May 24th 1979. And everything changed. Fifteen years old watching TOTP. I was completely mesmorised by Tubeway Armys performance of "Are Friends Electric?" I hadn't seen or heard anything like it before. I bet that I didn't blink once. It wasn't just a song, it was the future 🖤
@@TheBlueNomadThanks for your reply Nomad. I agree, people who weren't there could never appreciate how utterly revolutionary this track was. All the best buddy 🖤
Same here, I was 11, been a Numanoid ever since. I even got one of Gary’s old Polymoogs, this track got me into playing and collecting synths in bands in the 80’s and 90’s.
❤❤❤❤Music für die Ewigkeit.Hier in einem sehr schönen Extra Langen Mix.Das waren Zeiten damals,die Original Single von 5min 22sec mit schönem Cover habe ich noch.❤😂
I was 8 when this came out in 1979 and it blew me away then..Gary Numan and Tubeway Army were so underrated...this song is pure brilliance...so emotive
in my eyes as a composer of electronic music ( 14 albums vet ) this song blew my mind when i heard it mostly on repeat & i still listen to it 40 years later , thanks gary !!!!
44 years & the song still sounds great. The first record to have a true impact on the eletronica genre, even though Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, The Human League,Ultravox, Jean Michel Jarre..etc came before Numan. This is just my opinion as this was the first record i bought in this genre.
What are those 15 people thinking giving a thumbs down to this great piece of music it was away ahead of it time I was there when it first came into the charts it blew everything out of its way fantastic.
Yes Gary and tube way army blew everything out of the way a brilliant song that set the charts back than on fire you were cool if you had the single but very cool if you had the picture disc those were the days Im still a fan now in 2021
One of my best songs from Gary Numan,Also remember this being re released cover from the sugarbabes,Still a good song,Nothing beats the original,Are friends Electric
Where did the time go? Still sounds as good today. What a ledge. I remember seeing Tubeway Army on TOTP and actually being a lil bit scared of Gary lol but always loved the music. He's the sweetest guy :)
@@michaelcartwright7171 I was born 17 years after Are Friends Electric was released and it is indubitably the purest definition of a masterpiece. The whole Pleasure Principle album is unbelievable.
I was a bit late to the party when it came to this, in the eighties I grew up on the Cure, madness and talking heads, but I was always aware of this song and loved it I appreciate its brilliance more now than ever, brilliant!
The most sophisticated piece of machinery ever put together. Now in extended form. I need this mix. My favourite song of all time. Please share this with me
This is a great song for sure but for me as when i heard cars for the first time at the age of 9 I personally have to say number one is Cars for sure..
@@chancerbox1935I didn't say Cars wasn't a good song it's just it's played to death and I like his other songs that don't get the Recognition like cars does, also if you ask the masses about Gary Numan which song they associate him with it will be cars. He has so many songs that are just as good.
It's cold outside And the paint's peeling off of my walls There's a man outside In a long coat, gray hat, smoking a cigarette Now the light fades out And I'm wondering what I'm doing in a room like this There's a knock on the door And just for a second, I thought I remembered you So now I'm alone, now I can think for myself About little deals and S.U.'s, things I just can't understand Like a white light that night or a slight touch at times I don't think it meant anything to you So I opened the door It's the friend that I'd left in the hallway "Please sit down" A candle lit shadow on a wall near the bed You know I hate to ask But are friends electric? [Incomprehensible], mine's broke down And now I've no one to love So I find out your reason for the phone calls and smiles And it hurts and I'm lonely and I should never have tried And I missed you tonight, so it's time to leave You see, it meant everything to me
+Dezmo59 didn't hear the lyrics clearly, cos he says either are they? or only, before singing mine's broke down. also i can hear him say in the last paragraph, you see, you mean everything to me. i'm sure you are okay with me pointing out these lyrics to you.
i'm not on drugs you nut, it is obvious that some people don't pay attention to the lyrics... and that got me curious about 'misheard lyrics' no-one should have a bad attitude towards this.
Numan had a knack for choosing the right synth sounds. I think the main lead is from a Roland SH101. He's never been able to recreate the studio version live which is a real shame. I don't like the grunged up version either. The other patch he used was the Vox Humana from the Polymoog. That was his sound for at least three albums then along came Machine & Soul and you wonder if it's the same artist 😂
What was the sugar babes version of this song called, can't bloody remember, anyway, they did an interview with numan and he said he liked it,i like the numan version better to be honest
Gary was interviewed on R2 today by Graham Norton. This was played prior to the interview and what quality it was. Said to the wife must have been remixed as sounded fantastic over the airwaves.
It's shocking to think this was 40 years ago. It may seem over dramatic but this, Giorgio Moroder, Kraftwerk, and Joy Division and New Order had a pretty profound effect on popular music.
Dude! The mix is different! Some of the instruments seem to linger longer over the next bar. It's great. It's similar to what occurs at a live pub gig. Nice work.
Although in their infancy electronic music started on the 1959 sci fi classic "Forbidden Planet" next ones I heard were "Good Vibrations" were a theremin was used by the beach boys and space oddity by Bowie where he used a stylophone. Yeah I guess Gary numan took it to the next level. I saw him in 1996 at V96 although I'm not a big fan (more of a rock fan), still like his music. Top Man. Love this one, we are glass and cars.
Interesting topic, what is the sexual wavelength and how does science measure it ? Now we are talking about human electric fields or as Die Krupp's robo sapiens of the future .
Wow love this song first ever single I bought never ages a true classic now in 12" goes on ond on and on am in heaven gotta say the all saints basement remix of this is cooking awesome check it out!
@@Rickoproducciones was looking for this comment, I remember getting arthritis on my thumbs from playing that game so much while listening to this on repeat
Understanding the lyrics, thinking of girls, ( Japan adolescent sex)! or girlfriends then fantasy and dreams come into the equation.. consider the tools and gadgets of the new age including sexting. Maybe porn stimulations Or just good friends
It's cold outside And the paint's peeling off of my walls There's a man outside In a long coat, gray hat, smoking a cigarette Now the light fades out And I'm wondering what I'm doing in a room like this There's a knock on the door And just for a second, I thought I remembered you So now I'm alone, now I can think for myself About little deals and S.U.'s, things I just can't understand Like a white light that night or a slight touch at times I don't think it meant anything to you So I opened the door It's the friend that I'd left in the hallway "Please sit down" A candle lit shadow on a wall near the bed You know I hate to ask But are friends electric? [Incomprehensible], mine's broke down And now I've no one to love So I find out your reason for the phone calls and smiles And it hurts and I'm lonely and I should never have tried And I missed you tonight, so it's time to leave,You see, it meant everything to me
![Are 'Friends' Electric?- Tubeway Army [slow + reverb + echo]](/img/n.gif)
May 24th 1979. And everything changed. Fifteen years old watching TOTP. I was completely mesmorised by Tubeway Armys performance of
"Are Friends Electric?" I hadn't seen or heard anything like it before. I bet that I didn't blink once.
It wasn't just a song, it was the future 🖤
I was 9, and transfixed...
@@TheBlueNomadThanks for your reply Nomad. I agree, people who weren't there could never appreciate how utterly revolutionary this track was. All the best buddy 🖤
Same here, I was 11, been a Numanoid ever since. I even got one of Gary’s old Polymoogs, this track got me into playing and collecting synths in bands in the 80’s and 90’s.
Watched Tubeway Army's performance on TOTP & the next day went to the record store & bought the 7" picture disc . 2nd favourite record of all time.
And it still is the future
Saw the guys in 1979 in Germany! Superb gig on a superb stage! Remember all of it after 45 years! GREAT!!!
Thanks for sharing your memories Michael 🖤
@@christopheradderley45 Yes was a great tour!!! I saw them 1979 Brisbane, Australia. A Leary fueled evening in a XW GT Falcon. Was so good.
❤❤❤❤Music für die Ewigkeit.Hier in einem sehr schönen Extra Langen Mix.Das waren Zeiten damals,die Original Single von 5min 22sec mit schönem Cover habe ich noch.❤😂
I was 8 when this came out in 1979 and it blew me away then..Gary Numan and Tubeway Army were so underrated...this song is pure brilliance...so emotive
Same age/experience, it was so exciting
Heard this when came out pumping out of speakers on george st sydney hooked line and sinker great ahead of his time bought album back still have it.
😊❤
This is one of the cuts you would hear on FM 93.3 , WXRT Chicago's Fine Rock Station. Wonderful days 🎉
Timeless...a true classic
Great job, brings back so many memories - never grow tired of any of Gary's music and i'm Now 50!
@ziyњ very cool to see this is enjoyed by the next generation,rock on world 👍👈♥️
@Ziyhb I’m 18 and I love this song too, gonna have to check out the rest of his stuff!
in my eyes as a composer of electronic music ( 14 albums vet ) this song blew my mind when i heard it mostly on repeat & i still listen to it 40 years later , thanks gary !!!!
2023 how many are we still listening to this masterpiece? 🤩
One of the few songs that still feels like it's the first time I'm hearing it, it's that good 😂
I'm listening to it in 2024
Goodness me this song is such a masterpiece
so now I'm alone , and I can think for myself.....and listen to this timeless masterpiece.... time after time!
how lucky was I to see him live 1979 Wolverhampton civic hall
Same year for me in Glasgow ;-)
@@davehchannel4098 that night I went from a punk to futurist lol
@@user-cg7uw9uh6n Hi mate, all my mates were Punks and they loved the tunes i was listen to so like you they changed ;-))))
And I think to myself this song goes on forever and I like it and it means everything to me.
44 years & the song still sounds great. The first record to have a true impact on the eletronica genre, even though Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, The Human League,Ultravox, Jean Michel Jarre..etc came before Numan. This is just my opinion as this was the first record i bought in this genre.
What are those 15 people thinking giving a thumbs down to this great piece of music it was away ahead of it time I was there when it first came into the charts it blew everything out of its way fantastic.
Yes Gary and tube way army blew everything out of the way a brilliant song that set the charts back than on fire you were cool if you had the single but very cool if you had the picture disc those were the days Im still a fan now in 2021
Probably because of the adds. How can you put adds in the middle of a song? Terrible. Good track tho
One of my best songs from Gary Numan,Also remember this being re released cover from the sugarbabes,Still a good song,Nothing beats the original,Are friends Electric
Where did the time go? Still sounds as good today. What a ledge. I remember seeing Tubeway Army on TOTP and actually being a lil bit scared of Gary lol but always loved the music. He's the sweetest guy :)
This song has aged extremely well. I played a cover of it years ago with an electronic band, and it went down very well.
"Are Friends..." still one of the most amazing songs ever.
Plus those last four lines ended-up defining everything...
Amazing and always will be for me - I'm now 63 but crazy about the are friends electric masterpiece 👍
@@michaelcartwright7171 I was born 17 years after Are Friends Electric was released and it is indubitably the purest definition of a masterpiece. The whole Pleasure Principle album is unbelievable.
Totally 100% agree. XxBorgdroidxX
Totally 100% agree xxx
40 years old I still remember every single word of this album 😶🌫️
Totally AWESOME !
Killer masterpiece !!!!. So long without that sample in my mind. Thanks for uploading.
soo woke up with this synth riff in my head this fine morning...
Polymoog, Minimoog and authentic drums, bass guitar and a little lead strums. Awesome
I was a bit late to the party when it came to this, in the eighties I grew up on the Cure, madness and talking heads, but I was always aware of this song and loved it I appreciate its brilliance more now than ever, brilliant!
Besten Dank für diesen Mix ! ! Andreas - Steinmetz aus Leipzig ! !
Very Nice
Great music 💎💎💎
This song cannot go on long enough
Loved this album when it was released back in 1979.... It hasn't dated. If anything it sounds better than ever.
The most sophisticated piece of machinery ever put together. Now in extended form. I need this mix. My favourite song of all time. Please share this with me
TOP!!! My Number One from Gary!
This is a great song for sure but for me as when i heard cars for the first time at the age of 9 I personally have to say number one is Cars for sure..
Very extreme precious sounds my 1st ever tune i reallly took to well done Gary Numan fantastic mix from the original version x
People talk about this as electronic music, but it's the driving drum and bass that do it for me.
I feel that " Are Friends Electric " is a far superior song than the overplayed " CARS."
its kind of difficult :)
I love both but Friends is way better, no argument there.
Disagreed. All of Numan's work is equally good
@@chancerbox1935I didn't say Cars wasn't a good song it's just it's played to death and I like his other songs that don't get the Recognition like cars does, also if you ask the masses about Gary Numan which song they associate him with it will be cars. He has so many songs that are just as good.
I disagree! I think Cars is prettier than this song here
This is immense!
“Along came a Greyhound smoking a cigarette" 😂🤣
In a long coat, grey hat, smoking a cigarette!
When synth music used to be glum! Brilliant track and very sensitively extended!
Brilliant song,but I don't find it glum at all!
It's cold outside
And the paint's peeling off of my walls
There's a man outside
In a long coat, gray hat, smoking a cigarette
Now the light fades out
And I'm wondering what I'm doing in a room like this
There's a knock on the door
And just for a second, I thought I remembered you
So now I'm alone, now I can think for myself
About little deals and S.U.'s, things I just can't understand
Like a white light that night or a slight touch at times
I don't think it meant anything to you
So I opened the door
It's the friend that I'd left in the hallway
"Please sit down"
A candle lit shadow on a wall near the bed
You know I hate to ask
But are friends electric?
[Incomprehensible], mine's broke down
And now I've no one to love
So I find out your reason for the phone calls and smiles
And it hurts and I'm lonely and I should never have tried
And I missed you tonight, so it's time to leave
You see, it meant everything to me
+Dezmo59 Welcome to bedsitter land
+Dezmo59 didn't hear the lyrics clearly, cos he says either are they? or only, before singing mine's broke down. also i can hear him say in the last paragraph, you see, you mean everything to me.
i'm sure you are okay with me pointing out these lyrics to you.
There's a man outside
In a long white coat,
White van man
To take you to the farm.
..what drugs you on???
i'm not on drugs you nut, it is obvious that some people don't pay attention to the lyrics...
and that got me curious about 'misheard lyrics' no-one should have a bad attitude towards this.
The lyric is "only". I have the original album with the lyrics printed inside the sleeve.
It’s a a tune that grabs you by the nutsack.
Brilliant before it’s time
Nearly 54 still cool to be numaniod even coooler now 2021, back to the future.Music.
55 yeesterday still FKN Awesome.
so many memories thx
A masterpiece.
Anybody who says that pop music such as this isn't art of the highest order doesn't appreciate art
first time hearing Gary was the Lee Cooper advert.
This and down in the park my faves
Great track.
Agreed... even better at 3/4 or 1/2 speeds...
Numan had a knack for choosing the right synth sounds. I think the main lead is from a Roland SH101. He's never been able to recreate the studio version live which is a real shame. I don't like the grunged up version either. The other patch he used was the Vox Humana from the Polymoog. That was his sound for at least three albums then along came Machine & Soul and you wonder if it's the same artist 😂
Great song great mix
This song is on 🔥!
Before the interwebs, General Electric, a key on a kite wire, answer has always been a Yes me thinks...🤔
What was the sugar babes version of this song called, can't bloody remember, anyway, they did an interview with numan and he said he liked it,i like the numan version better to be honest
Super! Thanks for posting! Wonder how it would sound as a punk/garage cover?
Love it so much and really love you x
brilliant!
Still futuristic four decades later...
best version
EXELENT
lovely old work
A true masterpiece still makes my spine tingle Thank you Gary Numan for the best song in my lifetime
The drumming in this is so underrated
Remembering good times at Dominos club TO.
Gary was interviewed on R2 today by Graham Norton. This was played prior to the interview and what quality it was. Said to the wife must have been remixed as sounded fantastic over the airwaves.
Very good remix for a brilliant song
this is a seriously amazing mix , nice one!!!
It's shocking to think this was 40 years ago. It may seem over dramatic but this, Giorgio Moroder, Kraftwerk, and Joy Division and New Order had a pretty profound effect on popular music.
Love Gary!!!
I have.🐬
Tan sublime Gary numan me encanta
in 1980 sounds good to me 2021 still sounds good.
Very good..
Salvashen that is just what it is
Explosive industrial sound ,works like A neurotransmitter!
Dude! The mix is different! Some of the instruments seem to linger longer over the next bar. It's great. It's similar to what occurs at a live pub gig. Nice work.
There should be a 10 hour version of this!!!!
Faultless........ !
The original was released in 1978, electronic music explosion began.
Although in their infancy electronic music started on the 1959 sci fi classic "Forbidden Planet" next ones I heard were "Good Vibrations" were a theremin was used by the beach boys and space oddity by Bowie where he used a stylophone. Yeah I guess Gary numan took it to the next level. I saw him in 1996 at V96 although I'm not a big fan (more of a rock fan), still like his music. Top Man. Love this one, we are glass and cars.
1979.
Interesting topic, what is the sexual wavelength and how does science measure it ? Now we are talking about human electric fields or as Die Krupp's robo sapiens of the future .
This reminds me of the Factory of a Better Tomorrow music from LBP 2
Where the hell did you get this mix?
Wow love this song first ever single I bought never ages a true classic now in 12" goes on ond on and on am in heaven gotta say the all saints basement remix of this is cooking awesome check it out!
ULTRAGEIL!!!
Do you have an extended version of the machman or me I disconnect.? Or even better a version of we have a technical? Or is this a one off?
how can i get hold of this remix? its great.
Brilliant mix. Where can I get an mp3 of this
Free UA-cam to MP3 converter
Gary Numan is the world first rap artist with 'Are Friends Electric ?'
Second is Blondie with ' Rapture "
this remix is amazing, and i wonder if in reality a 12" extended mix got originally cut by gary of this track cos i'm curious.
I don't think an official 12" extended exists.
@@zimzimzalabim well, it should. just saying......
This is unbe-fking-leivable
need for speed someone ?
Yeah , childhood memories playing on the PSP
@@Rickoproducciones was looking for this comment, I remember getting arthritis on my thumbs from playing that game so much while listening to this on repeat
An ad in the midst of rhis music??? Really????!!!!!!!
This song is better than"Cars".
Understanding the lyrics, thinking of girls, ( Japan adolescent sex)! or girlfriends then fantasy and dreams come into the equation.. consider the tools and gadgets of the new age including sexting. Maybe porn stimulations Or just good friends
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Void
This is not a 'mix' it's an edit.
Somehow about 30-50ms has been chopped out of the repeats near the end. Quite jarring.
oof yes this is a problem
Shroom
No, but today, yes; no.
It's cold outside And the paint's peeling off of my walls There's a man outside In a long coat, gray hat, smoking a cigarette Now the light fades out And I'm wondering what I'm doing in a room like this There's a knock on the door And just for a second, I thought I remembered you So now I'm alone, now I can think for myself About little deals and S.U.'s, things I just can't understand Like a white light that night or a slight touch at times I don't think it meant anything to you So I opened the door It's the friend that I'd left in the hallway "Please sit down" A candle lit shadow on a wall near the bed You know I hate to ask But are friends electric? [Incomprehensible], mine's broke down And now I've no one to love So I find out your reason for the phone calls and smiles And it hurts and I'm lonely and I should never have tried And I missed you tonight, so it's time to leave,You see, it meant everything to me