Wonderful stuff. Can you imagine actually being there. ? Stuff of dreams.❤

Never mind Clapton, Knopfler or the myriad of other high profile guitarists this country has produced, Bill Nelson is the man. I was there on the night. Genius

Surely ....THE most underrated musician of this and the last century. A true legend and a gentleman. Bill's music has played a major role in my youth,life and and now my middle age!!!! Nuffield said,I take my hat off to Mr.Nelson.......thankyou.

Sùperb Bill The best ever

One of his best

I've been digging this man's writing and guitar work since '76. And, what a cool guitar he wields on this night.

Absolutely totally and completely fuc%in& sublime

One of the best songs written anytime.

From Northern Dream to the present day...Bill still is a guitar GOD!!!!!!!!!!

If Carlsberg did the ultimate guitarist it would be Mr Bill Nelson . Greatest Axe victim ever........... bar none Thanks for all the music Bill

QUESTION - Who are the two lunatics with the 'thumbs down' ???? Can only assume they are X Factor fans. This bloke is a genius,any arguments ?....no,thought not.

Elite musicians doing their stuff....love it

The Love That Whirls was a fundamental part of my teens

This is soooo insanely gorgeous

I bought all Be Bop Deluxe albums back then, but never saw them live. I would still pay a fortune today to see Bill live, with or without BBD (we remember Charles Tumahai). Bill still has the voice, the guitar play, and the talent. Amazing !

How can viewers put a thumbs down to this genius?? 🤗

Ive been fortunate enough to Follow Bill and his antics since about 1976. backwards and forwards. Theres never been a dull moment. And his wonderful creativity and musical virtuosity through all the twists and turns has never wavered . PS whats amazing as I add this footnote in September 2022 - I still have the pleasure of finding stuff in his amazing back catalogue Ive never even heard before. (such a wondrous body of musical genius). Only wish I could meet him for a chat.

@ginawalker9286

Жыл бұрын

people who Do things are people who get things done. Look at your watch! It's time to quit dreaming and get on the beam! We all ride our esceplators, in our dream department stores, stay a while stay forever...la la la la la bom bamb bamb bomb bomb bomb bum....xxx

Wow absolutely fantastic

Just marvellous!!! Bill's back catalogue demands YOUR investigation NOW! Crushing talent!!

@johnheppenstall4904

4 жыл бұрын

Crushing talent indeed, well said.

@rayburns5287

4 жыл бұрын

Obliged.

My all time favorite artist...Guitar Master, Aural Alchemist, Axe Victim, brilliant lyricist .'. .'. etc... saw Be Bop Deluxe open for, of all people Ted Nugent back in the 70's (S.F. Bay Area) and it was so beyond the crowds expectations, that nobody knew what was happening... saw him again when Red Noise played the Bay Area, another mind blower.. this video made my day, reminded me of the transformational power of music.... I literally wept with joy watching .... Thank You Master Nelson!

An artist who inexplicably hasn't gained the popularity in the US that he deserves. YES!

@Fatgeologist

9 жыл бұрын

Sadly, you could replace "US" with "anywhere". Inexplicable. Supremely talented, and a true original.

Jesue the tone on that combination is fantastic.what a player.genius.love it.

A True Master

I went to see this show in Edinburgh...amazing. this opened the set...love it

The guitar solos are the dogs bollocks ,if you dont get this guys ability on the guitar its your loss,hes a fecken genius SIMPLE

Bill is still awesome...was playing in a band in when Futurama came out,that was it..the Telecaster was part ex't for a 335!!!!....seen Be Bop on the Live in the air age tour & the drastic plastic tour.He's still my guitar hero.

One more time. Bill paints beautiful pictures with his genius mind flowing through his magic fingers.

Bill! This is your best amongst the best you ever did writ.BRILLLL! Georgie xxx

Bill and Be Bop were fantastic, years ahead of their time, Bill had a TV Wristwatch on cover of Modern Music, decades before even apple released them ! WOW, and he warned us of "Drastic Plastic", and I think Bowie took influence and ideas from Be Bop, they were very very underated

awesome, he's more than a star

Nelson is one of the great players...Fond memories of seeing him at Cleethorpes Winter Gardens when Be-Bop Deluxe were supporting Cockney Rebel...around 1974 I think...wonderful guitar player....remember all those jaws dropping in the audience when he played Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape...

This is so good remember be bop lost for words great band great sounds

Bill is the anti everything to do with the 'industry' his own man which is a shame because natural talent is a rare thing and it is getting bred out of us ..but he is in a stable position and ticking over and happy ...which is not for sale ...and fkn awesome !

@airager

7 жыл бұрын

I just wish he would have compromised. His talent has been largely lost to most people. Without the backing of a large label he has been releasing four or five albums per year of mainly instrumental/ambient music. What a shame!

I remember when I was a kid, Be Bop was coming to Göteborg, I wake up 2 days before and I was fu***** sick, I have got pneumonia... As a huge fan and I was 16 years old and this was first and the last time BBD was in Sweden :(

This and "God Man Slain" are two of my all-time favorite Nelson tunes, and they're both in this concert and live CD... Thank you so much for posting this.

Rare talent!!! Wish I could see him live

Bill Nelson my fave electric guitarist and Bruce Cockburn my fave acoustic. .Both are getting old and both are still relevant and unique artists when all the rest fall by the wayside. ..

Probably his best song,it's been with me for many years

Super concentrate of cleverness :-) I catch up the box Noice Candy, the cd King Frankenstein totally shock me, all songs are superb and and the guitarwork is more than stunning, some of the best Bills songs and lyrics ever.. 12 stars of 10 :-)

I was there, quite superb. and no, no prerecorded vocals, all live!

man this is great' bill still burns bright'

Bill is a great guitarist

This is fantastic! Thanks for the upload. LOVE anything by Bill Nelson.

Came back for another listen and just wow it sounds even better ❤

As always - 'Brilliant' guitar sounds :0)

I moved back to France in early Dec 2010. I decided to take in the Nelsonica before I left seeing as it was promoted to to be extra special. I made my way thru bad weather to the my first and the 10th Nelsonica. Bill can from the first bar grip u with musical intensity and creates magical atmospheres that leave u hanging for the next number. Not on this occasion. He chose to start the proceedings accompanied with a flautist and bass player . It just went nowhere and I couldn't wait for the break

Superb Bill

love it!!!

I was listening to the Love That Whirls CD this morning and wondering if Bill would ever play this again - fantastic! No e-bow though, can't have everything I suppose!

Outstanding!!!!

the DVD that this is from is excellent and well worth the bargain price on Amazon. Bill is always so critical of his live performances and often states he how he dislikes covering his old stuff. But these songs are classics and live in the hearts and minds of his loyal followers today. Bill is so cool live or on record. One of the most underrated and talented guitarists and writers Britain has.

Excuse my ignorance but I had never heard this track until recommended to me tonight and I must say it is a belter,very atmospheric and powerful

This recording of October Man is better than the original. Bill Nelson sounds/plays as good or better than the BBD days. I was very fortunate to see BBD twice. First for the Live in the Air Age tour at the Santa Monica Civic then again for the Drastic Plastic tour at the Shrine in Los Angeles. Here we are decades later and we're fortunate enough to have this live at the Metropolis release. There is a bit of irony here for BBD fans. The connection is interesting when you realize the film used, as a backdrop, on the Live in the Air Age tour show contained footage from the Fritz Lang classic Metropolis. Also, the still on the cover of the Live in the Air Age album is a still from the same movie.

@johnhooverreeves9108

7 жыл бұрын

Steve Friedly a

awesome

Cont'd......The weekend was saved only by the superb breakfasts served at the B&B. If only Bill had played this set and forget about the jumble sale goings on and was in a better venue I would have gone away ecstatic. I have this CD now and I am....ecstatic.

the seventies and record companies were in a spin ..so much talent ..Bill just landed in the middle of record company and chinn chapman domination etc and Bill wont be told !!!!!

After all these years I've finally been able to buy a dvd/video of Bill Nelson, ie, this "Legends" dvd. Would love to have some Be-Bop, Red Noise or early solo material on video. There must be some footage somewhere of the brilliant 2004 30th anniversary tour. I can't recomend enough, the cd I bought on that tour, "Satellite Songs" released for that tour. A rare album nowdays of Bill singing on most tracks. Gutted not to be at this show.

To Rocky ullah and Paul dodd.... Thanks for putting me onto BBD IN 1976

Superb!

beautiful........

Perhaps he means Halloween? The Celtic season of Lunghasa began between sunset on the 30th of September till sunset on 1st October. This heralded the season of harvest and of plenty, but looked forward to the death of the old 'man' and the rebirth through Sawain.

This is just fantastic. I lost track of Bill's work after Bebop Deluxe but really need to hear more now that I have heard this. I have tickets for Nelsonica this year so that will be a great start. I don't know if you look at you tube Bill but keep up the good work.

fuckin brilliant!

love it!!!! E&B not difficult!!!

Awesome Song!!

Thanks

Absolutely first class in every way- check out the set list of the DVD A bargain

Legend!!

Bill Nelson & his band ,very Underestimated as were his pevious band,: Be Bop Deluxe, he is a Fantastic Guitarist & Songwriter ,he is on the same level as Clapton,Beck,Mark Knopfler ,maybe better? Fantastic Bill !

If im honest, I lost touch with Bills music after "quit dreaming" ive followed his blog and saw him on the lost satelites tour in 2004..i thought his new approach wasnt really what i expected after Be Bop and Red Noise,im an old boring fart as he quite rightly stated about us fans who couldnt change with him. I follow him on his diary entries(or entry !!) but this track has re awoke the desire for his music,he 's still got it...its an awesome track..im on the search,,superb upload...

great great song

I would have donated my left bollock to science to have been at this gig, the man is a genius

Theo Travis on saxophone, great musician.

@aandybandy11

6 жыл бұрын

he sure is ive seen him with Steven Wilson , Soft Machine and playing with Andy Tillson and Matt Stevens each time superb

truly

Its a shame but Bill always has a negative comment on his own performances, A friend and i went to the 30th anniversary in Sheffield which he also was not happy with, but you know what it was fantastic he's to hard on himself, a fantastic artist both BeBop days and now, must get to see him again. Keep rocking Bill and just enjoy it, we do.

Flash aaahhhhhh

Check out the 4 Disc release at the end of September! Be Bop Deluxe at the BBC.

Bill N.: "I want a really original guitar." Some Lunatic: "Red OK?"

good that

I think at one point, I could just about hear Bill's voice above the original recorded vocals.

Bill is impossibly good........but the Gentlemen Rocketeers are even more good considering they are not a band and only come together occasionally to back Bill....kudos to the lads!!

Made me think of............I......Am.........Iron Man.........

In one way its a little shame that Bill not use E-Bow here. But who complain anyway, Bill Live like this is :)

this also could be a bowie song on one of his berlin albums, kind of similar vocal styles

New Nelsonica this year? Saturday the 29th September, we hope ;-)

Such a shame that Bill himself found this experience disappointing (see his website). Totally cramped stage, v hot and a big shame. Love his music tho'.

Happy Hallo'een from George, here in Knotty Ash! It's the end of October. But not The Man! Nor me, unfortunately for you lot. Beware the Witch, don't let her see you, or your Mother wont know you the next time she sees you! (cackling laughter). I:ve frightened some children this evening, which was fun. I am tighter than my Uncle Kenny Dodd (sadly not here, but at least he had a good excuse for tax evasion!) He lived just 5 minutes down the road from me and told my Mother that I was too tall to be a diddy man, at the Knotty Ash church fete when I was 11. I was 5 ft7 so I saw his point. My Mother. like all pushy Mums, also sadly gone to the Jam Butty Mine in the sky, well she was v upset with Ken, she passed two weeks before I trecked down to that London, to see Bill at The Jazz cafe, with Channel Light Vessel. I digress, anyway now I am The Knotty Ash village idiot and a charitable institution! Please give me a wave!!! xxxx

xxxx

It's 1 October. You just have to.

Why oh why is there no DVD of BeBop Deluxe on the market with restored video material ? Was the "Live in the Air Age"-Live-Album filmed ? Oh Bill, how great...

would love to know why he doesn't play axe victim and tour no more....the mans a genius

@brianconway100 I am sure there is filmed documentation from many of Bills gigs including Be bop Deluxe. I think Bill has mentioned this before... I even think he has some film but he is reluctant to let it out. I guess he thinks it's not relevant to his work today?

2:36 Hmm. Vocal overdub?

Did this bass player perform with Peter Gabriel at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies?

is he touring

Just goes to show you don't need a Fender or Gibson or even a PRS when you're a great guitar player.

Where can you find this whole gig?

Go to one of the Nelsonica's in York.

@caleywontdie EXACTLY; Bill NELSON is THE MAN. Clapton, Knopfler, etc. are very good, but they are not 1/2 as BILL is. One of the truly best guitarrists/composers EVER, but people still think than Lennon or Harrison are the best, world is crazy/stupid/ignorant, that´s why.

OVER-AWING, just flat-out bashing BRILLIANT (But you all know that :)) and THEO TRAVIS in the bargain !!