Gary Numan 'Music For Chameleons' TOTP (1982) HD

Broadcast on 18/02/1982
Taken from the album 'I Assasin" 'Music for Chameleons" reached number 19 on the UK Charts
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[@Nervejam]

How bloody cool was this? Slap bass, keytars and hats.

[@ArtyFishal]

Pino Palladino on bass and those synth sounds. Amazing combination 😎

[@reallife7235]

Moog and the fretless with that singing? This is pinnacle 1980's. Where have I been? First time to hear this. Even a bit of Cy Curnin on the edge there.

[@atlanticmermaid2739]

I just stumbled on to this. Listening for the first time in my life. Immediate gold!

[@meegz149]

I envy you. For me it was 2009.

[@oldgold5848]

​@@meegz149 I was there at the start....but only because I am old....

[@reallife7235]

Mick Karn style bass playing and similar to David Sylvian in the band Japan.

[@numanoid5665]

Fantastic, legend, never tire of listening to him

[@jhall5490]

For me, " I Assassin " was Gary's last great NUMAN album, all the tracks were killer ,no filler ,all the singles were great, a very underestimated album !

[@ArtyFishal]

I don't think it will ever happen, but I'd love him to tour this album.

[@jhall5490]

@@ArtyFishal Yes, I totally agree !

[@ArtyFishal]

@@jhall5490 some great non-album tracks from that period too 😁

[@marioandtyler]

Same with the one before this, Dance. Both class and underrated albums that I'd love him to play again!

[@ArtyFishal]

@@marioandtyler Absolutely agree. A Dance/I, Assassin tour would be amazing. I can always dream ☺

[@dixgun]

Gary and Pino and everyone else left on this track and the album it’s from should get together and explore this type of music again. Still sounds like the future to me.

[@ajs41]

Similar to the style of music on Japan's 1980 album Gentlemen Take Polaroids and also Tin Drum from 1981.

[@dixgun]

@@ajs41 yeah, love those records as well.

[@chriscollins1704]

I agree. This kind of 40 year old music sounds futuristic to me.

[@stevenflow]

Anyone else playing air bass to this?

[@dafunkester]

Just Alan Partridge!

[@stevenflow]

@@dafunkester 😁😉

[@stevenflow]

Is it an #accidentalpartridge to point out my earlier post was a deliberate partridge?🤔

[@LeeWalklin]

Yep! That's fretless air bass 😁

[@marcraygun6290]

I'd have to say the best of Gary Numan"

[@sonic970]

Gary has a great smile 💜🎀

[@antonwitter]

Awesome....The look, the sound, the Moog Liberations....

[@thejacal2704]

Lovely stuff!

[@mikamusic4503]

I was allowed to buy one single every Friday when I was 10 years old. I still have this. Played it over and over. Many years later I could play the bass line better than Alan Partridge. (only Brits will understand)

[@santorini8423]

You’re mistaken. No one can out bass the Partridge.

[@Julie-bp8jd]

Thanks ❤🎶💋

[@madmex123]

I feel like downloading this just to correct the aspect ratio.

[@jackblackmetal5710]

This bass😱

[@santanajapan]

Tempos atrás pensava que era Mick Karn nesse baixo, mas é outro cara né tal de Pino Palladino. Tb é outro fera no instrumento!

[@alanjohnston3648]

Love the hats like the album cover and music video. 🔥

[@TROLLDETECTIVE2]

Forgot all about this track. Love it.

[@christinopessoadossantosfi9866]

Som, visual, instrumentos: tudo nos remete ao início dos anos 80. Boa viagem!!

[@luizhenrique712]

Brasileiro?

[@philljenner4045]

"Hello Partridge, you're through to the static home"

[@markharc7615]

Cool song=- I always thought this was Mick Karn on bass but guess it was Pino. Both are GIANTS.

[@jammiebooker6489]

Pino is 6'8...a literal giant 😂

[@veerchasm1]

Man, I miss non- Nine Inch Numan

[@thevoid99]

yeah but NIN helped bring him back to the public.

[@lms2932]

I don't think he ever realized how good he truly was. Trent Reznor did. Why he had to go and try to replIcate Trent Reznor's vision is beyond me. His vision had already included his inspiration received from Gary Human's original recordings...

[@evanmarmer8576]

Gary Numan is a fan of David Bowie as is Trent Reznor.

[@ribbonseal2004]

iconic

[@WilliamjameswestWEST]

We used, to dance our head.s off to this at Wolverhampton civic hall😅

[@nicolar.hodges938]

WHAT ARE GORGEOUS SMILE HE HAS ... HE USED TO BE WELL SEXY ! STILL IS SOMEWHAT ...

[@lennartlemmyandresen5164]

Memories 🇬🇧

[@quantumeseboy]

Is that Palladino on Bass?

[@colinwright4139]

Numan's gift to the world. 😉

[@ribbonseal2004]

yes

[@NigelLawrence-z1j]

Yes me😊😊😊😊❤❤

[@lucianofigueiredo4877]

Muito top

[@luizhenrique712]

Outro brasileiro?

[@Dan_Samp]

Br TB conhece música mano kkkk

[@dayanidhi9391]

Knowing me Alan Partridge, knowing you, Gary Numan.

[@sratus]

AHA!!!!

[@anastasias.7186]

😍😍😍

[@juanpaez6349]

Gary Numan 👍 11/18/2020

[@glenfordburrell1076]

A slight whiff of Japan's: tin drum album, but that's ok!

[@SadBnnuy]

Didn't he have a few of Japan's members playing for him around that time?

[@jammiebooker6489]

Pino looks like a giant up there 😂

[@tracymorley1883]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👌

[@nmacog]

What's better than a MOOG ? 2 MOOGS !

[@WilliamjameswestWEST]

ME❤

[@jasonturpin92]

This is good boogie by newman 🎶 👍

[@dafunkester]

Alan Partridge love's this!

[@g-plan9future204]

They had to cut that long intro

[@cosmicdepot2278]

Pino Palladino on bass I believe wears a 17 shoe.

[@jake-fj2zi]

So much drip, immaculate

[@suededogs9670]

COOL AS FUCK ❤

[@JohnTaylorMusicClips53]

Pino Palladino

[@afitzsimons]

Bass is too much in the background.

[@juliethompson6887]

Hello my names graham

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

lies

[@thejacal2704]

No, that's the bear again.

[@adrianlast195]

At 10 seconds Gary's peen. At 24 seconds Gary tucks,

[@anastasias.7186]

Илья Лагутенко 😄

[@tyreburster]

Peculiar looking drum kit. The tom-toms look like giant toilets.