Probably my favourite SINGLE of all time by any artist. 'Cars' and 'Complex' from 1979 had made a HUGE impression on me and I couldn't wait to hear Gary Numan's new material. I clearly remember the day I bought the single, on the week of its release. May 1980. The first time I'd bought a single BEFORE it was in the charts. As a 15 year old school boy I was ridiculed mercilessly for liking Gary Numan but I learnt at an early age it's best to take no notice of what other people think!
It's funny how now adays listening to Indie rock stations, all of this keyboard driven music is making a come back. Just had to wait 40 years. Gary Newman only started out wanting to make enough money to buy a corvette. Awesome
I remember being in a pub in East Leake, Notts, and someone put this on the dukebox. I was 12 then, in 1979. I nearly swallowed my crisp packet whole - it was a new world. I'd never heard ought like it and it changed me and my mates forever. A new age had begun. This was closely followed by Visage, Fade to Grey and Ashes to Ashes by Bowie. God, what a time.. and I feel so privileged to have been there, when it happened.
You are so lucky. I wish I was I was born in 60s like you so I could have experienced his music when it first came out. I also wish I was never a fcking yank Lol and was in the UK like all the cool and sensible people.
Mid 1979 when Are Friends Electric and autumn 79 with Cars by Numan, then Buggles ‘video killed the radio star’ and The Police was the start of the shift away from 1970s disco and punk music, into the new wave and electronic pop stuff. Summer 1980 was start of the 80s properly with Ashes to Ashes by Bowie topping the charts in August.
One of the greatest tracks ever recorded. There are only two types of people in this world, those who love Numan and those who are missing out on Numan 🖤
Just saw Gary this past Saturday. He was amazing as always but what stuck out were the number of young people at the show. His music seems to have caught on with a new generation and that makes me very happy.
My mother helped me make this outfit, I wore it to high school in a "farm town" in S. Michigan. I was voted "Most Unique" of my graduating class, couldn't have been a better compliment.
Gary Numan is hands down one of the most underappreciated musicians of all time. This song is phenomenal... he's made other good stuff other than just The Pleasure Principle. A truly innovative musician who should've received more recognition for his work... although, Musicians still know and appreciate him. I hated Beck when I saw him at Riot Fest, but it was pretty dope that he at least brought Gary Numan on stage to cover Cars.
Absolutely spot on He’s a classy guy very humble. This is a great 👍 tune. He just released a brand new song and video “Intruder” it may be better than “Cars”
My Primary School teacher always played music (usually excellent classical stuff) as we trooped into Assembly every morning…. one day he played Numan😳😳🙏!! BEST TEACHER ….ever!!! Thanks
When I was about 11, Vice City came out and it had a song called "Cars" by some dude named Gary Numan. I really liked the song and so did my buddy. So we went to his place and went on his computer and typed "Gary Numan" into Limewire. "We Are Glass" was the first one we clicked on... I became obsessed in that moment. Since then, I've listened to every album of Numan's. "We Are Glass" will forever be one of my favorites.
@@jcd1970 True. I've had some "interesting discussions" with people who love the GTA franchise over the years, which tends to color my thinking. Maybe I'll tone down my remarks a bit.
Yeah I feel you. I've been doing 80's music lately solely because of Vice City. Really glad I got an early introduction into this type of music when young.
How damned blessed were us Brit teens who made it onto the Brit pub/club scene of the '80s? So many favourite tunes from a decade of magical music never to be repeated in my lifetime ❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥
We are young we can break Watch us fall We can take some train Down to the sea We are glass, we are glass We are real you can touch Just for now And then say 'Hey you, which way is down' We are glass, we are glass We are strong we run though We have time And to you I'm just One of those boys We are glass, we are glass We are cold We're not supposed to cry But it's all just a thought So here am I We are glass, we are glass They run fast Impressions of the floors inviting Stay with me, stay with me They run past With telephones they scream Well would you turn all this down Turn all this down You are replaced you are you And our dreams are real And dreams are all we need We are glass, we are glass We…
Jordan Peele's film "Us" must be inspired by elements from these, or something that inspired these. Also hear "Down In The Park", and Tubeway Army - "Are Friends Electric?" Very scary, and somehow rings true, on some level.
10/10.... Gary Numan is one of the artists that defined the future of popular music... right from the first time we heard Gary in Tubeway Army back in the late 70's we all knew something had changed forever... Cars and We Are Glass are music industry anthems that will last the test of time. still just as good now as when they were 1st released.
I saw Numan at the hordern pavilion in Sydney Australia his first concert in Sydney and Cars was very big at the time late 70s I would have been 13 or 14 yrs old . I am 57 today. I was taking photos and security told me to stop it and then Mr Gary pipes up " you can take photos" I'm sure he was talking to me, lol.
I have choreographed to about of 8 of Gary’s songs. This is my favorite. He is an amazing performer. I brought my dance company to see a show. They are 1/3 of my age. They said it was the best show that they had ever seen. Love, love, love❤
I loved this style of bringing synthesizer piano sound to the forefront rather than guitars, especially by Gothic punk rockers who display snobby artistic facial expressions, but only the British can come up with musical expressions like this, I doubted Numan would be American when I heard his songs. The mood and lyrics are often spacey psychological curiosities, an escape from the same old same old conventional world we are often exposed to. He's very talented in my opinion
Outstanding song, my mate who now stays in Vancouver saw him a few weeks back, he knew that I was a Numan fan from 1979, his words were, I didn’t know how good he was was. He said that there was a lot of youngsters at the concert who came out saying how much they loved his music, tells you that the guy still has it
One of the major pioneers of the synth movement in the late '70s and into the '80s; I couldn't help thinking how radically different it was to "Cars" (and anything else at that time, thankfully!)
Crickey! Cant remember how many times i went to Gary, travelled all over the UK to his concerts? As a 16yr in old in 1979 right up to the my last one, The Fury tour at Manchester Apollo in 1985. Met some good friends too over them years, which im still in touch with. Even had a tattoo of Numa on my arm which i still have to this day haha!.
What a song.What can I say ? Incredible - perfect Numan. Melody after melody. Great voice and the rhythm guitar on the last verse is sublime. Listen to it !!!. Classic. Hands down blows everything from the time out of the water
I can get enough of those soaring, haunting synth lines in this song. It's just perfect. They remind me of a theremin in the way that they sound like a ghost choir.
It's really too bad the radio only played cars from Gary Numan. I'm finding more of his music for the first time.(finally) I'm listening to We Are Glass and it's really good music. So he definitely was not a one hit wonder and left the music scene. He's got a lot of music I'm going to finally enjoy listening to for the first time. He's got some great stuff far beyond just Cars. Gary Numan is a damn good musician. You DJ's out there really need to your homework and present these works on the air!!!!! We've been missing a lot of great stuff out there you should be playing and we should have that opportunity of listening too. Go the extra mile and play us more music from artists like Gary Numan. Anyway I'm going to go back and listen to more Gary Numan and listen to what I've been missing 40+ years later.
This is when I thought he was at his best...The Telekon Era and the Tele-Tour. Way ahead of it's time. And to think the BBC banned this video for being to violent.....Wxxxxxs.
I was in London in early '81. Bought "Telekon" at Virgin Records. "We Are Glass" is still one of my faves. I played that cassette on my Walkman (a pretty new gadget in 1981) until the tape wore out.
In these early videos he always comes across as frosty and intimidating but apparently it was just a persona to help him cope with shyness and stage fright. I wonder how many at the time knew that underneath the persona was a really genuine, warm and friendly guy.
love this song its one of my favorites .seen him live a few times hes amazing. i took my husband to a concert back in 1985 when we started going out he absolutely loved it
I went to Gary Numan's first visit to Japan for a performance in Tokyo. It was the front row. It was a dream. I especially like this song very much. Thank you for uploading🥰💞
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The future-40 years ago!
Je l'écoute beaucoup
😂👍
Probably my favourite SINGLE of all time by any artist. 'Cars' and 'Complex' from 1979 had made a HUGE impression on me and I couldn't wait to hear Gary Numan's new material. I clearly remember the day I bought the single, on the week of its release. May 1980. The first time I'd bought a single BEFORE it was in the charts. As a 15 year old school boy I was ridiculed mercilessly for liking Gary Numan but I learnt at an early age it's best to take no notice of what other people think!
i received the same ridicule at school as a 13 year old, but i just remember thinking "you are the boring ones liking your Genesis and ABBA"
Me and my mates at school were Numanoids.Powerful force.Even the heavy metal fans respected us-1980-85
You were ahead of your time bro
and the music sounds like it could have come out just today
It's funny how now adays listening to Indie rock stations, all of this keyboard driven music is making a come back. Just had to wait 40 years. Gary Newman only started out wanting to make enough money to buy a corvette. Awesome
I remember being in a pub in East Leake, Notts, and someone put this on the dukebox. I was 12 then, in 1979. I nearly swallowed my crisp packet whole - it was a new world. I'd never heard ought like it and it changed me and my mates forever. A new age had begun. This was closely followed by Visage, Fade to Grey and Ashes to Ashes by Bowie. God, what a time.. and I feel so privileged to have been there, when it happened.
You are so lucky. I wish I was I was born in 60s like you so I could have experienced his music when it first came out. I also wish I was never a fcking yank Lol and was in the UK like all the cool and sensible people.
I couldn't agree with you more
Mid 1979 when Are Friends Electric and autumn 79 with Cars by Numan, then Buggles ‘video killed the radio star’ and The Police was the start of the shift away from 1970s disco and punk music, into the new wave and electronic pop stuff.
Summer 1980 was start of the 80s properly with Ashes to Ashes by Bowie topping the charts in August.
💚🎶
It too guided my taste in decent music…. .
It’s just uncanny how this song still sounds futuristic 40 years later.
The New Wave were The Futurists. They came and left and we'll never catch up.
Hell yeah!
The genius of Numan. Synths sounds great. We are glass...Numan is!
Your right it does I remember the day it was out on single and it still sounds Awsome today..
I. Flores S what happen to all those years ?
I never get tired of hearing this early ‘80s gem. And those visuals were some of the coolest from that era.
Definitely one of Numan’s best ever.
This song doesn’t get the recognition it deserves
@@tonyrobertson1085 I don’t mean when I y came out I mean now with non Numan fans
Gary has written over 400 songs so…
One of the greatest tracks ever recorded.
There are only two types of people in this world, those who love Numan and those who are missing out on Numan 🖤
Just saw Gary this past Saturday. He was amazing as always but what stuck out were the number of young people at the show. His music seems to have caught on with a new generation and that makes me very happy.
Dude! Im getting ready to see him in Boise on September 7th. Im. Stoked.
Because His MUSIC IS TiMELESS and EFFORTLESSLY SEAMLESS
Yes me too and I agree.
Critics gave him Hell at first .
@@martincaughlin5478 And where are those critics, now?
Gazza's had the last laugh!
One of Numans best songs imho - criminally underrated artist.
At least he gets the credit he deserves now thankfully
I agree brother. .but we who knew his music are the fortunate ones.
My mother helped me make this outfit, I wore it to high school in a "farm town" in S. Michigan. I was voted "Most Unique" of my graduating class, couldn't have been a better compliment.
Niceone,how long have you been a numanoid
Gary Numan is hands down one of the most underappreciated musicians of all time. This song is phenomenal... he's made other good stuff other than just The Pleasure Principle. A truly innovative musician who should've received more recognition for his work... although, Musicians still know and appreciate him. I hated Beck when I saw him at Riot Fest, but it was pretty dope that he at least brought Gary Numan on stage to cover Cars.
He may be underappreciated by the general public, but far from it by his peers.
So many artists list Gary as one of their biggest influences.
Absolutely spot on He’s a classy guy very humble. This is a great 👍 tune. He just released a brand new song and video “Intruder” it may be better than “Cars”
I agree with you 100%. He deserves so much more recognition !!
Wow, I'm not a Beck fan either, just doesn't appeal to me but I would have lived, breathed and died to see him bring legendary Gary Numan on stage.
ok
Still fresh as it was when it came out, love it❤
Gary inspired more artists than his pure record sales would suggest.
A true pioneer of modern music.
Yes he did why not too.
I was a Tubeway Army soldier 💜 borstal memories
👍🏼
If Gary had emerged 5 years later he`d of ended up a global superstar, Way ahead of the rest.
He smokes every band from 1990 up.👍
@@Workerbee-zy5nx No he doesn't. You're saying he smokes early Oasis the biggest band in the world in 94 to 97
@@paulanthony5274 Oasis?🤣🤣🤣
@@Workerbee-zy5nx Yeah Oasis u idiot
My Primary School teacher always played music (usually excellent classical stuff) as we trooped into Assembly every morning…. one day he played Numan😳😳🙏!!
BEST TEACHER ….ever!!! Thanks
Still jamming out to this in 2023! 😊❤🎉
When I was about 11, Vice City came out and it had a song called "Cars" by some dude named Gary Numan. I really liked the song and so did my buddy. So we went to his place and went on his computer and typed "Gary Numan" into Limewire. "We Are Glass" was the first one we clicked on... I became obsessed in that moment. Since then, I've listened to every album of Numan's. "We Are Glass" will forever be one of my favorites.
It's the advantage of those born later that they have decades of good music available to them. Game quality, sometimes not so much.
@@akiramenai4973 On the other hand, it's always good to see a younger Gary Numan fan, regardless how they found his music.
@@jcd1970 True. I've had some "interesting discussions" with people who love the GTA franchise over the years, which tends to color my thinking. Maybe I'll tone down my remarks a bit.
Welcome Aboard, you have impeccable good taste 😎
Yeah I feel you. I've been doing 80's music lately solely because of Vice City. Really glad I got an early introduction into this type of music when young.
How damned blessed were us Brit teens who made it onto the Brit pub/club scene of the '80s? So many favourite tunes from a decade of magical music never to be repeated in my lifetime ❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥
Best decade of music ever. Absolutely magical.
Amazing tune still in 2022 , loved Numan since Tubeway Army days...
OMG. What a blast from my mis-spent youth from the 80's. What a great time to have been youthful. I'm sorry for the kids now.
Amen to that.😂
I just saw Gary in concert a few weeks ago and I'm very happy to say how happy I am to have seen Gary in concert a few weeks ago
Still get shivers listening to this....I was only 17
We are young we can break
Watch us fall
We can take some train
Down to the sea
We are glass, we are glass
We are real you can touch
Just for now
And then say
'Hey you, which way is down'
We are glass, we are glass
We are strong we run though
We have time
And to you I'm just
One of those boys
We are glass, we are glass
We are cold
We're not supposed to cry
But it's all just a thought
So here am I
We are glass, we are glass
They run fast
Impressions of the floors inviting
Stay with me, stay with me
They run past
With telephones they scream
Well would you turn all this down
Turn all this down
You are replaced you are you
And our dreams are real
And dreams are all we need
We are glass, we are glass
We…
I thought it was "They run fast impressions of the wars inviting..." but I could be wrong.
Jordan Peele's film "Us" must be inspired by elements from these, or something that inspired these.
Also hear "Down In The Park", and Tubeway Army - "Are Friends Electric?"
Very scary, and somehow rings true, on some level.
If there is a time machine this is it , Gary Numan instantly transports me back in time, you are part of my life ❤
You better believe it. Gary is my absolute favorite. Beautiful memories.👌🎹 🎸🎶🎤 It’s “Numan” incidentally. Thought you’d like to know.😊🙏
Yeah you spelt his name wrong u spanner 😂😂
Now correct 😂
I was transported back to the nineteen Seventies. I loved Gary, and Blondie.
You were probably a very "alert"child too.
10/10.... Gary Numan is one of the artists that defined the future of popular music... right from the first time we heard Gary in Tubeway Army back in the late 70's we all knew something had changed forever... Cars and We Are Glass are music industry anthems that will last the test of time. still just as good now as when they were 1st released.
The keyboards supply an exhilarating thrill in this fabulous number. Still in my charts after all these years!
Words fail to express my feelings 🙏 Mr Numan ✌️ 💙🤘🏴🇦🇺
Watching Gary, again, this Sunday. I’ve been a fan since ‘79. AFE. This is in my top 10. Brilliant track. 👏👏👏
i just cant get over how cool this is
so true me! we are speaking facts
Gary will live on in the hall of fame forever. His influence on music is as important as the Beatles
I couldn't agree with you more
A charismatic legend who's style, originality and energy will never be surpassed.
Remember buying this on 7". Loved this, used have a record session playing this, The Human League, Duran Duran, Japan, Ultravox - such a great era!!
My hero Gary numan fan since 1978,intruder album no1 on its release 40 years after Telekon? No other artist would come close to this
Hands down, this
is the best track i have ever heard, and i have been mesmerised ever since
M.E. is no doubt better IMHO
Gary's voice is so unique. No one else could sing the way he does.
Surely not 😊
well, brian eno--the anxiety of his influence.
I saw Numan at the hordern pavilion in Sydney Australia his first concert in Sydney and Cars was very big at the time late 70s I would have been 13 or 14 yrs old . I am 57 today. I was taking photos and security told me to stop it and then Mr Gary pipes up " you can take photos" I'm sure he was talking to me, lol.
Going to see this legend live with my 18-year-old Nephew this Sunday in Los Angles.
I have choreographed to about of 8 of Gary’s songs. This is my favorite. He is an amazing performer. I brought my dance company to see a show. They
are 1/3 of my age. They said it was the best show that they had ever seen. Love, love, love❤
Still an amazing song 40 years on!
And still sounds like the ‘future’ now 👍🏻
I just want to go back!!! This era was sensational and I don't think alot of people were ready for Gary as if he was from space! An amazing artist.
I loved this style of bringing synthesizer piano sound to the forefront rather than guitars, especially by Gothic punk rockers who display snobby artistic facial expressions, but only the British can come up with musical expressions like this, I doubted Numan would be American when I heard his songs. The mood and lyrics are often spacey psychological curiosities, an escape from the same old same old conventional world we are often exposed to. He's very talented in my opinion
This is the song that changed my life in terms of music and my love for synths.
This is one of the best songs Gary has ever done. I'm surprised it never became the huge hit it should have been.
Same here
Was in Australia
I was addicted to Numan when I heard 'Friends' on TOTP in 1979, aged 15.
Followed him ever since.
This was a fantastic single.
See I believe this guy is the basic starter to all the modern day trance dance music in general 🤷♂️🙋🏼♂️👌🙏🏻🫶🐺
Outstanding song, my mate who now stays in Vancouver saw him a few weeks back, he knew that I was a Numan fan from 1979, his words were, I didn’t know how good he was was. He said that there was a lot of youngsters at the concert who came out saying how much they loved his music, tells you that the guy still has it
I think that the song "thought she'd be mine "has so much class and style , beyond all they accomplished, this song is a masterpiece
Loved him from the first time I heard him in 79. Going to see Gary on my birthday on Tuesday in Liverpool. So f**king excited, eek!! 😁
Man I wish I was with you watching Garry grew up listening to him happy birthday all the best from Australia 🦘
40 years of listening to Gary, my entire adult life. ❤
Possibly the best song he ever did. Also love the fact that he had a suit made to match the cover of the Telekon album.
I keep coming back... What a tune 😻
That fantastic outfit. That's what I'll be at Halloween. 1980 Numan!
And started in the 70’s ..everyone else were wearing platform shoes and anything BROWN..he was in a different league 🤘🤟
Outstanding artist. Love the spacey sounds and beaming synth.
Nearly everything he did back then was like this. Just fantastic and a huge influence on music
One of the major pioneers of the synth movement in the late '70s and into the '80s; I couldn't help thinking how radically different it was to "Cars" (and anything else at that time, thankfully!)
Still the King of the synth,
Listened to this song on my record player for hours and hours back then. Still have that record.
Crickey!
Cant remember how many times i went to Gary, travelled all over the UK to his concerts? As a 16yr in old in 1979 right up to the my last one, The Fury tour at Manchester Apollo in 1985.
Met some good friends too over them years, which im still in touch with.
Even had a tattoo of Numa on my arm which i still have to this day haha!.
This Sunday February 27th 2022 live at Observatory Santa Ana California
It’s great seeing all these videos I’ve never seen before,
The first time I heard this on the radio it was like being transported to another planet in the future! Still gives me goosebumps!
I used to listen to this over and over when i was a kid. just awesome.
I remember this on my old Substance 1989 VHS cassette. I have it on a DVD collection now. How I miss the Factory/Qwest era.
What a song.What can I say ? Incredible - perfect Numan. Melody after melody. Great voice and the rhythm guitar on the last verse is sublime. Listen to it !!!. Classic. Hands down blows everything from the time out of the water
I can get enough of those soaring, haunting synth lines in this song. It's just perfect.
They remind me of a theremin in the way that they sound like a ghost choir.
Brilliant Gary! Brings back memories when this track was released.
This transports me back to my youth so instantly each time I hear it. I've been a Numanoid since 1978 and still love his work..
Gosh this brings back memories. I was lucky enough to see Gary live after this came out in Australia. Never forgotten.
It's really too bad the radio only played cars from Gary Numan. I'm finding more of his music for the first time.(finally) I'm listening to We Are Glass and it's really good music. So he definitely was not a one hit wonder and left the music scene. He's got a lot of music I'm going to finally enjoy listening to for the first time. He's got some great stuff far beyond just Cars. Gary Numan is a damn good musician. You DJ's out there really need to your homework and present these works on the air!!!!! We've been missing a lot of great stuff out there you should be playing and we should have that opportunity of listening too. Go the extra mile and play us more music from artists like Gary Numan. Anyway I'm going to go back and listen to more Gary Numan and listen to what I've been missing 40+ years later.
This is when I thought he was at his best...The Telekon Era and the Tele-Tour. Way ahead of it's time. And to think the BBC banned this video for being to violent.....Wxxxxxs.
My favorite Gary Numan song . ............ a hug from Perú 📢🎵📿🎆🎉....
I love this song. It's 2024 and I have only just heard it 😊
Omg hello! I’m just listening to it now too!
Welcome to the GN fan club!!! Been listening since the early 80s when it hit US shores!!! Love his early tracks. Telekon album is the best!!!
I was in London in early '81. Bought "Telekon" at Virgin Records. "We Are Glass" is still one of my faves. I played that cassette on my Walkman (a pretty new gadget in 1981) until the tape wore out.
Gary Numan's first 4 albums are my favorites of all time. I like all his others, too.
Meant so much to me those LPs
This guy was ahead of the curve.
His best song, ever. Sends shivers up my spine!
Gary Numan is god.
He is literally the human embodiment of cool. Godly, charismatic, in a package of authenticity. The~ artist.
In these early videos he always comes across as frosty and intimidating but apparently it was just a persona to help him cope with shyness and stage fright. I wonder how many at the time knew that underneath the persona was a really genuine, warm and friendly guy.
Remember being on the dance
floor at Rotters, Manchester dancing to this what a tune!
love this song its one of my favorites .seen him live a few times hes amazing. i took my husband to a concert back in 1985 when we started going out he absolutely loved it
Brings back great memories of my youth.
Ron, Russell das Leben kann extrem sein.Ich merke das in diesen Tagen aber auch an diesen Video. Alles gute für euch beide.
I am proud too say!! I was at they gigs!! Mint!!!
Definitely a Classic!
0:14 one eye...... agree!!!!!!!
Great song and I love "cars" as well
I went to Gary Numan's first visit to Japan for a performance in Tokyo. It was the front row. It was a dream. I especially like this song very much. Thank you for uploading🥰💞
Hi I Recommend an indie rock song and video called 'looking into the mirror' by Robert Nix
Love this song.my era.still playing at 60.
👍😊
Song is awesome. But whoever the people who put this video together are trained artists. So good.
Love love love - PLAY IT LOUD ♥
Omg still love this
Me too :-)
as alwyz BRILLIANT, just fucking brilliant
Everything he does is golden!
Incredible piece of art!
Been a fan since 79 and still love this man. Can't wait for the new release and live shows again once the corona is beaten.
One of my favorite 80's classic New wave,Post-Punk and Synth pop classic
Probably one of his most underrated releases
Listen to all his songs now and a few years back he is genius
Great Federation Trooper Costume from Blake 7 in this one... Gary had/ continues to have such a good look
Gary is a gift from God I’m not sure we deserve
One of m faves...the last time I heard this on the radio on thiple j the afternoon before 9 11....have never heard it on the wireless since...
Should be called we are class! This bloke rocks. He was a real groundbreaker.