Billy Squier - In The Dark

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  • Опубликовано: 2 июн 2015
  • We have re-uploaded the video to its original aspect ratio to avoid image cropping. Shot along with "The Stroke" and "My Kinda Lover", "In The Dark" is one of Billy's signature performance videos from "Don't Say No."
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  • @gordonwilliams7667
    @gordonwilliams7667 3 месяца назад +372

    All of us still listening to this in 2024 because we know good music 👍

    • @mikeh.753
      @mikeh.753 2 месяца назад +9

      Amen to that!!!!

    • @stevenstuczynski6646
      @stevenstuczynski6646 2 месяца назад +8

      Dan rite I am allllll 80s my friends🎉

    • @Shannonrenees
      @Shannonrenees 2 месяца назад +8

      @gordonwilliams7667
      Ain’t that the truth. We grew up with great tunes, that’s for sure.👍 🤘🏼💀🤘🏼

    • @duck85123
      @duck85123 2 месяца назад +5

      The pride if Swellesley MA

    • @mikemiller8975
      @mikemiller8975 2 месяца назад +7

      Listen everyday on my playlist ❤😊 best music ever❤ grew up 70s and early 80s ❤ best times ever😊

  • @PureJoyful
    @PureJoyful 6 месяцев назад +448

    Who's still here in 2024? Another great classic 💯

    • @michaelreardon3958
      @michaelreardon3958 6 месяцев назад +6

      😁 I am. Billy is still the man.

    • @raulgutierrezconstante8119
      @raulgutierrezconstante8119 5 месяцев назад +4

      ME !
      Good music lives forever

    • @earlosandwich7433
      @earlosandwich7433 5 месяцев назад +2

      Who's here making "who's listening" comments for easy likes? 😂

    • @lauramoyers5161
      @lauramoyers5161 4 месяца назад +4

      Classic rock at its finest

    • @yesmaybe3791
      @yesmaybe3791 4 месяца назад +3

      If I was old enough back then in 1981-1982, the 3 bands I would wanna see live are Billy, Def Leppard, and Van Halen.

  • @joezambory2050
    @joezambory2050 3 месяца назад +180

    I Played This Tune Loud In The 80's, And I'm Still Playin' It Loud In 2024!!! Age, 64!!! 11:40 pm

    • @paul2837
      @paul2837 3 месяца назад +4

      I, too, am still rocking out at 64

    • @austindenotter19
      @austindenotter19 2 месяца назад +1

      With ya fellow gramps!

    • @ryanand154
      @ryanand154 2 месяца назад +1

      Your golf ball concussion is forgivable.

    • @thomasjordan7289
      @thomasjordan7289 2 месяца назад +1

      Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @garycarr3857
      @garycarr3857 Месяц назад +3

      ​@@austindenotter19Official Billy Squier

  • @eliazarramirez8736
    @eliazarramirez8736 6 месяцев назад +166

    If you lived through the 80s, then you know the influence Billy had on our generation.

    • @user-ny7jo8xo6p
      @user-ny7jo8xo6p 6 месяцев назад +4

      Yes I lived through the 60's till now watching(hearing) rock n roll get better and better. Metallica still blows me away. I will always love most of rock n roll forever. Hope we can jam in Heaven! Can't wait to meet sooo many musicians!

    • @cannibal666
      @cannibal666 5 месяцев назад +3

      Hell yeah 👍

    • @dinoballiviero1607
      @dinoballiviero1607 4 месяца назад +2

      Absolutely. Very well said....

    • @drummhed83
      @drummhed83 2 месяца назад +1

      Oh the Cola of it all... Thank you 80's, 70's and 60's for me breathing the mountain air.... 67 and rockin...loud

  • @stevencharron3866
    @stevencharron3866 Год назад +2259

    Imagine a world where you pick up chicks in your Trans Am with this cassette tape blasting and that makes you cool.

    • @MajorCaliber
      @MajorCaliber Год назад +133

      Q: What could be better than a badly-made GM big-block with a ginormous decal on the hood, and a fake hood-scoop that faced the wrong way! A: Nothing!... that you could afford anway... How many Gen-Xers were conceived in the back seat of a Trans Am!??😁

    • @royvoth5366
      @royvoth5366 Год назад +176

      We were cool....

    • @hemitodd
      @hemitodd Год назад +260

      I don't have to imagine, I was there 😎

    • @MichaelCharles2011
      @MichaelCharles2011 Год назад +75

      I remember when Billy Madison tried it in ‘95 😂😂

    • @davidlewis6670
      @davidlewis6670 Год назад +166

      Hey it did happen. In that magical time called the 1980s

  • @iverk-w749
    @iverk-w749 Год назад +679

    I dont always listen to Billy Squire but when I do, so do my neighbors 👍

  • @nreising2722
    @nreising2722 7 месяцев назад +115

    WE definitely had the BEST MUSIC EVER!!!

  • @joecrandall7480
    @joecrandall7480 7 месяцев назад +188

    This man needs to be in Rock Hall of Fame, he deserves it

    • @johnnichols3113
      @johnnichols3113 6 месяцев назад +6

      His dance moves are 100% the reason he's not in. 😂
      Joking... Sort of.

  • @dinoballiviero1607
    @dinoballiviero1607 Год назад +1297

    Billy Squier, without question, deserves to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This song alone proves that.

    • @trillrifaxegrindor4411
      @trillrifaxegrindor4411 Год назад

      rrhof is a jewish milestone,anyone who loves rock couldnt give 2 fucks about it

    • @christimecarmona6810
      @christimecarmona6810 Год назад +15

      Agree! We use to go to Newport Beach in the early 80s listening to my cassette of him on my junk music blaster!

    • @dinoballiviero1607
      @dinoballiviero1607 Год назад +5

      @@christimecarmona6810 You must have good memories of that!!

    • @WW5RM
      @WW5RM Год назад +6

      DAMN STRAIGHT!

    • @Sw-nv4hw
      @Sw-nv4hw Год назад +10

      Of course the best bands r forgotten

  • @kntcole
    @kntcole Год назад +702

    I played it loud in the 80's and I'm still playing loud in 2023 age 59!

    • @dianneflores9697
      @dianneflores9697 Год назад +16

      Same, still rocking this tune at 60.

    • @susanreed5490
      @susanreed5490 Год назад +15

      Me toooooo!!! Will never get tired of Billy Squier! He for sure needs to have a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!!! ♥

    • @jjrigdon5773
      @jjrigdon5773 11 месяцев назад +5

      Yep

    • @balajiv7835
      @balajiv7835 11 месяцев назад +3

      80,90s golden days of all youths, really missing it. Journey towards death ...

    • @JH-ke2uv
      @JH-ke2uv 11 месяцев назад +4

      Me toooo! Love this song.

  • @tommymann69
    @tommymann69 11 месяцев назад +44

    WE WANT OUR OLD MTV BACK THAT PLAYS MUSIC VIDEOS!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @debmellblom
    @debmellblom 11 месяцев назад +85

    I am 74 and this has ALWAYS been my favorite song EVER! This song inspired me to learn to play the bass guitar.

    • @georgecoons6872
      @georgecoons6872 5 месяцев назад

      we sucked down the jack daniels and freched kiss in the bathroom stall. to this music.

  • @kendoglarson5419
    @kendoglarson5419 Год назад +991

    This was an amazing time for performing musicians. I don't think this Dude gets his due. This song is a straight up masterpiece.

    • @coindude69
      @coindude69 Год назад +17

      I agree, MASTERPIECE!!

    • @maxxxmodelz4061
      @maxxxmodelz4061 Год назад +28

      He has about 5 songs like this. No, he got forgotten by 1986. It's a shame because he had some banger songs from early 80s that still hold up today.

    • @johngriffee8317
      @johngriffee8317 Год назад +13

      I hear a little zeppelin in his songs

    • @kloudkreeper
      @kloudkreeper Год назад +22

      He made the unfortunate decision to allow someone else to steer the course of his future. And it failed. This is an era you can't ever replace. Was a great time to be a teen 🤟

    • @stephanieredden8861
      @stephanieredden8861 Год назад +18

      Yep, as are Lonely is the Night, My Kinda Lover, Everybody Wants You. I know The Stroke got a ton of airplay and still does.

  • @JasonHoefler
    @JasonHoefler Год назад +704

    If Jay Z can be in the rock and roll hall of fame, there is room for Billy Squire.

  • @connieblakely1632
    @connieblakely1632 9 месяцев назад +18

    Who is listening in 2023? This song still kicks ass. Generations today should appreciate great music .

  • @MobiusJack
    @MobiusJack 8 месяцев назад +69

    This one song alone has more emotion, creativity and badass-ness than all other music put out in the last ten years.

    • @rockybalboa2526
      @rockybalboa2526 5 месяцев назад +1

      yes, that is true.

    • @JB-1184
      @JB-1184 2 месяца назад

      Badass-ness I like that...I'm 56 and remember the 80's as my favorite years in life playing bass guitar in a band at bars when I was 15...Geez...Time flies.

    • @rockybalboa2526
      @rockybalboa2526 2 месяца назад

      @@JB-1184 Hi JB, I just saw your reply here and relate. Im looking for a bassist with the love, style, and sound of the 80s, to record 3 new original albums with, make music videos, and do local tours with. Basically im putting together a band. Are you in or around, the new york area? Would you like to talk more? Please let me know. Thank you.

  • @markgarduno4597
    @markgarduno4597 2 года назад +676

    When rock n roll was at it's highest level. Billy Squire needs to make a comeback to save rock.

    • @summershipula5613
      @summershipula5613 Год назад +14

      It was released in 1981.

    • @HopeLanzasdgrrll
      @HopeLanzasdgrrll Год назад +6

      🤘

    • @tootsie3612
      @tootsie3612 Год назад +11

      I saw him in 1982, in Mobile, Alabama. My best friend and I went to it together. We actually went to several concerts together. Not Peter Frampton or Fleetwood Mac though, we hadn't met yet, she was a grade younger than me.
      Billy Squier's drummer is hilarious. He went ape shit on them drums. I'll never forget it. The concerts were great at the Mobile municipal auditorium, it was general admission, so if you got there really early, you can get right in front of the stage. I did it every time. One of the places in Dallas had general admission and my boyfriend and I went there for a few concerts. Ted Nugent was one of them. He's great in concert. He did only have his loin cloth on. 😂

    • @timfool
      @timfool Год назад +11

      Rock n roll died in 1994. What's he going to do revive rock for Gen X and Boomers?

    • @jesseowens1492
      @jesseowens1492 Год назад +15

      Is Rock even a thing anymore? Music seems more confused than these transgender genZs...

  • @LizFromDecencyUnited
    @LizFromDecencyUnited 6 месяцев назад +33

    Billy Squier and Queen.
    BEST CONCERT EVER!!!! Thank you, Billy!
    *fun fact - The guy I went to that concert with, oh so many years ago, contacted me a couple of years ago thru social media. He asked for my address, said he had something he wanted to send me. I gave it to him. A few days later an envelope arrived in my mailbox. Inside? The ticket stub from THAT concert! Billy Squier and Queen at the glass house in Portland, OR!! He'd actually held onto our ticket stubs from that show for 40 years, and I was beyond blown away when he gifted me the stub of the ticket I'd used to enter the show on that amazing night!

    • @JerryBanks-ug4rq
      @JerryBanks-ug4rq 6 месяцев назад +1

      I would of liked to see you'r face when you first seen the return. ( god blessed you ) ride on. !!! ..

    • @LizFromDecencyUnited
      @LizFromDecencyUnited 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@JerryBanks-ug4rq Gotta say, I was stunned! It was such a cool gift, and to think he'd kept them for 4 decades! That's so unreal! Then he sent me a pic of a cork board he had, that had stubs from a bunch of other concerts we'd gone to that summer. He only had his, or he'd have sent me mine from all of the others. It was a magical summer, for sure! We went to probably 15 or 20 shows that summer...Aerosmith, Van Halen, Def Leppard, Motorhead, Saxon, Girls School, Black Sabbath (with Dio), Ozzy (without Sabbath), Devo, Loverboy, Heart, Foreigner, Blue Oyster Cult, Sting, Cheap Trick.... wow, I'm sure I'm forgetting some! It was a great time to be a teen, for sure!

    • @anakina1
      @anakina1 3 месяца назад +2

      I have my stubs from concerts, shows and movies, so I know how stoked I would have been to receive that. Glad you were able to experience that.

    • @brianpierce3695
      @brianpierce3695 6 дней назад +1

      I was at that concert! Great show!

  • @Smartass_Jedi
    @Smartass_Jedi Месяц назад +11

    People fotget how great Billy Squier was/is. 40 years later all his bangers still hit. Trust me, i never forgot

  • @Patrick-jx1yo
    @Patrick-jx1yo Год назад +267

    Man I miss those days. This song really takes me back. 👍🏼

  • @JonHawaii2003
    @JonHawaii2003 Год назад +327

    Dad bought me this cassette for Christmas when it came out. I was 10 or 11. He took me to see Billy with Pat Benatar a little while later. Dad was cool.

    • @Spacecadet669
      @Spacecadet669 Год назад +15

      That's a kick ass dad

    • @patriciacaruolo3132
      @patriciacaruolo3132 Год назад +4

      Yes

    • @coindude69
      @coindude69 Год назад +9

      You're dad was way more than cool!!!

    • @dinoballiviero1607
      @dinoballiviero1607 Год назад +3

      That is awesome.

    • @deasym
      @deasym Год назад +4

      I saw the same concert, but in Pittsburgh. It was my first. Stanley Theatre. My ears rang for three days. Great show

  • @johnschoonover5914
    @johnschoonover5914 8 дней назад +5

    I was born in the 60's great tunes and still listening. It's back when things made sense. Still here!!! 2024

  • @tabithaedie
    @tabithaedie 4 месяца назад +21

    Brings me back to my high school days. We had the best music.

  • @terriephillips2294
    @terriephillips2294 Год назад +391

    I just turned 65, woke up singing to this song. Thankful to the Gods of Rock & Roll that my ears have heard and my feet have danced to the greatest music ever made by mankind.🙏

    • @angelacharters7594
      @angelacharters7594 Год назад +15

      I'm 60 and happen to love Billy Squier.
      Me and Bugsy, my schnauzer...

    • @kathylucas6587
      @kathylucas6587 Год назад +15

      I’m 60 and in 1981 I had the Don’t Say No album on 8 Track blasting in my baby blue Trans Am….god I miss those days and great music!

    • @Fireal4632
      @Fireal4632 Год назад +10

      @@kathylucas6587 was born in 81. got a tape from my dad with billy on it. Changed my life, stroke was my fave!

    • @lindseydean93
      @lindseydean93 Год назад +4

      So very true. Me too. 💓

    • @vspinkdoglvr
      @vspinkdoglvr Год назад +5

      Thats so cool❣️✌️

  • @bendavidson7122
    @bendavidson7122 Год назад +257

    Billy Squire needs to be in The Rock N Roll Hall of Fame

  • @bho8906
    @bho8906 10 месяцев назад +21

    Billy Squier. I don't know where you are today but I can tell you that. You Fukn Rocked big guy. So classic ,. Hope you are well

  • @user-yk4uk1bd9f
    @user-yk4uk1bd9f 2 месяца назад +10

    Billy Squier Rocks!!! I don't care what anyone says about him and that one single video he made. He Rocks!!! That's why we are all still listening today in 2024 and beyond......

  • @StarX81
    @StarX81 Год назад +210

    His "Don't Say No" album was huge in the early 80's. Before MTV was a thing, this guy became successful because of ONE thing-TALENT!! This dude can rock with the best of them.

    • @garycarr3857
      @garycarr3857 Год назад +1

      1981

    • @garycarr3857
      @garycarr3857 Год назад +1

      Universal Music Group

    • @garycarr3857
      @garycarr3857 Год назад

      Billy Squier - In The Dark 1981

    • @Country2u
      @Country2u Год назад

      It is one of the best ... 99%.. still trying to catch up with him. 👍

    • @sherrykelley4349
      @sherrykelley4349 Год назад +1

      This was when music was worth listening to, love Billy Squire.

  • @rogerkiethsyd
    @rogerkiethsyd Год назад +39

    Dudes guitar tone is ridiculous. Way under rated guitarist.

    • @mikedavidrivera
      @mikedavidrivera 2 месяца назад

      3.8 million people may disagree with you...

    • @Katsem
      @Katsem Месяц назад

      @@mikedavidriverayeah, I would go with his vocal skills.

  • @metalwitch58
    @metalwitch58 Год назад +67

    43 years later and this album still rocks!

    • @garycarr3857
      @garycarr3857 8 месяцев назад +4

      Billy Squier - In The Dark 1981

  • @Joe..3.8.0.9_
    @Joe..3.8.0.9_ 6 месяцев назад +20

    Billy absolutely hardass rocker , super great artist !!!
    Indeed needs to be in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame !!!!!

  • @edwardvaca2627
    @edwardvaca2627 Год назад +144

    I saw the show in Albuquerque in '83. Def Leppard opened and was excellent. Don't let anyone tell you different. Billy Squire crushed it that night. Both bands were my faves and I was so excited to see them both and see them both throw down. Excellent concert, and this song killed!

    • @chriszeien9112
      @chriszeien9112 Год назад +3

      Would’ve loved to see that show. Although I was just going on 10 at the time.

    • @dirtyjersey4672
      @dirtyjersey4672 Год назад +5

      I saw the show at the Spectrum March 29 1983. Def Leppard opened also. I drove my 1972 Impala loaded with friends, despite not having any power steering from the Jersey shore.

    • @brentandre5812
      @brentandre5812 Год назад +2

      I saw the same tour in Irvine, Ca. Was my first concert to go to at age 15. Great night with both bands.

    • @ksfortier
      @ksfortier Год назад +2

      I saw the show in Portland, ME. I also saw him the summer before in Worcester, MA. He opened for Pat Benatar that night. Both were awesome concerts!!

    • @DontLetTheOldManIn
      @DontLetTheOldManIn Год назад +3

      Saw that same show in Atlanta! Was fantastic. Def Leppard was about to blow with Pyromania, but at the time Squier was at the top of his game with tons of hits!

  • @madilynejames8036
    @madilynejames8036 Год назад +117

    i cannot tell you how manyy times this song has been stuck in my head

  • @RoxanneMays-lf3tg
    @RoxanneMays-lf3tg 2 месяца назад +13

    Having a Billy Squire marathon right now❤ ruled in the 80'd still rules..dancing around house old school❤

  • @clarknawrocki9718
    @clarknawrocki9718 Год назад +358

    I'm so glad I grew up in the 70s and 80s

    • @destroytheliberalmachineno861
      @destroytheliberalmachineno861 Год назад +13

      I feel you. I'm 49 and have an 11yr old a 9yr old and a 3yr old. They will never have what I had. The freedom, the music, the friends, the perils of being a latch key kid. My wife gets so pissed when I talk about the good Ole days but she just can't understand. She was born in 84 and our days were dying out by 1990

    • @jeffs4576
      @jeffs4576 Год назад +4

      Me too!

    • @davidcarter1738
      @davidcarter1738 Год назад +4

      I'm glad we both did

    • @jentleil2183
      @jentleil2183 Год назад +10

      Ahh yes, the best eras for music

    • @sophiamilas6259
      @sophiamilas6259 Год назад +2

      Yup 👍

  • @beatleographer_10-51
    @beatleographer_10-51 6 месяцев назад +23

    In The Dark came out when I was living in SF. I couldn't get enough of it. I eventually moved back to the piney woods of East Texas, but "In The Dark" went with me. Still one of my all time faves.

    • @user-ij6mf2hp3r
      @user-ij6mf2hp3r 13 дней назад +1

      @@beatleographer_10-51 me too. Went to see Forinigor. Billy Squire opening. I had heard In the dark but didn't know the opening band did it. They played it first. They were epic! It made Forinigor sound bad. Maybe a bad night. Been a long time fan. I don't think Billy Squire opened for them anymore.

    • @hainuspilot
      @hainuspilot 6 дней назад

      Se tx here

  • @edwardfarmer4230
    @edwardfarmer4230 Год назад +165

    Absolutely Killer! Billy Squier was as good as it gets ! Forgot how talented this guy was , is.

    • @MiguelFlores-kn7qv
      @MiguelFlores-kn7qv Год назад +2

      Por mi no

    • @emmanuelemmanuel8821
      @emmanuelemmanuel8821 Год назад +5

      ! Great backup band he had! The drummer and the other guitarist sadly passed away a couple of years ago.. Bobby chuinard and I forgot the guitarist name. The bass player was top notch and the keyboard player had strong backing vocals, overall a great band.

    • @garycarr3857
      @garycarr3857 Год назад +3

      ​@@MiguelFlores-kn7qv 1981

    • @garycarr3857
      @garycarr3857 Год назад +4

      Billy Squier Don't Say No 1981

    • @bjohnson1489
      @bjohnson1489 7 месяцев назад +2

      Sing lead and play lead the original one man band fucjing awesome

  • @ronlowell3322
    @ronlowell3322 Год назад +84

    Anyone 20 years old in 1981 had this cassette blasting from speakers with 20 oz magnets out of a Pioneer Super Tuner....like me.

    • @dennisbiggs7040
      @dennisbiggs7040 Год назад +6

      How about someone who was 11,and their Mom kept flipping the light switch (Turn it down!)🤣🤣🤣
      She's been gone 12 years now and I still crank it up.
      Sure do wish I could see the lights blink though.

    • @jesss3725
      @jesss3725 Год назад +7

      Jensen triaxials bro…..

    • @kenklein9228
      @kenklein9228 Год назад +2

      My Jensens gave me Billy Squire's best.

    • @jrranch9712
      @jrranch9712 Год назад +1

      had a '74 firebird in 81,,,,crank it up n' knock th' knob off.

    • @anthonyrowland9072
      @anthonyrowland9072 Год назад +1

      @@jesss3725 my dad had kraco 6x9s in his nova lol.

  • @lisamarielegrand-ez1ms
    @lisamarielegrand-ez1ms 5 месяцев назад +20

    I'm 17 in Dallas Tx..cruising Forest Lane on a Friday night listening to Billy Squire ! This was 1981..great times with my gal pals ..yes we were smoking joints & drinking wine coolers....

    • @daviddiamond1128
      @daviddiamond1128 4 месяца назад +1

      I missed you, same thing here on Long Island. No cell phones, no drama, no BS. Just fast cars and girls and of course the best music period of the 80's. Squire played Nassau Col. here on Long Island with Foreigner. Was the hottest ticket.

    • @Stashmanfpv
      @Stashmanfpv 4 месяца назад +2

      Yep, on the West Coast we were snortin' blow and smoking some of the best herbs around... Oh, the 80's

    • @aaronpetzel4645
      @aaronpetzel4645 3 месяца назад

      Yep, same. northern Minnesota in the summer of 85. Older Buddy’s restored 65ish Mustang. First time I heard this sing. Good times

  • @2200Z
    @2200Z 9 месяцев назад +24

    My favorite song by Billy Squier. One of the best rock songs ever constructed.

    • @jasondorsey7110
      @jasondorsey7110 8 месяцев назад +2

      Fantastic singer/songwriter, makes the garbage coming out today look like amateur hour

  • @acday4679
    @acday4679 Год назад +100

    💕💕💕 My absolute favorite Squire song. "You never listen to the voices inside. They fill your ears as you run for a place to hide." THIS is the problem with our society.

  • @mikep.5517
    @mikep.5517 Год назад +181

    I was 14 when this song came out. I remember it like it was yesterday. How can more than 40 years have gone by so fast?

    • @racoley
      @racoley Год назад +1

      Yeah I'm the same age as you. Pic is old lol

    • @jimconley8753
      @jimconley8753 Год назад

      Dude

    • @jj-eo7bj
      @jj-eo7bj Год назад +1

      It goes man

    • @liljoker727
      @liljoker727 Год назад +1

      I was 11 in 1981

    • @sbron99
      @sbron99 Год назад +4

      I was 13. We grew up in a great time. Wouldn’t change it for the world.

  • @StephanieForler
    @StephanieForler 2 месяца назад +17

    I am a mom of four boys and My youngest son was recently diagnosed at fourteen with severe schizoohrenia and this song seems to relate to some of the emotions I feel for him LOST in the dark 😢

    • @MissAstorDancer
      @MissAstorDancer Месяц назад +1

      Sending you love and sending up prayers for you both! I cannot imagine, really, what you both are going through!

    • @MissAstorDancer
      @MissAstorDancer Месяц назад +1

      Had to come back and tell you I listened to the song again right after my above comment, and I will never hear the song the same way again! And that's not a bad thing, for me, meaning now I have another association to go with this song., even though I'm sad that your misfortune resulted in my new association!!
      The second verse always reminded me of my older sister, as when the song was out, I was just starting to really "learn" about my sister, iykwim.
      This is my fave Billy song, and I love it even more now!!!

    • @dianeledesma3211
      @dianeledesma3211 Месяц назад +2

      Sorry to hear that I can relate. My 26 year old has been dealing with the same thing. It's not easy at all and many people don't understand. Unless they have lived with someone with schizophrenia.. People think you can just snap out it ... But you can't 😢

    • @dianeledesma3211
      @dianeledesma3211 Месяц назад +2

      I also lost my oldest son at 25 years old from a fentanyl drug overdose.. I can totally relate to this song
      also feeling lost , lonely 🥺

    • @StephanieForler
      @StephanieForler Месяц назад +1

      @@dianeledesma3211 I'm sorry to hear of others trying to adjust to such tragedy but I hope that our outcomes are similar as well and full of love and understanding and courage and that we all find peace

  • @bobcrudo9758
    @bobcrudo9758 2 месяца назад +3

    I remember stopping to buy this cassette tape on my way to camp love this song❤️

  • @Steve-tz4rk
    @Steve-tz4rk Год назад +11

    So badly underrated. Billy never got the air time he deserved.

  • @MichaelCharles2011
    @MichaelCharles2011 Год назад +108

    Billy's best song. Full of emotion, attitude and atmosphere. I can never get enough of it.

    • @dinoballiviero1607
      @dinoballiviero1607 Год назад +5

      I couldn't have said it better.

    • @twolak1972
      @twolak1972 Год назад +3

      YUP. My favorite too
      You could tell he was having fun on stage. Too bad people judged him harshly for the video for Rick me tonight cuzhe really had a great career.

    • @kathydieting4583
      @kathydieting4583 Год назад +1

      Hello, How are you doing?

    • @coolcat6303
      @coolcat6303 Год назад +3

      It also had 2 things greatly lacking in today’s music…Melody and Originality.

    • @crusheverything4449
      @crusheverything4449 Год назад +1

      @twolak1972 - Did someone Rick roll him? Poor dude!

  • @tommymann69
    @tommymann69 9 месяцев назад +24

    BILLY NEEDS TO BE IN THE ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME

  • @chuckmercer8950
    @chuckmercer8950 Год назад +43

    This song is an absolute masterpiece in every way period

    • @garycarr3857
      @garycarr3857 8 месяцев назад +3

      Official Billy Squier

  • @terriroman6136
    @terriroman6136 Год назад +78

    Love this song!!!!! Billy rocks!!!!! Takes me back to the 80's!!! Wish I had a time machine!!!!😎🎤🎵🎸👍

    • @maureen14
      @maureen14 Год назад +3

      Hot Tub Time Machine.

    • @bcmcboot
      @bcmcboot Год назад

      I know! We'll take your mota car!!! (time after time)

    • @jimcrowley1856
      @jimcrowley1856 Год назад

      Music IS the time machine......

    • @garycarr3857
      @garycarr3857 Год назад

      @@maureen14 Universal Music Group

  • @briansimpson5664
    @briansimpson5664 Год назад +18

    As a GenX kid that grew up in the 80s and 90s I can honestly say that this song was badass in it's day and Bill Squire was underrated and under-appreciated.

  • @wyzyguy726
    @wyzyguy726 3 месяца назад +7

    This album got me interested in playing guitar seriously.. 40 plus years later.. I play most days. Thank you Billy. Great gift

  • @zeenaabdura5686
    @zeenaabdura5686 Год назад +162

    Great band, great singer, great lyrics. Love them in 2023

    • @happythepitbull7363
      @happythepitbull7363 Год назад +1

      ROCK ON BITÇHES"¢

    • @jeffrailey
      @jeffrailey Год назад +5

      Billy Squire is an awesome and very underrated musician. He’s very much influenced by Led Zeppelin. 😎🔥🎸

    • @ttswan
      @ttswan Год назад +2

      And Great Producer!! Billy dropped him (!) for the 2nd album, never regained the magic of the 1st album - everything matters!

    • @johnshort5181
      @johnshort5181 Год назад +2

      Wow music lyrics were incredible n still r

  • @williamcwynar9300
    @williamcwynar9300 2 года назад +17

    Takes me back to High School.. Great memories..

  • @smackchumps
    @smackchumps 6 месяцев назад +10

    Billy Squier is one of the best, theres no denying it. Dude is more than legit.

  • @jamesmarshalla8565
    @jamesmarshalla8565 Год назад +16

    I have to thank my father for finding some of the greatest music I’ve ever heard in my life!!! I’m 41 and this era WAS the greatest EVER!!!!😎

  • @edyrocker6009
    @edyrocker6009 Год назад +105

    Been listening to this song for weeks now.. It's a masterpiece 🎶🔥👌

  • @stevekruse2321
    @stevekruse2321 9 месяцев назад +13

    Billy Squires's Masterpiece!!!!👏👏👏👏

    • @francescadesmond8846
      @francescadesmond8846 6 месяцев назад +3

      @stevekruse2321 Amen. This song is perfection in every sense.

  • @joshvickers3825
    @joshvickers3825 2 месяца назад +6

    Definitely me! I'm 43. This came out when I was 1yrs old! Beautiful song!!

  • @DA-bp8lf
    @DA-bp8lf 6 месяцев назад +21

    When I heard this song I was 17! My mind exploded and I knew I had landed! My confidence in myself went off the charts and from this moment forward I knew there was nothing I couldn’t do! Don’t let anyone ever tell you your not good enough! If you want it bad enough, it will happen! Guaranteed!!

  • @douglas9220
    @douglas9220 Год назад +56

    What a great performer and musician. We still have him in the world, let's show Billy some love.

  • @mystify4149
    @mystify4149 Год назад +7

    Never be another billy squire

  • @joea.3612
    @joea.3612 День назад +2

    I never got to see Billy Squire in concert. I bet he puts on a great show.

  • @PersephonePo
    @PersephonePo 10 месяцев назад +13

    Music that gives goosebumps doesn't happen much lately... Glad I picked this today!

    • @officialBillySquier_
      @officialBillySquier_ 9 месяцев назад

      Hello Jennifer
      How are you doing?
      It's nice to have you here!

  • @noneedfornames24-7
    @noneedfornames24-7 Год назад +6

    Gotta love the keyboard guy with the dark shades on stage. Hells yea

  • @wesleysmith2045
    @wesleysmith2045 Год назад +67

    Life isn't easy from the singular side
    Down in the hole some emotions are hard to hide
    It's your decision, it's the chance that you take
    It's on your head, it's a habit that's hard to break
    Do you need a friend, would you tell no lies
    Would you take me in, are you lonely in the dark
    In the dark
    In the dark
    In the dark
    You never listen to the voices inside
    They fill your ears as you run to a place to hide
    You're never sure if the illusion is real
    You pinch yourself but the memories are all you feel
    Can you break away from your alibies
    Can you make a play, will you meet me in the dark
    In the dark
    In the dark
    In the dark
    In the dark
    In the dark, ah ah ah
    Don'tcha need me, hey, hey
    Don'tcha need me, oh yea
    Don'tcha need me, hey, hey
    Don'tcha need me, oh yea
    You take no interest, no opinion's to dear
    You make the rounds and you try to be so sincere
    You guard your hopes and you pocket your dreams
    You'd trade it all to avoid an unpleasant scene
    Can you face the fire when you see me there
    Can you feel the fire, will you love me in the dark
    In the dark
    In the dark
    In the dark
    In the dark
    In the dark
    In the dark
    In the dark
    In the dark, ah ah ah ah

    • @markpedroza7294
      @markpedroza7294 Год назад +6

      Thanks for the upload 🎸🎸🎸

    • @jeffhufford9976
      @jeffhufford9976 Год назад +6

      This song and the stroke got my whole soccer team fired up in the 80's. Then blasting it in my Trans Am to look for chicks was some of the best memories of that time. 40 years my kids play it for my grandkids to fire them up before their sporting events.

    • @garycarr3857
      @garycarr3857 Год назад +5

      ​@@markpedroza7294 1981

    • @garycarr3857
      @garycarr3857 Год назад +2

      Jun 3, 2015

  • @LorettaGallagher-gv1zx
    @LorettaGallagher-gv1zx 4 месяца назад +7

    Went to concert back in 1985 Def Leppard was 2nd Band playing. Wow. I was just 15 years old, my Big Sis took me.

  • @ronperry9660
    @ronperry9660 4 месяца назад +5

    Billy was great! I miss the 80's !

  • @michele8249
    @michele8249 Год назад +34

    So refreshing to hear this. Bring this sound back.

  • @raygarrett354
    @raygarrett354 Год назад +10

    The 80,s were the greatest time to be a young teenager. The music , the lifestyle and girls 😁. I would love to go back to that time and stay , the world is to weird and evil now .

    • @hotandbotheredinvegas
      @hotandbotheredinvegas Год назад +1

      OMG! I could NOT agree with you more. Life was so much easier then 💫💛💫💛💫

  • @stevebuhagiar5093
    @stevebuhagiar5093 Год назад +8

    Often overlooked and highly underrated, Billy Squier never disappoints.

  • @JoeCote-hx8ii
    @JoeCote-hx8ii 6 месяцев назад +6

    Put this man in rock and roll hall of fame.... now.... unreal.....

  • @venusgamez3020
    @venusgamez3020 Год назад +25

    Billy was ahead of his time 😃😃😃 ROCK ON . 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘✌️✌️✌️✌️🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @sunshinedaydream911
    @sunshinedaydream911 Год назад +8

    Billy has a great Christmas song: Christmas is a time to say I love you.

  • @eloyruperto5016
    @eloyruperto5016 11 месяцев назад +6

    Great song, I still blast this song and I'm 56...

    • @julesmisty
      @julesmisty 11 месяцев назад

      Me too and I'm a 63 yr old lady. Love it loud ❤

  • @jaynerdrum3546
    @jaynerdrum3546 Год назад +41

    Saw Squire open for Blue Oyster Cult at the Cow Palace in '79 and again a week or two later, I saw him open for Todd Rungren. They all did an amazing job. I feel blessed and honored to be able to see them at their prime.

  • @Halo17
    @Halo17 Год назад +27

    This whole album is pure gold. I listened to it endlessly and still love hearing this music today.🎸

  • @WillieBojangles501
    @WillieBojangles501 Год назад +6

    My favorite of all Squier tune of them all. That explosive opening is just wild.

  • @jamesthompson826
    @jamesthompson826 Год назад +5

    Saw them in concert at a little dive bar called Hammerjacks in Baltimore, best night ever.

    • @tracyhall6195
      @tracyhall6195 Год назад +2

      ..Nice ! 😃 ... I made the trek down a couple of times from West Chester, PA.(Philly burbs) to "Hammer⚡️jacks",, maybe like 1981. My roomie at WCU was from Bel Air, MD. ... Good times = Always packed and ROCKED ! 😎 🤘

  • @airforcemax
    @airforcemax Год назад +7

    *¡still enjoying 42 years later at 3:58 am Pacific Standard Time on Monday, 13 February 2023!*

  • @gofastparts4u
    @gofastparts4u Год назад +6

    I remember being about 17 or 18, so 91 or 92, and this guy in a badass '86 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe with a huge sound system was blasting "The Stroke" as he pulled up to the 1 four way stop light in Kearney, MO at 92 and 33. I stood there and thought "Now that guy is freakin' cool!".... I went and bought every Billy Squire CD i could find at Camelot. Then I was the one blasting Billy Squire in my car!

  • @Daehawk
    @Daehawk 20 дней назад +2

    Grew up as a teen in the 80s listening to Billy. I bought the albums because he always had catchy songs with great guitar work. It was the guitar work that I loved.

  • @jasonfournet180
    @jasonfournet180 Год назад +17

    Billy's voice was hard to beat.

  • @tadracket448
    @tadracket448 Год назад +6

    I don't want to live in a world where rock and roll doesn't include Billy Squire. This brings back memories I've long forgotten.

  • @stevenA44
    @stevenA44 10 месяцев назад +8

    Always loved this song. Takes me back to when I was a teen.

  • @whirlwind8825
    @whirlwind8825 10 месяцев назад +10

    When this song came out it played non stop on every rock station.. Billy is a legend .

  • @claudias6492
    @claudias6492 Год назад +27

    This is one of my favorite rock songs of all time. The lyrics and the music, and of course Billy's amazing vocals, I rock out hard core to this song everytime I hear it. Thank you Billy Squier for your passion.

  • @user-mc6cz7pl3u
    @user-mc6cz7pl3u 4 месяца назад +3

    I'm another 80'skid. I remember hearing this song at a carnival I went to after high school graduation. It was blaring from the speakers and we were all singing. I hope I never forget how great that night was!

  • @madlyn792
    @madlyn792 2 месяца назад +3

    One of my favorite bands in the 80s. Best generation EVER!

  • @maureen14
    @maureen14 Год назад +9

    Perfection.

  • @fastted9390
    @fastted9390 Год назад +21

    One man, one guitar, one song, one voice = the GREAT Billy Squire. No one and I mean NO ONE is / was as talented to be able to do all 3.
    Imagine DLR or MJ singing, playing a Gibson, and writing great songs by himself and himself alone. No one was ever THAT great. No one.

    • @trillrifaxegrindor4411
      @trillrifaxegrindor4411 Год назад

      bro,heard of tommy shaw? i love(i mean reall love) billy squire but tommy is miles above in vocal prowess and guitar skill.
      you know,styx,damn yankees etc....renegade? blue collar man? too much time on my hands?

    • @MrChazz965
      @MrChazz965 Год назад

      Stevie Ray Vaughan! We all have favorites.

  • @jaguarpaw4632
    @jaguarpaw4632 4 месяца назад +3

    This song gives Bluetooth new meaning in 2024 ❤ we lived life out loud back then 💜

  • @patti1664
    @patti1664 Год назад +5

    Billy Squier was awesome and the first video I ever saw on MTV. "The Stroke" I wanna go back to the 80's!!!!

  • @lisa.com25
    @lisa.com25 Год назад +5

    Hello your music made my memorys of my good past thank you. I love you Billy

  • @sherrykfun
    @sherrykfun 10 месяцев назад +5

    I love how the drummer is not stuck in the back of the stage so we can see him play. Important part of the team.
    Sad note that he passed. 😢

  • @annettegioia5983
    @annettegioia5983 Год назад +9

    I love his music and the way he sings and dances on stage! Great music! Still listening at 58!

  • @javiervasquez5389
    @javiervasquez5389 Год назад +4

    Great song always bumped this song had a SS Chevelle

  • @twolak1972
    @twolak1972 Год назад +50

    He had a VERY GOOD VOICE and was a phenomenal guitar player. Your songs are still played today BILLY and stood the test of time. 80,S FOREVER.

  • @user-ux3pi2vz7s
    @user-ux3pi2vz7s 4 месяца назад +3

    I love you Billy please keep it coming ❤❤❤

  • @lorenhooke8986
    @lorenhooke8986 Год назад +35

    I think Billy is underrated.. awesome musician.

    • @skunyon6195
      @skunyon6195 Год назад +1

      Oh look the Under-Rater showed up…..

  • @noelwarner1235
    @noelwarner1235 Год назад +9

    Singing lead and playing lead doesn't get any better than that where are you today Billy?