27th October, 2009 - My Friend's Electric

I am just back from seeing Gary Numan at the ABC in Glasgow with my mate The Laughing Boy. It was excellent. I have never seen him before (Numan, not Laughing Boy – it would be odd if he was mate and I had never seen him before. Actually, now that I think of it, I have seen Gary Numan before as well, but only on the telly and on album covers, so that doesn’t really count, but I digress).

I have never really got into Gary Numan’s stuff, not because I don’t like it, but it’s never really crossed my radar. But I liked his music when I was a kid, and I’ve heard on a number of ooccasions that he does a great live show. So, I thought I’d tag along with The Laughing Boy who is a big fan (of Numan, not me – I haven’t really got any fans as far as I know, unless there are some very odd groupies who get excited at the thought of a man drafting a Minute of Extension of Lease).

I digress again. It was a great gig – a mix of early material, and his more modern industrial stuff. Not a lot of laughs mind you. You never really expect the pale white demon to break into a rousing cover of “Snooker Loopy” by Chas and Dave.