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The Machman ( Gary Numan & Tubeway Army cover )
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A cover of Gary Numan & Tubeway Army's "The Machman", from their second LP 'Replicas'. Almost entirely guitar, with a very simple drum rhythm and no bass.
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Austin Scholl's solo songs and experiments. No limits except for my own equipment and talent.
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Genre
Rock Cover Songs
Charts
#13,786 today Peak #292
#1,384 in subgenre Peak #30
Author
Gary Numan
Rights
Beggars Banquet
Uploaded
August 23, 2009
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MP3 2.4 MB 128 kbps 2:38
Story behind the song
Recorded specifically in the hopes of having one of my own recordings played on my favorite podcast. The squeal in the background was made by using my cheap effects pedal on my guitar and using the slide to play past the frets on the low E string. It's supposed to replace a synthesizer, of which I have none. I didn't use a bass on this song.
Lyrics
I saw him turn on Like a machine in the park Saying "please come with me" But youve been there before I saw him whirr away Into the night Like a nightmare on wheels Saying `never again I'd give it all up for you I'd even be a number just for you The strangest living boy You could ever wish to see That's me Yellowed newspapers Tell the story of someone "Do you know this man?" Tomorrow the cure Only police ever See night time for real Turn on the light And cry "no more, no more" I was standing outside your door Waiting for the grey men to go When my mind turned on me With a vengeance I had never known My own Everyone heard The voice on the radio Saying "why move around And don't waste my time" There are no Independents anymore The tape is a circle But who really cares I saw you behind the wall I even heard you laugh at me You disgust me tonight With your answer to something new That's you
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