On August 23rd I saw Gary Numan in concert at the House of Blues in Anaheim. Wow! What a great show!
Dressed in camouflage pants and a black t-shirt, Numan belted out tune after classic tune in a sort of new-wave meets Nine Inch Nails fashion. He definitely has a much harder, darker edge to his sound than he had back in the earlier days. Songs like “Films” and “Are Friends Electric?” didn’t sound dated at all. In fact, either one could be a chart topper today with the new way he performs them.
Unfortunately, I have not purchased a CD of new Numan recordings since Outland in 1991. Because of this, I was not familiar with many of the songs he performed.
I was a bit surprised at the fairly small crowd that attended. There seemed to be plenty of room to move around in the normally packed building. I was expecting a much bigger turnout.
Dressed in camouflage pants and a black t-shirt, Numan belted out tune after classic tune in a sort of new-wave meets Nine Inch Nails fashion. He definitely has a much harder, darker edge to his sound than he had back in the earlier days. Songs like “Films” and “Are Friends Electric?” didn’t sound dated at all. In fact, either one could be a chart topper today with the new way he performs them.
Unfortunately, I have not purchased a CD of new Numan recordings since Outland in 1991. Because of this, I was not familiar with many of the songs he performed.
I was a bit surprised at the fairly small crowd that attended. There seemed to be plenty of room to move around in the normally packed building. I was expecting a much bigger turnout.
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Re: House of Blues
Thu, August 31, 2006 - 10:20 AMThe SF show was about 3/4 full I'd say. I think the last tour for Pure sold out at the same venue. Probably attributable to his new NIN style. A lot of people haven't bought any of his albums since the '80s. It's like if Kraftwerk became a faux punk band with guitars and stuff -- the fans of the electronic sound get turned off.
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Re: House of Blues
Thu, August 31, 2006 - 10:28 AM> Songs like “Films” and “Are Friends Electric?” didn’t sound dated at all. In fact, either one could be a chart topper today with the new way he performs them.... Unfortunately, I have not purchased a CD of new Numan recordings since Outland in 1991.
My suggestion: Pick up "Hybrid", a 2-CD collection of industrial revisions of older material. You'll recognize many of the songs, and it's also a good introduction to his better tracks from the last 15 years. -
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Re: House of Blues
Sun, September 3, 2006 - 6:58 PMand then start getting caught up...
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