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Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 26 August 2023 CE
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Monganaut
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 26 August 2023 CE
Aug 27, 2023, 17:59
Fitter Stoke wrote:

Gary Numan ‘The Pleasure Principle’ - I’ve loved hearing this again too. Numan’s influence has been underrated while the likes of Depeche Mode and the Human League have not. Why? Yeah, he achieved true pop star status, but so what? No one else sounded like this at the time, and even his hero John Foxx released an album that sounded just like this the following year. It’s taken me over forty years to admit it but… Numan was class. There, I’ve said it. Can’t take it back now


I loved him dearly as an awkward pre teen, right up to Telekon, after that it all went a bit, erm, white funk and detective garb till the truly awful Mad Max Warrior period. I still massively rate those early Tubeway Army/ Numan releases. Much like John Foxx, The Human League, Ultravox, Kraftwerk et al, they were truly the sound of the future. Iwouldn't much bother with those Pleasure Principle/ Replicas demo albums, as the songs were almost pre-formed in their entirity, give or take a few. Anyhow, here's a link should you wish to peruse anyway...
Replicas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syXXDdt2FuQ&list=PLdB2qly-JTgAlLhgYxN58VfCKLNxWCgOF
Pleasure https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ntQt-sBimStSd0e2I3xToCIdSNwteUvYs
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