Paper Lace - Billy Dont Be A Hero 

48 years ago ! i was at Perth in Scotland ... Billy didn't see the most beautiful girl in the world

Mid seventies radio hit which seemed to be in the charts for about four months if we remember that far back

Thank-you! I grew up with this song.

I love this song, Paper Lace was awesome! Thanks for sharing, I've never seen a vid of them before!

I am so happy to find this here~it was a favourite in my teens :)

Damn I was looking through my mums old school books and the whole lyrics to this song was in it ....... I liked the lyrics I read so I just thought I'd listen to it ....... And the song is actually pretty good and has so much meaning ....

takes me right back to being a child............thankyou

True story .

Wow! Thanks for posting this. I was hoping to find it but never dreamed I'd come across a live performance! I was ten was this came out and I loved paper lace, I thought they waere great! I also loved 'the night chicago died'

Still get a buzz from seeing this, don't remember where it was shot, but as the singing drummer then and singing percussionist now, thanks for all the reviews

great song sad that there are some selfish people out there that dont realize that its the billys that keep us free the ones who are heros without any thought to themselfs

Hermoso fascinante los amo por siempre

thanks for serving

This song just fluids in memories with my dad and are trips to mexico\

Thanks for sharing!!

30 - 03 - 1974 Number 1 the day I was born too!

I'm glad I saw this vid as I had commented on the Night Chicago died that it had a great Drum Beat and seeing as its the lead singer I know now why.

Number 1 the day i was born "Great Stuff lol"

one of my all time fav's

Sad song with almost surprisingly joyful beat. Would be interesting to cover this song and tune it a bit.

@zukomatico from like the 30's-early 90's music was good. RIP MUSIC.

Great.....

This was done off my favourite music channel,before they went and screwed it all up to the point now where it's no longer VH1 Classic (THAT DONT EXSIST NOW) it's now MTV Classic and it's absolutely useless,it's shows nothing but shit now...Love the song aswell..Thanks for uploading it...SHAME ON YOU MTV...BRING BACK VH1 CLASSIC AND THE PRESENTERS!!!

Thank you for all your views, I have great memories with all the videos. This one reminds me of playing soldiers in my youth...

@Bemused46 McCartney & Wings "Let 'em In" was also crap-tastic and yet somehow it reached #3 on the US pop singles chart and #1 on the US easy listening chart. McCartney even had the cajones to include it in his set list for his Up and Coming Tour this past Summer.

1 person want to be a hero

what an inspired performance. 2*

Paper Lace got their big break on Opportunity Knocks

Hero

this song is the best and i am only 15 :)

@NoirFan01 Don't forget "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks!

@zukomatico You realize people in every generation says that about current music compared to the ones earlier. Older folks thought the music you like was crap compared to what they knew and so on and so on. But you didn't agree, did you?

A singing drummer, now that's something you don't see every day, kida like a three legged chicken.

70s 80s and 90s had good music this 2000s suck

This, "Night Chicago Died," & "Run, Joey, Run" are three of the most crap-tastic songs of the 1970s.

A great anti-war song.

@zukomatico I think you meant the 60's and 70's...

people often ask `why punk rock happened`-heres your answer

@NoirFan01 Yes, but cheesy, fun craptasm.

He had to be a gero

Love the song, but the sync was out

Billy, don't be a ButtPlug

This song was originally done by Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods, Paper Lace preformed The Night Chicago Died

BO DONALDSON AND THE HEYWOODS VERSION IS MUCH MUCH BETTER!!!