She's Got Claws

"You are attraction, it gets to be routine, you're up, I'm down"

This episode looks back at the one and only single from Gary Numan's 1981 album Dance: 'She's Got Claws'.

We delve into how the song and album was inspired by a bitter end to a relationship that went rather scary for Gary, as well as a ghostly experience on the London Underground, and how it was influenced by the music of the band Japan (leading to the involvement of Mick Karn).

Clips used:

• Gary Numan - 'She's Got Claws'
• Gary Numan & Paul Gardiner - 'Stormtrooper in Drag'
• Japan - 'Gentlemen Take Polaroids'
• Gary Numan - (R)Evolution (audiobook)
• Gary Numan - 'A Subway Called You'
• Gary Numan - 'Slowcar to China'
• 'Cat People' (trailer) / David Bowie - 'Cat People'
• Gary Numan - 'I Sing Rain'
• Gary Numan - 'Exhibition'
• Posh - 'She's Got Claws'
• Gary Numan - 'She's Got Claws (Biokraft remix)'

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