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| Gary Numan – Are 'Friends' Electric? Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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@[ellitanthalas:41556] \r\n\r\nFrom an apparent interview with Gary Numan:\r\n\r\n"For instance, the talking bits in are are absolutely personal. They\'re about two specific women. The S.U. line in the song is a reference to Su Wathan, Who worked at Beggars Banquet. We had an odd little arrangement at the time which I was too immature to deal with or understand. The 7.4 mentioned at the start of the spoken part applies to the 7th and 4th letters of the alphabet - G.D a women called Gail Deal. She was an ice skating instructor and one Su`s friends, who slept with me one night and then wasn\'t interested at all after that. It was the first time someone had done that to me and I got pathetically hurt, But in a chauvinistic kind of way, I`m ashamed to admit." |
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| Gary Numan – Are 'Friends' Electric? Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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@[ellitanthalas:41555] I took the time to go find the liner notes you referred to. Interesting and eye-opening. Methinks you are right and I was wrong.\r\n\r\nFWIW, the liner notes have several errors. As examples:\r\na. Gary clearly sings "LIKE a white lie that night," yet the liner notes read "A white lie that night."\r\nb. Gary sings "So I FOUND out your reason for the phone calls and smiles," yet the liner notes read "FIND."\r\nc. Gary sings "Till it\'s time to leave," yet the liner notes read "It must be time to leave."\r\n\r\nYour analysis re (7,4) is very interesting. I did see that in the liner notes and wondered what it was. Perhaps the liner notes are an early version of the lyrics that Gary modified.\r\n\r\nI note that the same liner notes show that the lyrics for the song It Must Have Been Years refer to "the vacant flesh of U.D.\'s". I wonder what that\'s a reference to. |
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| Gary Numan – Are 'Friends' Electric? Lyrics
| 4 years ago
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@[ellitanthalas:36436] I grew up in the U.K., and Gary actually said the word "issues," not S.U.'s. He has a so-called Estuary Accent which is rather thick. |
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