Song Lyrics
Song Statistics
Song Included On
1978
1993
1999
2003
2011
2012
2018
2019
2023

Lyrics

I look up and the camera eye is
Searching my room
The TV screen is calling me
But for what or whom?
Please, mister, do be careful
I'm so fragile
Maybe they'll let me down to
Speedy's place for a while

Oh, well that's too bad
Oh, well that's too bad
Oh, well that's too bad
Oh, well that's too bad

I talk a lot, a sign of fear
I thought you should know
I can see pictures of me
Well they're so-so
I'll come on to the leader
Like I'm some hero
He'll laugh and raise his dying eyes
And then tell me to go

Oh, well that's too bad
Oh, well that's too bad
Oh, well that's too bad
Oh, well that's too bad

1920 flashbacks
For an hour or more
Of crazy actors hiding
In the doorways top floor
Machines scream in anger
From a thousand dead ends
I turn my face, I crawl away
I look for a friend

Oh, well that's too bad
Oh, well that's too bad
Oh, well that's too bad
Oh, well that's too bad
Oh, well that's too bad
Oh, well that's too bad
Oh, well that's too bad
Oh, well that's too bad

Song Statistics

Total live performances 57

From The Original Album The Plan

First performance 01st February 1978London The Rock Garden,England

Most recent performance 15th April 2023London Camden Electric Ballroom,England

Performances by Year

1978	1
1993	14
1999	1
2003	2
2011	2
2012	12
2018	2
2019	20
2023	3


That's Too Bad

Singles


1978	7" Single	BEG 5	3.20
1979	Thats's Too Bad / Bombers Double Pack	BACK 2	3.20
1983	12" Single Tubeway Army 1978	BEG 92E	3.16
1985	12" Single Tubeway Army 1978 Reissue	BEG 92E	3.16
2021	7" Single / The Singles Collection 78 to 83	BBQ2180SX	3.20


LP Records
(f) Includes all other foreign releases for that year. (l) Live recording

1987	Exhibition	BEGA 88	3.18 *f
1994	Dream Corrosion	NUMA 1010	3.42 *l
2015	Premier Hits Reissue	BBQLP 2007	3.20


Cassettes
(d) Demo (f) Includes all other foreign releases for that year. (*l) Live recording

1985	1978 / 1979	BEGC7879	3.20 *d
1987	Exhibition	BEGC 88	3.18 *f
1993	The Best Of Gary Numan 1978 - 1983	BEGC 150	3.18 *f
1994	Dream Corrosion	NUMAC 1010	3.42 *l
1996	The Premier Hits	531 149-4	3.20


Tape & Disc
(f) Includes all other foreign releases for that year. (l) Live recording

1994	Dream Corrosion	NUMA VID 003	3.42 *l


CD's
(d) Demo (f) Includes all other foreign releases for that year. (*l) Live recording

1987	Exhibition	BEGA 88CD	3.20 *f
1990	Asylum 1 CD 1	ALCB 6~9	3.20
1993	The Best Of Gary Numan 1978 - 1983	BEGA 150CD	3.18 *f
1993	Replicas / The Plan CD 2	BEGA 152CD	3.20 *d
1994	Dream Corrosion CD 2	NUMACD 1010	3.42 *l
1996	The Premier Hits	531 149-2	3.20
1997	The Premier Hits Reissue	BBL 2007 CD	3.20 *f
1998	Tubeway Army 1st Album Reissue CD 2	BBL 4CD	3.27 *l
1999	The Plan Reissue	BBL 55 CD	3.15 *d
2003	Dream Corrosion Reissue	EDMCD160	3.42 *l
2004	Tubeway Army 1st Album Reissue CD 2	TECI-24259	3.27 *l
2008	Tubeway Army 1st Album Reissue CD 2	WPCB 20025	3.27 *l
2013	Machine Music Live CD 2	MORTALCD13	3.27 *l


DVD's
(*l) Live recording

2013	Machine Music Live DVD 1	MORTALDVD0012	3.27 *l


That's Too Bad
Live Performances in 1978 - 1


01 February 1978	-	London, The Rock Garden


Thats Too Bad
Live Performances in 1993 - 14


23 October 1993	-	Brentwood Centre
24 October 1993	-	York Barbican Centre
25 October 1993	-	Leicester De Montfort Hall
26 October 1993	-	Corby Festival Hall
27 October 1993	-	Birmingham Town Hall
28 October 1993	-	London Marquee
29 October 1993	-	Mansfield Leisure Centre
30 October 1993	-	Oxford Apollo Theatre
31 October 1993	-	Manchester Apollo Theatre
01 November 1993	-	Bristol Colston Hall
02 November 1993	-	Guildford Civic Hall
04 November 1993	-	Portsmouth Guildhall
05 November 1993	-	Cambridge Corn Exchange
06 November 1993	-	London Labatts Apollo


Thats Too Bad
Live Performances in 1999 - 1


13 November 1999	-	Manchester Academy


Thats Too Bad
Live Performances in 2003 - 2


08 February 2003	-	Bristol Colston Hall
09 February 2003	-	London, Shepherds Bush Empire
	-


Thats Too Bad
Live Performances in 2011 - 2


01 April 2011	-	Manchester Academy
02 April 2011	-	London Troxy


Thats Too Bad
Live Performances in 2012 - 12


22 May 2012	-	Leicester, 02 Academy
23 May 2012	-	Glasgow 02 ABC
24 May 2012	-	Newcastle 02 Academy
25 May 2012	-	Sheffield 02 Academy
26 May 2012	-	Dublin, Button factory
28 May 2012	-	Bournemouth 02 Academy
29 May 2012	-	Bristol 02 Academy
30 May 2012	-	Cambridge, The Junction
31 May 2012	-	Birmingham HMV Institute
01 June 2012	-	London, The Forum
02 June 2012	-	Cardiff Coal Exchange
03 June 2012	-	Brighton, The Dome


Thats Too Bad
Live Performances in 2018 - 2


19 July 2018	-	Worthing Assembly Hall
20 July 2018	-	Basingstoke The Anvil


Thats Too Bad
Live Performances in 2019 - 20


22 September 2019	-	Dublin Olympia Theatre
23 September 2019	-	Bexhil De La Warr Pavilion
26 September 2019	-	Newcastle 02 Academy
27 September 2019	-	Aberdeen Beach Ballroom
01 October 2019	-	Northampton Roadmender
03 October 2019	-	Southend Cliffs Pavilion
05 October 2019	-	Southampton 02 Guildhall
07 October 2019	-	Cambridge Corn Exchange
08 October 2019	-	Norwich Nick Rayns LCR
11 October 2019	-	Sheffield 02 Academy
12 October 2019	-	Leeds 02 Academy
14 October 2019	-	Hull University Union
15 October 2019	-	Coventry Empire
17 October 2019	-	Leicester 02 Academy
18 October 2019	-	Nottingham Rock City
19 October 2019	-	Birmingham Institute
21 October 2019	-	Bournemouth 02 Academy
22 October 2019	-	Bristol 02 Academy
24 October 2019	-	London Roundhouse
25 October 2019	-	London Roundhouse


That's Too Bad
Live Performances in 2023 - 3


13th April 2023	-	London, Camden Electric Ballroom
14th April 2023	-	London, Camden Electric Ballroom
15th April 2023	-	London, Camden Electric Ballroom

Tubeway Army - That's Too Bad