WEBSITE - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Numan
WEBSITE - http://www.garynuman.co.uk/
GARY NUMAN HAS BEEN SO CAST AS THE ONE HIT WONDER- LIKE SO
MANY 80S GROUPS. GARY AS WELL AS MANY OTHER GROUPS THIS IS REALLY UNFAIR- MAYBE
NOT AS MANY TOP 40 TRACKS- RADIO
FRIENDLY TRACKS- BUT- HITS NONE THE LESS- WELL- LETS SAY AWESOME STUFF !
SOME FOLKS FIND IT WEIRD TO THINK HE IS STILL CURRENTLY PERFORMING- AND
RECORDING. A VERY VERY LONG CAREER ,1977 TO PRESENT DAY! HE EVEN TOOK PART IN
THE TV SHOW CALLED “THE RACE” IN 2006 THAT PITTED 5 MEN AND 5 WOMEN IN F1 STYLE
RACING – NUMAN WON THE POINTS BOARD-BUT LOST THE LAST RACE TO ACDC’S BRIAN
JOHNSON!!! HE SINGS- PLAYS INSTRUMENTS- RACES F1 STYLE CARS AND FLY'S SMALL
AIRCRAFT! ALL BY A MAN WHO WROTE A SONG
CALLED ‘CARS”!
WELL THIS IS GONNA BE ABOUT HIS EARLY ON CAREER- AND THEN
LATTER ON HIS MIDDLE AND LATTER CAREER- THIS WILL COVER 1977 -1980 .
CURRENTLY .AS OF OCTOBER 2012 GARY LIVES WITH HIS FAMILY IN
LOS ANGELES!
1978 – THE PLAN ( THE DEMOS THAT
1978 – TUBEWAY ARMY
1979 – REPLICAS ( TWO VERSION NOW, ORIGINAL AND THE REDUX
ORIGINAL MIXES)
1979- PLEASURE PRINCIPLE
1980 - TELEKON
THE OLDER STUFF WAS DEFINITELY MORE GUITAR DRIVEN .HARD
EDGED PUNK ROCK MENTALITY AND ENERGY THEN AS REPLICAS HIT- IT BECAME A LITTLE
MORE SCI FI ,ELECTRONIC ROCK TO WHICH LED TO THE SYNTH DRIVEN PLEASURE
PRINCIPLE ALBUM THAT BROUGHT US THE HIT CARS! TELEKON CAME AFTERWARDS- (THIS
AND REPLICAS ARE MY TWO PERSONAL FAVORITES) – MUCH MORE SYNTH DRIVEN. WHAT I
ENJOY ABOUT THESE FIRST FOUR ALBUMS (WELL 5 INCLUDING THE PLAN)- IS HOW EACH
ALBUM HAS THAT NUMAN SOUND- THAT STRANGE ALIEN SCI FI SOUND – BUT EVERY ONE IS
DIFFERENT. AFTER THIS ERA IS WHERE SOME TEND TO BLEND AND MELD INTO EACH
OTHER SOUND WISE (BUT THAT IS FOR
ANOTHER DAY!).
TUBEWAY ARMY- THIS CD- HOW COULD ONE NOT SEE IT AS AN ALBUM
OF STRANGE WAYS- IT MAY NOT BE THE MOST AMAZING ALBUM- BUT INNOVATIVE, CREATIVE
SOUNDS,NEW SOUNDS,AND NEW WAYS OF MUSIC. SOME STAND OUT HITS ARE “MY SHADOW IN
VAIN “ ,”THE LIFE MACHINE” (ABOUT EUTHANASIA
AND LETTING PEOPLE DIE WITH DIGNITY),”THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE HOUSE” AND
“EVERYDAY I DIE” AND SO MANY OTHER COOL TRACKS !
PLEASURE PRINCIPLE – GREAT SYNTH ALBUM – SPAWNED THE AMAZING
HIT “CARS” – AND BASICALLY EVERY TRACK HAS THAT SAME SYNTH FEEL- THE LAYERING
OF SOUND WITH SOME GUITAR! EVERY TRACK ALSO IS A ONE WORD TITLE!
REPLICAS- GEEEZ- THIS IS SUCH A COOL FUTURISTIC ALBUM –
GREAT SONGS, THE HIT “DOWN IN THE PARK “ IS ON THIS ONE! I PROBABLY PLAY THIS
ONE THEN MOST- WITH SO MANY AWESOME HITS! JUST LISTEN TO IT---I WOULD LIST THE
WHOLE TRACK LIST AS MY FAVORITES!! LOL
TELEKON – WELL ALL I CAN SAY IS THIS – SEE ABOVE – REPLICAS
AND TELEKON ARE MY FAVS!!
SO FOLKS CHECK OUT
THESE ALBUMS- IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY! I HOPE YOU ENJOY AS WELL AS I HAVE!
