Let us not forget that neither Numan nor Foxx (in their respective "main
bands") came out of the gate tooled for synth-pop.
The connection to which I refer may be simply that Numan pushed Foxx
towards a Prophet 5 - who, in turn, goaded Billy Currie into buying one.
I do believe Numan showed Foxx how to program it.
I'll find someone I know offlist who is as ancient as I am and kept
track of such nonsense...
jeff
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Hey, the beauty of 313! These replies are really interesting, I'd connected
these 2 guys for years but thought that was just in my
head (and that they were roughly contemporary). But the below and Cyclone's
post about Numan (sorry for earlier spelling!) citing
Foxx as an influence show something more substantial. Not sure how to square
the 2 though - as Cyclone mentions he was fronting
Ultravox before Numan came on the scene?
Just been off to check Discogs and Cars was 1979, Ha Ha Ha '77. I thought the
gap was bigger. Maybe John was a fast learner ;-)
From: theREALmxyzptlk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 07 May 2008 12:14
The legend has it that Numan *taught* Foxx to play synth
