― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 12 March 2005 22:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Saturday, 12 March 2005 22:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 12 March 2005 22:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Al (sitcom), Saturday, 12 March 2005 22:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 12 March 2005 23:05 (nineteen years ago) link
it's "you're on your knees."
― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 12 March 2005 23:07 (nineteen years ago) link
Well, I am a bigtime 80s fan, but I agree with a lot of his critizism of the late 80s, because that's basically the part of the 80s he critizises. The world does not need a hair metal revival!
-- Geir Hongro (geirhon...), March 12th, 2005.
Strictly speaking, the world doesn't need most of the recorded music in existence. but guess what? Lots of people enjoyed hair metal back in the day, and are more than happy to plunk their money down to see Vince Neil & Co. recreate their high school soundtrack, and who's to say that they shouldn't? The bombast and OTT-ness of a lot of 80s music is what makes it fun.
-- Tantrum (tantrumtheca...), March 12th, 2005.
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 12 March 2005 23:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 12 March 2005 23:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian Astbury (miccio), Saturday, 12 March 2005 23:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 12 March 2005 23:21 (nineteen years ago) link
WAAALLLNIGHT, WALNUT LAWN!
It complements the lemon tree metaphor. Woman is earth, man tree. Woman lawn, man fruit. Woman walnut, man pie. A primeval harmony.
― Momus (Momus), Saturday, 12 March 2005 23:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 12 March 2005 23:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Momus (Momus), Saturday, 12 March 2005 23:44 (nineteen years ago) link
And have you seen him recently?? Dude looks like he's 22 still.
― PB, Saturday, 12 March 2005 23:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 13 March 2005 03:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Vestigal Appendages, Esq. (King Kobra), Friday, 25 March 2005 23:27 (nineteen years ago) link
Yeah, I know he's Billy Idol and yeah, I know he's a washed-up, pathetic has-been, and yeah I know the 80's are long over....BUT, C'MON PEOPLE -- "YELLING AT THE CHRISTMAS TREE"? HOW COULD THAT NOT BE ANYTHING BUT COMPLETELY BRILLIANT???
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 1 April 2005 01:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 1 April 2005 02:16 (nineteen years ago) link
Somebody post a screen shot, please.
― PB, Thursday, 26 May 2005 20:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 26 May 2005 20:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 26 May 2005 20:29 (eighteen years ago) link
check this out :
http://www.devilsplayground.tv/media/downloadview.asp?MediaID=189&CategoryID=33&FileID=276http://www.50centaccess.com/images/50.gif
"I'll take you to the candy shopI'll let you lick the lollipopGo ahead girl, don't you stopKeep going til you hit the spot, whoaa"
Appart from their bodies similarities, they both have a weird mouth, don't you think ?
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2004/11/15/amabillyidol_gallery__291x550.jpghttp://www.zulu-media.de/50cent/pictures/20.jpg
But seriously, I'm a huge fan of Billy Idol (music and body), and I can't wait to see him performing live !
― Poison(Ivy) (PoisonIvy), Friday, 27 May 2005 09:15 (eighteen years ago) link
-- PB (non...), May 26th, 2005.that first songs sounded like neil diamond's " cherry , cherry"
― rebel old yeller, Friday, 27 May 2005 12:24 (eighteen years ago) link
New album produced by Trevor Horn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwQ3VUK8e2s
― timellison, Friday, 31 October 2014 03:22 (nine years ago) link
billy idol is 60
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 00:42 (eight years ago) link
is there any other massive 80s figure with a lower modern profile these days? nobody gives a fuck about this guy, no crit rehab, no "ironic" nostalgia/appreciation
― Οὖτις, Friday, 22 January 2016 22:51 (eight years ago) link
Singer in my band wants to cover Rebel Yell. I'm really trying not to.
― Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Friday, 22 January 2016 22:59 (eight years ago) link
eyes without a face is still a jam tho
― Cornelius Pardew (jim in glasgow), Friday, 22 January 2016 23:02 (eight years ago) link
full disclosure: I have zero interest in this guy. But I can remember as a kid that his hits were everywhere, he was a near ubiquitous presence - yet, one without diehard fans a la Madonna or Prince or Springsteen.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 22 January 2016 23:04 (eight years ago) link
http://mm.aiircdn.com/5/275359.png
― seb mooczag (NickB), Friday, 22 January 2016 23:12 (eight years ago) link
Idol shot a concept video for "Shock to the System". The video featured Idol being attacked by several police for trying to videotape them beating up someone on the street. It resembled the Rodney King beating that prompted the LA riots. Idol then turned into a cyborg that scared away the police.[citation needed]
― new noise, Friday, 22 January 2016 23:19 (eight years ago) link
he had a top 40 album in 2014!
― new noise, Friday, 22 January 2016 23:21 (eight years ago) link
Like Glasgow Jim, I rep for eyes w/o a face. Love that track.
― major tom's cabin (Jon not Jon), Friday, 22 January 2016 23:25 (eight years ago) link
^^^^
― lute bro (brimstead), Friday, 22 January 2016 23:49 (eight years ago) link
steal a car and go to las vegas
― lute bro (brimstead), Friday, 22 January 2016 23:50 (eight years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Friday, January 22, 2016 5:51 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i think there's still a lot to be said about the weird interzone of punk and top 40 that he blazed the trail for and continues to be trod by Fall Out Boy, 5 Seconds of Summer, etc. but yeah he's pretty much been left behind as a caricature with a few radio staples. i wouldn't say he was as big as Madonna or fell from prominence any more than, like, Pat Benatar or Huey Lewis, though.
― some dude, Saturday, 23 January 2016 00:10 (eight years ago) link
i think pat benatar and huey lewis are beloved '80s icons to a degree that idol isn't these days, which is only odd in that i think a) his big songs remain as big as theirs in some ways, and b) he cultivated such a specific personality.
― nomar, Saturday, 23 January 2016 00:15 (eight years ago) link
I remember seeing a TRL when the Orgy cover of "Blue Monday" was huge. Carson Daly was asking the crowd outside what '80s hit should get covered next, and this cute girl shouted, ""White Wedding" by Billy Idol!".
I don't know why I remember that.
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 23 January 2016 00:35 (eight years ago) link
Bryan Adams? INXS (ignoring the reality show which was 10 years ago anyway)?
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Saturday, 23 January 2016 00:40 (eight years ago) link
I mean you still hear 3 or 4 of Adams' biggest hits on the radio, but in two decades and change I've never come across a single sincere or ironic appreciation or a pop culture allusion to any of them. Never heard anybody sing along with them either, never come across a single self-professed Bryan Adams fan. And he lasted until like 1996.
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Saturday, 23 January 2016 00:50 (eight years ago) link
Did you know that you can't look up Bryan Adams on Allmusic?
― Austin, Saturday, 23 January 2016 00:53 (eight years ago) link
He drew a decent crowd on a late-night stage at Bonnaroo a few years ago. With Steve Stevens still in tow. The kids all knew the hits, and he sounded pretty good. It was an oldies act, but not an embarrassing one.
― something totally new, it’s the AOR of the twenty first century (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 23 January 2016 02:04 (eight years ago) link
Also, in re Bryan Adams, I bet there are a ton of women in their 40s with a Bryan Adams greatest hits disc that still gets regular play.
― something totally new, it’s the AOR of the twenty first century (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 23 January 2016 02:06 (eight years ago) link
I suppose things are different in (continental) Europe. Pat Benatar, Huey Lewis and Bryan Adams are very much forgotten here (at least as of this moment).
Billy's most classic track remains Eyes Without A Face, but his best album is by far Whiplash Smile - the one with To Be A Lover, Sweet Sixteen, and Don't Need A Gun on it. it's daring, arty and darkly engaging as hell. by the same token, the maligned Cyberpunk deserves a thorough rehabilitation as well.
the only albums of his I don't care about are the two latest comeback albums (ten years apart from one another) as I cannot fathom him for a skateboarding punk rock figure.
― Max Florian, Saturday, 23 January 2016 02:10 (eight years ago) link
in two decades and change I've never come across a single sincere or ironic appreciation or a pop culture allusion to any of them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpRNBA60bJ8
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 23 January 2016 02:41 (eight years ago) link
Also, in re Bryan Adams, I bet there are a ton of women in their 40s with a Bryan Adams greatest hits disc that still gets regular play.― something totally new, it’s the AOR of the twenty first century (tipsy mothra), Friday, January 22, 2016 8:06 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― something totally new, it’s the AOR of the twenty first century (tipsy mothra), Friday, January 22, 2016 8:06 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
One of the Voice Media writers did a stunt piece on that album Adams' put out through Wal Mart wherein they listened to it 11 times in a row (the album was called "11"). At some point they noted one of the songs was about an attractive older lady, which inspired the query "Is MILF Rock a thing?".
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 23 January 2016 04:09 (eight years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/5tEqZ1P.jpgdafuq
― calstars, Sunday, 22 November 2020 00:56 (three years ago) link
love his voice on that new song
― the adventures of pavlo and schrödis (geoffreyess), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 02:19 (two years ago) link
Start again
― calstars, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 02:47 (two years ago) link