A (two-part) question about Modern Music
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 appreciated!
I hear it as "Touch of a tumble over there...", a reference to Mr Peel's legendary and endearing incompetence with the technical side of DJing: he would often (probably at least once a night) play the wrong side of a disc or at the wrong speed. I imagine in this case that he had just played something from one of the first three Be Bop albums, but with a slight hiccup at the beginning.