Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen (Official Music Video)
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- Опубликовано: 8 мар 2009
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Official video of Billy Idol performing Sweet Sixteen from the album Whiplash Smile.
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Who's listening this masterpiece in 2024?
From 14 till 49 y.o.
❤❤❤
Never stopped listening to this masterpiece. Find Coral Castle a fascinating story that goes unsolved
Right now
I do!
My mom passed away last year at 78, but she absolutely loved this song, I love you mom❤
RIP Ed-
Edward Leedskalnin was born in Riga, Latvia on August 10th, 1887. When Ed was 26 years old, he became engaged Ed to marry his one true love Agnes Scuffs. Agnes was ten years younger than Ed and he affectionately referred to her as his “Sweet Sixteen.” Agnes canceled the wedding just one day before the ceremony.
Heartbroken and deeply saddened by this tragic loss, Ed set out on a lifelong quest to create a monument to his lost love that has become one of the world’s most remarkable accomplishments, originally called Rock Gate Park but now known as the Coral Castle. With no outside assistance or large machinery Ed single-handedly built the Coral Castle, carving and sculpting over 1,100 tons of coral rock, as a testimony to his lost love, Agnes.
Billy Idol saw this documentary on the popular TV show: "In Search Of" with Leonard Nimoy. Billy was so moved by this story that he wrote a song about it. The rest is history...
Thanks
Sweet Sixteen, her actual name was - Hermīne Lūse
Thanks Wikipedia❤😅
Una canción hecha una obra de arte ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Gostei muito de saber obrigada por ter escrito show parabéns valeu garoto e nois
The most beautiful Billy Idol song, hands down
Good point
Talaga namang maganda ang kanta Niya 🎶✨☺️
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Brasil 🇧🇷
Absolutely!!
TROOF!!!!!
I don’t think people truly appreciate how damn talented this man is
@Dan Dugan I love Scotland!
I know right! Definitely one of the best artists of all time ❤️ under appreciated vocalist too!
Yes, Natalie, you're the only one in the world genius and enlightened enough to realize that this man, who happens to be famous and has been famous for the past 40 years, and has several billion views on his songs, is actually a talented man.
We're all in awe at your ability to recognize talent and we all wish we could do the same.
I do from glasgow Scotland
I have to concur with you Natalie. I like BI back in his GenX days too. Always have, he was and is, special. I could never understand why his whiplash smile cassette was always to be seen in the bargain bins. I guess most people did not appreciate him. I do.
Who WILL NEVER STOP listening to this Masterpiece?.
I am sixteen years old and I searched sweet sixteen just to see that anything can make me nostalgic in future. 😅
And I found this masterpiece 🖤
temasoooooo
😢😢😮😮😮😮 1:57
Do a little research on the crazy story about Agnes's 16 and Coral Castle in Homestead, FLORIDA. Trust me that Latvian guy was special!
i wish i was 16 and not 42 lol. and poor billy is 68 now
@@alexandersokolov6684 Yeah sure🤍
Listening in 2024!!!🎉
I used to hear my dad sing along to this in the living room when I was a kid. 5 months ago, he passed away and I played all the Billy Idol songs he loved at his funeral. Rest in peace, Dad 🙏🏼
RIP 🙏
YOUR DAD HAD GREAT TASTE IN MUSIC LILLY ALWAYS CHERISH HIS MEMORIES BILLY IDOL WAS OUR ROCK AS KIDS AND AN AMAZING SINGER KEEP THAT LEGEND GOING SWEETHEART BLESSINGS TO YOU XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Sorry for loss, Lily. My dad passed away 6 months ago 😢.
God bless your dad and mine too.
I'm sorry you lost your dad, it's one of the most difficult things we have to experience in our lives, losing our dear parents, all the memories, the Christmases and birthdays, so many special moments all left to our memories. You will see your dad again.
He had a really really good taste in music.....sorry for your loss
I don't understand how this song is never on his top 10 lists. It tells a story, paints a picture, and his vocals are on point. Its my personal favorite.
I never understood it until now, love it as i love Him
I never really got Idol's image. They tried desperately to market him as some kind of punk but his hits were pretty much pop. So it might have been this attempt of covering too many bases at once and some schtick getting in the way of doing things the rational way, ending up with a romantic song with him in the video showing the middlefinger.
@@Jon-zg8bw fd3
@@Schmidtelpunkt He was originally a punk though. He started his career playing in a Punk band called Generation X, which was part of the early British Punk scene alongside the likes of the Sex Pistols and the Clash, and were the first Punk band to ever appear on the BBC show Top of the Pops, altough they were looked down upon and hated by many of the early punks who saw Billy and Gen X as "posers", because ever since then they were leaning towards a more "pop punk" sound, (altough the term hadn't been coined yet at the time), singing mostly about love and relationships and sex and other stuff like that, and they eschewed the nihilism, militant attitude and radical politics of the early Punk scene (they had a couple of attempts at political commentary on their first album, and played some concerts for "Rock against Racism", but other than that they never got into that stuff, and decided early on that they didn't want to get very political) . And also because they were never afraid to admit who influenced them ( the Beatles, The Stones, The Who, Elvis, Bowie, Gary Glitter, T-Rex, Slade etc.), which were acts that most punk bands were influenced by, but they wouldn't admit it because they didn't want to break "the Punk code", which meant that they were supposed to be opposed to all the "rock dinosaurs" that came before them. John Lydon from the Sex Pistols once famously called Billy Idol "the Perry Como of Punk". From what I understand Billy's image after he went solo was entirely his creation. He carefully crafted every detail, from his clothes to his hair and his stage moves. From what I understand he was trying to combine his earlier Punk style and persona with elements of Elvis, Gary Glitter and Bill Fury in their prime. Also, one of his first solo hits "Dancing with myself", was actually a re-recording of an earlier song of his from his time in Generation X, and was very much Punk, and a lot of his solo music did have a certain punk influence in it. Billy is just a very versatile musician that likes to experiment with a lot of different genres like Pop, New Wave, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Electronica etc.
Because almost every song Billy does is AMAZING
This song will never age and still sounds as good nowadays
This song came out when I turned 16, I loved it. The masculine voice and the words - was so romantic... what a beautiful song.
There are certain 80’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them
I feel you. Another one is Don't cry tonight by Savage
@@djciko999 Yes! "Don't cry Tonight" is a masterpiece. Italian classic Italo-Electro.
Agree.
♥️
Totally agree...
Today is my 16th birthday and my dad sent me this
Update: It's my 20th Birthday today. I am a Vet student now, first year of Vet school. I found love again. Life has been much better lately, it really feels worth living.
best gift for a sixteen birthday, imagine it was composed for you...on your father request
My dad did the same thing with me when I turned 18, he sent me Alice Cooper's "I'm Eighteen"
That's awesome
Your dad is one cool dude !
Lol am sixteen too but I don't have a dad 😢
Such a mysterious, somewhat unsettling, otherworldly melody but it is beautiful in a melancholic sort of way. Hard to put your finger on it.
Like the soundtrack of a dream state..
I agree
a surreal song
Like ripping off other people's comments, eh?
ITs dedicated to a man who built Coral Castle. The mans girlfriend never saw it even though he dedicated it to her.
What a song, what a singer. So many feelings. This is pure magic. Billy Idol, one of the best rocker of all time.
Billy Idol was my brother's favorite singer. He was killed in a car accident in 1985 so He didn't get to hear all of his songs. I miss my brother very much!
:(
:'(
:(
my condoleances
maybe Billy Idols music helps him remember how he liked it...your brother lives forever in your heart, take care from Holland
sorry to hear your loss, love his voice as well!!
this song makes me cry for some reason. its so beautiful, i love his vocals and this will probably be one of my forever favorite songs
Me too… Strangely enough it kind of gives me the same feels as “Wicked Game” by Chris Isaak. Haunting, intoxicating, incredibly sultry yet it also feels like heartache…💔❤️🩹
@@yankeeladee02 Ahh I was going to say the same thing! I always think of wicked games when I hear this song!
Well this song is based on real people. Real person that is
@@NEnigma777 FR THO
@@acecrowncat1439
Edward Leedskalnin and his love Agnes "Sweet Sixteen" Skuvst.
He was SO GORGEOUS!! I was SO caught up in his music I actually didn't notice how good-looking he was back in the 80's!🔥🔥🔥But, I do NOW!
This is a masterpiece frm Billy Idol .Nothing can beat the 80,s
Masterpiece yesterday ;
Masterpiece today ;
Masterpiece tomorrow!
🙌
Masterpiece now, today, tomorrow and always!
Zauvijek
Love the way Billy could go from a headbanging song like rebal yell and pull a beautiful ballad like this and eyes without a face off .genius 😃
Completely agree.... He’s rude and tender at the same time !!! 😘
Love you
This song reminds me of the way Elvis Presley used to sing.
Gaby bashun
i couldnt have said it better. Perfect way to describe him
This is my final hour of beeing 16 years old... Damn, time goes really fast... 16 years old were the best years of my life... First love, first kiss, we had a really funny evenings with my friends... Tomorrow I'll be 17 years old, and man, I'm nearly crying, while listening this song... I won't be able to repeat these years... Good luck everyone...
happy first day of being 17!! live it up 🩷. currently listening rn but i’m 15 gonna be turning 16 in october, but i feel you. why does time have to pass by so quickly i remember just turning 13 now three yrs later i’m already almost done with my teen years 😞 but we will be okay !! take care ❤️
This song is not about being 16. :)
Disfrutalo, el tiempo pasa volando
No worries, best years are yet to come, I just turned 25 and thinking back to the time I was 16…and I’m thankful that I’m not 16 anymore 😂 life gets better with time ❤️
Обожаемый на 1000%. Всегда плохой хороший парень. Лучшим был и на всегда остаёшься. Это любовь на всю жизнь ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This song really showcases how good his voice really is. He has a beautiful voice.
I will always love Billy.❤️his voice is so beautiful.❤️❤️❤️❤️
YESSSS. 😇🎉❤
I love his voice in this song, it sounds raw,deep and raspy
Yes he does. It's hauntingly good.
I am turning 16 today and this song just makes it better.
happy birthday and me too!
@@brookreich happy bdayy
Bro you look 25
me too!! i’m 16 today!!!
@@cloroxbleach8661 happy bdayy! I hope you have an amazing one!
Cette chanson est un chef-d'œuvre. J'ai 58 ans et je l'adore. Merci Billy❤️
Ohl oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh..............!!!!!!!
@@marcelavega4557 oui! Oui oui oui oui oui oui?
Il est " tellement ! " .. tout . 💙🎶
Yes still listening 2024 who couldunt fall in love with this
Oh my God. His voice this song his beautiful face!!!
This video crushes my heart!!
Absolutely! Billy Idol is a genius, he is still playing the best music. He is still around at the age of 66. Should be in Rock n Roll Hall of Fame tomorrow morning when they open. 🐻👍👍
Saw Billy Idol in 2019, he was so awesome, full of energy and played all my old favorites . Billy you are an amazing Rock Idol 💞
How lucky you are ! Where was this gig ? I can cry all my tears , but no show in France ... Here are my favorites :"Rebel yell " " Eyes without a face " " Blue Highway " . Not very original , sorry ...
This song was written about Edward Leedskalnin and the Coral Castle he built in Homestead Florida. His 16 year old girlfriend turned him down, he was heartbroken. He left Latvia. he settled in Homestead and built the Castle (pictured at the start of the video) as a monument to her. He worked at night ,no one ever saw him working.
Such a mysterious, somewhat unsettling, other-worldly melody but it is beautiful in a melancholic sort of way. Hard to put your finger on it.
Like the soundtrack of a dream state.
Great description!
Totally agree. When I was young I didn't like hearing this song, because it gave me uncomfortable feeling. Like becoming sad or something like that. But as I grew older I started to value the feeling from this song, because actually it's the only song that's able to give me this unique feeling.
Look up voral cadtle homestead florida the song has to do w that
It's about the love story of the guy that built Coral Castle. He was engaged to marry a 16 year old girl who pulled out of the engagement. He ran to America and built Coral Castle in her memory.
It's about the creator of Coral Castle, Florida
My favourite song of Billy. He will always be a legend. A really nice guy.
true
"Sweet Sixteen" was inspired by the true story of Edward Leedskalnin, a Latvian emigrant who single-handedly built the Coral Castle in Florida. In Latvia, Leedskalnin was set to marry Agnes Skuvst, but she broke the engagement and Leedskalnin decided to immigrate to America.
My beloved granddaughter is 16 today!
From Russia with love ❤️
one of the best things about 50 years old,is the fact that i lived my teenage years in the 80's that is priceless and i am grateful !!!
I'm so glad I grew up in the 70s and 80s to
its true
I WAS 13 YEARS OLD WHEN I LISTENED THIS SONG, NOW I'M 46 AND STILL I LIKE IT SO MUCH!!!
I have the similar story.
Same ...
Yes, times sure flies by, unfortunately; I remember buying this cassette (Whiplash Smile) back in 1987.
I Know exactly what you're talking about !
Me to and am 46 will be 47 on Saturday. He still great.
It is a shame this wasn't re-released a couple of years later when people caught up.
Such a gorgeous song.
Criminally under-heard.
I had long suspected he was as much a soul singer as a rock singer. This song proved it. Great song. Great vocalist.
he doesn't get enough credit for his understated songs, this and eyes without a face are such great songs
Definitly one of the greatest songs of the fabulous 80's....🎶💕🎉
Almost 40 years later still have to hear these songs, the hidden gems are not the popular radio songs!
Amo todas as músicas do Billy, mas essa é a minha preferida! 😍🥰❤
Minha também! Abraço!
Eu gosto muito dessa e igualmente da Eyes Whithout a face. O cara é fera!
Looking back Billy was the Elvis of my generation.
He should be in the hall of fame. Who is more iconic than Billy Idol?
No, who is this guy? Jay Zee and Beyonce deserve to be in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame!
@@thomaskwiatkowskiesq.328 Stop just stop..
@@thomaskwiatkowskiesq.328 You are ironic, right?
@@thomaskwiatkowskiesq.328 trollboy lol
Thomas Kwiatkowski, Esq.
you're kidding right?
Billy Idol wrote this song about the Coral Castle located in Homestead, Florida. A Old Man had Built a Castle made out of Large Blocks of Coral Decaded to a 16 year old Girl that he had Fallen in Love with when he was Young!
Here I am after not being a good person to my family. Even my mom don't want to talk with me and hang up on me. I don't have guts to confess my love to my crush and other problems. And this song makes me even cry more. I hope I'll come here after being away from my problems and see this comment here and remember how depressed I was...
I wish the new generation has artists like Billy Idol :( I'm 20 and just recently found Billy and I'm in love
I'll do anything
For my sweet sixteen
And I'll do anything
For little run away child
Gave my heart an engagement ring
She took everything
Everything I gave her
Oh, sweet sixteen
Built a moon for a rocking chair
I never guessed it would rock her far from here
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy brain
And filled it in
Well, I'll do anything
For my sweet sixteen
Oh, I'll do anything
For little runaway child
Well, memories will burn you
Memories grow older as people can
They just get colder
Like sweet sixteen
Oh, I see it's clear
Baby, that you are all through here
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy house
To house her in, oh-oh
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy brain
And filled it in
And I do anything
For my sweet sixteen
Oh, I do anything
For little run away girl
Yeah, sad alone and blue
Hey, gettin' over you
How, how do you think it feels?
To get up in the morning, get over you
Up in the morning, get over you
Wipe away the tears, get over you
Get over, get over
My sweet sixteen
Oh, runaway child
Oh, sweet sixteen
Little runaway girl
Gave my heart an engagement ring
She left everything
Everything I gave her
Sweet sixteen
Built a moon for a rocking chair
I never guessed it would rock her far from here
Oh, oh, oh
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy house
And house her in
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy house
To house her in
And I'll do anything
For my sweet sixteen
Oh, I'll do anything
For little runaway child
Do anything
For my sweet sixteen
I'll do anything
For little runaway girl
Little runaway girl
Oh, sweet sixteen
Oh sweet sixteen
Oh-oh
What does he mean, by "Someone's built a candy brain and filled it in"?
@@platinumare I really don't know, but I can assume that he means someone has put a lot of sweet ideas into her mind, to "convince her, make her fall in love"... but referring to that as a more "poetically derogatory" way, I would think... I don't know xd
@@platinumare candy castle, meaning illusions. Delia Morris
I'm going back to you and show you the first time I have been with someone who has probably had the tendency to get in touch with the guy who this was in the lobby to be in my office for sure
@@platinumare It emphasizes her youth, vulnerability and immaturity.
I can’t adequately describe this Beautiful song. Suffice to say: Steve’s lines are absurdly underrated, and Wiplash Smile is just as underrated.
Ah..! l'estate dell'86...
Indimenticabile...
For my sweet sixteen
🌴❤️🌹😘
Holy crap... I haven't heard this song in 35 years... It's far better than I remember it being on Mtv when I was a kid...his vocals are damn amazing and he's just beautiful to look at 🔥
Especially balanced against the current ugliness of the covid 'event'
@@ZebeddiDooDah yes... definitely
i've never heard it period but it sounds cool and catchy :)
Love this song so much and yes, he is so before to look at 😍🔥
but did u get it
my grandad used to sing this to my granny because they met when they were sixteen.... he died a few days ago and this song just reminds me of him so much
Bull shit. No grandad is that cool. :)
Absolutely a masterpiece 💪
Rest in peace uncle Gerald. Thank you for showing me Billy Idol when I was a four year old Child.
I love how deep and sexy his voice sounds on this record. It's tantalizing
Шедевр! Слушаю и вспоминаю, что когда-то я был молод, полон сил и вся жизнь была впереди! Прекрасная песня!
Легенда! Лучшая песня всех времён!
👌
отличный посыл. нечего добавить
да ряльна тож самое
Rusia fuerza Moscú
I keep expecting Chris Hansen to walk in and say, "Billy, have a seat right there ..."
my mom sent me this for my 16th birthday, we haven’t been talking for several days and so i thought she couldn’t care about me anymore
when i read the lyrics tears were running down my face and my heart broke into a lot of pieces
sorry if i’m not who you wanted me to be i love you more than everything mom❤️
I love this song in my sweet sixteen in 1987. Billy Idol claims in live performances that his song "Sweet Sixteen" was inspired by the story of the Coral Castle, Author of Coral Castle was born ir Latvia. Unhappy love story had reason to emigrate to USA and
built Coral Castle consist of 1,100 short tons (1,000 mettric tons) of stones in the form of walls, carvings, furniture and a castle tower. He built castle for her unhappy love.
That story is awesome and really spooky. I recognized Coral Castle in the opening photo, but never realised the relationship. Love this song even more now.
To anyone else interested in a little supernatural Americana; look into Coral Castle. Dude may have harnessed a certain power...
Billy Idol was the realest person in history, he is not faking, his facial expressions tells you exactly what's he feeling. There's no tv person, youtuber, thwtch streamer or whatever more perfectly connected with the camera than Billy Idol, and this was 1985!
Saw him sang this live a few years ago..his voice was very mesmerizing ...Yes! listening to this in July 2023...got it on repeat in the car..
as a 16 y/o who’s in love with billy idol this is pure heaven
I like how Billy was always channeling Elvis with that angry snarl of his. Love this song with his melancholy raspy vocals and that great atmospheric melody. I think it's one of his very best tracks and still holds up almost 30 years later
+Shane Anthony I couldn't agree more! I love this song.
+Shane Anthony Right on - I am a lover of women and will B to my last breath but I envy his good looks. He is awesome :) This song here is amazing. His best song IMHO :D ....Chris Isaak comes 2 mind but he can't touch this masterpiece....
+Shane Anthony talk about holding up. Me not being much or at all into music, I don't know alot of songs. I've heard it in the radio recantly and initially thought its a brand new song. It really sound very contemporary..
+Verithiell
That's true. It doesn't have your typical synthesizer sound or a great sax/guitar solo which was a trademark in so many 80's songs. It's stripped down to a basic acoustic vibe and non specific to a particular decade.
+honeycat535 She might have been his sweet 16 back when they were both much younger. He might be looking back down the years. He might have written it when he was 18.... many explanations.
"Sweet Sixteen" was inspired by the true story of Edward Leedskalnin, a Latvian emigrant who single-handedly built the Coral Castle in Florida. In Latvia, Leedskalnin was set to marry Agnes Skuvst, but she broke the engagement and Leedskalnin decided to emigrate to America. He built the Coral Castle there in dedication to Skuvst, who he often referred to as his "Sweet Sixteen". Idol wrote the song after watching "The Castle of Secrets", an episode of Leonard Nimoy's program In Search of... which was based on Coral Castle. The song was written during the making of Idol's 1983 album Rebel Yell.
In his 2014 autobiography, Idol described the song as a "heartfelt lament". He added that while the castle was Leedskalnin's "coral memorial" to his former love, "Sweet Sixteen" was Idol's to his then-girlfriend Perri Lister.
I listen this song in my birthday 16 in year 1987, i love you billy, we are old now, kisses from argentina.
"Sweet Sixteen"
I'll do anything
For my sweet sixteen,
And I'll do anything
For little run away child
Gave my heart an engagement ring.
She took ev'rything.
Ev'rything I gave her,
Oh sweet sixteen.
Built a moon
For a rocking chair.
I never guessed it would
Rock her far from here
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen.
Someone's built a candy brain
And filled it in.
Well I'll do anything
For my sweet sixteen
Oh I'll do anything
For little runaway child
Well, memories will burn you.
Memories grow older as people can
They just get colder
Like sweet sixteen
Oh, I see it's clear
Baby, that you are
All through here
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen,
Someone's built a candy house
To house her in.
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen.
Someone's built a candy brain
And filled it in.
And I do anything
For my sweet sixteen
Oh, I do anything
For little run away girl.
Yeah, sad and lonely and blue.
Yeah, gettin' over you.
How, how do you think it feels
Yeah to get up in the morning, get over you.
Up in the morning, get over you.
Wipe away the tears, get over you,
get over, get over...
My sweet sixteen
Oh runaway child
Oh sweet sixteen
Little runaway girl.
Gave my heart an engagement ring
She left everything
Everything I gave her
Sweet sixteen
Built a moon
For a rocking chair,
Never guessed it would
Rock her far from here
Oh, oh, oh
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen.
Someone's built a candy house
To house her in.
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy house
To house her in.
And I'll do anything
For my sweet sixteen
Oh, I'll do anything
For little runaway child.
Do anything
For my sweet sixteen
I'll do anything
For little runaway girl
Little runaway girl
Oh sweet sixteen
Oh sweet sixteen
Oh
Thank you
Thanks for the words to this great song
Iconic tune 🤩
Rolling stones you're sweet siexteen
Weird I randomly clicked this post first...I was actually looking for lyrics...
When first I saw the love-light in your eye
I thought the world held naught but joy for me
And even though we drifted far apart
I never dream but what I dreamt of thee
I loved you as I've never loved before
Since first I saw you on the village green
Come to me ere my dream of love is o'er
I love you as I loved you, when you were sweet
When you were sweet sixteen
I loved you as I've never loved before
Since first I saw you on the village green
Come to me ere my dream of love is o'er
I love you as I loved you, when you were sweet
When you were sweet sixteen
one of my all time favorite songs as a 16 year old in the 80's on MTV. I had a huge crush on Billy Idol.
I feel like crying listening to this song , so pure, so grateful to have known this song since when it was playing on the radio followed upon its release, 80's Power. In Those days, decade, No Smart Phone s, No Xboxes, No Playstations, just, , Vinyl and and Cassette. and the Music was so good.
This song is very touching to me… the way Billy delivers the lyrics creates this beautiful emotional feeling. I just love this song. ❤️
Billy idol is so underrated he's a great song writer and storyteller to me he had some of the best songs of the 80s and 90s he's a true rock legend
The music is wonderful, but his vocals are AMAZING in this song. Love it.
Billy wrote this song inspired by the amazing story behind the Coral Castle near Miami that was build by Ed Leedskalnin, Latvian engineer who built the whole park by himself in order to prove his worth to his "sweet sixteen" how he called his runaway girl that he proposed to while still living in Latvia.
Da li znas da je Billy I. u illuminatima... : (
No, it was the name of the electrical thing, that made the sawing of the stones possible.
Older thing had 8 points, and the "sweet sixteen" had 16 points.
During the day He run a car to recharge the accumulators,
and during the night, he used to saw the stones.
As song tells "I could do anything" And so He did.
Whole castle, that bufles even today.
@@observer6294 like the history lesson💯👍🇮🇪
абвгдђежзијклљмнњопрстћуфхцчџш been there 3 times . It's also on a key line
@@observer6294 Really, then why does he show a picture of the Coral Castle with Ed in it at the beginning of the video? I've been to the Coral Castle. There is a signed picture of Billy there because he did visit, and he was so taken with the story, that he wrote a song about it.
Oh my... Billy Idol the ultimate punk rocker. Sorry music like the 80's is few and far between now. They just dont make them like they used to.
Kerry Howard Now we have to deal with shaking black asses and mambo jambo crap; sick era now lol
Kerry Howard He's hardly punk with this song. He gave up punk way before this came out. Please don't do that lame age thing either. If you actually tried to remember clearly, there was just as much crap music back then as there is now. The 80s was full of garbage music.
Kerry Howard amo você você é linda
We saw him in concert in October 2023 in the UK 🇬🇧 and he was brilliant, and we had a fantastic time
I'm ashamed I've never heard it, and only found out about this song 10 minutes ago when I was reading up on the Coral Castle. I love this song and his vocals and delivery are great for this.
❤️💥
I remember when i was only 5 years old,and driving in the backseat of my mothers car.
I turned around to watch the trees behind the car and then this song turned on on the radio
It was something about it that made me remember it
:)
Dont say who's listening we will always listen to this song
Spettacolo! Che bei ricordi. Sound inconfondibile
Masterpiece ,de bons souvenirs et belle époque
Please Doctor I am trapped here, please bring me back where I belong:
THE 80'S!!
What would you do if you suddenly went back to 80s and can go back and forth in time without changing history?
IKR, fk 2020!
@@Jeffro5564 have fun. Live life. Be happy.
You are so right!! Even me i want to Go Back , where i belong. Very very good comment. Thank you!
@@katjapilz7500 You are welcom Katja :-) Thank you for the nice comment.
So thankful this music was part of my life growing up, 80's baby!
My favorite Idol song out of them all.
Unrated as hell
I love stranger
If I was 16 again I would never board the rocket ship I would spend my life with the handsome talented man (Billy idol) forever ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Listening to my youth now at 40 makes me cry a little. Where did it all go so quick?
I am also. Feeling the same like you brother
Malcontent Yes- I feel the same..🤔✌💞
40 is young.
I'm 50 and it's always been the 80s. I get ridiculed about it but it works for me.. It's easy if ya try.
hearing you bring on time travel
The actual story behind this song is just awkward and amazing 😮
A classic tune and a real musical masterpiece from the lyrics to the heavenly backing track.
Билли - чудо! Все восьмидесятые прошли с его песнями. Спасибо огромное!
Точняк Бро, юность вспоминается и мураши по коже🍺🚬🎸🏴☠️
This is song is on another level
Icon Billy idol ! 👏👏
A really epic 80s song from Billy Idol. It featured on an equally epic Miami Vice episode too of the era as I remember. 80s were the best. 😊
I was 16 when this was on the charts. My first serious boyfriend looked just like Billy, I was so in love with him and this song. He wanted to marry me, my mum told him to bugger off. I ran into him when I was in my 20"s and was thankful I hadn't married him, but etched in my memory is the beauty of this song and my first love in 1986...
that sounds great, frankly
What wa your boyfriends name?
You're 51 now?Like me...I want to be 16ans 😪😪😪
Who thankful Kaia?
Oh like Kaia Gerber?
@@vilhjalmrwt His name was Dean 🥰
This is what real music is not the cap that is on today! bring bk real music.
I think my daughter was conceived when this song came out...lol I love him every time I seen him and I still love all of his songs, beautiful man , with an amazing voice.
Now I understand that life has a meaning, it continues until I achieve happiness!!
Not only the best ballad from "whiplash smile", but the best Billy's ballad from all.
Has to be one of the most beautiful, sweetest love songs of all time with such a sad story and you can just imagine the pain the guys going through and to make it even more sad it’s based on a true story 💔
I always hoped to hear this song at sunset on my sixteenth birthday, driving around my hometown in my father's convertible. Instead, I heard it as the clock struck midnight, while looking out the 33rd floor window in Manhattan. I'll be in New York again next month. I have Billy Idol tickets a few months later. Life is an endless unfoldment.