Bruford - Beelzebub (Rock Goes To College, March 17th, 1979)

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Bruford performing "Beelzebub" live for the BBC TV series 'Rock Goes To College' in March 1979.
The guy making the announcement was a nationally known British voice artist, BBC and pirate radio disc jockey and announcer called Pete Drummond. A man of some standing (a man who today would be called a 'celebrity', but we hadn't invented them in 1979) walking in to a College Rag Week crowd was likely to get a cream pie in his face, especially if we're talking national TV. It was one of this band's earliest gigs, and I was just trying to remember the music.
You can Google it, but simply put in theological sources, predominantly Christian, 'Beelzebub' is another name for Satan. He is known in demonology as one of the seven princes of Hell. A tricky guy, and at inception, a tricky piece of music to play
The colour of this and the audio have been restored and I must say it looks and sounds great. With thanks to Lindsay at Aviator Management for bringing it all about.
Bill Bruford - Drums
Dave Stewart - Keyboards
Allan Holdsworth - Guitar
Jeff Berlin - Bass
Audio and video have both been sourced and restored from the original broadcast master.
Footage licensed from BBC Studios Distribution. All rights reserved.
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[@davidsempau2973]

Oh that snare unique sound!

[@321snoot]

Yes! One "WHACK!' on that snare, and you know exactly who's playing it. Great observation, David!

[@easpoorts]

I'm a 16 year old, my dads favourite band is Yes, and now i'm here. I don't know how i got here, i don't know what am i doing here, but i really enjoy it here.

[@321snoot]

You're in a great place, kid! Your dad has great musical taste, so you can't go wrong. As an older guy (64) and longtime musician, I can confidently say that they really DON'T make 'em like they used to.

[@andym28]

Good lad. You see that guitar player in the shirt? He is probably the best musician in modern times. As good as Shakespeare at literature. He comes from the North of England where people are famous for being very intelligent but he was very shy and very humble and most people don't understand his music. Playing music is so simple so learn an instrument it's one of the most fun things you can do.

[@musicminute2004]

I'm 18 and Yes is my favorite band. I'm a musician since I was 8, and my life had changed completely since I knew them. You can't go wrong with Yes, so keep it up boy

[@johnstallings4049]

Wow! Ur Dad set you on the right path early! YES!❄️🌎❄️❣️🤣👌❄️

[@heroinbath1877]

I'm a 36 year old who also has Dad who's favorite band was Yes. Got into em when I was like 5. Check out The Mars Volta if you want some prog made more recently.

[@cameronskye94]

Let’s all take a second to appreciate how incredible the quality of this footage is!

[@baldrbraa]

At the time, we thought this music was the most timeless, visionary music of the future, combining everything from jazz and rock with a virtuosity that transcended the narrow confines of style. Now, looking back, there’s no way this could be any more 1979!

[@jonathanneuhaus4755]

Nor any less brilliant. The culture took a dumpster dive and got stoopid thanks to punk. Now look at punk! How about them Emperor's new clothes?

[@rhizomorph-music]

It was all those things, and I think it continues to be those things. Can you name any music since that era that is more visionary, more timeless, more eclectic, and more futuristic? I know I can't. I don't think there has been any!

[@baldrbraa]

Ok, my point was only about the feeling of date, not the greatness of the music. Still timeless, but in hindsight, very clearly indicative of its time. Not meaning any sort of detraction from its quality.

[@Drone453]

​@@rhizomorph-music I think most 'recent' innovations have taken place in the sphere of electronic music. Obv a lot of modern electronic stuff is just dirge but people like Aphex Twin show an astounding level of originality in terms of the music and sounds he was pushing out in the mid 90s, when other electronic stuff sounding really basic by comparison. But it's not music that appeals to most people that play live instruments.

[@baroquer]

My favourite concert + Will give my kidney for snare drum with THAT sound. My Lord.... 😍

[@yogsenforfoth5948]

Holdsworth’s legato technique was unreal. It’s almost like he picked every other week or something. 😂🤦‍♂️

[@killereverb3928]

That’s both funny and true. You don’t have to be a double picking maven to play note heavy passages. But you will need to work on your left hand legato phrasing. And work on it heavily. Eddie Van Halen did both. He had great left hand legato technique and also had a phenomenal double picking right 🤚 hand!

[@yogsenforfoth5948]

@@killereverb3928 Frank Zappa was also fantastic at applying legato to his guitar work, often times to dazzling degrees. Not as insane as Holdsworth, but unique on its own merits.

[@lynchaxxonn]

@@yogsenforfoth5948 Zappa's favorite guitarist was Holdsworth apparently

[@timothydillow3160]

I was fortunate enough to see you Bill, with King Crimson, Jeff Berlin and his band, and Allan Holdsworth the night Eddie Van Halen was at the Roxy Theater and joined on stage. Never got to see Dave play. But folks, if you haven't heard National Health's second album; "of queues and cures" the fourth track, "dreams wide awake" is the greatest keyboard solo ever laid down on vinyl. Dave said he was "literally tearing the guts out of his organ" as the engineers looked on.

[@1359401]

The entire album Of queues and cures is damm great epic legendary genius and criminally underated-top shelf one of the greatest ever.

[@ibornalone]

to-ta-lly agree

[@timothydillow3160]

@@ibornalone the ambient beginning the energetic almost frantic soundtrack for something on "Brydens" the band was so tight.

[@StevenMasonBranding]

My favorites are Squarer for Maud, and The Bryden Two-Step for Amphibians, pts 1 and 2. And Dreams Wide Awake is great, too. I saw National Health live in Boston in 79 I believe. Phenomenal.

[@anthonywhiteman4488]

@Timothy Dillow That must have been a site to see. All great musicians!!! Meaning The Roxy gig. Heard about it many times.

[@StephenBranney]

So love the way we can see these things. Was never a student but used to go to the Oxford Poly to see bands. I remember people took cushions to sit on. No seats. Just a hard terrace to sit on. Saw this and National Health and Weather Report. Budgie, Greenslade, Blancmange and many others. Brilliant.

[@jameseastham7614]

Saw Bruford live at a small bar with Holdsworth, Jeff Berlin and Stewart . Incredible show. He’s my favorite drummer. Loved Holdsworth back to Soft Machine.

[@tomkelsey2303]

Bought this on cassette tape at Peach's Records and Tapes in about 1985. Had a new stereo in my Datsun B-210 and rocked this tune!

[@PetarOrsin]

Unbelieveable! Musician's monsters live. Top of the prog and jazz rock

[@alejandrobustos2268]

Bill Bruford is responsible for getting me started on drums when I first heard Yes's Heart of the Sunrise.

[@janpierzchala2004]

That is a hell lot of responsibility! Do it right then.

[@cdiegovillagra]

Bill Bruford y Allan Holdsworth eran una dupla perfecta. Podrían haber grabado más discos juntos, pero lo que grabaron fueron obras maestras.

[@SilSimone]

Mr Bruford myself and your fans are truly thankful and grateful that you now have your own you tube channel!I was a young 18 year old (guitar) musician/fan who attended your performance at The El Mocambo,Toronto Canada 78/79!What an amazing Quartet!You and Jeff Berlin were sooooooo good,inspiring!I left that show and woodshedded for weeks on end!Quite frankly life/musical altering moment, to really come to grip that my knowledge of rhythm and time needed far more attention!Ha!Discovering The great Allan Holdsworth through you and your band U.K ,a truly magical time!Your work with King Crimson,Yes,(your drumming on The Union album still lights up my studio monitors)your solo albums,compostions!Peace and best wishes to you your friends and family!Thank you for the decades of great music!

[@piplee1439]

Amen. I hope he and so many other good people, turn their heads each da..... no, realise the effect and inspiration they have given humanity.

[@JimmyBComputerGuy]

It's stuff like this that makes KZbin worth watching. Outstanding!

[@progger53]

I saw these guys in Dallas 1980 and without Allan in 1981 again. Plus I saw Allan and Bruford with UK in 78.

[@skipthornton5413]

I was fortunate to see the original UK, in Houston, Texas at Cullen Auditorium....it was surreal!!!!!

[@zenzenzen4741]

Bill Bruford you are a genius

[@enriquehurtado2970]

Great band, amazing composition, what a great drummer. Congrats!

[@corujajf]

I was very fortunate to follow all of them, since the early years.

[@aakkoin]

Feels good to me.... One of A Kind is a masterpiece

[@JeraldMYates]

So always thankful for you Bill.

[@TheTaoistdragon]

My favorite band of all time. Phenomenal musicianship.

[@jazzfusioner9840]

Saw them in Norman, Oklahoma with a few fellow band buddies....top 5 gig I have ever seen in my 62 years on this planet.....

[@louise_rose]

Yes, I've seen this show on dvd a few times and while it's not very long of course (around 40 minutes), the musicianship and flow throughout these complex songs is amazing! Berlin and Holdsworth are fabulous, Ánnette Peacock is coldly sexy, a very interesting contrast - and Bill himself looks confident and funky. Great stuff!

[@piplee1439]

That's a Mucho fresh faced Bruford there! I was 5yrs running around the Tudor Rose pub garden in 1976 heat. Those are my first memories of Bill's sound. From Yes Album and CTTEdge. Hardly any cars on the road and we paddled in the Avon at the Hampshire Hatches. It seemed so deep at the time. Few years back I found it was about 2 foot deep in actuality. And so too has life become in 2022. So I shall hold on to those fills and paradiddles, thank you very much.

[@nikolaosmosxakis3395]

very good........................................................................................

[@alejandrobustos2268]

The greatest progressive rock drummer in history. Thank you for your music Maestro and for inspiring a generation of musicians.

[@jimihendrix991]

Carl Palmer and Gavin Harrison might have something to say about that.... 😉

[@tommyrawlings3046]

Palmer was a beast , incredible solo drummer, Bruford could not match him physically, but when it comes to accompanying the music, & precision no one can match Bruford!

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

Killer band. I mean, seriously. Been Bruford fan since 1971 and the other guys aren't bad, either! RIP, Mr. Holdsworth.

[@Daves_not_here]

Incredible musicianship all around. Thank you for posting, Mr. Bruford! Peace

[@lordseth5888]

I never get tired of this Masterpiece!!

[@jeanlucchapelon]

What a great band!!!!

[@PUBHEAD1]

I still have your book, "When in doubt, roll". It's on my music stand next to my kit as I write this. Cheers from 🇨🇦

[@slackdude1]

Dave Stewart is breathtaking. So great to have some good footage. The Annette stuff was beyond visionary. I used to play Holdsworth’s solo from Hazard Profile to my guitarist mate just to see his jaw plummet. I will get my hands on the autobiography when I retire. At present I am merely unemployed. Too much time too little currency.

[@Jomor44]

Seasons will pass you by.

[@3three3three3three]

i get up

[@bournemouthisshit]

Jeez! I first saw that early in 1979. Saw them live 1980. Brilliant!

[@thetruthissweet2847]

First heard One Of A Kind in college not long after it was released. We 'borrowed' the album from the campus radio station for a couple weeks. About 20 years ago at a garage sale, seller had the album marked as 50 cents. I gave him a dollar and said keep the change. My friend ran the album thru a filter on computer and recorded it to cd. We made our own cd cover and put it in my local bar hangout's cd jukebox. Sorry if you haven't received any royalties, Mr Bruford, from the jukebox plays. A group of us would play a song or two from it during our regular Saturday afternoon get-togethers.

[@hyperboreamusic3747]

was always inspired by Bill drumming with yes/genesis/KC which is why i started playing also with a weak left hand, remember seeing Earthworks in southend on sea was a good night, just wish i could play as well as Bill

[@jtlabs5633]

The quality is sooo good for 79

[@jeffmatulich6857]

This should never be removed from youtube EVER.......actually that whole concert was simply brilliant.

[@zoomzoom3950]

awesome and incomparable talent on one stage. genius. Thank you and, encore!

[@erictripton]

ALLAN!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jdhrap]

These 4 monsters could have woken up in hotels 10 miles apart driven separately to this gig and after setting up started playing this and it wouldn’t have mattered. High quality video for ‘79. Highest quality musicians.

[@RogerMFox]

🎼🪄✨THANKS, great times & Music, very much appreciated...Maybe dig up some footage with Annette Peacock singing...Much love always, Foxy🌬💨🔥🎶🔥🎵🔥🌊🐅🌊🕶

[@ER-me1ii]

Lucky enough to see Bill with UK, the first 3 tours with his own band, every Crimson tour in the 80’s and 90’s, with Yes on the Union tour, in a duet acoustic performance with Patrick Moraz. I think that was all of em. Sad I missed him with early Yes and 70’s Crim.

[@LuisEduardoGalindo]

0:51 one can only imagine what`s behind such gazing look, after such list. Bless you Bill.

[@ZenarchersLair]

Perfect rendition. Sublime to see this in hi-def translation. It was great with muddy bootlegs, but this is straight from a master tracks "dream".

[@TsunamiBeefPies]

Just wonderful! I was lucky enough to see that band, and they did not disappoint. Got a little choked up seeing--and hearing--the lamented, late great Allan Holdsworth cut loose. Thanks for releasing this. The sound quality and video restoration are quite good.

[@jimnichols7172]

always loved the way bru tunes his snare........read a story behind that ...made sense

[@nonconformist58]

I bought Feels Good to Me as a junior in HS in 1982 after hearing it on a local college radio station that played progressive rock…it was the best station WCVT 89.7 out of Towson State in Maryland

[@user-zb6zt5ju5s]

Saw Bill and this line-up at the then Oxford Poly with best mate Jasper. Outstanding and even got to interview him for the Newcastle Poly rag too! Followed his career with interest ever since with collections of every band mentioned here. Suggest getting into artist with early stuff then progressing to Earthworks latterly. R.I.P. Allan Holdsworth: exceptional and distinctive British guitarist. Dave Stewart (this one, not to be confused with Eurythmic's one) also. thoroughly recommended.

[@po03psk41]

You can’t go wrong with the signature snare sound of bill Bruford. The late Allan Holdsworth the man who changed guitar forever 🙌

[@pierremilleret698]

And with the enormous ... Jeff Berlin ! 👍😊

[@panchotorrez8427]

Rock goes to college sound so real.

[@panchotorrez8427]

🎹.

[@el0blaino]

Great piece of music, a lot of energy and a great length - doesn't outstay its welcome, leaves you happy and ready to hear it again! I couldn't get over how relaxed Allan's picking hand was, as his left hand is dancing around the fretboard to hit a rather precise composition.

[@Nothing-db1zy]

I love Bill's snare sound!! It's so delightful. But this song lives up to its name... It is a mess 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 a masterfully piece of art, mind-bogglingly executed, but many odd times signatures, veeeeeery messy!

[@edgreen8140]

God this reminds me of U. K. John weetton Bill and I'm sure I'm missing a few it's been 43 years. Thank you for loading!

[@edljnehan2811]

Oh God no not even close to UK UK were progressive rock. This music is more in the vein of Return to Forever or the mahavishnu orchestra pure jazz fusion. I don't know where you get UK from outside of the fact a couple of the musicians were in UK😮

[@ewanpakula2810]

@@edljnehan2811 Allan was also in U.K, definitely a similar sound, and that last chord! Like something straight off a UK track

[@edljnehan2811]

@@ewanpakula2810 correct I know where one Holdsworth was in UK and departed along with Bill bruford with Bill bruford stating that UK wanted to be too much like Emerson Lake and Palmer so it was time for him to go. Bill bruford always wanted to be a jazz drummer in a jazz group and that's the direction he took this group in however I see very little comparison to UK in this group

[@ewanpakula2810]

@@edljnehan2811 fair :)

[@heroinbath1877]

Amazing. As a drummer and synth nerd this video was incredible. That prophet 5 and Minimoog 🥵🥵🥵

[@F21012013R]

This is music! Timeless.

[@_tgwilson_]

A fantastic quality recording. One 9f the classic linear grooves, in 9/8 no less. Bravo sir on becoming a youtuber!!

[@loupasternak]

Fantastic , as always

[@petertomshany]

Wonderful!

[@RussellNelson]

1:50 I love the smile on your face! That's a man who loves his drumming!

[@CreativeWarrior-]

I listen to Master Strokes a lot....Great stuff, Bill!

[@jimi12666]

I love the way Billy handles the main 5/4 groove of this song. (See my previous comments. Lol.). He handles it as 2+3 and he emphasizes beats 2 and 5. It's like a backbeat version of 5/4 time. Whereas in 4/4 backbeat time emphasizes beats 2 and 4. In either case the backbeat version means emphasizing the last beat of the 2 or 3 beat subgroup. I love how mathematical music and rhythm can be. I love this video! 🎸🤘

[@rodrigorivera4679]

The main groove is in 9/8

[@rodrigorivera4679]

But what are you saying happen in the song harridan by porcupine tree, groovy song yet in a odd time signature

[@jimi12666]

No the main groove is not in 9/8. It's 5/4. You may have read a transcription that says it's in 9/8 but the transcription is wrong. You have to use your ear not just prove you can read. 😎

[@jimi12666]

I've never heard of porcupine tree.

[@RegFridge]

This is definitely in 9/8 my guy. 5/4 doesn't quite add up. Count with the hi hats and you'll feel the groove.

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love it!!

[@bytoriasnowdoggy]

Thanks so much for posting, this is over the top.. Awesome!!!

[@luke125]

Love that tune

[@christiancarland6902]

Thank you Mr. Bruford! It was funny seeing some of the girls want to dance but then loosing the beat. I'm sure there were many listening who at first were thinking WTF?, but were digging it by the end. You guys forged ahead making amazing, wonderful, and beautiful music regardless, inspiring people across the world.

[@1ouncebird]

Ahh, such memories. Thank you Bill and all of the boys in the band. Brilliant stuff.

[@stevetolliver8599]

Thank you Sir

[@thefool2007]

Fantastic music. Great channel. And that tightness in the rhythm section is quite epic.

[@wimpisan]

Super group

[@interstellaroverdriven6450]

Man what a band what a groove and what a sound! This is f'n great thanks for sharing!

[@MaccWebber]

The Birth Of Drum'n'Bass 😄

[@bobfitzpatrick8952]

Love that date! I turned 16 that next day.

[@progger53]

I've heard Zappa actually say that Holdsworth was his favorite guitarist.

[@rosanacianciosi1226]

Bill,en esa epoca te rodeaste de tres talentosisimos musicos igual que vos,gracias por la buena musica,saludos

[@jimi12666]

This band could easily have been called The Jeff Berlin Quintet. He led the thing in my book. Peace. 😎

[@DarksideOFcollages]

Mighty Mr. Bruford

[@jimi12666]

This is greatest of supergroups ever assembled in the 20th century. Any rebuttals? That's what I thought. Lol. So much greatness in one band that it flew apart like a cluster of electrons. Lol. Just and interesting note: this tune goes from 5/4 time, 2 measures of 4/4, 5/4 time, 2 measures of 4/4, 9/4 time, 5/4 time, guitar solo in 3/4 time, 9/4 time, then ends in 5/4 time. The tune is called Bealzebub because you have to make a deal with the devil to be able to play it. R.I.P. to the greatest only guitarist ever, Allan Holdsworth. And yet somehow Jeff Berlin is even cooler in this take. Thanks for showing me what music is guys.

[@paradiddle16]

Main groove seems to be in 9/8.

[@jimi12666]

@@paradiddle16 It may seem that way to you but that would make you wrong. First of all, the groove shifts to much to define this song with one groove. Secondly, the most prevalent groove here is 5/4, not 9/8. I'm not going to argue this with you anymore though. Are you a millennial? Lol. Have a great day.

[@sanchezju28]

@Jimmie Rex Wiseman Great. But,in "When in doubt,roll!" (First Bruford book)there is the original score/sheet music in 9/8😉

[@jimi12666]

Cool. We know you can read then. Lol. But the main groove is 5/4.

[@kliterantv]

Magnificent‼️🔥

[@floouk]

Stunning!

[@JFKDrummer]

Thank you! Great performance!

[@lustforkicks7392]

This was one exact week before I was born! Bill Bruford was only two months away from his thirtieth birthday when this went on, but from how youthful he looked, I would have thought he was probably only nineteen! ~Dutch

[@bobbmann5]

Incredible!

[@Darrylizer1]

Music of my long gone youth. I saw this band without Allan Holdsworth, I believe John Clarke? was the guitarist at that particular gig and I've seen Bruford many times with King Crimson. Great band, amazing playing.

[@jimi12666]

As much as I thought my previous comments on this song were accurate, Ultimate Truth demands an update. I had said that there were 2 measures of 4/4 time that occurred a few times in the tune. This is technically not correct! This is because the 4 beats in each of these measures actually occur in the same amount of time as the 5/4 measures before them. This makes it a polyrhythm! This technically means that the 4- note groups are QUARTER-NOTE QUADRUPLETS in 5/4 time! I have never seen this exact device used in music before. Talk about genius. Way to go Bruford and the boys! 😎

[@charlesdemarco3063]

I look forward to this, to hearing how 'compositional' v 'functional' is the playing vis-a-vis the album performance, which I absolutely love (and which is beautifully recorded). Speaking as a non-drummer, your play on that tune helped teach my ear about compositional interpatterning of kick-snare-hh. It's exemplary Bruford: intelligent, with delicious little asymmetries, and infectiously groovular.

[@brucegelman5582]

Always amazed me how people could sit stock still with this poly groove going down.And Holdsworth is so damn fine that he looks like he would prefer to be in Pub knocking down a pint while playing genius.

[@jimmythebold589]

you know very well that's true! i got to meet allan three times and hang out with him a bit the second time, he talked to me about his divorce and losing his studio and being afraid to go out in public... . i cofounded his semi official facebook group (allan hated facebook and also, to my surprise hated computers, or at least the interface for them) it's called 'the unreal allan holdsworth'. i quit facebook, but that's a good group if ya wanna meet allan's bandmates and management and some of his family, like his daughter, as well as thousands of actual fans of his, may he RIP...

[@josealbinogoncalvesfilho7722]

Yes, King Crimson são sempre melhores, com a presença de Bruford.

[@tizianopiada2426]

Complimenti

[@tomhamilton5261]

As brilliant today as when first released. Fantastic musicianship

[@jason-budney7624]

I would love to see a DVD/Blu-ray release of this show and other Bruford performances.

[@jason-budney7624]

@UCMi6hNPk0Pgo2nHA_n8yEOg hmm, I never have seen it, cool!

[@blackcatcentralmusic]

It was released on DVD

[@jason-budney7624]

@@blackcatcentralmusic thanks found it on discogs, it an UK release that is why I never seen it.

[@blackcatcentralmusic]

I'm in the States. Have to check but I think mine is NTSC and region 0. I have the first release circa 2007 but there is a newer release from Cherry Red in the UK

[@alfimartins6529]

Gradually going Tornado!!!

[@kevinfogarty858]

Brilliant, , Alan Holdsworth, no words!!

[@dreadedscarpia2066]

Might Allan Holdsworth have been the most fluid, inventive guitarist ever?

[@JimmyBComputerGuy]

Jeff Berlin's work helps a bit.

[@gratefulfunk6141]

@@JimmyBComputerGuy Holdsworth's playing is out of this galaxy on any album or live show.

[@et2petty]

That must be a different Dave Stewart on keyboards. Not Tourists, Eurythmics, and producer of Tom Petty and others.....?

[@JimmyBComputerGuy]

@@et2petty Must be a different guy, but I honestly don't know for sure.

[@timothydillow3160]

Have you ever heard Frank Zappa compliment anybody? I have, and it's only one person. If you haven't heard "low levels high stakes" Jean-Luc Ponty's "enigmatic ocean," soft machine's "Hazard profile" "devil take the hindmost" and of course UK first album,,, as they say, this is rarefied air. "He is a leader in a field of one." ( I believe that was Bill's quote.)

[@kathowed]

So damn good!

[@jayem1826]

It’s a damn shame I never saw this group live. I did see Alan in Buffalo, NY in 1984. The Tralfamadour Cafe. Front row table. Gamelon opened. Took photos and recorded it on a Sony Stereo Walkman.

[@autolyra9033]

Que som! Mais que demais!

[@neaituppi7306]

I would like to see if there is anything or if you can talk about, at least, your playing on Gordian Knot.

[@tobiyarbrough5239]

I sure enjoyed those 5 seconds of seeing Bruford!