Originally posted by the church puddle:
Apparently the idea was to get the songs to sound exactly like their 60s counterparts, except with you know who on vocals. Sorry, just don't see the point.
Like a Forrest Gump, there are those who seek to re-write History and to position themselves at the apex of something that they were never a part of. It's either wish fulfillment, vanity, or perhaps just mere folly.
And then there are those who reconsider their
own history. Tidying up loose ends, fixing the things they left undone, or (perhaps sometimes rightly or wrongly) re-contextualizing.
I'm with the artist that does the latter. So with that in mind, lets all join in with this:
"Oh you were so perfectly original
You never give chapter or a verse"
"And I'll always love you for your miracles
Never for better, Or for worse" 
30 years ago and cor blimey, its present day blighty again matey!
.. we want more stark minimalism! guitars and drums will NEVER come back EVER again.
but I'm very intrigued by that article about 'Gary Numans bad manners rockpile', wonder what thats all about, naughty Gary 