White Wedding - Billy Idol | College Students' FIRST TIME REACTION! 

You can’t do Billy Idol without doing Rebel Yell. He sings it from his toes:

Rebel Yell, Eyes Without a Face, Dancing With Myself, Flesh for Fantasy. White Wedding was big on early MTV and was everyone's introduction to Billy Idol.

The thing is, Steve Stevens is his guitarist. Stevens does great solos, but doesn’t need to solo to wow you with his guitar wizardry. He is responsible for much of Billy’s solo success.

This song is just not the same with seeing Billy's sneer. It's epic.

"Eyes Without a Face" is one of the greatest songs of the '80s. And Idol was maybe the purest rock star of the decade. He had the look, the voice, the swagger, all of it.

Alex on point-ish! Billy wrote this for his kid sister who was about to get married! I don't know if she was pregnant, but a shotgun wedding IS when a groom is made to marry the girl he got pregnant. Great scores!!!

Do REBEL YELL! Do EYES WITHOUT A FACE! Do DANCING WITH MYSELF! Do HOT IN THE CITY! Do FLESH FOR FANTASY! Do CRADLE OF LOVE! Do MONY MONY! Do TO BE A LOVER!

If you need a killer guitar solo, check out Rebel Yell or Dancing With Myself. And as the former singer for Generation X, a foundational British punk band, this just took him to a whole new level.

"So reserved in his voice - I love it." Oh, you'll see.

He did an awesome cover of MONY MONY. It was a big hit for him. Mony Mony was originally recorded by Tommy James and the Shondells.

SO eighties! Gated drums, chugging bass, semi-thrash guitar, arpeggio solo, synth choral vocals, slick production. Kind of emblematic of the first half of the decade.

I think that Billy Idol’s look might be reminding Andy of a character from the Buffy The Vampire Slayer series, Spike, who has almost the exact same look. A running joke in the show was that Billy Idol actually stole the look from Spike, who is a 400-year-old vampire that resented being thought of as a Billy Idol wannabe.

One of the earliest and most popular videos ever on MTV.

"Eye Without a Face"... best Billy Idol guitar-break section.

I DJed college dance nights back in the day... and all I'm saying is, this song would bring all the drunken sorority girls out to the dance floor, and they would work themselves into a complete frenzy over it. Worked every time

Catch My Fall is another great Billy Idol song often overlooked.

Best memory for this song!!! My sorority sister married the San Diego Chicken, her big brother officiated and Jane walked down the aisle to White Wedding, dressed in red. We were all dancing!

Billy Idol is lightning in a bottle. Dancing With Myself lightning choreographed to fireworks and the bottle is also on fire. 🔥

When you're doing 80's songs, at least go back and watch the video after - Billy's sneer adds so much to the tone of the song.

Eyes Without a Face is a ballad, but there's a little meat to it as well. It's the next one to do, and a complete different side of him. It was a huge hit also

Red Wedding would be such a great Weird Al song

Welcome to the brilliance of Steve Stevens. Billy is great too! If you ever do "Rebel Yell" remember that the "Keyboard intro" is actually Steve on guitar. Possibly the most underrated guitarist of his era.

Guys, keep in mind, this was a charting pop song that also had massive rotation on MTV, when they actually played videos. Try Eyes Without a Face. Also a massive hit of his, but good song.

OMG. THE EIGHTIES. You had to be there. The fun and faces flashing in my mind from the years of partying to Billy Idol. And you should see us, so young and looking GREAT!! Life was just taking off! He was a solid hit maker. We had so many fabulous artists!

Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face, Rebel Yell B-52'S - ROCK LOBSTER (full version), PRIVATE IDAHO

Saw a documentary about him. He's actually extremely shy and nerdy by nature and had to totally reinvent himself to he Billy Idol.

Watching Billy do this ,is even better.

Man I’ve heard this song SO many times over the years that it blows my mind there’s a whole generation of people that could have possibly grown up having never heard this song at least once. Idol is an icon from the 80s. And even after he gets over played, it’s still enjoyable. At least to me. I’ve never thought “oh god, this song” with an Idol song even after he wore out on me personally seeking him out to listen to.

I distinctly remember sweeping the parking lot of Taco Bell (my high school job) and rocking out to this on my cassette Walkman with my first pair of in-ear headphones. Such a great song and gritty voice!

Keep in mind. Michael Jackson openly admitted he lifted Billy Jean's baseline from Hall & Oates's I Can't Go for That. Hall & Oates, basically said "That's cool". Ahhh, the 80's, I wish you were there.

Legend has it, that Billy wrote this when he started doing drugs again after a clean period. "White wedding", "I've been away for so long" and "Time to start again" pretty much sounds like it...

"Rebel Yell"..you'll get your guitar solo and the song really shows off his voice range much better

Awesome tune - Billy paid his dues early on, he wasn't a flash-in-the-pan. He deejays a show on Sirius XM that's really good too if you enjoy punk. He also played the part of "Face" in the Who's Quadrophenia tour in the 90s.

This was my sister’s wedding reception entry song. This was a great video that MTV played the hell out of!

A while ago we saw the Who perform Quadrophenia, Billy Idol sung the part of the "punk". OMG he had the voice & stage presence, he was electrifying. I feel very fortunate to have seen him perform.

Billy was huge in the 80s. When he showed up at clubs or parties, other celebrities took notice and virtually every female under 30 on the planet thought he was the cat's meow. Legend for sure.

This is just Part 1 of the song; the full song includes Part 2 and is over 8 minutes long. Good catch on the Michael Jackson similarities as Billy Idol's guitarist Steve Stevens worked with Michael on his album "Bad"; "Dirty Diana" was him. Also, on the Jim Morrison comparison, Billy had a great cover of "L.A. Woman", so you aren't the only ones who saw that. "Rebel Yell" should be next as it showcases the guitar more and is an amazing song.

This was released 31 minutes ago. If I wait a bit will you do Rebel Yell - cause you'll freaking love that ! His guitarist is phenomenal - you're missing a lot - they're great stage performers too.

You can't enjoy billy idol without watching him that's part of the whole iconic experience do it

Billy Idol was one of the few saving graces of the 80s.

On the morning of my wedding, hungover, since my brother's got me wasted the night before, this came on the radio driving to get breakfast.

Best song by Billy is cradle of love. And the video is really cool, too.

Interesting fact. Spike on Buffy the vampire slayers character was based off of Billy Idol. The joke in the show was with Spike being such an old vampire he said that Billy Idol stole his look. Anyway just some small tidbit to add some interest. Love this song my husband and I danced down the isle to this song. I think you would really like "Rebel Yell". Honestly he has several great songs. As always guys fantastic reaction. Have a great weekend.

I am so proud of you boys for finally getting around to some of the "Best of the 80's" and Billy played a B-I-G part in that first half of the decade. Andy... the song is GREAT because it DOESN'T have a guitar solo. Every song in the 80's had a guitar solo as back then every guitarist wanted to prove he was as good as Eddie Van Halen... all tired, all failed. It felt like you two have been lost in your own sauce lately but Billy Idol's 'White Wedding' definitely was a jailbreak. This was absolutely one of the best songs coming out of the 80's and still stands the test of time. Listening to it today, it's just as good as when it originally came out.

Billy Idol's "REBEL! YELL!" NEXT. 1980s joke - name your act to cover, "REBEL!YEEEEEELL!"♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

Eyes without a face🧡🎵🎼

I think I'm obsessed with Billy Idol now. ❤‍🔥

More Billy Idol 4 U, His next Album Rebel Yell the Title Track "Rebel Yell" & "Eyes Without A Face".

Billy Idol's change song, from British punk to rock and dance music!

Steve Stevens is an extremely underrated guitarist, you should check out the live Unplugged version of this tune. Billy Idol also did a killer cover of "LA Woman".

I got tickets to see this guy in July. Will be my first time seeing him live. Can't wait

Billy Idol is an Icon of that era, and, in a way, in a league of his own. Eyes without a face- next plz!

Welcome to the 80s! Billy's a fun and skilled performer. His songs are kind of like hip comic book or trashy novel type music. 👍

Eyes Without A Face is such a living grace of a song

Billy was with Generation X prior to his solo career.Dancing With Myself from their Kiss Me Deadly album has a guitar solo and everything.Great tune.

Eyes Without a Face, Rebel Yell, Dancing With Myself Some great stuff, plus the videos are great/hilarious.

Any Elvis Costello fans out there who wanted him to win the poll? Let’s try to get Elvis played. Which song should they start with and why?

Rocked this in high school. It was awesome and still is.

Have to go with something from Rebel Yell. There's not a bad cut on the whole album. All the hits are great, Eyes without a face, Flesh for Fantasy, the title track, but so many other great songs like Blue Highway & Catch my Fall.

He was an important figure in British punk's earliest days, so he's come a long way. I saw Billy in Vegas a few years ago, and it was damn fine rock show. The man is a pro. He owned that crowd, especially the middle-age women. Everybody left the concert feeling satisfied. Well done, Billy.

Still hoping for the Rock'n Roll Animal version of "Sweet Jane".

Rebel Yell has a laser gun held to the strings during the solo... he has the gun in his hand playing live. Maybe the original recording was some modulator turned way up but it's a ray gun now. Check it out! The one negative hear is the dance drumbeat in the breakdown... very 80s.

Well this made me cry. When we had our band in Austin in the 80s, we covered this song. My job was to sing this lead and play the drums at the same time. I could imitate his voice, and copy the drums note for note. Keep those quarter notes pounding on the bass drum and watch the dance floor fill up. Now, no one remembers, and no one really cares … I’m just some old man. The more you have given to you, the more you can lose … experiences I mean, not the ability… I could still do this, but it’s like “so what?” That’s why it made me cry. Glad you guys liked it, glad you used the original studio version, and glad you posted this. Thank you.

I got a speeding ticket going 95 in a 65 on the highway in the middle of the night rocking out to this song. My favorite Billy Idol song.

Flesh For Fantasy is an awesome deeper cut of his.

Rebel Yell straight up baaaaangs! Killer groove, great guitar solo, vocals on point. A+ all day long.

Sooooo 80s. I feel that this song is best viewed with the music video. There is so much visual content to support the song, not least of is Billy Idol himself raising his trademark fist in the air while sneering. Also, once you see the video, there's a spoof video with alternate lyrics that's hilarious.

If you want Billy Idol with a big guitar solo, you want "Rebel Yell".

When i was a teenager my bedroom walls were covered in posters of Billy Idol, i was so in love with him lol.

Steve Steven's on guitar. Under rated. Billy was part of the Bromley contingent, a fan group around the Sex Pistols.

Alex always says he's not a fan of 80s production but his own music totally sounds 80s. This tune was produced by Keith Forsey, one of the greatest record producers ever. Steve Stevens is one of the absolute best rock-hero guitar players. Rebel Yell is even better than White Wedding.

Billy Idol always had off the chart mixing & mastering for the day! Super stuff from my high school days!

Steve Steven isn't who you'd first think of when you're told to list the greatest guitar-heros... but his ability can't be overrated. Ice cold gripping rythms, technical solos when needed, and lots of crazy 80s foolery, always with taste and musicality.

As others are saying, the next Billy Idol songs you should react to (IMHO) are: Rebel Yell, Eyes Without A Face, Flesh For Fantasy, Mony Mony and Cradle of Love.

Got a backstage pass and got to sit right across Billy Idol when we had dinner backstage. We talked a bit and I found him to be a real nice guy. Down to earth guy.

Hot In The City, Cradle Of Love, etc... love Billy. Saw him live in 1983 in Miami at the Sunrise Musical Theater. Awesome live performer. Tons of energy on stage, Steve was such an awesome guitarist live were a great team.

Man.... this was definitely back in the MTV days aka the good ol’ days

Oh yes, early music video memories with this one!! 😎 This was all rolled into one: punk, pop, and goth. If you haven't done "Rebel Yell" and "Dancing with myself" yet, they are MANDATORY!

Billy Idol is still rocking out. He released a new single Bitter Taste! He still has the snear and the voice!

A lot of people think of Billy Idols look and attitude, an image he was promoting. He was actually an extremely gifted vocalist.

Billy Idol is a Record producer’s creation, A Pop-punk answer to Punk Rock!

Future reaction... Thumbs up for Genesis "Supper's Ready"!

Is and always shall be my favorite Billy!

Billy Idol changed the whole damn game in 1982 when this album dropped. His punk/pop fusion style and absolutely unique vocals made even those of us who were decidedly NOT into the punk scene sit the f*** up and take notice! He had (and still HAS, dammit!) a voice that could croon with Bing Crosby or scream like a banshee at will. And he was blessed with having the most underrated lead guitarist in the business at the time, Steve Stevens. It was a magical combination. I think there were like 4 or 5 songs just off that first album that hit the Hot 100. Oh, and in addition to the many other songs suggested by previous commenters, I'll add "Hot in the City" from this same album .

Rebel Yell should be next. It’s a straight up banger! Then check out Eyes Without a Face, Dancing With Myself, Catch My Fall, Flesh for Fantasy, and To Be a Lover.

Billy still puts on a great show. Especially with Steve stevens.

The Rebel Yell tour was my first concert, amazing show! Fun fact you reminded me of when you compared him to Jim Morrison: Billy Idol played a roadie in Oliver Stone's movie about The Doors!

Billy Idol one of the best gigs I've ever been to. Just him and Sreve Stevens little amp standing in the middle of the crowd with the an empty stage in the background

If we can squeeze in eighties songs. I would love How Soon is Now /by The Smiths.

One of the biggest critcisms of Billy back in the day was that his singing voice was too good for a punk rock singer

Billy Idol should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!!!

The live version of this number is phenomenal.

You definitely need to hit Rebel Yell before anything else

Definitely an A tier song - 40 years later and it still rocks. Don't forget Crown of Creation by Jefferson Airplane. Carry On!!

A little help. "Rebel Yell" = Adrenaline. "Eyes without a face" = Dreamy ballad. "Flesh for Fantasy" = Funky, saucy, avant garde mood music (Alex will hate the drum tone but love the rest). "Dancing With Myself" = Top shelf dance tune, super-catchy. "Cradle of Love" = Smooth and gritty (Idol in a nutshell there), upbeat "when you're driving" song. 5 different tunes, all awesome in their own way. Funny, but Billy is the glue that makes all of these very different songs able to be enjoyed by the same audience. Truly one of the great rock voices.

Brit Billy Idol is a U.S. citizen for about 3 years. Apparently lives in the Hollywood Hills.

Eyes without a face is his most awesome track! And what about some early U2 to react to?

Aside from Mony Mony, at least Billy Idol wrote his own hits, like this one which is a great song. Kudos on that. He was fun to listen to and watch in those early days of MTV, when I was in college. I still regularly listen to and enjoy several of his songs. That said, there are so many great 60s and 70s bands you haven't even touched on yet, and many more songs still to do from the great bands that you've already delved into.

Billy was a bright spot in the '80s, morphing his punk persona from Gen X and turning himself into a pop punk superstar. So many good songs and videos. I sat on a couch next to Thommy Price (his drummer) while shooting the breeze with Joan Jett, who he was playing for at the time. I still can't believe it.

'Rebel Yell', 'Eyes Without A Face', 'Mony Mony', 'Cradle of Love', 'Don't you (forget about me)' of course