Gary Numan - Cars (1979)

From Leo AI: The music video for Gary Numan's 1979 hit "Cars" was directed by Derek Burbidge and serves as a foundational text for the visual style of 1980s synth-pop and new wave. The clip features Numan and his band performing with a blank stare, stiff movements, and sharp, futuristic lighting, reinforcing his image as an "electronic outsider."
The video utilizes a crazed visual style with a strange mix of effects, including kaleidoscope-like imagery and superimposed images, which became a trend for subsequent music videos.
Numan sings in a flat, affectless tone, with his voice treated as just another machine in the mix, matching the song's theme of using technology as emotional armor.
The video, along with his appearances on Top of the Pops, helped launch his solo career and established the aesthetic for heavy electronic music and industrial rock.
The clip remains a curiosity of the pre-MTV era, valued for its unsettling power and its role in cementing Numan's status as a pioneer of electronic music.