Comments on: Gary Numan Interview http://www.wiretotheear.com/2010/03/02/gary-numan-interview/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:48:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: tazzaler http://www.wiretotheear.com/2010/03/02/gary-numan-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-6919 tazzaler Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:31:09 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=4737#comment-6919 Gary Numan is underrated, even today. He's sill playing and he's still good, I don't think he can get old. Gary Numan is underrated, even today. He’s sill playing and he’s still good, I don’t think he can get old.

]]> By: Kevin Spencer http://www.wiretotheear.com/2010/03/02/gary-numan-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-6906 Kevin Spencer Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:43:18 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=4737#comment-6906 The Living Ornaments '79 & '80 albums are quite possibly the finest live albums I've ever owned. Played them to death on vinyl when I was a kid, now still in heavy rotation in iTunes. The Living Ornaments ’79 & ’80 albums are quite possibly the finest live albums I’ve ever owned. Played them to death on vinyl when I was a kid, now still in heavy rotation in iTunes.

]]> By: Nathan http://www.wiretotheear.com/2010/03/02/gary-numan-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-6905 Nathan Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:42:25 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=4737#comment-6905 Gary Numan is a legend. His records have been sampled everywhere. Early hip hop/rap owes heaps to his open electronic drum beats. :) Gary Numan is a legend. His records have been sampled everywhere. Early hip hop/rap owes heaps to his open electronic drum beats. :)

]]> By: Jinsai http://www.wiretotheear.com/2010/03/02/gary-numan-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-6903 Jinsai Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:13:36 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=4737#comment-6903 While most people stop with "Replicas" and "The Pleasure Principle", "Telekon" is really fantastic - it's not just a great SYNTH record, it's a great RECORD. I'm also a big fan of "Dance"'s long, mysterious pieces and the unique fretless bass stylings on "I, Assassin". However, even though I will say I'm a Numan fan, there's no getting around the fact that things went off a cliff pretty quickly. "Warriors" has about 1.5 decent songs. I love the rough PPG textures of "Berserker" and "The Fury", but the wailing guitars and wailing female vocals put me off. And after that, he gets totally unlistenable for far too many albums. His late 1990s reinvention as a doom-wave goth-rocker was promising at first, but he appears to really like making the same album (if not same song) over and over at this point. He's in a rut, but at least it's a hipper rut than when he was trying to sound like "Simply Irresistible"-era Robert Palmer. While most people stop with “Replicas” and “The Pleasure Principle”, “Telekon” is really fantastic – it’s not just a great SYNTH record, it’s a great RECORD. I’m also a big fan of “Dance”‘s long, mysterious pieces and the unique fretless bass stylings on “I, Assassin”.

However, even though I will say I’m a Numan fan, there’s no getting around the fact that things went off a cliff pretty quickly. “Warriors” has about 1.5 decent songs. I love the rough PPG textures of “Berserker” and “The Fury”, but the wailing guitars and wailing female vocals put me off. And after that, he gets totally unlistenable for far too many albums.

His late 1990s reinvention as a doom-wave goth-rocker was promising at first, but he appears to really like making the same album (if not same song) over and over at this point. He’s in a rut, but at least it’s a hipper rut than when he was trying to sound like “Simply Irresistible”-era Robert Palmer.

]]> By: Raytrace http://www.wiretotheear.com/2010/03/02/gary-numan-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-6902 Raytrace Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:09:54 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=4737#comment-6902 Gary Numan is an absolute legend - being a qualified pilot is proper cool too :) Gary Numan is an absolute legend – being a qualified pilot is proper cool too :)

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