At the time I was a dedicated Bowie fan, and we all chose to despise Numan as a ripoff clone. 45 years later, I'm willing to admit that Cars is a good song.
An instant classic as they used to say. I have spent many a long law work Friday listening to every song on Pleasure Principle on my iPod only Apple item i ever owned waiting until the end live tracks especially the chilling Bombers. I even took a stab at Cars in the studio one night as they had a suitable synth that had THAT SOUND!!! It's all terribly complex and layered, worthy of post-modenist analysis. Never gets old and predicts the future better than any hard beat techno could evet muster. Sorry Maia. Good going mate another scorcher!
I saw him around 81/82 at Perkins Palace in Pasadena. He came out in the car...so cool. I later saw him around 2010 or so, he really has got it...tight. Good guy.
Cars will always be his hit, but as an album, Telekon will always be my fave. Still holds up decades later.
Thanks for reading and commenting Tom! :) absolutely still holds up.
At the time I was a dedicated Bowie fan, and we all chose to despise Numan as a ripoff clone. 45 years later, I'm willing to admit that Cars is a good song.
As another dedicated Bowie fan, I'll give you a pass on that one ;)
What’s amazing is his latest music is just as awesome. His work with Ade Fenton revitalized his song writing and sounds.
Thanks for reading Brian. :) I second that emotion RE: his recent music.
This song is where '80s synth-rock begins...
Yessir!
An instant classic as they used to say. I have spent many a long law work Friday listening to every song on Pleasure Principle on my iPod only Apple item i ever owned waiting until the end live tracks especially the chilling Bombers. I even took a stab at Cars in the studio one night as they had a suitable synth that had THAT SOUND!!! It's all terribly complex and layered, worthy of post-modenist analysis. Never gets old and predicts the future better than any hard beat techno could evet muster. Sorry Maia. Good going mate another scorcher!
Thanks for reading Steve :) Love the point about predicting the future.
A song which I will never not listen to. The tambourine on the "chorus" is what always gets me, it's such a touch. A perfectly crafted song.
Indeed, couldn't agree more, thanks Jamie!
Love this song! It was one of the first "new wave" records to get a lot of airplay in the U.S. The sound was SO original for its time.
The concept of originality is overrated IMO, but this one is seriously a 1/1. Thanks as always, Dan. :)
I saw him around 81/82 at Perkins Palace in Pasadena. He came out in the car...so cool. I later saw him around 2010 or so, he really has got it...tight. Good guy.
Wow, that must've been such a unique experience. Thanks for sharing! :)
It was exciting as you can imagine, I was just a teenager.
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I LOVE THIS SONG. Yelling is over. 😄
NO PLEASE CONTINUE YELLING THE NEIGHBORS WON’T MIND!
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I can't thing of another song that is such a clear representation of a particular time. Lovely piece, thanks!
Thanks to you Steve!
my dad was nearly 50 when this song came out and he thought it was great