Be Bop Deluxe - Excerpt from Modern Music

[saulhudsonrules555]

my dad was once the keyboard player for this band(richard brown).

[radicaltrader]

Saw them back in '77 when they opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd in NYC... awesome.

[dinoden]

Wow thats amazing, I'd forgotten how much I love this album, very talented guy!

[1962chas]

modern Music is a great album and Bill Nelson is a tremendous musician. I never understood why these guys werent even more popular

[BJCAshton]

Bill will be performing Be Bop Deluxe material alongside some solo tracks .

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[kurtizzyflush]

He's got more fluid than Jeff Beck!

[glennw53]

@kurtizzyflush Says Bozzio!  hahahahaha lol

[joe22589]

@kurtizzyflush Bill Nelson is really a great player. But Jeff Beck plays in a class of his own.

[j4wn]

Talented guy, such a radical difference in musical styles to when he formed his "Red Noise".

[billybaseball04]

I moved to england in the late 70's from Canada. Traded Aerosmith and Kiss albums for Be Bop Deluxe albums. I was having a few beers and remembered this great band.

[Marc329]

Fantastic skill but so melodic as well, like Frampton. Nelson is incredible.

[maxxdefoe]

Modern Music is a great song by Bob Nelson. I love it this Song... Pra ouvir e recordar.

[indiadog1]

I was in the audience at the sight and sound concert for the BBC when this song was being played. Seems such a long time ago now!

[argueallthetime]

brilliant track..my favourite ,used to dream of playing guitar half as well as Bill....still do !

[Tudomir]

I have been playing Bills music for a long time and for a long time I need to hear Mr Nelsons music :)

[sonicpe3]

Excellent clip thx for posting. Great guitar solos.

[PeterPump1]

One of the greatest bands ever with an excerpt of one of the greatest albums ever: MODERN MUSIC from 1976.

Thank you for this short piece of Be Bop Deluxe live!

[robinwatauga]

I remember back in the day hanging out at my local record store (remember those?) when the 1st shipment of "LIVE in the Air Age" dropped. I bought the 1st album out of the box - 1 black & 1 white vinyl LP. You're lucky to have seen em, lrippel!

[lrippel]

I saw Bill with The Jam and Blue Oyster Cult in West Virginia back in late '70s...it was great...

[longmayurun58]

I bet BBD stole the show!! I saw BBD with Angel and BOC also in the 70's........BBD stole the show!!! Great band!

[MrChantarell]

The best is Bill and Bill is the best.....

[serjanus]

No he isn't. He's shite.

[bds1167]

Bill Nelson IS GOD.

[caleywontdie]

Seconded!

[Jscottsman]

I need this album! I cant find it anywhere!

[Redliner500]

i just bought this on CD today, modern music is one of my faves!

[bds1167]

I've got the vinyl, baby..... phenomenal.

[matmesko]

THey have a compilation album, raiding the devine archives.

[israelkelly69]

This is an example of the notion that the truly talented and great musicians arent the ones with hits in the op 10. This is progressive music at its finest and at the helm is a man who's music defined progressive with excellent guitar work

[istimewa1x]

@israelkelly69- AMEN - (no need to say more)

[jerryairheart]

Great tune, does anybody have the entire Modern Music clip they can post? A CLASSIC!

[jerryairheart]

I was a Bebop fan in High School, first time I heard then was in 75'. Thanks for the clip, a great tune

[itsabig]

this guy was sheer genius, and albeit prelude to EVH....Eddie took it further, but Bill was there.......one of my all-time-faves! i'll never forget this for it's off the chart quirkiness, and slow, steady, stun!!....Bill went where no one had gone.......still in my personal rotation, and always will be.

[israelkelly69]

This is a classic reminder that all the great players are not superstar entertainers but they are superstars. This album did more to influence my understanding of what a creative mind can do with three chords

[erikvon]

Every album he did was great. Modern Music was written about the STRANGE and empty feeling the USA gave Bill. He also missed his girl Jan during this time. His guitar playing was in a class of its own. His music and lyrics has an immortality all of its own. Touche' Bill. I was really BEBOPPED after hearing Modern Music. As a musician I can only say thanks for the influence it gave my playing and writing.

[Quantanthead]

Great excerpt...it's been a long time. In my high school yearbook a fried wrote "imagine me" without Be Bop Deluxe. I'm glad that I had an older friend who got me in to some of this more "outside the lines" music.

[avs002]

I have a new "home made" video (pretty good):

"Be Bop Deluxe - Soundtrack & Swan Song (edit)"

PLEASE WATCH!!!

[greg43]

This brings back a time gone by when I was a little kid growing up in Ohio. I wish there was some video on Bill Nelson Red Noise - Sound on Sound one of the greatest albums of all time!

[feedtheyak100]

What a great clip. A real trip down memory lane

[jackiepriscilla]

Fabulous - also reminds me of my big brother, who is now bedbound with MS but wasn't above some mean air guitaring to the majestic Bill. We still listen to BBD together at his house, and I'm trying to sort out a computer for him to have access to The Youtube to see these clips! Great memories of 1976-78.

[GREATWHITE2]

There are those of us who will keep your brother in our thoughts & prayers...Be Bop Deluxe will help your brother in these dark times...Godspeed & Good luckk!!

[jackiepriscilla]

That's so sweet of you, Greatwhite2 - Paul will be very pleased. Nice to see an American appreciating good old British rock!

[sgpnc]

You are a good sister.

[pumkinbreath]

i think i listen to this album more all the time ! modern music reminds me of my oldest brother who was lost to alohol and mental illness. dave loved bill and me being the little bro love bill as well thanks for posting!

[Seenowevill]

Music in Dreamland!Fantastic.

[oldprogrocker]

make the music magic was my favorite song on this lp.thanks for the post.

[FANUUUCH]

Thanks dagooch for putting up modern music, I still love the whole record. Remember down on terminal street, great tune!

[jasonwhitedrum]

Brilliant!Want more-someone please put up the whole thing!One of the best bands of all time!!!!!

[labunner1]

Superb.

[Geetar2112]

Thanks for posting. I was a big fan of Be Bop deluxe, even saw Tandoori Cassette a couple of times! Cheers!

[TheOuterBoogie]

If anyone out there has a more complete take of this performance- hell, i'll take another 5 seconds- please post it. I will go to my grave regretting never seeing the band perform side two of Modern Music. Thank you Dagooch!!!

[pablosperros]

MODERN MUSIC is a masterpice.

[selby06]

sounds like music from the American 1970s "Love Boat" TV show

[ruleta74835]

I'll agree, selby06, that they LOOKED a little Love Boat-esque, but the music doesn't remind me of that swill at all.  This is great stuff!

[londonemski]

I think it was intended to sound like an American TV theme - an ironic musical commentary on the band's experiences on their first US tour. This tune is called 'Dance of the Uncle Sam Humanoids'. I rest my case, m'lud. (And actually I agree with Selby06 - and always thought it sounded like 'Charlie's Angels' or similar 70s televisual triumph)

[londonemski]

And of course Dagooch says this more elegantly than me by quoting Bill over the page - thanks for the quote!

[Alhipdude]

damn Bill, you sure made some pretty music

[Timbarwell]

this band rocked not hard they had the best guitariest ever leading the band.

[razzle007]

This song & the segue is my favorite part of the album. This album rocks!!!

[jamcat1959]

Fandabbydozy this album is all about bill's disappointment when he got his lifes ambition to go to the states and found it wasn't what he'd expected

[dagooch]

"That whole song was a reaction to being here on the first tour and being thrust deep into the armpit of the music business more than anything. A lot of the people who work for the record company are . . . kind of eccentric. They're just empty sort of people. Music business people generally are. It was kind of about that." - Bill Nelson, Wash. DC 1/19/1976

[Sunburst75]

The Modern Music album is brilliant, timeless genius Bill Nelson, long live Be Bop Deluxe!!

[15chipshops]

Would love to see footage of 'Axe Victim' or 'Crying to the Sky'.

Bill is one of the all time great's...Does not get the credit he deserves.

[psychump]

I was blue balled on the ending!!! You know you can here his early work in a group called Thundermother

[kadadaditz]

awsome band

[MattDonaldson]

The Best of the Best Guitar players of this era.

With total imagination that flatters ALL six Silver

Stings.

[rockape1977]

still great after all these years

[BadAssBluesman]

I saw this band in NYC at the paladium warming up for Lynard Skynard... They were sooo frigginnn LOUD... Awaome band thanks for the vid

[Codackussell]

Love this friggin... Song...

[paulnery]

Amazing!!

[Seeker1961]

Praise the Lord for YouTube!! I thought film of Be Bop was long buried and forgotten. Thanks for sharing. Modern Music is a timeless classic album.

[gibson781]

More of a fan of Bill's solo work than Be Bop Deluxe, but damn, what a great guitar player...Tasteful and definitely underrated!

[glenn912]

O my Goodness!!! I thought I would never see BBD perform again. I consider them one of my three favorite bands. Saw then 3 times in the 70's and have a live (bootleg?) album that has Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape which is my favorite piece of music. Where can I get any of this and is Bill ever coming to the US? Thank you so much for these videos!

[Codackussell]

God, what video is this from?! Where can I get it? It's awesome!

[bebopdeluxeuk]

If your talking about the classic live version from 1977, the bonus trk on "Axe victim" im looking for that video too! Dagooch does all the Be bop vids on here. He might have it!

[58LP]

brilliant!, anyone got - "adventures in a yorkshire lanscape" live? stunning melodic guitar!

[bebopdeluxeuk]

Well done Dagooch, can i ask, where the hell do u get all these be bop videos from? i can never find ANY of their stuff!

[PadSpin]

Anyone got the awesome Ships in the Night??

[caleywontdie]

More genius from one of the best musicians that the UK has ever produced. Saw them in Edinburgh Odeon on this tour. I think they opened with "Orphans of Babylon"

[bebopdeluxeuk]

Good stuff, keep be bop deluxe coming!

[BillyMacQ]

One of the most underrated guitarists ever. What a monster sound and impeccable technique. Thanks for sharing!!! Love, Billy

[TorzJohnson]

Dance of the Uncle Sam Humanoids... fantastic! How I wish I'd been able to see them live just once.

[asteroid47]

Technically brilliant.Up there with the best.

[crimsonrush]

Thanks. You left me wanting more. Bill Nelson had the world at his feet at this point.

[Tazz77]

Good stuff dagooch...thanks for posting it.

[dixgun]

right on!!!