@@WooBino. Me and my wife saw him live in the 80's in Virginia. Billy Idol was a legit punk animal, watch his interviews. My wife fought her way to front of the stage, I fought my way to the front of Steve Stevens amplifier stack. It was a great time.She touched Billy Idol's foot, I got my ears blasted.
@@AirplayBeatsBilly Idol was a “bad boy,” he wasn’t fronting. As others have noted, he came from the mid-to-late ‘70s British punk scene. Also, the guitarist, Steve Stevens, is phenomenal. Check out Michael Jackson’s “Dirty Diana” video, Stevens plays guitar on MJ’s #1 hit.
Funny story… in the late 90’s Billy’s son was in the same Little League as my girlfriend’s son and Billy played a couple of acoustic songs at the Leagues opening ceremony. Not only that, the team’s coach was Tim Hauser, the great singer and leader from The Manhattan Transfer… life in Southern California.
Billy Idol has great arrangements and musical transitions, that's what I like about him, the style, a mix of punk rock and pop music and a little blues. Great song, great video.
Billy is the real thing. He came from the 70s punk days in the UK, hanging with the Sex Pistols and all those people. He was in a band called Generation X first, which had some good stuff, then he went solo with this guitarist, an American named Steve Stevens. He's not fake, this is just very 80s stylized. Watch 'Rebel Yell', 'Mony 'Mony', 'White Wedding' etc. He's a great song writer and has a deep catalogue with different styles. He's liked by all the huge rockers and kind of a genre unto himself. He and Steve still touring to big audiences and still crushing it.
Two of Billy's best tracks include "Cradle of Love" and his cover of LA Woman. They both showcase his vocal style with a solid rock backing track. Neither song will disappoint; they are both "bangers" and should not be missed.
I love you did this one. It always gets slept on. Another one that was equally well done with a good video is CATCH MY FALL. Also, another banger of his that doesn't have a video is BLUE HIGHWAY.
Hahaha! I used to try to sing Billy Idol songs in our bar band in the 80’s… I was uh… well, I tried hard. But it was fun. Billy was an old punk who made a transition to 80’s pop. He got people going anyway.
Here’s a few suggestions. Hollywood Director David Fincher directed Billy’s cover (on video) of The Doors, LA Woman. It’s slick. Should react to the whole “Whiplash Smile” album. Steve and Billy are still tearing it up live. There’s some great concert videos as well as plenty of audio recordings of their shows….. 👈✨
Back in the days when the video came out we all tried to immitate his facial expressions... and failed :D White Wedding is still my favourite but this and Eyes without a Face were great as well. And guys, Rap was very much alive at that time and everywhere, even here in Switzerland with Breakdance competitions etc. A lot of people nowadays thing that Hiphop originated in the early 90s, it was around in the ghettoes in the 60s, during the New Wave phase in the late 70s, early 80s it became mainstream. Grandmaster Flash for example. The 80s were a colourful mix of rock, glam metal, post-punk, goth, disco, rap, synth-pop, prog, and soul. Billy Idol was Pop-Punk.
I thought I'd suggest another tune by a band you've reacted to before and seemed to enjoy their tunes. So, if interested give this one a listen. "Tedeschi Trucks Band - Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Live at LOCKN'/2019" (by the channel: Tedeschi Trucks Band) --This song is a blues standard and written by pianist Jimmie Cox in 1923. It was originally performed in a "vaudeville-blues" style. The lyrics are told from the point of view of someone who was once wealthy during the "prohibition era." But Derek & The Dominos turned it into one of their big hits too. And as always, I enjoyed rocking with you. Thanks for sharing.
Guys, Alice Cooper also had a stage image of a bad guy, I would even say an evil character, but as Alice said, it's just his job, part of the show, in reality he is an ordinary person like all of us. If you watched Cooper's concerts, at the beginning they start out dark, and at the end they end up cheerful and bright.
Billy was definitely a badass in his day. Still is, though, you know, you slow down and prioritize later in life. But he most definitely walked the walk. Did some drugs, was always with or around nice looking women. Considered quite a lustful person. Got into a severe motorcycle accident around 89-90. Pretty wild dude. BUT, he was also always a nice guy. And always had the cool factor. Yeah, what you see in the vid is pretty authentic I'd say. Started in a punk band called Generation X that made some waves in the mid-70's through early 80's. They were a name. Dancing With Myself is one of their songs. It's a little more on the poppy side like some others of theirs, but still good. Ready Steady Go, Your Generation, Triumph, Kiss Me Deadly are good songs that represent that band well. Billy is good.
Guys! This has always been my favorite Idol songs but I had never seen thi video until now. Now I'm all flustered and don't know how I feel about it lol. Interesting take on his badassed-ness. He kinda was back in the day ...
We thought this was Blue Oyster Cult when it 1st came out cuz the radio wouldnt say who it was lol. He had a few radio hits like White Wedding, Eyes Without A Face.
Billy is BAD AZZ!!! He was King back in the day and he came from Punk stock in the 70's so he defended himself plenty. Straights would try to thug up on punkers, so we had to learn to fight...I promise, you wouldn't want what Billy would put on you...respectfully.
Yep, Billy Idol, too cool for us 80's cover bands, Dancing With Myself, Rebel Yell and this. Memories. Steve Stevens. Check out the Bozzio, Levin collaboration.
Yall need to check out Mony, Mony, and Rebel Yell, and Rock The Cradle Of Love vids. To me they were Fire. This one was never one I cared for and I Loved Billy, and yes he was a Wild Man. But a Fun Wild Man.
Completely agree with Che; the song has not aged that bad but already in the 80’s, Billy Idol was considered by many as a fake bad boy and the video is deep shit. Better stay with the music alone.
Yeah, in the 80s a distinctive image was very important. He had that bad ass image, not totally fake because he played in punk bands in the beginning. But his image was over commercialised that is why most punk/rockers found him fake. May I suggest you listen to "Dead can dance"or "Cocteau Twins" it was a very different branch of music in the 80s. Thanks I enjoyed your reactions
Yeah in the 80s it was mostly rnb, pop, and hair band rock, unfortunately. Luckily i'm an Aussie and we had a plethora of great live hard rock bands down in Australia. It wasn't until the grunge era that i bothered with music outside of Australia, with the exception of all the great rock acts from the 60s and 70s of course, and heavy metal. Funnily enough, whilst i despised all that music from the 80s that i mentioned earlier, as an older man i now enjoy it because the music today is significantly worse than the stuff i wouldn't listen to back in the 80s.
Agreed, pop was a huge swath of music in the 80s. And Billy was in that swath. You guys are wrong on Idol, his persona everywhere was kind of a bad boy. Check out his interviews, where he was generally insolent and bored. It may have been an act, but it was consistent everywhere. And he was known to sleep with tons of girls and was heavily involved in drugs.
I agree that he always came across fake/inauthentic, but practically all of the presentation of 80's music lacked authenticity (it's why 90's grunge was so phenomenal, we were sick of the formulaic cartoon show). Nevertheless, dude has some excellent bangers and is a great singer. He's a proud grandpa now. 🤯
This was the asinine height of 80's silliness. The video, that is. The song is actually brilliant. I just wish some of the 80's stuff didn't have so much electronic drum machines and whatnot. I dunno. It's hard to imagine it without all the NEW WAVE nonsense.
Rap has by far the largest numbers of posers such as Mr suburbs himself Eminem with his little brother Drake. If you can take them seriously but see inauthenticity in Billy Idol you need to rethink your rethink.
The drums were a dead give away for the 80s. Walk into any strop club and rebel yell, got to be a lover, flesh for fantasy would be blasting. I have a white vinyl album of white wedding 1 song both sides. White wedding yah
When you try to categorize music as this or that, you fail. Music of the past was an amalgamation of sounds and borrowed themes and no one owned any of them.
The "video version" SUCKS! -FAIL! The original album version is the only one that matters (and should ever be tolerated!)! This album was pretty special, kind-of unique. Definitely. The band was killer [Steve Stevens; Thommy Price; Steve Webster [formerly of: The Parachute Club (Canadian band)] & Sal Cuevas ...& Keith Forsey (doing drum programming. Forsey also Produced]] (and this was one of the few albums that, both: pop, radio-friendly people and harder rockers & "attitude" bastards would, all, generally, like (not love, but LIKE!) ir be able to accept or appreciate (esp. on a dance floor). And, yes: it is true: Billy Idol came off as inauthentic (he was....But, over time, seemed to "develop authenticity" to degrees🤷)!
'Eyes Without A Face' is a great Billy Idol tune. It stands the test of time.
Great late night cruiser….hit the on ramp with that guitar solo….ain’t one catching me!
That’s some world-class guitar playing by Steve Stevens. So tasteful and elevated, yet still accessible and not overly flashy.👍🏼🎸🎼😎
I enjoyed that guitar!!
Amen, Brother!!!!!!
@@AirplayBeats If it weren't for Steve Stevens Billy Idol would not exist as we know him.
He was his right hand man and primary riff giver...lol.
@@WooBino. Me and my wife saw him live in the 80's in Virginia. Billy Idol was a legit punk animal, watch his interviews. My wife fought her way to front of the stage, I fought my way to the front of Steve Stevens amplifier stack. It was a great time.She touched Billy Idol's foot, I got my ears blasted.
@@AirplayBeatsBilly Idol was a “bad boy,” he wasn’t fronting. As others have noted, he came from the mid-to-late ‘70s British punk scene. Also, the guitarist, Steve Stevens, is phenomenal. Check out Michael Jackson’s “Dirty Diana” video, Stevens plays guitar on MJ’s #1 hit.
Funny story… in the late 90’s Billy’s son was in the same Little League as my girlfriend’s son and Billy played a couple of acoustic songs at the Leagues opening ceremony. Not only that, the team’s coach was Tim Hauser, the great singer and leader from The Manhattan Transfer… life in Southern California.
1983, this song came out and still sounds hot. I was 17. Love Billy Idol. ❤
Billy Idol was originally a punk from the band Generation X. He's the real deal (and has a great cameo in Adam Sandler's Wedding Singer!)...
Billy Idol concerts always attracted the babes! Steve Stevens on guitar is legendary.
Billy Idol and Steve Stevens were a hit making machine back then
People forget although he was known as 80 pop. The dude had unbelievable rock voice and his band was tight af and talented
Billy Idol has great arrangements and musical transitions, that's what I like about him, the style, a mix of punk rock and pop music and a little blues. Great song, great video.
I bought this record in 1983/4 and every song on this album is good. It's a real solid album. Eyes Without A Face is great.
Social engineering at its finest - set to good music.
MTV united everyone in the 80s.
That guitar player (Steve Stevens) was a monster too.
That entire Rebel Yell album is amazing from start to finish. Not a single bad song on it.
Billy is the real thing. He came from the 70s punk days in the UK, hanging with the Sex Pistols and all those people. He was in a band called Generation X first, which had some good stuff, then he went solo with this guitarist, an American named Steve Stevens. He's not fake, this is just very 80s stylized. Watch 'Rebel Yell', 'Mony 'Mony', 'White Wedding' etc. He's a great song writer and has a deep catalogue with different styles. He's liked by all the huge rockers and kind of a genre unto himself. He and Steve still touring to big audiences and still crushing it.
Two of Billy's best tracks include "Cradle of Love" and his cover of LA Woman. They both showcase his vocal style with a solid rock backing track. Neither song will disappoint; they are both "bangers" and should not be missed.
I love you did this one. It always gets slept on. Another one that was equally well done with a good video is CATCH MY FALL. Also, another banger of his that doesn't have a video is BLUE HIGHWAY.
One of my best songs from Billy Idol who is still touring and making music today!
Billy Idol and slap bass. Two things that should never be in the same room ;)
My first concert. I was 14. So much smoke I got a contact high. Haha.
I overlooked Billy back then and am realizing now what a brilliant talent and performer he was. The Rebel Yell video is a masterpiece. ❤
Keep digging brothers. Billy Effin Idol for life
Love Steve Steven's, GR8 🎸 Billy always brings 🔥 it😅
Check out some of his early work with Generation X. All fantastic.
THIS was SO GREAT in a CLUB: SUPER LOUD!!! THANKS, YOU-GUYS, for BRINGIN' BACK MY CLUBBIN' DAYS!!! ENJOY!! HUGS!!!
Classic 80s Billy Idol
This is a good one , Billy is great live ! Rebel yell remains my fave though … as always you guys are the best !
Wooo, Billy Idol taking me back! ❤️
Daytime Drama was my favorite Billy Idol song
There is a long version to this song that is incredible
Hahaha! I used to try to sing Billy Idol songs in our bar band in the 80’s… I was uh… well, I tried hard. But it was fun. Billy was an old punk who made a transition to 80’s pop. He got people going anyway.
80's electro pop punk....that's how I'd describe it...
Billy was so fun to watch!! A bit like a cartoon that sounded really cool.
👌
Damn…this rips! Jesus…slaps so hard 😭
Love Billy Idol
This vid is even more 80's than the 80's. lol Great tune, guitar work is out of this world, production is number one.
Yes, I think possibly it is. It might actually produce a wormhole.
The producer of this was Keith Forsey, who for years worked with Giorgio Moroder and it really sounds like the Moroder sound.
I actually worked a couple of shows with Billy Idol
Steve Steven's played with Michael Jackson 😊😊😊😊
I love Billy Idol. I saw him last year and he's still got it. Check out 'Hot in the City'
Here’s a few suggestions. Hollywood Director David Fincher directed Billy’s cover (on video) of The Doors, LA Woman. It’s slick. Should react to the whole “Whiplash Smile” album. Steve and Billy are still tearing it up live. There’s some great concert videos as well as plenty of audio recordings of their shows….. 👈✨
Back in the days when the video came out we all tried to immitate his facial expressions... and failed :D White Wedding is still my favourite but this and Eyes without a Face were great as well.
And guys, Rap was very much alive at that time and everywhere, even here in Switzerland with Breakdance competitions etc. A lot of people nowadays thing that Hiphop originated in the early 90s, it was around in the ghettoes in the 60s, during the New Wave phase in the late 70s, early 80s it became mainstream. Grandmaster Flash for example. The 80s were a colourful mix of rock, glam metal, post-punk, goth, disco, rap, synth-pop, prog, and soul. Billy Idol was Pop-Punk.
Who needs AI.
Women love his movement that’s for sure
❤❤❤
I thought I'd suggest another tune by a band you've reacted to before and seemed to enjoy their tunes. So, if interested give this one a listen. "Tedeschi Trucks Band - Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Live at LOCKN'/2019" (by the channel: Tedeschi Trucks Band) --This song is a blues standard and written by pianist Jimmie Cox in 1923. It was originally performed in a "vaudeville-blues" style. The lyrics are told from the point of view of someone who was once wealthy during the "prohibition era." But Derek & The Dominos turned it into one of their big hits too. And as always, I enjoyed rocking with you. Thanks for sharing.
He was one of the few artists I was willing to listen to in the 80’s . “ White wedding” had some guts to it
Guys, Alice Cooper also had a stage image of a bad guy, I would even say an evil character, but as Alice said, it's just his job, part of the show, in reality he is an ordinary person like all of us. If you watched Cooper's concerts, at the beginning they start out dark, and at the end they end up cheerful and bright.
Wow that was crazy! Thanks guys.
I’ve always thought Billy idol brought a cool edge and attitude to rock music in the 80! His first band was generation X they were wicked good also.
Billy comes from Punk.
Billy was definitely a badass in his day. Still is, though, you know, you slow down and prioritize later in life. But he most definitely walked the walk. Did some drugs, was always with or around nice looking women. Considered quite a lustful person. Got into a severe motorcycle accident around 89-90. Pretty wild dude. BUT, he was also always a nice guy. And always had the cool factor. Yeah, what you see in the vid is pretty authentic I'd say. Started in a punk band called Generation X that made some waves in the mid-70's through early 80's. They were a name. Dancing With Myself is one of their songs. It's a little more on the poppy side like some others of theirs, but still good. Ready Steady Go, Your Generation, Triumph, Kiss Me Deadly are good songs that represent that band well. Billy is good.
If you are looking for bad ass, check out White Wedding. If you want cool 80’s, check out Eye Without a Face!
watch his interview with david letterman. in this period of time, he was coked out of his mind. this video is no exception.
Check out Hot in the City
Guys! This has always been my favorite Idol songs but I had never seen thi video until now. Now I'm all flustered and don't know how I feel about it lol. Interesting take on his badassed-ness. He kinda was back in the day ...
Be calm, get a cool drink, and chill. Because tonight could be hot in the city.
Y’all gotta do the Clash
Songs: “Straight to Hell”, “Lost in a Supermarket” “London Calling” (the whole album actually)
Peace. Love your stuff
We thought this was Blue Oyster Cult when it 1st came out cuz the radio wouldnt say who it was lol. He had a few radio hits like White Wedding, Eyes Without A Face.
Rebel Yell, Mony Mony
Billy is BAD AZZ!!! He was King back in the day and he came from Punk stock in the 70's so he defended himself plenty. Straights would try to thug up on punkers, so we had to learn to fight...I promise, you wouldn't want what Billy would put on you...respectfully.
Yep, Billy Idol, too cool for us 80's cover bands, Dancing With Myself, Rebel Yell and this. Memories. Steve Stevens. Check out the Bozzio, Levin collaboration.
Billy was wildin' back in the day.
Yall need to check out Mony, Mony, and Rebel Yell, and Rock The Cradle Of Love vids. To me they were Fire. This one was never one I cared for and I Loved Billy, and yes he was a Wild Man. But a Fun Wild Man.
Nothing beats rebel yell, but this is a good tune
I don't know how talented Billy actually was (and I saw him live). But he was pretty and he had a boatload of charisma.
Bruh... ask Downtown Julie Brown >_>. My man's swag was off the charts.
Steve Stevens is a badass guitar player 🤘🤘
billy idol is a ture rocker!!!!u shouls check the cover that he did to the 'doors' l.a. woman wow 2 die 4
Yeah, man..just about as 80s as it gets..and his band named an entire generation..Generation X
Sweet Sixteen, please❤
All I’m listening to is the guitar. It’s tasty man.
Completely agree with Che; the song has not aged that bad but already in the 80’s, Billy Idol was considered by many as a fake bad boy and the video is deep shit. Better stay with the music alone.
Never heard that intro before, it's not the version on my Spotify Playlist.
That said, a deeper cut and to quote DJ Kalid....ANOTHER ONE❗️
His lip ain't from Elvis. Billy Idol does and has his own thing 100%!!🔴💯
If you want some less produced Billy Idol, check out his previous band, Generation X. Great stuff!
Steve Stevens - NYC
Yeah, in the 80s a distinctive image was very important. He had that bad ass image, not totally fake because he played in punk bands in the beginning. But his image was over commercialised that is why most punk/rockers found him fake. May I suggest you listen to "Dead can dance"or "Cocteau Twins" it was a very different branch of music in the 80s. Thanks I enjoyed your reactions
Billy was a character, but he still made some decent tunes.
To me, it had elements of pop, rock & r&b of the period of the 80"s
I agree with Che. That’s why I pretty much stay away from music videos. Listen to music. Don’t watch unless it’s live.
This song was made to be on a Miami Vice episode……….got no problem with it…….
I would say this more in the New Wave genre. Speaking of new waves, please do the song "Words" by Missing Persons. IMO one of the best new wave songs.
You can tell he's badass because wears leather and earrings. Dang, Che!
i hear industrial in this...anyone else? NIN anyone?
Yeah in the 80s it was mostly rnb, pop, and hair band rock, unfortunately. Luckily i'm an Aussie and we had a plethora of great live hard rock bands down in Australia. It wasn't until the grunge era that i bothered with music outside of Australia, with the exception of all the great rock acts from the 60s and 70s of course, and heavy metal. Funnily enough, whilst i despised all that music from the 80s that i mentioned earlier, as an older man i now enjoy it because the music today is significantly worse than the stuff i wouldn't listen to back in the 80s.
And it’s all great music we had so much to choose from he’s not a nice guy trust me
Agreed, pop was a huge swath of music in the 80s. And Billy was in that swath. You guys are wrong on Idol, his persona everywhere was kind of a bad boy. Check out his interviews, where he was generally insolent and bored. It may have been an act, but it was consistent everywhere. And he was known to sleep with tons of girls and was heavily involved in drugs.
Billy Idol is over the top, that's his schtick
Trying to hard to be tough, or to be a partier? He was defffffinitely a partier....!
I agree that he always came across fake/inauthentic, but practically all of the presentation of 80's music lacked authenticity (it's why 90's grunge was so phenomenal, we were sick of the formulaic cartoon show). Nevertheless, dude has some excellent bangers and is a great singer. He's a proud grandpa now. 🤯
Time to get back to Styx songs
Yes indeed
This was the asinine height of 80's silliness. The video, that is. The song is actually brilliant. I just wish some of the 80's stuff didn't have so much electronic drum machines and whatnot. I dunno. It's hard to imagine it without all the NEW WAVE nonsense.
His lip has nothing to do with Elvis Presley. He caught shit for that when he first came out. Like with Elvis it’s not a forced thing or a gimmick.
Rap has by far the largest numbers of posers such as Mr suburbs himself Eminem with his little brother Drake. If you can take them seriously but see inauthenticity in Billy Idol you need to rethink your rethink.
The drums were a dead give away for the 80s. Walk into any strop club and rebel yell, got to be a lover, flesh for fantasy would be blasting. I have a white vinyl album of white wedding 1 song both sides. White wedding yah
Different mix than the album…
I would definitely suggest with 80s stuff to just listen to the music because the videos ruin the song sometimes.
When you try to categorize music as this or that, you fail. Music of the past was an amalgamation of sounds and borrowed themes and no one owned any of them.
Look for some live of this song and then tell me Billy is not badass...
Only 2 Videos Were "Good".....White Wedding and Rebel Yell.
The "video version" SUCKS! -FAIL!
The original album version is the only one that matters (and should ever be tolerated!)!
This album was pretty special, kind-of unique. Definitely. The band was killer
[Steve Stevens; Thommy Price; Steve Webster [formerly of: The Parachute Club (Canadian band)] & Sal Cuevas ...& Keith Forsey (doing drum programming. Forsey also Produced]]
(and this was one of the few albums that, both: pop, radio-friendly people and harder rockers & "attitude" bastards would, all, generally, like (not love, but LIKE!) ir be able to accept or appreciate (esp. on a dance floor).
And, yes: it is true: Billy Idol came off as inauthentic (he was....But, over time, seemed to "develop authenticity" to degrees🤷)!
Rufus…Tell Me Something Good live…….thank you…Midnight Special.