Always loved this song as an early teen - got living ornaments 79 & 80 on cassette tape initially, blew me away! Then i got albums for my record deck and the rest is history! The power of his synths and the way his music carroed you away........with Billy Currie of ultravox and other band members was almost a Religious experience
Sounds great but oddly the close ups never show Gary playing any of the melodic lines but the second keyboard player 'one-finger typing'. I think Gary has his melodic lines sampled in blocks? Still sounds great.
You also have to remember that pretty much everything that is being played is by Gary. He would have written and directed it all, initially he was a synth and guitarist.
When Gary gave Ade Orange the bum's rush in favour of Fenton he lost his competent keyboard player. However good Fenton was in the studio he wasn't a live keyboard player so it appears everything even slightly complicated had to be on the backing track.
Ade Fenton is more than capable of playing any of Gary’s keyboard lines. The second player is also doing more than “one finger typing”. This song is not that complicated for any reasonably adept keyboard player. But there’s no way of telling from this video who’s doing exactly what.
Cool synths! It's like if I'm back in 1979.
40 years later this still rocks
Always loved this song as an early teen - got living ornaments 79 & 80 on cassette tape initially, blew me away!
Then i got albums for my record deck and the rest is history!
The power of his synths and the way his music carroed you away........with Billy Currie of ultravox and other band members was almost a Religious experience
Amazin!
Dope music Dope Era period
Newman was allways the man brilliant
Ryan Merrill I agree Gary so great these days
Thank you for posting these!! Quality is incredible.
Omg I love this song
He sounds better now than he did back in the day
He’s a much better singer now, almost croons like Morrissey
Amazing!
Wonderful
love this vid cool numan
He's ace! Thanks for watching!
My conversation is nothing but lies...
Like this video
I can only dream of meeting you
Apparantley gorgeous Gary used to be blonde so did david bowie
Sounds great but oddly the close ups never show Gary playing any of the melodic lines but the second keyboard player 'one-finger typing'. I think Gary has his melodic lines sampled in blocks? Still sounds great.
There are 3 keyboard players.
You also have to remember that pretty much everything that is being played is by Gary. He would have written and directed it all, initially he was a synth and guitarist.
When Gary gave Ade Orange the bum's rush in favour of Fenton he lost his competent keyboard player. However good Fenton was in the studio he wasn't a live keyboard player so it appears everything even slightly complicated had to be on the backing track.
Ade Fenton is more than capable of playing any of Gary’s keyboard lines. The second player is also doing more than “one finger typing”. This song is not that complicated for any reasonably adept keyboard player. But there’s no way of telling from this video who’s doing exactly what.
OH ITS SO EASY...
Gary babe if I ever get to meet you I will have to have my teeth fixed first love you so so much xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Conversation
Gary Numan
Oh it's so easy
When parts take over
My conversation
Is nothing more than lies
You're just the viewer
So cold and distant
I've no intentions
Of saying I love you
My conversation
My conversation
My conversation
My conversation
No, we are not gods
No, we are not men
No, we are not making claims
We are only boys
Now you are not strong
Now you are not force
Now you are not regular
You are all wrong
There are no faces
This is my complex
You are my picture
I call you 'mirrors'
These are not my tears
Not my reflection
Am I a photo?
I can't remember
My conversation
My conversation
My conversation
My conversation
My conversation
My conversation
My conversation
My conversation
Songwriters: Gary Anthony James Webb
Conversation lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
My conversation with you babe
No, We are not Gods
Nice clip, but having an actual violin in there would have made it ace.
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