*First Time Hearing BILLY IDOL* 🎵 REBEL YELL Reaction 

Brad's weakness is when Lex goes crazy or is having fun... He cracks that smile and gets out of his own head.. I love seeing that! Lex is the cutest and most fun RU-vidr to watch!

80's clubbing was awesome ,all these great bands and dance music. I remember all the guys singing the "With a rebel yell, she cried" and then the girls would scream "MORE,MORE,MORE" . seeing several thousand people at the club doing this in unison made those nights even more memorable.

Billy Idol is great,a mix of rock n roll,punk,new wave and pop of the 80's,had a lot of hits. His guitarist,Steve Stevens,is fantastic too.

"You better get outta my way Billy, you're gonna get hurt." You guys should watch "The Wedding Singer" if you haven't seen it. Billy's in it.

Catch my Fall is an underrated song by Billy Idol. He’s the epitome of an 80s artist.

Steve Stevens with his cool guitar playing. Awesome duo!

This was early eighties, the hey day of the electric drums, keyboard, synthesizer and key-tar (yes a keyboard played like a guitar). Billy Idol is not only considered great 80's punk, but essential 80's music. Also, lest we not forget Billy idol was the quintessential sex-symbol of the 80's. The funniest thing is that everyone says he is the nicest most down to earth person, especially to all his fans even now in his 60s.

Should have watched the actual video tbf to see Billy. But glad you reacted to this tune x It's a banger

You have to watch the official video. These guys are alot of fun and their audience goes crazy!

You really need to see this played live. Its awesome

This reminds me of playing zxspectrum with my brother and listening to billy idol all afternoon. Great times

Now I MUST see your reaction to The Cult. Another 80's band that flew under the radar for awhile and then...BOOM! They got BIG. I would suggest to start with either, Rain, She Sells Sanctuary, Love Removal Machine or Wild Flower. After that... Check out Fire Woman. LOVE your reactions, GREAT content ALWAYS. Keep up the good work! \m/

This is one of the only songs where you get a better feel watching the video. It gets you into it

You two should also check out these songs from Billy Idol as well: White Wedding, Eyes without a face, Flesh for Fantasy, Dancing with Myself, and also check out his work with the band Generation X

This needs to be played in a car while driving on the freeway, top down, 70 mph. Or faster. Which will happen eventually anyway.

Love love love Billy Idol.

Should have watched official video on this one because Billy and the band are entertaining.

As a latin man in those 80's, I can tell you we never danced to any rock songs back in the day. Dance music was extremely different in my area. Rock was great but not something to dance to. A good amount of the LA Socal dance music was to a different beat back then.

You guys need to see Billy Idol.

seen Billy in Kamloops BC many years ago awesome tunes

Billy Idol is tha shit baby. Love it.

Hello Brad & Lex, Check out the official video to this song you will appreciate it more!

That solo actually included a toy ray gun pointed directly at the pickups of the guitar. The magnetic pots picked up the frequency it generated and the results are heard in the song.

What an opportunity for Brad to say "Lets find out in the midnight hour"

The rebel yell was the battle cry of the Confederates going into battle against the Yankee hordes. It was an awesome scream that put fear into the enemy.

To answer her question about what a rebel yell sounds like, I guess u can describe it a bit like taking the word(s) 'yee-haw', drop the ''haw" part, keep the "yee" part and elongate it like a loud screeching/screaming noise. The rebels used it during the civil war to scare off union troops, but the sound can differ in different southern states, or maybe you tube has versions u can hear. Love yalls videos!💜

Steve Stevens in guitar is just a genius!!!

The rebel yell was a battle cry used by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. Confederate soldiers used the yell when charging to intimidate the enemy and boost their own morale, although the yell had many other uses.

Techno sound = Synthesizers which gained a lot of popularity during the 80s. Lot's of people have mixed feelings of their use, but it cannot be denied it helped define the "80s sound"

Greates of all billy

Smack in the middle of 80" 84-85 Was in High School. People dressed like this. Grand and Leather.

Here's the story, which I already knew but was too lazy to write. Hahahaha!!! Here ya go guys, courtesy of the ol' cut n' paste. :p Mucho love from dirty jerz, Nickachu “I went to this party in 1983, I think it was one of The Rolling Stones‘ birthday, at one point there were standing in front of me - Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and Mick Jagger, and they were all drinking this bottle of brown stuff, great big bottle.” “I kinda followed the bottle up to their lips and was just wondering, ‘What is this stuff they are drinking from this big bottle?’ And I could see a label, there was this cavalier officer riding away with a floom in his hat, a simple war cavalier… I could see the title ‘Rebel Yell.'” Billy Idol continued: “I was trying to write songs for the new album, I had no idea what to call it. So I said, I was fishing, you know. So I said, ‘Did you have this made up?’ They said, ‘No, no, this is something made in Kentucky…, it’s a Bourbon’” “‘But, ‘Rebel Yell,’ did you blokes think of using it as a song title?’ And they kind of looked at each other, ‘No, I don’t think we would use that.’ Of course, it was in my mind that I could use that, and I won’t make it about American Civil War. I’ll make it about a cry of love.”

Billy Idol was genius! A young man with white hair . . . 100 years later he still looks like Billy Idol! 🤣

Damn straight she gave the rebel yell! 😆

Need to see music video of this song. You will love it

Yeah I agree. This song was alway's a fun song to listen to. Alway's had a hard time fusing a rebel yell with a British singer. 🌴🐊🌄

The Rebel Yell was a battle cry type thing made by confederate soldiers. I don't think a recording exists of an actual one, but I recall in documentaries it was described as a high pitched kind of scream or something.

I saw him in concert......great music!!!! 1986 I think. The Cult She Sells Sanctuary is good. Miley sang this with him.

Loved the reaction. You should also check out "White Wedding" from Billy Idol too!

I dance like a maniac to this song 😂

Did either of you guys ever watch Buffy the vampire slayer? I like Billy idol. It probably makes me like him a bit more knowing that spikes whole look and demeanor was taken from Billy idol. So I think of spike from Buffy every time I see or hear Billy, and I am a huge fan of Buffy.

Rebel Yell is a term used in the American Civil War when Yankee soldiers heard a high screech as the Southern soldiers charged.

Guys his song "Eyes Without A Face" is great. And if you want to check out a straight 80's classic listen to "Sunglasses at Night" by Corey Hart.

you should watch the video version for a full effect!

Now you MUST react to Bill McClintock's MASTERWORK mashup of this and Bob Marley's Get Up Stand Up. No lie, it is the sound of World Peace.

This is one of the most bar band cover songs in history.

Bowie ‘Rebel Rebel’ is a must 🙏

Rebel Yell is a liquor and he seen some liquor called Rebel Yell at a rolling Stones party and said hey that would make a catchy song are y'all going to use that and he's rolling Stones said no you got it and so he made the song Rebel Yell after seeing the liquor at a rolling Stones party. Rebel Yell just mean she was enjoying herself and she was really loud Rebel Yell

Great song!

Billy's got punk roots, Has lived the Sex drugs and Rock'n'Roll life style that so many pretenders have claimed and he was friends with "Lemmy" from Motorhead and the "Sex Pistols". I can't think of any other '80s pop rock artists with more street cred than Billy Idol. While I'm here, Lets get some Sex Pistols into the mix on this channel!

Billy Idol is a rock legend! It’s a shame that you didn’t watch the video because Billy and his guitarist, Steve Stevens, have a great stage presence. There are so many more Billy Idol songs for you guys to check out - Mony Mony, Hot In The City, White Wedding, Eyes Without A Face, Flesh For Fantasy - just to name a few!

Y’all should have done The Cult as part of your 80’s stream. You missed out on another great 80’s rock band

Also, check out the live unplugged version, or the duet with Miley Cyrus.

Pat Benatar "Hell is for Children". 80"s female rock.

The Cure - Lullaby , its out of this world, youve never heard ANYTHING like it!!

His song White Wedding is also a great song

Billy's school teacher said that he was "idol" and would never amount to nothing!

Hell yeah!!!!

You should go see what Billy Idol looked like. Spliked blond hair, with an angry wise ass face and tight leather outfits that often exposed his chest.. To me, he looked like a tough take no crap thug. With a touch of sass. If u get my drift. And he certainly seemed to live the image. It seemed every other weekend he was in the paper for doing something drunk in the village in NYC. The village, especially back then was known for being a counter culture type of area.

Like y'all reaction to this 😀😃😄

Later in his career, was on a live show- I believe New Years- that one was sort of painful to watch because he was so obviously wasted. I mean, WE were wasted while watching it, and we could still see that he was trashed. Still love him, though. He did a great cameo on the movie "The Wedding Singer", with Adam Sandler (great movie, and is sadly an accurate portrayal of life in the 80s, coming from someone who really was in the age group depicted in the movie...TOO accurate, LOL!)

Flesh for fantasy. You're welcome.👍

You have to do the video to REALLY appreciate this song

Whats the difference between a yell and a Rebel Yell? A Rebel Yell has MORE MORE MORE!

The 'Rebel Yell' does not sound like what most people assume it would... Here is a vintage recording/film of some of the last living confederate Soldiers giving a demonstration of it.... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-s6jSqt39vFM.html To us it may sound odd... But Yankee Soldiers said that it became the most feared sound they ever heard....

Wait! Wait! Wait! Why are You Not Watching the Live Video Performance of this Song?!?!?!?!? Waiting for the Rebroadcast Reaction of That Video.

Rebel yell was a liquor.

Lex her big fan

The sword!! Primus!! or Tom petty

There was no Rebel Yell back in the day....

Although LA Woman is a Doors song.. No one does it better than Billy I dol

Billy started in punk music but live concert stuff is the shit

Oh darn , the video version is pretty entertaining to watch🙂, nice choice of song anyways❤️❤️

Yes, this was awesome! Eyes Without A Face is a must listen!! One more thing. Billy Idol is just as much fun to watch as he is to listen to so don't rob yourselves of the whole effect this man bring to you!!!

Really have to see him in action! Try Mony Mony, White Wedding, or anything really! So fun!

You two are awesome! The other day I watched......I dunno 3 - 4 hours of your content, straight, and was throughly entertained. You both have such incredible and positive attitudes. Keep up the great work!!!!

Billy can still sing the way he did when he was in Generation X. So good live.

This song was inspired by Rebel Yell Whiskey. He was partying with the Stones and saw Keith Richards drinking it,and told him he was going to write a song called Rebel Yell and he did.

The official video really gives life to this song. You need to see Billy performing this for the whole experience Seriously

Nice, Billy is awesome 👌. His guitarist Steve Stevens is pretty famous too. Played for a lot of different people, movie soundtracks, all sorts of stuff. Dude can play.

White Wedding was the first song I remember from him...I was addicted immediately! Eyes Without A Face is a must too!

Billy was one of them dude's back in the 80's, extremely popular and on heavy rotation on Mtv back when it was great. Dancing with Myself is a classic high energy track by Billy..hard not to groove to that one

Billy!! For another great 80's anthem try "She Sells Sanctuary" by the Cult.

Great song...."Eyes without a Face" next please!!!!

Billy was unique in the sense that he brought punks and rockers together at the time. Something similar to what Tool did later on (and I'm paraphrasing Maynard), bringing fans of The Cure and Ozzy together. Just saw Billy and Steve on Jimmy Kimmel Thursday night, performing a new tune, Bitter Taste. Still Billy, through and through.

One of my fave Steve Stevens guitar solos. Simple, short and powerful with that phaser effect at the end of the fourth and eighth measures. Just awesome.

You guys should really check out the music video for this song- it's a real classic 80s video that stands up very well today.

Steve Stevens is a greatly underrated guitarist. He also had one of the craziest "80s hair" styles. Google a pic of him from back then.

Billy was actually a fully fledged Punk Rocker before he went pop. Oh, I just had an idea...Prodigy.

One of my faves of the 80's, my band played it back in the day - as others have suggested, the music video adds extra layers of awesomeness!

So many great Billy Idol songs. “Flesh for Fantasy”

Billy Idol was punk rock, new wave. Dance-punk. He didn't have long hair. He had short, spiky, colorful hair 😆. Which is common in that genre. That's synthesizer you hear sometimes in the background. Many of us growing up liked Billy Idol music back in the days.

First, Brad, you're talking about the synthesizer sound for the 80's rock. Yes, that was a staple in that music. Next, for those of you love this song, you should ABSOLUTELY check out the Billy Idol acoustic version with just his guitarist. The guitarist blows it away, and Billy's performance is awesome as well. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uJE0rnihZ2A.html The version of White Wedding is even better than the Rebel Yell performance.

Good Lord this brings back memories. Saw Billy live when I was in High School. The friggin Cult opened for him. Someone threw a beer bottle at him during the show….hit him directly in the forehead. He pressed on with blood gushing from his head. Dudes for real. The Cult rocked too. 🤘🏻

White wedding is a good one by him as well

The techno sound is actually synthesizers. A lot of 80s music was synthesized. The Techno sound usually refers to the music from the 90s

'Rebel Yell' was apparently I kind of whiskey Billy liked, and that's where he got the idea for the song

We used to tear up the dance floor to this back in the day.More punk rock,dance rock and new wave songs,please!

Billy Idol is a British Icon from the 80s and can still rock today. You would love 'Mony Mony' by him

Guys you really need to SEE these performances so amazing to watch Billy Idol. He's such a performer.