Gary Numan 'This Wreckage' TOTP (1980) HD

Broadcast on 18/12/1980
Taken from the album "Telekon" "This Wreckage" was released on 12th December 1980
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[@deethompson3592]

I miss those days - the excitement of waiting for his next single ✨️🙏❤️ there's been no one to touch him - EVER .

[@sratus]

Oh come on now Dee, it's all very Bowie.

[@deethompson3592]

@sratus absolutely not - they both had their own uniqueness 😎

[@ms.carlson3904]

Beautiful futuristic song. Hundreds of years ahead of its time.

[@numanoid5665]

His best album (Telekon). Some piece of work. Still listening to it on vinyl

[@LRBerry]

It never gets boring listening to this song. My first concert was Gary Numan on the Teletour at the Manchester Apollo in 1980. I can't wait for his new album next week.

[@Chrisamusic1]

I was there. This was the intro song.

[@johnhall9825]

My fist Gary Numan concert was on the Teletour 80 at Preston Guildhall, what a show ,I was in the front row,the most amazing thing I have ever seen....And Nash The Slash what can you say....Genius .

[@faithhealer3154]

God never Dies..Gary

[@glenjarnold]

Those fabulous ARP Odysseys....

[@linavasquez-comyns949]

Cedric Sharpley was an AWESOME drummer RIP Cedric. And RIP Paul Gardner (Guitarist) and Numan’s BF.

[@spankysmp]

Big thumbs up. I think around this time I got sent home from school for wearing black nail polish one day trying to emulate Mr Numan (even in a small way) I was fuming being in the 5th year I thought it was nearly OK as I wasn't far from the 6th form and they could wear what they wanted.

[@Albrecht777]

Nice one!

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

Your school system sounds very British.

[@ArtyFishal]

A rare TV performance with the white leather jumpsuit. Also, is that Three Arp Oddyssey synths I see? That's just greedy 🎹 🎹 🎹 😂

[@CONSIDERABLYMORE1]

Ironically, he never used Odysseys on the track

[@royalnass1029]

classic Numan song that many people never heard of

[@billyweir714]

You are 100% correct, and to me one of his best

[@jackiewilliams3032]

One of his best songs i was hooked when I first saw him Amazing

[@Quietstormusic]

Amazing record that really summed up Christmas 1980

[@antminehead]

Agree! I was so chuffed that Gary Numan showed up on Christmas week, and he looked so cool and relaxed.

[@originalkingalpha5116]

📌 KZbin finally got it right! Thank you all at KZbin for all of the hard work that you do to make our experience a very pleasurable one! Happy Holidays!💕💕💕😂👑

[@gothicpagan.666]

Beginning of the end, untill the next beginning.

[@joharris7972]

I love this song so much although it got me into trouble with my mum lol

[@Nervejam]

I remember this from back in the day. It was totally alien. Nobody at TOTP knew what to do with it.

[@peterfitzgerald53]

A forgotten gem

[@ravvivando]

Such a weird and wonderful track! Having learned some Japanese since this was released I now realise Gary pronounces the Japanese a bit wrong! LP lyric sleeve shows 別れよう which is said "wakare yoh" not "wakare yuu". And written it should actually just be 別れよ (wakare yo). Wakare means "leaving" and "yo" is something added at the end of phrases when you want to emphasise a strong intention. So it sort of means "I am leaving, really". That's how I see it anyway! Would love to hear from any other Japanese speakers for their take.

[@Nina01x]

We must have done something wrong This dark facade ends We're independent from someone This wreckage I call me Would like to frame your voice This wreckage I call me Would like to meet you, Meet you Soon We write suggestions Suggesting fading to silence And that must please you My mirror's tarnished with no-help This wreckage I call me Would like to frame your voice This wreckage I call me Would like to meet you, Meet you Soon Turn out these eyes Wipe off my face Erase me Replay the end It's all just show Erase you I need to I need to I need to This wreckage I call me Would like to frame your voice This wreckage I call me Would like to leave you, Leave you Leave you, Leave you soon

[@jesserichardson4900]

Legend

[@LarzGustafsson]

Marvellous!

[@Julie-bp8jd]

I'm moving 💃 again ❤. Love you ♾️. Hey does he look a little like Sheldon Cooper 😂

[@haraldbente2101]

We were just be able to buy records in Germany at that time not aware of any tour in GB or somewhere else. Todays we have KZbin and Internet to discover back good old times.

[@principlephotography7820]

I remember watching this in 1980. Simon Bates said that he liked the drums on this song!

[@linavasquez-comyns949]

RIP Cedric Sharpley... A KICKASS!!! D

[@linavasquez-comyns949]

Oops. I meant to state: Cedric Sharpley... A KICKASS WORLD CLASS DRUMMER!!! His skills were VASTLY UNderrated and underutilized. Due to the PROLIFIC BIAS in the music industry. Particularly at that time. Whereby Sharpley, a bi-racial Drummer, did NOT want to be pigeonholed or defined by the “acceptable” music genres for Black musicians, i.e., Soul, funk, jazz, R&B etc. Ironically, His technique and style was SO versatile that He PLAYED and ENJOYED those genres. But, He WANTED to play rock, alt music. Being THE Drummer extraordinaire for, “The Tubeway Army” exposed HIM to a much wider audience and His SKILLS to Music executives. RIP Cedric!!!!🙏🏽💐

[@stringer-ik1pc]

@@linavasquez-comyns949 take your BAME agenda somewhere else. We're not fuckn interested. This is about Gary not a dead black man.

[@davicus100]

where did you see it in 80? what channel lol

[@debramelendi8220]

I remember when . . . got the LP still! 😉

[@anotherbody2]

I see some David Bowie in his body movements mixed with a bit of Kraftwerk.

[@tyreburster]

His two most significant influences.

[@flash_flood_area]

@@tyreburster Initially he considered himself a punk rocker though. He was really unique.

[@tyreburster]

@@flash_flood_area He carved his own niche.

[@Teeb2023]

Almost all of his mannerisms and facial contortions were Bowie-influenced.

[@CONSIDERABLYMORE1]

@@tyreburster Bollocks

[@Albrecht777]

Class!

[@JohnMcGurrell]

Epic Numan x

[@mikejett2733]

In this song gary created a new gene space funk sad it never took off

[@valterrolim7592]

Revolution music

[@antminehead]

This great song feels like being within some kind of huge machine!

[@lucianofigueiredo4877]

Som epco equizitamente deliciosos

[@ashfaq1999]

Brilliant.

[@nevetsgnil1962]

Looking forward to seeing Gary numan in Sheffield next year.

[@tracymorley1883]

❤❤❤❤

[@chopchung]

SURPRISED that this track actually GOT a TOTP slot as it barely made the top 20. Not a patch on earlier 1980 triumphs We Are Glass and IDYD but should have done better than it did.Some people have mentioned Bowie in the comments.Numan's auto "(R)evolution" notes a VERY nasty and petty incident involving Bowie that took at least some of the stars OUT of Numans eyes and showed him that even the mighty Bowie has feet of clay!.

[@colinlinskey9678]

Numan was on World Teletour, so as previous singles were promo video only releases on TOTPs, it made sense for TOTPs to tape this. No studio audience gives the game away too

[@kochmusicproductions3585]

TOTP was almost all lip sync and this was no exception. Cool though to see this song get a "performance."

[@jarrodbarkley9061]

Billy Currie had already left?

[@IamaNumanoid-km5jq]

Love bass player Paul Gardiner’s energy here

[@ziggy6848]

I’m an agent should of been the release from the Telekon album.

[@andybrown4361]

Without a doubt!!

[@andrewmurray5542]

It's should 'have' been ... not should of

[@ziggy6848]

@@andrewmurray5542 well thank you for your correction, but you must understand some are not as bright as you, suffering from dyslexia and dyspraxia is an on going fight for me.

[@ziggy6848]

@@numan6959 clever dick

[@LarzGustafsson]

No!

[@Workerbee-zy5nx]

Did Billy Curry leave after 80 or 81?

[@sharonmcauley2582]

Lol his waist was so tiny

[@rainbowrotcod]

good comment

[@bestattungshaustaublein471]

2022-June-02 Berlin two days left

[@taftaly3463]

What A Wreck in 2023..

[@helicopterspies]

No makeup just natural beauty and a lot of talent... those days when there were real artists...

[@linavasquez-comyns949]

@Leigh M Aucoin, He was only 21 yo. He didn’t NEED makeup. Lol I know what You mean. I’m just kidding You!!!!

[@outpost31737]

He wore tons of make up ffs.

[@helicopterspies]

@@outpost31737 Very interesting opinion

[@Teeb2023]

@@helicopterspies It's not an opinion, it's fact.

[@anastasias.7186]

Илья Лагутенко снова выступает )

[@g-plan9future204]

No billy Currie then

[@kateoloughlin8774]

I think Billy Currie may jave have teamed up with Ultravox.

[@clivejones5880]

Ultravox reformed after Numan's '79 tour with Midge Ure at the helm (Johnn Foxx left the band). Ultravox released 'Sleepwalk' in 1980 so no Billie Currie appearances with Numan after the '79 tour.

[@ian_b]

Not a great single choice, should have been "I'm An Agent" IMHO

[@Lollyezzy]

An mentioned in comments. Numan made two massive mistakes on releasing singles from 'Telekon' and 'The Pleasure Principle'. 'Metal' should have been the follow up to 'Cars' and 'Remind Me to Smile' instead of this. Only my opinion.

[@Garylpool1]

Back then you could have released double A sides, so after 'Cars' he should have released 'Metal and Films' as a double A side. 'Metal' as it was so catchy and 'Films' so when people said it was just releasing copies of 'Cars' and he didn't use real instruments they could be told to listen to 'Films'. From Telekon 'Remind me to Smile' and even the title song 'Telekon' should have been released before 'This Wreckage' regardless to how proud Gary said he was about writing this song.

[@clivejones5880]

I agree with 'Remind Me to Smile' or perhaps 'I Dream of Wires'. Don't forget Numan released 'We are Glass' and 'I Die You Die' in 1980 before 'This Wreckage' neither of which were on the original Telekon album release. We thought at the time, the first single for 1980 was going to be 'I Die You Die' since we'd been treated to an early version of the song on The Kenny Everett Video Show months earlier but WAG was a surprise single released about the same time as the Telekon album was released.

[@tullmonkey]

@@clivejones5880You are right, I remember that We are Glass was back in May and The Telekon album in September of 1980. As you mentioned I remember seeing Gary Numan on the Kenny Everett Show in January of 80 singing I die you die but it was a different version of the one that was released.

[@myworldstorm]

In my opinion, Gary couldn't have picked a worse song from Telekon as a single release!

[@Smufter69]

Why this was ever on Top of the Pops I'll never know.

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

It's songs like this that convince me that America was right about Gary Numan.

[@royalnass1029]

I'm glad that it was

[@lms2932]

@@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music what's wrong with it?

[@stringer-ik1pc]

@@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 😂😂😂😂😂😂He lives there and makes a fortune touring. Loser.

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

@@stringer-ik1pc I live there and was unaware of this, but further research has unearthed the fact that on 24 September 2018 Numan's tour bus hit and killed an elderly man in Cleveland, Ohio.

[@outpost31737]

Truly awful performance. He looks ridiculous. Telekon is a fine album though.

[@Themanyfacesofego]

He's allowed to look ridiculous... he's a Pop Star.

[@Teeb2023]

_"Truly awful performance"_ in what way?

[@Teeb2023]

​@@numan6959 What level of saddo must you be to create a user profile with the name of someone you think "acts like a twat"?