Gary Numan - Music For Chameleons, Razzmatazz

Gary Numan performing Music For Chameleons on Razzamatazz, broadcast on 5th February 1982.

[@ndub-nv2sp]

Damn that bass line..

[@JamesWilsonMD]

Pino Pallidino that's why!

[@roystonmayoh4374]

TV And VIDEO makers may like to know that we were allowed only 20 mins to shoot this ! As I directed it I know I only too well how grateful we were have this calibre of band in the studio , so 20 mins allowed just 3 multi-camera passes with with a 4 minute 'turnaround ' break between passes. Unfortunately we had to ASSUME that the performers knew the lyrics and were able to mime. Sometimes they did and sometimes they didn't. We were competing with the BBC 's TOP OF THE POPS, RAZZ transmitted late afternoons on Wednesday so we often outshone TOTP which transmitted early evening on Thursdays. RAZZ. Regularly got 6Million viewers.

[@KittyCatFurbabiesMaria1972]

royston mayoh I used to love watching Razzmatazz as a kid and watched this ...I feel old watching it lol (I’m 47) ...love this song , I bought it when I was little ....”are friends electric “ was my first ever song I bought ....I bet u have some great stories Royston ...lol x

[@outpost31737]

It was all mimed so what on earth are you talking about?

[@mindhead2005]

Lovely daylight feel off it! Thanks for sharing

[@thekovewithak]

It's all about Pino on bass!

[@glamnesianouveaux2039]

Oh yeah, that fretless bass is on FIRE! Funky as FUNK.

[@666zombiebabe]

why has this genius got so few views!

[@user-js3rg9sj1k]

Love the art work.

[@jonnyhaw]

Sorry, I can only think of Alan Partridge when I hear this now....

[@carolinepallett9303]

You and every other right-thinking human.

[@user-js3rg9sj1k]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@rjnuzzi1648]

Great, under-the-radar Numan track... one of three or four asthma great songs from Numan's classic synth period... love the shifts & exotic flourishes which only he can do so musically.... how did this guy go astray in those years I'll never understand... his music is so captivating & dustinct

[@KittyCatFurbabiesMaria1972]

I was little when I originally first watched this when it was aired ....loved razzmatazz ! X

[@TheAlmightyBassist]

Wait is that Pino Palladino on bass? It has to be him. The sound is a dead giveaway in and of itself.

[@tribalantidote66]

Yes it is,he played on the I assassin album which this track is taken from..

[@SheWoreLemon83]

I've never taken psychotropic drugs before, or any drugs for that matter, but somehow while watching this video, it seems like an appropriate thing to do.

[@TheTelekon]

BRILLIANT. Great quality video. ive not seen this for years. Thanks for posting. Do you have many more like this.

[@alisonkovacs9871]

Gary looks really nice here as a matter of fact

[@neilcarrollMeganJamieForever]

Who's this beautiful man with a lovely voice? It's Annie Lennox!!

[@ferreflamand7040]

Fretless rules :)

[@kevinebarron]

Pino

[@stuart38]

Those kids behind him clapping have absolutely NO clue WHAT rhythm they are meant to clapping to,do they? lol...

[@afitzsimons]

Pino and Partridge, what a combination, if you know what I mean?

[@vicesquadpunk]

I can’t help but wonder why the video had a 1940's American gangster theme.... very weird...

[@chrisgibson5267]

Gazza changed his image from album to album and I seem to recall that his mum made a good deal of what he wore on stage ( Jumpsuits and belts etc.). There were a number of bands who wore 1940s style clothing during the early 80s in England ( Blue Rondo/ Matt Bianco, Spandau Ballet), and I read in The Face that this style had been 'rediscovered' by the fashionable London folk who attended Blitz ( Years after August Darnell). Gazza went with a completely different look for him and similar to the besuited 'New Romantics' on Dance ( As one of his many critics noted in a review of the album). Plus the hats covered his receding hairline. Bless him. We had to wait for the 90s for him to find himself again, and I believe his wife told him he should just be himself. Kudos!

[@ArtyFishal]

He was into the whole 1930s/1940s gangster imagery back then. He even bought the classic car that you'll see in the Dramatis 'Love Needs No Disguise' video.

[@daviddring9341]

Is that Chris Slade playing drums ?

[@mapster247]

Yes it is.

[@TeeBee303]

Love the drummer completely out of sync near the end lol

[@tomspotley5733]

Sacrilegious to make the first shot one of the drummer. 🤦‍♂️