saying though they are strong releases for someone 40+ years into their career. I mean splinter and savage are both very good for me but intruder I found too long and samey? Didn't buy that one. Think he should try to change his sound up a bit for the next album maybe try out some new lyrical themes. Just my opinion his hardcore fanbase seem to be super into whatever he releases I am just a casual fan.

Well, my goodness!

Check out the Gary Concert live in London 1979. They play Films, M.E. and other classics. Incredible concert.

All in good time. But I really wanna come back to him now.

Asylum is on the complex single b side, ha yep twas weird

Actually, it was the B-side to Cars

I know Jim had people believing that his parents were dead. I don't think he was a fan, lol

@InsignificantNick I'd heard/read him saying his dad was a postman. Well, he certainly delivered is all I'll say. I think Jim's drink and drug problems likely stemmed from being so conflicted about all that. How a seemingly preppy kid who admittedly had never been into music and would often go out on his admiral father's aircraft carrier (the Nimitz no less) with no training in music at all, is overnight transformed into 'Jim Morrison' rock god is quite a story. If you haven't read it I'd recommend 'weird scenes from the canyon' (about the whole hippie psyop thing) it's a fascinating read and when you realise how many of the prominent hippie generation came from high up military families, from nowhere to stardom, on both sides of the pond almost overnight is quite incredible. Frank Zappa's father was a bio-warfare expert, same again the mammas and the pappas, and the byrds were manufactured in a very similar way. Even Hendrix and elvis were ex-military. The list goes on and on, even to more recent times. Kim Deal's dad was a laser expert at Wright Patterson airbase, and most of us know why that base is so famous. I'd really recommend that book. The author died very young after finding a very similar pattern to the outbreak of serial killers in the 70s and 80s with the Phoenix Program in Vietnam, along with other such programs like the testing of LSD on unwitting troops for its effectiveness as a psychological 'weapon', and just how many of the big mid-late 60s music stars were ex-military or from military families, including the son of sam, or one of his sons at any rate, at the same base in Germany, and all as 'medics' - including Dahmer. The stats are quite incredible. The author was called late one night out of the blue and told it would be a shame if he went ahead and published his book cause there are all kinds of nasty cancers you can get, but he chose to brush it off. suffice to say that relatively young man (Dave McGowan) who had never smoked very soon developed the most aggressive form of lung cancer and was dead within weeks. That book was 'programmed to kill'. And it's not 'conspiracy theory' (as if wealthy powerful men have ever conspired in any way, even in caesar's day) it's all well-researched, well-laid-out facts. And it's pretty alarming stuff. But love your reactions. You almost always choose decent music, aren't just an empty prime bottle ad man or gaming chair/bunny headphones promoter. You clearly have a genuine interest in music with some very astute insights to offer, and you leave it till the end of the tracks (mostly) before giving your considered opinion. Which for better or worse are often in line with this 51 year old jaded old guys opinions. Keep at it man. I could see you making a really good music journalist, at least in 'alternative' (which I've always seen as a euphemism for 'good') music.

Sounds like you are thinking about Billy Currie, but I don't think was involved in the album (credited to just Gary/Paul/Jess). Definitely involved with subsequent live performances though: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uiFseE3eOJ0.html

Going by his interviews I’ve seen I agree with you. Top bloke and immensely talented