Be Bop Deluxe – Shine ( Live In The Air Age – 1977 )

29 thoughts on “Be Bop Deluxe – Shine ( Live In The Air Age – 1977 )”

1. One of my favorite songs and guitarist..Back in the day when people took chances and played what they felt..not what some record exec in a suit wanted.

2. I saw the tour from which this album was recorded when I was just 13 years old. Changed my life in so many ways. 37 years on and this album, and particularly this track, still puts the hook in me. Hello, Mr Nelson, you bloody genius.

3. Righteous!

4. just an amazing guitarist and singer ,,bill nelson ,and be bop deluxe are my all time favorite band,,i just like to get lost with his music ….

5. Epic!

6. best live recorded album of all time, bar none

7. This song establishes Bill Nelson as a top guitarist. We should talk about him MORE. His floating, sliding riffs are beautiful.

8. The greatest and most underated band to come out of England in the 70-80's. Bill Nelson was and is a musical genius. His guitar playing is on a level still unmatched.

9. this shines like a beacon to all axe players

10. Eddie van Halen borrowed tons of his licks…..

11. You forgot to add that Cabasa El Dubova guested on percussion for this sublime track

12. The very first concert I saw! I was 16.

13. Great friggen band

14. First time I ever heard this was on a BA flight to Australia 40 years ago Great,So boring music today well not all.

15. Bought this in a small record shop somewhere in Texas and brought it to California in my flight bag. Still have it! Still love it!

16. Nelson solo @ 4:22 reminds me of John Mclaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra.

17. One thing about be bop you don't get the same thing over and over

18. ah funky phaser and his unearthly merchandise

19. Just my perfect cup of tea

20. Thanks for the pictures. The guitar effects and frills are just so… Be Bop Deluxe. One of my top two favorite live albums. Joe Walsh Live at Carnegie Hall is number 1.

21. Bill is a genius

22. The guy on keyboards is frickin awesome

23. I was at the recording at the San Diego Civic for this album. It changed my life, this and the Little Feat Waiting for Columbus show at the LA Shrine auditorium. 41 years later, I still cry whenever I hear this track. So flowing and melodic. A total eargasm.

24. Major influence on my guitar playing. Thanks Bill.

25. Great tune brings back memories listening to this on the mighty KSAN radio in the 70s in high school in the Bay Area

26. a live dvd from the time when there was no dvd

27. Great stuff from Mr Bill. Love BBD, Nelson knows to bend a string.

28. The first band I was in, at 16, played Fair Exchange. Been a fan ever since.
    Criminally underrated, tragically unknown, they define the concept of best band you've never heard of

29. How is it a band this good gets no chart hits and stays unknown after all these years? Did they not pay the right people or did something happen and someone decided to hold a grudge against them and never play them on the radio 📻?
    I don’t get it.

    I know the music business is crazy but this is sad proof of that fact. Maybe they didn’t know how to market them. They’re not New Wave. Not hard Rock or Heavy Metal.

    If anything, they sound like a brilliant Jazz Funk Rock fusion! But that’s too complicated a category. It would be easier if they were Punk or Folk Music. Oh well, they got lost in the shuffle that’s for sure.

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