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The Pleasure Principle

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The Pleasure Principle

The Pleasure Principle is the 1st (debut) solo studio album by tGary Numan, released on 7 September 1979 by Beggars Banquet Records. The album came about six months after Replicas (1979), his second and final studio album with the band Tubeway Army. The Pleasure Principle peaked at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart.
"Starting to get a little more polish but still lacking in production. Overall it was better than “Replicas” though it my not have reached the same heights.”

Quotations taken from an interview with the “ Record Collector ”

Airlane

Metal

Complex

Films

M.E.

Tracks

Observer

Conversation

Cars

Engineers

Random

Oceans

Asylum

Me: I Disconnect For You (LIVE)

Bombers (LIVE)

Remember I Was Vapour (LIVE)

On Broadway (LIVE)

The Pleasure Principle


Airlane
('The Pleasure Principle' album, 1979)
THIS SONG IS A INSTRUMENTAL


Metal
('The Pleasure Principle' album, 1979)
We're in the building
Where they make us grow
And I'm frightened by
The liquid engineers
Like you. 
My Mallory heart
Is sure to fail
I could crawl around the floor
Just like I'm real
Like you. 
The sound of metal
I want to be
You
I could learn to be a man
Like you. 
Plug me in
And turn me on
Oh everything is moving. 
I need my treatment
It's tomorrow they send me
Singing 'I am an American'.
Do you? 
Picture this
If I could make the change
I'd love to pull the wires from the wall
Did you? 
And who are you
And how can I try
Here inside I like metal
Aren't you 
All I know
Is no-one dies
I'm still confusing love with need.


Complex
(Single from 'The Pleasure Principle' album, 1979) 
They won't come back
You know it's always the same
And they're sure to forget
Saying, 'Everyone lies' 
So I'm down to this
I'm down to walking on air
And you're here by my side
With all your waving and smiles 
Please keep them away
Don't let them touch me
Please don't let them lie
Don't let them see me


Films
('The Pleasure Principle' album, 1979) 
I don't like the film
I don't like the film
Play it all back
Play it all back 
And I don't like the scenery
And I don't like the set, so
Pull it all down
Pull it all down 
But I like the actors
And I like the show 
We're so exposed
We're so exposed
Anything can happen
Anything can happen 
Don't let them see
Don't let them know
And you wonder why
And you wonder why 
Turn off the lights
Turn off the sound


M.E.
('The Pleasure Principle' album, 1979) 
And M.E. I eat dust
We're all so run down
I'd call it my death
But I'll only fade away
And I hate to fade alone
Now there's only M.E. 
We were so sure
We were so wrong
Now it's over
But there's no one left to see
And there's no one left to die
There's only M.E. 
Why should I care?
Why should I try?
Oh no. Oh no.
I turn off the pain
Like I turned off you all
Now there's only M.E.


Tracks
('The Pleasure Principle' album, 1979) 
Where are the tracks
Where are the lines
Where are the tracks, dear
Where is the time 
You we're so cold
You were so slow
And we were so old, dear
And we were unsure 
And I want your lines
And I want your time
And I want your face, dear
And you can have mine


Observer
('The Pleasure Principle' album, 1979) 
I could stand here for days
Or I could stand here for hours
I could stand here for a lifetime
Watching you, and waiting always
I could observe you all 
I could wait for a day
Or I could wait for an hour
I could wait here for a lifetime
Watching you, and thinking always
I could observe you all


Conversation
('The Pleasure Principle' album, 1979) 
Oh it's so easy
When parts take over
My conversation
Is nothing more than lies 
You're just the viewer
So cold and distant
I've no intentions
Of saying 'I love you' 
My conversation 
We are not gods
We are not men
We are not making claims
We are only boys 
You are not strong
You are not force
You are not regular
You are just wrong 
There are no faces
This is my complex
You are my picture
I call you mirrors 
These are not my tears
Not my reflection
Am I a photo?
I can't remember 
My conversation


Cars
(Single from 'The Pleasure Principle' album, 1979.) 
Here in my car
I feel safest of all
I can lock all my doors
I't'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


Engineers
('The Pleasure Principle' album, 1979) 
All that we are
Is all that we need to be
All that we know
Is you and machinery
We're engineers 
We are your heartbeat
We are your nightlife
We are your 'low-line'
We keep you alive. For now
We're engineers 
We are your voice
We are your blood flow
We are your eyes
We're all you need to know
We're engineers 
All that we are
Is all that you'd love to be
All that we know
Is hate and machinery
We're engineers


Random

THIS SONG IS A INSTRUMENTAL

 


Oceans

THIS SONG IS A INSTRUMENTAL

 


Asylum

THIS SONG IS A INSTRUMENTAL

 


Me: I Disconnect For You (LIVE)

The alarm rang for days
You could tell from conversations
I was waiting by the screen
I couldn't recognise my photograph
Me, I disconnect from you

I was walking up the stairs
Something moved in silence
I could feel his mind decaying
Only inches away from me
And I disconnect from you

Please don't turn me off
I don't know what I'm doing outside
Me and the telephone that never rings
If you were me what would you do?
Me, I disconnect from you

 


Bombers (LIVE)

Look up I hear the scream of sirens on the wall
I see a policeman crying in the back seat of a dying ford
Hotel waiters leave the bedrooms of stars who are far too old
And no-one ever told me that I could be so cold

Bombers fight at zero
Feet, feet
Bombers fight at zero

I see an old man knocked to the ground and beaten by the vicar's wife
And no-one stops to help they're far too busy tring to save their own lives
A tiny girl screams for mother and wanders out into the street
I saw her go down underneath a thousand people's running feet

Bombers fight at zero
Feet, feet
Bombers fight at zero

* All the 'nurses' pulling needles from their arms and hope it lasts all the night
All the soldiers curse the day they joined the army and prepare to fight
In silent bars, in silent rooms, in silent cars, you hide where you can
And me I know just where you are, you see, I'm a bomber man

Bombers fight at zero
Feet, feet
Bombers fight at zero 

Bombers fight at zero
Feet, feet
Bombers fight at zero 

 


Remember I Was Vapour (LIVE)

There's nothing here but us
There's nothing here but us
There's nothing here but us
There's nothing here but us

Remember, I was vapour
Remember, I was just like you
Remember, I was liquid
Remember, I was someone too

Remember, I need others
Remember, I need oxygen
Remember, I need lovers
Remember, I need to forget

There's nothing here but us
There's nothing here but us
There's nothing here but us
There's nothing here but us

Remember, I am human
Remember, I feel just like you
Remember, I had reasons
Remember, I had friends like you

Remember, I grow tired
Remember, I could end all this
Remember, I have memories
Remember, I need to forget

There's nothing here but us
There's nothing here but us
There's nothing here but us
There's nothing here but us

There's nothing here but us
There's nothing here but us
There's nothing here but us
There's nothing here but us

 


On Broadway (LIVE)

They say that
Neon lights are bright on Broadway
They say there's always magic in the air
But when you're walking down the street
And you ain't had enough to eat
The city all lights up and you're nowhere

They say
The girls are something else on Broadway
Looking at them just gives me the blues
'Cause how're you gonna make some time
When all you got is one thin dime
And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes

They say that
Love won't last too long on Broadway
Now catch a Greyhound bus for home
They all say
I bet they're wrong, I know they are
'Cause I can play this here guitar
And I won't quit 'till I'm a star
On Broadway