Cry, the clock said - Gary Numan - Farewell Concert - Wembley / London - Apr 1981 (youtube)

Cry, the clock said - Gary Numan - Farewell Concert - Wembley / London - Apr 1981 (youtube )
Following on from a couple of recent Gary Numan videos - just stumbled on this and enjoyed the video. The lighting makes it by emphasising the hands of the performer (Nash the Slash), who is playing what might be a violin or an electronic equivalent, while the face is left dimly lit so we can't really make it out - is the face masked or just badly disfigured (see here). A sad song about the end of a relationship, however the music I can't really describe as sad for some reason - at around the 2min 20sec mark, it appears to change to give some kind of a sense of awakening.

Cry, the clock said - Lyrics in Full

Why cry now
It's over
Feelings change

How are you
How am I
Cry, the clock said

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Cars [2] - Gary Numan live with NIN - O2 Arena / London - 15 Jul 2009 (youtube)

Cars - Gary Numan live with NIN - O2 Arena / London - Wed 15 Jul 2009 (youtube)
Another view of the performance. This time we can see the person shooting the on stage video using a Canon SLR Camera.

Cars - Gary Numan live with NIN - O2 Arena / London - 15 Jul 2009 (youtube)

Cars - Gary Numan live with NIN - O2 Arena / London - Wed 15 Jul 2009 (youtube)
Just stumbled across this video during some random searching on google. Remember Gary Numan and this song along with a few of his others from the early 80's.

Really enjoy this video. Love the fact that is filmed solely on stage using a Canon SLR Camera. The closest we can get to Gary Numan is a side on shot. We get a feel for what is must be like to be a performer on stage.

A couple snippets from the youtube page

• Filmed by Rob Sheridan with the Canon 5D Mark II. Audio mix by Blumpy.



• Possibly the greatest thing that has ever happened, in the history of anything, ever! (a viewer comment :-)

Gary Numan is touring Australia and New Zealand in May 2011. I remember seeing a lot of Gary Numan Concert posters in Auckland when I was there for the Takapuna Cup.

Will post another video of the same performance, shot by one of the audience members, where we can see the this video being filmed.

Cars Lyrics

Here in my car
I feel safest of all
I can lock all my doors
It's the only way to live
In cars

Here in my car
I can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars

Here in my car
Where the image breaks down
Will you visit me please?
If I open my door
In cars

Here in my car
I know I've started to think
About leaving tonight
Although nothing seems right
In cars