Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/04/18/shut-in-sounds-gary-numan-sig.html
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Why isn’t he playing from his car?
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Because if he was in his car, he could only receive.
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Well, that is the sweetest thing I am ever going to see.
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Are friends electric? Yes, they are.
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Singing? Yes. Signing? Not so much.
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I think what I like best is how we can see that Numan isn’t one of those artists who have become hollowed-out versions of themselves. The true self is on display for everyone to see. 
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Yep… must frantically submit yet another “hey guys look at this video” post.
Are friends acoustic? When a mate told me about this video, I imagine Mr Numan sat at an unplugged keyboard going, “thunk thunk thunk. thunk thunk, thunk thunk”.
This was lovely.
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Most of mine are, sort of.
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His first album (Tubeway Army, 1978!) had great guitar mixed with synth, way ahead of its time. Steel and You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJLaeLWxkpk and Friends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8Q9MRt1r7I tubewayarmy_1978|250x263
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Social Distancing 01100101
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Just when you thought Gary Numan couldn’t be any lovelier or more humble, here’s a clip from the early noughties where he says he likes the Sugababes version of his track better than the original…
*Graham Norton still has his own very successful chat show, but less famously played an annoying dancing priest in the sitcom Father Ted.
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Needs more @garethb2
Please fix typo in post headline, Gareth.
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Full disclosure: I wore both Tubeway Army! and Replicas out in the day…but Gary is also a fucking Tory and therefore a supporter of a decade if austerity that has decimated the UK… So…love the music, Gary, but fuck you.
Graham Norton plays the other annoying dancing priest!
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Man, I totally clicked through to see how he was going to play guitar and sign at the same time…
