I always remembered the name of this song because this video used to scare me as a kid. I couldn't remeber much of the actual video. And 40 something years later I see why it scared me.
Viddy reminds me of all the B+W silent horror films I may have been exposed to. Music reminds me how lucky we were to be teenagers that had this tune to move to.
This song had a huge impact on me in 1981. Sitting in my bedroom enjoying some 'green'. Back in those days I would make compilation tapes and I've just found this song again after many decades and it has blown my mind. So I've googled it and found the video. Brilliant. So, a very big thank you to Bill Nelson and those other music artists of the NEW WAVE period that produced beautiful bizarre and eccentric music. Remember The Residents and Snakefinger?
While we were.making compilation tapes and I made over 1000 of them with mixers all perfectly done even if it took 10 takes while the radio ignored my her Julian Cope,my hero atthe time, Bill Nelson, Wire, Stranglers, Pre Ubu, Bauhaus, Killing Joke, Echo, and on and on
I recorded a wonderful full performance of Snakefinger in 1981 and later interviewed one of the Residents to provide some commentary. You can check it out in the list here, artclips.free.fr/PRIVATE-STREAMINGS.html
So many influences and references here…NOSFERATU, CALIGARI, Peter Gabriel, Bowie, Jean Cocteau (the latter being one of the biggest influences on our Bill), American SF of the 1950s, “The Twilight Zone.”
This track has a certain electro groove to it and has been in my subconscious memory for decades, didn't appreciate it as a kid at the time but do now, a bit ahead of it's time.
I am just now listening on headphones and notice the cool stereo effects. Bill Nelson is not only a great musician but also a really outstanding producer.
OK everybody...let's sing along! Music in the ice-box Laughter in the dark Echoes in the silence Waiting for the spark Hold me while I'm naked Catch me if you can Suicide statements are the measure of the man ... Do you dream in colour? Do you dream in colour? Do you dream in colour? Do you dream at all? Turning on the wall screen Helpless to resist Video junkie Looking for a fix Sick obsession Terminal twist Caught in possession of an ever-open wrist ... Do you dream in colour? Do you dream in colour? Do you dream in colour? Do you dream at all? Death by violence Destiny decrees A permanent reliance On the science of extremes Absent at the wedding Present at the birth Turning off the lights now all across the earth ... Do you dream in colour? Do you dream in colour? Do you dream in colour? Do you dream at all? (I love the lyrics!)
@@VJ1tv based on the info on Bill Nelson's website, I thought it was recorded for a second Red Noise album for EMI (the first was released in 1979) and then released as a single in 1980 when the deal with EMI unraveled and Bill decided to start using his own name (and formed his own label).
One of the most underrated guitarists of all time, absolutely tremendous, the fact of this "not" being his main instrument of choice in this period speaks volumes, bordering on genius this falla for sure, always taking this forwards
This was supposed to be played on the BBC on Top of the Pops but it was boycotted by the union At The BBC because Bill made the video himself at home because he didn't have the backing of a big label. The union said he was doing camera, sound and lighting technicians out of a job. It stopped it charting higher than it did.
I came here because, recently, Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo were discussing the concept of dreaming in colour on their podcast and how it was something that people who did not grow up with black-and-white media could relate to. Then Mark mentioned Bill Nelson's song as a side note. This comment transported me back to the original Max Headroom 1980s TV show on Channel 4 in the UK. This was the show where Max was a wise-cracking VJ playing obscure indie videos. Bill Nelson's Do You Dream in Colour was one of those featured videos, and it fascinated me at the time. The song is excellent, but the video had that creepy--Nosferatu look that always stuck with me.
This video has haunted me since I first saw it around 1984 or 1985 on the Max Headroom Show. What haunted me most was the repeated gesture of the keyboardist in the shot with what I think is a Minimoog (although it's hard to see from the side). It haunted me for 25 or 26 years until I finally saw it again on RUclips, but in a crappy upload with some other bollocks cut where that unforgettable gesture should be. So thank you so much for posting this version, and for taking the trouble to restore it. I still think it is one of the best music videos ever made.
My first exposure to this was also on the Max Headroom show back around 1984. I don't know who curated/chose the fairly eclectic mix of songs shown on that show, but I'm forever grateful for it.
I often wondered who was this as today is the 2nd time I have seen this brilliant video as the last time I was 10 in 1981 when I saw it for the first time and the masks were popular at the time and I'm sure it was the Old Grey Whistle Test as the next video was a band singing about Jimi Hendricks ?
This was the dawn of electronics making a transition from amplification to being instruments in their own right...and generators of images. The first synthesizer was built. Artists were turned on to the amplification of the senses. This song was like an anthem for me because i was very interested by dreams , color and synesthesia...the ideas of getting your wires crossed and seeing music.
Wow.... I'm in awe!!! Heard this guy's record played at Wooden Tooth records in Tucson the other day. This feels like when I discovered The Boomtown Rats "Up All Night"! Thank you!!!!!!!!
Everyone dreams. You spend about 2 hours each night dreaming but may not remember most of your dreams. Its exact purpose isn’t known, but dreaming may help you process your emotions. Events from the day often invade your thoughts during sleep, and people suffering from stress or anxiety are more likely to have frightening dreams. Dreams can be experienced in all stages of sleep but usually are most vivid in REM sleep. Some people dream in color, while others only recall dreams in black and white. Meawhile, that's what my Son said........of course Dad. Meanwhile in the US of A, they do via internet bunnies. I hope you are good, always a star when I was growing up...., Quit dreaming, Red Roise, Chimera? Bought in Inverness in teens, i JUST LOVED IT.
I came here because the sleeve of this single lies on the floor of Jester's room that can be seen on Script for a Jester's Tear album cover from Marillion.
Likes this back in the 80’s when released,was in Glasgow NIGHT MOVES FUQ I was 15 at the time doing acid,speed then school WOW 🤩 that’d kill me these daze.Still,this song was way back in the palaces of my mind... CRAZY DAZE😉💥✅🤩
Brilliant, timeless classic....from "Northern Dream" up to literally today.....Bill Nelson has made amazing music....I listened to Beyond these clouds from 2011 live with his Gentlemen Rockateers.....it amazing....check it out.
Hello I am a film student and I'm trying to get in contact with the rights holder of this song so I can request permission to use it. Can you please give me any information you may have as to how you acquired permission to use this song? Thank you.
@@VJ1tv LOL nice sense of humour ? This is from 1980. Be Bop Deluxe 1st album was 1974 (Axe Victim) incredible album. Peter Gabriel went solo from Genesis in 1975. Genesis formed in 1969, DEVO formed in 1973. The old man mask first appears on Selling England by the Pound in 1973 and then The Lamb in 1974. I love Bill and Be Bop immensely but I doubt it predated DEVO & Gabriel by decades. Bill was very innovative but I don't recall him building a time machine !!
I can never get my head around Usa 🇺🇸 spelling when they are using English speaking words ? ( just looks stupid ) reading all of BN inspirations regarding lyrics and song titles and just bought a boxed set of be-bops last album .. drastic plastic of which is perfectly set-up to see what direction BN is going ….
43 years later and still sounds brilliant
Cause it is
I always remembered the name of this song because this video used to scare me as a kid. I couldn't remeber much of the actual video. And 40 something years later I see why it scared me.
Delicously weird. Timeless, and Bill Nelson, we are forever in your debt sir .😊
A true creative genius 👍👍👍
Got the first be bop deluxe album , axe victim, have all of them and the drastic plastic and the albums that came later, the man is a genius
Viddy reminds me of all the B+W silent horror films I may have been exposed to. Music reminds me how lucky we were to be teenagers that had this tune to move to.
I discovered Bill Nelson from a vinyl collection at a Goodwill back in 2001. Amazing, groundbreaking music
This song had a huge impact on me in 1981. Sitting in my bedroom enjoying some 'green'.
Back in those days I would make compilation tapes and I've just found this song again after many decades
and it has blown my mind. So I've googled it and found the video. Brilliant.
So, a very big thank you to Bill Nelson and those other music artists of the NEW WAVE period that produced beautiful bizarre and eccentric music.
Remember The Residents and Snakefinger?
Saw them at 3rd Avenue in Minneapolis in 1986. Some one had stolen one of their 'eyeballs', so One was wearing a Giant Skull.
i wasn't even born until 87, and yet here in 2020 i'm still listening to this song, smoking green. some things never change.
While we were.making compilation tapes and I made over 1000 of them with mixers all perfectly done even if it took 10 takes while the radio ignored my her Julian Cope,my hero atthe time, Bill Nelson, Wire, Stranglers, Pre Ubu, Bauhaus, Killing Joke, Echo, and on and on
I recorded a wonderful full performance of Snakefinger in 1981 and later interviewed one of the Residents to provide some commentary. You can check it out in the list here, artclips.free.fr/PRIVATE-STREAMINGS.html
There was no google, or internet in 1981, I was there.
So many influences and references here…NOSFERATU, CALIGARI, Peter Gabriel, Bowie, Jean Cocteau (the latter being one of the biggest influences on our Bill), American SF of the 1950s, “The Twilight Zone.”
Art Students go wild. Yeah Nosferatu and Caligari. Great stuff.
This track has a certain electro groove to it and has been in my subconscious memory for decades, didn't appreciate it as a kid at the time but do now, a bit ahead of it's time.
I am just now listening on headphones and notice the cool stereo effects. Bill Nelson is not only a great musician but also a really outstanding producer.
OK everybody...let's sing along!
Music in the ice-box
Laughter in the dark
Echoes in the silence
Waiting for the spark
Hold me while I'm naked
Catch me if you can
Suicide statements are the measure of the man ...
Do you dream in colour?
Do you dream in colour?
Do you dream in colour?
Do you dream at all?
Turning on the wall screen
Helpless to resist
Video junkie
Looking for a fix
Sick obsession
Terminal twist
Caught in possession of an ever-open wrist ...
Do you dream in colour?
Do you dream in colour?
Do you dream in colour?
Do you dream at all?
Death by violence
Destiny decrees
A permanent reliance
On the science of extremes
Absent at the wedding
Present at the birth
Turning off the lights now all across the earth ...
Do you dream in colour?
Do you dream in colour?
Do you dream in colour?
Do you dream at all?
(I love the lyrics!)
Whoa! I love Bill Nelson's music. This is clearly reflective of the influence of the Talking Heads, which he acknowledged.
Talking heads formed in 1975. This record was released in 1971. So.....
@@VJ1tv based on the info on Bill Nelson's website, I thought it was recorded for a second Red Noise album for EMI (the first was released in 1979) and then released as a single in 1980 when the deal with EMI unraveled and Bill decided to start using his own name (and formed his own label).
This was not released in 1971
@@RJJNY You are correct.
@@VJ1tv You are wrong.
No offence
Genius , love Bill, and Be Bop Deluxe
One of the most underrated guitarists of all time, absolutely tremendous, the fact of this "not" being his main instrument of choice in this period speaks volumes, bordering on genius this falla for sure, always taking this forwards
A Futurist frim head to tail.
Remember taping this off Max Headroom and watching it over and over. Thanks!!
me to
That’s where I first came across this.
"Remember when we said there's no future? Well... this is it. Right...next up, more of the same."
I remember the song from Max Headroom too it, s amazing and a long time ago 😍
Max Headroom hasn't happened yet. Just wait twenty minutes...
This was supposed to be played on the BBC on Top of the Pops but it was boycotted by the union At The BBC because Bill made the video himself at home because he didn't have the backing of a big label. The union said he was doing camera, sound and lighting technicians out of a job. It stopped it charting higher than it did.
the song that got me hooked on Bill Nelson :) one of an oh so elite, rare group of amazing musicians, sadly overlooked by the cloth eared masses :(
Have you heard of Magazine?
"Cloth-eared masses". Yeah. You nailed that....
I grew up wit this ,I absolutely loved it,smoked my heed of!
Love Bill and Bebopdeluxe,all my life,iam 61 now,live near Bill,but never seen him.
I also saw this on max headroom show ! Also loved steam hammer Sam song -great days
I came here because, recently, Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo were discussing the concept of dreaming in colour on their podcast and how it was something that people who did not grow up with black-and-white media could relate to. Then Mark mentioned Bill Nelson's song as a side note. This comment transported me back to the original Max Headroom 1980s TV show on Channel 4 in the UK. This was the show where Max was a wise-cracking VJ playing obscure indie videos. Bill Nelson's Do You Dream in Colour was one of those featured videos, and it fascinated me at the time. The song is excellent, but the video had that creepy--Nosferatu look that always stuck with me.
Real talented CAT!
This video has haunted me since I first saw it around 1984 or 1985 on the Max Headroom Show. What haunted me most was the repeated gesture of the keyboardist in the shot with what I think is a Minimoog (although it's hard to see from the side). It haunted me for 25 or 26 years until I finally saw it again on RUclips, but in a crappy upload with some other bollocks cut where that unforgettable gesture should be. So thank you so much for posting this version, and for taking the trouble to restore it. I still think it is one of the best music videos ever made.
Ditto Max Headroom mixtapes on TDK C90 brought me here too - aahh the eighties !!
My first exposure to this was also on the Max Headroom show back around 1984. I don't know who curated/chose the fairly eclectic mix of songs shown on that show, but I'm forever grateful for it.
I often wondered who was this as today is the 2nd time I have seen this brilliant video as the last time I was 10 in 1981 when I saw it for the first time and the masks were popular at the time and I'm sure it was the Old Grey Whistle Test as the next video was a band singing about Jimi Hendricks ?
Listened to the song on Max Headroom in the early 80,s so good to hear it again and what a great player the man was 😂👍
Love this - think I first saw this on the old grey whistle test - haven’t seen it for years.
Just ordered new CD released 5th May 2024. Still going strong ❤
Such a great video and song. Shades of Peter Garbriel throughout.
I hear pre-ambient Brian Eno
With a touch of Devo.
Adam and the Ants.
This was the dawn of electronics making a transition from amplification to being instruments in their own right...and generators of images. The first synthesizer was built. Artists were turned on to the amplification of the senses. This song was like an anthem for me because i was very interested by dreams , color and synesthesia...the ideas of getting your wires crossed and seeing music.
as a child is was fascinated by this video :)
His music always has soo much momentum, to me the perfect mix between New Wave and No Wave
Just brilliant. Cheers
Just wonderful.
Thanks for restoring this! Such a great clip.
Props for being such a cool character, Karkas. Are you in this upcoming MCU Eternals movie?
Thankfully i wasn't. That was a total disaster. @Ronno4691
Had this on 7 inch years ago. Watching flog it and the auctioneer was called Bill Nelson, remembered this , weird what memory does
Brilliant song and great video. Thanks for doing this.
I always loved this video, far ahead of its time and quite an inspiration to me when I was a film student.
What a flashback. Cool thanks.
Thank you so much for doing this! I've always longed to see and hear a clearer version than the other that was on here.
I was a film student in the 70irs when I first saw this and it was a huge inspiration, both the music and the film.
magical & timeless...!!!
Think I heard this years ago sounds just as good today thanks for putting this on youtube nice one.
Thank you VJ*1,for uploading the video and this FANTASTIC song, it brings back so many good memories.
Wow.... I'm in awe!!! Heard this guy's record played at Wooden Tooth records in Tucson the other day. This feels like when I discovered The Boomtown Rats "Up All Night"!
Thank you!!!!!!!!
do we dream in colour ? .. I dont , my latest dreams are nightmares for a reason
This is just fantastic visually and musically...light years away from the music today
Favourite music video ever
Late to the Bill Nelson / Be Bop world but this is so good. Thanks!
Ahh, always my favourite instru-multimentalist.
VJ#1 - Beautiful job!
Everyone dreams. You spend about 2 hours each night dreaming but may not remember most of your dreams. Its exact purpose isn’t known, but dreaming may help you process your emotions. Events from the day often invade your thoughts during sleep, and people suffering from stress or anxiety are more likely to have frightening dreams. Dreams can be experienced in all stages of sleep but usually are most vivid in REM sleep. Some people dream in color, while others only recall dreams in black and white.
Meawhile, that's what my Son said........of course Dad. Meanwhile in the US of A, they do via internet bunnies. I hope you are good, always a star when I was growing up...., Quit dreaming, Red Roise, Chimera? Bought in Inverness in teens, i JUST LOVED IT.
Ah...……..the olden days!!!
I came here because the sleeve of this single lies on the floor of Jester's room that can be seen on Script for a Jester's Tear album cover from Marillion.
Late to the party, but thanks for the hard work. It looks and sounds great. Cheers.
Bill is great. I remember skating to this and loving it.
Just found this. Great job on the video.
Grew up listening to this - I think we had an episode of max headroom recorded on vhs where it played
Terrific!Thanks a lot.
Sweet!
My fav si ngle ever.😁
Thank you!!!
Likes this back in the 80’s when released,was in Glasgow NIGHT MOVES FUQ I was 15 at the time doing acid,speed then school WOW 🤩 that’d kill me these daze.Still,this song was way back in the palaces of my mind... CRAZY DAZE😉💥✅🤩
.. now that's a multi coloured flashback
Always wondered if John foxx and Bill ever made music together? 😊
It certainly sounds like it could have come from John Foxx.
Bill would have been familiar with him and Ultravox.
Don't remember the video at all... but my brother played this song and Acceleration to death, lol
This song begs you to keep up with it. So fucking good.
Brilliant, timeless classic....from "Northern Dream" up to literally today.....Bill Nelson has made amazing music....I listened to Beyond these clouds from 2011 live with his Gentlemen Rockateers.....it amazing....check it out.
ITS LIVE ON BIG TIME TELEVISION!!!
cate le bon sent me here … 🙌
She's great
Seen be Bob loads of times Dagenham roundhouse , a pub in Essex n this shyte
“Angelyne” on Peacock brought me over to here lol
live on big time tv!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Weird video but he is capable of so much more musically; sounds almost like he is trying to be Bowie here.
thx
love this
Ask ChatGPT "Do you dream in colour?" Scary 😟
Hello
I am a film student and I'm trying to get in contact with the rights holder of this song so I can request permission to use it.
Can you please give me any information you may have as to how you acquired permission to use this song?
Thank you.
The artist name is Bill Nelson. You can try him on Facebook.
I think Bill nicked the old man mask from Peter Gabriel. Also a definite influence from Devo in editing, costumes, etc.
LOL, this pre-dated Peter Gabriel and DEVO by decades!
@@VJ1tv You are kidding right?
@@VJ1tv LOL nice sense of humour ?
This is from 1980. Be Bop Deluxe 1st album was 1974 (Axe Victim) incredible album.
Peter Gabriel went solo from Genesis in 1975. Genesis formed in 1969, DEVO formed in 1973.
The old man mask first appears on Selling England by the Pound in 1973 and then The Lamb in 1974.
I love Bill and Be Bop immensely but I doubt it predated DEVO & Gabriel by decades.
Bill was very innovative but I don't recall him building a time machine !!
Wished for a 12
After I hear this song I have to listen to shock the monkey by Peter Gabriel.
The max headroom show
I can never get my head around Usa 🇺🇸 spelling when they are using English speaking words ? ( just looks stupid ) reading all of BN inspirations regarding lyrics and song titles and just bought a boxed set of be-bops last album .. drastic plastic of which is perfectly set-up to see what direction BN is going ….
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Slipknot before they went Metal 😂
Man...........this is weird