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Gary Numan — Splinter
Album: Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)
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Released: 2013
Length: 5:22
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I believe in the cruelty of man
I believe in all of the hopeless and lost
I see you
I believe in the shamed, the faithless like me
I believe everything falls through the greed of man

I SEE YOU
I SEE YOU

Do you believe in the beauty of love?
Or that heaven is vengeance disguised?
He sees you
Do you believe we will pay for our sins?
I believe everything's learned from the scars of man

I SEE YOU
I SEE YOU

Life isn't everything
Life isn't everything
Life isn't everything
Life isn't everything


I don't believe in the calling of God
I don't believe a word of The Word is true
I see you
I don't believe in the goodness of people like me
I believe everything bleeds from the fear of man

I SEE YOU
I SEE YOU
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 alain.brault wrote:

Call me nuts but I find this more interesting than Billie Gaga.....




Yes!  I  Agree!   Thanx RP!   
Posted 9 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Call me nuts but I find this more interesting than Billie Gaga.....
Posted 3 years ago by alain.brault    [ Reply ]
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Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
 stunix wrote:
I recently saw an hour length documentary on his career, and he seems to be a very interesting and meek soul with a rise to fame and then a gradual declining career in music, until now.   Many bands kicked off in the 70s and 80s by exploiting this new "electronic music" scene, OMD, Soft Cell, Joy Division, Ultravox et al.  This man is a contributor to and influence on a large portion of the music we listen to today.  Its nice to see him still plugging away.  Where is Jon Foxx?

My first listen?, I like this.  

I look forward to digesting the album.

 
John Foxx is omnipresent.


Posted 10 years ago by Thin_Air    [ Reply ]
 stunix wrote:
I recently saw an hour length documentary on his career, and he seems to be a very interesting and meek soul with a rise to fame and then a gradual declining career in music, until now.   Many bands kicked off in the 70s and 80s by exploiting this new "electronic music" scene, OMD, Soft Cell, Joy Division, Ultravox et al.  This man is a contributor to and influence on a large portion of the music we listen to today.  Its nice to see him still plugging away.  Where is Jon Foxx?

My first listen?, I like this.  

I look forward to digesting the album.

 
I'm with you on the liking this front. I always thought Mr. Numan got a rum deal in the early days because he just sort of came out of nowhere and blew all the post punk synth guys out of the water. There seemed to be a rather unfair backlash against his work and I can't for the life of me figure out why. He's clever, creative and unassuming. Nice to hear him here.
Posted 10 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
I recently saw an hour length documentary on his career, and he seems to be a very interesting and meek soul with a rise to fame and then a gradual declining career in music, until now.   Many bands kicked off in the 70s and 80s by exploiting this new "electronic music" scene, OMD, Soft Cell, Joy Division, Ultravox et al.  This man is a contributor to and influence on a large portion of the music we listen to today.  Its nice to see him still plugging away.  Where is Jon Foxx?

My first listen?, I like this.  

I look forward to digesting the album.
Posted 10 years ago by stunix    [ Reply ]
Seems to grow on me, moving up to a 6
Posted 10 years ago by Jdingman    [ Reply ]
I hadn't heard this before, good stuff. I've always been a big fan and wondered what happened to him. Dark to be sure, but good music nonetheless. Thanks Bill.
Posted 10 years ago by bluematrix    [ Reply ]
Somebody here mentioned something about a rat's ass.
Posted 10 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
Dreadful then. Dreadful now. (Sorry, but the truth must be told.)
Posted 10 years ago by rocklandlove    [ Reply ]
Saw this guy play live a few weeks ago and was totally blown away.  All I ever really knew of his music were his early hits.  This guy and his band played some really heavy loud and intense music.
Posted 10 years ago by billybob123    [ Reply ]
GN wrote one of my 80s favs....I was not sure he was even doing music any more...glad to hear this Bill and thanx Laz for the info....sent from iphone
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
sounds like Gary's atheism is getting a bit darker in his dottage.
Posted 11 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
No sugar coating here...that's for sure. I like that.
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]

This song howls into the void with nihilistic woes!  It is so frightening!  This is some damn cool music!  Crazy!  We be dancing buck ass naked like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners... madly love this profound song...

Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile.  â€• Kurt Vonnegut 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
wow, I hope his children never read the lyrics to this one, or ask "sing us one of your songs papa"   scary stuff, I hope all is well with this man, he looks like he's taking Alice Cooper totally serious
Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE....?
Posted 11 years ago by TAI    [ Reply ]

I am ambivalent about this song— I don't quite know what to make of it yet...  the song has some cool music and a spooky melody, but the lyrics frighten me, because I don't understand them yet... I will listen to this song a few more times before I decide whether to embrace it with love or run for the hills...

here's a review by Maddy Costa in The Guardian a few days ago—

There's a hermetic quality to Gary Numan's latest album: it gazes inwards with such intensity you wonder if he's addressing anyone but himself. You'd say he made it for his own pleasure, except that this is the sound of emotional pain. Numan has talked candidly about the depression, mid-life crisis, and struggle of becoming a parent, that he experienced while writing these songs; for him, they were a form of therapy, but for the listener they're harder work. The carapace of violent noise that encases each song needs breaking before you can appreciate how fascinating it is musically...

Gary Numan looks like those zombie cave dwellers who have arrived from the planet Zung to remove all spinach from the planet Earth...  beware them...  amen...

Gary Numan 


Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Not feeling it.  
Posted 11 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
Stopped liking Gary when he started singing in this deeper style. Replicas and The Pleasure Principle are classics - so fresh and that voice was so alien.

And how is Are Friends Electric not on the playlist (or is it under Tubeway Army?)
Posted 11 years ago by robus    [ Reply ]
I figured Gary had made at least one other song at some point - I just never heard it until now.
Posted 11 years ago by ottojschlosser    [ Reply ]