Buggles new album Fundamental features PSB

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wirral39 · #1 Post by **wirral39** » Mon 05 Jun 2006, 10:07 pm

If you want to look at a very young Trevor Horn, then look no further at the videos posted at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xflkr2Go ... ch=buggles and look at the brilliant Elstree, Living in the Plastic Age and I Am A Camera (yes, Video's there too). Horn and Downsey look like a prototype PSB even.

If you watch these clips or buy either of the two Buggles albums (the more 'minimal' Age of Plastic or the more complex Advenutures In Modern Recording), you will hear sounds that found their way onto many a 80s or 90s track.

In fact the video for I Am A Camera looks like it inspired the cover for It's Alright.

Final link of the day - Gary Numan explored the concept of the 'dark park' on his album Replicas in 1979, most explictly in the track Down In the Park. It's about time PSB did a Numan cover - either Down in the Park or Complex. I am a huge fan of early Numan and I wonder how many other Petheads are?

! · #2 Post by ! » Mon 05 Jun 2006, 10:43 pm

transforce · #3 Post by **transforce** » Mon 05 Jun 2006, 11:25 pm

I love 'Cars' and 'Are friends Electric'.
PSB should have more heavy synths like 'Cars'.

ChoonHound · #4 Post by **ChoonHound** » Tue 06 Jun 2006, 12:50 am

Isn't Numan like a sadist now or someting...?

Danimal · #5 Post by **Danimal** » Tue 06 Jun 2006, 1:31 am

I pretty much own Numan's whole catalog as the guy is brilliant! I agree that Complex would be a perfect fit for PSB, or perhaps even Every Day I Die?

Blockhead · #6 Post by **Blockhead** » Tue 06 Jun 2006, 6:48 pm

Even better would be a PSB and Numan collaboration.

glennjridge · #7 Post by **glennjridge** » Wed 07 Jun 2006, 7:26 am

LOVE the buggles song elstree. I love them when they were on early MTV I'm old I remember. not sure if thats trevor singing or the other guy geoff downs I believ was his name. got to look into this newer buggles CD they did.

always loved the line in plastic age where he sung "send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest"

Eldritch · #8 Post by **Eldritch** » Wed 07 Jun 2006, 1:38 pm

karmavore wrote:Isn't Numan like a sadist now or someting...?

???? Perhaps you are confusing him with Gary Glitter, a well-known pedophile?

Kiran · #9 Post by **Kiran** » Wed 07 Jun 2006, 1:50 pm

glennjridge wrote:LOVE the buggles song elstree. I love them when they were on early MTV I'm old I remember. not sure if thats trevor singing or the other guy geoff downs I believ was his name. got to look into this newer buggles CD they did.

always loved the line in plastic age where he sung "send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest"

I loved the Buggles, only had the first album on cassette somewhere. I've since downloaded Video Killed the Radio Star and Plastic Age as I've no idea where the cassette is.

Video Killed The Radio Star is a flippin' excellent song, one of my all time favourites. One of my kids' favourite too, even though they were only born in 1997 and 2001. Brainwashing? pah. Libel!

Cdrodkey · #10 Post by **Cdrodkey** » Wed 07 Jun 2006, 9:49 pm

I will start another discussion topic on Gary Numan.

CR