tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202107706878443689.post7781406782436420830..comments2023-10-26T07:32:23.358-07:00Comments on 1980s Sceptic: Numan In BelfastDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523705588711487299noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202107706878443689.post-41055535490634629622009-04-02T09:50:00.000-07:002009-04-02T09:50:00.000-07:00Finally I found someone whose Numan's fave song is...Finally I found someone whose Numan's fave song is We Have A Technical! That's a stellar tune, in fact one of the best tracks from the Replicas album. I never found out the reason why it was kept out of the original tracklist, because the song is an integral part of the replicas' concept. Not to mention the epic status of the song, its nearly eight-minute length, a closure to die for, and terribly beautiful lyrics. Passages like "advertising posters on the wall/ and the young ones singing softly/ do they ever comeback/ or is it always at the wrong time" or "It's so surprising just how quickly things can end/Like a hero on a plataform of friends" seems to me the ultimate expression of today's general feeling of class apathy and detached hopelessness for ideals and justice, the feeling that express the "system's cold embrace" or the utter foreclosure of collective power, as if our awareness was shutted by some mesmerizing power — the despair of knowing that all human experiences are futile and trivial in post-modern societies.<BR/>I think maybe Numan reworked the song into "Metal" and forgot about this first incarnation... a pity, really. Wish I was your age, man... never saw him live, when I was born (1984) his career was already in decline - apart from the fact that I'm brazilian!!!<BR/>Cheers!Caiohttp://excrecencia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202107706878443689.post-79246752769930704412008-03-12T07:52:00.000-07:002008-03-12T07:52:00.000-07:00Good review, dude.That was a great gig - far bette...Good review, dude.<BR/><BR/>That was a great gig - far better than thought it would be. I'm 41 years old and Replicas was the first record I ever bought. I'm glad he gave the old tracks the modern treatment. Pity the stage was so small though: it looked like he kept disappearing off stage when he gave synth solos cos his keyboard was tucked away behind a lighting rig.<BR/><BR/>He's looking well for someone nearly 50 years old.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com