"Music For Chameleons" is from Numan's I, Assassin album and hit #19 on the UK charts in January, 1982. The LP itself was a smash hit, reaching #8 on the albums chart.
The song contains the awesome line "We need to win like you need to breathe", which will be said by the evil coach if I ever write a Friday Night Lights-like movie script based on a college football tournament.
"Music For Chameleons" was on my Top 200 for a time but ultimately was cut right at the end.
...and to complete my "top 5" Numan songs, here's "Tracks" from his 1980 album The Pleasure Principle.
Chameleons video clearly inspired the 1984 movie "Johnny Dangerously" ... it has the gangsters, the newspaper and everything - You farging bastich iceholes, this is Farging War !!!
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I have not seen Johnny Dangerously, looks interesting!
DeleteIt's kind of like Airplane! of gangster flicks. Jokes flying at you rapid-fire! It's a classic.
ReplyDeleteAirplane is one of my top 10 favorite movies, so I should definitely check Johnny Dangerously out.
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