More on the Ant/Numan “collaboration”!!
I think collaboration maybe too strong a word…. more like Ants Invasion, although Gary seemed to see the funny side of things 
Quality isn’t great, but it gives you an idea. Clip courtesy of YouTube user Chalky1172
Update: Another video has emerged from YouTube user palefoxrecords…
Adam Ant & Gary Numan Duet on Cars!!
It would seem that Adam Ant has taken up residence at the Scala in London of late! Not content with his own set the other night, he then performed with the Glitter Band and now it appears he has just come off stage after singing with Gary Numan on Cars!
Gary is at the Scala for a one off warm up gig before Coachella and I half considered going to this. But I thought having seen Gary twice in a year and with other gigs eating up my funds, I’d give this a miss. And boy did I make the wrong decision. The two men who influenced me more than any others, live on stage, together. DAMN!!! Adam got me into drums, Gary got me into synths, and there is my musical path set.
I’ll report more on this as I get more info, but for now, here is the only footage I’ve found as yet, supplied via Twitter by @AndyMcH….
It’s only fuckin ADAM ANT! (singing Cars) on 12seconds.tv
@failedmuso holy crap. He looked as mad as I expected! on 12seconds.tv
Synth Britannia – BBC4 – UK – 16/10/09 9pm
I mentioned this before, but it’s worth mentioning again, as it’s only 5 days away! As part of BBC4′s Electric Revolution season, this Friday at 9pm, a documentary called Synth Britannia will be shown featuring a plethora of British electronic musicians. Here’s the blurb…
Documentary following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage.
In the late 1970s, small pockets of electronic artists including the Human League, Daniel Miller and Cabaret Volatire were inspired by Kraftwerk and JG Ballard and dreamt of the sound of the future against the backdrop of bleak, high-rise Britain.
The crossover moment came in 1979 when Gary Numan’s appearance on Top of the Pops with Tubeway Army’s Are Friends Electric heralded the arrival of synthpop. Four lads from Basildon known as Depeche Mode would come to own the new sound whilst post-punk bands like Ultravox, Soft Cell, OMD and Yazoo took the synth out of the pages of the NME and onto the front page of Smash Hits.
By 1983, acts like Pet Shop Boys and New Order were showing that the future of electronic music would lie in dance music.
Contributors include Philip Oakey, Vince Clarke, Martin Gore, Bernard Sumner, Gary Numan and Neil Tennant.
And the tracklisting looks amazing too…
1.
Depeche Mode — New Life
2.
Wendy Carlos — William Tell
3.
Wendy Carlos — Clockwork Orange Main Title
4.
Kraftwerk — Autobahn
5.
The Clash — White Riot
6.
The Normal — Tvod
7.
The Normal — Warm Leatherette
8.
The Future — 4 Jg
9.
The Human League — Being Boiled
10.
Donna Summer — I Feel Love
11.
Cabaret Voltaire — Seconds Too Late
12.
Cabaret Voltaire — Nag Nag Nag
13.
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark — Messages
14.
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark — Enola Gay
15.
Joy Division — Atmosphere
16.
John Foxx — Underpass
17.
Throbbing Gristle — Still Walking
18.
Throbbing Gristle — Hot on the Heals of Love
19.
Fad Gadget — Back to Nature
20.
Silicon Teens — Memphis Tennessee
21.
Gary Numan — Are Friends Electric?
22.
Gary Numan — Cars
23.
Visage — Fade to Grey
24.
The Flying Lizards — Money
25.
Depeche Mode — New Life
26.
Depeche Mode — Just Can’t Get Enough
27.
The Human League — Don’t You Want Me
28.
Heaven 17 — Penthouse & Pavement
29.
Cabaret Voltaire — Landslide
30.
Soft Cell — Tainted Love
31.
Yazoo — Only You
32.
Yazoo — Don’t Go
33.
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark — Maid of Orleans
34.
Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams
35.
Ultravox — Vienna
36.
Kraftwerk — The Model
37.
Depeche Mode — Everything Counts
38.
Depeche Mode — Master and Servant
39.
Pet Shop Boys — West End Girls
40.
New Order — Ceremony
41.
New Order — Blue Monday
42.
Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder — Together in Electric Dreams
But once this programme has finished, DON’T TOUCH THAT DIAL!!!
The next show is Synth Britannia at the BBC.
With Moogs turned up to 11, a 1970s/80s journey through the BBC’s synthpop archives from Roxy Music to New Order.
Roxy Music — Do the Strand
Tubeway Army — Are ‘Friends’ Electric?
Sparks — Beat the Clock
The Human League — The Path of Least Resistance
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark — Messages
Ultravox — Vienna
Depeche Mode — New Life
New Order — Temptation
Soft Cell — Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
Japan — Ghosts
Yazoo — Don’t Go
Tears for Fears — Mad World
Eurythmics — Love is a Stranger
Heaven 17 — Temptation
Howard Jones — What Is Love?
Pet Shop Boys — Opportunities
A proper synth wank fest guaranteed to have you shooting your man spackle all over the shop!!!
Gary Numan – Complex
Expect to see a small raft of Numan related posts over the coming weeks. The Pleasure Principle has just been re-released, with a mass of bonus tracks, and Gazza is doing a TPP tour, which I will be seeing when it hits Norwich UEA on November 29th. His brief, yet endearing, appearance on Later… with Jools Holland on Friday was a bonus, even if he didn’t perform.
This is one of my favourite Numan tracks and whilst the audio is not great, the rarity of the video makes up for it. Enjoy…
Gary Numan & Nine Inch Nails – "Cars" Live
Just all kinds of awesome!! Check out Gary rockin’ the Polymoog!! :-O
Down In The Park [cover] by Failed Muso
I had this down some while back, but was recently prompted to add the finishing touches, so here it is.
This is made entirely in Reason, mainly because of it’s simplicity and the fact I love it’s sequencer. It’s VERY easy to get ideas down in Reason. I may at some later stage, add a vocal track and some added “Vox Humana”. But for now, here is the track….
Replicas [cover]
Blimey, I’ve got video diarrhoea !!
Ok, I programmed this a while back but thought I’d perform it “live”, so everything you hear is programmed by my own fair hand and the lead line is played absolutely live by me. Trust me, with my obvious talent shortage, that takes some doing !! ;o)
The tune, albeit a brief version, is Replicas by Tubeway Army / Gary Numan. It’s based more on the live version than the album version.
Everything is done on Reason. It’s not the most exciting video in the world. Just me triggering various parts on Reason and then trying ever so hard not to fuck up the lead line !
Enjoy…
Replicas Redux + Replicas Mixes+Versions
Finally, after a month of waiting, this little package arrived this morning….
Only 3000 of this pack with the 3rd CD of Mixes+Versions were made available through Gary’s website.
Now that’s what I call an Easter treat ;o)
