Agreed, this whole concert was just incredible IMO, it was largely responsible for my growing appreciation of Gary Numan. The original versions were great, but some of them had a more minimalist, restrained sound to them that was more in keeping with that burgeoning era of electronic music. These versions are more dynamic, they have more edge to them. I totally get that many people were prefer the originals, and that's fine, but me personally, these are definitive.
A timeless classic, it's hard to believe that next year Cars will be 40 years old. Ffff I'm getting old I bought it in 1979 as a single .when it was released in the UK. It still sounds good though. Glad to see Gary still plays it live.
@@markcheetah4960 nah I think it might actually have been re-recorded in the studio. Not to say that he doesn't sound amazing live (I saw him just over a week ago!), but these recordings sound a bit too polished. I don't really care either way, still love this.
Gary Newman is fucking amazing I am 52 years old from Detroit Michigan. I’ve been following him since the cars made it on the radio. He’s totally changed. The mind with his concept of synthesizers now he thanks outside the box and makes it more aggressive music with guitars. He’s so progressive and amazing he influenced, my life in such an amazing way, I love him
I'm five years away from social security but Gary Numan is about the only artist who can perform like time stood still ... Sad to say, the rest are either dead or sound like they're almost there.
The first time I met Cars in GTA: Vice City at the age of 6-7 (15-16 years ago) and now I unerstand that I do love such music am loving since I was child thank you for your art, Gary *with Russia from love :D*
Going to see Gary Numan on my birthday Tuesday in Liverpool, I know I'll just burst out crying when he sings this. Memories. Remember this from eons ago......❤
I grew up on this song. This was the first song that turned me on to synth Gary Newman has always been the greatest in this category to me and this is a kick ass version. Love you, Gary thank you.
This song always had such momentum, but when they drop the bass line by two octaves it sounds like some great leviathan lifting off the sea floor. Absolutely incredible.
It was absolutely amazing. The first few seconds of the intro and watching the crowd explode with excitement. Best thing I've seen on RUclips in a while.
The layers of sound and how it just keeps stacking and building throughout the whole song until it just epically ends! Wow what a performance!!! So good!!
Forty eight thumbs down? Unthinkable. You can all Naff Off and leave the rest of us to enjoy this magnificent performance. Thank you Gary, for many years of music but nothing is as special for me as this song. The first one I purchased on 45rpm.
such a classic l miss those good old days over 3 decades ago, l met my 1st boyfriend and best friend via Gary Numan, who remembers tik n tok loved them too 😁
What a great time in music. The B52s had just come out, the Ramones were killing, Plasmatics were selling records and this simple song "Cars" was fantastic and memorable. Glad to see he's still out and about.
J'aimais déjà danser sur ce morceau lors des sorties dans les années 80 ... Quelle chance de revoir Gary Numan ce lundi à Bruxelles et d'avoir toujours ce même sentiment entraînant lors de la performance... MERCI pour ce beau concert, ça redonne la pêche par les temps qui courent....
My mentor. Saved to buy and teach myself to play a Moog in JrHS in 79 after hearing his magical music. He is the godfather of electronic music. I see him in concert everytime he performs in SoCal. Just saw him in Pomona a few weeks ago. GN 🤙🤙🎤🎤💥💥🙏🏼🙏🏼
Gary Neuman is an amazing artist- i have listened to him since I was 12 years old Back in the day and he still is a creative genius that keeps bringing new ideas and artistry that is unmatched today- so eternally grateful
You know what's crazy I'm only 27 but my dad was always playing Gary Numan all the time and constantly when I was growing up and still till this day I'll listen and there's no doubt I'll carry on listening even when I'm in my 60s/70s 😂
I grew up with this music as I left school. It’s timeless and so 80’s UK, cutting edge. I always loved music that was different. The beginning of the synth era and I was hooked. Thanks Gary 🇦🇺👍🙏
i for one am glad you took out the audience. moreover, this live release is exponentially better than the 80s release despite it being a timeless classic - well done my friend
A must see and best live performance of Cars: NIN backing Newman as their special appearance w/ Trent on tambourine -still under my skin. Newman in an interview spoke of having Aspergers and how it contributed to his writing. So damn humble, present and still everyone’s favorite resident alien.
That NIN video makes this one just seem dull. When you have Trent Reznor sweating his ass off rocking a tambourine, you know you have something special going on.
Wow this is just pure classic awesomeness ! His voice not changed ! Thei was the 2nd song I ever bought in 1979 when I was 7! First song I ever bought with pocket money was “Are Friends Electric” by Tubeway Army .... wow Gary ! You Rock ! Xx
I was born in 1972 and, sadly, I never knew much about him until the last few years. Love discovering his music now. Amazing how great he STILL sounds.
People today, still hear this and say: "oh it's that great song from the 80s"...not gonna lie, sometime around 2002 I heard this amazing song from an Apple iTunes (punk/synth rock) list recommendation with epic music from the 80s. It opened my door to the wonders of Gary Numan. I only heard this song on the radio when it came out (I was a baby two years old) maybe heard it again once or twice during my childhood. I'm glad I caught onto it, bought many Gary's albums because of it!! ❤❤
I thought I knew these melodies from somewhere it's sang by you Gary , I've heard this song ages ago but I didn't know who the singer was. Now I know Gary. Fabulous vibey song performance. I love it. 😄😄🙆🙆🎶🎶🎶🎶🎸🎹👍👍👏👏❤
![NIN: "Cars" with Gary Numan, London 7.15.09 [HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/6qlUFKFHNIU/mqdefault.jpg)
Gary Numan is from the future .
As well as Martin Lee Gore 😅
This song was so cool in 1979 and it's still a kick ass tune in 2024.
His voice is stronger, more nuanced, perfect. So many rockers lose their range and clarity. He is fantastic.
This epic synth line still cuts glass. The goosebumps still there after 40 years, clearly one of the better synth lines ever put together.
It's as iconic as the opening bars of Beethoven's 5th symphony: repeats throughout. Same with the bassline. Two great rhythms in one.
beeep bopbop beep bop
44 years
45 and still cutting
It's the sound of the 80s making a Grand Entrance
Who ever mixed that is a genius. The bass dropped low. The synth. One of the best live versions of any song I have ever heard. Blown away 😮😮😮😮😮😮
Great review, the drummer is great too, he crushed it too here.
Agreed, this whole concert was just incredible IMO, it was largely responsible for my growing appreciation of Gary Numan. The original versions were great, but some of them had a more minimalist, restrained sound to them that was more in keeping with that burgeoning era of electronic music. These versions are more dynamic, they have more edge to them. I totally get that many people were prefer the originals, and that's fine, but me personally, these are definitive.
No kidding. Sounds fantastic.
I'm diggin' it
A timeless classic, it's hard to believe that next year Cars will be 40 years old. Ffff I'm getting old I bought it in 1979 as a single .when it was released in the UK. It still sounds good though. Glad to see Gary still plays it live.
Of course hes going to play it it's the song that made him
Well I am also a metal head but I love this stuff still have the LP and single from 79 😁
@@Ballterra I saw Gary on his (R)evolution tour. He's still one of the most underated greats I am a metslhead BUT I'm a Numanoid first
You're not wrong there m'dear......polo?
Funny thing is...I like it a lot more now than I did then. And I liked it then..
I can’t believe this guy is 66 years old and still kicking ass!👌😎👍👉❤️🦇
Ladies and Gentlemen: MR GARY NUMAN!!!! THE Pioneer of Elecronic Music!!! No words to describe his Mega Talent, his Greatness!!!
Perhaps Kraftwerk are the pioneers of electronic music.
@@carstenmarquardt9416 😂🤘🤘👌👌👍👍👍
@@carstenmarquardt9416 none of them are pioneers but amazing artists yes they are!
@@renanalves5981 - That would be Delia Derbyshire’s legacy.
Absolutely right!
Voice hasn't changed!!! Gives me chills!!
I really think it has gotten even better even more power & raw emotion Loooove it 🥰
Makes me wonder if it's REALLY live voices/music.
I think he actually sounds better now.
@@xymox61 It's obviously live. The Top of The Pops video from 1979 was mimed.
@@markcheetah4960 nah I think it might actually have been re-recorded in the studio. Not to say that he doesn't sound amazing live (I saw him just over a week ago!), but these recordings sound a bit too polished. I don't really care either way, still love this.
This live version has so much energy! Great performance.
Please see also the Gary and NiN version!!!!
This is sick!.
Gary Newman is fucking amazing I am 52 years old from Detroit Michigan. I’ve been following him since the cars made it on the radio. He’s totally changed. The mind with his concept of synthesizers now he thanks outside the box and makes it more aggressive music with guitars. He’s so progressive and amazing he influenced, my life in such an amazing way, I love him
I'm five years away from social security but Gary Numan is about the only artist who can perform like time stood still ... Sad to say, the rest are either dead or sound like they're almost there.
I can't say that I expected this to go as HARD as it does live in this current decade. Damn, this sounds amazing live.
NUMAN IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are so damn ahead of your time. What is it like watching the world trying to catch up to you?
exactly
Gary Numan doesn't age .
I'm a black dude and always loved this song, this guy have really did a great job taking care of his self. Big ups
Black lady, always loved this too
❤ music brings all together
Great performance! Gary Numan has been consistent since his beginning, certainly an irreplaceable artist.
The first time I met Cars in GTA: Vice City at the age of 6-7 (15-16 years ago) and now I unerstand that I do love such music
am loving since I was child
thank you for your art, Gary
*with Russia from love :D*
I listen Gary Numan since 80 wonderful music 🎶🎹🎤♥️🙂👍
The first time I heard Cars was when I saw the video for the first time in 1989.
Я тоже слышал эту британскую музыку из Вайс Сити. Эх, ностальгия...
You are deep. Thanks for sharing! I was 9 when I lost my mind over this song.
I love his moves and I love everything about Gary numan
That is because he is literally money.
Got to meet him and he is absolutely lovely
Going to see Gary Numan on my birthday Tuesday in Liverpool, I know I'll just burst out crying when he sings this. Memories. Remember this from eons ago......❤
Vous avez bien de la chance !!!
@@presko1262suertudo !,!,”!”
I grew up on this song. This was the first song that turned me on to synth Gary Newman has always been the greatest in this category to me and this is a kick ass version. Love you, Gary thank you.
Yeah me to i was a kid in the 80s when i first heard this song on the radio i can now play that tune on my keyboard.
Gary Numan is a unique specimen .
This song always had such momentum, but when they drop the bass line by two octaves it sounds like some great leviathan lifting off the sea floor. Absolutely incredible.
Love Gary, the song, and this performance.. but the performance of Cars with Nine Inch Nails.. is just mind-blowing.
@MSL .MSL was lucky enough to be there
The Fear Factory cover featuring him in the video is pretty decent too
It was absolutely amazing. The first few seconds of the intro and watching the crowd explode with excitement. Best thing I've seen on RUclips in a while.
100%
The layers of sound and how it just keeps stacking and building throughout the whole song until it just epically ends! Wow what a performance!!! So good!!
He has taken very good care of himself
60+, lookin damn good in his see-thru shirt & putting on a great show... 💛💯
Years, decades, later--Gary Numan keeps kicking fucking ass.
I remember... Thankyou... I'm 63 now and still love this song ... your Amazing... Mr. GARY Numan.🌷
Forty eight thumbs down? Unthinkable. You can all Naff Off and leave the rest of us to enjoy this magnificent performance. Thank you Gary, for many years of music but nothing is as special for me as this song. The first one I purchased on 45rpm.
Great version, not what I was expecting. A cool updated take melding 80's synth with 90's and 2000's metal.
I’ve always thought it would be amazing to have him and Zakk Wydle get together for a live version of this!🤘🏻
43 years old song and still could be a song from today...fantastic artist, and fantastic music that never get old.
I remember back in 1979 when I was in middle school we had a jukebox in our lunchroom and I always praised anyone who played this song besides me! :p
Gary just rocks live ... I've seen him twice and nothing but the best from him... he lives to perform
the love for the world, is our love.
Does this guy ever age ? His voice is still awesome 👍👍👍👍
The whole song is an exclamation mark! So intense and close it almost hurts. Brilliant is not enough. It is simply the Song.
Always the best!
Yeah
Sounds so much more powerful and rich played live! This could stand up to any track being released here in 2022!
This has got to be the SICKEST LIVE VERSION OF THIS SONG....EVER! The acoustics are just awesome
Go look up the one he did with Nine Inch Nails. Slightly different, equal in awesome.
such a classic l miss those good old days over 3 decades ago, l met my 1st boyfriend and best friend via Gary Numan, who remembers tik n tok loved them too 😁
What a great time in music. The B52s had just come out, the Ramones were killing, Plasmatics were selling records and this simple song "Cars" was fantastic and memorable. Glad to see he's still out and about.
Ur so right. 1979 was Gold. Ty
Man he is great, bought this record when it came out 1980ish... the drummer is freaking amazing
I love Gary Numan because he doesn't suckup to the fans .
Hearing this revamped version last night was a dream. The synth & bass were my heartbeat, my lifeline, if only for a short while. Pure magic.
'Here in my car...I feel safest of all' hahaha....this was written before road rage. This song is on my playlist.
J'aimais déjà danser sur ce morceau lors des sorties dans les années 80 ... Quelle chance de revoir Gary Numan ce lundi à Bruxelles et d'avoir toujours ce même sentiment entraînant lors de la performance... MERCI pour ce beau concert, ça redonne la pêche par les temps qui courent....
You know, I think he sounds even better now! That’s magic 😗🥰❤
My mentor.
Saved to buy and teach myself to play a Moog in JrHS in 79 after hearing his magical music.
He is the godfather of electronic music.
I see him in concert everytime he performs in SoCal. Just saw him in Pomona a few weeks ago.
GN 🤙🤙🎤🎤💥💥🙏🏼🙏🏼
Absolutely iconic sound!!
Gary Neuman is an amazing artist- i have listened to him since I was 12 years old
Back in the day and he still is a creative genius that keeps bringing new ideas and artistry that is unmatched today- so eternally grateful
What an awesome song!! Damn!! And he's aged well.
Love Gary Numan . Love the unique wardrobe . Love the ass kicking band .
The first new wave song I ever listened to back in 1979.
Wow, this song sounds so powerful live!
This song was ahead of its time.. said many times, said nuf
A Gary Numan classic
I love this song
I got to know this song in 2020 playing GTA Vice City and immediately loved it
2022 I listened to it on Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy game and immediately fell in love.
Strangely beautiful song.
Absolute Genius still gives me Goosebumps 40 years on. ❤❤❤❤
Still sounds fresh! Still remember every word. Brought this 7" single 💖🥰
Love the version. I'm glad he is still kicking it. Love the energy he emits to his audience. ❤❤
This makes me so happy! ❤️
You know what's crazy I'm only 27 but my dad was always playing Gary Numan all the time and constantly when I was growing up and still till this day I'll listen and there's no doubt I'll carry on listening even when I'm in my 60s/70s 😂
I grew up with this music as I left school. It’s timeless and so 80’s UK, cutting edge. I always loved music that was different. The beginning of the synth era and I was hooked. Thanks Gary 🇦🇺👍🙏
i for one am glad you took out the audience. moreover, this live release is exponentially better than the 80s release despite it being a timeless classic - well done my friend
This kicks ass! Hello from Tyler Texas!
40 years old today. Happy birthday, Cars!
God there so into it !!!!
Dude is a musical genius, one of the best
Love everything about Gary Numan still....was my favourite band in the 80s. He is still fab!!!
Wow...even more transporting than ever. Gary Numan is a performance artist, my gosh, the passion he exudes.
My mother used to play this for me like 40 years ago. I was 9 and would lose my damn mind. What a legend Gary Numan is.
Cool mum 😋
Sounds amazing!! Absolutely magical ❤️🇬🇧🎼🎹🚗🇬🇧❤️
A must see and best live performance of Cars: NIN backing Newman as their special appearance w/ Trent on tambourine -still under my skin. Newman in an interview spoke of having Aspergers and how it contributed to his writing. So damn humble, present and still everyone’s favorite resident alien.
That NIN video makes this one just seem dull. When you have Trent Reznor sweating his ass off rocking a tambourine, you know you have something special going on.
Wow this is just pure classic awesomeness ! His voice not changed ! Thei was the 2nd song I ever bought in 1979 when I was 7! First song I ever bought with pocket money was “Are Friends Electric” by Tubeway Army .... wow Gary ! You Rock ! Xx
I was born in 1972 and, sadly, I never knew much about him until the last few years. Love discovering his music now. Amazing how great he STILL sounds.
@@GASHUBOY I was born same year ! Xx
He’s sixty!, ha no way. Very cool live production of this song.
People today, still hear this and say: "oh it's that great song from the 80s"...not gonna lie, sometime around 2002 I heard this amazing song from an Apple iTunes (punk/synth rock) list recommendation with epic music from the 80s. It opened my door to the wonders of Gary Numan. I only heard this song on the radio when it came out (I was a baby two years old) maybe heard it again once or twice during my childhood. I'm glad I caught onto it, bought many Gary's albums because of it!! ❤❤
OMG....He still kicks ass....AWESOME
40 years later and still get chills wow
Drummer is just on Fire Killin it
Voice is deeper and has more texture. Amazing!
This is still one of the greatest from the 80s, and his music is still stand the time !!
Still EPIC after more than 40 years...
Best numan song ever.kim ❤
Damn, this performance sounds even better than the original track. The timeless, Gary Numan.
Wowww this is just wowww
Always the best!
Absolute Genius still gives me Goosebumps 40 years on. ❤❤❤❤
Pure pleasure!
Did you get the tingles, nice. I remember too :-) KEEP IT TECHNO
Big fan from the early days. Never saw you live, I seriously need to change that!
Since it's release, this song still takes me to destinations unknown til this day!
Can’t wait to see this song live this Saturday 🖤🥁🎤🎼
Ahhh, traveling in the way back machine. Thankyou for this timeless classic!
He still look so young. I'm 55yrs old now and heard this song growing up. This song is a classic. God bless you Gary Newman. ❤
I absolutely love this track.reminds me of my youth..i had such a crush on gary,he still looks good and voice.. wow.. just as good 😙
I thought I knew these melodies from somewhere it's sang by you Gary , I've heard this song ages ago but I didn't know who the singer was. Now I know Gary. Fabulous vibey song performance. I love it. 😄😄🙆🙆🎶🎶🎶🎶🎸🎹👍👍👏👏❤
So impressive, been in love for so many years!
I love the synth wave
Those synths are so utterly scintillating.
Simply the best! My favorite!