Savage - (Songs from a Broken World) Gary Numan
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TheChampers in another thread last Friday said:
Gary Numan's new album, Savage (Songs From A Broken World) on MP3 (cd arriving Monday) good stuff so far, very much a sister album to his previous, Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind) which is imo a very good thing.
It was #2 in the UK album chart I looked at earlier, his first top 10 charting since 1982, remarkable.I think Splinter won a lot of new, younger fans. My two teenage daughters both have Splinter and have bought Savage.
It is a very fine album, which I think will get better with more plays (only 3 so far for me). The vinyl version I bought arrived today
TheChampers said:
TheChampers in another thread last Friday said:
Gary Numan's new album, Savage (Songs From A Broken World) on MP3 (cd arriving Monday) good stuff so far, very much a sister album to his previous, Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind) which is imo a very good thing.
It was #2 in the UK album chart I looked at earlier, his first top 10 charting since 1982, remarkable.I think Splinter won a lot of new, younger fans. My two teenage daughters both have Splinter and have bought Savage.
It is a very fine album, which I think will get better with more plays (only 3 so far for me). The vinyl version I bought arrived today
Epic album. Things certainly turned around for him from Pure onward. Good to see a lot of younger people 'discovering' him. We're going to see him (yet again) in Northampton early next year (already sold out). I got my wife into his music and she really digs the new stuff from when i took her to see him live (so anything from Dead Son Rising basically).
Me, i disconnect from you though as i still think his early stuff is untouchable and the holy trinity for me musically are: Tubeway Army, Replicas & The Pleasure Principle.
Marky Boy
Me, i disconnect from you though as i still think his early stuff is untouchable and the holy trinity for me musically are: Tubeway Army, Replicas & The Pleasure Principle.
Marky Boy
The man is an incredible talent. When you think that he's been going for 40 years now.....it's easy to forget how prodigious and how good he is until you lose several hours playing stuff from his back catalogue. I was a fan in his early career. fell away for a while in the middle, and am now back there in a big way.
He also seems to be a really decent, genuine human being on top of all that. I went to the Brixton gig on 14 Oct and had guest list tickets and an after-party pass via a contact in the music biz where I met him and his missus. Given that, at the age of 59, he'd been throwing himself all over the stage for the past 90 minutes, he was still happy to chat to and pose for photos with randoms he'd never met before (me!) and who had probably drunk a little more alcohol than he had (me!) without any discernible edge to him.
If you follow him on FB, you can tell that he writes most, if not all, the updates himself rather than just leaving some PR to do it for him.
Top bloke.
He also seems to be a really decent, genuine human being on top of all that. I went to the Brixton gig on 14 Oct and had guest list tickets and an after-party pass via a contact in the music biz where I met him and his missus. Given that, at the age of 59, he'd been throwing himself all over the stage for the past 90 minutes, he was still happy to chat to and pose for photos with randoms he'd never met before (me!) and who had probably drunk a little more alcohol than he had (me!) without any discernible edge to him.
If you follow him on FB, you can tell that he writes most, if not all, the updates himself rather than just leaving some PR to do it for him.
Top bloke.
Dedicated Numanoid here, my fave artist ever, lost count of the number of time I have seen him live from Hammersmith odeon in 1979, Living ornaments tour right up to date.
However, I am not a great fan of his more recent stuff, it seems to have to grow on me more, rather than the older stuff that I could listen to once and instantly love it.
Have listened to the new album a couple of times now and whilst there is a few tracks on there which I instantly think are great, some of them will just not click with me yet....
However, I am not a great fan of his more recent stuff, it seems to have to grow on me more, rather than the older stuff that I could listen to once and instantly love it.
Have listened to the new album a couple of times now and whilst there is a few tracks on there which I instantly think are great, some of them will just not click with me yet....
Mexman, you summed it up well for me. Its a belter alright but has not really left an impression like the early stuff did. That always stuck with the first listen and i find his last few albums dont but it might be an age thing. (Plus, i am currently going through my Goldie Lookin Chain back catalogue as we approach the festive party season!)
Anyone who is serious about music and has not heard Savage should give it a listen. And also if they get the chance to see him live then go see a gifted musician who always puts on a hell of a show. I cannot wait for his next one as a Gary Numan gig is a real event.
I am glad he is finally being recognised for his talent as the narrow minded music press and papers where really nasty back in the day. Whilst they are forgotten as yesterdays toilet paper he is still going strong.
Nuuuuuuuuman!!!
Marky Boy
Anyone who is serious about music and has not heard Savage should give it a listen. And also if they get the chance to see him live then go see a gifted musician who always puts on a hell of a show. I cannot wait for his next one as a Gary Numan gig is a real event.
I am glad he is finally being recognised for his talent as the narrow minded music press and papers where really nasty back in the day. Whilst they are forgotten as yesterdays toilet paper he is still going strong.
Nuuuuuuuuman!!!
Marky Boy
To this day, I can watch the Living ornaments 79 and 80 and the 1981 Wembley farewell concerts, and still be amazed with the stage effects, lighting, mood, and Numans early persona.
Unbelievable really for how long ago they were.
Nothing else live came (or comes close)
Even if you are not a die hard Numan fan, they are a brilliant insight into the face that changed music all those years ago.
I remember seeing him on top of the pops in 1979 with Are 'friends' Electric? at the age of 11 and thinking "what the.... who the hell is this guy? Wow"
Still have the top of the pops recording on my set top box and it's amazing to see the other artists in the same TV lineup that night.
Just late 70s disco crap and other crappy one hit wonders and then this guy with attitude comes on and that massive Minimoog drone starts, and he starts singing. (Well singing in the Gary Numan sort of way).
Utterly breathtaking.
Unbelievable really for how long ago they were.
Nothing else live came (or comes close)
Even if you are not a die hard Numan fan, they are a brilliant insight into the face that changed music all those years ago.
I remember seeing him on top of the pops in 1979 with Are 'friends' Electric? at the age of 11 and thinking "what the.... who the hell is this guy? Wow"
Still have the top of the pops recording on my set top box and it's amazing to see the other artists in the same TV lineup that night.
Just late 70s disco crap and other crappy one hit wonders and then this guy with attitude comes on and that massive Minimoog drone starts, and he starts singing. (Well singing in the Gary Numan sort of way).
Utterly breathtaking.
Another long term fan here, I was hooked from hearing Are Friends Electric as an 11 year old in 1979, first album I ever bought was The Pleasure Principle. I still enjoy that album as much now as I did back in 79, the synths, drums, everything are just perfect and never bettered for me.
I didn't get to see GN back then as I didn't start gigging until 1982 and like many my interest started to wane after the first comeback, carried on digging TPP, Replicas and Telekon occasionally but didn't really get the mid period GN at all.
On a whim I got a ticket to see him at Southampton Guildhall in early 2001 on the Pure tour, fancied a bit of nostalgia so went along. Gig was probably half full but wow the music took me straight back and I was really surprised how brilliant he was live. Got the impression he was a bit taken aback about how well he went down, the old stuff sounded great but so did the new...bit heavy but definitely good. I bought Pure after that and haven't missed a tour since, just watched him get better and better to the point now where a GN gig is always one of my favourite of the year.
I always buy his new stuff when it comes out, generally I like them but don't find them albums I keep going back to. Splinter was slightly different and that gets dragged out every few months, felt that was another turning point where you sensed the trajectory for his career was definitely on the up.
Bought Savage as usual on the first day of release expecting a similar experience.....totally totally different. I just couldn't stop playing it for weeks and still do, it's a stunning piece of work and if I'm honest his best album since TPP. I just love it, the synths are back properly, his vocals are perfect and the whole album just works. Album of the year for me, it's just brilliant.
So I'm a fan, can't wait for the new album off the back of Savage, looking forward to the Portsmouth gig next year... Nuuuuuuuuummmmmmmaaaaannnn
I didn't get to see GN back then as I didn't start gigging until 1982 and like many my interest started to wane after the first comeback, carried on digging TPP, Replicas and Telekon occasionally but didn't really get the mid period GN at all.
On a whim I got a ticket to see him at Southampton Guildhall in early 2001 on the Pure tour, fancied a bit of nostalgia so went along. Gig was probably half full but wow the music took me straight back and I was really surprised how brilliant he was live. Got the impression he was a bit taken aback about how well he went down, the old stuff sounded great but so did the new...bit heavy but definitely good. I bought Pure after that and haven't missed a tour since, just watched him get better and better to the point now where a GN gig is always one of my favourite of the year.
I always buy his new stuff when it comes out, generally I like them but don't find them albums I keep going back to. Splinter was slightly different and that gets dragged out every few months, felt that was another turning point where you sensed the trajectory for his career was definitely on the up.
Bought Savage as usual on the first day of release expecting a similar experience.....totally totally different. I just couldn't stop playing it for weeks and still do, it's a stunning piece of work and if I'm honest his best album since TPP. I just love it, the synths are back properly, his vocals are perfect and the whole album just works. Album of the year for me, it's just brilliant.
So I'm a fan, can't wait for the new album off the back of Savage, looking forward to the Portsmouth gig next year... Nuuuuuuuuummmmmmmaaaaannnn
i find it remarkable that he was a pioneer of the electronic movement along with depeche mode.....going on to inspire so many musicians over the years.....to have such an effect on trent reznor to then come full circle and reinvent yourself along those lines....it's all one big circle you know!
for me , i got splinter when it came out but it kind of left me cold....too much of a cheap pastiche of the nine inch nails stuff which had obviously influenced HIM over the previous years....
still think he's a top bloke and very important player in music history, mind
for me , i got splinter when it came out but it kind of left me cold....too much of a cheap pastiche of the nine inch nails stuff which had obviously influenced HIM over the previous years....
still think he's a top bloke and very important player in music history, mind
saw him live last year at Oxford 02 Academy and had a great night.
I got into him as a kid for the electronic sound but live with the 3 guitars giving it all was great. Came across as a top bloke and will try and catch the second half of the tour next year.
haven't given the new album a spin yet but will do in the next couple of days.
I got into him as a kid for the electronic sound but live with the 3 guitars giving it all was great. Came across as a top bloke and will try and catch the second half of the tour next year.
haven't given the new album a spin yet but will do in the next couple of days.
Talking of which, wasn't there a sprayer who used to put the Tubeway Army face picture inside the tubs of the TVR's he sprayed as his signature?
Edited to say how ironic it would have been if he had originally painted Gary's black Cerbera back in the day?
Also, Gary said it's all people carriers these days and how his plan to buy a muscle car once in the states had not come to fruition. Come on mate, you are making some good money so surely you can shell out for another Corvette or the like....
Edited to say how ironic it would have been if he had originally painted Gary's black Cerbera back in the day?
Also, Gary said it's all people carriers these days and how his plan to buy a muscle car once in the states had not come to fruition. Come on mate, you are making some good money so surely you can shell out for another Corvette or the like....
Edited by killingjoker on Monday 11th December 12:36
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