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Ahhh yes, Billy. Great reaction. For something completely different, try “Eyes Without a Face” awesome track that shows his versatility as an artist. For another banger, our favourite 80s dance track was (of course) “Dancin’ With Myself”.
You MUST listen to the cover of this song by the band named HIM. They are from Finland, and you're gonna love the singer's voice. There are a lot of song by them you'll love, his voice is so deep 💪🏻⚡🔥
Hey beautyfull ladie!! Billy is amazing!! Good reaction!!! Thanks. There's a vídeo in RU-vid called "Storytellers". He's with the band. Before every song he tells how, when or why he wrote every one. Greettings from Argentina
Great reaction to a great classic of my youth! The entire Rebel Yell album is amazing, and it has several great tonal shifts from song to song in the album. Such awesome songs! Blue Highways is my favorite song no one knows off of that album, though I tend to speed -a bit- excessively when it is on. 😀
Great reaction 😄 i enjoy seeing people react to so many iconic artists. ❤ not sure if you've done these but im so interested in seeing a reaction to Journey- "Faithfully" Phil Collins, 2004 Live performance of "In the Air Tonight" and U2s Super Bowl performance in 2002
New subscriber - I love your vibe. A suggestion: your reaction to the song "Altay", by Dutch DJ Ummet Oscan, and the Siberian tribal/EDM group Otyken. IMO, it is serious ear candy. BTW, I've seen Billy in concert maybe a dozen times, the last just a few years ago - still rocking his ass off on stage. Thanks, keep up the goodness. 😎☘️
Too many rock acts today seem uncomfortable with leaning into the spectacle that was somewhat common for rock acts back in the 1980's. The visuals and the stage performance are part of the entertainment value.
This is a great song. Not for a reaction, but for your own viewing pleasure, there is a Sesame Street parody of this called "Rebel L" that's worth checking out.
Classic song, anyway kinda unrelated but the HIM cover of this song fuckin rules too, same with their Wicked game cover and their enjoy the silence cover.
The guitarist is Steve Stevens, he also wrote and played the theme tune for the Top Gun film, and also worked with other artists on various songs, e.g., Michael Jackson's Dirty Diana
I never understood as a teen in the late 90s why all the older generation hated the Grunge era of Rock. As I got older I realized their version of Rock & Roll was happy and sexy and fun. 70s and 80s Rock was just a blast. Everyone was just partying their asses off. So to them Grunge turned the party into a funeral. It made the music sad and serious. As a teen I thought they were just old and cranky and just couldn't adapt, but the more I listen to 70s and 80s Rock the more I see their point.
The problem with grunge is it all started sounding the same, then the fact that it completely killed rock in the mainstream and now we have Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift, plus the mush mouth or overly computer generated crap hop.
I was a late boomer who felt what you said about grunge exactly. All it did was bring me down from a three decade high. It was Whiny...just to be whiny. Me? I prefer ass kicking fun! So give me my 60s, 70s and 80s and stop!
All the partying Boomers did wrecked the lives of a lot of kids who came after them, and grunge was a consequence of that. But I agree, it sucks, and nobody wants to listen to it because it’s so depressing. It just makes things worse. And when you look at the way most of the singers of grunge bands ended up, it gets too real. I can’t listen to it.
He's got a very 80's look, here, but I feel that his voice and his music are pretty timeless. Other songs: White Wedding, Eyes Without a Face. He had an early 90's hit with Rock the Cradle of Love, which had a rather steamy video.
Billy Idol was the poster boy for what an 80's Rockstar should look like. The guitarist is Steve Stevens and his wild guitar style complimented Billy's stage presents. Stevens also performed the guitar theme of the original "Top Gun" movie.
THANK YOU. It was obvious that Billy Idol was the alpha of the thing, but Steve Stevens absolutely was the core of the sound. He's gone unnoticed for a long time because of how Billy (rightfully so) is the focus of the mix, but if you listen for it, Stevens is doing incredible work all over the track.
At a time when MTV was pretty much only playing New Wave stuff, this went hard af, and opened the door for a lot of the heavier stuff like Quiet Riot and Twisted Sister. Steve Stevens is legendary. This song in particular holds up in every way 40 years later, and I still turn it up every time it comes on.
This video completely changed the way many people looked at Billy Idol's back up band. They went from "Billy Idol" to "Billy Idol and guitarist Steve Stevens." Steve would eventually go solo with his own band, called "Steve Stevens and the Atomic Playboys."
Atomic Playboys was really good. Steve also did an interesting experimental project called BLS. It stands for Bozzio, Levin, Stevens. Terry Bozzio, the drumming legend and Tony Levin, the bass and Chapman stick legend. The album was called "BLS" for Black Light Syndrome. 😁
Saw Billy Idol perform live back then. Such a powerful, versatile vocalist. He can go from screaming to the smoothest croon in milliseconds. He had so much fun up there on stage! Born to perform.
I can remember the debut of White Wedding on MTV..!! Everyone became instant Billy Idol fans..!! The extended dance tracks that he released would keep the party pumping,, that's for sure..!! In the 90's I started competing in car audio and used "Eyes Without A Face" as a system reference for clean bottom end..!! An absolute MUST listen with some high powered 15" subs..!!
Did you ever see Blind Guardian? They have an extremely loyal fan base with an outstanding vocalist. Valhalla or The Bards Song are all time classics (live version is always best)
Sweet Sixteen is one of the most soulful love songs performed by Billy Idol based on a true story. If you want an outstanding metal song with the former and current lead singers of a band included, Signal Fire by Killswitch Engage. ;)
Billy Idol - Hot in The City. Though I don't believe that there's hot soon... White Wedding, Eyes Without Face, Dancing With My Self And sprinkles on the cupcake: Money, Money
I've been listening to Billy Idol since the 80s, his songs are really cool, I really like the band's guitarist, Steve Stevens, as Steve was one of the composers of the theme song for the 1986 movie Top Gun - Top Gun Anthem
Billy Idol live was great, got to see him on the tour following his motorcycle accident so he walked around with a cane. Still an amazing performance and Faith No More opened for him at Concord Pavilion here in NorCal.
Classic 80's Idol! The Vocals, Outfits and Swag is Off the Charts. Like the Outfit and Makeup on Judi Dozier on Keyboards. The Stage, Smoke and Crowd makes it Epic.
Billy STILL has an amazing voice, and all that energy and attitude. A song that that you might not see a lot of recommendations for because of the album it came from, "Shock to the System." That song will have you moving all over the place. I've always likened Billy to a cross between Sinatra, Elvis, and the entirety of the punk attitude alll stuffed into one man. When he does a ballad, he will MELT you. When he does high energ songs, you are GOING to be moving. And Billy and Steve Stevens (the guitarist) have been together their who career almost. You should check out some of his newer stuff. "Save Me Now, "One Breath Away," "Cage" just came out a couple of years ago and it's an absolute banger, and "Bitter Taste" is a one that just came out. That one is about his motorcycle accident that really messed him up back when the video for "Cradle of Love" was released. It's why he's only shown mostly neck up on a tv screen.
Another great Billy Idol songs:Shock To The System,White Wedding,Flesh For Fantasy,Speed,Dancing With Myself,Bitter Pill,Postcards From The Past,Bitter Taste,Can't Bring Me Down,Eyes Without A Face,Mony Mony.🤘🏻Greetings from Argentina.
As a little kid, my brother (7yr my SR,) & his friends would be watching MTV in his room all the time. I remember 1st hearing this. Myself & my friends at my house for my bday sleepover. We ❤️ed it! So the next day a group of us kids were yelling ..With a Rebel Yell, we cry more, more, more, in the midnight, more, more, more! 😂 Butchering the lyrics. However the fact that a bunch of us little girls were singing them (lyrics)was hilarious & scary at the same time! My brother yelled (no pun intended..) at all of us, saying don’t you ever let me hear you singing that song again! Oh the awesome 80’s, being a little kiddo was cool. However I wish I could have lived the 80’s as a teenager -adulthood! It 👀 too fun. The 90’s were amazing though. Great reaction btw! 👍 I really love your critique. ✌️
Ok, so here's a pathetic visual, 55 now.....was like 12 when this was on mtv and running around house trying act like him......he was early 80's BADASS!!!!!
He can't sing without auto tune certainly not nowadays. Terrible live singing with Generation Sex 2023 Glastonbury but ok for nostalgia...... I guess 🤔
Have you heard I would Do Anything For Love But I Won't Do That. By Meat Loaf White Rabbit. By Jefferson Air Plane And In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida By Iron Butterfly ?
White Wedding, Mony Mony, Cradle of Love, Hot in the City, Sweet 16, Eyes Without a Face, Dancing with Myself... all are bangers and would suggest a listen
Billy Idol had the most incredible and iconic singing voice to come from here in England with the legendary Freddie Mercury. Billy Idol is a Londoner who was born in London just like me. Billy Idol also starred in some British films and was a very good actor as well but his singing voice is just amazing and iconic. He was one of my favourite singers in the 80's and he came out with some incredible songs such as Rebel Yell, White Wedding and so on. 💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🏴💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Hmm, do any of us really know who Billy Idol is? Don’t we all have some Rebel Yell in us still? Maybe, just maybe, we’re all just a little Billy Idol, he’s just the most Billy Idol of all of us. Now go outside and scream MORE, MORE, MORE! And Steve Stevens is a massively underrated guitarist.
If you want to dive down this rabbit hole I recommend L.A. Woman (wonderful cover of the Doors song), Cradle of Love, Sweet Sixteen and Flesh For Fantasy. Greetings from Italy.
