It appeared in my _recommend feed._ The extended version is what prompted me to click on the video. I was just a kid when I first heard this song blasting from my neighbor's house.😋
i was eleven when this came out i remember my brother having this on record sadly he passed away in 1985 he was 20 years old and i have still got this and play it often r.i.p Rod x
My brother, Ron, passed away at an early age too. I’ll forever remember him listening to his Led Zeppelin records. Thanks to Spotify and YT, I can go down memory lane every so often. God Bless! 💕
@traceyjane4288 RIP Rod. I understand ppl crossing over. I just feel awful when it's the young ppl. Apparently, it's part of our soul contracts. My sister Sandra Hawk set herself on fire and committed suicide in December 2016. I remember her playing Blondie all the time. I drew her with those oil pencils on canvas, the song Heart of Glass. We never forget. Time never really heals. it It just becomes livable. She was older, though. 57, but she left her 3 daughters. 20s young. Eleven rough to cope with that. I truly am sorry. ❤️🩹❤️
In 1979, driving around in a 1977 Toyota Corolla Wagon that just happened to have the FM radio option... Man, did I love this song! In 2021, the Toyota is long gone, but "Cars" lives on!
@@samsara_miko I'm on my fifth Toyota, six if you count my old '95 Geo Metro clone. Best I had was a '93 Corolla. Had 270,000 miles on it when I sold it. Biggest mistake selling that old gal. 😢
One thing that puts this a cut above a lot of synth pop is that there is a drummer, Cedric Sharpley, making that backbeat happen on real toms with varying drum fills and the rich sound of drumsticks hitting the skins. Sadly, Cedric passed away in 2012.
It never ceases to amaze me and those of us who are 50+ years old that when you hear a pure classic like this, you can't help but wonder innovative artists are when they embrace their craft to the point the music transcends multiple genres so much that 100 years from now this record will still be relevant and ahead of its time
The best extended version of this song that I've heard yet! Gary Numan is the Patron Saint & Pioneer of Electronic Music with heavy synthesization. This song is, arguably, his finest example. Am now 57 & still listen to Cars, oftentimes, over & over again! Just love this!
@imogenimeson664 well, it was released at the end of 1979, which means that it had no influence on 70s music.... 70s music had already arrived, and this came out right at the very end of the 70s, but completely transformed music and created a new genre of music in the 80s.... so, it was technically released just before the 1980s, but the genre to which it belongs is certainly 80s music...
I saw Gary Numan live in 1979, just after Are Friends Electric came storming through the charts. I was mesmerised by his image, and blown away by how completely off the wall and different he was to everything else on the music scene. Fantastic live performer - I particularly remember 'Bombers' - that was amazing - I still have the recording on vinyl. I also have all of his early albums, (and it was thanks to him that I also discovered the original Ultravox). What's so great is that he went on to mix his music with industrial rock, and is now doing amazing collaborations (his Fear Factory collab for Cars is a classic). The synths at the end of this track still make my spine tingle, and take me back to the days when my walls were covered in photos of Gary. So many memories, so much nostalgia.
Katie, he inspired Trent Reznor who would later go on to re-inspire Gary -- opening up an entirely updated synthesizer collection and sound that has quite literally rekindled and solidified Sir Gary as not only a legend, but an icon and true pioneering innovator of synth music. Life and time are circular, you just have to be willing to see the starting point when reapproaching. When done correctly, as Sir Gary has done, it literally breathes new life into you.
@@katieb4655 I agree wholeheartedly, especially when the heroes get reinspired by bands they initially inspired. It's just a beautiful thing. They say that history is doomed to repeat itself, but it doesn't always have to be bad. As we've seen, since the NIN/Numan union, both have been very successful in reinvigorating themselves. I'd go so far to say as that it brought Gary back to his apex.
No 1 this day 22nd September 1979. The perfect end to the 70s and the door officially opening to the future. For such a simple song it's impact has been phenomenonal. A very very rare and treasured moment in a musical museum.
In 2079, this will still sound like it's from 2179. Awesome piece of work by the genius Mr Gary Numan. Heard this as a 9 year old back in the day, and it still blows my mind. Gary Numan is like Kate Bush, in that he's in a complete class of his own- a very unique and original innovative artist. He deserves more credit for his work, which has been hugely influential on many artists.
Imagine the original version on repeat in the Walkman for 4 straight hours going from home to bullfrog, lake Powell!!!! Crammed in the back of the science teachers van this was the only decent song on the tape that was in the walkman..... so i just repeated it...... and got lost in some kind of timewarp......i can still remember that feeling now some 40 odd years later...... I'm sooooo glad i did that......'cars' was and always will be one of my favorite traveling tunes!!!! Along with "moonlight and muzak" and the extended version of "paranoimium"..... all 3 of these have been on repeat for extended periods of time!!!!! Like the 10 hour flight from Denver to honolulu.... it was getting late and i was pretty tired so maybe 5 of them were Paranoimium on repeat while i did my best to sleep sitting up in one of the center seats in the dc-10...... another time warp..... another song that takes me right back to that single point in time and i can feel the ache in my neck and hear the rumble of the engines in the background..... funny how certain songs can do that.......
it's amazing to see what an impact this song has had on people on some visceral, emotional level. I first heard Cars in the mid-90s when I got my drivers license. I fondly remember driving westbound across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge while blasting this song. Pure bliss.
This song should be sent into outer space when they are hunting for life on other planets! Love the futuristic sound, maybe something else out there would love it as well!
I remember I was 13 y.o. when I first heard this song at someone's house and wanted the album but all I was allowed to buy was the 45. "Cars" A-side & "Metal" was "B"-side i fell in love with "Metal" too. needless to say I wore out both the 45 & the needle.
@@eleni1968 The B-Side was the very creepy instumental Asylum here in the UK but yeah Melal is awesome! It should have been a single in it's own right.
Me too - 11 yrs old in '79 and this song totally changed my brain chemistry. I'd always loved space & synth music & rock that incorporated such, but there had yet been nothing that so effectively synthesized (unavoidable pun, sorry) all of these. Even now, as a musician, I continue to find nuance and inspiration in this piece. Got to give it up for the rest of the players, as well: Paul Gardiner (bass), Chris Payne (keys), and especially Cedric Sharpley, who absolutely kills it on drums & percussion. The impact wouldn't have been as deep if the song was a synth-only pop tune.
Im 61 years old now, this still gives me goose bumps, I saved up my cash for a stereo system for my bedroom , Rega Planar 2 , creek amp , Szabo speakers , it was and is awesome
I bought the cassette when I was in fire school right after basic training. It was my go-to song to start my day. I couldn’t get enough of it. I think my roommates got sick of it until I bought a set of headphones. Still cant get enough.
My mentor. After I had heard his music in JrHS back in 78, I saved to buy a Moog synthesizer, and taught myself to play it. I still play today and I'm still mesmerized by the entire sound. I miss the 80s. I now see GN in concert whenever he performs in SoCal. I just saw him in Pomona a few weeks ago. 👍👍🎤💥🤙🤙
I was 15 years old when this song plays on the radio...it's one of my favorites of the 80's...all an classic...!!!! The synthetisizer sounds nostalgic 😂😂😂😂🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹📻📻📻📻📻
When I was in elementary I got a Portable Sony Cassette player with a 3 Band Equalizer and this switch called “Ambience” for Christmas. I used to walk to the corner store just to listen to the singles I bought from the Record store and this was one of my singles I would play over and over again. Walking around with the music in my brain like I was in some other dimension was the best of times!! I literally walked around looking at people like I was was an Advanced Human Being, I Literally looked at the other people walking around like how could they not understand this advanced form of music and self awareness… 30 years Later I win a Grammy and meet Gary Numan and literally come to tears telling him how he influenced me. I’m going to post this again, it bears repeating. Hope You don’t mind. ..
This unique artist blew my world open when he stepped out in an all in one black outfit and THIS sound , with his sombre look and moody stance , the first artist to appear with keyboards on top of the pops as far as I'm aware .. I may be wrong but I certainly had never witnessed it and I was OBSESSED and mesmerized by all types of music as a kid ;D THIS was different and he STILL has that edge even now as a long standing and well respected and loved artist . GODFATHER of the electric sound
Original or extended it is timeless. Put it on a loop and I could listen to it forever!! And he still puts out great songs. The End of Things saved me too! Sums up life and all the struggles in it.
I bought this single back in 1979 was already a Tubeway army fan and had the album Replicas. This album (the pleasure principle) just cemented my liking of Gary's music have been a Numanoid ever since.
July 16th 1979 - My 16th Birthday. July 26th 1979. Graduated driver's Ed. and got my license that same day. August 21st 1979 - this phenomenal track was released. About 2 months after that I got my 1st traffic ticket 😄😄😄😄
spacepirate 21 I was 10 over and back then it was 89 dollars lol. I got alot more and my license was suspended a month before I turned 18. One cop had a sense of humor and wrote as my offense "Loose nut behind wheel ". That was me. My speed was 137 in a 25. Yeah the good old days 😄😄😄😄 Sorry for slow reply Drunktube totally stopped notifying me of anything.
Years ahead of his time. Saw him 1981 Hammersmith in a C5 from under the drum stand. Visual and aural excellence, no matter what your taste in music is.
I didn't get to see him live 'till 1984 on the Berserker tour but seen him many times since and I agree with you he's awesome live. Wish I'd been to the Wembley shows though :(
In high school,dated a dude who tranferred from PA,PETE BERGER,HAD A BAND,THE SPEED TOADS...I WAS ALREADY ON GUITAR BUT GOT MY FIRST TASTE ON AN APR PRO SOLOIST,THE KEYBOARD THAT ROCKED THIS SOUND.GOOD DAYS😎😎😎😎😎
I had the 45 as well! I played that thing endlessly. A buddy of mine had the LP and I envied him.....a lot! That said, I do have a good vinyl copy of it today and it certainly brings back great memories.
One of my all-time favorite songs that came out when I was 17 and still never tire of hearing it.I still get super excited and energized listening to it.
He’s actually looped it really well, the synth goes crazy and he’s able to loop it back to the beginning of the crazy part at about 5:02 or 03. This is the underrated part - it’s the best part of the song.
Nothing screamed that the 70s were finally over and the 80s had arrived more than this track - still love it as much now as when i heard it as 7 yr old kid #80snewwavepop
The first time I heard that wobble synth intro and then the main one I thought this is the future! And little did I know Numan was 40 years ahead of his time because this still sounds modern like today’s music.
Ironically, I remember listening to this awesome song while in my car when I was a teenager. The song came out in 1979 I was only 9 then so this song has been banging for many, many, many, years!
I was going 11 when this came out and I waited by the radio to hear this song and record to my cassette. I missed the intro and I was so pissed off. This song mesmerized me and I played it over and over. Song still sounds good today and has influenced bands from this day in age. How awesome is that.
Me and my older brother arent that close but the one thing we liked doin as kids in the 70's n 80's was listening to Numan on vinyl, we've seen GN quite a few times live over the years.
Was my favorite at 3 years old Still my favorite at 43 years old 😎 Edit: I also bought a Nissan Altima in 2000 solely based on the fact they used "Cars" in their ad 💯
This was my favorite when I was born my dad used to play this when we went boating and I would always have him play it over and over again but then we went poor and had to sell the boat but I listen to this song sometimes to remember those days 😊 I would always say “daddy play the boat song”
John Denver...Bee Gees.... etc... are out and then BAM! Gary enters the scene. Exactly the same transition that Pearl jam had 20 years later. I. LOVE. MUSIC!
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It appeared in my _recommend feed._ The extended version is what prompted me to click on the video. I was just a kid when I first heard this song blasting from my neighbor's house.😋
Me, Gary Numan and the Tubeway Army of course !!
I'm listening... sitting in rhe bunk of the semi-truck I LIVE in...
I 'memba when this first came our and took MTV by storm... ;)
This guy! 👍😃👍
Never stopped sinc3vthe day it was first released and I was 17 at college.
When I was 10 years old I played this song over and over. The synthesizer sounds were hypnotic. Still love it at age 50.
I was 12 when this song first came out. I loved it then and still do to this day.
I was a junior in high school. I'm willing to bet all I own this blew Princes mind too
And 61!
Saturday mornings I used to listen to VH1 this was before MTV.. my father would always tease me about watching...
Saturday mornings I used to listen to VH1 this was before MTV.. my father would always tease me about watching...
Has not lost an ounce of impact. Still just as amazing as it was in 1979.
Yeah, 40 years on and it still sounds futureristic
Very true
@@spacepirate2185 🤬ACE!
Impact this song blew up the European charts this band made multiple albums that did very well in Europe and other parts of the world
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Gary Numan is a musical genius. Love this song. I wasn't born when it was released. I listen everyday. It gets me going
Yes Gary Webb is brilliant.
i was eleven when this came out i remember my brother having this on record sadly he passed away in 1985 he was 20 years old and i have still got this and play it often r.i.p Rod x
My brother, Ron, passed away at an early age too. I’ll forever remember him listening to his Led Zeppelin records. Thanks to Spotify and YT, I can go down memory lane every so often. God Bless! 💕
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@traceyjane4288 RIP Rod. I understand ppl crossing over. I just feel awful when it's the young ppl. Apparently, it's part of our soul contracts. My sister Sandra Hawk set herself on fire and committed suicide in December 2016. I remember her playing Blondie all the time. I drew her with those oil pencils on canvas, the song Heart of Glass. We never forget. Time never really heals. it It just becomes livable. She was older, though. 57, but she left her 3 daughters. 20s young. Eleven rough to cope with that. I truly am sorry. ❤️🩹❤️
Your brother would be glad you like this song as a remembrance to him.
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In 1979, driving around in a 1977 Toyota Corolla Wagon that just happened to have the FM radio option... Man, did I love this song! In 2021, the Toyota is long gone, but "Cars" lives on!
A 1977 Toyota Corolla was my first car in Need for Speed Underground 2, create a mod of this game and insert Gary Numan!
@@samsara_miko
I'm on my fifth Toyota, six if you count my old '95 Geo Metro clone. Best I had was a '93 Corolla. Had 270,000 miles on it when I sold it. Biggest mistake selling that old gal. 😢
Same exact memory of it! Thank you. Flushed back so many NYC childhood memories
👋😂👍funny you mentioned Toyota! I used to jam to this tune on my Dad’s Toyota Supra back then!
@@samsara_mikothe best car!
One thing that puts this a cut above a lot of synth pop is that there is a drummer, Cedric Sharpley, making that backbeat happen on real toms with varying drum fills and the rich sound of drumsticks hitting the skins. Sadly, Cedric passed away in 2012.
Exactly! The drums are amazing on this track. Real live drums with synth licks are so pure. Love the drum fills.
😢😢very sad to hear
Man I did know! May god rest his soul!🙏🕊
fantastic percussions. drumbeats were all about this piece…
makes listening to this all the more special 😂
Cedric passed away in 2021
I'm 60 yrs old and still listening to this tune .
goes fast doesn't it
Yep, I'm 58 and still listening ! 😎👍
Almost there with you in age and love this tune still-never gets old.Skating to this song in the late seventies was a blast.
Same! New wave forever!
Me too ❤️💘😁 🖤🤍🖤🤎🤎💜💜🧡💛
The father of the synth 80s sound.... and this was 1979..
Legend
I can't stop listening to this song. Help me!!!😂
Dont need help keep on
Hi Kyla I recommend the song 'Where I Come From' by Robert Nix
Ikr it's hypnotising.
15 when this was in the charts . 57 now still loving it , and it still sounds like the future .
Greetings I recommend the song 'Where I Come From' by Robert Nix
GenX we use to dance to this .new 🌊 wave!
(July 07, 2023)...
TOTALLY STILL SOUNDS LIKE THE FUTURE!
This is the future!!!!????...fm..
@@Carmelita71111 I used to read 2000AD comics...I was only 10.
I'm 55 years old and when this song comes on in my car i turn it up and rock out!!!! Gen X in the house!!!
I jus found out I'm a gen x'er😅
I'm 59 and I bought this album when it came out. I thought it was the coolest thing ever at the time. And it still is.
*Still* sounds like the future! Probably always will! Incredible track!
I think extraterrestrial sound. Greetings from Cali-Colombia
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I do think Cars was one of those seminal moments in pop history.
"seminal moments" well put.
Yes there was a lot of seminal in cars back then. 😂😂😂😂
Seemed so futuristic in 1979 it just blew my mind. Still absolutely amazing!
It never ceases to amaze me and those of us who are 50+ years old that when you hear a pure classic like this, you can't help but wonder innovative artists are when they embrace their craft to the point the music transcends multiple genres so much that 100 years from now this record will still be relevant and ahead of its time
Well said Sir!! I haven't heard a new hit song in decades!! Where have all the good times gone????
And He's Been Making Music All This Time Since! Some with his daughter!
ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME
Yes, and I love this long version
@@flash_flood_area love this song and also killing joke 80s GENX.
agree...
What a great extended version, it could go on another 10 minutes & I'd be happy
Just put it on loop!
Probably within the next 50 years this tune will still sound as fresh as 40 years ago
Well, not... I'm pretty sure it will
Yeah, How can a song that was written over 40 years ago still sound futuristic?
Aj son I agree. My all time fav. Artist aside Manson, Priest and some hard core old school rap. Kudos on great taste in music
Infectious robo pop
Ahead of it's time. That's for sure.
I thought cars would be flying by now though. Lol.
Timeless classic I was 15 years old when this was no 1 in the charts .and now I'm 61 years old
Are you relling in the year's? Stowing away the time?😉
I was fourteen when this was played ten times a day. Never got old. Still love it today.❤
Joining the old fart club.. 61 as well.. love this song! Always have!
metoo 61...oh, wait...in 5 days :-)
And yes, I love this song since I heard it the first time!
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IM 61, LOVE THIS SONG never fails to change your mood, NAMED MY FIRST BORN GARY,, ,
The best extended version of this song that I've heard yet! Gary Numan is the Patron Saint & Pioneer of Electronic Music with heavy synthesization. This song is, arguably, his finest example. Am now 57 & still listen to Cars, oftentimes, over & over again! Just love this!
This will always be an 80's song to me
☆LONG LIVE THE 80'S☆
Cars was released in 1979 AND WILL ALWAYS BE A '70s song to me!
It's a "when I heard it, I knew I liked it". I was 12. September 1979.
It was released in the 70s but helped define the sound of the 80s!
@imogenimeson664
well, it was released at the end of 1979, which means that it had no influence on 70s music....
70s music had already arrived, and this came out right at the very end of the 70s, but completely transformed music and created a new genre of music in the 80s....
so, it was technically released just before the 1980s, but the genre to which it belongs is certainly 80s music...
Timeless hit!!! Still get goosebumps listening to this masterpiece
I saw Gary Numan live in 1979, just after Are Friends Electric came storming through the charts. I was mesmerised by his image, and blown away by how completely off the wall and different he was to everything else on the music scene. Fantastic live performer - I particularly remember 'Bombers' - that was amazing - I still have the recording on vinyl. I also have all of his early albums, (and it was thanks to him that I also discovered the original Ultravox). What's so great is that he went on to mix his music with industrial rock, and is now doing amazing collaborations (his Fear Factory collab for Cars is a classic). The synths at the end of this track still make my spine tingle, and take me back to the days when my walls were covered in photos of Gary. So many memories, so much nostalgia.
Katie, he inspired Trent Reznor who would later go on to re-inspire Gary -- opening up an entirely updated synthesizer collection and sound that has quite literally rekindled and solidified Sir Gary as not only a legend, but an icon and true pioneering innovator of synth music. Life and time are circular, you just have to be willing to see the starting point when reapproaching. When done correctly, as Sir Gary has done, it literally breathes new life into you.
@@NXSProductions Agree about music being circular. I love it when our heroes collaborate with current performers and embrace new genres.
@@NXSProductions Agree about music being circular. I love it when our heroes collaborate with current performers and embrace new genres.
@@katieb4655 I agree wholeheartedly, especially when the heroes get reinspired by bands they initially inspired. It's just a beautiful thing. They say that history is doomed to repeat itself, but it doesn't always have to be bad. As we've seen, since the NIN/Numan union, both have been very successful in reinvigorating themselves. I'd go so far to say as that it brought Gary back to his apex.
No 1 this day 22nd September 1979.
The perfect end to the 70s and the door officially opening to the future.
For such a simple song it's impact has been phenomenonal.
A very very rare and treasured moment in a musical museum.
It's amazing. This track and the album it came from both don't seem to age. 41 years and it still sounds as fresh today as the day it was released!
Oh you have to wait 2 years and 362 days for my start, I was born in 1982 and I don't feel like 40!
... and the Door officially opening to the FUTURE." EEEkkk! I don't want to go through that door, gimme the '70's.
Damn best Era of music ever.
Will never slow down
I am now over 60 years of age and I am undone that this musical piece moves me today, still have the single copy of it on a vinyl 45 recording.
Ouve!
Se não gostas, paciência....
In 2079, this will still sound like it's from 2179. Awesome piece of work by the genius Mr Gary Numan. Heard this as a 9 year old back in the day, and it still blows my mind. Gary Numan is like Kate Bush, in that he's in a complete class of his own- a very unique and original innovative artist. He deserves more credit for his work, which has been hugely influential on many artists.
This was my first vinyl 45 as kid. I think I was maybe 8. I would listen over and over for hours. Totally hypnotic and waaaaay ahead of his time.
Mine was Are 'Friends' Electric another Numan classic way ahead of it's time.
Imagine the original version on repeat in the Walkman for 4 straight hours going from home to bullfrog, lake Powell!!!! Crammed in the back of the science teachers van this was the only decent song on the tape that was in the walkman..... so i just repeated it...... and got lost in some kind of timewarp......i can still remember that feeling now some 40 odd years later...... I'm sooooo glad i did that......'cars' was and always will be one of my favorite traveling tunes!!!!
Along with "moonlight and muzak" and the extended version of "paranoimium"..... all 3 of these have been on repeat for extended periods of time!!!!! Like the 10 hour flight from Denver to honolulu.... it was getting late and i was pretty tired so maybe 5 of them were Paranoimium on repeat while i did my best to sleep sitting up in one of the center seats in the dc-10...... another time warp..... another song that takes me right back to that single point in time and i can feel the ache in my neck and hear the rumble of the engines in the background..... funny how certain songs can do that.......
Beautifully HYNOTIC Song, This Song is IMMORTAL, you can play it again and again without getting annoyed.💯♥️😍🌟👍
Muy adelantada para los años 70 ' 😐💬
it's amazing to see what an impact this song has had on people on some visceral, emotional level. I first heard Cars in the mid-90s when I got my drivers license. I fondly remember driving westbound across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge while blasting this song. Pure bliss.
How's it going Boris?I recommend taking a listen to the song 'Where I Come From' by Robert Nix
That must have been wonderful.
This may have been his greatest hit and I don’t care cause this song was fantastic, still listen to it today, wish they had this music today!!
This song should be sent into outer space when they are hunting for life on other planets! Love the futuristic sound, maybe something else out there would love it as well!
I was 15 years old when this song came out and now I'm 55. Wonder Woman 84 soundtrack brought me back here, how fast time goes by.
Yeah I know what you mean. I can still remember going to the record shop to buy this single. Can't believe it was 41 years ago!
I remember I was 13 y.o. when I first heard this song at someone's house and wanted the album but all I was allowed to buy was the 45. "Cars" A-side & "Metal" was "B"-side i fell in love with "Metal" too. needless to say I wore out both the 45 & the needle.
@@eleni1968 The B-Side was the very creepy instumental Asylum here in the UK but yeah Melal is awesome! It should have been a single in it's own right.
The song that got me into New Wave. Love it just as much today as when it first came out.
I'm 56 y.o. and I'm still listening to this song. It came to the US when I was in JHS.
Me too - 11 yrs old in '79 and this song totally changed my brain chemistry. I'd always loved space & synth music & rock that incorporated such, but there had yet been nothing that so effectively synthesized (unavoidable pun, sorry) all of these. Even now, as a musician, I continue to find nuance and inspiration in this piece. Got to give it up for the rest of the players, as well: Paul Gardiner (bass), Chris Payne (keys), and especially Cedric Sharpley, who absolutely kills it on drums & percussion. The impact wouldn't have been as deep if the song was a synth-only pop tune.
Im 61 years old now, this still gives me goose bumps, I saved up my cash for a stereo system for my bedroom , Rega Planar 2 , creek amp , Szabo speakers , it was and is awesome
Fantastic extended version. Thank you Gary Numan for this historical piece of music, and thank you to the uploader.
No problem, Glad you liked it :)
It never gets old.Here's to the Ford Capri T- reg Mrk 2.
I bought the cassette when I was in fire school right after basic training. It was my go-to song to start my day. I couldn’t get enough of it. I think my roommates got sick of it until I bought a set of headphones. Still cant get enough.
thanks to Gary numan, great love.
My mentor.
After I had heard his music in JrHS back in 78, I saved to buy a Moog synthesizer, and taught myself to play it.
I still play today and I'm still mesmerized by the entire sound.
I miss the 80s.
I now see GN in concert whenever he performs in SoCal.
I just saw him in Pomona a few weeks ago.
👍👍🎤💥🤙🤙
Still listen to this album today. As a kid I would get the homework done with the headphones on listening Gary Numan.
The BEST VERSION IVE HEARD!!! AWESOME ALL OVER AGAIN FOR NEW FANS TO DISCOVER AND ENJOY!!!
I love this song, the synth sounds and his ambient are timeless. Greetings 😊😊🙏🙏🚗🚗
I love that long whistle sound or you call it.
This sounds like the future. And it always will ❤
There is nothing more 1980's than this song....or thumbnail! Gen X forever!
Wish we could go back! ❤
I was 15 years old when this song plays on the radio...it's one of my favorites of the 80's...all an classic...!!!! The synthetisizer sounds nostalgic 😂😂😂😂🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹📻📻📻📻📻
When I was in elementary I got a Portable Sony Cassette player with a 3 Band Equalizer and this switch called “Ambience” for Christmas. I used to walk to the corner store just to listen to the singles I bought from the Record store and this was one of my singles I would play over and over again. Walking around with the music in my brain like I was in some other dimension was the best of times!! I literally walked around looking at people like I was was an Advanced Human Being, I Literally looked at the other people walking around like how could they not understand this advanced form of music and self awareness… 30 years Later I win a Grammy and meet Gary Numan and literally come to tears telling him how he influenced me.
I’m going to post this again, it bears repeating. Hope You don’t mind.
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That's a great story and no I don't mind if you re-post this :)
This unique artist blew my world open when he stepped out in an all in one black outfit and THIS sound , with his sombre look and moody stance , the first artist to appear with keyboards on top of the pops as far as I'm aware .. I may be wrong but I certainly had never witnessed it and I was OBSESSED and mesmerized by all types of music as a kid ;D THIS was different and he STILL has that edge even now as a long standing and well respected and loved artist . GODFATHER of the electric sound
Original or extended it is timeless. Put it on a loop and I could listen to it forever!! And he still puts out great songs. The End of Things saved me too! Sums up life and all the struggles in it.
I bought this single back in 1979 was already a Tubeway army fan and had the album Replicas. This album (the pleasure principle) just cemented my liking of Gary's music have been a Numanoid ever since.
This music is hot again ! ! 😊😊
this is the song that introduced me to synthesizer music. Still one of the best songs ever.
July 16th 1979 - My 16th Birthday.
July 26th 1979. Graduated driver's Ed. and got my license that same day.
August 21st 1979 - this phenomenal track was released. About 2 months after that I got my 1st traffic ticket 😄😄😄😄
Hahaha, It's great when songs that really mean something in your life trigger memories like that. How much did the ticket cost you? :)
spacepirate 21
I was 10 over and back then it was 89 dollars lol. I got alot more and my license was suspended a month before I turned 18. One cop had a sense of humor and wrote as my offense "Loose nut behind wheel ". That was me. My speed was 137 in a 25. Yeah the good old days 😄😄😄😄 Sorry for slow reply Drunktube totally stopped notifying me of anything.
Its always a larry getting tickets isnt it? Lol
Sooooo nostalgic!!!! Wish I could go back! ❤️
Years ahead of his time. Saw him 1981 Hammersmith in a C5 from under the drum stand. Visual and aural excellence, no matter what your taste in music is.
I didn't get to see him live 'till 1984 on the Berserker tour but seen him many times since and I agree with you he's awesome live. Wish I'd been to the Wembley shows though :(
I was 9 and I got goosebumps listening to this. Now I'm.....and still do 🖤 Love You Gary Newman ❤️
The phased / flanged Polymoog Vox Humana strings still make my hairs stand up after 50 years of hearing this.
Just awesome.
In high school,dated a dude who tranferred from PA,PETE BERGER,HAD A BAND,THE SPEED TOADS...I WAS ALREADY ON GUITAR BUT GOT MY FIRST TASTE ON AN APR PRO SOLOIST,THE KEYBOARD THAT ROCKED THIS SOUND.GOOD DAYS😎😎😎😎😎
This Song is so unusual, I just love it, and, I loved it the first time I heard it back in the day
Cracking song and at nearly 70,i still have my copy.
Have this 45 with "Metal" as B-side. Damn I miss the days of hitting real record stores for stuff like this.
I've always thought Metal have should been a single too.
@@spacepirate2185 I agree.
Same here.
@@spacepirate2185 Metal is so good, so good in fact that NIN covered it!
I had the 45 as well! I played that thing endlessly. A buddy of mine had the LP and I envied him.....a lot! That said, I do have a good vinyl copy of it today and it certainly brings back great memories.
One of my all-time favorite songs that came out when I was 17 and still never tire of hearing it.I still get super excited and energized listening to it.
I can play it over and over
He’s actually looped it really well, the synth goes crazy and he’s able to loop it back to the beginning of the crazy part at about 5:02 or 03. This is the underrated part - it’s the best part of the song.
Agree!
That outro was everything!
Second chorus synth spliced in with ending synth spliced back into the last verse of the track leading to the outro. Masterfully done.
Agreed!
This song never gets old!!
This song was and still wayyyy ahead of the times! I was 16 years old when this awesome song came out.👌🎸😎💿
I turned 12 years old in 1979 when this song came out.
Nothing screamed that the 70s were finally over and the 80s had arrived more than this track - still love it as much now as when i heard it as 7 yr old kid #80snewwavepop
Seen this before😊
The first time I heard that wobble synth intro and then the main one I thought this is the future! And little did I know Numan was 40 years ahead of his time because this still sounds modern like today’s music.
I STILL LOVES THIS AT 60 YRS OLD
Mad respect earther
This was like an early house dance track for its time.
that synthesizer sound is epic what a classic song
i had totally forgotten this tune. so glad i found it again. EXCELLENT. reminds me of when MTV was the thing.
62 years old here, love this and not least because it drove (haha!) my dad right up the wall.
Turn it bloody down! 😂
I so miss the 80’s
@@MaryStegg me too! This era sux!
I'm 65 and still love this
Possibly the greatest synth song of them all, this & The Model by Kraftwerk are the bench mark!
My Brother and I love this song when it came out im 70 he is 69 now and we still listen when we get together
Soon 70 here 😂👍👍
One Of The Awesome Anthem, Finals 70s And Beginning Of The 80s!!!!
I’m a 29yr old girl from the Bahamas 🇧🇸 and I love this song .listen to it almost daily 😊😊❤
Its like 1979 said Hi it is now 1980's!🎉
A stone cold techno jam that will resonate through the ages ...and it's got a nice beat ...that even here in 2024 I can dance too!
Ironically, I remember listening to this awesome song while in my car when I was a teenager. The song came out in 1979 I was only 9 then so this song has been banging for many, many, many, years!
Brings back memories of the 80s, the best of times!
Click here if you are here because you were a dancin' fool back in the day! Awesome job on the mix spacepirate 21!!
I was going 11 when this came out and I waited by the radio to hear this song and record to my cassette. I missed the intro and I was so pissed off. This song mesmerized me and I played it over and over. Song still sounds good today and has influenced bands from this day in age. How awesome is that.
The late 70,s was a truly great time for music. Numan, Ian Dury, Boomtown Rats and Blondie. To name just a few.
Kraftwerk,John Foxx.
I'm 54 and still my car jam 40yrs the song drive very well 👌
I was a freshman in high school when this classic came out. Still love it.
Me and my older brother arent that close but the one thing we liked doin as kids in the 70's n 80's was listening to Numan on vinyl, we've seen GN quite a few times live over the years.
This brings back memories when I was 21.I had a good time living in San Diego with all types of sunshine
I totally love this song. Gary did some great songs. A total classic.
Was my favorite at 3 years old
Still my favorite at 43 years old
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Edit: I also bought a Nissan Altima in 2000 solely based on the fact they used "Cars" in their ad 💯
Now that's what I call a fan! lol
This was my favorite when I was born my dad used to play this when we went boating and I would always have him play it over and over again but then we went poor and had to sell the boat but I listen to this song sometimes to remember those days 😊
I would always say “daddy play the boat song”
@@NoBrakesGarageTheOriginal Nice that it holds some fond memories for you :)
How was the car tho?
Still sounds modern...in my car.....
Omg this song brings me back to 4 th grade the best of times love this song… 1979 departure to welcome the awesome 80s.. ❤❤❤❤❤
The Lazer show in Sydney was truly amazing in the late 70s
John Denver...Bee Gees.... etc... are out and then BAM! Gary enters the scene. Exactly the same transition that Pearl jam had 20 years later. I. LOVE. MUSIC!
What no one mentions is the juxtaposition of the futuristic synthesizer with traditional analog percussion.
1979 - 2021 42 Years! CLASSIC!
Saw him live in Melbourne early 80,s and his music started my love of synthesizers that remains all these years on .