forgetting i had seen and commented on this FOUR YEARS back i called up this song.I watched the video and do you know what?.... my feelings and sentiments were EXACTLY the same, WORD FOR WORD!!.
You guys are nuts! This is one of Numan's best tunes, from a musicians standpoint. Of course, I'm a bass player and any bass player in their right mind is gonna love this one. And by the way...Guns are cool... The idiots who sometimes improperly use them are the problem.
Yeah the entirety of the album has some wonderful bass from Palladino, same with the previous "Dance" with Mick Karn. Come to think of it, the albums from Dance to Berserker have some great bass and beats.
Wow and I just realized your comment is 13 years old...I was in high school at the time and only knew Numan from "Cars" in GTA Vice City. Time flies. As Numan himself said in "Crash": "Don't things change?"
gary numan is a legend i just got into him a couple of months ago, his old stuff is gr8 but his new electro industrial metal sound is just unbelievable! if i can get into him being a 19 year old teenager with no numan roots many of you will now! if you like NIN u will like gary numan!
IIRC 26th August 1982. this was the TOTP video for his song - i dreamed that i still have this episode on DVD which had included Sting's 'Spread a Little Happiness' and was this the real promo that TOTP showed.
I was born in 1980 so I had never seen this video before.I wish the Eighties would have had more videos like this one.I wish that The Human League would have had videos like this one.
Awesome song..nothing around like it before or after sound and style-wise..........I was very pissed off with my Mum after this seeing this vid as she wouldn't let me dye my hair blond....LOL....thanks for posting...
Have not seen this before, but I am sure there is another TOTP special version of this song, with him in his gangster suit. Know there was one for Music for Chamelions, but hey 22 years ago, maybe Im getting old and forgetfull
this was when numan was living in LA briefly. this is the cali dez. what are the complaints? that he's posing w/a gun? maybe he has more in common w/ted nugent than either nu's realize. i've always liked this video. very different.
Love the clash between cold electro and jazz throughout this record - but the video, holy cow this one is really a directing and fashion fail. It should have been much darker and smoky. Looks like he was already transitioning over to that whole 'Warriors' look.
Why do I get the feeling that the reason for Gary's baldness problem and reliance on hair plugs was all of that bleaching which does keeps lifting out the color of the hair too much?
No, that has nothing to do with it. I used to bleach my hair every month when I was young & been dying it different colours shades for years & still do although a lot less & now 58, no loss of hair at all. it's a well known fact though that many men develop a receding hairline & eventual loss of hair but has almost always an hereditary factor (the royals for e.g) I understand the hair transplant Gary went through was extremely expensive & painful too. I can't help but think he had it over done a bit though but can always give it a trim if he wants to :)
American TV would have NEVER played a song that had that long of intro, or sounded like this in the 80's. Americans were ripped-off with the MTV/Record Company monopoly. At least we had Night Tracks.
yeah, like Charlie Murphy said on Chappelle (about Prince): "the dudes who looked the most like a bitch were the ones who got all the women." that was how it was back then, it's true.
You know at the beginning of this vid I'm just now noticing that Gary actually did and could grow some facial hair but I wonder why he doesn't like it or ever grow it out proper? I don't mean like a grizzly bear hermit but like some of it?
ah look it's Gi Joe lol funny video what was Numan thinking when he did this we take mystery new york vid was great this soo cheesy but then again rare vid and a good song. Thanks!!!! Music for chamleons video was brill during the 82 era better than the cheesy warriors album lame
tits up? if it were not for pino palladino's fretless playing i doubt numan woul have gotten as much consideration as he did for this..numan himself said that palladino was a key influence in this album...now after that (1982) Then it was down hill
this is a great song -- it kind of sounds like Prince (which is a GOOD thing) -- but Jesus, Numan is RIDICULOUS in this video. running around in the savannah with machine guns like some sort of pre-Guy Ritchie British gangsta?!? WTF was he thinking?!?!?
Yep! 😅 To add to what you said (for those who haven't read Praying to the Aliens): He got guns as soon as he initially moved to California... because he thought it was the thing to do in the US... then got rid of the guns when he almost shot his own mother. She's headed to the kitchen or something late at night during an extended stay. Gary was in his bedroom (and naked), and when he heard noises, he didn't even get dressed; he grabbed his Beretta semi-automatic and left the bedroom to investigate. Ended up naked in the hallway or whatever and holding his own mom at gun point. She's yelling "It's me! It's me!" Then he got rid of the guns. It amazed him that he could easily own and carry guns in the US... when he once got arrested in the UK for "loitering" with a baseball bat. Another true story. Female police officer arrested him after checking out his new Ferrari and seeing him with the bat (just tapping it on his feet and/or the grass) while his then-girlfriend grabbed some food inside the nearby diner. He told the officer to leave his car right where it was, but she had it picked up, too. When he finally got released and got his car back, it was obvious that cops had taken it for a joyride. 🤦🏻♀️ I haven't read [R]evolution (second autobiography) yet, but I will soon.
This sounds absoulutely wonderful. Unfortunately the video is a bit disconcerting; It conveys to me a lone nutter; He was bullied and friendless at school, but guns make him feel powerful. He now plans to take revenge on the world through a Michael Ryan style massacre.
Ask the BBC and the Top of the Pops production team, they where the ones behind it and not the official video - there was never one:) Let's say it's an outstanding track, interesting blend of funky bass, screeching synths along with some brilliant jazzy saxophone played by a master musician called Dick Morrisey that should have never been released as a single.
Actually, I remember seeing Devo perform "Freedom Of Choice," on the The Merv Griffin Show. Now that was pretty interesting to see Mark Mothersbaugh in a dog chain, on an afternoon TV show. LOL!
![Gary Numan (The Promos) [12]. Your Fascination](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Hd_lxmqQ5GA/mqdefault.jpg)
![Gary Numan (TV, Live and Rarities) [08]. We Take Mystery (To Bed)(Top Of The Pops)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/H5dleLT9Joo/mqdefault.jpg)
forgetting i had seen and commented on this FOUR YEARS back i called up this song.I watched the video and do you know what?.... my feelings and sentiments were EXACTLY the same, WORD FOR WORD!!.
I love it too. It is timeless!
At times, this is my favourite Numan track ever.
+CONSIDERABLYMORE1 You have got to be kidding....
Love that the video features the "I Assassin" album on the table. Very post modern!
You guys are nuts! This is one of Numan's best tunes, from a musicians standpoint. Of course, I'm a bass player and any bass player in their right mind is gonna love this one.
And by the way...Guns are cool... The idiots who sometimes improperly use them are the problem.
Yeah the entirety of the album has some wonderful bass from Palladino, same with the previous "Dance" with Mick Karn. Come to think of it, the albums from Dance to Berserker have some great bass and beats.
Wow and I just realized your comment is 13 years old...I was in high school at the time and only knew Numan from "Cars" in GTA Vice City. Time flies.
As Numan himself said in "Crash": "Don't things change?"
Improper use? Guns were created to shoot people
Gary is awesome. Guns are awesome. This album is awesome except for The 1930s Rust. Pino Palladino rocks on Fretless bass.
Very ahead of its time, with the Jeep and the guns, and the hilltop house!
gary numan is a legend i just got into him a couple of months ago, his old stuff is gr8 but his new electro industrial metal sound is just unbelievable! if i can get into him being a 19 year old teenager with no numan roots many of you will now! if you like NIN u will like gary numan!
He's the man! Still rocking. This is a satire of America.
It's actually not. I talked with him about it once.
Pino Palladino is incredible, this always gets me dancing 🕺
I havent seen this vid scince 82,waiting by the tv for top of the pops,havent seen it scince.Great video thanks.X
One of his Best Tracks in my opinion
Classic Numan 👍
❤gary numan this is his most disco related song
Brilliant! Funky as hell :)
This is beyond funk. Its punky, synths, brass.
Yep. Absolutely brilliant 👍❤️
HAHAHA LOL!! Love Gary Numan!! This video proves how far he has come!! :-)
There's a back handed compliment there somewhere!
Nice to see this gaian after 24 years. Not a bad vid for its time and the song is okay, not one of Numan's classics.
I love this track.
IIRC 26th August 1982. this was the TOTP video for his song - i dreamed that i still have this episode on DVD which had included Sting's 'Spread a Little Happiness' and was this the real promo that TOTP showed.
i really like this music video for some reason
I know the song has a very dated sound, but it's still an amazing composition. I love it! This video rocks.
TOTP's also made a video for WE TAKE MYSTERY(TO BED)so there was two videos for that song.
i think that Gary was listening to some Prince when he recorded this song and its record. plus The Purple One was a Numan fan himself!😇
Gary Numan was an OG (Original Gangsta)!
Was OG, is OG and always will be an OG
Og? Let's not insult him. Hes an international playboy.
His look and vibe here remind me so much of Lou Reed's "blonde" period.
I was born in 1980 so I had never seen this video before.I wish the Eighties would have had more videos like this one.I wish that The Human League would have had videos like this one.
The Human League lost their touch after their late 70s and very early 80s lps
Wow number 20 yet never herd this on Absolute 80s
That’s right. Their (dj’s,etc) knowledge of music is appalling and they can’t see any further than ‘Cars’. It’s all very sad if you ask me.
Wow Gary in a uniform with bleached hair really does it for me lol!
Here in my Jeep
With my gun by my side
I can cruise through the dunes
And watch the snakes slide on by
In my Jeep
awesome dude, lyrics?
Awesome song..nothing around like it before or after sound and style-wise..........I was very pissed off with my Mum after this seeing this vid as she wouldn't let me dye my hair blond....LOL....thanks for posting...
Cold!
Sounds like Gary Numan teamed up with Level 42 for this track lol. Good track.
Wow not seen this 1 b4 brillaint
Have not seen this before, but I am sure there is another TOTP special version of this song, with him in his gangster suit. Know there was one for Music for Chamelions, but hey 22 years ago, maybe Im getting old and forgetfull
Aren't you referring to We Take Mystery (to bed)?
oh yes this is another top song from Numan
this was when numan was living in LA briefly. this is the cali dez. what are the complaints? that he's posing w/a gun? maybe he has more in common w/ted nugent than either nu's realize. i've always liked this video. very different.
I'm sure in the context of the 80s this video would've been cooler.
See boys say I'm mayhem...
This is great haha
Oh god .... this video
thx
1:50 ??
Love the clash between cold electro and jazz throughout this record - but the video, holy cow this one is really a directing and fashion fail. It should have been much darker and smoky. Looks like he was already transitioning over to that whole 'Warriors' look.
Tone Shift you're right it's in too much warm sunshine
Why do I get the feeling that the reason for Gary's baldness problem and reliance on hair plugs was all of that bleaching which does keeps lifting out the color of the hair too much?
No, that has nothing to do with it. I used to bleach my hair every month when I was young & been dying it different colours shades for years & still do although a lot less & now 58, no loss of hair at all. it's a well known fact though that many men develop a receding hairline & eventual loss of hair but has almost always an hereditary factor (the royals for e.g) I understand the hair transplant Gary went through was extremely expensive & painful too. I can't help but think he had it over done a bit though but can always give it a trim if he wants to :)
American TV would have NEVER played a song that had that long of intro, or sounded like this in the 80's. Americans were ripped-off with the MTV/Record Company monopoly. At least we had Night Tracks.
Is that hair attached to the hat..?
Pino Palladino on bass....Yeah!!! Awesome album actually.
I remember someone mentioning it could be Mick Khan from Japan also on some of the album tracks.
@@4272005 It was all Palladino on this album. Karn worked on the previous album Dance.
@@Deepwatermusic Agreed but i saw it written years ago that Mick did some work on I, Assassin.
Whether it is true or not i don't know
yeah, like Charlie Murphy said on Chappelle (about Prince): "the dudes who looked the most like a bitch were the ones who got all the women." that was how it was back then, it's true.
Klaus Kinski.
Gary Numan I believe in this video, is making fun of War and the White male macho man image.
I never knew he appeared on the Merv Griffin Show.
Tazz77 me either? 🤔
You know at the beginning of this vid I'm just now noticing that Gary actually did and could grow some facial hair but I wonder why he doesn't like it or ever grow it out proper?
I don't mean like a grizzly bear hermit but like some of it?
Gary Numan is Kaz Miller
LOL! He could almost pass as Decoy Octopus or even The Sorrow in some of his other videos;D
Music is excellent though
That bass is just too damned busy. Someone pass the guy a joint.
what's Numan doing in the dangerous place like that? deserted mountains with rattle snakes and really dangerous animals?
I've never seen this before....what is there to say.... but WTF was he thinking?
I think he was lost at the time, but I still enjoyed it as a lad.
Brigitte Nielsen is in this. Red Sonja!
ah look it's Gi Joe lol funny video what was Numan thinking when he did this we take mystery new york vid was great this soo cheesy but then again rare vid and a good song. Thanks!!!! Music for chamleons video was brill during the 82 era better than the cheesy warriors album lame
tits up? if it were not for pino palladino's fretless playing i doubt numan woul have gotten as much consideration as he did for this..numan himself said that palladino was a key influence in this album...now after that (1982) Then it was down hill
this is a great song -- it kind of sounds like Prince (which is a GOOD thing) -- but Jesus, Numan is RIDICULOUS in this video. running around in the savannah with machine guns like some sort of pre-Guy Ritchie British gangsta?!? WTF was he thinking?!?!?
He looks alarmingly like Simon Pegg in this video...
I've never seen this until now. It sure is awful. According to Numan's autobiography he was going through a gun fascination phase in 82.
Yep! 😅
To add to what you said (for those who haven't read Praying to the Aliens): He got guns as soon as he initially moved to California... because he thought it was the thing to do in the US... then got rid of the guns when he almost shot his own mother.
She's headed to the kitchen or something late at night during an extended stay. Gary was in his bedroom (and naked), and when he heard noises, he didn't even get dressed; he grabbed his Beretta semi-automatic and left the bedroom to investigate. Ended up naked in the hallway or whatever and holding his own mom at gun point. She's yelling "It's me! It's me!" Then he got rid of the guns.
It amazed him that he could easily own and carry guns in the US... when he once got arrested in the UK for "loitering" with a baseball bat. Another true story. Female police officer arrested him after checking out his new Ferrari and seeing him with the bat (just tapping it on his feet and/or the grass) while his then-girlfriend grabbed some food inside the nearby diner. He told the officer to leave his car right where it was, but she had it picked up, too. When he finally got released and got his car back, it was obvious that cops had taken it for a joyride. 🤦🏻♀️
I haven't read [R]evolution (second autobiography) yet, but I will soon.
Wow,what a croc.I didn’t think he was still trying to be Bowie by this time?
This video is perverse, good tho, great song.
@AshleyMarkPomeroy Always made rubbish videos? We Are Glass and Complex both have fitting videos and have charms of their own as well.
love him but this makes me laugh a little lol
I enjoyed this before Alan partridge got it.
I didn’t know he did this song! I know he did music for chameleons.
this video had nothing at all to do with his assassin image.wierd choice of setup.
He was in usa for tax evasion and hair transplants 82 , now he returned there to pick up a goth wig
This sounds absoulutely wonderful. Unfortunately the video is a bit disconcerting; It conveys to me a lone nutter; He was bullied and friendless at school, but guns make him feel powerful.
He now plans to take revenge on the world through a Michael Ryan style massacre.
David Holdstock 😆😆
all went tits up with the saxaphones and fretless bass and then got even worse with the chick singers. shame cos he was brilliant up till then
why does he have a gun
lol no wonder he's running around with guns like some sort of androgynous Eazy-E.
that woman.....is MY MUM lol
Really?
Not his best song, and certainly not his best video.
I would say this video is ultimate cringe, but maybe it's supposed to be like a parody? idk... lol
Please, this is from the late '80s! The Numan is never cringe.
@@sanfranciscodamn Very cringe
Sorry to say that this is an awful song and a truly embarrassing video. What the hell was he thinking?
The bassline is interesting. Maybe Mick Karn playing.
Ask the BBC and the Top of the Pops production team, they where the ones behind it and not the official video - there was never one:) Let's say it's an outstanding track, interesting blend of funky bass, screeching synths along with some brilliant jazzy saxophone played by a master musician called Dick Morrisey that should have never been released as a single.
We Numanoids think it's great.
Although I think Numan is cool this video isn't exactly that cool though
When is this going to be banned? Lol
Actually, I remember seeing Devo perform "Freedom Of Choice," on the The Merv Griffin Show. Now that was pretty interesting to see Mark Mothersbaugh in a dog chain, on an afternoon TV show. LOL!
I remember they made fun of some big feminist TV host loser right on nat TV in the early 80s. Was pretty awesome.