William's World

Hi there

I've been a fan of Be Bop since my teens in the mid-late 1970s, and followed Bill's work through Red Noise and his early solo work, plus the production work he did with the Skids, another favourite band at the time.

Anyway, I've a question about the 'radio tuning' montage that starts side 2 of Modern Music, and thought this might be a good place to seek an answer. In the snippet of John Peel talking, it sounds like he says, 'well, touches of Tumble Over there, still, nice to hear...'. Does anyone know what 'Tumble Over' refers to? A song, a group?

And does anyone care to speculate as to whether he's saying it in respect of a Be Bop Deluxe or Bill Nelson song that he has just played (as opposed to it just being a random piece of Peel talking)? Any suggestions would be much…

Good wishes to all Nelsonians whatever time zone/country you be 😉

There's a nice article on Electricity City's website, giving a beginner's guide to Bill Nelson...of course, you will all know all of this, but it's a great overview...

Electric City

To Bill, Emi and all still resident in Dreamsville.