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The reason for the purple wigs at the Moon Base complex was explained in the book. They were anti-static wigs. Jim Gilmer —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.11.143.169 ( talk • contribs) 15:43, 9 August 2006
Very clever way of mentioning the relation to Nick Drake, very clever indeed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.166.213.179 ( talk • contribs) 23:51, 4 October 2006
My understanding of what happened is as follows: In 1971 J G Ballard made a short film Crash! featuring Drake. (Which should probably be added to the article if a reliable source can be found.) Two years later he wrote the novel Crash, expanding on the theme, which was subsequently made into Crash (1996 film). The lyrics to Gary Numan's Cars (song) were arguably influenced by Ballard's novel, but Drake does not appear in, and had nothing to do with, Numan's 1979 music video.
In 2009, Ballard appeared on the BBC documentary series Synth Britannia and played Numan's song. He interspersed clips of Drake from his film Crash! with Numan's 1979 video in what was then described in a review by The Scotsman here as "Gabrielle Drake brought serious glamour to urban alienation in the video for Numan's Cars", which is being misinterpreted as Drake appearing in the original 1979 music video. TwoTwoHello ( talk) 01:10, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
This article gives Gabrielle Drake's year of birth as 1944, and yet the article also says that she and her family were evacuated from Burma in 1942, AND that she performed in shows on the boat trip back to the UK.
This is obviously impossible, and means that either she has been misquoted, or that she was not born in 1944. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wethewax ( talk • contribs) 15:04, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
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The reason for the purple wigs at the Moon Base complex was explained in the book. They were anti-static wigs. Jim Gilmer —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.11.143.169 ( talk • contribs) 15:43, 9 August 2006
Very clever way of mentioning the relation to Nick Drake, very clever indeed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.166.213.179 ( talk • contribs) 23:51, 4 October 2006
My understanding of what happened is as follows: In 1971 J G Ballard made a short film Crash! featuring Drake. (Which should probably be added to the article if a reliable source can be found.) Two years later he wrote the novel Crash, expanding on the theme, which was subsequently made into Crash (1996 film). The lyrics to Gary Numan's Cars (song) were arguably influenced by Ballard's novel, but Drake does not appear in, and had nothing to do with, Numan's 1979 music video.
In 2009, Ballard appeared on the BBC documentary series Synth Britannia and played Numan's song. He interspersed clips of Drake from his film Crash! with Numan's 1979 video in what was then described in a review by The Scotsman here as "Gabrielle Drake brought serious glamour to urban alienation in the video for Numan's Cars", which is being misinterpreted as Drake appearing in the original 1979 music video. TwoTwoHello ( talk) 01:10, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
This article gives Gabrielle Drake's year of birth as 1944, and yet the article also says that she and her family were evacuated from Burma in 1942, AND that she performed in shows on the boat trip back to the UK.
This is obviously impossible, and means that either she has been misquoted, or that she was not born in 1944. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wethewax ( talk • contribs) 15:04, 12 March 2017 (UTC)