Sound-On-Sound (1979). From the Matushita cover on in, an immortal album. Cold Wave titles and Orwellian themes abound throughout "Don't Touch Me, (I'm Electric)", "Stop/ Go/ Stop", "Radar In My Heart", "Out of Touch", "A Better Home In the Phantom Zone", "Substitute Flesh", "The Atom Age", "Art/ Empire/ Industry", and "Revolt Into Style". As one of the only old wave glitter rockers to jump the arenas to become part of the New Wave, Nelson urges others to keep in touch on "Stay Young", while "For Young Moderns" provides a theme to the coming New Romantic scene- "a zero hero Euro lifestyle... a nouveau a-go-go gone wild." Musically, Nelson creates an exuberant Zonk hybrid by taking the New Wave art rock of Drastic Plastic and mixing in a shot of Punk and the jerky spazms of XTC.
Good Evening, I am so honoured that you have excepted my add and friendship. One of my most favorite albums, of that time. The song I loved to play over, and over was "Furniture Music". I still have the album of course, only now, I listen to it on Cd. Thank you for the wonderful memories. With "Radar In My Heart" from Toronto, Canada
I loved Red Noise, I didn't really know much of Bill's work before then (my age, you know!) but Red Noise really hit the spot when I first came across them - didn't they play a movie/video along to Furniture Music on the Old Grey Whistle Test a few times? I'm sure that it was that and listening to Peelie that got me into the band. I subsequently saw Bill solo a few times and got into Be Bop Deluxe to a degree as well.
