Gary Numan - Cars. Released: 21st August 1979

** Released : August 1979 **
www.numan.co.uk/
Singer-songwriter, musician, producer and pilot.
** LYRICS **
Here in my car
I feel safest of all
I can lock all my doors
It's the only way to live
In cars
Here in my car
I can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars
Here in my car
Where the image breaks down
Will you visit me please?
If I open my door
In cars
Here in my car
I know I've started to think
About leaving tonight
Although nothing seems right
In cars
** Released : August 1979 **
According to Gary 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".
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Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb on 8 March 1958) is an English singer, composer, and musician. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of commercial electronic music and has been described as the "King of synthpop." Gary is widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" (with Tubeway Army) and "Cars". His signature style combines gloomy themes of depersonalisation and alienation accompanied by energetic synthesizer work.
Early life.
Born in Hammersmith, West London, Gary Webb's father was a British Airways bus driver based at Heathrow Airport. Gary was educated at Town Farm Junior School Stanwell, Ashford County Grammar School, Middlesex, Slough Grammar School and Brooklands Technical College. He had an early ambition to be an airline pilot, but did not gain any academic qualifications; however, he did go on to join the Air Training Corps as a teenager. He then briefly did various jobs including fork lift truck driver, air conditioning ventilator fitter and clerk in an accounts department. A guitar was purchased for him at an early age and he began writing songs when he was about 15 years old. He played in various bands, including Mean Street and The Lasers, before forming Tubeway Army with his uncle, Jess Lidyard, and Paul Gardiner. His initial pseudonym was "Valerian", probably in reference to the hero in French science fiction comic series Valérian and Laureline Later he picked the name "Numan" from an advert in the "Yellow Pages".
Personal life.
Gary married a member of his own fan club, Gemma O'Neill. In 2003, after some pregnancy difficulties, the couple had their first child, Raven. In 2005 they had a second daughter, Persia. In 2007 the couple had their third child, Echo. He published his autobiography, Praying to the Aliens, in 1997 (updated edition 1998), in collaboration with Steve Malins (Malins also wrote the liner notes for most of the CD reissues of Numan's albums in the late 1990s, as well as executive producing the Hybrid album in 2003). Gary has recently moved to East Sussex from Essex.
Gary is also known for his love of flying, a passion which has featured in some of his music videos ("Warriors", "I Can't Stop"). He has owned several small aircraft. He is one of a very small handful of flyers with the credentials and qualifications to train aerobatic instructor pilots. Gary guest-starred in "The Power of the Crimp", an episode of the BBC TV series The Mighty Boosh, where a major character, Vince Noir, is a huge Numan fan. Gary recently stated that he likes to go sailing from time to time. Gary was also a member of the Air Training Corps. Numan's brother is also an accomplished pilot.
Gary has Asperger syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder which causes restricted social and communication skills. In a 2001 interview, he said: "Polite conversation has never been one of my strong points. Just recently I actually found out that I'd got a mild form of Asperger's syndrome which basically means I have trouble interacting with people. For years, I couldn't understand why people thought I was arrogant, but now it all makes more sense."
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[@davidjensen2666]

I heard this song in 1979, and turned it up on my stereo..still love it today😄

[@kmbdbob]

Look up what Numan does today. His newest stuff is suprisingly good.

[@vranime3772]

dapper ass mustache

[@theodoreritola7641]

Dont tell that to 80s kids lol They claim its 80s lol From August 1979 .Maybe they dont know math . lol All in fun

[@mc2594]

I also heard this song in 1979, turned it up on our naff kitchen radio .. then did a slightly exaggerated Madness dance, still get the urge today 😉

[@cfneal1459]

and I bet it sounded a WHOLE LOT BETTER than here on YT.

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

This is what the future used to sound like

[@jimiijimii1111]

What does today sound like?

[@stevobox8726]

+jimii jimii like kardashians and one direction and cloud storage

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

shendriksza burn it all down. burn it all down to the ground

[@Rebazar]

+WeeWeeJumbo if there's one thing the late 70s/early 80s nailed, it's making things look/sound like the future

[@ryanhunter226]

+WeeWeeJumbo yep

[@knoname7778]

Here we are, 39 yrs later and this track still rocks.

[@jerrysmith3302]

And it alway will Kno Name777. Peace

[@nicholasramsey5331]

I was born in 1975, and heard this song in the early 1980s! For me, this song is always going to sound like the cutting edge of a clean, desirable, and impeccable future world that is far removed and devoid of the crude and far-from-desirable world of the present!

[@Miohunter444]

It always will!!!

[@rawiswar1969able]

Especially if your car has a system like 3,000 watts. Yes close your eyes and take off.

[@michaelfrazia4569]

@C. Buck Hyres I love classic rock , 80s and 90s rock etc, but I have a real soft spot for the early synthesizer bands..this song still may be my favorite all time song. It just sounds so futuristic still...you are spot on

[@signupstuff]

This is how the 80s started. He was just a year early.

[@JorgePerez-zp2uk]

It he see a

[@RB-.-]

He was so ahead of his time this is like ‘83 stuff

[@soulminer]

Hell yeah.

[@MshAhmxiO1]

this was still popular in the night clubs when Honeymoon Suite was doing their circuit '87ish

[@lobocaliforniano2608]

You are absolutly ríght!!

[@maxxxmodelz4061]

October 2019 and this song still sounds futuristic.

[@PNEKarl]

I'm still here listening. The best days. Nothing compares these days :-(

[@bunnybrown6748]

I love this x

[@renansantana3818]

Perfeito comentário 😎✌👏👏👏👏👏

[@fredrikpaulun4956]

We are in the future right now. Bizarrre but true...

[@meghan_.]

so much has happened since then...

[@Tsuruta1]

This was a tune that got us ready for the 80's

[@rdeloges7957]

Interestingly (I was 10 at the time of release), it may have been released in August '79, but it was very much a "winter" 80 song (big Dec-Feb '80) as I remember experiencing it--just hearing it brings back memories of hearing it on my older sister's radio. For many of us, this was the beginning, part of the wave in the US (from the UK, again...LOL), leading us into the MTV era. Obviously, new wave had been around a while, but it was not that mainstream. Blondie was still kinda "poppy". But this, and DEVO, and then by '82, full on "new wave' pop-punk, etc.

[@lohphat]

As did "Pop Music" released the same year. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYHSmqlmqL9nqZY

[@patrickprice6215]

Absolutely...well said.

[@Monster12367]

Thats a very apt observation, quite apt indeed. You win the internet comment award for today, no joke or sarcasm intended. You just made a really great point.

[@Rationalific]

Yes. This and "Video Killed the Radio Star" (kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6jYqmeefbRmj7M) really heralded the start of 1980s music and style. That includes the electronic/synth sounds (in the particularly 80s style) along with a "nerd" or "geek" or "pale, skinny, and socially awkward but awesome" guy doing weird but cool stuff. (I also agree with Iohphat above about the song "Pop Music" from 1979 as well. It is totally strange how some things start so suddenly, and from multiple groups.)

[@alanstrom2221]

People overlook the fact that real Drums are used on this legendary piece of music, plus the tambourine is a stroke of genius.

[@timk9006]

Percussions are a thing of the past

[@Alusnovalotus]

The last remnant of the 60’s & 70’s.

[@TheHamburgler123]

@@timk9006 Lol no they aren't. You need to listen to more current music.

[@agentbagreviews]

Not a word spoken after 1:26, the best synth composition ever

[@TheCorezero00]

A Yamaha Dx7 if im not mistaken......

[@hokethompson4857]

@@TheCorezero00moog Polymoog 280a and Minimoog Model D. You can see them at the end of the video

[@cfneal1459]

thus -- stoner music

[@LaserParody]

@@TheCorezero00 Predates the DX7 by almost 5 years, 1983 (one of my favorite vintage synths, then and now)

[@GeeEm1313]

But it's not a good song to sing at karaoke because of that. That wasn't fun, just standing there.

[@alexcorreia9476]

1979 - this song is awesome! 2019 - this song is awesome!

[@bobspence5322]

we turn 40 together.. in cars.

[@Trancegirl1966]

I remember the day this track was released! I still love it all these years later. I'm 52 years old and songs like these take back to High School and hanging out with my friends with a radio and waiting for our favourite songs to come on. Regards from Australia..

[@deadby15]

Actually, this song sounds even more radical now than then.

[@LaWendeltreppe]

lol- so true!

[@kimberlykweder2840]

feel like this song will be used for a commercial for autonomous vehicles.....

[@solarflare1008]

40 years ago and still sounds a head on time in 2019. Thanks Gary for this master piece.

[@kevinbeck6785]

gary numan so under rated

[@tracylynnw]

Kevin Beck check out “my name is ruin” by Gary....incredible

[@kevinbeck6785]

@@tracylynnw watch gary perform ruin on the old grey whistle test and he was accompanied by his daughter persia yes you are correct it was incredible it is on y tube enjoy

[@tracylynnw]

Kevin Beck I’ve actually seen that, it’s incredible that his live performance sounds just as fantastic as the recorded album. There is very few artists that can do that.

[@kevinbeck6785]

@@tracylynnw i agree he was never given the credit for his music.

[@gesslealgeria5232]

Didn`t you feel that there`s something magic in 80`s music ?

[@iadorenewyork1]

This is ‘70s music, leading into the beginning of the ‘80s. But I agree with you!

[@jeffhullender449]

yes

[@thevoid2406]

I've no doubt about that

[@jamesdemetro8819]

@@iadorenewyork1 i bet he was in the 1980s awards for this song

[@alanstrom2221]

The 80's started in the late 70's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@michaelivorysr.9868]

40 years later and this still song til keeps me in the zone. Old skool 4 life. Man I miss those days as a teenager. Early days of MTV. This was definitely way ahead of it's time 1979 going into the 80s. A trendsetter it was and it set the tone and pathway of a new sound that was unheard of at the time. Iconic. Pure genius by Gary Numan. Unforgettable.

[@spiritwardiaries]

Yes👍 I remember when Mtv actually played music and nothing else!😁

[@harko1962]

👍👊

[@SandraLovesRoses]

I’m 42 and yes!

[@exo152music]

Same

[@idonthavealoginname]

Without doubt one of the best electronic tracks ever recorded in my humble opinion.

[@andrewgaffney4881]

Your humble opinion is shared by this person and many more.

[@musicman201047]

Next to the synthesizer sound Eddy Van Halen utilized in Jump, I agree.... that song by Van Halen still rocks to this day imho, and helped revolutionize the Big 80s era just like Cars did.

[@gesslealgeria5232]

And you forgot The human League /Don`t you want me / ?

[@donahuetroy]

IT IS A MASTERPIECE.

[@rubedogg6969]

This is still better than the shit I'm seeing today!

[@rowdyroughman]

ruben Martin This is better than that gay ass Justin Bieber.

[@aidanbh]

rowdyroughman agree with all of you but how do you know that justin beiber is gay? what makes him "gay"?

[@jenny395791]

ruben Martin Couldn't agree more!!!!

[@jenny395791]

TheArmoredAlpaca What doesn't make him gay????!!!!!

[@aidanbh]

...

[@Bustygirl-dz1wi]

Gary Numan and kraftwerk were pioneers of this type of music

[@nich586]

I remember buying the 45 and listening to this over and over because it was truly ground-breaking. 40 years later and it still sounds fresh. Good music never dies...it's timeless.

[@jackssmirkingrevenge9365]

even more so because it was indubitably ahead of its time. it is completely 80s yet was made in 79

[@dwayneharden5333]

V I did the same exact thing dude

[@LittleFellaDynamics]

Same here I was 8 years old (!) and it set the trend for my musical jorney that's for sure! Mint 👌💯🎶🎹😎🌟

[@boondockpaint]

if you weren't born in the 70s, you missed the greatest era this country will ever have

[@Eric-zi1oz]

+kiplenhowser 1974 here..

[@boondockpaint]

+Eric 12374 👍!

[@boondockpaint]

+snoopatomicdog damn straight!

[@BubbaZen10]

+kiplenhowser I was born in '65, and have no idea which country you are referring to my good man.

[@boondockpaint]

+BubbaZen10 so....you were 20 in 1985. Yes you my friend remember when this country was at its coolest. You were born at just the right time to inhabit grace and culture and relative peace. As gas prices keep falling, the more nostalgic I become!

[@jackssmirkingrevenge9365]

that extended synth string outro is absolutely iconic put it in a timecapsule for 150 years, dig it up and itll still be blowing minds

[@srkbear1]

jacks smirking revenge It’s absolutely brilliant. And on the most primitive synths, it sounded more modern than anything now. I’ll never forget how it blew me away when it came out.

[@jemmyxx3107]

So true!

[@sanfranciscodamn]

jacks smirking revenge D

[@knaziringram4589]

jacks smirking revenge 1000% it took the song way over the top!

[@markcheetah4960]

It's SPINE TINGLING! Awesome sound!

[@ElMalito187]

That stern stoic look at the end is so captivating and pure genius.

[@bootycheese69]

50 years old and still can't get enough of this song......

[@lorenam.9986]

40 years. This was released in 79, not 69

[@symonoconnell8759]

He means he is 50 yrs old🤣

[@johnbicknell4748]

48 years old and I'm listening to it in my kitchen.

[@valenciawhitehead9589]

Try being 55 and having it on LOOP!

[@bootycheese69]

49 years old now but when I listen to this I'm transported back to 1979. Love it.......

[@raysmith1051]

You mean 40 years.?

[@Werepizzaa]

@@raysmith1051 he means he is 43years old not the song

[@rdeloges7957]

was there with you. I was 10 at the time of release, it may have been released in August '79, but it was very much a "winter" 80 song (big Dec-Feb '80) as I remember experiencing it--just hearing it brings back memories of hearing it on my older sister's radio. For many of us, this was the beginning, part of the wave in the US (from the UK, again...LOL), leading us into the MTV era. Obviously, new wave had been around a while, but it was not that mainstream. Blondie was still kinda "poppy". But this, and DEVO, and then by '82, full on "new wave' pop-punk, etc.

[@razorsedg3563]

I'm really hoping that your taste in music is so much better than your choice of username!! I mean damn!! That's an image I don't think anyone would want to imagine seeing up close and personal. Lol

[@mysticmma4420]

Your name makes me think of truffle butter

[@johngrandrea695]

One of my dads favorite songs R.I.P pops 1953-2014

[@seanegan4236]

It's 2021, and Gary Numan still looks like something from the future. This is an awesome song.

[@johnnyrodriguez910]

49 years old now but when I listen to this I'm transported back to 1979. Love it....... Gary Numan became a pilot. This song was way ahead of its time

[@theodoreritola7641]

The 70s were a head of their time period

[@oakforestboys]

This song was way ahead of its time

[@reygomez6056]

Exactly...hi from El Paso

[@Arcin00]

Not the music video though

[@tegunn]

Ultravox was a big influence for Numan

[@michaelivorysr.9868]

Yes it was remember it like it was yesterday. What a time to be teenager in those days Man I those days and definitely good times. No rush in growing up just vibing and have a great fun. This was even by MTV was started. So true this was way ahead of it's time.

[@charlesaguilar1708]

So was the"Outer Limits" 1963!

[@michaeltrapson]

Never knew this came out in 79...it sounds so 80s. These guys were sonically ahead of the game!

[@ryanturner9979]

I like your IT parody your awesome bro😎

[@Tornado1994]

The Buggles, M,Gary Numan and The Two Way Army, Britain was KILLING Disco with Cutting Edge New Sounds in 1979.

[@joshstephens3650]

It charted into the Billboard Hot 100, reaching its peak in May 1980.

[@lenaaustin6692]

Yes by leaps and bounds

[@iceynipyt7790]

That's because he's the #1 of new wave of all time!

[@GHOST-mi4jh]

This song is so TIMELESS , It's 🤬 GENIUS. 🤍 Ya, Gary.

[@Ajthelizard1100]

Man this is one of the most 80s sounding 70s songs I’ve listened too

[@theodoreritola7641]

No its one of the most 70s songs going into the 80s

[@theodoreritola7641]

You got that back words Itys a 70s song GOING INTO THE 80s Nothing more / And to bad its NOT A 80s SONG LOL

[@djdedan]

The end of 78 was the start of what people call the 80s... sadly culture trends don't really happen exactly on the first year of every decade...

[@WestbustahSaucedo]

sounds 70s to me, the polymoog was from the late 70s

[@theodoreritola7641]

No 70s sounding songs The 70s made the 80s

[@benedettobruno1669]

Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique bands such as Gary Numan and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you from Sicily.

[@bobbyc1367]

I agree and knew this since the 1960's. But, Mainland EU put forth the majority of the finest and most creative rockers in the 1800's, 1700's, 1600's CE/AD.

[@stringer-ik1pc]

What a great thing to say. Europeans usually hate the English. I wish you well from England. 👍🇬🇧👍🇬🇧👍🇬🇧

[@vygfffchcdrtfvgrth9356]

It's not because we're clever or creative, it's because we're all constantly depressed so have much to write about.

[@rdeloges7957]

It's amazing isnt it? For all we Americans claim and have done, a style of music that started in the US (a mix of Celtic/Protestant 'Call-and-Chant', Southern Gospel and black music), some British dudes in the late 50s, early 60s were pickin' away and brought us the Beatles, Stones, Who, Kinks, Clapton, Zep, etc.

[@Paul-fg4py]

@@rdeloges7957 We gave the British the music. Before there was Elvis there was nothing.

[@callum9679]

English music at its best

[@rebeccatrafford2417]

DAMN RIGHT

[@dachshund_gaming]

> at its best You what. Led Zeppelin? Beatles? Rolling Stones? Gary Numans not bad, but he's hardly the "best"

[@clasicradiolover]

I'd have to agree with you.

[@justinpino8115]

Devo

[@forddanniel1301]

Ye Devo were awesome, true pioneers. But why sum electronic music became popular and the other didn't - like Dark Day, or Neon Lobotomy?

[@dendeeze]

40 years old, and still sounds much better than the crap they produce today.

[@melrobinson8637]

Amen

[@conlinbryant5037]

Ok, boomer

[@tenzin682]

Dude, you have no idea. You were alive then, if you had been born in '68 like I was, you would have loved the '80's even more!! And when MTV hit the airwaves, it changed everything!! Going to high school at that time...I was so lucky! BUT.....it is awesome that we can all go back!! Enjoy!!

[@jesse_cole]

@@tenzin682 I think he means that the song is 40 years old, not that he is.

[@TheTaxburden]

@@tenzin682 bet that was an amazing time.

[@alanstrom2221]

This is REAL music!!! Powerful, moving, emotional, human feelings. Thanx Gary!!!!

[@plumeria66]

The way to be super cool and timeless is to avoid getting a suntan, stay very pale, keep your hair neatly styled, and wear black from head to toe. You will always look hip to everyone.

[@TotinosOtherBoy]

plumeria66 but he's wearing red right now..

[@tucocotucoco4833]

People is so obsessed to get a tan these days, just be proud you are naturally white ffs.

[@heavnnnsent]

My friend Betty moved to Florida and hates getting tan....she shoulda stayed in New York!

[@Cocoa13]

heavnnnsent uh you can get a tan during the summertime

[@MythicSuns]

so what you're saying is voldemort was 90% there?

[@mowerdan8133]

1979 was an awesome year for music. Disco, Punk, New Wave, Classic Rock, even friggin Rap, etc all coexisted in the late '70s.

[@wandydeoli5780]

The 70's was trully Golden

[@wandydeoli5780]

One the best

[@unwelldanny7108]

rappers delight

[@isaachunt5799]

yep they say 79 was the greatest ever year for pop music. and i aggree

[@elzariz]

@@isaachunt5799 Without a doubt and many agree. 1979 was a peak year. A great way to bring in the 80's.

[@laudanum669]

Gary Numan put a spin and polish on the Kraftwerk style and made it more accessible for the masses. This song in my top 25 of all time.

[@JJ7Redick]

damn, only 25? I dont even know where I'd put it, but I'd love to hear some others from your top 25 :)

[@shelliebill]

Love the Kraftwerk reference, and you’re so spot on!

[@laudanum669]

@shelliebill Thanks, You obviously know your music. Take care.

[@Bella-fz9fy]

Originally written as a guitar track!

[@theodoreritola7641]

So you like 70s music like me ? Thats good

[@kernowman2768]

18 years of age when it first came out,61 years old now and it's still as great as ever 👍👍

[@AllusernamesgoneFUCK]

Everyone needs 80s music every now and then

[@spasmspector]

I need it every day of my life. Otherwise I will probably curl up into the fetal position and contemplate life.

[@clairduffy60]

My fuggin WHAA??? This was a hit the 70s!!!!!!!

[@Peejay1966]

Yep, 1979. I remember it well, just before I turned 13. Great tune.

[@clairduffy60]

Philip Joyce Yup, Numan was a product of the 70s post punk scene.

[@cmdfarsight]

+Clair Duffy - I thought it was an early 80's as well. Easily forgiven considering that it has that 80's synth sound. GN must have been ahead of his time.

[@johncorbin9599]

This song was at least 7 yrs ahead of its time. CLASSIC '80's song!

[@garybarlow889]

True. .

[@StarfieldRailway]

It came out in 1979 but was still on the charts in 1980.

[@johncorbin9599]

+Hooptie Hamburger I remember, at this Dallas club, Club A, it getting played regularly, with great enthusiastic cheers and most everyone dancing right where they stood, and that was 1987-88. It's still great to dance to.

[@StarfieldRailway]

John Corbin I'm still a big fan of it too.

[@jacquelineiona1996]

It truly was ahead of its time! Still love it.... I was about 16 when this came out and I fell in love with New Wave

[@jimmyjames6267]

I turned 17 August 79, this song changed my world, for the better!!!

[@michaelbruns449]

500 years from now this song will still sound like music from another world...

[@choach22]

Heard this in a record store (remember those) when it first came out. I went home with the 45 and never looked back. So ahead of its time!

[@BrianTheVoice]

This is one of the greatest songs ever created and Numan opened new doors to music. Every part of the song he created and pushed the keyboard into the forefront of music in that time. He is a true original and his styling imitated over and over again.

[@carriersignal]

Exactly 40 years ago today this song made the airwaves for the first time. I remember hearing it at 6 1/2 years old on my little GE 7-2500 radio and being absolutely mesmerized by those swirling synths. It really helped mark the beginning of an era.

[@eastgreenketama1]

Hang on.......40 years old now! Unreal! Timeless

[@jasonvogue4487]

Gary Numan.. Has Aspergers before anyone knew about it.. Made beautiful music.. Obsession.. You pick what you want to obsess. And grateful Gary made his mind up

[@thewomble1509]

i think plenty of people knew about Aspergers before Gary came along mate. He didn't INVENT it you know. He's talented but not that talented.

[@TheBT]

@@thewomble1509You would be wrong, Lorna Wing's work started in 1981 and she was the one who named it Asperger's. Hans Asperger's work, being work done in Nazi Austria, was not know by the public and wasn't translated until this time. Autism, whilst known about, was not yet properly defined and not in the public consciousness. The first time most people had ever heard of it was Rain Man. This is why the whole MMR vaccine myth came about, because people were able to have their kids diagnosed.

[@thewomble1509]

@@TheBT Ok, i didn't know that. Thanks for the info. I'll look it up.

[@amylxxiii3546]

Skyler Lucky ~ I absolutely LOVE how you said this✨

[@MousePotato]

I'm 48 now and spent my whole life feeling different until i recently got an Aspergers diagnosis. They didn't know much about it them days.

[@segersystem]

The last minute of this tune just gets it with the synth overlay effect. For its time a brilliant effort !

[@ohh338]

that's what I love about this song too... I love the fade out with that

[@tezzrterry7485]

Was Brian Eno involved in this?

[@lifeisconflict1140]

Jason Shults and Sting!

[@RobertoGinsburg]

W Stuart the *Polymoog*

[@shaneellis9519]

It's 2024 and I'm back listening to this classic. 🎉🎉🎉🎉happy new years

[@1669Python]

I remember hearing this in 79 and thinking music is changing, the 80's are going to be interesting.

[@100chuckjones]

what a great song, i remember the 1st time id ever heard it, it was on my schoolbus radio (imagine this: my bus driver used to open the door in the morning with a lit Marlboro red hanging out of his mouth,cranking great tunes "Get in kid".) i realized something about this song and how different it sounded, it wasnt long before i knew that this song was a footprint of what was to become a whole new sound of the next decade, the 80's. only a year or 2 earlier i heard the song "pop music" and could hear the sound going in to a new direction but this song was like the introduction.

[@replicas11]

Great comment about a great tune.

[@trueplayer367]

stephen dwyer you forgot to mention the tambourine... lol...

[@100chuckjones]

172Break its hardware (drum machines, synths, exc) that are used as instruments.

[@seanoneil283]

This record was good from the word go. Both the group and this track announced the shape of things to come - Rod Whitehouse.

[@100chuckjones]

***** Amen to that :-)

[@kerriegrant6293]

I might be 75 but i still love this!, i first heard it at a party, not realizing they had hash, and for the 1st time they gave me some, it was great fun, now if i took some hash it would be for pain control hahaha

[@dampap3640]

Many warm greetings to you then dear!!!!hahahah hash is always a good thing to do!!;]

[@kerriegrant6293]

dam pap Greeting to you sweetheart ;-) Yes it certainly was fun, a learning curve you might say hahaha, gotta have fun whilst you can, and i got the laughing bug, we were laughing for hours, hmmmf then an eating bug, and anything just tasted gorgeous. I liked the debating bug best, we could go to amazing depths, practically analyze the begiinning of time, or so it felt, lol lol its 11;29 pm here, so i'm off to bed now, you take care now :-) xx

[@dampap3640]

Kerrie Grant You are an awesome funny lady,with no complex in your heart and mind,well done!I wish more people be like you!!!Take care and ty f this nice chat ;]

[@kerriegrant6293]

dam pap Thank You Sweet Heart, you are very kind its been a pleasure, ;-) xx

[@dampap3640]

Kerrie Grant :]

[@valenciawhitehead9589]

Takes me back to days as an Army Brat who had friends of many backgrounds, all of whom loved music. The songs are what brought us together--white, black, Latino, Asian, etc. This one rocked back then, and STILL rocks strong!

[@terryhenderson5827]

Me too I was 14 years old living at Ft Riley Kansas when this song came out

[@888TRG]

I have been looking for this song since i was a teen in 2009, just found it finally!!. Never knew this was released in 1979!? I thought it was a late 2000s hit! Wowww. If there's a song that is truly timeless, it's this one. *I LOVE THIS!!!*

[@trentbateman]

You never googled the lyrics?!? I feel bad for you when you can’t find that song stuck in your head.

[@Indians-dl3to]

GTA Vice City is the reason why I like 80s.

[@kithand1106]

Indian 2080s this came out in the 70s idiot

[@garysmith5781]

I was 15 when this came out, 53 now and it is still great...

[@nimbusregular]

what how are you 53 now

[@bjc12566]

We were the lucky ones to grow up on this music

[@nofilter3810]

benjo is cool Let’s do some quick maffs. 53 - 15 gives 38 ; 2018 - 38 years would be 1980. Story checks out!

[@devcash5239]

Gary Smith I was a little girl too when this came out to my dad used to listen to Gary all the time this was his jam and mine and I still listening to it to this day I'm 42 now

[@cherark1]

I was 14 wen this came out n I went berserk trying to get it

[@user-co3zf2cf3b]

40 years ago and still sounds a head on time in 2019. Thanks Gary for this master piece. Man I love this sh*t from my teen years, but damn the drummer was pretty awesome. 49 years old now but when I listen to this I'm transported back to 1979. Love it.......

[@lincoln3307]

Wow! 40 years and I still LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!

[@ianfrancis777]

This song was light years ahead of its time...

[@supernus64]

+Ian Francis. No, it was just the sound of 1979, but still cool

[@9999999995914]

rest in peace to DAVID BOWIE, 1947 to 2016, who loved DEVO, and Gary Numan !, God speed !

[@kvernon1]

This song was, hands down, my favorite song to roller skate to on Friday nights at the United Skates of America when I was a teenager. The synthesizers reverberating everywhere as you glided over the entire rink truly brought you into another dimension!

[@droogie76]

This will never get old- never get played out.

[@coltongoff456]

I find that new wave music in general is good driving music.

[@ironinquisitor3656]

Me too!

[@Infernokit]

Especially when you're driving in Cars

[@stuartgrahamzee]

brilliant always loved this

[@spreaddeezhazelnutz7511]

Gary reminds me of a mime and has always looked creepy to me when I was younger lol

[@rahrahraichu7310]

If Gary Numan reminds you of a mime you should check out Klaus Nomi.

[@breestone6607]

rahrahraichu he does huh? :)

[@eastgreenketama1]

How could anyone actually dislike this?!?! Groundbreaking stuff!!!

[@maximaniac7231]

Listening to this in 2024. All I can say is, this is what the future will sound like. Thanks for the heads up Gary!

[@brigidcraig4280]

Gary Numan is such wonderful person.

[@pinupgirljen]

The daddy of synth pop and new wave ❤️ still buying albums in 2018

[@DrHRMathias]

No rapping, no foul language, no dinky finger snaps, no annoying vocal warbling, no copying what everybody else was doing. Numan was one of a kind. None better.

[@philsurtees]

Um ... it has a tambourine FFS!

[@OutlawSpaceWizard]

lol "No foul language" I guess you haven't followed his later work.. You sound like an old fogie

[@rockanne]

​@@OutlawSpaceWizardhe used the past tense.

[@OutlawSpaceWizard]

@@rockanne yeah but its still an idiotic old man take. a pretty myopic view of music. I love new wave as much as the next guy, but im so sick of this "back in my day" groaning. its all just fuckin rock n roll, even hip hop.

[@trentbateman]

@@OutlawSpaceWizardtimeless songs appeal to all ages across time. Hence why you couldn’t have Pound Town appeal to the young yoof in 20 years

[@ramblinman.]

Happy 40th Birthday! Saw Gary in LA last year. His older music is classic, his newer music resonates with me on another level. He is awesome and still has it! His music has changed my taste for the better.

[@traceyfitzpatrick2163]

THANX SO MUCH GARY !!!!!! IVE LOVED THIS SONG SINCE I WAS 8YEARS OLD AT THE TIME THIS SONG CAME OUT IN 1979 . ITS 2018 AND IM ALMOST 47 . CHEERS FROM SHERIDAN , WYOMING USA 😘🌹💋

[@Dev1ls.advocate]

Hey your the same age as my dad 🤔

[@augustinevela9892]

42 and I wish I could go to an 80's club and dance my ass off!!! Austin, TX. Stay young...

[@reygomez6056]

I too in 1979 i was 8 years and now in 2019 i still listening this song

[@scottmccamish4258]

Timeless. Truly timeless. I'll never get tired of listening to this.

[@MarkSmith-er7fe]

oh aye

[@wesleycross3469]

I was sixteen in 1979 and thought this the greatest song on earth... All this time later i have about ten different versions of this musical work of art...

[@gentillygirl545]

Yes! I was 15 and this song changed the way I looked at life. Cosmic wake up.

[@theodoreritola7641]

1979 had so many huge hits And Cars was one of them ,, To bad 80s kids

[@tollschock5056]

Der Sound meiner Zeit ! Und ich vermisse sie unheimlich diese guten alten Zeiten meiner Jugend !!! PARTYS, DISCO, GIRLS and ALCOHOL...!!! 😎✊✊

[@horacioolvera7360]

the absolute simple brilliance of this future telling piece still stands out 40 years later.....

[@robmatijevich8910]

Horacio Yes. Look at how the scene evokes cell-tower 5G imagery decades before. The power of the pyramid and capstone seem to fuel the new mode of communication. It’s a FreeMasonic world, we’re just living in it.

[@bobr8410]

Who's rocking this in 2018?!

[@twing3329]

I am 🙋🙋

[@radicalizedonline3496]

Still rockin

[@sarahjamison3464]

MEH

[@RoomAtTheTopStudio]

Yup. I was just about to start secondary school when this came out. It's still rockin

[@michaelstuart341]

Not me

[@gerald7148]

6 years old when this came out and I still remember hearing it. Timeless! What a great futuristic song. Broke so many cultural barriers

[@zenmode88]

This song spawned the 80's...

[@MichaelMike-et4ij]

This song came out in 1979 but it is way ahead of it's time!!!!!! I would consider this song as an 80s tune but still very futuristic. Cars sounds very 80s but it has a timeless quality to it. He is way ahead of 1979!!!! Cars is very futuristic and seems to be a tune that has a timeless quality to it.Gary Numan is a genius and seems to be in touch with the future. This song could be played in a space station and seems to fit in everywhere. A one hit wonder that stands the test of time!!!!

[@Garylpool1]

I agree. Numan was no one hit wonder as Tubeway Army was basically him and as we know Tubeway Army had a well known hit as well written by Numan.

[@donnaayres7668]

I graduated HS in 1979. Yes, I'm old. I'm in awe as to what has happened to what is considered music these days. Disheartening & no talent.

[@virolo1960]

His goal was to set the tone for the 80s music.

[@monickalynn4365]

79 was almost over when they released this but sure it was written farther back.Everyone loves this track-poppers,rockers, hip hoppers,old,young,tv commercials about cars,lol.Its effen TIMELESS period.😃

[@wandydeoli5780]

Because everything has a begin. The late 70's has a lot of Synthpop.

[@Gustavogukpa]

That is one of the most 1980s songs in history.... and it was released in 1979

[@Tornado1994]

Video Killed The Radio Star, Pop Musick, Cars.

[@theodoreritola7641]

Are there songs from 1989 That were 90s music ? Or does it work that way ?

[@wrxena]

It's 1980 on a Wednesday night, my Papa is driving us home in our VW Brasilia after playing a few games of duckpin bowling. Yes, the kind where there was no machine for resetting the pins for each frame, it was done by children or small men paid to do the job. This song came up on enough occasions on the radio after 11pm while we were still on the highway and it felt like our theme for driving home.

[@NancyMary-yu7st]

Toute mon adolescents.. et pour moi à ce jour, toujours un plaisir de l'écouter ❤❤❤ merciiii pour ce beau partage....

[@dannyvendetta8633]

One of the reasons I love synths and drum machines

[@bimb0cat]

It's real drums. Gary's uncle played them.

[@marting6037]

And distinctly underrated too i reckon; not overly flash but supremely tight/syncopated. Absolutely spot-on for target 'sound' Gary was aiming for.

[@purplegurl79]

Love this song, and it old as me...1979!! 😀😀

[@rickmonteiro1384]

purplegurl79

[@philsuddaby2390]

Same here 21st July 1979 😀✌

[@curecovers_x1976]

purplegurl79 15th December 2006! 😀

[@scotty193]

Totally hate you for saying that as I am a decade before you. Lol

[@scotty193]

@Matthew Dawood Khaghani You will be to someday ................

[@hondac7028]

50 years old and I still love garys music .

[@2ndchancediecastrestorations]

Timeless Numan Classic ..and it's 2023!

[@jagaderolls]

All of my favorite music came from 1979/80.

[@warwickreid4035]

It was 1979 i was 18 with brand new licence and Gary Numan comes along to articulate the experience.

[@goombabear]

Warwick Reid I was five and I remember my older brother buying this albumn. It was my first indroduction to British new wave music. I still love it.

[@wandydeoli5780]

It was great

[@wandydeoli5780]

Good

[@johnfkennedy2676]

My Fellow Americans 🇺🇸 USA and TRUE American Patriots Values 🇺🇸 USA I'm so very proud of This Bright Young Music Man 💪 Gary Numan and GOD 🙏 Bless America 🇺🇸 USA and England

[@lordsesshomaru9527]

Coronavirus causing chaos and I’m here jamming to Gary🤷‍♂️ only way to go out😂

[@justsomeguywithafoxmask2998]

after all, we would feel safe inside our cars..

[@lordsesshomaru9527]

Incineroaster2319 // in carssss

[@flaccidego9468]

Lol. Yep. Getting alotta housework done, sipping some good brews & listening to good tunes. So this forced staycation ain't ALL bad:)

[@lordsesshomaru9527]

Sir Robin the-not-so-brave // preach on brotha!!

[@provethioaltum3276]

Hell yea im w I

[@fabiocampagnoli]

he was 100 years ahead of his time.......

[@pavladavlas]

As was the whole new wave scene.

[@captainwilliam3920]

They didn't use auto tune, which was invented only 19 years after 1979

[@websterjackson3589]

Fabio Campagnoli That is one Cool white boy!

[@colwynboy7279]

80s music made its entrance right here. Still listening in March 2019 by the way.

[@jamesholmes3499]

This is pure ear candy. Will never get old.

[@ncavlleguy]

ABSOLUTELY ICONIC IT STILL ROCKS TODAY !!!!

[@redneckhapa]

The first 30 seconds is all you need to see how amazeballs Gary Numan is.

[@selmiville2922]

The Forgotten Nationalist yes

[@haroldkeil8582]

Can't beat the 80's for coolness! ! Class of 85.

[@gallodecombate7953]

Harold Keil Class of 1987

[@TheBillproject]

actually, this album was released in 1979. He is a pioneer

[@danfieldingistheman3071]

But it also charted in 1980.

[@danfieldingistheman3071]

Same here Harold, Class of '85!

[@KillingPeople]

class of 2070

[@police1043]

I still listen to this song it brings back my 1980s Sr High days. Got a speeding ticket jammin to it... the trooper even liked it when he walked up to my window and it jamming.. he told the judge about it and the judge knew the song also.. he found me guilty but reduced my fines... lucky day for me...

[@thebryllyantone8462]

I was 7 years old when this came out. I remember playing with my matchbox cars listening to this song and I thought to myself this is the future. As it turned out I was right.

[@danstermeister]

The subject: cars. What's not in the video: cars.

[@omaralcazar1035]

fuck you

[@ChihiroBlue]

Shut up meg

[@Dedhed687]

He's right. Still a good song though.

[@andrewjgrimm]

Rip-off! I want my money back!

[@dirckxd]

Absolutely genius. Lyrics were based on feeling protected in a car while some nutcases were threatening him. (source kzbin.info/www/bejne/inyUgWxpp56rm9Um7s )

[@CruiseControlOne]

This came out in 1979 and he was so much ahead of his time.

[@daniellavaladez9538]

How so?

[@tempest411]

This song had little that could be considered contemporary to it except maybe some stuff by The Cars, ironically enough.

[@stephanierando3477]

Also Kraftwerk the man machine also a 70s release sounds 10 years younger and way ahead of its time from 76

[@theodoreritola7641]

THE 70s were a head of there years

[@theodoreritola7641]

IF i had a dollar for every time i heard that about a 70s song i would be very rich

[@kostasamarantinis290]

Legend.Icon.God.Gary rules pop since 1979.4 decades now.Go Gary go

[@StrawHat-xt5hq]

Test drive showed me this song. Miss cruising around this absolute banger. Who else can relate?