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!

[@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.

[@Mortthemoose]

59....I feel the same.

[@william21990]

61 also, if we only knew then what we learned now.

[@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

[@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".

[@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. ;-)

[@ajaxt9333]

Thanks for visiting planet earth Gary..

[@michaelkottler]

Yeah, thanks man.

[@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!

[@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!

[@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???

[@seanwhite4837]

Still listening to this in 2024.

[@tanagiberson4770]

this is the first song I heard 🎉hum in 20241

[@sharoncooper4801]

Facts💯

[@wendys7285]

Me too!

[@mikebennett6713aceadventures]

For sure, what a great time to grow up….

[@piar7263]

Same

[@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.

[@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.

[@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...

[@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

[@JennR323]

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.

[@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)

[@BellefontePerson]

This is the best 80s song of 1979.

[@richardmapa2585]

Ain’t it, tho?!?!👍

[@diegodelatorre2343]

It's from 1980

[@BellefontePerson]

@@diegodelatorre2343 It's from 1979.

[@guitarheroplayer-fs5js]

There's also "Computer Games" by Mi-Sex.

[@yanstein8464]

this and video killed the radio star

[@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

[@MrWaldbums]

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

[@kealohaowhyhee]

Joy Division was in 1979 too.. Ian hung himself right after this video was made...... 45yrs later they STILL are Kings of Industrial... aloha

[@SAH7272]

Uncle Al had Gary Numan on tour with Ministry and it was banging!

[@dawnmguzman]

Just ask Trent Reznor his opinion

[@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

[@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 ❤

[@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.

[@mikesamek1909]

This song is one of the reasons 1979 was one of the best years in music.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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?

[@kelechi_77]

Yeah by like 6 months

[@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

[@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,

[@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!

[@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

[@allanburton8115]

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

[@WylieFentonMusic]

Yes

[@gamer12463]

Tommy vrisetti mission

[@AbdulManan-ty5lx]

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]

@@NeonCherryBlossum 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.

[@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.

[@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?

[@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 😂👌🏻🙏🏻❤

[@markwillis9240]

Gary looks like the son of David Bowie and Peter Gabriel.

[@peggyfranzen6159]

It's Elon and his alter ego!

[@williamhassell5589]

He does look like you

[@raulcastro3277]

Looks about right.

[@stewiefy]

He also looks like Sheldon Coopers dad.

[@MacetazzOpina]

@Steve Hunt hot

[@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

[@dakotah4866]

It took me a long time but I finally found this from a KZbinr just recently I've been looking for the name surprising the name is cars and the artist and here it is this is actually one of my favorite games in an old racing game for the Dreamcast I finally found it.

[@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.

[@Deegee_1969]

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.

[@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

[@ElCameronDormido]

this is the first video I remember seeing

[@magnificentmuttley154]

😆😆 That's 'cause Gary was already doing MTV before there ever was an MTV I don't know which was the first music video I ever saw. The earliest ones I can remember are Duran Duran's _New Moon on Monday,_ & _I Can Dream About You,_ from the movie _Streets of Fire._ I didn't see MTV for the first time until '83

[@LookinAround2]

This is the first video I remember seeing where someone commented that this is the first video they remember seeing.

[@jonnyq680]

how many do you actually remember seeing?

[@2869may]

I remember watching the first video ever played on Mtv, "Video Killed The Radio Star"

[@mmprettypistol]

Nick I remember seeing what I thought was the 1st video on MTV In the Air by Phil Collins

[@nickthefox72]

2024 anyone?❤

[@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* :)

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@nathanwanner..44]

This song is so timeless and pure you could play it 30 years from now and it would be better than anything currently playing bravo gary 👏 an absolute masterpiece truly epic

[@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 🤔

[@jamescarruthers7760]

Anyone remeber how cool and different this sounded at the time?

[@rgm2659]

No, I thought of Kraftwerk and others.

[@DrCheeks]

fuck yeah.. ill never not love this tune

[@alexcarter8807]

Yes!

[@colerosenhaus848]

i was not alive

[@APoliticalConfusionAndMess]

I can't really say anything being a zoomer, but I'd say that it still feels very different today because of the enigmatic lyrics and random hits of the drum(? Piano?)

[@jemelmoore7329]

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

[@michaelkottler]

Damn straight.

[@bethanyparuag6241]

Here because of Jungkook Calvin Klein

[@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.

[@avU-ou2wn]

Who's here after Calvin Klein's Jungkook commercial?😩🤌🏻

[@iBDWR]

This and Pop Muzik by M are the most 80s 70s songs I've ever heard.

[@shaztownson6314]

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

[@chelseagirl278]

You and me both. Someone finish that time machine!

[@Zzantzanter]

No

[@chelseagirl278]

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

[@borntwice4724]

Somebody call Michael J Fox ASAP.

[@markanthonybent4460]

No Shit !!!!??

[@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 💓🙏

[@magreen311]

This is an absolute banger

[@kenaaronbabbit9987]

This thing goes from infinity to beyond

[@develious27]

Who's Here with me in 2024

[@mahjkk]

jungkook's announcement song for calvin klein!

[@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]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@terryhonda2861]

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

[@jeshkam]

I would say it was Bowie.

[@kelechi_77]

What about Brian Eno?

[@RonnieOwens-kv4oe]

Id say all to them! Bowie and Eno aren't earthlings in my opinion. 😂

[@v.dargain1678]

So true . 🎶🎵🎶

[@Kels1701e]

A true classic from 1979 and no-one will ever me convince me otherwise

[@megataurus7779]

You got class girl!

[@brileyblackburn3253]

This song gave birth to the eighties.

[@elpistolero82]

Anyone remember this song from the GTA Vice City soundtrack? So many fantastic songs that are still great over 40 years after they were released. This one is a classic.

[@ralphlorenzperolino3054]

Aside from Cars being in Vice City, Are Friends Electric was also in Need for Speed Carbon, and I Am Dust in Need for Speed Rivals. Gary is totally a freaking legend.

[@moonbeamsunshine]

Even though I knew this song before I played it, Cars will forever remind me of Vice City (which is one of my favorite games). I love 80s music and I discovered some really great songs from this game.

[@fungunstv9264]

Hhhgjnvnkjghjjkkmj

[@Exploited89]

I remember it from the intro of Test Drive 6 back when I was a kid... fun times!

[@刘祥-y6j]

same

[@violentJJ2112]

it was so fuckin weird and so fuckin great at the same time. that was the 80's in a nutshell

[@vinniestvincent3112]

canossa on the east coast of Spain

[@punkoid76]

Chester Molester even though this came out in the 70s?

[@jeffw1267]

+pinkoid76 It didn't play on the radio here until the spring of 1980

[@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

[@saadmurdock]

Baby reindeer brought me here :3

[@usarmyvet]

Hyundai Velostar theme song

[@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

[@Ayon4t9t]

This song makes me to play GTA Vice City.

[@hansonliang4873]

me too!

[@DirtyImpala]

Yes tis songs is wave 103

[@DirtyImpala]

@Carl Johnson No im bisexual

[@JohnLennonsocks]

@Carl Johnson why are you straight?

[@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

[@ladytsprts]

Music was better back then. You had more different and unique sounds. It was not like this music today where most sound and perform alike.

[@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

[@BrynDonovanWriter]

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

[@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...

[@ikesours6558]

Secret: Tambourine is the best metal percussion.

[@georgesweisfort1533]

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

[@Klonkus]

Boomers fucked it all up though

[@T59-j7k]

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!

[@pipeman124]

2024 anyone?

[@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

[@SatansShockTroop]

that Gary Numan is quite the musician. I've never seen the tambourine played with such....vigilance.....

[@SteveKasian]

+ShockTroop - I know, right? That was a workout. He started losing his timing there towards the end, but came back around to finish like a champ. He's a badass tambourine player. lol

[@adriennewatt9718]

He's VERY serious about it. I was a teenager when these videos came out but cracked up laughing watching this one 35 plus years later. All the serious men in eyeliner!

[@richardmensinger1799]

He also plays guitar!

[@Murderbot2000]

That was a pretty sweet tambourine solo, after all.

[@darrenjones3784]

@@richardmensinger1799 And piano.

[@oldsilverdrew2471]

Still sounds amazing after all this time. One of the few truly new wave tunes ever created.

[@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.

[@jzgatorsabol3570]

If I die during this epidemic, I will die jamming 80's music!!!

[@DAndyLord]

This is plague music!

[@cal26restaurantcastelloli98]

We all family are listening that unforgettable hits

[@axelyoung5877]

Same here mate

[@kariyam2202]

Pandemic

[@forinnerhealing]

J Z Gator Sabol me tooooo Best gen ever!!!

[@stevew6910]

This song has turned into a cult classic. 50 years from now they will be listening to this song

[@smurfunkown6774]

Actually its much longer into 4000=5000AD some parts of the universe.

[@hondac7028]

Il be 100 years old in fifty years if I'm still here il be rocking it lol👍

[@stevew6910]

@@hondac7028 So will I

[@EternalEmperorofZakuul]

When humans go extinct, maybe an alien race will find tracks like this and study it to understand a long extint race

[@chrisdawson1255]

It's not one DAMN car in this video, what a drag

[@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!

[@diegohonorio4948]

AND THERE'S NOT A SINGLE CAR IN DA VIDEO. If I die during this epidemic, I will die jamming 80's music!!! This song was so ahead of its time

[@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.

[@vixxcelacea2778]

I just realized he absolutely looks like an 80's Sheldon with eyeliner.

[@creatinotionchannel2680]

I thought he looked like Rick Moranis with eyeliner.

[@sentane8031]

or brandon rogers

[@Cacowninja]

@Saucy Boy Guy from the show big bang theory that goes Bazinga.

[@madcorndog]

@Saucy Boy From the spinoff of the big bang theory, "Young Sheldon"

[@Perizada]

I used to see a likeness to Nosferatu now I see Sheldon!!!!

[@kimm5761]

I can legit say that listening to this song while running around with my sisters in the back of my mom's van at the time was the first, most fun, freeing experience of my life! I still go hardish when i hear it!!

[@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

[@lakeviewviking]

Remember thinking the future would look like this..I can't tell you how BRUTALLY disappointed I am.

[@mastertarpolin]

The future is still coming complete with bluetooth tambourines;D

[@dashripkin]

Just wait for the first Wyld Stallyns album. Then things are going to start to change!

[@kevio6868]

@@dashripkin Singularity

[@tripleagent8135]

the future does look like this, my present is listening to this after a few beers, i'm nicely chilled, technology is my life now, "I'm from the future, I'm also from the past" :D

[@tillik1004]

@xxaleenazxx Seems like "modern technology" has been created to either spy on people, deprive people of free speech and movement, or simply make money by selling people's data. Not at all what we had hoped for back in the 80s. We thought tech would be used for much better and more positive purposes, you know, like space travel, stopping the aging process, etc ...

[@solarflare1008]

One of the first almost all electronics bands of the era. 2021 and sound like still belong on the future. Immortal Gary Numan. Release date 21st August 1979.

[@theodoreritola7641]

4 N A HALF MONTHS BEFORE THE 80s were in DIAPERS

[@KiraYamatofandeGundam]

GTA vice city wave 103

[@504BoyLuisLopez]

Vice City days..

[@koolhsmusicalexperience3797]

I take it "Vice City" is Miami?

[@504BoyLuisLopez]

KOOL H's MUSICAL EXPERIENCE yes

[@ademkarakaya6300]

504BoyLuisLopez shut up

[@504BoyLuisLopez]

Adem Karakaya no

[@ryanhunter226]

504BoyLuisLopez Tubeway Days

[@mannybananas1322]

GTA vice city nostalgia hits hard.

[@bobross8569]

tru dat

[@anarchy4133]

I was gonna post that hahaha

[@NishantNarayan-vv7wj]

NO MF NOT vice city but TEST DRIVE 6!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sarahwalker377]

Manny Bananas, oh not another.........

[@vrataski1621]

Jamming this while ploughing some dude using the VC Cabs in Little Haiti.

[@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 ❤

[@holymeto9981]

14 year old here. Amazing song.

[@lefkytheshin]

14? Man, that sucks.

[@johnnypickens9228]

My boy you should dive deeper into Gary's music. Look up Tube way Army

[@lauriedavis5946]

🚨CORRECTION: a 14 yr old with EXCELLENT TASTE! 🎶🤘🏼🎶

[@TrishHill-z8g]

You’ve got awesome taste! 😍

[@ObsoleteOddity]

There was a young guy on our estate when I was in my early teens who was the spitting image of ol' Gazza - he had no job, no money, no personality (lol) no car - but lots of lasses. He dressed exactly like Numan did, knowing the brighter the lure....

[@powertuber3.047]

Love your channel.

[@ObsoleteOddity]

@@powertuber3.047 Hey thank you my friend!

[@Apollothegodofpoetry]

Same here mate my dad got loads of lasses and he dress like Gary before he sang this

[@jimblack120]

ob od you are gay .

[@raymondloya175]

OH wow Iam a fan👍🏽😎

[@rzarobster]

Zero cars were used in the making of this video.

[@themagus5906]

...and no members of The Cars made cameo appearances.

[@APoliticalConfusionAndMess]

I know... LOL. I was legitimately expecting something creepy that was associated with cars. A la Christine.

[@marilync6]

When MTV played music.

[@roosdad1]

"What did you do after school, Dad?" "Ran to my friends house to watch MTV, and make fun of the videos...."

[@app103]

I saw this video before there was an MTV, on a little late night TV show called Rock World.

[@joemartin1253]

This song came out 2 years before MTV began lol.

[@roosdad1]

@@joemartin1253 What does that matter?

[@joemartin1253]

@@roosdad1 It wasn't the 80's yet my friend.

[@reneegaudet8755]

My Dad tells me stories of how he played a vicious tamborine back in the day.....and hw also still tells the story of it was either going to be him or Elvis and he didn't want to "hurt Elvis' feelings" so he stepped out of the spotlight. Lol 😆