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Oh! How could I possibly have neglected to mention the Doctor Who theme tune?!

Yeah, that was a big influence!! My father had the original theme tune on a vinyl compilation of TV themes... it fascinated me.

Yup,me too how could I have forgotten about DR Who.Then there was a childrens series from 1975 called The Changes,I'm sure that had Kraftwerk doing the main theme,may have been Autobahn,my memories very fuzzy on this.Imdb says Paddy Kingsland but I think he did the incidental music.

Talking of SciFi,then there was the bits of electronic score for The Day the Earth Stood Still & Forbidden Planet.Those predate everything,I can remember them from when I was very young

I just recently acquired (in mp3 format) a huge bunch of Ron Grainer's music, including the original Who theme; Tales Of The Unexpected, The Assassination Trot, Man in a suitcase, Oliver Twist, Old Ned (from Steptoe & Son) etc... great stuff.

Step One was a collection (on K-Tel or one of that ilk) of pop songs done on a Moog, including 'Popcorn' and 'Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep' (!). It was played over and over by my Dad in the mid 70s - very squelchy sequenced mooginess.

Step Two was 'Are Friends Electric', which thankfully dragged me away from a future as a heavy metal fan - I bought my last Motorhead single in 1980!

Step Three. A friend of mine played me a track from a new album he had bought. The cover of the LP was uncluttered, futuristic, irresistably cool. The track was 'Astradyne'.

Step Four. Following the spreading branches of electronic music in all different directions - Laibach, Nitzer Ebb, Erasure, Front 242, being in a band myself...the 'dark years' of the early '90s, and the rebirth of the noughties. Halleluiah!

Ahh,I'd forgotten about Popcorn,it was on some hits compilation my mom had along with Slade's Ah momma we're all crazy now :rolleyes:

Yes!! The series did use a part of the full Autobahn track as it's theme...superb!!,
First for me was AFE but Numans constant references to Ultravox sought me to check out them,only avialble were I stay when the new stuff(Ure)came out but then Underpass surfaced and my love of Johns music progressed from there

My Dad had the Popcorn/Hot Butter record. The face on the cover scared me.

He also had this obscure album of moog songs, called "Electric Coconut"... the whole thing terrified me!!

Not particularly original but it has to be "Underpass" on TOTP for me. My brother had already decided he was a Numan fan and, as we were competitive 12 and 13 year olds there was no way we could both like the same artist!

Anyway, Numan wasn't a proper synth act - he had a drummer and guitars......

That's the one! Also has Wig Wam Bam on it - never understood that one.