Gary Numan in General

Newest Review: ... biographies will see parallels with his teen years, and the lyrics will seem 'clever' in that he has pasted his own life over ... more

... the writings of Philip K Dick, whose themes Gary use throughout the period before he 'retired'. It is Gary Numan's pre-'retirement' period that I enjoyed best. I can very easily switch off to the lyrics of a song and just concentrate on soaking up the textures created by the music. I am not so keen on the eponymous 'Tubeway Army', but Replicas, Pleasure Principle and Telekon were in my mind great musical landspaces, rather than landscapes. Gary Numan was by no means a musician and I feel that his almost accidenta...more

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Gary Numan in General: Are Friends Electric Gary Numan Pre 'retirement' (348 words)
by - written on 20/09/08 (Very useful, 38 readings)
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We were all happy in the 1970s then within the space of one, maybe two months in 1979, maybe that changed. At about the time Margaret Thatcher became the Prime Minister in the UK, Gary Numan, then in the band Tubeway Army, stepped up to prominence in British Music with a number one hit single Are Friends Electric. The song is steeped in notions of paranoia, loneliness and isolation. Anyone who has read any Numan's biographies will see parallels with his teen years, and the lyrics will seem 'clever' in that he has pasted his own life over the writings of Philip K Dick, whose themes Gary use throughout the period before he 'retired'. It is Gary Numan's ... Read the complete review

Is Gary 'Eclectic?' - Gary Numan/Tubeway Army Premie ... (511 words)
by - written on 18/10/02 (Very useful, 127 readings)
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Yes. Gary Numan is eclectic to a certain extent. The poor man's David Bowie fused glamorous art with sci-fi leanings and brought us the supermarket Kraftwerk at the rollover of post-punk, flattening down the ground for the nouveau romantics, with this probable one-finger keyboard stylee. But, the born Gary Webb isn't such a stormtrooper in drag after all. He's no one hit wonder, but bar his early (not ultra early) works, there's not too much to salivate over. Unless you perhaps count the recent (yes, he's still alive - numan.co.uk) output, part-inspired by artists whom he helped to inspire. But I've not heard those. If this aged ... Read the complete review

Gary Numan in General: Cars, Cars, Cars (397 words)
by - written on 24/12/01 (Useful, 57 readings)
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Gary Numan - Manchester Academy - 21.2.01 Don't you find it bizarre the way celebrities are portrayed by the media. Well maybe you don't. Maybe you are the sort of person that thinks Anne Robinson is the devil itself and that Craig David is the sort of guy you'd like round for a cup of tea. So I'm here at the Academy and Gary Numan walks on stage clad in black - so right he must be a satanic industrial goth then. Well no, the truth is that he's on tour with his wife constantly by his side and his parents as joint tour managers. He's the sort of friendly guy who offers you a drink, a bite to eat and will just chat for hours. Well being a ... Read the complete review

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