3:10 A very underrated Gary Numan song,a sad but so truly felt lyrics .I always loved this tune which should have been a massive No1. The 1980s was a great decade for music ,the kids of today have missed a lot.
@@joytaylor6784 At that time, every LP by Gary Numan was regularly slated in the German magazine "Musik Express". Funny enough, years later the LP "The Pleasure Principle" made it to number 1 in an article in the same newspaper about the most influential electric pop LPs.
IMHO This ain't sad. It is just a relaxed and relaxing quote from worlds most recognised autistic artist. L♾️💚E all in this and his whole output, with very few exceptions. 💚⚠️❤⚠️💚
Gary Numan was my savior growing up. This is still one of my go to songs for when I'm feeling down. It's weird but the sadness in this song can take my sadness away. Numan is a genius, an original unlike anyone else then or now. ❤
Sorry to be off topic but does any of you know a way to log back into an Instagram account? I was dumb lost my login password. I would love any tricks you can give me.
The first time I ever heard this song it made me cry, and it still can.He spoke to the alienation all of us have felt at one point or another, but particularly the horror that is being a teenager....
Isn't it ironic that the very same tabloid and pop press that derided gary when he first started out are the same ones lauding his longevity and prowess today,he's an innovator ahead of the curve and enjoying more popularity than ever.the bowie of synth music.
Thank you Gary Numan. As a very young man, worried about leaving childhood and having to become an adult, your music was one of the very very few works of art that made me feel connected and that somehow, there will be a place in the world for me.
what a pioneer this musical magician is. this genius produces music for the decades. no scandals no manufactured crap from some bum. this man is a credit to his trade and has given to the masses quality sounding music for years . we the numanoids salute you Gary. thank God for Gary numan
They won't come back You know it's always the same And they're sure to forget Saying everyone lies … So I'm down to this I'm down to walking on air And you're here by my side With all your waving and smiles … Please keep them away Don't let them touch me Please don't let them lie Don't let them see me EPIC AND UNIQUE
This beautiful song 🎶 always makes me cry.. I love Gary Numan so much, been a fan since 1979, please keep them away” hauntingly beautiful📀📀😢 with luv from Toronto , Canada 🇨🇦 stay safe everyone!! LA 2021
Bought 'Replicas' vinyl LP back in the day. (Haven't own a turntable for many years). Recently bought the CD. I had honestly forgotten how good it is. It is a masterpiece.
That's one of things I really loved about Numan, he was never afraid of being seen as vulnerable - it seemed a rarity back then for a rocker to wear his heart on his sleeve, until Morrissey came along and made it de rigueur, that is.
Man alive, how good was/is this song? Evokes amazing memories of my youth. As does so much of his music, along with the likes of Japan, the original Human League etc.
*@Official Gary Numan* When this song was released in 1979, I was an 8-year-old boy who, thanks to everyone from Marvin Gaye, to the Supremes, and George McCrae, through to the Bee Gees, I was a boogie child of that Funk, Motown, & Disco Age. (I still am) In 1979 Funk & Disco were quickly being eclipsed by New Wave & Synthpop, though Point is my knowledge of New Wave & of all-electronic Synthpop is "a smattering of everything & a knowledge of nothing." So I don't know who should get credit for originating all-electronic Synthpop, where even the percussion is also all-electronic, too. The earliest I knew of were Jean-Michel Jarre _(Oxygene Part IV)_ & Vangelis. _(Albedo 0.39, Blade Runner_ soundtrack) Their music is all-electronic alright, but it's purely instrumental. Since there's no lyrics or vocals of any kind, it doesn't qualify as Synthpop, nor as New Wave in that sense, in my opinion You may never read this, but whatever the case, Sir, you are grossly underrated for pioneering all-electronic Synthpop, of the variety having *lyrics.* There's everyone from Boggles, to the Cars, Blondie, the Fixx, & so on. And the only other person performing such a masterful job of harmonizing traditional orchestral instruments (violin, viola, cello) with electronic instruments if Jeff Lynn & E.L.O. Upon discovery of your official TH-cam channel tonight, this may be my only chance of ever getting a message of appreciation through to you, Gary. I can't thank you enough for your unrecognized & underappreciated influence upon all-electronic music. I'm a very conventional musician, in the Motown, Funk, & Disco field. At present I employ very little of electronic instruments in my music. Nonetheless, the impact & influence that _Cars_ & that _Complex_ have on me cannot be overstated. Your music has widened my rhythmic vocabulary; enriching it & my creative originality What a masterpiece of harmonizing traditional orchestral instruments with synthesizers & with electronic percussion _Complex_ is! ! It is just as futuristic in 2020 as it was 41 years ago in 1979. Strangely enough there's nothing nearly as futuristic as your music playing on the radio, even now... Thank You so much, Gary. Best of Success to you! !
@@gerardmurphy6263 Youre right! If anything David Bowie provided a role model for Gary to aspire to. Bowie's _Fame_ is the earliest example of digital sampling & "bending" (bending the pitch of real audio ELECTRONICALLY) that I know of. Ill have to research it to be sure, but I believe thats the historic first of that technological advance It may interest you to know that German-born & lifetime NYC resident Gershon Kingsley was one of the very first people to ever buy a Moog synthesizer, when the very first of those electronic music instruments were ever sold. He is credited with establishing both the Electronic Music catagory, & the Synth-pop style... The grandfather of all-electronic commercial songs (with the exception of his adding acoustic drums) is his 1969 hit _Popcorn._ For the decades that Ive been fascinated by his _Music to Moog By_ album, I never knew! 😳😳
Omg i adore gary numan ,next to are friends electric ,this is my fav song ,great to see orginal line up , RIP Cedric , and Paul died way to young, i saw Gary in concert in the 80s @ hammersmith it was the best time of my life, my only regret was he did i signin @,oxford street a little later but i was scared to meet my idol , i did the same thing with johnny depp i suck
I was 7 years old when this album was released. By the time I was 10 I would have really been into this had I not been born into a backwards podunk town. Thank you Gary for keeping on all these years.
Thank you, Gary. It's nice to see this video. I've loved this track since the old days. One of my favorites in your massive body of work. It touches me to the core.
Beautiful, Gary. You can evoke feelings I didn't even know I had, stirring things in parts of me that I turned off years ago to stop the noise of everyone's attention, this place that sways in rapt ecstasy with your music. Thank you so much for being you, and expressing your creativity/life!
I remember Gary numan in 1979 with cars great tune but when I first head this song back in 2003 from a album that I bought this was the first time I heard this tune I had no idea that this was Gary nuwman's last hit of the 1970's very emotional a great way to end 1979
I agree and it's like any song. The only way is to keep playing it again until you get fed up and have let the energy go out of your system as with all things. I think I saw an interview with Gary where he said he didn't care for this stuff as he had evolved but I prefer all this early sound. A matter of opinion of course.
@@MrDianadoll Absolutely. I loved 'Are 'friends' electric? ' as a teenager, but it is his recent music that has sparked my creativity and interest. I am slowly working back through his catalogue and just loving all of it.
@@SuperDonnaMO Yes, thanks for the comment. I love all kinds of music and used to focus on the charts as you had a bit of everything but it was my sister that made me love Gary Numan as from the start she was hooked and as a kid I would always hear his albums and stuff. I'm from a very musical household. There's not much I don't like when it comes to music but it's an age thing to as I don't care for a lot of todays stuff but we like what we like. All the best!.
They won't come back You know it's always the same And they're sure to forget Saying "everyone lies" So I'm down to this I'm down to walking on air And you're here by my side With all your waving and smiles Please keep them away Don't let them touch me Please don't let them lie Don't let them see me
@@frauleinmona Haha! TH-cam has stitched me up here. I was actually watching a Numan tribute band covering this song and commenting on that. I must have pressed 'send' on the message as TH-cam then went straight into the original version, my reply then appearing on the wrong video. 😂 I only noticed that this can happen the other night as a comment of mine again ended up on the video following the one I was actually commenting on. Anyway, thanks for highlighting this for me. I've been a Numan fan from '79 but my comment on this makes me look a bit clueless. 😊
@ That’s funny! Yeah, I was like, “Doesn’t this guy know *anything* about Gary Numan?”😂. What you just did, that happened to me before too. LOL. I have no idea how I got my comments confused with one another but it happened! I’ve been a fan since ‘79 too, I guess. Even though I was only 10 years old.😅 I remember first seeing Gary Numan on SNL performing “Cars” and “Praying To The Aliens”. And I instantly was in love! It only took me almost 20 years to finally go see him live!🤦🏻♀️😄
@@frauleinmona I was only 17 when I saw Tubeway Army on Top of the Pops doing Are 'Friends' Electric? My life changed in an instant. I was lucky enough to then see him play live in the Touring Principle Tour, September '79 in Liverpool. I saw him on the Teletour '80 and at Wembley Arena '81. They were amazing times. I'm glad you got to see him eventually too. I met him in 1980 when he signed my 12" copy of Down in the Park. I've still got it. Anyway, I'll have to be more vigilant when posting comments now, so they appear on the correct video. 🙃 The video I was actually watching was a tribute band called Tubeway Days. They cover the first three albums mostly and are amazing. I went to see them in Liverpool earlier this year and it was a stunning show both in sound and visuals. All the best to you.
This song is an evergreen classic. It is such a deep song, and was way ahead of its time back then, and still sounds so current today. A masterpiece 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Gary Numan is Music and Science when you listen to his music you end up thinking about Astronomy, Geology, Zoology, Botany and all the Circilium of Science
Haha No we def have not caught up yet , but like Pink Floyd . I think they were both musicians / artists that were gifted these vibrations from other entities / dimensions 💜💜💜
Gary Numan burst onto the music scene back in 1979 with his breakthrough single Are Friends Electric? However The importance and significance of Gary Numan is only just being fully appreciated by the music industry ...
For some reason this video reminds me of the movie Beyond The Black Rainbow. Just like that movie the video is very trippy and icy as the same time. Great tune and very haunting.
If I remember correctly Chris Payne or Russell Bell said they had only intended to use the violin in the demo of Complex, but they couldn't the right synth sound to replace it for the completed track so they stuck with the violin. It suits it.
Memories of working as a reference librarian...wandering through the mall on weekends, then back to the library basement...listening to Gary's greatest hits in my car as I bounced between home and work and the mall and back again. This song, in particular, is so redolent of the summer of 1998 that I can almost smell the books (and the interior of my Toyota after eight hours in the baking sun).
Opening Lyrics: THEY won't come back YOU KNOW it's always the same and they're sure to "forget" [sic] Saying everyone lies So I'm down to this I'm down to walking on air, and You're here by my side With alll your waving and smiles...
I get a magnificent soaring feeling from this song… and the entire album broke barriers!! I’ll never forget the first time Gary Numan played live in SF… even the stage setting was unique!! Gary Numan and DEVO were the forefront of electronically driven New Wave… the last really timeless genre of enjoyable music!! Folk, Pop, Soul, Rock, Funk, Punk, Rap, Ska, Metal, Grunge, Techno, and Hip Hop, couldn’t last without evolving… And now, this original format of New Wave is finding lots of new young protégés… they’re just 100% Digital!!! (IMO… The best thing about New Wave is it completely erased and buried Disco!!!)
I had just got into O Grade, when this single came out. By that time I was already a great fan of Gary, after Down in the Park, Cars, Are friends electric etc...That time the Music scene was so vibrant and varied. I used to listen from New wave, Post punk to Synth Pop/Rock...Music really shaped me as a person and made me ready to face World, after I passed out of A Grade. Thank you Gary for being there with your incredible Music during the crucial part of my youth..🙏👍😊
Before TubeWay Army there was nothing. In fairness there ain't been much since that can or will ever compare. These songs you played over in your head as you drifted through the smog filled cities of the early 80s. There were no MP3s or such like. You made time for music you gave it time and with that came an appreciation of it. Today's disposable music fits this time and place. I'd personally go back to those smoggy streets haunted by the music in my head.
For a long time (maybe still) this was the chart single with the longest ever musical lead-in before the vocals start (1 minute 28 seconds - nearly half way through the song). I think this was Gary's 3rd (?) chart single, and a brave slower, melancholy choice after his previous Are 'Friends' Electric? and Cars, given that there are arguably more obvious candidates for singles on The Pleasure Principle. A beautiful song.
This is truly what you could call 'art music with art'. The lyrics to this is so typical Sparks, the humorous twisted sentences, the rhythm, and of course, the trademark No. 1, Russell's voice. "Contrapuntal music is the music that your parents fear" 😂😂, I believe that! History will always repeat itself, parents thinking their offsprings are out of their minds. This slightly odd (to others than fans) piece of music is certainly one of my 100 favorite list 💖 (No specific order, impossible to choose!) Great video to go with it!
My older brother had the 7" of this with a live version of bombers on the B side. Used to play it to death on the record player when he had gone to work aged 10. Opened the door to 80s synth music for me. This track is utter genius
3:10 A very underrated Gary Numan song,a sad but so truly felt lyrics .I always loved this tune which should have been a massive No1. The 1980s was a great decade for music ,the kids of today have missed a lot.
the kids of today are listening
If you have all his albums,listen to the way he changed things from 79,through to now.
@@grahampick4959 we are glass,I die you die,them 2 were a great song,telekon now that was an album.
Some of us are still exploring yesteryear✊
@@mmarr17 Exactly
I have always loved this song. It has a deep, fragile melancholy that you rarely find. Although it's actually sad, the song makes me feel good.
I agree,I was only 5 years old when Complex was in the charts
Same here 🥰🤗
@@joytaylor6784 At that time, every LP by Gary Numan was regularly slated in the German magazine "Musik Express". Funny enough, years later the LP "The Pleasure Principle" made it to number 1 in an article in the same newspaper about the most influential electric pop LPs.
I agree. He was good and ahead of his time in music.
IMHO This ain't sad. It is just a relaxed and relaxing quote from worlds most recognised autistic artist. L♾️💚E all in this and his whole output, with very few exceptions. 💚⚠️❤⚠️💚
First rock LP I purchased was pleasure principal..79 ish..Gary's music is timeless, and me.😎
My Dear departed mum loved this song especially at Christmas. Always makes me miss her soo much. Merry Christmas to one and all😭😇
Your mother had impeccable taste
Thumbs up to your late Mum..👍..she had a good taste in music.
Gary Numan was my savior growing up. This is still one of my go to songs for when I'm feeling down. It's weird but the sadness in this song can take my sadness away. Numan is a genius, an original unlike anyone else then or now. ❤
Replicas, The Pleasure Principle and Telekon were the soundtracks to my teen years. So beautiful, these tracks never fail to move me.
Sorry to be off topic but does any of you know a way to log back into an Instagram account?
I was dumb lost my login password. I would love any tricks you can give me.
I just bought Replicas and Pleasure Principle on vinyl. I just need Telekon. They are my soundtrack as well. And still is
Me too. An amazing trilogy that always take me back... wow... over 40 years now!
Me too! Seems like just yesterday . . .
Just discovered him. Always new the song cars. Played on the radio all the time. Never knew he had so many deep songs
The first time I ever heard this song it made me cry, and it still can.He spoke to the alienation all of us have felt at one point or another, but particularly the horror that is being a teenager....
Alienation, I mean that's it, that's the main thing.....we had very little to connect to....
I'm 58 and still feel that lost like at 15 😢
@@paulread719 only just behind you.....
Isn't it ironic that the very same tabloid and pop press that derided gary when he first started out are the same ones lauding his longevity and prowess today,he's an innovator ahead of the curve and enjoying more popularity than ever.the bowie of synth music.
Always the same, they're oh so very clever once they've been proven wrong!
Still my favourite Gary Numan song after all these years.
No words even after 42 years so so good , that moog a 🥂
I still remember, aged 5, watching the pink Beggars Banquet single going around and around.
Thank you Gary Numan. As a very young man, worried about leaving childhood and having to become an adult, your music was one of the very very few works of art that made me feel connected and that somehow, there will be a place in the world for me.
Me too...
I know how you feel. 20 years old right now and going through the same thing
Wow, these words exactly, there was nothing else for us, just these lyrics, that somehow made me feel lie I belong somewhere.....
Actually I felt this way too at the time. He gave me an identity!
Right on Tony. This demonstrates to me that things we do have positive impact on others even if we never see the results.
The orchestra blends so well with the synths, so moving and beautiful
what a pioneer this musical magician is. this genius produces music for the decades. no scandals no manufactured crap from some bum. this man is a credit to his trade and has given to the masses quality sounding music for years . we the numanoids salute you Gary. thank God for Gary numan
Very well said, I agree 100%
I salute you, SIr...@@philgib7
He did crash his plane as a publicity stunt ✈👀
This video had to cost A LOT. It's amazing
@@davedoogan6650 Fact is though, he never actually crashed his plane. He wasn't flying it.
They won't come back
You know it's always the same
And they're sure to forget
Saying everyone lies
… So I'm down to this
I'm down to walking on air
And you're here by my side
With all your waving and smiles
… Please keep them away
Don't let them touch me
Please don't let them lie
Don't let them see me
EPIC AND UNIQUE
The best song I have ever heard , takes me to a different place every time
just brilliant😀
Always sounds fresh every time I hear this track. Just perfect.
Saw him live in Nottingham a few years back. My daughter paid for the tickets and took me. Told her I could die happy lol
This beautiful song 🎶 always makes me cry.. I love Gary Numan so much, been a fan since 1979, please keep them away” hauntingly beautiful📀📀😢 with luv from Toronto , Canada 🇨🇦 stay safe everyone!! LA 2021
Me too saw him at Brighton 1979 amazing musician love him
"Please, keep them away; dont let them touch me." Love that lyric.
Thanks Gary Numan for this old video 👍🎹🎶🎤🎻🎸🙂♥️
Bought 'Replicas' vinyl LP back in the day. (Haven't own a turntable for many years). Recently bought the CD. I had honestly forgotten how good it is. It is a masterpiece.
Your Song #Complex is Still as good as it was back in the Early #80s Thank You #GaryNuman
I still play this on the 12inch I bought in 1979
That's one of things I really loved about Numan, he was never afraid of being seen as vulnerable - it seemed a rarity back then for a rocker to wear his heart on his sleeve, until Morrissey came along and made it de rigueur, that is.
Morrissey is just a subspecies
I do wish there was an extended version of this beautiful track.
Agreed - ends far too soon. Lovely chord progressions.
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Same here ... such an outstanding track, much too short 😞
Man alive, how good was/is this song? Evokes amazing memories of my youth. As does so much of his music, along with the likes of Japan, the original Human League etc.
There's only one Gary Numan there will never be another Gary Numan
*@Official Gary Numan* When this song was released in 1979, I was an 8-year-old boy who, thanks to everyone from Marvin Gaye, to the Supremes, and George McCrae, through to the Bee Gees, I was a boogie child of that Funk, Motown, & Disco Age. (I still am) In 1979 Funk & Disco were quickly being eclipsed by New Wave & Synthpop, though
Point is my knowledge of New Wave & of all-electronic Synthpop is "a smattering of everything & a knowledge of nothing." So I don't know who should get credit for originating all-electronic Synthpop, where even the percussion is also all-electronic, too. The earliest I knew of were Jean-Michel Jarre _(Oxygene Part IV)_ & Vangelis. _(Albedo 0.39, Blade Runner_ soundtrack) Their music is all-electronic alright, but it's purely instrumental. Since there's no lyrics or vocals of any kind, it doesn't qualify as Synthpop, nor as New Wave in that sense, in my opinion
You may never read this, but whatever the case, Sir, you are grossly underrated for pioneering all-electronic Synthpop, of the variety having *lyrics.* There's everyone from Boggles, to the Cars, Blondie, the Fixx, & so on. And the only other person performing such a masterful job of harmonizing traditional orchestral instruments (violin, viola, cello) with electronic instruments if Jeff Lynn & E.L.O.
Upon discovery of your official TH-cam channel tonight, this may be my only chance of ever getting a message of appreciation through to you, Gary. I can't thank you enough for your unrecognized & underappreciated influence upon all-electronic music. I'm a very conventional musician, in the Motown, Funk, & Disco field. At present I employ very little of electronic instruments in my music. Nonetheless, the impact & influence that _Cars_ & that _Complex_ have on me cannot be overstated. Your music has widened my rhythmic vocabulary; enriching it & my creative originality
What a masterpiece of harmonizing traditional orchestral instruments with synthesizers & with electronic percussion _Complex_ is! ! It is just as futuristic in 2020 as it was 41 years ago in 1979. Strangely enough there's nothing nearly as futuristic as your music playing on the radio, even now... Thank You so much, Gary. Best of Success to you! !
I agree but the boy was still doing Bowie done years ago . he carried on the album Low .
@@gerardmurphy6263 Youre right! If anything David Bowie provided a role model for Gary to aspire to. Bowie's _Fame_ is the earliest example of digital sampling & "bending" (bending the pitch of real audio ELECTRONICALLY) that I know of. Ill have to research it to be sure, but I believe thats the historic first of that technological advance
It may interest you to know that German-born & lifetime NYC resident Gershon Kingsley was one of the very first people to ever buy a Moog synthesizer, when the very first of those electronic music instruments were ever sold. He is credited with establishing both the Electronic Music catagory, & the Synth-pop style... The grandfather of all-electronic commercial songs (with the exception of his adding acoustic drums) is his 1969 hit _Popcorn._ For the decades that Ive been fascinated by his _Music to Moog By_ album, I never knew! 😳😳
Love that
@Pete Jones 👍👍 Lucky you, too! Long live 70s attitude & culture. Unquestionably the best decade of my life
I was born in 78 but I love this and the majority of the 80s music.
Omg i adore gary numan ,next to are friends electric ,this is my fav song ,great to see orginal line up , RIP Cedric , and Paul died way to young, i saw Gary in concert in the 80s @ hammersmith it was the best time of my life, my only regret was he did i signin @,oxford street a little later but i was scared to meet my idol , i did the same thing with johnny depp i suck
I was 7 years old when this album was released. By the time I was 10 I would have really been into this had I not been born into a backwards podunk town. Thank you Gary for keeping on all these years.
A sense of beauty or serenity in the face of sadness, anthem for the melancholy.
Thank you, Gary. It's nice to see this video. I've loved this track since the old days. One of my favorites in your massive body of work. It touches me to the core.
This Song and Gary are still way ahead of they're Time!
Their. Not they're you doofus!
Beautiful, Gary. You can evoke feelings I didn't even know I had, stirring things in parts of me that I turned off years ago to stop the noise of everyone's attention, this place that sways in rapt ecstasy with your music.
Thank you so much for being you, and expressing your creativity/life!
I remember Gary numan in 1979 with cars great tune but when I first head this song back in 2003 from a album that I bought this was the first time I heard this tune I had no idea that this was Gary nuwman's last hit of the 1970's very emotional a great way to end 1979
Saw Gary at the Orpheus in Minneapolis, think it was January of ‘80. Nash the Slash opened up the show.....great and memorable
This is one beautiful haunting track.
Nobody LAID A FINGER on Numan...This guy was LIGHT YEARS AHEAD of his time 40 Years Ago, and UNEQUALLED to This Day!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
"UNEQUALLED to This Day"? Really? Really?!
The problem with this song is that it is too short.
I feel like every song from Pleasure Principle could be twice as long. But that's probably because I love every single one of them so much!
I agree and it's like any song. The only way is to keep playing it again until you get fed up and have let the energy go out of your system as with all things. I think I saw an interview with Gary where he said he didn't care for this stuff as he had evolved but I prefer all this early sound. A matter of opinion of course.
@@MrDianadoll Absolutely. I loved 'Are 'friends' electric? ' as a teenager, but it is his recent music that has sparked my creativity and interest. I am slowly working back through his catalogue and just loving all of it.
@@dannydyi Yep, exactly what I meant :)
@@SuperDonnaMO Yes, thanks for the comment. I love all kinds of music and used to focus on the charts as you had a bit of everything but it was my sister that made me love Gary Numan as from the start she was hooked and as a kid I would always hear his albums and stuff. I'm from a very musical household. There's not much I don't like when it comes to music but it's an age thing to as I don't care for a lot of todays stuff but we like what we like. All the best!.
They won't come back
You know it's always the same
And they're sure to forget
Saying "everyone lies"
So I'm down to this
I'm down to walking on air
And you're here by my side
With all your waving and smiles
Please keep them away
Don't let them touch me
Please don't let them lie
Don't let them see me
Masterpiece
Nice one Gary, love the older stuff and the brand new.
I can relate to the lyrics and music throughout my entire personal life starting at the age of 3 years old (1959).
Loved this song by Gary numan and his others and are friends electric by him and tubeway army absolutely awesome ❤❤❤❤❤❤love Karen xxxx
I do love this song.
I don't normally enjoy reworkings of such classics, but this is actually sensational. Well done.
Reworkings? Gary Numan wrote this song himself. This isn’t a reworking of a classic. LOL
@@frauleinmona
Haha!
TH-cam has stitched me up here. I was actually watching a Numan tribute band covering this song and commenting on that. I must have pressed 'send' on the message as TH-cam then went straight into the original version, my reply then appearing on the wrong video. 😂
I only noticed that this can happen the other night as a comment of mine again ended up on the video following the one I was actually commenting on. Anyway, thanks for highlighting this for me. I've been a Numan fan from '79 but my comment on this makes me look a bit clueless. 😊
@ That’s funny! Yeah, I was like, “Doesn’t this guy know *anything* about Gary Numan?”😂. What you just did, that happened to me before too. LOL. I have no idea how I got my comments confused with one another but it happened! I’ve been a fan since ‘79 too, I guess. Even though I was only 10 years old.😅 I remember first seeing Gary Numan on SNL performing “Cars” and “Praying To The Aliens”. And I instantly was in love! It only took me almost 20 years to finally go see him live!🤦🏻♀️😄
@@frauleinmona
I was only 17 when I saw Tubeway Army on Top of the Pops doing Are 'Friends' Electric? My life changed in an instant. I was lucky enough to then see him play live in the Touring Principle Tour, September '79 in Liverpool. I saw him on the Teletour '80 and at Wembley Arena '81. They were amazing times. I'm glad you got to see him eventually too.
I met him in 1980 when he signed my 12" copy of Down in the Park. I've still got it.
Anyway, I'll have to be more vigilant when posting comments now, so they appear on the correct video. 🙃 The video I was actually watching was a tribute band called Tubeway Days. They cover the first three albums mostly and are amazing. I went to see them in Liverpool earlier this year and it was a stunning show both in sound and visuals.
All the best to you.
Love this one
Brilliant. Mr Numan’s sphere of influence is genius indeed.
This song is an evergreen classic. It is such a deep song, and was way ahead of its time back then, and still sounds so current today.
A masterpiece
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Class tune and a brilliant masterpiece by Gary Numan
Gary Numan is Music and Science when you listen to his music you end up thinking about Astronomy, Geology, Zoology, Botany and all the Circilium of Science
Beautiful, just beautiful.
Simply brilliant.
Complex, it's very true.
So far ahead of it't time. Still. I'm not sure that we've caught up yet
Haha No we def have not caught up yet , but like Pink Floyd . I think they were both musicians / artists that were gifted these vibrations from other entities / dimensions 💜💜💜
Gary Numan burst onto the music scene back in 1979 with his breakthrough single Are Friends Electric? However The importance and significance of Gary Numan is only just being fully appreciated by the music industry ...
I think we have caught up, but we're in the bad timeline
@@veganvocalist4782 PINK FLOYD THE WALL .....OMG
@@veganvocalist4782 numan pinky and fucking perky had more talent than this turd i think the word is gullible
Brilliant synth music , quite stunning
Complex is one of my favourites thinking bout using this for my final departure from this world 🌍 it somes up life to a treat 🤔jx
For some reason this video reminds me of the movie Beyond The Black Rainbow. Just like that movie the video is very trippy and icy as the same time. Great tune and very haunting.
If I remember correctly Chris Payne or Russell Bell said they had only intended to use the violin in the demo of Complex, but they couldn't the right synth sound to replace it for the completed track so they stuck with the violin. It suits it.
Love you Gary bless you so much
Memories of working as a reference librarian...wandering through the mall on weekends, then back to the library basement...listening to Gary's greatest hits in my car as I bounced between home and work and the mall and back again. This song, in particular, is so redolent of the summer of 1998 that I can almost smell the books (and the interior of my Toyota after eight hours in the baking sun).
Please keep THEM away
Don't let THEM touch me
Please don't let THEM lie
Don't let THEM see me
Please don't let THEM know
Don't let THEM hear me
Opening Lyrics:
THEY won't come back
YOU KNOW it's always the same
and they're sure to "forget" [sic]
Saying everyone lies
So I'm down to this
I'm down to walking on air, and
You're here by my side
With alll your waving and smiles...
He has mild autism. So do I. It really comes out in the lyrics
I get a magnificent soaring feeling from this song… and the entire album broke barriers!! I’ll never forget the first time Gary Numan played live in SF… even the stage setting was unique!! Gary Numan and DEVO were the forefront of electronically driven New Wave… the last really timeless genre of enjoyable music!! Folk, Pop, Soul, Rock, Funk, Punk, Rap, Ska, Metal, Grunge, Techno, and Hip Hop, couldn’t last without evolving… And now, this original format of New Wave is finding lots of new young protégés… they’re just 100% Digital!!! (IMO… The best thing about New Wave is it completely erased and buried Disco!!!)
I had just got into O Grade, when this single came out. By that time I was already a great fan of Gary, after Down in the Park, Cars, Are friends electric etc...That time the Music scene was so vibrant and varied. I used to listen from New wave, Post punk to Synth Pop/Rock...Music really shaped me as a person and made me ready to face World, after I passed out of A Grade. Thank you Gary for being there with your incredible Music during the crucial part of my youth..🙏👍😊
Beautiful song ❤❤❤
I love you in this Gary! ...How often I feel exactly the same as this...Such a cool song.
Before TubeWay Army there was nothing. In fairness there ain't been much since that can or will ever compare. These songs you played over in your head as you drifted through the smog filled cities of the early 80s. There were no MP3s or such like. You made time for music you gave it time and with that came an appreciation of it. Today's disposable music fits this time and place. I'd personally go back to those smoggy streets haunted by the music in my head.
This^
Before Numan there were Bowie, Eno, Roxy Music, Beatles, etc
@@BlueSoulJim and your point is ?? The fukin Beatles were a pop boyband FFS 🙄 Roxy music were shite and aside from one maybe 2 albums so was Bowie.
SoCal in the 80s was Perfect!!!
Oh absolutely. I was a New Romantic. Everyone looked amazing. I would love to re live those times. I'm nearly 60 but not in my head lol
Gary played this at a recent concert at the O2 Academy in Glasgow, and on hearing it, I almost wept - an undervalued masterpiece!
For a long time (maybe still) this was the chart single with the longest ever musical lead-in before the vocals start (1 minute 28 seconds - nearly half way through the song). I think this was Gary's 3rd (?) chart single, and a brave slower, melancholy choice after his previous Are 'Friends' Electric? and Cars, given that there are arguably more obvious candidates for singles on The Pleasure Principle. A beautiful song.
Probably my favourite Numan song along with Beserker .
One of my favourite songs from Gary Numan
Pure brilliance
Some of the MOST beautiful strings ever in a pop song..🌹
Saw Gary with Pino Paladino in Houston at U of H. AWESOME show! I Assassin Tour!
Keep it simple this is just a beautiful song
Stunning song, the intro is particularly iconic
My fav gary numan song.
Simply Amazing
Smexy Gary my comfort blanket since 78 x
Not quite sure why I haven't heard this in the last 43 years.....but glad I did! Better than 'Cars'!
Its wonderful
Great Classic
Bought the 7 inch of this . Played it to death ..such a great record.
What a tune to stay the test of time
Love the violins in the song
I forgot how beautiful this was. And is.
43 years young today ❤️
May A-Ha forever hang their heads in shame for ripping off the animation.
Beautiful song, wonderful imagery ❤️❤️❤️
Hi Paul !
Great song! Great video!
This song is beautiful
Of course and by your side
Love you Gary. Long life for you.
My favourite on the album, the last 5 notes are like the Close Encounters Of The 3rd Kind theme
This is truly what you could call 'art music with art'.
The lyrics to this is so typical Sparks, the humorous twisted sentences, the rhythm, and of course, the trademark No. 1, Russell's voice.
"Contrapuntal music is the music that your parents fear" 😂😂, I believe that! History will always repeat itself, parents thinking their offsprings are out of their minds.
This slightly odd (to others than fans) piece of music is certainly one of my 100 favorite list 💖 (No specific order, impossible to choose!)
Great video to go with it!
Masterpiece.
Such a simple but beautiful song. Gary can write them all and still does.
Oh WOW this is so deeply beautiful 👏🏼
My older brother had the 7" of this with a live version of bombers on the B side. Used to play it to death on the record player when he had gone to work aged 10. Opened the door to 80s synth music for me. This track is utter genius
This song is genius, it is just so different to everything else around at the time and even since.
The entire Pleasure Principle album is exceptional.. never knew about this video. Very cool!..
I was only 5 in 1979,when this was released