Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric '79

German Tv performance

[@darrendaniel9089]

Don’t ever take this down please. Let it live.

[@wengers13]

Best song by the best band bar none. My favourite track of all time, hearing it for the first time was something I will never forget.

[@hersheybarber9094]

Just when you think the song can’t get any better, the electric guitar comes in.

[@stevenwilliams520]

This may, unintentionally, be one of the greatest music videos ever.

[@hawkweedofficial2925]

I was shocked by the musicians who STARED THE CAMERA DOWN! wish they'd all done that. i'm surprised i've never seen that in a music video before or since!

[@meesalikeu]

@@hawkweedofficial2925 of course they are acting out being pkd deckard & batty type android/replicants. would be cool if other acts tried this kind of staredown it seems pretty new wave punkish.

[@MarlonMenezes21]

In Brazil few know Numan. I had a party and put it on the playlist and it was a success. When I said that this song was from the 70s, nobody believed it. I'm going to create a fan club to see if we can bring him to Rio de Janeiro.

[@replicas11]

👏👏👏👏

[@luizhenrique712]

Eu também sou brasileiro,mas eu só conheci ele através do GTA Vice City e Need For Speed carbon

[@shafeelkhan1837]

Each time the guys look straight into the camera. You almost get the feeling that they're looking deep into your soul.

[@crmusicproduction]

I just love the sound of those old analogue synths

[@kennethpinion8710]

+chris randell You can still get them ... and modular is making a comeback!

[@Urko2005]

+chris randell Late 70s/early 80s synth kick ass

[@reneotten2288]

Minimoog!

[@oliviertalouarn6258]

POLY moog .... and many others

[@AmazinglyGayPhil]

A real interesting thing is Most of the late 70s 80s lot made their own synths.

[@Kopite68]

I'm puzzled why 40 people would search for this then give it a thumbs down. Let's see how well One Direction sound in 40 years.

[@kieranwalsh6110]

I was 13 when this was released. Still my favourite record ever. Way, way ahead of its time and still as powerful today.

[@jettero1]

Kids today have no idea on when elctronic MUSIC was the (IT) TO Groove. Just for granted now.

[@barriejackson965]

Kieran Walsh hi, I totally agree with you, it's a killer song. Sounds as brilliant today as when first released.

[@davidwilkinson3329]

There is no better record than this, from Bach to the present day

[@keithfrance6191]

Has relevance in today's machine & human technology .

[@BarrySmithviolin]

@@davidwilkinson3329 yes, true... Feels like both a futuristic utopia and apocalypse..🖤 I first heard this in 1979, imagine how many times I’ve heard it!

[@gavinroger2274]

The British music scene around this time ,late 70s early 80s was fantastic.

[@philipmulville8218]

Gary Numan at his sneering, glowering best. This song defined my teenage years. What an unforgettable performance.

[@impowaster]

THIS IS MY FAVOURITE VIDEO OF ALL TIME. Numan had only a handfull of great tunes all in the early days. But they were truely great , along with their image and cold stone faced looks they deserve their place in history. Tubeway Army were cooler than cool. And Gary has lived off that for 30 years. Genius !

[@davidswann9422]

Came out in ‘79. My girlfriend at the time went out and bought the 45 for me. Timeless and still very powerful in 2022. A bit like the original Blade Runner.

[@barrysmith8920]

You should have known right then and there that she was the one to marry!

[@antimatta8714]

Untouchable Classic.

[@robin6797]

2024 here . Life long fan , 57 years old and remember the impact on me as a 12 year old schoolboy in 1979 . I even remember the sight and smell of my vinyl LP going round on a hot summers day . Saw Mr Numan for the 3rd time last night on his 45th anniversary tour of Replicas and The Pleasure Principle. Utterly blown away by the performance . Just couldn't work out why there were so many old fat men around me in the audience.... But then i realise , hey ho , only the music remains timeless as we all slowly decay . As for Mr Numan , he must be a vampire since he looked as young and vibrant as ever i remember . Long may he take me back to that sacred place in memory and my precious youth.

[@andrewlaw]

This song never gets old. Love old school synths.

[@andreweccles8130]

It changed everything for me when I was 10 in 1979, it’s kept me on course for electronic synth music to this very day to which I’m now 52 , thanks Gary 👍🏻😊

[@glennshewin9788]

I'm 46 yrs old, have been listening to his music since i was 12, Gary and his band were many years ahead of their time, LEGEND :0) Even my 7 yr old son loves this song, he's a great little Numanoid

[@violetthebat8810]

😄😄😄 that's great!😄

[@retro1980x]

One of the best songs ever, shook up the music industry.

[@DaughterofJerusalem]

The face of the one young man is like an angel, so beautiful... like Michael the Archangel.

[@leopardbasement2915]

Every person looking into the camera is cool here

[@sonic970]

Gary Numan is the best looking British Performer ever he is sensational gosh yeah 🤴🌹🏆💕

[@Wimmles_Emily]

Im so glad i found gary months back he is the best thing i ever seen and a beutiful man and can never be forgotten along with cedric sharpley and everyone else #tubeway army for life like if you are a hardcore numan fan!!!i am

[@BarrySmithviolin]

Love Numan, always have. His Savage album 2018 and tours are incredible!

[@8MoonsOfJupiter]

I was 14 when this came out and this was the coolest thing I'd ever heard because it sounded like the future. Listening to it again in 2021, it still sounds like the future - it's a timeless piece of music and Gary and the band still look as cool as all get out today!

[@FranzSausage]

This song is more than 40 years old but still sounds futuristic. Great track.

[@damianmcdonagh7908]

I remember when this was in the charts in 1979. I was 11-years-old. Life changing song.

[@DimplesOfIreland]

This melody of this song is so beautiful and perfect, it can just about make tears come to your eyes. I never get tired of hearing it...it's incredible...thank God for G. Numan and what he has contributed to music and thank God for you loyal fans who buy his albums and encourage him to keep on making more songs. This is the quintessential, difinitive song the synth was "born to play", to me.

[@meesalikeu]

descending notes are an old musicians trick to garner feels, but yeah mission accomplished here in spades.

[@yvesdemers5657]

79? truly unbelievable ! Numan was way ahead of his time !

[@ellielolll]

He looks so cool, the way he turns his head like that is memorizing

[@Paul-fm3cf]

'memorizing' PMSL

[@BarrySmithviolin]

Mancrush! Nucrush..🖤🌹

[@rmkerslake]

I remember when Gary and his army first burst on screen... Pushing past punk, Grease, rock and disco to No 1.. It was 1979.. A new electronic era had begun.

[@nenawoore1685]

Happy Birthday Gary ! Love from ALL of your fans you have brought us such happiness ! Thank you !

[@AnonAnonAnon]

His backing group all looking for a camera to stare at and look 'serious'! This was the 70s and 80s. Only Gary mastered it by looking away from the camera. Anyway, in 1979 I seen Tubeway Army on TOTPs playing this, was blown away. Got the bus into town on the Saturday to buy it, it was on picture disc, all sold out!! Memories. This is 'Classic Numan'. It all went tits up with 'Dance'. His first four albums, never bettered.

[@AndyAce83]

I just love the performance on this video. I watch it again and again.

[@Drstephenstokes]

Gary... Gary where have you gone man? The dark suit, blue tie, eyeliner... 79' forever!

[@tiberiuscarey2043]

He didn't go anywhere except L.A. He's still making albums and has been for over 30 years. He just came out with a new one in 2017. He is married with three children. Look him up.

[@ozaernajim4315]

what a cool name....Tiberius...

[@docknightphilco4550]

Check out the track 'My Name Is Ruin" and the last album "Savage'' .. The last album has all the classic Numan trademarks, with massively polished production. Pure class.

[@toma.4808]

Dr. Stephen Stokes DC the suit was hijacked, garth marenghi stole it

[@melfreemans]

Dr. Stephen Stokes DC he reminds me of Sheldon Cooper made to look dark. It seems so innocent now, but was so goddamn new and cool then! He's on tour now. He looks different, 40 years will do that to you, but he's still really cool!

[@richardthered]

Way ahead or their time. Garry is still super cool to this day. Such presence and charisma

[@JimGeigerMusic]

This video is so goddamn awesome. Better than any conceptual video you could come up with. Gary was so far ahead if his time. Cedric Sharpley and Paul Gardiner laying down a fat rhythm and those synths are heavy as fuck.

[@flirtwithapokerface]

I LOVE THIS FREAKING SONG!!!! -_-

[@kieranwalsh6110]

13 when this blasted out at the youth club in east London. Pure cool.

[@SNESdrunk]

Love this song, love the creepy staring at the camera. Gary moves and sounds like an android.

[@gsikora31]

Yes and also he's too handsome...

[@Ayawahamin]

And that's why he's hot af. Ruined me first time I saw him on top of the pops. 😅

[@yasnamarilenrocco3095]

Marcianos

[@deirdremccready2113]

analog synth at its best , in 1979 wow ,still sounds good in 2016 the man was a genious

[@breestone6607]

Deirdre McCready- this is timeless and will forever sound good.. Numan is a genius

[@mongomacaque958]

I was 20 when this came out, my God we were lucky to be young at this very special time in history. I wish that I would have appreciated the moment of these days more than I did. What a wonderful time to be young!

[@JedF2010]

I was a similar age and I think it was wonderful. For all the wonders of today's age I don't think I would trade a thing.

[@LPCLASSICAL]

@@JedF2010 Im 54 so was there too - Thatcher - 3 million unemployed - but still it was better then eh.

[@MrTuftynut]

Gary Numan was an original and total genuis in his heyday. Just listen to how great this sounds now in 2013 and how cool he looks. Brilliant...

[@victor_dhr]

but now are 2014

[@breestone6607]

Waaaay ahead of his time

[@GoaPrince]

2017 ,,,_0.o_,,,still sounds great

[@hawkweedofficial2925]

well....it is Kraftwerk meets Bowie.... but yeah, GN is fantastic

[@briancampbell9635]

The drummer sets the song and I could listen to that hi hat all day

[@geoffaustin9385]

I remember back then how amazed I was at the sounds that could come out of these instruments called synthesizers

[@derreckmalmort6662]

Those two guys plaing the synths in this clip (Chris Payne on the right, Billy Currie on the left) wrote the well-famous electronic classic "Fade to Grey".

[@martinharris5017]

How young Gary looks here! Still wowing the crowds with this song in his sixties and like a fine wine he keeps maturing.

[@keithtaylor5015]

omg where did the time go.....seems like only yesterday, when this changed my mind to music.....so great, makes my eyes bleed

[@morganwinston5632]

I've always been strictly into rock and roll but damn it there is just something about this it just draws me in. This is just fucking beautiful and I would gladly tell any of my friends I just love this, I wouldn't give a damn what they would think

[@racqueteer5606]

Brings back my youth like nothing ever will....

[@KittyCatFurbabiesMaria1972]

First song I ever bought age 6 and a half when I gave my mum my pocket money for it .... ahhh memories xx

[@replicas11]

You were a cool 6 & a half year old kid Kitty cat👍

[@BarrySmithviolin]

Sweet story...and money well spent!

[@KittyCatFurbabiesMaria1972]

@@BarrySmithviolin awww Thankyou , it certainly was x

[@KittyCatFurbabiesMaria1972]

@@replicas11 Thankyou ! X

[@BarrySmithviolin]

@@KittyCatFurbabiesMaria1972 You’re welcome... I was that uncommon HUGE Numan fan then here in America, still are! “Cars” was somewhat popular here, but American punk/new wave dominated.

[@GlenAnderson71]

This song is Simply first class

[@outlookisgood]

beautiful with those smoldering chiseled good looks.....

[@kyrisgeorgiou9197]

This song catapulted me into the 80's. And what ride that was!

[@halfpipefreak]

@KGMDMusic i will NEVER forget. this is absolutely oe of he greatest songs EVER made !!

[@mikefallopian3191]

A 20 year old kid he was here...it's his composition, his musicianship, his stage persona.....this is something a kid made in his room....pretty fckn impressive.

[@BarrySmithviolin]

He designed all the incredible light shows of his tours, and produced these albums. Eventually he learned the internet, graphic design, self management, and several albums in early 2000’s he played everything and engineered and released on his own label.

[@JustTunes31]

The song that changed everything......

[@abiasbouk8902]

Brilliant drumming, didn't miss a beat! Classic Numan. Uk

[@BarrySmithviolin]

Yes, Cedric Sharpley R.I.P. Great drummer, great feel

[@victorymansions]

I love it when bands play incredibly 'danceable' tracks, and just stand stock still looking contemplative. So cool man.

[@phbaldry]

Very true Zed 67 Singles have such a warm feel and much more Depth . this is a great song too

[@hanzelhansolo]

all they look like being posing on a dark fashion magazine, or like on a psychodelic trance. THIS IS A FUCKING AMAZING TUNE

[@fjbutch]

Magnificent !!! can't believe it was 30 years ago ......

[@rebeccabloom5397]

In the beginning of the song, the camera man focuses mainly on Paul Gardiner. RIP Paul Gardiner. You will be forever Missed.

[@thurmanbaseballfuriesleade4302]

Saw him live in Austin this year....best concert I'VE seen(so far)

[@andrewsully8833]

40 years ago today this hit number one

[@JedF2010]

You can see the crowd were really letting loose and loving every second of the performance. :)

[@paulelliott3220]

This is awesome Those synth sounds are iconic and majestic - from the main riff, to the break-down, to the chorus and then that soaring long synth note that goes up and down - machine rock Nice guitar on this too ... Brilliant album too ...

[@ronsmith9251]

This is an absolute gem of a song.

[@ricknblack]

it was a quality tune,down in the park good album,sadly he never got any better,70,s the best.

[@empireants02]

Gary Numan looks so good in this performance I love how they all just look so serious with such a badass song like this. Genius

[@tommy8ball2007]

apparently the back story was the band found out at the last moment they werent getting paid for this performance and were pissed off because they had no idea how they were going to pay for their hotel room. Hence their expressions.

[@postcardterry]

Totally unique and still as good as the day I first heard it !

[@stumpyjay7620]

I have played this tune probably hundreds of thousands of times in my life and never get sick of it and watching this vid makes me buzz even more. Thanks for posting it

[@strike4488]

I love how they all just stare at the camera :D

[@tpg558]

increíble actuación dl señor Gary Numan. realmente impresionante!

[@yannigat2381]

Saw him numerous times in the early 80s good see billy on snytb , saw him with his vox buddies few times as well , who remembers Nash the slash , covered in bandages

[@BarrySmithviolin]

I knew Nash, met him at Peppermint Lounge NYC 1981. We corresponded often, I saved all his letters. He was a huge musical inspiration to me. That rare music/performance pioneer.

[@paulvickers3800]

Was 13 and when I heard it, that's different and brought the single. Still love it now.

[@nuartstudio]

could watch this countless times...he was my idol... now i am 45 and this is still 'the thing' to me... he came from outer space...gary numan 1979

[@ickleian]

It was during the "hiatus" between John Foxx leaving Ultravox and Midge Ure joining. Gary was a big Ultravox fan so it was quite a big thing for him to have Billy in the band. And I think Billy was glad of the work - at this point in time no one knew if Ultravox were even going to carry on.

[@sillytart74]

omg... i LOVE gary... this is LOVE!!!

[@Paris__]

Those analogue synths were absolutely amazing........Sadly it all changed with the world-domination of the Yamaha DX7😥

[@markmarlow7724]

First single i ever bought Absolute Classic still sounds Awesome in 2023 😘👌

[@paddy9i996]

Light years ahead of the rest. Alienation, loneliness and detatchment

[@tutenandyplastikfeti1576]

Auch ein sehr geiles Lied damals!!!! weckt echt erinnerungen wieder.

[@VLAYENNA]

jaaa :)

[@stuka9]

God, I love this song! I´m a Numanoid for life.

[@ArtyFishal]

LOL - Yes, I think this performance is one of the most extreme in terms of the 'paranoid staring psycho' approach. I remember Gary stating that at the time ('79) the charts were full of bands that would come on stage and jump around and smile non-stop for 3 and a half minutes. He just wanted to do something different, and it fitted the mood of his music. And it worked.

[@nuartstudio]

watched this over and over what a stunning performance one of the best tunes of new wave

[@AKITM]

This is the best version of this song.

[@hawkeyeman999]

Surely one of the best anthemic electronic pop songs of all time. superb.

[@LinuxManUK]

totally weird and unusual, that, and the alien sound totally attracted me for all my life, love it as much now as i did in 1979. it was because of Paul Gardiner i decided i was a Bass Player, and i still am. i still play Paul's wonderfully inventive basslines as much as i can, trying to get all his nuances and styles and feelings just right. Thanks Paul, Thanks Gary, Thanks Dramatis and Thanks Moresynth for posting :) Mark_The_Bass

[@coltsuperocean10]

Still one of the best tunes ever. I was 10 when I first heard this.

[@djvictor8978]

Freezing night time fog hangs low over dystopian inner-city landscapes as tail-lights flicker and disappear on overpasses to nowhere, during the smoky winter of our discontent: 1979. [Thanks for the Up.]

[@m10538]

Early 1980's. A sad, lonely basement dwelling nerdy kid (me) picks up a 45 record by something called Tubeway Army. Hmm, never heard of that before. Puts it on the record player. Ooo! You can just imagine the effect this had on that little dude!

[@kevinprior3549]

All look so happy to be there

[@antonyclarkeable]

he was brilliant in concert

[@fjbutch]

Unique and haunting permormance ...great song..

[@ejej6934]

This song and Replicas are, I think, the ones that are his greatest when he performs them live. I'd love to see him one more time in concert before he decides to quit touring, whenever that might be.

[@Cugastratos]

Holy crap, some parts almost made me think I was about to hear a Prodigy song. Toast to the pioneers of electronica that came before. I must have been about 2 years old when this was released.

[@infiniteshandy267]

The good old days, when you could display cool contempt for the audience and they loved you for it.

[@justinbrainerd8878]

I am from the 2000's and grew up on hip hop. I heard classic rock songs like this and never listened to music of today from that point forward.

[@kerriesciberras5229]

All of my friends are electric and have been since i have known them

[@1lifeobit213]

I love all the evil clown baby stares fab