I'm a straight dude but holy shit this guy gets better looking as he gets older and the how the hell does he stay in that shape for a man in his 60's. Was a fan back in the day but becoming a fan all over again, gotta love RU-vid. Still sounds great too, not many legends from the 70's and 80's that held up like Billy.
when he ditched drugs he turned out to be completely different person...much more normal and friendly.....he is also supposedly very health conscious now.....does not eat meat , drinks only water most of the time......exercises everyday ....very fit
I'm loving the older, mature looking Billy Idol. Time had been very good to him. You got to be kidding he will be 60 this November of 2015. I love his style and look now. More Handsome than ever. Love his music and glad he's back. He's a Legend of the punk rock era. Great interview too.
The excerpts from his early days are great - articulate young man. Used to listen to Rebel Yell LP back to back over and over when it came out - such a great record - all songs were excellent and haven’t aged a bit.
Billy Idol has always been a fine looking man and a great singer. I loved the 80's and we were lucky to have Billy's face representing the decade. I am so glad that he survived and became the man that he is today🤗.
A surprisingly intelligent, articulate and interesting person. Has aged well and has a great deal of humility for such a gigawatt star. Have always enjoyed his music.
He seems highly intelligent. I love the new music he and Steve have put out. I grew up with Billy Idol in the 80s. I was into new wave, punk, rock, disco, all kinds of music. I loved the look, the entire thing. I actually saw Billy at Merry Weather back then. We used to get called freaks and now the music, look and everything represents that time period as if it had been accepted. Funny how people are.
Music is always like that. The younger generation creates and discovers a new genre and the older generation doesn’t like it because they like what they grew up with. It still blows my mind to hear rap and R&B songs being sampled in commercials where back in the 90s there was so much censorship around that genre. It was the same with heavy metal from the 80s which was considered devil music…lol. Now you hear songs from that genre being sample too.
@@mjh5437 fair enough, maybe I'm more tuned into it now. I was 13 or 14 when I discovered his videos on MTV, so the tongue in cheek sensor might not have been as developed. I'm 50 now, so it seems more pronounced, but that could be me.
Oh man I love this guy! Billy Idol took me thru the Air Force, first base in Turkey in the early 80s and we were rocking out to Billy f-in IDOL. He just ROCKS 🎸 😎
Saw him in concert in the 80s. I love the first rap groups again in the 80s. But I’m open to new old, any era of music. Eyes without a face…my favorite! But I love his new stuff too! Incredibly talented and still very attractive!!
Billy is the LEGEND! He’s the Ponce de Leon of punk rock. He’s a fine wine. Same with Steve. They’ve actually gotten even better. He’s have a blast now just like in the 80s. If you see them you will get a full value plus for the ticket price. You’ll go home smiling for weeks.
... He did a lot of lip syncing, Martin, pop/rock music mandatory, I suppose ... and Goodsall was the actual axeman on Eyes Without a Face, I believe, probably his & Stevens’ best & most original work, perhaps the best version done only very recently on SiriusXM. Also, by all appearances, a “made man” in the Illuminati sense - tons of one-eye and other imagery, the whole Aucoin thing, etc., etc. ... He could be a very dangerous man, if he were to ever sober up - everything: the weed & whatever else - imagine Billy Idol critiquing the FauxVID-9/11 with a special edition of Eyes Without a Face! If only!!
I met billy in Louisville, Kentucky in the U.S. at a bar called SPLASH. It was a pub that was built on a floating barge. This was before his motorcycle accident and he was still drinking. I was at the pub there waiting for a young woman who stood me up. Billy and I had a two-hour conversation and drank the place nearly dry. What a great guy. he was real and didn't care what others thought.
He's so modest and so likeable!! How can you not love this guy!! And he looks GREAT!! I've listened to him sing recently and he's still got his total voice!!
Billy still sounds and looks amazing. I especially loved listening to the interview with young Billy Idol...he already knew his influences and the direction he wanted to go in. That part of this video made it even cooler.
He's actually matured into a decent, personable human being. What a marked departure from what he was like, in his one and only appearance on David Letterman.
Is anyone as gorgeous as Billy Idol? Billy Idol at 20, or 40, or 60, or 80. I want to claim him as an American. Actually, I just want to claim him. Dead sexy.
VERY articulate and NICE the boy , uh? it was an amazing time. I missed the first British Invasion, but .. THE SECOND was a GAS!!! and Billy gave a face to Brit Invasion version II
Speaking of Gary Numan,I've got an amazing original version of "Down in the park" on my RU-vid Channel I'm sure you'd like, just search for Gary Numan and you'll find it! Cheers 💯✌
Dancing by myself? What a goober, you’d think he could get the title right when interviewing Billy Idol and you’d think he’d know some back story of what he’s interviewing. Sheesh
And the same goober confused him with simple minds. He's like 'that was an 80s movie wasnt it, the breakfast club'. Man, they should at least do some research.
That one dude didn't even know the title of the song "Dancing with myself." He said dancing BY myself. And wow Billy still looks cut and same hair - amazing.
He is incredibly blessed. He came from a stable, sensible, healthy, moral and intelligent family and he is blessed that the mother of his children was there for them in the same way. Now he has a beautiful granddaughter as a result. I love Steve Stevens and his wife. Good people. Billy Idol is intelligent about those he surrounds himself with.
@@b.boston8529 it's also just nice to see a celebrity / rock star that is competent, and well spoken. You dont see that with many up & coming ones today.
I am also 58 and named William Albert and this guy is inspirational.....That old video was amazing... His destiny and drive was so clear... and that might be the purest British accent I have ever heard...
I like Billy Idol a hundred more times better than I already did with him referring to John Lennon as a big influence. Also, his reference about he feels young until he looks in the mirror. Totally get it.
Yes, The beautiful Perri Lister. Unfortunately Billy cheated on her with Linda Mathis who was 13 years his junior when Perri was pregnant with Billy’s Son in 1988.
@@chickwithaguitar6876 Perri said in an interview that she knew he had many women, even had a separate residence so she would not see them. Seems she knew what she signed up for.
These interviewers .. man .. their questions are brutal and a shade shy of insulting. It irritatesme these people think they're being appropriate with a musical legend and he's so gracious. Hope his people are more selective about these interviews in the future. And dude I don't care how old Billy ever gets - to ever compare yourself to him is just --- F$#KED UP.
I'll never forget being a teenager with the family going to a wedding and Billy Idols WHITE WEDDING came in the radio 😂it was an awesome sunny day in British summertime 🇬🇧👍
Billy would have never had to dance with himself,wonder is he empty without his white wedding?has he met his it girl if he read this he would realize I am the go to person xoxo crazy sonja.ps open your eyes more billy.
