Hmm, just posted to the AC/DC thread where the last post was March now find the last post here was March, anyway....
Be Bop was (still is really) my fav band, primarily because of Bill Nelson's immense talent but also because of my 'first love'. Ahhh... I hear all you long hairs sigh!
My first 'proper' girlfriend worked in a record store (remember them) and gave me the promo ep Hot Valves and I was hooked. Got Modern Music and then saved my pennies and bought the back catalogue.
Modern Music is still my fav Be Bop album with Drastic Plastic a close second. I saw Be Bop on the DP tour but they didn't play any tracks from previous albums, with the exception of Forbidden Lovers from Modern Music, Bill could always be a bit of a 'tosser' in respect of his art - and I say that as a TOTAL Bill Nelson fanboy.
Although I was devastated when he split the band I must say that I loved Red Noise and saw them live and they were great. So the first love had gone like Be Bop but what replaced them was still fantastic and even though my first love will always have a special place in my heart, you have to move on, don't you?
Steve