Revolt Into Style - Bill Nelson's Red Noise

[Youchoob1]

I had it too - 1st time I'd ever seen a blue record - brilliant track!

[Gallowgate]

Classic track - totally under-rated - takes me right back to 1982 when I never stopped playing Sound on Sound as a spotty teenager

[rc166honda]

14 years old again, absolutely brilliant!

[TIMOTHYSAARINEN]

I bet this song could have been a hit if the record company had promoted it at all.

[Jo3050]

Takes me back to my teens,... got this on a electric blue coloured 45 vinyl....luv it!

[monocromeman]

We don't get class music like this these days......

[sillyjumbledupshit]

I've got the blue one too,will have to dig it out,shit no turntable:-(

[1965Watto]

Got the blue vinyl 45... thanks for posting this!!

[1965Watto]

Got the blue vinyl 45... thanks for posting this!!

[1965Watto]

Got the blue vinyl 45...

[browndogh]

I saw Red noise at the Whiskey, it was Bill and three Tape Machines.

[oldrottenhead]

awesome makes me feel like a teenager again, as fresh as if it was just released today

[markblyn]

One of the 10 best singles to come out in 79' in my opinion. I bought this purely on the 'Singles of the Week' section of some music mag. NME or Sounds. It blew me away, but unfortunately it spoilt me as the best music does and I had to seek high and low to find music that moved me the way this track does. The album 'Sound on Sound' is excellent also, though I'm waiting for a re-release on CD to include the live tracks 'Out of Touch' and I think a live version of 'Revolt into Style'.

[1965Watto]

@markblyn Very funny...exactly the same reason I bought it!!

[tallandcoolone]

i had revolt into style on single in blue vinyl , i took it to a party i was a dj at and someone nicked it, atleast they had good taste, classic album 

[swordfishbowls]

I've got this album, it's brilliant. But no turntable now :-(

[JohnnyLovely2]

lady gaga at the beginning? lol jk

[ghancox]

A musical milestone for me - this is the first single i ever bought. 39p from the discount bin at Harum Records in Watford High Street. thanks for posting !

[jonmorr777]

Classic !!!

[jonmorr777]

Classic !

[bonzeblayk]

BILL NELSON IS THE GREATEST ARTIST IN HISTORY!

[airager]

By the way, this should have sold millions and made number 1!

[vegetubleman]

@pawnsacrifice1 I think he does sound a bit like Hugh on this track, yeah. I guess they'd be more or less contempories, and as @shazam1059 says, the song has quite a punk sound to it.

[vegetubleman]

@j4wn, thanks for the correction, I've put it right.

[j4wn]

1979, not 1980's.

[shazam1059]

this was as punk as i got .....and  my mom hated getting me the victrola !!!! shazam1059

[bigzebb]

fantastic to hear this again !

if anyone has a video clip of it , post it now !

lol

didnt he do it on whistle test or something ?

[christopherhealing]

nice to remember AND hear this again after sooooooo many years...

[pawnsacrifice1]

Am I the only one who thinks Bill Nelson sounds like Hugh Cornwell a lot?

[airager]

@pawnsacrifice1 I don't think he sounds anything like Hugh Cornwell! Although Be Bop Deluxe did a track called Love In Flames, that sounds a bit like the Stranglers, musically

[pawnsacrifice1]

@airager actually I've listended to it again and he still reminds of Hugh Cornwell but in a higher key

[airager]

@pawnsacrifice1 Guess what! You've changed my mind. I have known and loved this track for 31 years and never noticed the similarity but I have to admit there is one.

[pawnsacrifice1]

@airager I knew I'd convince you eventually :)

[statik811]

@pawnsacrifice1 i think hugh cornwell sounds like bill nelson

[Artomania]

IMO Andy Clark never got the recognition he deserved for both Drastic Plastic and Red Noise’s Sound-on-Sound. He is an incredible keyboard player.

[vegetubleman]

Thanks @smokehogg, @mailbox827. This track seems to be getting more - favourable - comments than all my other vids put together.

[mailbox827]

That guitar sound has GOT to come back sooner or later .....

[smokehogg]

great track from a great album 5*

[vegetubleman]

Thanks, @luxvolcon, everyone. No, they're definitely the latest. Coming soon to an Oxfam shop near you!

[luxvolcon]

Nice one dude! Are you sure these fashion pix aren't from 1965? Rock on Bill!

[broadly122]

This is a great song which i once had on blue vinyl........havn't heard it for yonks ,still sounds great though!........thanks for posting.xx

[dededeoo7]

@broadly122 still got it in blue vinyl.... ahh those were the days! bought a "Wire" single the same day, the record shop had listneing booths!!! how old is that but still cool.

[broadly122]

@dededeoo7 I went to see Bill at a small club in Sheffield around the time of this single and even managed to have a chat with the great man himself.....he autographed my national insurance card....great days indeed!

[andreaprodan]

vocals borrow something from Andy Partridge's XTC antics, but always remain somewhat cute and tame. Music's good but ...

[mensamoo]

THANKS!! sweet memories...

[jimmorrison752]

this song has some of the best lyrics in the history of pop music,no doubt about it

[vegetubleman]

Thanks, binnyman, kcjonze. It's great to get comments, even tho' I can see lots of people are checking it out and hopefully most are enjoying it too.

[kcjonze]

Have also been looking for it for a while - what with being unable to play my vinyl copy of Sound on Sound. The great tune on one of the best albums of all time, and one of the ones that made 1979 a great year for British music. You've made us happy, and that's worth something.

[binnyman]

Thanks for posting this---I've been looking for it for quite a while now. Bill is not only a great guitarist, but has both a sharp mind and tongue when it comes to the lyrics. Thanks. Peace:-)

[jammumu]

@MEandPOUSSIN

You sir, are and idiot ; ) No really...

[MEandPOUSSIN]

Such a great guitar player wasted on girlish things ! The music is not bad but I could hardly listen to the guitar and , as a whole, it's too 'Pop' for me.

[Bessie1906]

Have just heard Hot Chip One Life Stand in a shop. It's very obvious that they've been listening to Mr Nelson. I hope they credit him as an influence.

[pumkinbreath]

Heavanly pop song!

[DreamPark9]

Bill Nelson & his former band Be Bop Deluxe, are one of the most under-rated bands the music world will ever come across. His body of work is a plethora of brilliant, eclectic,visionary sonic art.

Mr. Nelson is a musical enigma, that continues to radiate outwards & upwards...*

[clannsman]

nicely put DreamPark9 !!

[vegetubleman]

Cheers, Jammumu. I'm surprised how many visits it's getting, but Bill was one of the great originals - still is in fact!

[jammumu]

I've got a copy of this on 7"blue vinyl somewhere.

Excellent upload, thanks for the memories !!

[unomark]

I never know what lies behind those public alibis and so,

I'm going to go get drunk in a piano bar and think of ways

to use bass guitar harmonics in a pop tune.

Thanks for posting.

[vegetubleman]

Thanks, Rocco. I'm glad I'm not the only one who still likes it.

[roccotanto]

what a great song, with a very contemporary message still today. always loved bill nelson from the late 70s onwards. what a great songwriter, guitarist, and future thinker.

[vegetubleman]

Apparently, and I had to look this up on something called 'Google', the b-side of Revolt Into Style was indeed a live version of Out Of Touch, recorded at De Montfort Hall Leicester. It's a small world hahaha. Glad you liked it, anyway.

[mojaroar]

dude i love this song, was the b side out of touch ???