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Are Friends Electric - A Dystopian Vision

Numan's bleak dystopian vision struck a chord with the nation's disenfranchised youth; not surprising given the unstoppable rise in the technology, artistic futurism and the nation's parlous state.

55 minutes

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Sun 23 Aug 202021:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Gary Numan

    Are Friends Electric?

    Performer: Tubeway Army.

  • Zager & Evans

    In The Year 2525

  • Elton John

    Rocket Man

  • Wendy Carlos

    Brandenberg Concerto No.3 In G Major, Allegro

  • Kraftwerk

    Autobahn

  • Gary Numan

    Bombers

  • Gary Numan

    Down In The Park

  • The Normal

    Warm Leatherette

  • Gary Numan

    Are Friends Electric?

    Performer: Tubeway Army.

  • Gary Numan

    Complex

  • Gary Numan

    I Die: You Die

  • Ultravox

    Slow Motion

  • The Human League

    Being Boiled

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Go West

  • Sugababes

    Freak Like Me

Broadcasts

  • Wed 15 May 201322:00
    BBC Radio 2
  • Sun 23 Aug 202021:00
    BBC Radio 2

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