One of the great things about driving out on the open road is being able to listen to great music. Long haul trips seem swifter when accompanied by the correct choice of music. Some selections of music take on a whole new meaning out on the highways and country back roads of this great big land. Long term favourite travel music is usually the Wurlitzer driven energy of The Charlatans, or the swirling rhythms of some great Celtic soul.
Recently, Wobbles slipped in a surprise selection; the ‘greatest’ hits of late 70s electronic cum New Wave music artist Gary Numan. Could he possibly have recorded enough material to release a greatest hits CD? I was having trouble remembering more than three hits from him or his early band, The Tubeway Army. I was certain that Wobbles would be the only person to have bought this compilation. The album was serving as our driving music on a short highway journey. Around the sixth track I was still to notice any discernable variation in the music or vocals. My head was thumping. This was not what I viewed as travelling music. I did the unthinkable and stopped a CD halfway, and made a silent vow to find out whatever happened to Gary Numan.
