To me, it was Gary showing off. Learn how and when to remove this template message, http://www.numanme.co.uk/numanme/telekon.htm, "Dreaming Of Wires: The Rise And Fall Of Our New Electro-Pop Overlords", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telekon&oldid=973504575, Articles needing additional references from April 2011, All articles needing additional references, Short description is different from Wikidata, Album articles lacking alt text for covers, Articles with album ratings that need to be turned into prose, Copied and pasted articles and sections with url provided from August 2020, All copied and pasted articles and sections, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2015, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 17 August 2020, at 16:00. 3 Telekon. Registered office: Spectrum House, 32–34 Gordon House Road, London, NW5 1LP. Go directly to shout page. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. Remind Me To Smile Trent Reznor claimed to have listened to it every day during the making of Pretty Hate Machine and Stephin Merritt from The Magnetic Fields also became a Numan fan through the album. John Webb (Handclaps) On 19 March 2010, Numan announced that the Micromusic DVD would be released on 13 April. Turning off will mean that your activity is not sent to these services. 'Replicas' and 'The Pleasure Principle' were sci-fi related and showed a very fresh Gary Numan writing about his thoughts on the future. This site tracks activity, used for customised advertising across several services (ActiveCampaign). Denis Haines (Prophet 5, Piano, CP30, Minimoog, Polymoog,Backing Vocal, Whistle) Trois Gymnopedies (1st Movement) Gary Numan's follow-up to the flawless The Pleasure Principle was 1980's Telekon.Although it was another mega-hit back home in England (his third consecutive number one album), Numan could not follow up his massive new wave hit "Cars" in the United States, where he was unjustly slapped with the one-hit-wonder tag. Me To Smile, 1980 Sep Remember I Was Vapour
'Please push No more' is Telekons penultimate track and what a track it is. Telekon is a great album. New Romantic New Wave Punk/New Wave Synth Pop Alternative Pop/Rock Alternative/Indie Rock. Trent Reznor claimed to have listened to it every day during the making of Pretty Hate Machine and Stephin Merritt from The Magnetic Fields also became a Numan fan through the album. 5:38. I Die You Die Down In The Park (Piano Version) Unlike it’s predecessor The Pleasure Principle, Telekon had plenty of guitars, along with strings and lush synthesizer textures. 1 album.
He also premiered "We Are Glass", "I Die: You Die" and "Remind Me to Smile" during the April 1980 leg. *Stuart Hall* SD 32-103 Test Pressing SP BackCover. Telekon. [7] Merritt recorded "I Die: You Die" as his contribution to the Random tribute album in 1997, which also included covers of "I'm an Agent", "Remember I Was Vapour" and "We Are Glass".