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Sunday, July 16, 2017
Be Bop Deluxe: Ships In The Night
I heard this on the radio the other day and it sounded good. Don't let the dry ice in this video put you off.
It was a minor hit in February 1976 when Harold Wilson was still prime minister and the nation's youth was waiting impatiently for punk to happen.
Great band - and Bill Nelson went on to a long, if largely unsuccessful, solo career in all sorts of genres, the best of which was his early 80s quirky electropop. Check out the Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam album.
A must-listen by Be-Bop is Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape.
Great band - and Bill Nelson went on to a long, if largely unsuccessful, solo career in all sorts of genres, the best of which was his early 80s quirky electropop. Check out the Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam album.
ReplyDeleteA must-listen by Be-Bop is Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape.