the year is 1979. Gary Numan is walking down the street when he suddenly sees cars. “holy fucking shit, I have an idea,” he exclaimed

It didn't take much then beside fun dr-

IIRC, the actual origin of "Cars" is a road rage incident in an London traffic jam where the guy in front of him stepped out of his vehicle and tried to assault Numan, resulting in Gary hitting the lock on his doors and driving up on the curb to get away...

But what if… he saw cars in a park… like a car-park… it could have been cars down in the car-park… (IDK)

That park he walked by later in the day was a super fucked up place.

And that's how 'Are "Friends" Electric?' was written!

My brother in Crispin, I saw a college group perform that very song with a singer, a keyboard player, and a guy banging a wooden spoon on an empty mayonnaise jar. It was 1985. I still regret that day, to this day.

if Gary noticed mailboxes first, we would have had an entirely different timeline

It could have been here is a dog walking on a leash or here is a phone booth I can call my mum

(London Playground, 1968) Gary Numan: I’m gonna kick your arse, ya little twat! Gary Oldman: I’m only two weeks younger than you, mate.

Ric Ocasek must have walked down that same street