The Sound of Gary Numan - GARY NUMAN Reaction with Mike & Ginger
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Thank you Mike & Ginger...a great journey of a musician who almost lost faith in his music but persisted. Having seen him in 1980 at the Palais Theatre, here in Melbourne, I was fascinated as I was the German band Kraftwerk that I followed and also saw. Like you two, I lost track of Gary's music because I got more into Jazz, Blues and Classical music but still had a place for electronica and my 'Replicas' album needed a dusting off! That is when I found his recent albums of Splinter and Savage and was impressed with the 'new' Gary, where he creates 'concept' albums similar to the great Prog Rock artists of Yes, ELP, Jethro Tull and Pink Floyd. Quite a transition but when I first heard the tracks off Intruder I felt Gary's writing and musicality had really developed. He is a fascinating artist, a very humble man around my age and has a lovely family with his wife Gemma and children Persia, Raven and Echo....all talented in their own right! I look forward to more of his music.
Glad to see you listening to old and new Numan. Having watched the video, I think a couple of albums that should have been included are "Tubeway Army" and "Replicas". Taking those first two along with "Pleasure Principle" are each different albums stylistically. For a more darker album in terms of sound listen to "Replicas" in particular "Down in the Park", the synth line is awesome. "Tubeway Army" has a more punky feel to it.
He really started out in the UK punk scene of 1977, originally he was guitarist in punk band Mean Street. He was kind of kicked out of Mean Street as he became the focus of attention of the band. He took Paul Gardiner the bassist of Mean Street with him and together with Gary Numans uncle Jess Lidyard they formed Tubeway Army.
The album The Plan contains numerous demos from 1978 some as a three piece the whole album has a real punk sound which shows Numan as a competent riff heavy guitarist.
If you want to see Numan at his absolute peak watch his Wembley farewell concert in 1981. Incredible!
Stephen Moncur - agreed, especially “Everday I Die” those soaring synth lines are to die for
You are correct. After that his 2 best albums.."Dance", and "I Assassin"
The intro overture of that performance is my "goto" - on my synths - especially my Xils Lab PolyM - a VST recreation of the Polymoog...its Vox Humana recreation is stunning! I drive it from an Alesis Quadrasynth - Numan being about the only artist to rate them and used to use them on stage - he owns two. Mine was £50 from a charity shop, but I've spent around a £100 on parts to restore it since - it is great-ish... but I do understand why its entire fan baser is now erm - well, me and Gary!
Dramatis was essentially Gary's backing band.
Gary Numan was 1 of the 2 top stunt pilots in the UK. The planes is a thunderbolt
Brilliant !.
You two gave an honest assessment of his music which of late has become even better than his early days.
I’m so happy you reacted to it! Loved your thoughts! I originally had the idea to make it in 2019, when I went to see him on his (R)evolution tour but decided to wait for the new album to keep it up to date🙂
Thanks for the tip! It was quite the trip. - G
Here is an idea... if you are musical, I have always thought that if you look at GN's songs they all tend to start with an intro industrial prefix sound - there has to be a tribute tune that could be made which is a mash up of all of those!
"Makes you think of Ultravox, a lot."
Billy Currie of Ultravox recorded and toured with Gary Numan on a regular basis, as did one other Ultravox member, whose name I forget. Numan credits the John Foxx version of Ultravox with starting the entire genre of New Wave Rock.
Good job guys. The jump in this video to Pure in 2001 left out Sacrifice and Exile where you see and hear the beginning of the 2nd half of Gary's career. Those three albums are worth checking out. I agree that he just keeps getting better. Looking forward to whatever's next.
"New Thing From London Town" was actually a collaboration with Bill Sharpe of the band Shakatak. They would later go on to do an entire album together, called "Automatic", in 1989.
The drummer (who looks like Gene Simmons) is Cedric Sharpley, who sadly passed away about 8 years ago
That was a great ride, thanks for posting, what a progressive change through his career, I'll always appreciate his music, his last 3 lps are amazing, glad Ginger you're digging his new stuff, get all 3 of his lps on Spotify, his newest song Now and Forever is amazing!
Talking about 1979 being a big year for Gary Numan, bear in mind that by starting with The Pleasure Principle you've missed some of his greatest ever works which were on Replicas which came out in April 1979.
In "Your Fascination" from "The Fury" 1985 the words you were wondering about are "No more pictures" & the backing singers off The Fury were Tracy Ackerman & Tessa Niles (so, no, it wasn't Sheena Easton).
Yes, you are correct, Basically from "The Fury" onwards Gary was listening to "advisors" who were telling him what "the public" want from songs, totally ignoring (as Gemma was to eventually manage to get through his skull) the fact that Gary Numan fans want GARY NUMAN SONGS, NOT MAINSTREAM "POP" SONGS !!! Hence you'll notice the female "backing" singers become more & more to the fore with Gary actually taking a more limited role in the singing.
A shame that having played a track from Radio Heart (which only featured Gary as a guest singer) the person then skipped 4 years & so totally ignored the collaboration between Gary Numan & Bill Sharpe on the album "Automatic" which came out in 1989.
Then shows "Heart" from the "Outland" album but then skips ahead NINE YEARS to "Pure" completely missing out "Machine + Soul" (1992), "Sacrifice" (1994) & "Exile" (1997).
"Pure" was the first album Gary did where Gemma had finally got through to him & he "went back" to "his own sound" & doing songs that HE liked rather than what "advisors" told him he ought to be doing for the public.
And yes, on "My Name Is Ruin" from "Savage : Songs From A Broken World" (2017) it's Gray & Gemma's middle daughter "Persia" who appears in the videos & sings with him (on stage in some concerts as well) & when the song was recorded she was just 12 years old !!! (FANTASTIC voice)
Great to hear Numans career very underrated. There's a great documentary Gary Numan Reinvention The Electric Warrior that covers things up to where things start picking up for him again
Great post guys! Nice to hear your thoughts on Gary's tunes over the years. Love your enthusiasm. By the way the jet was a t 33 and gary used to be a display pilot in a world War 2 Harvard trainer. Peace n love y'all
So -
- Billy Currie of ‘Ultravox’ played on the “Pleasure Principle” and it’s singles “Cars” and “Complex (“Metal” wasn’t released as a single). ‘Dramatis’ we’re the Gary Numan backing band, who formed on the 29th April 1981 (the day after Numan’s “Micromusic” ‘farewell’ Wembley concerts).
- The jet on the “Warriors” video is a 1950’s F-84 Thunderjet, while the Harvard in the “Beserker” and “I Can’t Stop” videos was Numan’s stunt plan (he held a licence to teach aerobatics).
- The line on “Your Fascination “ is “no more features”
- The girl on “Your Fascination” and “I Can’t Stop” videos is Tracy Adams (not Sheena Easton) his girlfriend at the time
- From 1985 (The Fury) onward Numan was hemorrhaging money and started to chase rather than lead, and the more he did the less popularity he became and this continued until he realised his mistake went back to his roots (check out the 1978 album “Tubeway Army” and his second single “Bombers”) and started to innovate again
- Numan is VERY anti-drugs (his best friend Paul Gardiner died of an overdose), in fact it wasn’t until comparatively recent that he even drank any alcohol!
- In 2019 he asked the audience at Bristol “we’re you here in 1992? No, hardly surprising I was s*** back then!”
- Trent Reznor said when he set up NIN he wanted to sound like Numan, hence him playing tracks like “Cars” and “Metal” and don’t forget Marilyn Manson recorded a cover of “Down In The Park” so……………
Loved the catchup journey. I was like Mike. I lost track of Gary early on
Good one guys
All the sounds you hear in the background of "Call Out The Dogs" is sampled from the movie "Blade Runner", of which Gary was a huge fan. On his next album he recorded a song called "Time To Die", which recreated the moment that Roy Batty dies at the end of the film.
"He's a pop star AND he has a pilot's licence...imagine that." - Vince Noir.
"Healing" is by Ade Fenton with Gary providing vocals. Ade's been Gary's producer and musical contributor since 2006's "Jagged" album. Also, the video credits this song as being from 2003 - this song was actually released in 2007.
Complex with the brilliant Chris Payne on violin 👌
Really loving your journey into the music of Gary Numan, Re your reference to Ultravox, Gary was heavily influenced by early Ultravox (john Foxx era) and Billy Currie was in Gary's live band for the 1979 UK tour. The bass and saxophone on She's got claws were played by Japan's Mick Karn...he played on several tracks on the Dance album, Queen's Roger Taylor played on a couple of the tracks as well. Pino Palladino played fretless bass on I' Assassin and certainly gave it a unique sound..Pino then went onto play bass for Paul Young....then many years later Nine inch Nails. That's probably why some of these songs sound so familiar to you ? I was 11 when Tubeway army hit the charts Are 'friends' electric, I was hooked from then on although Gary has certainly released at least a couple of duff albums during his career eg Outland, Machine and Soul however it was worth sticking with him for the music he has released in the past 5-10 years. Keep up the good guys.
Fun fact: the second song in the video ("Complex") starts off with a strong video of someone playing a guitar.
In fact, the entire album that this song came from ("The Pleasure Principle" - which included the song "Cars") is 100% guitar-free. Gary had earlier been criticized for not including enough guitar on his earlier albums, so this album was Gary flipping the bird to those critics: ZERO guitars. Many Numan fans consider it his greatest album.
Gary Numan was also a top airplane pilot for displays one of the best qualified in the UK.
One more thing he credits his Asperger's for his creative way he writes his music.
What a great way to express yourself thru such a challenging disability. We have a child with Asperger’s. It can be difficult to work thru - G
Numan’s three “Tubeway Army” albums, prior to “The Pleasure Principle” are an important chapter in his evolution. More aggressive and raw then what came in the 80s and some of my favorites. “Down in the Park” off of “Replicas” is not aggressive but certainly one of his darkest and most satisfying moments. He still plays at at every live show.
"Radio Heart" is another example of Gary being a hired gun - his only contribution to this song was vocals (and dancing in that video)
Years missed out from 1991 - 2000 Machine & Soul 92', Sacrifice 94', Exile 97'
That is his daughter Persia doing the vocals with him in I am Ruin. They performed it live in London, there is a video of it
I was there right at the beginningthis is true nostalgia. Ps. Dramatis was a band. Thanks for this trip
I can see your favourite era is the recent stuff.There was a low point from the mid 80's to the early 90's. When the 'Sacrifice' album came out in 1994...there was a massive change in style which has led to the incredible music you have today.
Listen to the albums from and including Sacrifice to Intruder.....what a journey!
Dramatis is a band formed entirely from members of Gary Numan's band, who wanted to try their own thing. Dramatis put out two albums, with a few songs featuring Gary on vocals. But he's just the hired gun: the songs were written by members of the band.
Awesome collection!! Hes still touring th US to!!
Hi, just discovered this video, which I enjoyed very much. I've been a fan of Gary's since Are 'friends' electric? in 1979 (the single before Cars, and sadly missing from this video, probably because of copyright on BBC footage). Your summary comments on his career are impressively accurate - he has said himself he lost his way in the late eighties chasing chart success. The start of his comeback goes back to 1994 with the album 'Sacrifice', where he played and produced the whole album and did away with backing singers etc. That and the next album, 'Exile', are worth a listen as they are a bridge between the older stuff and the new industrial sound of 'Pure' and beyond. Neither of them feature on this compilation video.
Let's see. 1981-82 I was going to U of I in Chicago and working in a law firm in Chicago part time. Listening to Frank Zappa, Pretenders, Return to Forever, alot of different genres. Don't know why I didn't listen to Gary Numan, except for Cars on the radio
Gary sure loves airplanes as he is pilot himself and used to have his own charter flight company Numanair.
Dramatis was Garys old backing band from1979 to early 81. Pino palladino played base on I assasin before he did Paul Youngs album. Gary flew WWII planes as part of an airobatic team.
With the Fury Gary was trying to make "pop" songs in a bid to halt his downward sipralling career it didn't work sadly.
They missed Machine and Soul (thankfully) Exile, Sacrifice and dove straight into RIP Gary was influence by NIN and visa versa. They missed Crazier Gary vs Rico 😠 So glad Gary is finaly getting the recognition he desrves. Thank you guys 🤘🤘🤘
That was Gary himself flying those old warbirds in a couple of the videos, he was also an aerobatic stunt display pilot specialising in WWII fighter planes (this came after doing an around the world flight tandem that involved being brought down in India on suspicions of being a spy, apparently the Indian Government thought he was spying on a top secret Russian submarine base in the area, this being at the height of The Cold War).
This compilation does miss quite a few years and albums (mercifully excluding his lowest point in 1992 with 'Machine & Soul' where he was influenced by Michael and Janet Jackson, and even covers Prince). The inclusion of a few years and albums afterwards though would explain his more recent darker, industrial, direction and would make that transition seem less jarring. After 'Machine and Soul' where he had bottomed out creatively, and in enthusiasm, he met his wife Gemma who turned him on to NIN, Depeche Mode, Sisters of Mercy, etc..., influencing his own darker, industrial, evolution (the birth of that comes with the 1994 album 'Sacrifice', then 'Exile' in 1997, 'Pure' in 2000, 'Jagged' in 2006, 'Dead Son Rising' in 2011, 'Splinter: Songs from a Broken Mind' in 2013, 'Savage: Songs from a Broken World' in 2017, and of course this year's new album 'Intruder'). *The Unholy Trinity of 'Sacrifice', 'Exile', and 'Pure' are currently being reworked by Ade Fenton, his producer on recent albums for a future re-release, and worth looking out for. :-)
Awesome! Thank you - G
@@MikeandGinger A couple of really nice spots from Mike, that he picked up on subconsciously. The Ultravox connection (Gary is friends with Ultravox founder John Foxx and credits him as a massive influence, and Billy Currie from Ultravox joined Gary's band when Ultravox were on a hiatus). The Paul Young bass mention on 'Music for Chameleons' is due to the fact that legendary bass player Pino Palladino would later work with Paul Young after his first big gig of working with Gary on the 'I, Assassin' album. :-)
Great memories...
Love your videos guys.......especially the Numan ones.
Been a Numan fan since '79 so the old stuff '78 - '81 will always hold a special place for me but I really love the newer material.
I think the last 3 albums have a cool mix of Industrial + Cinematic, all woven through with Numans' unique voice and approach to melodies.
The middle years - nominally '82 - '92 - does have a few good bits but he was desparately trying to sound "current" and "accessible" which I don't think was really what he was good at.
'94 - '11- he was beginning to get back to his strengths - dark, dystopian synth rock. ( on Sacrifice,Exile,Pure,Jagged + Dead Son Rising )
The last 3 albums have seen him regain his crown as the Dark Lord of Synths and I think they are every bit as good as the Classic 3 ( Replicas,TPP and Telekon) in my opinion.
In 1994 Gary fired everybody and went to his home studio (in a shed in his back yard) and crafted a new album entirely on his own - all instruments, all lyrics, all vocals, all production, everything. This was the turning point in his career, and when he started making songs that had some real MEANING again.
This one, "A Question Of Faith" (sorry, audio only - he had no money for videos), is about the murder of James Bulger by two older boys. It features the closing lyrics "When children kill children, don't it make you wonder? Don't it make you question your faith?"
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Hi Mike & Ginger, love your channel especially when you cover Gary Nuuuman . Iv'e been a fan from the start and been on the long road with many Numan fans. It's incredible to think that after all this time he is more relevant than ever and his new music is epic . Since 1994's Sacrifice, 97's Exile, 2000's Pure , 2006's Jagged, 2011's Dead Son Rising, 2013's Splinter, 2017's Savage, 2021's Intruder . You should give some of these a listen Ginger I'm sure you would love them !! Anyway many thanks
A lot of the British bands during this time were influencing each other.
Thank you!
NUM RULES! All due respect, I was living those early years with Tubeway Army And really appreciated replicas and Telekon. Mike was right as I did hear influences with Ultravox and Visage! I never made those links before… but they are there - which is exactly why this review was so insightful.
Frankly, as they were all in that era together… I am not surprised by overlap… Although I think Numan is very introvert… thus, doing his own thing… even if sounds of others bled through. I even heard some Bowie in those mid-80s sounds.
I also think he is an avid pilot - explaining all the planes.
Finally, it is impressive that he is continuing to put out stronger music that resonates after 40+ years… and still sound fresh.
Reminds me of Rush… not stylistically…. But the catalog of growth to the best of their own creativity over decades of quality.
Great review guys! Thanks!
I'm pretty sure Billy Currie from Ultravox was in Tubeway Army.
Fun fact: that top-hat he was wearing in "Love Hurt Bleed" was on the cover of the album. When he toured that album, all of us hard-core Numan fans turned up wearing top-hats. I've still got mine - autographed :)
Hi Mike and Ginger, long time we had not hear your reaction of Dimash. He is doing quite productive and attracts huge auditorium, There are coming quite often new songs, last one was exceptionally amazing, called Stranger, It would be nice to watch your reaction
You’re absolutely right! Time for another! - G
You’re absolutely right! Time for another! - G
"The dude with the wings" in "The Fall" is Ade Fenton, Gary's producer and collaborator since 2006.
Wow guys these songs are taking me back, loved We are Glass and I Die You Die by Gary Newman and yep his music is pretty similar to Ultravox, another great band 👌
Hi ya you two glad to hear that you are numan fans my favourite is I'm an agent give it a listen 😘
Machine and soul 92
M.E. is also a great 1979 Gary Numan song. The Basement Jaxx sampled the song, for "Where's Your Head At?" Between 1991 and 2000, he had some great songs, that they missed. lol
As a 43 year old, I can recommend a ton of Gary Numan, from both eras, for you guys, if you want. :) Including pre solo career, when he was part of the band, Tubeway Army.
The bass is reminisant of "Paul Young" because both are played by the best fretless player in the world...Pino Paladino.
That’s amazing. - G
The car you see him driving in "I Die: You Die" is the Corvette that a grateful Warner Music bought him due to the success of "Cars" and The Pleasure Principle. He later sold it to a fan, who has lovingly kept it in good condition :)
A good older one from Gary that often gets overlooked is 2003's "Crazier". What I love most about it is that both the lyrics and video paint the story of how desperately Gary felt trapped and wanted to escape the chains of his industry career. He was listening to advisors and chasing pop trends, and his mental health was suffering for it. But as the lyrics go, "The more I disregard the signs, the more I fly. The more I walk across the lines, the more I glide." The one scene of him ripping the vintage Numan posters off the wall in a craze looks genuinely real and not even acting, lol. Would love to see you guys listen to it! czcams.com/video/WDroGSHG8Wk/video.html
I think you should take 1 full song from every album. from the first tubeway army album right through to the intruder album. Now that would be something special.
He get,s better and better.
Great.
The third song in this video, "Metal", was covered by Nine Inch Nails in the 1990's. If you go back to that NIN & Gary Numan in London video, you'll note that it *STARTS* with NIN's version of "Metal" (but with Gary singing)
Re: the "tall hat" in "Love Hurt Bleed", they were selling these at the merch tables on the tour. I have one. I later got it autographed. It's on my bookshelf :)
the aircraft in the warriors video was a lockheed T33 SHOOTING STAR gary was a very skilled pilot flew and owned many types and had his own small charter airline and flying as an airshow formation stunt pilot
Numan’s “Glass” may be reminding you of e “Space Age Love song “
It's 43 years not 42. Gary numan 1st album was 1978 under the name of tubeway army
So many great tracks from Tubeway Army albums to not be included is a travesty - "Cars" is in no way the starting point...
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Went to see a Numan tribute band last Friday called Liquid Engineers. They were outstanding and you would have loved the show. The singer looked and sounded just like Gary. Songs from across his entire career. Yes Dramatis is a band. The Paul Youngish bass line is the same bass player. The legendary Pino Pallidino. He skipped Change Your Mind which he did with Bill Sharpe from Shakatak. Oh by the way Billy Currie from Ultravox played a huge part in Gary’s early hits
You are a veritable font of information! Thank you 😊 - G
@@MikeandGinger you mean an 80s geek 😂😂.
@@Mind-your-own-beeswax lol! Perfect for Mike! - G
@@MikeandGinger ps Floor has dropped a new cover and you better strap Ginger down for this one. Man it’s out of this world 👏
My favorite song by Gary Numan is my shadow in vain
I'm a old bastard that was there from day one. Where did time go? Love to share pics with you
Check out 1997's Exile...a great album that truly signaled a radical shift to a darker vibe that he's enjoyed ever since.
Nice to see your kind reaction to all the crap he did :) Two major pieces missing to this story which once you hear will bring it altogether nicely for you. Please find time...would love to see /hear your reaction to it, you need to hear 1979's Tubeway Army's self titled Album and a must listen to sacrifice from 1994 where you can see the transformation to the stuff you love take place. Oh yeah, Ginger mentions the planes in his videos....this to add credibility is actually Gary flying just incase you didnt spot the obvious
A hell of a lot omissions. You'd see the transformation better if this included everything from 70 to now.
By the time "Splinter: Songs From A Broken Mind" came out, Gary had largely gotten over his severe depression - but this album is ALL about that experience. I highly recommend you seek out the song "Here In The Black" - or indeed, the entire album, it is mesmerizing from start to finish.
It's a pity a fair chunk of his career is missing in this, from the much downtrodden 'Machine and Soul' to 'Sacrifice, Metal Rhythm' and 'Exile'.
So many great songs that hit hard with that much loved industrial clout.
Look at songs like 'Noise noise, Here in the black, Fold, Angel Wars, Bleed (the version off Hope Bleeds video)' and 'When the sky bleeds, he will come' amongst so many more that I'm sure you'll enjoy.
You might get a chuckle out of this video, it's a song called "Take" by a band called "The Pack A.D." - it's nothing at all like Numan, but the entire video is a recreation (of sorts) of Numan's "Cars" video.
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Healing was released in 2007
It seems like the bands that have enduered for 30, 40, 50 years that their sounds are similar to their early years, where Gary seems to have changed and evolved from his beginning, which sounds better to me. I got notification of your fireside chat,but when I clicked on it, it said this video was private. That wasn't very nice
Love the sparkle - gloss - dirt observation! Some answers for your questions:
The "Gene Simmonds" drummer is the superb (but sadly late) Cedric Sharpley czcams.com/video/HcZU4cve52c/video.html. Sad we also see Paul Gardiner who went down the drug rabbit hole and seemingly deliberately overdosed on a park bench attaching a note to himself "Cremation please". Very sad indeed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gardiner
On a lighter trivia 'factoid' note, the steel tube Numan brandishes in the We are Glass video is an extension tube from his mum's vacuum cleaner.
Dramatis was a group made up of his bandmembers. Numan tried to help establish them when he went solo, when Tubeway Army ceased to exist (it had already disbanded in truth by AFE. It never really worked, but they did a few songs and can be found on CZcams. Problem was they were always like a lesser version of Tubeway Army lacking the signature voice unless Numan featured for them, and they were also missing the master of songwriting.
Re: the real instruments - very true - though of course some only sound so while in fact being synths. Gary's brother (/Cousin) used to be the Sax player on stage but I don't think he was the player on the recordings -(not sure he played on stage to be honest!)
As to "hearing other acts" and "finger on the pulse" - in I Assassin he is working with the fretless bass genius - Mick Karn of Japan so it soaunds very Japan like and his sartorial style is touching that style He wa going to support them in Japan but something occurred and he arrived in Japan to find they didn't want him! Never explained, but istead he bumped into Queen and they were lovely and welcoming to him - so he was the winner. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Karn.
Ultravox "Vienna" was the watered down poppy sold out poorer version of Ultravox - you need to listen to the original John Foxx version! Lots of Jon Foxx you should listen to - Check out "Hiroshima Mon Amour" and his solo album Metamatic - notably the single "Underpass".
The first aircraft (In Warriors) is a Lockheed Shooting Star designed around the new British invented jet engine. In this form the De Havilland Built Halford H1.B It first flew in 1944 but yes in operation more a 50s aircraft with the production line ending in '59. The second aircraft (in I can't stop) is Numan's own North American AT-6 'Harvard. Sold since.
NO it isn't Sheena Easton! It is Tracy Adam his girlfriend at the time, but she is almost certainly miming to Tessa Niles - the famous backing Numan used to use - as did everyone else (Bowie, Clapton - you name an artist she worked with them)! Tracy Adam used to produce his videos too - but despite her looks and sartorial tastes I sometimes think she featured a little too much in the foreground of the videos - you see her again in "I can't stop" Her ideas of where Numan should be going as interest in his work seemed to be fading were misguided in my view and perhaps he felt he needed her up front to help - frankly he was losing followers at speed back then and things were looking a tad desperate and budgets visibly diminishing for the videos. Still, some great stuff from those years. I always loved 'I can't stop' and 'Heart'.
Just stuff one picks up along the way - not that I'm a fan or anything!
Tessa niles is the backing singer, no more pictures is the lyrics she said
It’s ‘No more features’ not pictures
Billy Currie used to be in Tubway army and Ultravox. I'm pretty sure he was a guest in The Pleasure Principle so would of played in the song complex.
That "gap" from 1991 to 2001 that you mention actually includes three albums:
1) "Machine + Soul" (1992) - widely regarded by his fans (and Numan himself) as his worst-ever album. VERY derivative. It's like he's trying to sound like Janet Jackson.
2) "Sacrifice" (1994) - he went back to his home studio, fired everyone around him, and just made the album he himself wanted to hear. Sound quality is a bit muddy but holy CRAP was it ever a return to form - and his first step towards full-blown industrial.
3) "Exile" (1997) - A progression from "Sacrifice" but not quite as industrial as 2001's "Pure". But a SOLID album that sounds great from beginning to end.
please please listen to REPLICAS 1979 ALBUM
Unfortunately you missed the two albums that marks the transition to his dark, industrial sound: 1994's "Sacrifice" (titled "Dawn" in the US) and 1997's "Exile". The transition was nit as jarring as it appears. Oh...and all the stuff with the planes in the older videos is because he is a world-class stunt pilot. That was *him* flying those planes.
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In 1997, as a follow up to his surprisingly-successful "Sacrifice" album, he went back to the studio and (again, doing everything himself) came up with "Exile". This is a concept album and the concept is: Gary went to sleep one night and had a dream, and in that dream we'd all been deceived - that God was evil and Satan was good, and everything we thought we knew was the OPPOSITE of how it should be. He woke up and started writing "Exile", where every song pushes that narrative.
This one, "Dead Heaven", is particularly powerful. Audio only but it contains lyrics and they are, to be blunt, extremely powerful.
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Here's his single "Emotion" from 1992's "Machine + Soul". I think you'll agree (with Gary and most of his fans) that it's directionless and just nothing at all like anything he's done before (or since, thank goodness). Truly terrible.
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Gary Webb's deceleration from new kid on the block to one-note wanker (in the eyes of the British music press) happened very quickly. I think he'd accept that himself. His re-evaluation has come about, I think, because music stagnated so badly around an ageing model - often centred on the 1970s he himself was trying to avoid. It's difficult to have your own sound and your own voice, but he has it. It's something to hold on to.
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Dear friends, I must say that I am somewhat dissatisfied with your video, Numan, Tubeway Army and Replicas 1978 albums are missing, Replicas is one of the main Numan albums, Dawn in the park and Are friends electrics are true hymns among their fans, they skipped a very innovative album such as Metal rythm from 1988 and they skipped Sacrifice from 1995, where after losing his way a bit he returned to being a musical innovator ... his albums from Pure to Dead Sun rising are somewhat flat, (they are not to my liking), Splinter, savage and intruder are great albums.
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Metal rhythm left out, sacrifice 94 exile 97
I took acid..his show..e village..