Gary Numan - Are 'Friends' Electric? 2018 The Old Grey Whistle Test - For One Night Only

[@adamonslaught256]

A true pioneer, way ahead of his time and still relevant today.

[@cesarbraylon6708]

Instablaster

[@deanruthlessrecords]

I ALWAYS LOVE Gary’s Live Versions of Are Friends Electric...!!!

[@HrdRck]

This performance, when played back to back with the original OGWT version, is the very definition of progress in electronic rock music. The whole history of the genre ready to consume in a 10 minute package. Brilliant!

[@huskym6]

Loved this (and his amazing writing) back in the 70's, it's still as exciting to listen to today, all these years later... a true pioneer 🤘

[@donnalister-sneddon622]

Went to see him a few years ago thinking it would be a great retro gig Came out a super Numanoid! amazing :)

[@pk512279]

From the pristine, uniformed utopia of the late 70's to the apocalyptic zombie of 2018, how perception of the future has changed! Still a great song & a great version.

[@paullavan3387]

This is truly great, anybody with ears can surely hear that.

[@LS-ly8gl]

I first saw him live in the mid 80's.....he just keeps getting better! Always relevant.

[@kimberlycolezemke2290]

Saw him live in Atlanta a few months back and his show was AMAZING! Loved this man my whole life!

[@puddleduck279]

Wow!! He is just sooo amazing even after all these years!! ❤❤

[@jimvarlas1798]

Some people don't like synthesizers, but you have to admit , he has a really powerful sound here.

[@RockinJohnnyaitken]

I dont like them either but this guy knows how to create a great sound with them putting them to great use like Soft Cell and OMD

[@davedunn2225]

Best song of all time ❤ 1979 days

[@lb2.0.45]

He still sounds really good

[@kenrehill8775]

Love how he still gets into it.

[@LAMags]

There ‘s a man outside… in a long coat, grey hat 🎩 smoking a cigarette… wow Gary Numan is absolutely brilliant!!! I have been a fan since I heard ‘Me I Disconnect from You’ ‘Down In The Park’ the entire Replicas album just blew me away!! 1979 I was 12 yrs old, I have been a fan for over 40 yrs.. Gary’s style of music 🎶 has changed… but doesn’t everything in life change??? Gary just keeps getting better and better!! Savage and Intruder are both AMAZING !!! I am seeing Gary Numan on March 11,2022 in Toronto 🇨🇦 Canada … I cannot wait!! R.I.P. Paul Gardiner & Cedric Sharpley🌹🙏taken to soon , but never forgotten… Gary May our Lord and Saviour bless you and your beautiful family!! Luv you LA xx 2021 pure gold📀📀💕🇨🇦🎹… Stay safe everyone… from Toronto …

[@MrUfolazar]

Gary Numan...the best " electric friend" to the world...!!! Long Life...!!!

[@joeycastillo1455]

Thank you for posting. Each of his performances keep on getting better and better but then again he is amazing

[@damianbyrne1664]

Banging.

[@devanmoran]

that synthesizer beautiful

[@David-jy8hn]

Oh...soooo gooood...it's hypnotic music

[@princessfoxy7258]

Thank you Gary Numan!

[@CurtisCameron]

Legend.

[@donnacoles3673]

Oh wow he's so so good I love 😍 his style of music he's doing now well done Gary and I ur daughter wot a beautiful name she got and a beautiful name love 😍 u Gary 👌👏👏👏

[@chrisotter574]

Great to see Gary on top form!

[@sarahjohnson8197]

Divine. Best ever artist.

[@brapmanbrap5188]

Total legend

[@davidmorris7784]

Gary numan this is so good it made my night thanks

[@DAVIDE-bk8by]

Original sound blows this away

[@brapmanbrap5188]

So what does that tell you then. If the original sound blows this away then this guy is a genius as that sound was 40 years ago light years ahead of its time.. Get Gary in the hall of fame hes a pioneer and a legend

Amazing.........!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@voice_of_reason5604]

Fine version of a great song.

[@Eirenemusique]

Thanks for posting this ...

[@STAR-cw7bz]

Great going love that song use really rocked it --

[@derekwarren6171]

Legand.

[@sammckean2725]

Since playing with NIN..Gary's adopted the Reznor stage moves! Nice

[@hcederlo]

Thank You SO much for posting this!! I couldn't get it where I am. 😃😎❤

[@keithbate9405]

great live performance of this classic song.ps saw Tubeway army perform this at the Club Lafayette Wolverhampton back in the late 70's how the years "great music lives has lived and will live " KWB 1988

[@ryanhunter226]

Thank you Ryan Walker!

[@jeorge29s]

Its 2021 and those people at the hall of fame still ignores him.

[@thurmanbaseballfuriesleade4302]

There's a knock at the door...and just for a second I thought I remembered you...

[@davidwaterhouse2552]

He's got more HAIR now, than at any time in his entire life? I love him, and his music so much, it never dates! dx

[@brapmanbrap5188]

Lol Gary's new hair was money well spent he says so himself ha ha looks great though

[@ozaernajim4315]

The original is always best, but its weird to see the Macs connected to the keyboards and all the digital stuff. You listen to the original and you really know he was wayyy ahead of his time in '79. Thanks for posting this!

[@spiffosmith2177]

It certainly is odd to see Macs connected to Controller Keyboards. I think the original sounds better tbh, what is that weird synth sound in the Middle 8 at 1:25, it sounds nothing like the original which is a kind of Organ sound layered with a Saw Sound from the Verse. Are they deliberately trying to sound different or is that they can't be bothered to program anything to sound like the original, I've often wondered ?

[@kevcatnip7589]

@@spiffosmith2177think he has switched from protools to logic pro

[@pattyocampo2002]

Totally agree with you pauline

[@chrispayne2269]

thanx

[@annekaelliot5417]

I thought The Old Grey Whistle Test was active from 1971 to 1989 turns out it is still sometimes active for old treasured moments Show for interviewing musicians and bands show off their music Gary Numan looks like an escaped convict from the mental asylum his outfit. Who thought this genius with Asperges could create futuristic music then and now he is 63 years old.

[@BarrySmithviolin]

Actually Gary Numan turns 63 March 8, 2021... What a legacy he’s left us! This performance is live, absolutely live! 🌹🖤🌹

[@tracymorley1883]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@dynjarren8355]

And the themes of the songs predicted the future not just the sounds of the Synths. Are Friends Electric? Mines Broken down and I’ve got no one to love. Read into that what you like. But I know exactly what he’s singing about.

[@paulgillbanks2111]

His voice and singing technique has improved.

[@mikeohagan2206]

when i first heard this a million years ago i thought is was bowie. or kraftwerk. loved it nonetheless.

[@HannahG816]

Holy smokes....

[@annekaelliot5417]

That is my Futuristic God-Farther just letting you know 😎

[@sydneyfox136]

New sounds back in our era (invented for new and to improve sounds of the new generation to improve their own new unique input

[@awhiteriver]

Hare Krishnas rocking the house!

[@minimal_Sonntag]

have you heard "my name is ruin"? His daughter Persia sang the background part and was as cool as her daddy.

[@yvonnemulder9038]

60 bouw, live in Holland

[@patrickgrenier6373]

the new Indochine french group

[@mortierpat4637]

il est temps qu'après 40 ans la France découvre Numan, quand on entend quelle merde on joue sur les radios en France

[@Hot80s]

love to see Persia take a crack at it

[@proxety8607]

Some people heard this song on a game

[@alisonkovacs9871]

You can be my electric friend anytime babe

[@theorgandude]

gary was great, but the synths sounded really weak compared to the original.

[@thedukeofchortlebury9124]

BBC sound engineers use a lot of compression on live recordings, then, when videos get uploaded to KZbin, it goes through further compression (this "dilutes" certain bass frequencies). There's a strong possibility that the synths were actually a lot more forceful in the studio ; )

[@yvonnemulder9038]

Carey on Gary

[@evilelf5967]

i remember when he blew people away with his nin version of cars....now that was the bollox that performance.

[@therunawaykid6523]

Oh look he’s covering that sugarbabes song!

[@BarrySmithviolin]

🤣🤣🤣🌹

[@therunawaykid6523]

@@BarrySmithviolin I just couldn’t resist 😏 great song though freak like me uses the sample well

[@BarrySmithviolin]

@@therunawaykid6523 True, amazing how it’s almost like Karaoke where their singing in front of the song rather than with it. Apparently Numan likes the arrangement.

[@alisonkovacs9871]

You are so gorgeous

[@johnmanning2300]

Has the man outside smoking a cigarette- changed his hat.!!!

[@marguskiis7711]

Gary does Trent.

[@AlainHubert]

He should have brought an original Polymoog synth, it would have been much better than these modern crappy VST boxes....

[@WAZA___]

Going by your statement you obviously know nothing about VST. VST are way better than the polymoog. The polymoog only had 1 good sound on it.

[@AlainHubert]

@@WAZA___ You obviously don't know the value of using the original instruments when playing classic songs.

[@WAZA___]

@@AlainHubert l'm a musician myself...l know...Gary even said himself in a interview,,the analogue v digital debate is ridiculous..and that he couldn't care less as long as the sound is good. So the chance of Gary taking polymoogs on shows is 0 %. I totally agree with him.

[@AlainHubert]

@@WAZA___ Fine. Keep using dull sounding VST software. I'll keep using fabulous sounding vintage synths. To each his own.

[@WAZA___]

@@AlainHubert Omnisphere 2 is far from dull...U-He Diva too. And many more.

[@alisonkovacs9871]

I dont think gorgeous Gary is gothic I dont care because he is so lovely

[@chrispayne2269]

love it , but they look like mummy's

[@questionablecomments4018]

Moron thats the savage album style

[@rickyred001]

Moobs

[@ZiadSidawi]

These damn soft synth sounds...crap. Go get an analog synth man! Nothing like your 70s sounds

[@NorfolkParanormal]

i agree

[@karikarhumaa5011]

Hey get a life. Now is 2018 get use to.

[@NorfolkParanormal]

Bloody non British

[@karikarhumaa5011]

Thank god I am not.

[@sydneyfox136]

Them days it was new sounds

[@alisonkovacs9871]

I prefer him wearing gothic clothes

[@GrungeIsN0tDead]

stay weird, Gary

[@xyzxyz-hi8lp]

No more edge to the music. Sounds like it’s been smoothed out. Too bad.

[@Dumaguetenonputi]

He skipped the "so I open the door" verse...

[@steveokinevo]

Agreed synths are shit sounds crap all out drumming etc all rubbish I'm gonna listen to the original amen.