One of my favorites. Billy Idol is a great performer. "White Wedding" launched his career. "Dancing with myself" is innuendo. Go choice. This is one of those artist with a whole lot of material to experience.
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Jamel, You MUST do “Forgot to be a Lover”. It’s rockabilly infused with a cool piano jingle and a really fun beat. And the video - like all of his others - is fun as heck!
Billy said he was in a disco in Japan. Everyone was dancing alone and looking at themselves in mirrors on the walls. That's the inspiration for this song.
It was originally called Black Wedding but the record label made him change it...there are a few vinyls out there with the original title on them, they are worth a fortune...
This is actually his first band from the 70s..called Generation X. He rereleased it when he went solo after they broke up..it's still done by Gen X though
Despite MANY fantastic songs, this has always been my favorite Billy Idol tune! It was the B side for a 45, and I don't even remember what the A side was, haha!
One of the coolest dance rock songs ever. Next up in that vein: Never Say Never by Romeo Void. A current day cool dance track equivalent would be , say, Pain by Boy Harsher.
I prefer Billy Idol’s “White Wedding” and “Flesh For Fantasy” over “Dancing With Myself.” Definitely worth a listen. I heard a story on a local radio station how a long-time Billy Idol fan wrote Billy a letter asking if Billy and band would show up and perform at his birthday party. Lo and behold that’s exactly what Billy did. I really have a lot of respect for entertainers who go to such lengths to show their appreciation for their fans.
Billy has his roots in the London 70's punk scene! He went mainstream without losing that punkish style and vibe! "Dancing with myself ...I read was about "taking care of your own business" if u know what I mean!😉 Great song!✌💗🎸🎶
Now you need to check out "White Wedding", "Rebel Yell", "Eyes Without A Face" & "Cradel of Love" by Billy Idol. Also.... at least 80% of songs/videos from the 80s were about sex or something sex-related. And sometimes the videos have NOTHING to do with the song itself. So really nothing to go too deep in about. LOL!
I was a HUGE Billy Idol fan when this all came out. I had this single on cassette and the flip side was an interview with Martha Quinn who was one of the original VJs on MTV. Billy was a big Elvis fan for sure and said so in the interview. The song is actually about "self-pleasure" if you get my drift.
Love Billy Idol. He's famous for doing Elvis's lip curl all the time as well. Check out White Wedding Part 1, Hot in the City, Mony Mony, Cradle of Love, Flesh For Fantasy, Rebel Yell, To Be A Lover, Sweet Sixteen.
Some friends and I made fun of this song whenever it came on the radio. We replaced the words "Dancing with Myself" by substituting "Playing with Himself".
Yeah, that's also what I heard the song is about. I think it's a double entendre and it can mean either one - but I get a hilarious visual out of it meaning both at the same time 🤣
Jamel, well spotted, Billy is big Elvis fan, hence the lip and the hip etc, in his earlier band 'Generation X' Billy did the song 'King Rocker' as a tribute to Elvis Presley.
This remains my favorite Billy Idol song, hands down. It never fails to make me dance. Doesn't matter where, doesn't matter when. I may try to be sneaky and cool, but by "sweat" it's full on booty shakin'.
Billy Idol is an amazing rock artist, totally set aside from all the rest!!! I can't think of another artist, that compares w/him. If u like rock music, then dive into his music, for he WILL NOT disappoint you!
i was 6 yrs old when this video hit Mtv and i loved it, this was my first favorite song, Billy Idol-Rebel Yell was the first tape i ever bought, great tunes, was disappointed this song wasnt on that album. love the reacts!
Dec1986, came home on leave from the Army from Germany. I had the cassette Vital Idol and my 6x9 Kraco's in a borrowed Delta 88 was at max volume for this. This 1 song is the 1 that makes me flash back to that time. Awwww. Loved it.
Yes! Billy Idol! One of my favorite song from when I was a teenage years. I was lucky to see him in concert in 2019, stll rocking and still hot as hell
Billy has SO many great songs! His first two solo albums are almost completely hits with every song. Then he gets into a motorcycle accident, destroys his leg. Didn't stop him at all. LA Woman and so many more followed. Good luck covering his stuff! When you get to Mony, Mony...do the live version, not the studio version
Absolute MONSTER hit from my clubbin' days! :) People went nuts (in a fun way) and no, you didn't even have to have a partner to get up on the dance floor!
A song from my early days in the Army when my stereo had speakers the size of refrigerators and when MTV actually played music videos. Thanks man, from a time of awesome memories, I know I got the CD some where, gonna go dig it out
I distinctly remember being wiped out tired after a Billy Idol concert back then. I had an aisle seat at the Warner in DC (long before it was renovated and became so expensive. I don’t think anyone in the place sat in their actual seats for the entire evening. Dance Dance Dance! So fun, so exhausting.
This is definitely my favorite song from Generation X and Billy ! My second favorite is "Prodigal Blues". And then just about anything from the album Rebel Yell including the title track, "Flesh For Fantasy", "Catch My Fall", "Blue Highway", "Dead Next Door", and "Crank Call". Really Rebel Yell is a perfect album !
Ah yes! I remember rocking out to this by myself during sunset on the shores of the Persian Gulf in Kuwait City. Was interrupted by a couple of police officers who were wondering what the hell I was doing. Good times!
I'm loving all your Billy Idol reactions! Of the few bands I allowed to be a poster on the wall of my high school bedroom, Billy in his black leather pants (and Van Halen) were it!
Billy Idol’s guitarist and songwriting collaborator Steve Stevens was a big deal in the rock music world. He won a Grammy (Top Gun); worked with Michael Jackson, Vince Neil, Robert Palmer, Terry Bozzio, Tony Levin, and others. My all-time favorite Steve Stevens track is the song "Pistolero" by Juno Reactor (Bombay Dub Orchestra Remix).
Everyone forgot about Hot in the City...a hit most people don't even know is Billy Idol. This song Dancing with myself is a song from his former band Generation X
The Simple Minds hit 'Don't You Forget About Me' was actually written for Billy. He turned it down at the time, although he later recorded a version of it.
Billy Idol introduced a whole new audience to punk rock. I always felt like this video was a kinda mad max type thing. I remember seeing this on friday night videos, before I knew anything about MTV.
This song was his first big Pop hit. Billy said this was his attempt to make a combination of Disco and Punk. He was innovative. Later on there were some Hardcore bands that mixed Funk in their sound. Then decades later there was also some Dance Punk but it never really took off as a genre. Im not a big fan of dance music but what I like is the energetic sound it adds to rock music.