I dont get it, whats so bad? Seems like your pretty standard "gay -ass" 80's video. Dont get me wrong, i lived through the 80's and fuckin love the music....i just cant see how this "ruined him"? Please enlighten me. Ah, the 80's, when u could say gay and no one accused you of bein a sadistic homophobe.
@@hagenhallgard8619 It is a good song and Billy Squire is no less talented for his vulgar display of vamping. However, as a man who was a teen in the 80s when this came out? Sure, you could wear makeup but No mincing. Lol that wasn't cool in hard rock-metal circles.
I cringed at this video as a dumb, h-phobic teenager. I'm an adult, no longer h-phobic, and I STILL cringe. In fact, the cringe is WORSE...I think it's because a basic blue collar Hard Rock kinda artist tried TOO HARD to make an MTV video ca. 80s and it looks like a PARODY of Prince or Flash Dance...
That is the winning comment. I was wondering what this reminds me of. After he rips his shirt the first time, the garb he puts on afterwards is total Richard Simmons. Thank god no red shorts.
Was just about to write something like this LOL that's what ruined this. I don't think the song itself is bad but this video is terrible. Had it been on a movie soundtrack. Splash,footloose,bachelor party,revenge of the nerds,last starfighter,buckaroo banzai something could've saved it with the movie footage in the video
Blue Collar/Hard Rock/REO Speedwagon kind of singer...Thinks he'll pull off a Purple-Rain/Prince-style video. It looks like a Weird Al parody of "When Doves Cry" except the poor guy DOESN'T MEAN TO BE an utter nerd.
Billy Squier was top-notch! I saw him in concert in ‘81 and he was an amazing performer with outstanding strong vocals. A few years later I think the significance of the controversy over this video said more about the audience than Billy as an artist. People like me who grew up listening to all kinds of music (new wave/progressive, rock, rap, soul, pop, etc) and hanging out with all kinds of groups in school were not so much into the image and branding aspect of the music industry. We really didn’t care much about videos and public image of artists. This man was a huge talent, and that’s all I still saw in the video.
As a piece of Kitsch, as an homage to The Absurd, as a piece of art that is presented in total confidence with absolutely NO explanation, this video is FANTASTIC. It rises to the level of era-defining. Nowhere can you find a greater expression of the cocaine fueled fever dream that took place between 1979 and 1990. This film is IT!
@@greenstonexx6688can you imagine a 1 hour, dramatized documentary about the making of this video, just the truth? Billy walks in, thinking the video is gonna be one thing, then he comes on set and sees the bed with the satin sheets. Then someone hands him the pink tank top and he just stares at it. "Well, I'm here. I gotta do this. They've spent a ton of money. Let's show em the moves I've been working on". Then in the end, we learn that it was the zeitgeist of decade that directed the video. And all it was doing was showing the audience a mirror of who they were becoming. It could be a Bret Easton Ellis kind of thing. I can see it!
Calm down and take your meds. That's a good boy. Over the top analysis but not completely absurd. Not every creative idea was fueled by cocaine back then.
If he sang into a hairbrush… now that would have been relatable. I love his personality and his talent. I worshipped him because he was the dream. The dream I wanted for myself. He made it look effortless. ❤❤❤
@@SkyeID coz billy made the mistake of listening to the director, who happens to be gay,, go figure, this was pure a sabbatoge, but billy should've known better
I’m 54 and I still listen to Billy Squier no matter what/ he is , as many other bands, are a soundtrack to my youth - this song rocks and I truly believe “ Don’t say no “ is one or rocks greatest albums - thanks Billy
I’m a 28 year old and my old man introduced me to Billy when I was about 13 and don’t say no did the same thing it did to my old man gave me about 8 tickets from just jamming and cruising way to fast down the road ! Now when I listen to Billy I think about my dad
Here is the whole story of this video as told the book "I Want My MTV" by Craig Marks and Bob Tannenbaum. Everything was told by the people involved themselves. Billy wrote the song while vacationing in Greece with his girlfriend. He was was signed to Capitol records. He knew this song would be a hit when he recorded it and wanted a great video. He even had a great idea. It would be him in his home checking his hair and clothes before a big show. It would cut back and forth between him and group of kids checking their clothes before sneaking out to see his show. It travels back and forth as they each get to the show and ends with both the kids in the audience at the show, and Billy and his band rocking out on stage. He agreed to let MTV do an exclusive debut on a certain date. But the problem was Capitol records were super cheap when it came to music videos in the early days. So Billy looked for a director. He went to famous video director Bob Giraldi. Giraldi said no, the budget is too small for that idea and turned it down. He goes to another famous music video director David Mallet. Mallet did Bowie and Tina Turner. But Mallet gave him a lame idea out courtesy and said no in the end. But he recommended his choreographer Kenny Ortega (MJ's This Is It, High School Musical) who at the time was a top choreographer and directed the Pointer Sister's "I'm So Excited" video. So Billy Squier asks and Kenny excitedly says yes, which is great because the MTV premiere deadline is looming. He was nervous Kenny had not done any rock videos just pop, but what could go wrong? What Kenny gave him is this.. The bedroom with satin sheets, the cartoon city skyline, the pastel colors, the pink T-shirt, and Kenny not wanting Billy to play his pink guitar but just do his "stage moves". What Billy does is skip and prance and wear the pink T shirt and look effeminate. Tom Mohler, his manager wanted them to shoot the full song with the band so they could re-edit it if it looked bad, and the whole time Kenny is assuring them it will look great. They never filmed the band for the whole song, just the end. It's all mostly Billy skipping. His manager gets the rough cut and views it. He hated it! He cringed. Mick Kleber at the Capitol music video dept. gets the video and cringed.. But Billy dosen't think MTV will move the date so they can reshoot a new video, although he argues Bruce Springsteen re-did his dancing In The Dark video over again. And no one on his team stood up for him and demanded it like they should have. Plus Capitol's Mick Kleber said Capitol records allowed the most money to be spent on a video and they got THIS. "It was a rip-off.. a clunker.. a tragedy.. a whopping, steaming turd.." Haha.. Best quote ever! So they sent it to MTV and Roberta Cruger over there cringed herself.. "Oh my god, what were they thinking?" But they play it. Billy finally sees the video in full for himself on MTV and HE cringed! (No one showed him before they aired it?!?) He asked his girlfriend what she thought and she told him "This will ruin you.." So then he called his manager Tom and try to get the video pulled. But it is too late. He fires Tom and hires Arnold Stiefel, who is also Rod Stewart's manager. Arnold looks at the video and says "You're in trouble.." And he did get it pulled from MTV. Billy did bounce back after laying low a bit and had a nice career, but is still to this day very angry about the video and thinks it did permanent damage to his image at the time. He does not find it funny at all and rarely talks about it. I think he recovered just fine. Arnold Stiefel today: "Lordy, lordy lordy! I watched it on RUclips recently. I almost peed! Everyone must die when they talk about this video, right? I tell my friends 'I promise you, this aired!'"
@@dhrichardson5798 yeh well the film clip editor didnt need to freeze-frame on his naked chest, and THEN freeze frame on his crotch lifted in the air. Thats sabotage
This definitely ruined his career. Squier had some popularity but only with a small die hard group of fans, like me, who just knew he was going to hit it big. He got some radio play, but we who bought the entire albums, not just the singles, realized how great his music was and were surprised how underrated he was. We promoted his music to all our friends and slowly grew his fan base through word of mouth. This video was supposed to be his big break out moment. Everyone who was tired of us endless touting him had this chance to see for themselves. The door to superstardom was right there, unlocked, ready for Billy to break through. When we saw the video, it was like all the oxygen was sucked out of the room. It was the first time my friends called me after watching something on TV. We were in shock, not in a good way. Back then in those days there was zero tolerance for anything non-hetero. This was a very bad look. Being out of the closet, or even being perceived as possibly not straight, and your social life was over. It wasn’t good for your health either, as the bullying would follow shortly thereafter, and it could (and often would) become physical. No male under the age of 21 could openly show they liked Squier lest anyone label them. Us longtime fans had to literally become closeted Billy Squier fans. I only avoided scrutiny due to being an athlete and one of the few guys in junior high with a girlfriend, but I had to temper my enthusiasm. It was like being an open fan of Culture Club and Boy George. Social suicide for any straight teen boy in the 80’s. Thankfully this day and age, while not fully where it needs to be, is leagues more tolerant than those days. It is inconceivable to my kids that this happened and why it happened. I just tell them stories from that time that are 100% real and show bad things were so they can appreciate what they have now.
The dancing plus the pink tank top over the white sleeveless shirt. I reckon even Boy George must have felt second hand embarrassment seeing this video.
If he does, then take The Beatles, The Who, The Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix and anyone else worthy out...Billy can be in there with Bon Phony, Journey, Styx, and all the other limp-wristed, mindless, soulless crap and the HOF will be exactly what the Sex Pistols called it...a piss stain...
with our luck, some superior alien civilization would come to earth with the intent of giving us the secrets to living a utopian life - no sickness, no poverty, no war, no death, etc., but then they see this video….
I like the song tbh.. but I only found it because the video to this song was supposedly the reason his career went downhill.. it's actually funny that you said that.. it's on Wikipedia and I know I'm not supposed to believe everything but in this case I can..
!!!!!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣 I PICTURE THE ALIENS ARE ON LIKE LAST PAGE OF THE CONTRACT ......... ONE OF THE ALIEN UNDERLINGS IS YOUTUBING ....... FINDS THIS VIDEO ........ "UHHH , BOSS ....... ????" 🤣🤣🤣🤣!!!!!!!!
Hi. I am born in the 90s and all about classic rock. I don't think it's a great video, some weird dance moves, but from my point of view it's just 80s. So many other artists danced the same weird 80s way like Springsteen or dire straights at that time. Why was this video such a big deal? I don't get it. The song is just awesome.
I was a kid when this came out and I remember the reaction, you have to understand there was this big battle between real "rock" and the new "pop" music (like Culture Club) that was becoming more popular and before this Billy was squarely in the "rock camp" when his die-hard fans saw this, they felt betrayed.
Whats all the bitching. Whats wrong with this video is its boring. But so we were a lot of music videos. The social trend right now is trash everything. If anything should be trashed it should be the influencer tik tok stuff. Theres quite a bit of garbage on there. The clueless leading the clueless
it's amazing Billy releases a new song almost 40 years later, and sends people right back to this video. This video is still following him around-it refuses to die...I can't think of another instance like this, off the top of my head....I feel bad for him: Imagine something you did that was considered embarrassing 40 years ago that continues to follow you...
Actor Colin Farrell has a sex video, he's making love to this chick going down on her and he says he could eat her for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Lol Years later he's on the Graham Norton show and sharon osbourne reminds him of what he said in his infamous video. 😅😅😅😅
Two things: First, if you've never read it, get a copy of "I Want My MTV" and read the chapter on this video. Then, watch this with the sound off. Truly sorry this happened to you, Billy. I'll continue to try and remember this song without the visuals dancing in my noggin.
Seconding this, it’s one of my favourite books! After reading the chapter on this music video, it’s hard not to feel bad for Billy. Kenny Ortega totally did him dirty.
And yet ... gender bending was all the rage: annie, boy george, prince, michael ... but they were pop, not rock. Male rock fans hated him for it and the girls loved it :)
"gay" was not the issue , Queen was big at this time - it was weakness. Prancing round like a little girl ended his career. Being gay, like Queen, was not the issue when Freddy was sporting a manly mustache and riding harelys. That was fine. People could over look the gay crap when he at least looked manly. Prancing around like a fairy - career over.
Queen was not doing fine in America in 1984! I want to break Free video with them dressed in drag along with Their 1982 Hot Space album killed their career in America! After 1982 they never toured the states with Freddie again! Homophobia was alive and well in the rock world back in the 80’s! Billy and Queen both suffered from this, unfortunately!
I think this is one of those situations where It's acceptable In today's Society ,(Which says alot but that's a topic for another Video), but that wasn't the case in the 80s Especially given what his image was prior to this video...
Thank you for preserving and uploading this. If you think this is a treat then be sure to listen to his interviews in later years where he talks about this video. The animosity and disgust he has for it is beyond entertaining.
If he’d have just been kinda acting like he was on a concert stage in this bedroom setup, this would just be another video. The song would still have been a smash hit, and the video would be this dusty old thing that Squier fans and 80s music fans come to watch. But this took it to next-level ridiculous, even for 1984.
Flashdance era, baby :) I thought nothing of it back then. Dumb video but still a great song. A dumb video shouldn’t ruin the career of a rocker like Billy.
@@steelethescene I think with today's social media driven world, it would had been different. It would had become a meme. Billy Squire would had participated in the online discussion. There would had been detractors and defenders and countless rebuttal videos. He would become even more well known and popular. Think of being Rickrolled. That did nothing but keep Rick Astley's image alive and well for a whole new generation.
This video is idiotic, but even the greats have some “WTF were they thinking” moments. The director should have scrapped this completely. But you’re right, Billy was and is a legend and he did plenty of great shit aside from this mess
This is the best example of how self confidence is ruined afterwards with second guessing. Reality evolves around your thoughts and self esteem. The video is cool and Billy should learn to love it even back then.
This video ended Billy’s career. I think the HIV hysteria of the early ‘80’s and Billy’s flamboyant dance moves tainted his reputation as a hard rocker. Certainty a very talented rocker and singer/songwriter, he deserves credit for his amazing success. Unfortunately the homophobic paranoia of the early 80’s and this video killed his career. Rock on, Billy!
The director that handed Billy that pink guitar and convinced him this whole production was gonna come off as anything but a boondoggle deserves an acting award.
The director had a vision and he told it to Billy Squier who nodded in agreement and then he went out and did this. During the filming of the video Squier was told things like, "more arm swinging", " dance more loosely, Billy" and "pink.... I said a pink shirt" and Billy Squier did it. The sad end of a career for a pretty good rocker.
Plenty of artists have pushed back in the middle of a shoot like this and said "NO IM NOT DOING THAT!" and been called "difficult to work with" and that can cause ripples in an artists career also
The arrangement & rhythms remind me of Cold As Ice by Foreigner. Those half-tempo features are also there. The band part of this video reminds me of Freeze Frame by J. Giles Band.
Nice. Freeze Frame. Thanks for the reminder. We thought we had it bad in the 80's, but considering the garbage these kids are left with, we had it good.
The hot models couldn’t make it so Billy decided to dance flamboyantly and the director said, “trust me” and Billy’s career soon went up in flames as his target audience was disgusted.
he did allright dancing i think. He Can move...it was the pink shirt ripping and the crotch freeze-framing and satin pastel sheets and nu-romantic art hangin around in a rock video that screwed it. Plus the cinematographer did all these full screen shots, there should have been more closer shots to move in on him...its just all a #fail in film clip making... I think he moved well under the circumstances...
Seen worse from many others, better to have had a guitar in his hands from the beginning and serenaded that than the dance moves. Still produced some amazing music and love him till this day. Rockin Billy
I was and am a fan and I think the video was excellent. He can dance however and wear whatever he wants. I think restrictive gender stereotypes are stupid. I was glad he had the self confidence to do it. Those who go off him because of this video were not real fans in the first place.
@@bobdavis4848 I was and still am a fan. The last time I saw him was in Atlanta opening for Queen who's still selling out arenas without Freddy Mercury. I understand your sentiment but truthfully Billy Squire couldn't draw flies to picnic right now. And he damn sure couldn't open for Queen.
When I watch this video, I feel sad that men would be judged for dancing with abandon in their rooms like this, when we women aren't. Why can't they just let loose, too? It's fun every once in a while!
@@messinalyle4030 I agree with you. Macho stereotypes have been pushed on males, and too rigid definitions of what males are supposed to be allowed to do. I dance with abandon sometimes and I don't care if some would judge me.
2023: Breaking news: it's being reported that Billy Squire has come up with the cure for cancer! Reactions from the world are swift, with everyone commenting, "Isn't he the one that made that gay video 40 years ago?!"
I remember the video at the time and I thought it was lame as a little kid. I still like the song as much as I did then. He’s so talented with his beautifully unique vocals and guitar playing.
I was around when this video came out, I was an avid MTV watcher. I do not remember this video being much different from the other videos coming out at the time.
You wanted to be more heavy Rock, Trust us Billy. Sweating to the oldies made millions for Gene Simmons 🤔 or was that Richard Simmons? Either way you gonna be famous.
I came here because of a post on facebook about Billy Squier's new album. I only knew him for the song 'The Stroke' which was his only hit here in Australia and I knew nothing about the controversy over this video. Must say it's a much better song than 'The Stroke' but it didn't even make the Top 40 here so I'm pretty sure I've never heard it before. For whatever reason the public shunned him after this I can only think it's for shallow reasons which unfortunately had the effect of killing his career .. sad!!
I'm also from Oz and only came here because I heard what a terrible video it was and how it ruined Billy's career. Everything is true about the video. It's a shocker. But the song's pretty good. Was released in the era where videos could make or break an artist.
You should check out his Don't Say No album. A lot of great songs on it. Lonely is The Night, My Kinda Lover, In the Dark, Too Daze Gone. All better songs than The Stroke and this one.
Im from Australia also. If i had said that i liked this video to other kids in the schoolyard in the 80s, i woulda been bashed in the face behind the bicycle sheds. I had to secretly like Duran Duran as it was...
This is a great song! Loved it back mid 80's High School and looked it up again on RUclips 2024. Hummed it throughout the years. You know you like this one too.
I love how the drummer just says f* ck it, totally abandons the illusion of playing the drums in this video and just gets up to frolick along with Billy squier. I guess the cocaine really was stellar back then! 😂 That being said, this song rocks and was one of the best of the '80s!
Kind of weird that people disliked that video so much back in the day, I mean everybody were dancing kind of like that in the 80's. Mötley crew, awesome band, awesome music, yet looked and danced like bunch of semi-females on stage- every body loved them, and let's not forget the queen.
I didn’t think I knew Billy Squier but it turns out he has like 3 huge hits that I definitely recognize and I’ve just never heard anyone mention or talk about him. This video is weird but I also kind like it. 😅 But I also strongly respect authenticity and at one point I thought I imagined myself dancing in the room with him. He’s a vibe!
It's still a good song. The rock fans weren't crazy about the video, but it shouldn't have hindered the album or his career. Lots of videos are bad. Look at the campy New Wave stuff from around '82. It wasn't any better or worse than this.
I used to do his dance when people started arguing at family gatherings. It never failed to break the tension. Thanks, Billy Squire!
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OKAY ....... NOW IM JUS ABSOLUTELY TORN ON THE WHOLE BEST COMMENT EVER THING ...... THAT FRICKIN' ROCKS!!!!!!!!
SO AWESOME
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He was a true ICON!
They must think you're nuts!
nice
“Trust me, Billy-this video will make you a legend.” Famous last words….
I dont get it, whats so bad? Seems like your pretty standard "gay -ass" 80's video. Dont get me wrong, i lived through the 80's and fuckin love the music....i just cant see how this "ruined him"? Please enlighten me. Ah, the 80's, when u could say gay and no one accused you of bein a sadistic homophobe.
It did. Here we are
I really feel bad for the guy. He is a good vocalist. So painful to watch.
Ok, but i don't understand how this video could really ruin his career, ok not the best video I've seen but the song is really good.
@@hagenhallgard8619 It is a good song and Billy Squire is no less talented for his vulgar display of vamping. However, as a man who was a teen in the 80s when this came out? Sure, you could wear makeup but No mincing. Lol that wasn't cool in hard rock-metal circles.
Director: Billy...the model couldn't make it. We can't shoot the video.
Billy Squire: It's fine ..I'll do it myself.
should have worn a mask to make it look better ...and at the end show one's real face..
If Billy Squier was this coked out of his mind for this, imagine the crew. No one had any clue what the fuck they were doing here.
Never thought about that... same vid but with a hot chic instead. Would have been still sucky but at least he coulda saved a little face.
The worst part about this is that the song itself is actually pretty good
This is the conundrum!
Yeah it REALLY isn't
I cringed at this video as a dumb, h-phobic teenager. I'm an adult, no longer h-phobic, and I STILL cringe. In fact, the cringe is WORSE...I think it's because a basic blue collar Hard Rock kinda artist tried TOO HARD to make an MTV video ca. 80s and it looks like a PARODY of Prince or Flash Dance...
I don't understand how this video ruined his career?Steven Tyler and Mick Jagger dance like that too!
Whoever said "dance like nobody's watching" never saw this mv.
ahmen
😂😂😂😂
Stop! I couldn’t even finish! 😂
Hell yea❤
dang this is still so sad to watch and funny at the same time lol
When Richard Simmons choreographs your video.
That is the winning comment. I was wondering what this reminds me of. After he rips his shirt the first time, the garb he puts on afterwards is total Richard Simmons. Thank god no red shorts.
I was thinking Richard Simmons also. It is a great song however.
I THOUGHT THE SAME THING
Was just about to write something like this LOL that's what ruined this. I don't think the song itself is bad but this video is terrible. Had it been on a movie soundtrack. Splash,footloose,bachelor party,revenge of the nerds,last starfighter,buckaroo banzai something could've saved it with the movie footage in the video
The guy who directed this also directed one of the best videos and performers of all time, so this is such an enigma.
That's too 80s even for the 80s 😅
"Never go full 80s."
Blue Collar/Hard Rock/REO Speedwagon kind of singer...Thinks he'll pull off a Purple-Rain/Prince-style video. It looks like a Weird Al parody of "When Doves Cry" except the poor guy DOESN'T MEAN TO BE an utter nerd.
Billy Squier was top-notch! I saw him in concert in ‘81 and he was an amazing performer with outstanding strong vocals. A few years later I think the significance of the controversy over this video said more about the audience than Billy as an artist. People like me who grew up listening to all kinds of music (new wave/progressive, rock, rap, soul, pop, etc) and hanging out with all kinds of groups in school were not so much into the image and branding aspect of the music industry. We really didn’t care much about videos and public image of artists. This man was a huge talent, and that’s all I still saw in the video.
Agreed! I never judged any groups I liked by their videos
Ist OK was Du schreibst aber aus Sichtweise eines damaligen Jugendlichen war es schon etwas zum Fremdschämen.
Word
I’ve been a fan of Billy since I can remember. Everybody wants you is literally the first song I ever remember hearing.
Most rock fans of the day were not tolerant of their male rock idols effeminately prancing around in pastels with a pink guitar
As a piece of Kitsch, as an homage to The Absurd, as a piece of art that is presented in total confidence with absolutely NO explanation, this video is FANTASTIC. It rises to the level of era-defining. Nowhere can you find a greater expression of the cocaine fueled fever dream that took place between 1979 and 1990. This film is IT!
It really is. The Loft, the satin Sheet..😂, the Hair, Love it😂🎉
@@greenstonexx6688can you imagine a 1 hour, dramatized documentary about the making of this video, just the truth? Billy walks in, thinking the video is gonna be one thing, then he comes on set and sees the bed with the satin sheets. Then someone hands him the pink tank top and he just stares at it. "Well, I'm here. I gotta do this. They've spent a ton of money. Let's show em the moves I've been working on". Then in the end, we learn that it was the zeitgeist of decade that directed the video. And all it was doing was showing the audience a mirror of who they were becoming. It could be a Bret Easton Ellis kind of thing. I can see it!
its shit.
"...a piece of art that is presented in total confidence with absolutely NO explanation..." 🤣
Calm down and take your meds.
That's a good boy.
Over the top analysis but not completely absurd.
Not every creative idea was fueled by cocaine back then.
Sometimes when I can’t sleep, I dance like this in my bedroom.
Now THAT makes me 😂
If he sang into a hairbrush… now that would have been relatable. I love his personality and his talent. I worshipped him because he was the dream. The dream I wanted for myself. He made it look effortless. ❤❤❤
You must to have a big bedroom!
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Who doesn’t?
Excellent quality and embarrassing at the same time. Bravo!!
As funny as it sounds, it took some balls to make this video.
Quality is good, but This song is highly misunderstood.
great song, horrible music video lol
The producer said he could choose between this concept or dance with his drummer in a speedo@@jameswilliams-zr8co
😆🤣😄 I'm sorry but this video is just about as gay as it gets.
This was a great video, for the radio.
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It really is a solid 80s rocker. Shame about the video...
Why didn't they just do a video of the band playing, instead of Billy Squier dancing like Richard Simmons?
@@SkyeID coz billy made the mistake of listening to the director, who happens to be gay,, go figure, this was pure a sabbatoge, but billy should've known better
There’s no 80’s without Billy Squire. Period. Love this guy.
I’m 54 and I still listen to Billy Squier no matter what/ he is , as many other bands, are a soundtrack to my youth - this song rocks and I truly believe “ Don’t say no “ is one or rocks greatest albums - thanks Billy
This is your idea of rocking?
I’m a 28 year old and my old man introduced me to Billy when I was about 13 and don’t say no did the same thing it did to my old man gave me about 8 tickets from just jamming and cruising way to fast down the road ! Now when I listen to Billy I think about my dad
@nickolasmeyers5764 Thanks for sharing your story and rock on 🤘🏼
@@robertmedrano2768 rock on 🤘🏻🎸🤘🏻
Yeah I agree with you 💯👍
I dont care what people say about Billy, he deserves his spot in music
Oh he's got a SPOT alright
He was awesome in concert
Here is the whole story of this video as told the book "I Want My MTV" by Craig Marks and Bob Tannenbaum. Everything was told by the people involved themselves. Billy wrote the song while vacationing in Greece with his girlfriend. He was was signed to Capitol records. He knew this song would be a hit when he recorded it and wanted a great video. He even had a great idea. It would be him in his home checking his hair and clothes before a big show. It would cut back and forth between him and group of kids checking their clothes before sneaking out to see his show. It travels back and forth as they each get to the show and ends with both the kids in the audience at the show, and Billy and his band rocking out on stage. He agreed to let MTV do an exclusive debut on a certain date. But the problem was Capitol records were super cheap when it came to music videos in the early days. So Billy looked for a director. He went to famous video director Bob Giraldi. Giraldi said no, the budget is too small for that idea and turned it down. He goes to another famous music video director David Mallet. Mallet did Bowie and Tina Turner. But Mallet gave him a lame idea out courtesy and said no in the end. But he recommended his choreographer Kenny Ortega (MJ's This Is It, High School Musical) who at the time was a top choreographer and directed the Pointer Sister's "I'm So Excited" video. So Billy Squier asks and Kenny excitedly says yes, which is great because the MTV premiere deadline is looming. He was nervous Kenny had not done any rock videos just pop, but what could go wrong? What Kenny gave him is this.. The bedroom with satin sheets, the cartoon city skyline, the pastel colors, the pink T-shirt, and Kenny not wanting Billy to play his pink guitar but just do his "stage moves". What Billy does is skip and prance and wear the pink T shirt and look effeminate. Tom Mohler, his manager wanted them to shoot the full song with the band so they could re-edit it if it looked bad, and the whole time Kenny is assuring them it will look great. They never filmed the band for the whole song, just the end. It's all mostly Billy skipping. His manager gets the rough cut and views it. He hated it! He cringed. Mick Kleber at the Capitol music video dept. gets the video and cringed.. But Billy dosen't think MTV will move the date so they can reshoot a new video, although he argues Bruce Springsteen re-did his dancing In The Dark video over again. And no one on his team stood up for him and demanded it like they should have. Plus Capitol's Mick Kleber said Capitol records allowed the most money to be spent on a video and they got THIS. "It was a rip-off.. a clunker.. a tragedy.. a whopping, steaming turd.." Haha.. Best quote ever! So they sent it to MTV and Roberta Cruger over there cringed herself.. "Oh my god, what were they thinking?" But they play it. Billy finally sees the video in full for himself on MTV and HE cringed! (No one showed him before they aired it?!?) He asked his girlfriend what she thought and she told him "This will ruin you.." So then he called his manager Tom and try to get the video pulled. But it is too late. He fires Tom and hires Arnold Stiefel, who is also Rod Stewart's manager. Arnold looks at the video and says "You're in trouble.." And he did get it pulled from MTV. Billy did bounce back after laying low a bit and had a nice career, but is still to this day very angry about the video and thinks it did permanent damage to his image at the time. He does not find it funny at all and rarely talks about it. I think he recovered just fine. Arnold Stiefel today: "Lordy, lordy lordy! I watched it on RUclips recently. I almost peed! Everyone must die when they talk about this video, right? I tell my friends 'I promise you, this aired!'"
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Yeah well no one forced Billy to prance around in a pink cut-off acting all gay. We all saw it.
@@dhrichardson5798 yeh well the film clip editor didnt need to freeze-frame on his naked chest, and THEN freeze frame on his crotch lifted in the air. Thats sabotage
This definitely ruined his career. Squier had some popularity but only with a small die hard group of fans, like me, who just knew he was going to hit it big.
He got some radio play, but we who bought the entire albums, not just the singles, realized how great his music was and were surprised how underrated he was.
We promoted his music to all our friends and slowly grew his fan base through word of mouth. This video was supposed to be his big break out moment. Everyone who was tired of us endless touting him had this chance to see for themselves. The door to superstardom was right there, unlocked, ready for Billy to break through.
When we saw the video, it was like all the oxygen was sucked out of the room. It was the first time my friends called me after watching something on TV. We were in shock, not in a good way.
Back then in those days there was zero tolerance for anything non-hetero. This was a very bad look. Being out of the closet, or even being perceived as possibly not straight, and your social life was over. It wasn’t good for your health either, as the bullying would follow shortly thereafter, and it could (and often would) become physical. No male under the age of 21 could openly show they liked Squier lest anyone label them.
Us longtime fans had to literally become closeted Billy Squier fans. I only avoided scrutiny due to being an athlete and one of the few guys in junior high with a girlfriend, but I had to temper my enthusiasm.
It was like being an open fan of Culture Club and Boy George. Social suicide for any straight teen boy in the 80’s.
Thankfully this day and age, while not fully where it needs to be, is leagues more tolerant than those days. It is inconceivable to my kids that this happened and why it happened. I just tell them stories from that time that are 100% real and show bad things were so they can appreciate what they have now.
Thanks for this interesting back story. By some of the comments, I really thought it was a video about a gay rocker coming out.
The dancing plus the pink tank top over the white sleeveless shirt. I reckon even Boy George must have felt second hand embarrassment seeing this video.
Billy deserves to be in the Rock & Roll hall of fame
💯 Agree!
Yes he does.
If he does, then take The Beatles, The Who, The Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix and anyone else worthy out...Billy can be in there with Bon Phony, Journey, Styx, and all the other limp-wristed, mindless, soulless crap and the HOF will be exactly what the Sex Pistols called it...a piss stain...
Truer words were never spoken
@@stephenstone8480 I'm not sure you realize how funny your comment is.
When I saw this video for the first time as a kid in the 80s I thought it was a Richard Simmons Workout infomercial.
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I was in high school when this video came out. I was in the closet. I still didn't wanna come out after seeing this video.
Oh God, I'm glad I wasn't drinking coffee while reading this comment - I would have spit all over my screen 🤣
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Lmfao 😂😂😂❤❤❤
😂😂😂😂 im weak
Yes, you win the comments section of this video. ;-)
I have never seen this video and I think that maybe no one should have ever seen this video
I agee but it's a great song
with our luck, some superior alien civilization would come to earth with the intent of giving us the secrets to living a utopian life - no sickness, no poverty, no war, no death, etc., but then they see this video….
I like the song tbh.. but I only found it because the video to this song was supposedly the reason his career went downhill.. it's actually funny that you said that.. it's on Wikipedia and I know I'm not supposed to believe everything but in this case I can..
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COMMENT JUS FRIGGIN' KILLED ME.
DEAD.
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I PICTURE THE ALIENS ARE ON LIKE LAST PAGE OF THE CONTRACT ......... ONE OF THE ALIEN UNDERLINGS IS YOUTUBING ....... FINDS THIS VIDEO ........
"UHHH , BOSS ....... ????"
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I remember seeing this video for the first time back in the 80's and shaking my head in disbelief.
I always thought this video was very cool and refreshing. No cringe for me whatsoever.
@hannahbride3310 I'm pretty sure this is where the whole idea of cringe was invented!
this video isn't even on Squier's official youtube channel. says it all right there.
Hi. I am born in the 90s and all about classic rock. I don't think it's a great video, some weird dance moves, but from my point of view it's just 80s. So many other artists danced the same weird 80s way like Springsteen or dire straights at that time. Why was this video such a big deal? I don't get it. The song is just awesome.
@@bobdavis4848 Then you are lame.
I was a kid when this came out and I remember the reaction, you have to understand there was this big battle between real "rock" and the new "pop" music (like Culture Club) that was becoming more popular and before this Billy was squarely in the "rock camp" when his die-hard fans saw this, they felt betrayed.
Yeah. He was clearly in Boy George’s camp after this video came out.
It's sad because this song is undoubtedly rock, it has such a good groove and his vocals are great but daaaang they did this man wrong lol
Whats all the bitching. Whats wrong with this video is its boring. But so we were a lot of music videos. The social trend right now is trash everything. If anything should be trashed it should be the influencer tik tok stuff. Theres quite a bit of garbage on there. The clueless leading the clueless
I grew up in this time too, and I could never see how Billy would have ever fit into the rock camp in the first place.
Once a year I come back to this video just for the new comments. They never disappoint.
I added it to my list just for this😂
Mom, I want to see Jennifer Grey.
"We have Jennifer Grey at home."
LMAO 🤣
It's sum bullshit that this comment only has 7 likes. It should be getting 7 likes a minute.
lmfao
So he needed a break, what? Sorry guys.
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Thank you Matty!!! My Sunday is just that more hilarious!!!
Same hai!
it's amazing Billy releases a new song almost 40 years later, and sends people right back to this video. This video is still following him around-it refuses to die...I can't think of another instance like this, off the top of my head....I feel bad for him: Imagine something you did that was considered embarrassing 40 years ago that continues to follow you...
It's only because this is such a great song!
Actor Colin Farrell has a sex video, he's making love to this chick going down on her and he says he could eat her for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Lol Years later he's on the Graham Norton show and sharon osbourne reminds him of what he said in his infamous video. 😅😅😅😅
"I can't think of another instance like this, off the top of my head".
I can: ruclips.net/video/HasaQvHCv4w/видео.html
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He needs to just own it. Like, break into some of those dance moves at his next show and laugh. His popularity would SOAR.
Music Industry: "There's no way that a single bad music video can ruin a star's career"
Billy Squier: "Hold my pink tank top"
😆🤣😄 I'm sorry but this video is just about as gay as it gets.
sad but true
I find myself watching this vid just because it's so bad. Like Jan Terri - Losing You 😆
LOL!!!
Two things: First, if you've never read it, get a copy of "I Want My MTV" and read the chapter on this video. Then, watch this with the sound off. Truly sorry this happened to you, Billy. I'll continue to try and remember this song without the visuals dancing in my noggin.
Seconding this, it’s one of my favourite books! After reading the chapter on this music video, it’s hard not to feel bad for Billy. Kenny Ortega totally did him dirty.
This was considered "too gay" for the 80's Let that sink in.
And yet ... gender bending was all the rage: annie, boy george, prince, michael ... but they were pop, not rock. Male rock fans hated him for it and the girls loved it :)
"gay" was not the issue , Queen was big at this time - it was weakness. Prancing round like a little girl ended his career. Being gay, like Queen, was not the issue when Freddy was sporting a manly mustache and riding harelys. That was fine. People could over look the gay crap when he at least looked manly. Prancing around like a fairy - career over.
Oh man! 😂
@@colatrl.damg3167 🎯 💯
Queen was not doing fine in America in 1984! I want to break Free video with them dressed in drag along with Their 1982 Hot Space album killed their career in America! After 1982 they never toured the states with Freddie again! Homophobia was alive and well in the rock world back in the 80’s! Billy and Queen both suffered from this, unfortunately!
This video screams 80's from head to toe. No other video I can think of can encompass the decade more than this one.
There’s tons of 80’s music videos that fully encompass the 80’s. 😂
Here I go again from Whitesnake and Addicted to Love are another 2 videos that scream 80’s.
I don’t care what anyone says, I find this joyful 🔥
This song rocks 🎶
Exactly. And the guys who talk trash about it would probably dance around the house to this song if they were alone guaranteed
You oughta know sweetie 😘
@@oe3039 I am a joyful gal, dancing my way thru life. 💋
I think this is one of those situations where It's acceptable In today's Society ,(Which says alot but that's a topic for another Video), but that wasn't the case in the 80s Especially given what his image was prior to this video...
say what you want about his dancing. This song kicks ass! I need to buy it pronto!
The song is acutally good, but the video is terrible.
I love this song. He’s just dancing like half the men in the world do alone at home
Dancing's not bad at all. Something Rod Stewart does everytime.
@@bebereyes5514man stop lying lol
Pretty sure my mom and I had that tank top for our aerobics class lol!! Very popular look in fashion too 😂
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Flashdance....What a Feeling!
especially at that moment when he points
Same hair
The pink guitar seals the deal
For everyone dissing on Billy here, remember this is right around the time Jagger and Bowie did Dancing in the Streets, so Billy gets a pass.
Thank you for preserving and uploading this. If you think this is a treat then be sure to listen to his interviews in later years where he talks about this video. The animosity and disgust he has for it is beyond entertaining.
pls post a link to an interview video you describe!
Every 11 year old girl in her bedroom when a rocking Taylor Swift song comes on. 😆
40 years later and I still have no words.
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen this video, but I can see why Billy Squier took so much heat over it.
The song kicks so much ass tho
If he’d have just been kinda acting like he was on a concert stage in this bedroom setup, this would just be another video. The song would still have been a smash hit, and the video would be this dusty old thing that Squier fans and 80s music fans come to watch. But this took it to next-level ridiculous, even for 1984.
The prancing, the shirt-ripping, the pastels. They were all era-appropriate.
Yet DESTROYED his career 😂🤷🏼♀️
"era appropriate". I like that phrase. We should use it more often.
Flashdance era, baby :) I thought nothing of it back then. Dumb video but still a great song. A dumb video shouldn’t ruin the career of a rocker like Billy.
@@steelethescene I think with today's social media driven world, it would had been different. It would had become a meme. Billy Squire would had participated in the online discussion. There would had been detractors and defenders and countless rebuttal videos. He would become even more well known and popular.
Think of being Rickrolled. That did nothing but keep Rick Astley's image alive and well for a whole new generation.
😂😂😂 so wrong.
If they replaced Billy with a hot girl doing the same moves it would have been a hit.
You're damn right!
I feel like this is a combination of Rod Stewart and Madonna.
Nah, the song is shit
This seems more like a Pat Benatar dance routine
I think anyone would look stupid dancing like this.
Muy buen trabajo, y excelente tema, tengo 54 y de algún momento en mi adolescencia sé que lo escuché, que te descubrí hace unos meses, es genial!
I love this song and I don't care what people say about this video. Billy is a legend.
This video is idiotic, but even the greats have some “WTF were they thinking” moments. The director should have scrapped this completely. But you’re right, Billy was and is a legend and he did plenty of great shit aside from this mess
Exactly and he’s still hot. I don’t care how he dances
In now days, he would wasting time with dance classes, instead of singing so perfect
No problems with the song
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I heard this B.S song over the radio then. I was young like 11 y.o, but I couldn't get this tune outta my head. Today, I still love this song📻
This is the best example of how self confidence is ruined afterwards with second guessing. Reality evolves around your thoughts and self esteem. The video is cool and Billy should learn to love it even back then.
Tragic part is that the song is a banger
YES!
If banger means dogshit.... Then definitely!
I love this video! I don’t care what the critics said! I love you Billy- I have since the 80’s!!!
I don't see how this video tanked his career.
Even Freddie Mercury laughed at this video.
Seriously? 😂😂
He was asked to make a Cameo in the video... Freddy declined, saying it was ' a bit gay ' for his taste.
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@@dawellerI want this to be true so bad but is it really? Freddy wasn't afraid to act very flamboyant
@@michaelcoletta4547 no I made it up 🙁
Waiting for him to pull the rope and the water falls from a bucket.....
Yeah, you may be chuckling at this video, but when this comes on the radio it is cranked up to 11 every time!!
Uhhhmmmm no it’s not
Hell yeah!!
Ole Billy dancing around like a soccer Mom who just out of her 1985 Plymouth Caravan for some her time in her she shed.
This video ended Billy’s career. I think the HIV hysteria of the early ‘80’s and Billy’s flamboyant dance moves tainted his reputation as a hard rocker. Certainty a very talented rocker and singer/songwriter, he deserves credit for his amazing success. Unfortunately the homophobic paranoia of the early 80’s and this video killed his career. Rock on, Billy!
Yes. Unfortunately even a band of slicked back female model band members couldn’t save this video.
Goddamn, why does everyone talk like that now? Ugh
@@psychedelicfright85 what do you mean, Devin?
If “Flamboyant Dance Moves” had been the name of the album that followed, he might have laughed all the way to the bank.
Homophoby is another option, just as coprophagiaphobia
The director that handed Billy that pink guitar and convinced him this whole production was gonna come off as anything but a boondoggle deserves an acting award.
The director had a vision and he told it to Billy Squier who nodded in agreement and then he went out and did this. During the filming of the video Squier was told things like, "more arm swinging", " dance more loosely, Billy" and "pink.... I said a pink shirt" and Billy Squier did it. The sad end of a career for a pretty good rocker.
Plenty of artists have pushed back in the middle of a shoot like this and said "NO IM NOT DOING THAT!" and been called "difficult to work with" and that can cause ripples in an artists career also
I don't see anything wrong , great video !! Love it.
The arrangement & rhythms remind me of Cold As Ice by Foreigner. Those half-tempo features are also there. The band part of this video reminds me of Freeze Frame by J. Giles Band.
Nice. Freeze Frame. Thanks for the reminder. We thought we had it bad in the 80's, but considering the garbage these kids are left with, we had it good.
I hear Steve Miller’s Abracadabra a bit.
The absolute proof that 5 minutes is all it takes to kill a music career.
He has a net worth of $40 million. I don’t think he gives a shit.
@@jumpinjojo Oh but he does give a sh*t. He blames this video for ruining his music career.
@@jumpinjojohe did and still does lol
Yet today, he would not even be questioned. In fact, he would likely be celebrated for this production.
@@rommix0 That's exactly correct.
This is exactly how I dance after a few drinks.... luckily I only do this in the living room, not in public.... or, God forbid, in a video! hah hah
I think that's what is truly so disturbing about it, he has the exact same moves that you expect to see from somebody's drunk middle aged mother.
Well, the same moves as someone’s lite in the loafers brother in law from San Francisco. Kind of killed the tough guy image.
Me too! Cheers! 😉😊😁🍷
Your drunken dancing was not filmed and directed by supposed “professionals” and then sent to MTV for airing.
You're a girl. You're allowed to prance.
I absolutely adore Billy Squier's entire music catalog❣️ Dude knows how to make great rock and roll music 💯😎🎧
The hot models couldn’t make it so Billy decided to dance flamboyantly and the director said, “trust me” and Billy’s career soon went up in flames as his target audience was disgusted.
Even with my eyes closed listening, I still see the ripped pink tank top and Billy's dance moves. I still love you Billy !
The dance moves are hilarious! Well done Mr. Squier. I laughed out loud after watching this.
Typical 80s. I don’t see the big deal. I like this song
Idk people weird..to stop rocking with his music ONLY because of one music video
Music's great, that's all that matters.
You had to have been around in the 80s to understand
@@bobbyg433 I was and I don't understand. Didn't do then and don't do today.
@@pedroi.g.3277 because it was so gay
@@bobbyg433 Yeah, I got that, sure, but it still don't mean a thing and it changes nothing. The music was great.
I love Billy but he shouldn't dance! That's the kind of dancing you do when nobody's looking, still one of my all time favorites!
he did allright dancing i think. He Can move...it was the pink shirt ripping and the crotch freeze-framing and satin pastel sheets and nu-romantic art hangin around in a rock video that screwed it. Plus the cinematographer did all these full screen shots, there should have been more closer shots to move in on him...its just all a #fail in film clip making... I think he moved well under the circumstances...
Seen worse from many others, better to have had a guitar in his hands from the beginning and serenaded that than the dance moves. Still produced some amazing music and love him till this day. Rockin Billy
I think I saw this scene I. Nightmare on Elm Street II
They say this video ruined his career. I think the song and the video kicks ass! It’s not easy to dance freely and not look stupid.
Not look stupid?
I think he nailed stupid
I was and am a fan and I think the video was excellent. He can dance however and wear whatever he wants. I think restrictive gender stereotypes are stupid. I was glad he had the self confidence to do it. Those who go off him because of this video were not real fans in the first place.
@@bobdavis4848
I was and still am a fan. The last time I saw him was in Atlanta opening for Queen who's still selling out arenas without Freddy Mercury. I understand your sentiment but truthfully Billy Squire couldn't draw flies to picnic right now. And he damn sure couldn't open for Queen.
When I watch this video, I feel sad that men would be judged for dancing with abandon in their rooms like this, when we women aren't. Why can't they just let loose, too? It's fun every once in a while!
@@messinalyle4030 I agree with you. Macho stereotypes have been pushed on males, and too rigid definitions of what males are supposed to be allowed to do. I dance with abandon sometimes and I don't care if some would judge me.
Legend has it that Billy ate only soy for 4 weeks before the shoot.
Now this is superb video quality. Sadly I can't say the same for the silly dancing :)
Elton John stated days later,
"That was a pretty gay video:" 😂
2023: Breaking news: it's being reported that Billy Squire has come up with the cure for cancer! Reactions from the world are swift, with everyone commenting, "Isn't he the one that made that gay video 40 years ago?!"
I remember the video at the time and I thought it was lame as a little kid. I still like the song as much as I did then. He’s so talented with his beautifully unique vocals and guitar playing.
I was around when this video came out, I was an avid MTV watcher. I do not remember this video being much different from the other videos coming out at the time.
This brought back great memories. Was it March or April? Anyone. SLC UT. 1984 Billy & Molly Hatchet. Great song, great video
You wanted to be more heavy Rock, Trust us Billy. Sweating to the oldies made millions for Gene Simmons 🤔 or was that Richard Simmons? Either way you gonna be famous.
What a voice! I love this song! It's actually beautiful...
I came here because of a post on facebook about Billy Squier's new album. I only knew him for the song 'The Stroke' which was his only hit here in Australia and I knew nothing about the controversy over this video. Must say it's a much better song than 'The Stroke' but it didn't even make the Top 40 here so I'm pretty sure I've never heard it before. For whatever reason the public shunned him after this I can only think it's for shallow reasons which unfortunately had the effect of killing his career .. sad!!
I'm also from Oz and only came here because I heard what a terrible video it was and how it ruined Billy's career. Everything is true about the video. It's a shocker. But the song's pretty good. Was released in the era where videos could make or break an artist.
You should check out his Don't Say No album. A lot of great songs on it. Lonely is The Night, My Kinda Lover, In the Dark, Too Daze Gone. All better songs than The Stroke and this one.
Im from Australia also. If i had said that i liked this video to other kids in the schoolyard in the 80s, i woulda been bashed in the face behind the bicycle sheds. I had to secretly like Duran Duran as it was...
This is a great song! Loved it back mid 80's High School and looked it up again on RUclips 2024. Hummed it throughout the years. You know you like this one too.
I love this song and the video- it's called a great and passionate performance people! I'm sending Billy some love ❤
Back when music was about pull down your pants and party. Before the grunge era. Happy feel-good music. Idc who u r Billy's a Rock St☆r !
I love how the drummer just says f* ck it, totally abandons the illusion of playing the drums in this video and just gets up to frolick along with Billy squier. I guess the cocaine really was stellar back then! 😂 That being said, this song rocks and was one of the best of the '80s!
RIP, Bobby Chouinard. He had the fattest snare, in the industry.
@@672macknasby7 Thanks for this. I just watched it and thought it looked like Cozy Powell, which seemed unlikely.
Kind of weird that people disliked that video so much back in the day, I mean everybody were dancing kind of like that in the 80's. Mötley crew, awesome band, awesome music, yet looked and danced like bunch of semi-females on stage- every body loved them, and let's not forget the queen.
Please tell me you're joking about Motley Crue being awesome...
@@stephenstone8480 Dude, Motley Crue was hugely popular in the 80s! Most of us thought they were awesome.
How to say goodbye to a promising career 101.
I didn’t think I knew Billy Squier but it turns out he has like 3 huge hits that I definitely recognize and I’ve just never heard anyone mention or talk about him. This video is weird but I also kind like it. 😅
But I also strongly respect authenticity and at one point I thought I imagined myself dancing in the room with him.
He’s a vibe!
Somebody give this man a chair and bucket of water on a string. So he can pull a flash dance water scene.
It's still a good song. The rock fans weren't crazy about the video, but it shouldn't have hindered the album or his career. Lots of videos are bad. Look at the campy New Wave stuff from around '82. It wasn't any better or worse than this.
Love it all !! The song the video everything!! 😍😘
I have always loved this song.
"This video is the gayest thing I have ever seen"
--- Freddie Mercury, Elton John, George Michael
Somebody needs to tell Bill Squier he kicks ass no matter WHAT
The textbook definition of "Video killed the radio star."
Elaine Benes took it to the next level.
😂😂😂😂😂
Billy was trying to tell us something. The dancing....I mean, the signals were there. 🤔🤔😅😂
His music was undeniable because of his voice & he was a true musician/artist due to his originality.
40 years later, what was the fuss all about?
I loved it in my 40s, and love it in my 70s !! One hell of song, youngies... passion all over it.
This video is still way better than everyone's stupid TikTok dance videos.......
40 years has went by and this dude hasn't recovered from this
Jason Mraz must have been inspired by Billy. Let's see what happens now! Thank you for downloading this. 🙏♥️✌️💪👊👍