Gary Numan released Telekon, my favorite of his records, in 1980. It was the first vinyl I bought as a teen in the 90s. Hearing this intro track and the album that followed was mindblowing. Definitely listen to this whole record if you get a chance.
Here's "This Wreckage", the first song on Telekon, one of the best album opening tracks EVER:
This week's #ThursdayFiveList is #TheSleep and the first three here all have the same title - the Static-X one is a GREAT cover of the Sabbath one. The Smithereens one is a different song (but still great, they were big Sabbath fans too - their song was definitely a nod):
My first #vinyl purchase of 2024. I received it yesterday but I couldn't access Mastodon for a few hours so I didn't post it then.
Yes, I know it came out a couple of years ago but I'm late to the party!
I've been playing #GaryNuman Intruder relentlessly on Spotify over the past few weeks so I thought I'd better buy it ☺️
"Cars" is the debut solo single by English musician Gary Numan, released on 21 August 1979, from his debut studio album "The Pleasure Principle." The song topped charts in several countries, marking it a new wave staple. "Cars" was Numan's sole hit in the American pop charts.
@ianovic69@jrp@synths
Now you have my attention! ;-) #GaryNuman is my all-time fave artist. On the early albums at least, the instruments used were always mentioned, but I don't recall ever seeing MemoryMoog - the Mini and Poly certainly featured a lot (one of the most-used pics of Gary is of him playing a Mini) - do you know which albums he used the Memory on?
BTW, since the topic came up ;-) see pic (which has a funny story with it actually)
Another in a series of "what the heck happened to my original copy?" (re)purchases.
Back when he started, Numan was an interesting mix of Bowie and Kraftwerk, and this was the very best example of that approach. It's super strong from beginning to end, peaking on side 2 with Cars, his most well-known song.
He re-invented himself over and over after Telekon, the next album, but IMO would never hit these heights again.
I realize I might have said this before, but I really do think that this next #80sKids song might be my fave so far. Maybe it's just that each new song @hilljam & I do is so dang fun that it captures my heart in the moment — but my love for this one is strong. 💪🏻♥️
If I had a convertible, I'd put this one on loud with the top pulled down, driving along the beach at sunset on summer break. Let the countdown to Friday start ... now.
@shannoncurtis@hilljam well, you mentioned being in a car, and it would benefit from blasting on the stereo, so maybe your next 80s Kids song is "Cars" by Gary Numan?
That's my guess. Can't wait to find out on Friday!!
Incidentally, a Nokia-esque rendering of Cars is my iPhone ringtone, a la Vince Noir of The Mighty Boosh 😂
New intro post: I'm Joy, I moved to this instance a few days ago. I'm 43, from the UK but living in France, and a technical translator/writer.
I dislike most things. However, I am enjoying learning Android development, Kotlin and C#, I like pop music (inc. goth, industrial, new wave, italodisco etc.), renaissance music and supernatural fiction.
Today would have been Robert Moog's birthday, and he is of course the inventor of the incredibly awesome-sounding Moog synthesizer that you'll hear everywhere in rock music.
My introduction to the Moog was in the early 90s, I picked up Gary Numan's brilliant album Telekon in a tiny record store in Maryland when I was a teen. I was hooked. I still listen to it.
My second big Moog exposure was on the album Return of the Rentals by the Rentals, the side project of former Weezer bass player Matt Sharp. ANOTHER great album.
One more album you might know Moog synths from is of course Abbey Road, one of the first to have Moog on it, specifically a bunch on "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" and even "Here Comes the Sun".