Gary Numan
 

Anyone like him? He's pretty good for a listen. He probably has the most well known synthpop song "Cars"

Jagged is pretty good.

There was some great tracks on his live double album White Noise. I would love to give it a listen to see if it holds up. I have'nt heard it for about 15 years now.

Preferred him with Tubeway Army.
Had a novelty value at the time, but some of his stuff was actually pretty good.

Right Track, are friends electric?

Only if you plug them into the mains.

He was original...ish.
I'll give him that.

My abiding memory of Gary Numan, wasn't him, but the Gary Numan lookalike wannabe that used to frequent a local teen disco.

He would always be on his own and never spoke to anyone.
His only purpose was to wait for 'Cars' to be played by the DJ (especially for him) and he would dance robotically with a deadpan face and a large crowd would gather round to watch.
Talk about a fanboy.
He was the first lad I saw wear eyeliner.

And he's the only person I've seen get his head kicked in without blinking.

haha always makes me think of the mighty booooosh when I hear Gary Numan now, but cars is a good tune. Didn't sugababes sample one of his songs too?

Yeah, they did a version of Adina Howard's 'Freak Like Me' mixed with 'Are Friends Electric'.

David Bowie and Jarvis Cocker are known fans of his, but IMO he's a better musician than he is a pilot...which isn't saying much.

Didn't he crash a plane or a helicopter once?

xD I think that was only a rumour.

YouTube - the mighty boosh montage lol

Numan has some good tunes.

Down In The Park is awesome

Anyone watch The Mighty Boosh? One of the main characters adores Gary Numan!

i got into Gary Numan through one of my buds at school. I began to like him even more after i considered his originality.

the Pleasure Principle album is a cool listen

I like his music and image during his 'Dance' and 'I, Assassin' periods.

Cars. My mom played it to me when I was a child, so I would fall asleep. I remember having dreams of cars at the movie drive-in with big breasted girls in skirts, dancing around.

Replicas is a great album. He did fade pretty badly after his first three albums though, which is a shame really (avoid his Strange Charm album like the plague).

As for his best song, I've never really been so fond of Cars. There's a song called We Have a Technical, a bonus track on the CD reissue of Replicas, which is an absolute masterpiece.

Numan is pretty fantastic. His earlier synth-pop stuff is really great, and the later industrial style stuff is cool too.

Hybrid, the remix album is really good.

A pioneer of synth pop. Probably one of the most famous.

He's the B+ll+cks... And touring his pleasure principle album in November! Apparently playing the PP album for half a set, then playing his later stuff (which is better in my opinion) for the second half...

Been revisiting Numan/ Tubeway Army stuff lately. Tubeway Army was the first band I got into when I was 12ish and Are Friends Electric came out. I still think Replicas and The Pleasure Principle are pretty good albums.

I enjoy both his synth-pop older stuff, and the later more industrial-themed stuff as well. Most people seem to think he only ever had the one album, with 'Cars', and then vanished into obscurity. The comprehensive discography I have would definitely disagree with that notion rather vehemently. It's good chill-out music, overall.

Jagged is a pretty strong album. Does he have any others in that vein?