This guy was and still is so far ahead of his times, a true genius.

@BlazingOwnager

3 жыл бұрын

I really like his new stuff, niche as he is. It's hard to remember he's the same guy.

@tracymorley1883

3 жыл бұрын

Defo is

@AbsoluteNut1

2 жыл бұрын

Gary Might be the only reason to risk CoVid to go see.

@mickeyromeo

2 жыл бұрын

i wouldn't say still

@mickeyromeo

2 жыл бұрын

@@AbsoluteNut1 BIDEN 2024

40 years old and still brilliant

@giovannigee

3 жыл бұрын

Actually he’s 63, but yeah.. still brill..

@FusedMusic

3 жыл бұрын

@@giovannigee he's talking about the song.

@giovannigee

3 жыл бұрын

@@FusedMusic ah.. makes sense ;)

I remember this brilliant track from Gary Numan back in 1980, at 15 years old thinking this is so totally different from the utter crap that was around the charts, this doesn't date at all. Gary has always been a maverick, the numanoids know that,

@andrews9466

Жыл бұрын

youngster

40 years ago this guy tore my very soul apart. Screaming for meaning, questioning my very existence, but in a positive way. Still does it to me 40 years later. Gary- you are the tenth muse,

@TastySurrealBowl

Жыл бұрын

Ditto. First time I saw him was very much the same. He appeared on Saturday Night Live (with Elliott Gould), and the sounds, the presentation, it was like discovering that SOMEONE truly “gets it”! His music brought those feelings into a tangible presence in the world. His music library has been a constant companion ever since.

Sadly a very underrated Numan rockin' classic.

@johnd2058

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of 80's movies, somehow a mix of _Terminator_ and _Breakfast Club_..?

@miisu

Жыл бұрын

This song is not underrated, this is an classic.

So ahead of his time.. an inspiration to so many 80s 90s bands and more.

I saw a video at a cinema. I had no idea who it was so I asked the record store. I still don't know who it was but they said "maybe it was Gary Numan" and said I could return the album if I didn't like it . I listened to it on a mono portable cassette recorder and it was Telekon. And thought "what the hell!", it was nothing like I'd ever heard before. But then I heard the lyrics. That was it. I got a better stereo system and never looked back.

@morningcoffeecat2271

3 жыл бұрын

They played music videos at the cinema??

This is Gary at his ultimate best,what a song and if looks could kill........

Many things in life make me happy. But very few as happy as the Telekon record makes me.

@Kenszen

3 жыл бұрын

Dear Kelly, Gary Numan's Telekon is no doubt brilliant, however I worry it's such a dark record. What else do you listen to?

@johnwilliams2920

3 жыл бұрын

I don't want to split hairs, Kelly but I Die, You Die wasn't actually included on Telekon upon its UK release. Perhaps you live overseas and have a later copy when it was. Not that any of that really matters. What does, it you rightly call Telekon as an epic album and I still regard it as Gary's finest.

@johnwilliams2920

3 жыл бұрын

@Talorc MacAllan 🙏 I like that.

@johnwilliams2920

3 жыл бұрын

@Talorc MacAllan It's such a fine album that every time one plays it, it always sounds like the first time it's been heard. It's totally mesmerising.

@danielmcalister2713

3 жыл бұрын

I own the original on vynil

'Telekon' had SO many great songs.

This guy is EPIC!!I LOVE his music!!!ALWAYS have!!

I remember this like it was yesterday! my favourite GN track, wonderful promo video, it sounded like the future of music in 1980! and is still brilliant now,

LOVE classic Numan. He has this amazing stoic intensity that is captivating.

40 years later and still one of the very few artists to treat electronic music as a genre, not a 'style.'

Bloody hell 1980 here we come...

I remember hearing this on the "Top-Forty" Show on a Sunday night. I still to this day remember Tony Blackburn describing it as "Weird and Wonderful" - absolutely true!

Gary Numan sets the standard for timeless music signed your greatest fan

Just discovering Gary Numan now; only knew him from Cars... And i am obsessed!!

@AbsoluteNut1

Жыл бұрын

Cars isn't even one of his best songs. Gary has so many great songs. Please keep exploring.

@marienbad2

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the club!

@fuckamericanidiot

4 ай бұрын

@@AbsoluteNut1 Cars is a great tune, he also has many others

@LeadSurge3000

3 ай бұрын

*To me, this is his best song.*

The Best Single. Period.

To my six year old eyes this was the coolest guy there could ever be

Such a classic. Takes me back to 1980. My older brother introducing a six year old me to Numan's music. Fantastic days!

@curtspins7626

3 жыл бұрын

You were soooo cool. For a six year-old.

Wonderful music I listen gray numan since 1980 old fan of gary ♥️🙂🎶👍

“But I’m still frightened by the telephone” may be the best lyric ever

@Smufter69

3 жыл бұрын

Nope. That would be "he made his home in a fish's abdomen"......lol!!

@t-bo2734

3 жыл бұрын

I think he's singing "But I feel frightened by the telephone."

@richardcollier1912

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Watch his mouth. He clearly forms the letter F instead of S.

@tonywarburton5084

2 жыл бұрын

Must have anticipated mobiles. I know we need them these days but god I hate them at times. In my top 5 Numan songs ever and I have revised it many times but this never drops out.

@bigbadbillb

2 жыл бұрын

Thank God we have texting now. Just sayin'.

Man, this throws me back to being 17 when he first broke out with all this fantastic music and then threw me forward with the masterpiece Savage, this man is amazing!!

Gary`s a true original. He`s influenced many artists on the musical spectrum, from Prince to Alice Cooper.

@barrysmith8920

Жыл бұрын

Cooper’s “Clones” is SOOO Numan

@johnd2058

Жыл бұрын

Trent Reznor!

@frauleinmona

11 ай бұрын

Even Dave Grohl from Nirvana and The Foo Fighters. And not surprisingly Lady Gaga.

Been a fan of GARY NUMAN since I was a teenager

What a song. Can’t BELIVE it wasn’t played more at the time. Amazing man, thank you!🙏

one of the most beautiful end of a Gary Numan song

@fuckamericanidiot

4 ай бұрын

The piano that descends into something uncertain and eerie, love it

I swear his music gets better with time.

@redcropuk

Ай бұрын

This is very true of this song and my appreciation of it. Today it sounds like the brilliance it is.

Que música maravilhosa ❤

Thanks, Gary...1979-2019 fanatic, and on...🎶🎹🎶

My favorite Numan song

one of my favorite Gary Numan songs

First time I heard him was the Don’t be a dummy advert for Lee Cooper jeans in 1978.....he has such a distinctive voice......I,m a rock fan and don’t own any of his albums but have a great respect for him as a musician

I saw Gary a few years back. Great gig! He performed this for the encore.

How has there never been a full-on metal version of this? This song was -built- to be metal...

@rdinsdale

2 жыл бұрын

You might enjoy this version: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pqWlmcV8d6rSYLQ.html

OMG, I can't believe I have never seen that video before and I have been a fan since about 1982. WTF! What a great video. I love the Chinese Karate style jacket and red highlights in his hair. How is it that anybody "disliked this?" One of my favorite songs and albums.

@Domin8tix

3 жыл бұрын

@Sarah's Riding The Storm Wave. I am sure it was cute, but maybe it just looks better on people with short hair. ;)

@Squab1972

3 жыл бұрын

Idiots with no taste in music

@markhughes8314

3 жыл бұрын

@Miss Sarah StormInATeacup I had a white jump suit, blue belts with platinum hair with a blue streak, Happy days , really miss them. lol.

@davemcintyre7195

3 жыл бұрын

It's a Kimono shirt. I got one from a period clothing shop and it cost me a fortune. Kids now won't believe you, but we used to fight over music because we all had our own 'cliques' and styles. Don't know how I wasn't murdered wearing that Kimono walking the streets.🤔

@ombra711

2 жыл бұрын

So much disinformation in this specific comment thread. The get up he's in is Chinese inspired but it's not "Karate", Karate is Japanese and younger than Chinese martial arts by at lwast a thousand years. Kimonos are also Japanese and have zip to do with that outfit.

And here we are. Still here. Classic song.

Amazing memories of being young listening to this guys songs.

God, I WISH it was 1980 again......

A legend.

@tripzville7569

Жыл бұрын

No doubt.

One of my favourites from this era - with Jim Kerr and the Simple Minds providing the handclaps, if I remember.....

Next to Cars, I die you die. What a day, can't keep up with all the Numan excellence.

So timeless, sheer genius ❤

this would have been a bigger hit if radio 1 had bothered to play it

This is indeed one of his best tunes, along of course with Are 'Friends' Electric and Cars too. Thank you!

god dammit gary numan this song, m.e., metal, should have been released in the early 90s it would have blown up,, you were way ahead of your time like almost 15 years,,, everyones like cars i love cars,, but there so much more from then..........

Awesome track and a super cool image by Gary

The First TRUE TECHNO.MASTER👍👍👍💕💕🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Some of my favourite Dick Wallis photos of Gary are from this era. Used to love him in those glasses❣❣❣🕶🕶

Going to see Gary On Friday in .Sheffield 2nd time this year can't wait.

@glynpalmer260

4 жыл бұрын

Gary was brilliant his history of songs which is rich in music I preferred his old stuff like his best albums stories from dance he also did I assassin down inthepark I wish he would d a berserker ţour2 like.he revisited replicas pleasure principle that would be grand.

@glynpalmer260

4 жыл бұрын

@@fismith3488 Thanks for your reply i bet he was awesome all well have got the second best thing i have got it on dvd so thanks again.

This song is absolutely diabolical!!

2 simple words for this man SYNTH KING

This is the best song ever, fact, don't argue no point.

Man that vett though...even better he painted it pink. Can't stop lovin it.

March 26, 2022. I will finally be able to see you in concert. so very happy!!

The amount of Garys concerts i went to back in the day are well in double figures, the last being The Fury tour at Manchester Apollo in 1985.

@retro1980x

Жыл бұрын

I was there 👍

Still in love with Gary Numan

Brilliant Gary as always. Love seeing you in a Kung Fu suit back in the day Mate.

Such an unforgettable song and video. The Corvette Stingray is quite something as well.

Gary was sent from above to save us all. I’m not even half joking

Channelling Klaus Kinski, Gary but I wish you'd put the date of rel! I have memories of the UK winter of discontent, 78/79 and then 1980, as a 13 YO, listening to your early albums on my mum's SANYO tape machine, splitting the mono into those early ear pieces. At 4am. In the dark. With frost on the inside of of my bedroom windows. Listening to these masterpieces I'm transported to an era more irksome than this.

I remember first hearing this song back in the day and thinking, the future of music has arrived! Gary what a boss, a legend!

Such a very underated artist ! . Very clever man musically :-)

I can remember walking up to my local record store and buying Telekon on the day it was released, superb album and packaging, still have it in fact. Always thought this sounded slight faster in the video clip, sure it is but can't think why.

@retro1980x

Жыл бұрын

The video is an earlier audio version of the song, compared to the single release which is very slightly slower paced.

En 1980 en mi pais ECUADOR (Mitad del Mundo), se escucho el album TELEKON. lo mejor en musica NEW WAYS en esa época y aun ahora no existe otro artista que supere a Gary Numan. Un genio por siempre.........

ELO, THE EAGLES, SHOWADDYWADDY,.....,.and then Gary Numan from another world 🪐

The track that got me hooked! Please do a 21st century version!!

The way he as his face is brillaint .

Absolute favorite. Thank you, thank you.

Every album Gary has wrote has been a masterpiece best musician in the business all the best for the new album Gary no1 around the world.

He went 'loopy' after a while but this and all his stuff from those days are simply gold.

I would have loved this song even before I knew English 😍🥰❤️

Wonderful!! Love you!! Thank you!!!!

Our voice sounds good together

Gary Numan is like my beloved friend John Dunsworth (Mr. Lahey) a legend.✌

My all time favourite song and I love this earlier "video mix". Very similar to the Kenny Everett show mix, but very different from the single mix.

@jamesward9369

3 жыл бұрын

I agree...the Kenny Everett mix was fantastic, this mix was good also but the the single mix he brought out was the least best of the three as I remember at the time.

Love your music...

Got it all on vinyl.

Gotta love a bit of Numan 👍🏻

Is it wrong to still be in love with Gary Numan to this day?😁💞

@orb938gmail.

10 ай бұрын

No.😂

My teen idol right there ❤️

One of my favourites...A revamped industrial version of this would be appreciated. .. 😊

@vannjunkin8041

4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure it exists somewhere.. maybe a cover

@calebfuller4713

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/iJiFrNaMfqvAaKQ.html You're welcome.

@cinsationalcinema1776

4 жыл бұрын

Tony S check out his Telekon tour from 2009. There is a live record. It’s more updated, but still classic. Also he does this as a cover with Nine Inch Nails. There are some KZread vids of that colab on stage.

@tonys2953

4 жыл бұрын

@@cinsationalcinema1776 Thankyou 😊

@cheezycatnip8352

3 жыл бұрын

@@calebfuller4713 no Sir, I thank YOU...;)

Love this!!

Outstanding! An awesome!

This is my favourite by gary

Man In A White Car. When Yes writes a song about you at 22 or 23, however short that song may be, you're doing pretty well.

Love this one! Nice Mr. Newman!!!

I'm surprised this video was uploaded 2 years ago, I'm lucky to have gotten to know such a great synthpop Artist...

.... I was 19 .... Head full of mushrooms .... Guest listed to see Gary on the TELEKON tour .... Yeah ..... It was ...... Wait for it......... ... LEGENDARY!! .... Bonus points for getting in a food fight with opening band Gary Myrick & The Figures in a DENNY'S at 2am just outside of San Diego........

So nice!

There’s that “White Car” Trevor Horn sang about on that “Yes - Drama” album in 1980. Supposedly in London in the late 70s, maybe from the money Gary Numan got from, maybe, ironically from his single “Cars” .. he’d drive around London in that White exterior Red interior 1979, I believe, Chevrolet Corvette which is Left side drive and they use Right side drive, of course, in the U.K. A very cool car now but back then it wasn’t so cool, it got boring, the Corvette with no changes for years! The 1982 Corvette change seemed SUPER RED HOT COOL then, now it just seems “blah!”. Weird, right?

Somehow always reminds me of 1980s Dr Who episodes.

Astonishingly great track. A one off. Who else sounded like this?

Listening to it now 😮 away before it's time

As before, this is his third best track after Are Friends Electric and Cars. Thank you!

@brucedanton3669

Жыл бұрын

And yes so it is too of course!

Love the big heavy driving sound @ 0.38

Obrigada Mr Gary Numan.

We ❤❤❤❤you Gary.

How old is this song? Could be made yesterday. Gary was well ahead of his time. Oh that synth!!!