What did Gary Numan mean when he asked whether friends are electric or not? Did he suspect them of secretly being replicants like in the film Blade Runner? And was his paranoia helped any by the uncanny resemblance of man-machines Kraftwerk to Data from Star Trek?
Faux friends, indeed. This compilation features a choice cut from the Gladiator soundtrack for added gravitas.
01. Gary Numan - Are ‘Friends’ Electric?
02. The Dandy Warhols - A Long Time Ago We Used To Be Friends
03. The Cars - My Best Friend’s Girl
04. Michael Jackson - The Girl Is Mine (ft. Paul McCartney)
05. David Bowie - Shake It
06. Grandaddy - Stray Dog And The Chocolate Shake
07. Led Zeppelin - Friends
08. Pink Floyd - Marooned
09. The Kills - Black Balloon
10. Now We Are Free - Hans Zimmer
11. Peter Gabriel - Don’t Give Up (ft. Kate Bush)
12. Simple Minds - Don’t You (Forget About Me)
