Gary Numan - Cars HD

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A game-changing song and video. Following up his UK number one hit as Tubeway Army (Are 'Friends' Electric?), Cars launched Gary Numan's solo career with another UK number one. Built around analogue synthesisers with no guitar, this was the purest form of Gary's 'Machine Music' and the track has subsequently been sampled on numerous occasions. Promotional videos were also a rarity at the time and this one created the defining image of Gary Numan.
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[@Aerialgrrl]

I think it's hilarious that Gary Numan is two weeks older than Gary Oldman.

[@WhenToastersAttack]

This is a very underrated fact.

[@xunder3]

If not for Freddie Mercury, you'd be my queen.

[@Zizzyyzz]

Took me a little while, but I see what you did there.

[@johnjones5754]

With the amount of likes and comments this main comment has got. Were all still here 2020

[@jamesalexander5623]

Brilliant!

[@michaelfrazia4569]

no matter how far in the future you play this song it will still sound like it came out in the future

[@kierentari8877]

That’s why it’s so timeless I love it brilliant.

[@michaelfrazia4569]

@@kierentari8877 same.. I could listen to it daily and still love it brilliant is the right word

[@lauramayfield5410]

@@michaelfrazia4569 Me too! I get on YT a few times a month and I always listen to 80's music. I'm now 52

[@lauramayfield5410]

This song actually came out in 1979

[@kenkovar2647]

it doesnt hurt to look like an android!

[@johnnyloaps5034]

1979: This song is so futuristic! 2023: This song is so futuristic! 3050: This song is so futuristic!

[@rickituarte]

lol

[@ChristinenLyons]

2056

[@ChristinenLyons]

No experiment for this is history and does it have legal withstanding in a way that residual is a forever and grows as the opportunity to work with sample of promote it is a asset for eternity with some contractual not my business though it is common sense as a lady who is semi educated and experienced in both business and running a my own business and as a barely 19 year as old and new mother and in college online I have no idea how much I could not afford it is your own life and ME TO BE JUDGED FOR THE LEAST OF WHO I AM. I AM HONESTLY TELLING YOU LOOK IN MIRROR TO SEE FOR MYSELF THAT IS NOT A THING OF MYSELF I HAVE BEEN UP TO DATE ON ALL LEVELS GTFOH AND THAT IS TERRIBLE FOR THE SAKE THAT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT THE CASE FOR MY LAWYER IS IN CONSTANT CONTACT OR ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IS FOR ME TO HAVE A PROBLEM IS DEFINITELY NOT A COINCIDENCE FOR MY IMMEDIATE FUTURE TO KEEP SAFE IN FREEDOM AND OTHER THINGS INNOCENT RIGHT THAT IS WHY I'M CHRISTINE LYONS AND INNOCENT AND THE MOST EFFECTIVE CREDIBLE HONEST MOST SUFFERING AND IMPORTANT USEFUL EFFICIENT INTELLIGENT WOMAN WHO HAS NO CONTACT WITH FAMILY FLORIDA ESTHER AMANDA OR ANYONE ELSE IDENTITY THEFT IMPERSONATION AND TAX BANK CREDIT FRAUD AND INSURANCE WELFARE RECORDS SS AND STOCKS O CAN NOT GET SERVICES BEING USED IN SO MANY WAYS. NOT SUFFERING IN SUICIDAL TENDENCY NOBODY IS OF MY FAMILY CUT IT OUT

[@GenericUsername1388]

Interestingly enough most 80s music sounds super retro-futuristic while a lot of modern music tries to recreate that 80s retro-futuristic sounds 😂

[@samanthafox2664]

@@GenericUsername1388 Yes, and they fail MISERABLY!

[@kevinprior3549]

Gary Numan was like a message to everyone in what 80s music was gonna be like.

[@rickbrenner7743]

The problem is that 80s music mostly sucks

[@sawedoffshotgun8462]

@@rickbrenner7743 Nah man, your taste does

[@oldschoolfoil2365]

my neighbor collects od rusted car bodys... his name is garry

[@seanbannon7939]

Perfectly said ! As if this was the introduction style and the tempo settings

[@OldMusicFan83]

@@sawedoffshotgun8462 ‘Like your mother!’ (That’s a patented Gen X response)

[@rcdenis1]

40 plus years ago and it still sounds like the future.

[@shedeen]

When a Gary track was played at the school disco we all danced like robots. Misspent youth.

[@ToneSoCooL3]

he changed music

[@richardmyers137]

Yeah!!!!!! I agree 💯 Percent

[@eliguerra7110]

I thought it was made recently when i first heard it a decade ago

[@millicentlu2572]

Exactly....Lady Gaga jammed that beat in "paparazzi".

[@johnball8758]

Little did Gary know when he recorded this , people would be watching this 40 years later on computers.

[@KL-fs1tv]

Yep!

[@JeriDro]

or in cars

[@Puxi]

I've listened to it in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on my PolyStation II.

[@brucekilby9957]

Little did Gary know he would still be alive and still performing.Legend and Legend song.🇬🇧👽

[@rainysunday2386]

Or on their (handheld, no-wires-attached).phones. All very Dick Tracy

[@lindaanderson4936]

what a time to be a young I'm 61 now and wish i could go back to that time of life for one day.

[@tyroneherman2601]

Me too!!!!😊

[@pauljackson1880]

Same here

[@markshira7810]

You can! Just listen to the music.

[@Madtown_66]

This is the beginning of my eighties journey of the best music of all time 80s music

[@alenahawke475]

I totally concur!

[@vapordreams983]

1964-1975 best rock era than disco came

[@MichaelKerr71]

@@vapordreams983Disco had better bass lines.

[@OldLadyRocker]

Welcome! It'll be a great journey.

[@richardeast3328]

When did your hearing become impaired, at the beginning of the eighties?

[@futurecenterofficial]

People in 1980: This makes me want to be in the 2020’s People in 2020: This makes me want to go back to the 80’s

[@SethAshcraft]

lol

[@theodoreritola7641]

It was number 1 in the UK IN 1979 ,,,

[@futurecenterofficial]

@@theodoreritola7641 that's great

[@gmax9797]

With the way the world is so F'd up - I'll happily go back to the 1980s

[@theodoreritola7641]

Are friends electric is a better song than Cars though , I t was recorded in 1978 , And Cars in 1979

[@discodirk48]

The song of the future from the past

[@trespire]

@LES DANZELL I'm still waiting on the promise of the future as envisioned in the '80s. it's now 40 years and counting.

[@MT-ek9te]

🚗🚓🏎 🎹🎹🔊🎶🎶😋

[@m.kriddick2731]

And this is Gary Numan

[@tarstarkusz]

@@trespire Where the hell is my flying car? WE WERE PROMISED! We got youtube and twitter instead. We got jipped.

[@rayjr62]

@@m.kriddick2731 Like I said, sometimes...in order to get to the future...you must go to the past. ;-)

[@samanthafox2664]

54 year old lady here (no, please don't laugh) - remembering this from the first day I heard it and am STILL LOVING IT! Great music NEVER gets old and I will forever be an 80's chick... Thanks for sharing x

[@morbidmanmusic]

Who'd laugh>? And if they did... not worth your time anyway.

[@nicksellens272]

57 year old bloke agrees.

[@samanthafox2664]

@@morbidmanmusic Yep, so true, thank you x

[@GoPackGo1265]

52 year old here. I play this song all the time. 80s were the best

[@rudyhernandez8446]

55 going on 56 year old. Great song. Go gen x.

[@ordon3858]

Im a 50 year of black woman and this is still one of my jams!!!!

[@darmoedvdome]

Иди на плантации работать, monkey

[@joemiller9931]

Easy peasy, trippin hard.

[@Mounutt]

Jam on 😊

[@thunderbolt5354]

WHAT ?????? Black Folks only like Rap !!!!!

[@EddieSam-fj2hm]

How cool ❤

[@grwuk]

I can't imagine just how good this must have sounded pumpiing out really loud in a club in 1979

[@myblues528]

ohhhhhhhh mate imagine on a proper soundsystem

[@RICHBLACKCOCK]

​@@myblues528TECHNICS or KENWOOD sound system I particular.

[@australienne11]

Yep...this, Video Killed The Radio Star, Computer Games...the electronics went right through you.

[@paulperrozzi4965]

I started atcthe Limit and Crazy Daizy in Sheffield on 1980, just as the new synth sounds were hitting the heights- dancing to the new tunes all night was banging

[@simongilbert2704]

it's 70's

[@GeckoCityUK]

Released in 79, i feel like this dude made the 80s, what an absolute privilege to have Numan alive at this time.

[@dianacruz5985]

1979, a good year, the year I bought a 1969 Camaro. Quarter mile street racer 👀. 16 year old ... Independent yet many of my teenage friends had muscle cars.

[@jackcarraway4707]

Cars was released a month before Video Killed the Radio Star, aka the first video shown on MTV.

[@luannabbate2624]

Just so sad that if he came about today he wouldn't be given a second chance

[@jaycee9540]

He was probably one of the very first to use those synth sounds it sounds 80s and not the 70s

[@VibeXplorer]

Yep. He was standing at the door to the Eighties showing people in...

[@johnburns1902]

This song was so ahead of it's time.

[@morbidmanmusic]

no such thing. it was 1979. I Was there.. literally in the next room~!

[@acebrandon3522]

Pimp Daddy agrees, far out man.

[@toeknee5777]

Please...youre a nutcase

[@DrLoverLover]

in what way?

[@laurarodriguz1141]

There will never be another time in history where music is as good as it was in the 70s/80s. Period.

[@MultiCappie]

This is not true.

[@jorgemarin7303]

I concur my dear boy so chap pop in the key 🔑 let’s jam jar this bloody ride

[@GenericUsername1388]

Really? I bet the 2390s will be pretty good

[@callen8908]

It was fvcking great! New territory instead of product

[@dwaynesbadchemicals]

That’s because the greatest album of all time came out in late 1979.

[@Mr_Kenneth]

No one makes pop music quite like the British. Gary Numan's Cars is a sublime and future-proof masterpiece.

[@patrickciacco1083]

Amen Ken, British movies may be for the birds but the British... they have the best Pop & Rock n Roll bands in the whole world.

[@jessewood2012]

You are so right 👍🏻

[@luckyducky7166]

@@patrickciacco1083 gotta thank Kraftwerk.

[@a.tanner8524]

@@patrickciacco1083 Are Snatch and Lock Stock for birds?

[@quollosuru]

Kraftwerk pretty good too

[@xboxxguy_9360]

I know it's 1979 but THIS is the start of the 80s!!!

[@stevedyches4635]

A lead-in one could say as far as early eighties music goes.

[@marybarnes6407]

When I hear this song and pop music I think of the 80's. On 80s stations they will play this as well.

[@vapordreams983]

80s was 1979-1993.

[@lloydkline]

❤️/ 1970s music , greatest music era ever

[@catchyname58]

This was actually one of the first new wave songs to chart so this was probably start of 80s songs

[@terryhonda2861]

He's Godfather of 80s' New Wave Music.

[@jeshkam]

I would say it was Bowie.

[@BellefontePerson]

This is the best 80s song of 1979.

[@forresthinkle6781]

The first time I heard this, the DJ played it three times consecutively. He couldn’t wrap his head around it. It was the fall of 1979 and I just entered my senior year of high school. New Wave rock is amazing

[@greasyflight6609]

The Police

[@VC-zk1kv]

"M" Pop Muzik!!! :)

[@thunderhorse6666]

No... no it's not! Absolutely nothing amazing about it. Fuckin dorks

[@robnowlin7285]

I classify this as Synth Pop. You are probably right.

[@kevinflaherty7592]

I agree with you forrest.in the fall of 1979 I just graduated.my god this song brings back my youth.carefree days!

[@joebuzz2758]

I'm 54 and this is one of the greatest all time songs and videos in history. I know many who agree.

[@theredbarroness]

Let’s all admit it... we lived the experience of this song... FEEL GOOD MIND CONTROL!!.....LOL....😉

[@lifeontwowheels3104]

Im 29 and grew up around rap and metal and yet I still grooved out whenever this song came on in GTA Vice City. Some people say games are a waste of time but I've had fun, made new friends, and learned about great music through the soundtrack of said games lol.

[@Dm3qXY]

Stuff like this deserve a platform that would keep them uncompressed.. one would expect something like that to be a thing in 2021 already... WHY CAN'T WE HAVE NICE THINGS ?! (stupid copyright laws and publisher ignorance, that's why... ok, i'm chill now...)

[@Dm3qXY]

@@lifeontwowheels3104 37 here; Videogames are about escapism, and what GTA did with its radio stations was just a glimpse about the multidimensional escapism videogames are expanding towards (games becoming platforms for distribution of traditional media, hosting video events, live events, socializing features etc. , approaching the kind of complexity stories like "Matrix" hinted about, hopefully without the dystopian aspects, but with unforeseen economic opportunities instead, especially for those materially limited in real life, or physically impaired.

[@joebuzz2758]

@@Dm3qXY lol

[@holymeto9981]

14 year old here. Amazing song.

[@lefkytheshin]

14? Man, that sucks.

[@SamuelBlack84]

I remember being a kid in the 80s and my parents playing this song on a Sunday while they did some cleaning 😊 It always gave me such a surreal vibe

[@random_an0n]

same thing but mine is that mungo jerry in the summer time song,reminds me of being sat at kitchen table eating cereal as a kid while my parents do shit.

[@clowncleaner]

Unless you lived at that time you have no idea how shockingly different this was. Still is,

[@trespire]

@clowncleaner What was it ? 7 synthisizers. Extravagantly expensive at the time.

[@kaputalist1971]

@@trespire The innovation. I was 10 years old when I first heard it and it was light years different than anything else on the radio.

[@eileenh28]

I remember seeing the video when it came out (I was 10) and stared because I had never seen or heard *anything* like this before.

[@trespire]

@@eileenh28 Non of us had seen not heard 7 synthesizers all at once. The triangular flourescent tubes, the "electric" drums.

[@briangonigal3974]

Well..., I guess if you'd never heard any of David Bowie's Berlin-era stuff it might not seem uncannily familiar to you, at least.

[@felixvargas7132]

Gary Numan is living proof that dark synth music will keep you from aging.

[@SuperSpectre1]

Keeps me from aging? Lol..I wish..good synth...was ahead of its time..only hit though, right?

[@galek75]

"Dark" "Goth" "Vampires" Yep. The connection is clear.

[@cruxivar6026]

And dark eye liner. I'm 50 and still better at eye makeup than most millennials

[@shielablige9399]

It's true...I'm 77 and love him still....

[@shielablige9399]

@@cruxivar6026 Excellent but I have to say,it isn't hard is it....Some look ludicrous and they all look the same???

[@billgardner4886]

This may be THE song that captures early 1980 best for me. I was on the radio as the morning radio guy at BJ105 Orlando and playing Gary Numan every morning. When I did, I'd crank up the studio speakers. Loved it then, still do now. Killer song

[@surmew]

This song is 44 years old. and it is still listening. and I came here after Jungkook's Calvin Klein commercial.

[@aar1978]

?

[@ZealKingdom]

Still just as good 40 years later.

[@D33Lux]

Keyboardist - no fucks given at 1:45

[@seanmalik6055]

I put this on the record player in 1979=80 at age 5!!

[@amypenn4486]

💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

[@alessandranovello354]

@van wray un bel gruppo che nel proprio mette il proprio

[@topbanana4013]

sounds even better when you here todays CRAP

[@WanderlustWolf]

This guy paved the way for what was coming in the 80s

[@craichead333]

Not just the 80's, huge influence on NIN

[@artisansportsman8950]

Not only paved he literally set them in concrete to last for eternity .

[@ziggyzagzi8017]

Along w/ the CARS

[@magnificentmuttley154]

@@ziggyzagzi8017 The Cars' _Let's Go_ came out that very same year. It's as synthpunk as you can get ;o) I've been listening to Gary Numan & The Cars ever since 🎹🎸🕺 Strangely enough its also the year Mel Gibson debuted in _Mad Max._ (See my ID photo)

[@asherouk7308]

Roxy Music, The Cars, The Saints, The Cure, The Clash, the SOS Band and Toto are the bands from the 70s that I think helped shape the future sound of the 80s the most. Possibly also the New York Dolls but they stopped recording in 1976.

[@ajay-xjs]

He was only 21 when he wrote this. Genius

[@tambian9130]

This man is really an absolute influence in my life. From 15 years old i was very shy and introverted and somewhat quite weird and other worldly in my thinking. Funnily enough the two main stays and passions i had in 79' were synths and cars....Synth wise i was always in music shops messing around with the gear from Roland, Yamaha , Korg etc...Eventually got one for my 16th birthday, 2nd hand Roland Jupiter 4 and the same year i got in Rolls Royce Ltd as an apprentice car sprayer in 1979.... I also collected model dinky cars and my imagination would run wild...Where i lived was a metal factory and in one of the disused yards was an old Mini van - London Borough Of Brent decaled on the side of the rusty and green paintwork...This car was dumped, never used for years and i'd always go and sit in it like it was my comfort blanket and play this track on my Duette cassette player. I even have my original Wembley Arena ticket when i saw Gary do cars Live which was absolutely fantastic. 45 years later this song still ignites the child in me that was mesmorised by this song all those years ago. Being a dj playing house, techno, tech house etc i can say this track to me has the synth godly status attached to it... From New wave in the 80's Through to Punk, Soul, Electro, Funk Pop etc, Cars is the GOAT and surpasses any synth line ever created as far as i'm concerned...Hall of fame futurism right here right now. Bravo Gary ❤

[@djsmiley1965]

Still one of the best tunes ever. Stood the test of time.

[@timmitchell5588]

Yes you are so correct 😇

[@TheGoodReverendSatan]

Check his duet with his daughter on My Name Is Ruin! Pure 💛

[@laramiefj40]

So have you!

[@djsmiley1965]

@@TheGoodReverendSatan I will sorry for late reply just seeing this

[@djsmiley1965]

@@laramiefj40 😂👌🏻🙏🏻❤

[@davefieramosca6974]

I love that every instrument is a synthesizer except for the drums and tambourine . The combination gives this song the magic it needed to be a classic.

[@localresidentofgortonmarke8415]

incorrect there is a bass part m8.

[@davefieramosca6974]

@@localresidentofgortonmarke8415 Ok and a bass 👍

[@davefieramosca6974]

@@Redhouse334 so was Cedric Sharply the drummer just a hologram then?

[@raulio81]

@@davefieramosca6974 probably, unless he's playing electric drums.

[@chadrbot5505]

4 guys playing a synth, none using more than one hand, one playing with one finger.

[@TheLizardKing1967]

44 plus years ago and it still sounds like the future. Gary Numan was way ahead of his Time.

[@cynthiaslusher5212]

Even to this day , 54 i still melt while listening to this song . Genius

[@rubedogg6969]

Who else was watching and listening to this on MTV in 1981 and still in 2023!

[@dennislopez6500]

2020 on KZbin.

[@laurasanders984]

I'm old

[@ricoF71]

Long Live and Prosper bros and sis fellow 80s Gen! A great life experience we've all been through up to this moment in time! All our Praise to The Creator of All!

[@gregborjas2557]

I was 12

[@etmeyutub]

Had the single in 81.

[@EarthWindandFirepower0990]

IF YOU LISTENING TO THIS RIGHT NOW,YOU MY FRIEND ARE A LIVING LEGEND

[@poanochung-wahlee1567]

Very true. I even have a t-shirt that says that. Aloha from Hawaii

[@smackeddie3826]

grew up on it, my dad was a Numan superfan lol

[@EarthWindandFirepower0990]

@@poanochung-wahlee1567 HELLO FROM TEXAS

[@poanochung-wahlee1567]

@@EarthWindandFirepower0990 aloha brother.

[@dan5964]

Heck ya, great song,

[@MochaSugar50658]

Gary Numan truly is such an underrated gem of an artist

[@the167club]

I had the pleasure of meeting and having a drink with Gary Numan, gotta be ablut 12 years ago, my uncle opened the NumaBar in Wolverhampton (unfortunately no longer there now) but I got to see him perform live t the civic then he came into the numabar (he had to really!) Amazingly cool guy, I was besotted with him

[@lauriedavis5946]

Nothing like hearing great things ab someone i’ve always admired! imo there’s no better comment than an _in real life_ first person account. Even if it’s bad news sometimes it’s still simply _NICE_ to hear the up close TRUTH! Anyway. So _your’s_ is the best of the best 🏆 since you met him in person & you said all the lovely things ab Gary which i am so tickled to know! Somehow gratifying to realize that at least _HOPING_ for the best is never the wrong thing to do. TY much for your input! 🤟🏻🕊️💕

[@the167club]

@lauriedavis5946 haha no worries he really was incredible to meet and watch live

[@govertverspui]

this song never gets old, dusty or rusty

[@kevinkelley3657]

It was a mega hit. I you are between the ages of about 42-55 currently, you absolutely remember this hit

[@govertverspui]

@@kevinkelley3657 Im 60....

[@kevinkelley3657]

@@govertverspui No disrespect intended, I like music from a very broad range of years. If it touches you, it is one of yours.

[@neilgibbons2532]

Just the BUICK !!!!!! Got old

[@jencman7875]

One of my favorite songs

[@handyit9302]

According to Numan, the song's lyrics were inspired by an incident of road rage: I was in traffic in London once and had a problem with some people in front. They tried to beat me up and get me out of the car. I locked the doors and eventually drove up on the pavement and got away from them. It's kind of to do with that. It explains how you can feel safe inside a car in the modern world... When you're in it, your whole mentality is different... It's like your own little personal empire with four wheels on it.

[@popjaw1andOnly]

I live in mine. This song has taken on a whole new meaning.

[@someguy2744]

Good on him for having the presence of mind to lock the doors. I'd imagine some people (myself included) wouldn't have the presence of mind to do so, and would probably get their ass beat. Although, if these guys were really problematic, they would have tried breaking the windows - so you gotta get out of there, fast.

[@lauradaly8020]

Wow! That gives us a bit of understanding that hadn't been brought up at the timr.

[@ianmclean5812]

That's correct!..London Is no place to be when traffic backs up!!...Every person for themselves!!!

[@edfromtheairship]

True!

[@jimmypalmer4042]

Another GREAT one hit wonder from my high school days in the 80's!!!!!

[@SkuStyle]

ELECTRIC CARS KILL! Gary Numan on point! THANK YOU!

[@nicksvinylbutty5488]

This song was bloody fantastic when it was first released and is still bloody fantastic today !!!

[@kevinoconnor1912]

I remember first time hearing this song and it was so different!!! Loved it then & still do today ✌️✌️✌️

[@kathyk2756]

Always have been and always will be awesome

[@ThomasPH123]

I got so much crap from my older brother for liking this song when it came out. This was progressive trance 20 years before progressive trance even came out. I recorded it from the radio onto a cassette tape and listened to it endlessly.

[@Boxingbear]

Ha ha..didn't we all have cassette players with radio on them ? Wow. Seems so strange now. Today's youth have no concept of how much they really have at their fingertips compared to generations past.

[@patrickbateman5387]

More progressive than TOOL

[@chrispurse3931]

Fear Factory redid this with Gary. It is just as good as this. However I am a person that loves the original over remakes.

[@Augfordpdoggie]

i was listening to rush and the police at 12 and my older brother was listening to milli vanilli and jimmy buffet and had the audacity to goof on me for liking this

[@patrickbateman5387]

@@Augfordpdoggie who tf is milli vanilli and Jimmy Buffett isn’t that bad.

[@MrWaldbums]

Industrial Rock was born here, not enough credit is given to Gary Numan..

[@chandlerbingbong]

Released in 1979. Gary Numan was so far ahead of his time that he hasn't even been born yet.

[@reeses_unicorn]

I'm surprised to learn that! This song has such a great 80's sound, that I thought it came out, around, 1983-1985.

[@anthonyrios8566]

AMEN . JUST SAYING

[@reeses_unicorn]

@ghosttrain2066 That's true.

[@sharonw3084]

70s had a lot of cool songs that where one hit wonders and didn't really get played until the mid 80s. British pop was the bomb!!!

[@keithfrance6191]

Not as far ahead of Kraftwerk 🤔

[@erinlowson6669]

What an absolute privilege it was growing up in the 80s surrounded by epic synth music like this. Can't get enough of this, could listen over and over and never get tired of where this song takes me. Thanks Gary, love your work, true legend!!!!

[@emichels]

Very well stated. Rock on.

[@richardsmith9210]

good comment the 80's were the best decade for adventurous exciting music still sounds as fresh as a daisy!

[@carlthornton1831]

Best era for music period!! I really miss the 80s and MTV!!!👍🏼

[@josephclark4153]

80s kid forever ✌️

[@timmitchell5588]

Totally agree with you Eric what a magnificent decade of music we can reminisce about 💓🙏

[@user-of7zf6lg8q]

The classic 80s has alot to tell those missed 80s will never be forgotten thats is all

[@brunnocostavariedades]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@josephdouglas7765]

🎉

[@hari1694]

Jungkook's Calvin Klein ad campaign brought me here, ngl this song is a bop

[@aljaberhk]

good to know people are still finding about songs even if its used by an ad

[@artconsciousness]

I was in my last year at school when this song came out. I don't think young people today could possibly grasp just what an almighty impact this song had when it was first shown on the British TV show called Top of the Pops. I was at a friends house at the time and there were six others from school. All of us where literally frozen mesmerised by sounds that seemed to have come from another planet. I can remember the hairs on my arms standing up. All of us knew at that moment that the future had arrived and we were all going to be part of it.

[@junewatts8809]

OMG! Same! Me and three friends at my parents house, all chatting - with TOTP on in the background - and then this came on: conversation just stopped dead (no mean feat for 4 teenage girls!). We just sat there, mesmerised. Still love this song now. 😊

[@artconsciousness]

@@junewatts8809 Wow to think we were both experiencing the same moment in history at the same time! It is a rare event in modern history that a happening can cause millions of people to all stop and stare at their TVs. Usually it is a tragedy, like the death of Diana, or the Twin Towers. At least this was a positive event creating a positive experience and a positive memory that can never ever be changed. I kind of feel grateful for that. Take care.

[@dangeroreilly2028]

Some of the earliest New Wave to hit the mainstream airplay.

[@jaylakeane1720]

Same effect on me but I was 12 or 13 watching the video on brand new MTV. I remember this and David Bowie’s “ ashes to Ashes”

[@BruceWall-gv4up]

Yea,. It. was. so. different. and. ahead. of. it,s. time,. and. where. I. grew. it. in. BR. it. was. wild.

[@HanDaimond]

The funny thing is that Gary Numan said he came up with that synth riff by accident as he felt uninspired to compose anything and just began to play that random tune. Never expected to be one of the most iconic riffs of the 80s.

[@Chelaxim]

This was 1979, he was ahead of his time.

[@MrDeegee1969]

He said that the long intro note was simply because he couldn't think of what else to play.

[@kennethflores7075]

Ever!

[@aaronhellinger6855]

Not true. But cool story

[@joebuzz2758]

Lol great comment, but he does not seem at all like that.

[@XX-eh2ke]

This song officially signaled the end of the 70s.

[@davideriolhickman876]

I remember it well as my final year of primary school. I'd'a been maybe 12

[@JP-vs1ys]

thank God!!

[@ZapperRS]

My Sharona

[@larariley2101]

I love my car! Where I feel safe. I love this song. One of my 80s teenager favorite songs!❤

[@allanburton8115]

"People of Vice City I give you Gary Numan" 😎

[@WylieFentonMusic]

Yes

[@gamer12463]

Tommy vrisetti mission

[@AbdulManan-ty5lx]

Me

[@Richard-fv7rq]

I remember this clearly when it came out, it changed the music for the next decade.

[@MinekEzQM]

By that time Kraftwerk already did change the music industry. The world was just slowly adapting. :)

[@michaelskywalker3089]

I agree. I heard it was especially hard in Britain at the time and the systematic rejection by the music industry establishment was difficult for Mr. Numan.

[@gilbertdavid2677]

Yez it started new wave dance craze by the wea dancers

[@SoapinTrucker]

@@MinekEzQM *The Robots* :)

[@BernardvanDriel]

Today I heared this song from my childhood while driving my car. The dj only mentioned Gary. I finally found it on KZbin! Sweet memories, still a great song! Love it!

[@catmeocatmeo9980]

Jungkook introduced me to this song. love this song

[@georgesweisfort1533]

Nothing can replace the 80s. So many good memories. Fun. Fun.

[@Klonkus]

Boomers fucked it all up though

[@user-bz9ld2go3g]

Uh yes the 70s

[@deepeters]

Damn straight!!!

[@piar7263]

Rose colored glasses.... 😎

[@patb5266]

This song and Are Friends Electric are instant teleportation to the early 80's for me!

[@davefuller84]

I love how weird everyone was in the 80s, and just went with it.

[@DarkWebTrappin]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug lol

[@Lori5564]

@@fadingworld5569 thanks for sharing. I was a young woman of 18 in 1982 and I have great memories of being a young adult through the 80's. Lots of clubbing was had as well. ☺

[@lefkytheshin]

God knows the lame acts of today could use a little of that weirdness.

[@Vod-Kaknockers]

@@Lori5564 Same here. From Michigan, stationed in San Diego in the early to mid 80's...What a time to have lived through.

[@sphericalempirical9359]

We weren’t weird, we were 4kng ace, this song is proof. Compared to the dogsh!t ‘artists’ of 2022, we had it sewn up, done.

[@greamepenney5947]

Our friends electric and cars are two of the best 80s song ever.

[@vernellshelton90]

This song literally sounds like its flying at the end!

[@lucilla972]

The most fitting comment

[@wewuzwolves4428]

That synth lead takes this song to another level

[@myronmyronhollishollis]

wait'll we finally get a good mass-produced jet pack song will still be good

[@bretslagle3438]

Played in the days when MTV was "MTV"!!! LOL

[@DethKwok]

This song was so ahead of its time

[@svilenaninetta9838]

Even now days

[@hanniffydinn6019]

It still is, nobody is doing this anymore.

[@pedrorocha8120]

This is a song of 2020 the end of 1979

[@amypenn4486]

💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💚💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🖤🎀💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🎆🥳💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@whristantd]

I wish they made songs now like this album. It’s so perfect

[@CMD619]

I first heard this song as a kid when I played GTA Vice City and still remember it clearly to this day. Great song! This is the first time I've seen the music video and Gary Numan. Not at all what I pictured him looking like, comes across as quite strange. Also, it seems like a missed opportunity to not feature actual cars in the music video for a song about cars lol.

[@LinwoodPowell]

GTA as a whole has the greatest soundtrack ever. Vice City was my least favorite.

[@gonzalo0408]

¡Las de GTA Vice City son las mejores de todas! Nunca pasarán de moda, son lo máximo 💪

[@JoannaCatarina]

Damn I remembered This from the game too!

[@jemelmoore7329]

It's 2024 and this song is still ahead of its time

[@paulstuart487]

This classic tune is dark...as a kid first hearing this blew my mind and even now aged 50 omg

[@chelseagirl278]

I feel the same. I love it and I am the same age as you. It never gets old. Only we do. Hahaha 😂

[@trespire]

Ditto, both off you two. This was massive, still is.

[@perrynight2394]

This sound marked the beginning of 80s new wave.

[@darrylcarlton1166]

Dats Rite, before house music was born......

[@peggyfranzen6159]

I love this song!

[@magnificentmuttley154]

For the beginnings of New Wave & Synthpunk, also try the Cars' _Let's Go_ from that very same year. It was released in June, just 2 months before Gary Numan's _Cars._ Gershon Kingsley's single _Popcorn_ & his album _Music to Moog By_ (both in 1969) are creditrd for being the ancestor of all Synthpop, as well as establishing the All Electronic music catagory. Esp if you listen to Hot Butter's version of Popcorn (from 1972) & the organ solo in Pink Floyd's _Eclipse_ (1973) the inspiration for & the roots of _Cars_ becomes obvious... Just a historic take from a 70s kid, also a musician, who was there to witness it as it happened ;o)

[@magnificentmuttley154]

@@lonestarshopper5485 Actually that makes sense. Gary sounds alot like Ric Ocasek from the Cars, esp when singing his career hit that very same year: _Cars._ The Cars are more R&R than Gary and Gary is more New Wave than they are. But either way, they're BOTH definitely "synthpunk" 👌. I'll never grow tired of how both Gary & the Cars make full artistic use of the synthesizer. And this at a time when most synths were still all-analog. Sound quality & voice quality of these is far better than that of all-digital models that became the status quo by the mid 80s. As a bassist (& as a drimmer) I still dont have the ability to play a synth. To me, this is why well done synth performance is even more pleasurable

[@illostr8]

I would have to say the band The Cars pioneered new wave in the Srates

[@jameskelly5672]

Gary Is 1 of the most underappreciated artists of all time.

[@KarmicSalt]

naw nick drake is

[@TeresaGermano-uq5xv]

Nikki sixx is.....lmao

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@KarmicSalt I love Nick Drake too

[@nattayamahipun4443]

Hands up. JK for CK 🙋🙋

[@sandraolivas4085]

I played the hell out of this song ,so much so that My now 93 year old mother still says my name when she hears it.

[@paolobenmore3504]

I guess she shouts Cars!

[@jjlove13only1]

Sandra that's how you know it's a good song because you couldn't stop listening to it over and over and over again, because it gave you a certain kind of feeling that only this song could give you.

[@kingyamcha5289]

Lmao

[@mrwhite77781]

She has a better memory than joe deminta biden

[@rockkenintexas3006]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@asenath7766]

He really nailed the "sensual male robot" character.

[@lisazoria2709]

Asenath So tru! 😍

[@lillyc.1194]

Nothing like a robot! LOL

[@RobertoTheOriginalManFromTheA]

That's was the thing in 80s music videos..

[@davidmaccormack7067]

I'd let him fly my plane,l' m a pilot too,crash landed a hang glider 'anlandugen veg von gehen ist gute landun'

[@tomjohnson3004]

Asenath , thinking maybe he grew up, ck rendition w/nin if u haven't already

[@TheZoorat]

This song sounded so futuristic when it came out. Hearing it now... sounds so futuristic.

[@SevenEllen]

As a kid, all I could remember of this song was the music in the background. I don't recall a single word of the lyrics. Now, as an adult, I appreciate the words to the hilt.

[@magreen311]

This is an absolute banger

[@kenaaronbabbit9987]

This thing goes from infinity to beyond

[@Amberoo]

That slow-mo entrance to the mic is just * chef's kiss *

[@vincentmyers4732]

Slow motion intro. Amazing.

[@93seronica]

My favorite part of the whole video!!

[@wildechild5]

The black to red was pretty bad ass toooooooo.

[@raygardener7393]

He perfected the reverse mic drop

[@natemajor6560]

The Italian pinch

[@smileybenteuno]

Heard this song from Jungkook’s Calvin Klein ad. Had to listen to the whole song!

[@marshallwhite4526]

I attended a predominantly White junior high school in the 1980s in Washington, DC, and this song was the jam!!

[@srvsrv8584]

I'm 56 now and this song always takes me back when I was a much younger version at 15 in my sophomore year of high school! Youth memories! I cannot help it, it happens every and each time I hear it.

[@MIZHOG]

I remember a silver label on black vynyl 45. Top 40 on Radio 1. Classic. Wore the grooves out!

[@brettthebassist]

I’m 56 as well and can totally relate 👍🏻

[@josephrocco2954]

Yes! Isn't music great that way?

[@michaeljohnson8971]

Agreed

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

I'll be 60 next June 10. This song was released in the US in early 1980. Better than anything out there today. Posting 3-8-23. Happy 65th to Gary Numan, and many more!

[@thomasjeanjr.2966]

I was 19 when this came out. He truly paved the way for the 80s music. I remember this video on Friday Night Videos, two years before MTV was released. A true classic.

[@yarbles67]

Friday night videos were awesome. We couldn’t afford cable and this was the only way to see the latest videos if you couldn’t get mTv.

[@Znop]

@@JenSell1626 Jealous of the fact you got to experience Michael Jackson, Gary Numan and Prince when they were in their prime.

[@skaryguy71]

Don't think so....Friday Night Videos premiered summer of 1983. MTV premiered in 1981.

[@irishron4861]

@skaryguy71…right dude. And I’m sure the late night on Friday and Saturday variety show “Night Flight” shown on the USA Network pre-dated MTV (by a handful of months). They were another source of music videos but I’m not sure if they referred to them as that then. I vividly remember seeing some ta-tas in psychedelia on Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” video. For a 15 year old up at midnight on a weekend it was awesome !

[@artfuentes70]

I miss those MTV video's, 80s not like the music today..

[@SharePat]

Some of the best synthesizer+drums ever.

[@patriciawalls326]

Gary Numan and his nusic. I still have his albums. Going way back. Love your music still Gary Numan❤

[@GuyMartinUK1974]

An absolute 'atom bomb' of a track - those synths still sound huge 40 years on.... Still way, way better than a lot of todays releases. Gary Numan. LEGEND.

[@theodoreritola7641]

43 Cars was wrote in the spring of 1979, Recorded in the summer of 1979 And released in August of 1979 So the 80s werent in DIAPERS YET , When this song was born ,,

[@brando7266]

Better than any song today, especially taylor swift,lol

[@shaztownson6314]

Can we go back to the 80s now??Im done with 2020🙆‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@chelseagirl278]

You and me both. Someone finish that time machine!

[@anthonygraham1853]

No

[@chelseagirl278]

@@anthonygraham1853 Anthony wants to stay in 2020. Be our guest

[@borntwice4724]

Somebody call Michael J Fox ASAP.

[@markanthonybent4460]

No Shit !!!!??

[@robomatrix4582]

i love the synth in this song, its so atmospheric and at the same time is very smooth, which isn't easy to do.

[@janetmoore5645]

Great song after all these years ❤.

[@johnsarab4500]

A synthesizer masterpiece: the best that I know of.

[@juanacuna3926]

The synthesizer Was the soul of '80

[@jasondowell3623]

Rush ~ Subdivisions

[@lorenzoartola9908]

Kraftwerk...

[@daboo7725]

@@lorenzoartola9908 Bon bon bon da Autobahn,,, weird shit back in the day

[@aligator9552]

I believe it was a Roland Jupiter 8 or a ARP Odyssey.

[@josephdepaulis1250]

This song is always sound best when played as loud as possible

[@jbiezen]

facts

[@TS-bn7zt]

Yes mate, 100% 👍

[@jwanbesande2734]

So is literally every good song ever

[@WestbustahSaucedo]

Yep

[@simonhouel1984]

Fear Factory likes your comment.

[@johnsantry5127]

The most futuristic sound ever created the sound of the cosmos millions of stars galaxies infinity and beyond

[@Escape_Velocity_12]

In 1980, I listened to Gary Numan up and down. I felt a new decade starting with this sound. Friends are electric.

[@lonalxaia]

1979.

[@karenmilcarek8299]

Just saw Gary Numan in concert! And yes they played "Cars"! Still fresh! And Gary looks and sounds GREAT! He doesn't age.

[@sparra3819]

How cool! I'll look up his tour, if he's still on with it.

[@leo29hornsfan]

No he literally did not age at all. I just recently saw him and he looks outstanding for his age, but he told in a tell all that this song changed his life completely and almost ruined his life. He couldn’t handle the fame here in the US he felt this song got way to big and popular in the states and drove him crazy

[@claytonbouldin9381]

I'm going to see him this Friday! Gary is opening for Ministry. I can't wait as I have been wanting to see him since the 2nd grade.

[@retromaster2000s]

Gary Numan and the band also are important you like the band here too he had better songs and way more hits overseas a pioneer.

[@jaylakeane1720]

Was he still rocking the eyeliner? Just curious

[@Dudleymiddleton]

This song will be with us forever, utterly brilliant, and I am priviledged to be old enough to remember when it came out. Thank you, Gary Numan, Bless your heart for sharing this.

[@nayelirodriguez9783]

Dios, gracias calvin klein x jk descubri esta musica es genial!!

[@MrBillygoat77]

Joined the Royal Marine Commando's when this first hit the charts..,and it was playing in the barbers shop on day one of what used to be a 36 week basic training course.

[@latenightlogic]

No one ever mentions this: the reason this song is the fucking masterpiece it is is because of the outro. A second synth comes in with a harmony note at 2:45 complete with a phaser then it goes absolutely full blown at 2:56 before the crashing drums at 3:02, repeat that for 2 more cycles to the gradual fade and you have one of the most goosebump inducing songs of all time. Why oh why does no one ever, ever, ever mention the outro? It’s the best part of the song.

[@AnEvolvingApe]

In my music world it would be a masterpiece but I don't like the goofy gameshow breakdown between versus like at 0:52

[@latenightlogic]

Minority opinion there. It perfectly blends the versus together. It’s as essential as the rest of the ingredients in the song.

[@AnEvolvingApe]

@@latenightlogic 😄

[@michaelgoldman4176]

That part is really cool.

[@declinescore]

Don't worry there are plenty of us who appreciate the magic of outros

[@joekelly7505]

That synth pad harmony beginning around 2:45 still gives me chills.

[@t8283287]

Good ear...me too it's details like this that truly put shivers up your spine and puts this tune amongst the greats.

[@melissa2688]

Joe Kelly - I hear ya. Me too at 2:45 is just awesome from the time I heard this until this very day. Just so cool. You take care and stay safe😷. P.S. - I know there are many Kellys out there. My mother is a Kelly by birth.

[@as680783]

So happy I'm not an anomaly with that pad. Absolutely beautiful and so hauntingly futuristic. The power of the Moog synthesiser.

[@Garylpool1]

Have you heard the swirling sound he plays on the moog at 3.40. Why he never had that earlier in the song and not as the sound fades I will never know.

[@t8283287]

gary09 lane yes it's a phaser effect and it comes in around 2.40 it just seems you can hear it at 3.40

[@meanstavrakas1044]

1980 was a great year, and the 1980s was a great decade. Life was good and the sky was the limit. We looked forward to the future with optimism because we knew that it would be bright and we believed in ourselves and our ability to do good things.

[@Sagenmrr]

Ummm, I was there, high school class of 1983, and, much as I'd love to agree with you, I can't. In 1980, the Cold War was going stronger than ever. After some peace efforts in the 1970s, led by people like Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan got elected. He and Britain's Margaret Thatcher ramped up production of nuclear bombs. The very real chance of a global thermonuclear war loomed over our thoughts about the future, every single day. Check out the lyrics in many classic songs of that day, including Tina Turner's "Neutron Dance", The Kinks' "Ape Man", and Prince's "1999". The whole punk movement, and its New Wave offspring, came out of the wrack and ruin of the British manufacturing economy. I lived in Cleveland, Ohio and our steelmaking city was dying as Reaganomics took over and allowed American manufacturers to ship their living-wage jobs overseas. And, here in the U.S. at least, the huge generation before mine, the Baby Boomers, had taken all the good jobs that were left. Not for nothing did my generation embrace the moniker, "Generation X". Compared to those who were young in the 1950s and 1960s, we had less opportunity, a falling standard of living, more pollution, and the dawning realization that the simple optimism of the Age of Aquarius was not going to solve the world's problems. Thankfully, any time there are young people, there IS optimism. The '80s were a great decade for music, but at least partly BECAUSE of all this pain, not in spite of it. I'm just glad the threat of nuclear annihilation has receded. Global warming seems so much more survivable. Nostalgia just ain't what it used to be!

[@GrandMerc89]

@@Sagenmrr Certainly. Many UK acts had some very bleak songs coming out at this time. Big Country with Steeltown for example. Billy Joel with Allentown. Midnight Oil with Beds Are Burning. It was a time of high inflation, diminished prospects, and the very real possibility of nuclear war. At the same time new technology was taking the world by storm. Very similar to the current era.

[@mumtaza4770]

I have an MRI every year and while I'm in the machine I play this iconic song in my head to the vibrations and rhythms of the scan. Takes me back to my childhood and Top of the Pops! What a legend!

[@KidChaosH2O]

They do make more noises than an 80's electronic keyboard don't they ?

[@dougaldouglas8842]

Simple music, long-lasting, an era that we shall never have again. It seemed to have exploded in the seventies, music somehow came of age.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@dougaldouglas8842exploded from the 60’s musicians; forward 😊

[@dougaldouglas8842]

@@KittyGrizGriz Amen. One paved the way for the height of the other. Good music days.

[@BrynDonovanWriter]

These days, one rarely sees such meaningful tambourine playing. Also, I freaking love this song.

[@DCul]

It's because the tambourine is a joke of an instrument. That's why they make children's tambourines because they require no skill to learn how to play them. It requires the same amount of skill to use as a Kazoo which is also for children. I don't care about what you read online. People will say the tambourine is difficult and takes time to master. Yeah maybe difficult for a 3 year old and yeah 5 minutes is an amount of time so sure. Nowadays you'll find, skilled guitar players, incredible drummers, brilliant keyboard players. Those are real instruments.

[@thadutchmastr420]

Yes that was so meaningful

[@keviningles5580]

Hello bryn

[@darrenmccoy8973]

Liam Gallagher no bad

[@brianwalendy3735]

@@DCul strange you got so butthurt about a percussion instrument...