Would totally recommend 'Flesh for Fantasy' by Billy, has a wicked bass line! Oh, and if you're on an 80's trip, please check out Adam and the Ants, so much good stuff! Recommend Kings of the Wild Frontier (the drumming is AMAZING), Prince Charming, Stand and Deliver just for starters!
Someone already mentioned it Jay but I'd love to second the request. PLEASE do - DANCING WITH MYSELF - NEXT ! ..... The one thing I love about it is that it reminds me of Billy's punk rock journey with the band Chelsea before going solo. Even his look on video is super punk. You know which one's also SUPER AWESOME? ..... Rebel Yell LIVE with Miley Cyrus !!! ...... I am aware you've done Rebel Yell but that live 2016 version with Miley is EXTRAORDINARY !
leaves you with a 'fuck around and find out' attitude. like "mommy whats for dinner.? IDK!!!! Fuck around and find out! whoo (rebel yell while I kick the table over.) lol
I remember staying at a hotel with my ex girlfriend and watching the ""The Wedding Singer" and when we saw Billy in the plane scene with both yelled "Yea, it's Billy Idol" at the same time.
Truly a rebel who made great, danceable music. His lead guitarist was really talented too. Something for everyone with Billy. Try Eyes Without A Face, Rebel Yell, Mony, Mony.
So good!!! You can't go wrong with Billy!!! "Dancing with Myself", "Rebel Yell", "Mony Mony", "Eyes Without a Face", "Hot in the City" & "Cradle of Love" (to name a few) are all worth checking out!!!
The Dead Next Door (slower song), (Do Not) Stand in the Shadows (nice upbeat one), Beautiful Life (cool one), Can't Break Me Down (newer catchy one), Love Unchained (sexy one)
So fun to see you get into it and enjoy our old music! Had the pleasure of seeing Billy Idol in concert in the late 80s I think. He had a broken leg (cast from the knee down) but rocked it still. Good concert!
Mony Mony was the first Idol song I fell I fell in love with. 7th grade girls like me loved him and it was the perceived bd bad boy image the boys tried to copy. Don’t know if any teen would even call him a bad boy. We liked what we saw: the music dnd the image.
I saw Billy Idol live here in Munich for the first time in 1984 and the last time in 2018 ... and even after so many years when the riff of Rebel Yell starts I immediately have goosebumps and have to sing out loud
Back in the late 80s, I worked with an older lady whose daughter knew him. When she was visiting her daughter (in Toronto I think) he came over. In her little grandmotherly voice, she said about him, “He is such a polite boy!” For some reason it really tickled me hearing her say that and picturing the tough guy we know from his videos 😁
Billy idol definitely brought the whole punk rock to the world with the videos on MTV and even on the radio. My favorite Billy Idol songs were flesh for fantasy and eyes without a face.
Jay, Billy left his mark here in Australia when he first visited in 1984 and appeared on our live music show of the era, "Countdown". Host Ian "Molly" Meldrum was shocked when he casually asked Billy what he'd been doing since arriving in Australia. “I've had some really heavy sex,” Billy Idol replied. Then repeated it just in case nobody heard. The live audience for Countdown was usually hoards of very young teenage girls. Billy personified "sex, drugs and rock and roll" in his early days.
I saw Billy Idol perform at a small-ish bar in the early 2000’s. I was sixteen. It obviously was long after the “height” of his career and I was still SWOONING!!!
It's awesome to see how much you appreciate this! Billy Idol is the BEST. He looked and sounded like no one else when he started to gain popularity in the early 80s. Together with Steve Stevens, those two made so many great songs through the years. Rebel Yell was one of the first albums I ever owned and it remains a favorite to this day.
“Dancing With Myself” is another great Billy Idol song! I heard this one it came out and I have no idea what it’s about. I just like singing along 😂🤣😂 🌎✌️
Dancing with Myself, cradle of love, Eyes Withouta Face, or LA Woman he gives Jim Morrison of the Doors a run for his money on that one but I think you should find some live performances he's better live. Even now, I seen him in concert two years ago still awesome and still sexy as hell
Love Billy ♥️ I’m a big fan. I saw him in the 80’s when he came to Australia and again in 2015 when he came back. He was amazing then and he’s still got it 😉
I loved the way this song was about a wedding and they would show nails being hammered in a coffin multiple times. That was a warning for all to think twice about what marriage could do!
I was totally blown away when i heard this in a radio..and then i the bought the album,,i was just 17 in that time.. then rebel yell came out next year...god damn..this brings back so many good memories :) now..years after this brings back so many good memories..darn im getting old :D
Check out his autobiography. Despite rumors to the contrary, this song is not about Idol's actual little sister. "Little sister" is slang for girlfriend. He is singing about a woman/girl he loves marrying someone else while he still loves her. Idol did have a sister who was getting married, but on an episode of VH1 Storytellers, he explained that his sister's wedding simply gave him the idea for the song. Like many of Idol's compositions, he started with the title and wrote the song from there
I spent A LOT of time in the arcade in the 80s and this was a song that played a lot in the arcade, and everywhere, lol. I know everyone has their favorite decade for music but for me, it will always be the 80s. Just my personal favorite. I put my "80s Playlist" on when I am doing stuff around the house and I sing along (badly - lol) to every song. :-)
Billy was another great addition to the 80s. Other songs to check out are "Flesh For Fantasy", "Dancing With Myself" and to see how Billy Idol can change it up, "Sweet Sixteen".
Hello Jayvee! Could you please react to "Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag"? I think you would like the song. "Eyes Without a Face" is another song I would highly recommend from Billy idol.
I got to see Faith No More and Billy Idol in concert. What a great night and review. Throw this song in the tape player in my friend's car back in the 80s and just drive! Whooo.
“Flesh for fantasy“ was a favorite of mine from this album and another later hit he had that you don’t hear much anymore was “don’t need a gun”. Oh yes and also “Got to be a lover”
I saw Billy Idol live at Astroworld in Houston in 1984. He was everything back then. White Wedding really got him international attention. Eyes Without a Face was the ultimate power ballad. Dancing with Myself, Hot in the City, Rebel Yell, Mony Mony, Flesh for Fantasy. Lots of great songs.
ALWAYS A TREAT, watching u react to Billy Idol!!!!! I loved when u turned up the volume; only way to listen to music like that. 👍 When I use to play him yrs ago, I already had the stereo set to BLAST; sub woofer ready & all. Thing is, THE VERY SECOND any of his songs started, started on a WILD NOTE, soooooo..... it use to SCARE THE BLEEP outta whichever cat of mine, was hanging out w/me. Well, it was just me & Billy after that, cuz they..... TOOK OFF!!! 😆😆😆 Anyway, he's got a lot of great songs, so no matter which one u choose, ur sure to love. A few to mention are, "Dancing With Myself", "To Be A Lover" & "Cradle Of Love". You see how he gets YOU amped up, well then, u'll get a kick outta how he gets the girl in Cradle Of Love AMPED UP. 🤭 All are great on official video...
Billy Idol Rebel Yell Reaction czcams.com/video/hg1gVG6hUx8/video.html
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Would totally recommend 'Flesh for Fantasy' by Billy, has a wicked bass line! Oh, and if you're on an 80's trip, please check out Adam and the Ants, so much good stuff! Recommend Kings of the Wild Frontier (the drumming is AMAZING), Prince Charming, Stand and Deliver just for starters!
@@Violet-Lily “Stand and Deliver” is so great! Plus, “Ant Rap” is totally fun. 💜
Someone already mentioned it Jay but I'd love to second the request. PLEASE do - DANCING WITH MYSELF - NEXT ! ..... The one thing I love about it is that it reminds me of Billy's punk rock journey with the band Chelsea before going solo. Even his look on video is super punk. You know which one's also SUPER AWESOME? ..... Rebel Yell LIVE with Miley Cyrus !!! ...... I am aware you've done Rebel Yell but that live 2016 version with Miley is EXTRAORDINARY !
@@TheKayaklover I think the official video is WAY cooler and more artistic.
Dancing with myself
Billy Idol makes you feel like a bad ass just from listening to him.
leaves you with a 'fuck around and find out' attitude. like "mommy whats for dinner.? IDK!!!! Fuck around and find out! whoo (rebel yell while I kick the table over.) lol
This is one of those songs that must be cranked up till the windows shake.
Billy Idol is one of a kind.
Every time! 😍🎵
He was going to be the next big artist & then ............
It's a nice day for a light sweater, it's a nice day for a cardigaaaaann
Great. Now I'll be hearing it this way and singing it too lol
This has done me 💀😂
Lolol. I just saw that meme today.
Well... 😆 guess am just gonna be singing this to myself for...forever ya dick 😆😆 unbeleivable man... thanks 😂
Lmao Mondegreens gotta luv them 😉
Great 80s artist. . Rebel yell, eyes without a face, cradle of love, flesh for fantasy, dancing with myself
Flesh for Fantasy was a personal favorite.
All of those plus "Catch My Fall"😍😍😍
Catch My Fall
Along with his version of Mony Mony.
Blue highway
Billy Idol exists as a mixture of sexiness and danger. That is all.
Loved the 80's it was full of that!!!
Jealous
Who will ever forget his lip curl!
Think he won Sneer of the Year from Rolling Stone magazine
Haha yeah, he's known for it
Iconic!
We've all tried the lip curl.
Whiplash smile 😉
He had such a great cameo in the movie ""The Wedding Singer" with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore.
I remember staying at a hotel with my ex girlfriend and watching the ""The Wedding Singer" and when we saw Billy in the plane scene with both yelled "Yea, it's Billy Idol" at the same time.
Aw man, my favorite scene! "Chicken or fish?"😁
Yes ! I was thinking about that while watching this
That movie cracked me up!! "You better get out of my way Billy" 😂😂😂
Like they were friends and he knew him on a first name basis.
Definitely "Dancing With Myself" next
This!
Eyes Without a Face!
YES!!!
Yesssss
YESSS!
Billy Idol was one of a kind. Charisma for days, and a voice that could shatter concrete!
He’s a cute Grandpa now....saw him a few years ago....he’s still got it....
Awwwww! A grandpa now. So cool to hear!
There is a great photo of him with the kid holding an outfit that says with a Rebel Yell i cried Milk Milk milk.
@@TimothySmiths haha, coolest grandad ever
He just did a duet with Miley Cyrus on her new album. Really good. Took me back :)
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Just put everything of Billy Idols on your play list. Even today his live shows are awesome.
Saw him in the 80s, he really knew how to put on a show!
Absolutely! Saw him two years ago and it was awesome!
Just saw Billy last weekend and he was amazing! Steve Steven's is an incredible guitarist
Truly a rebel who made great, danceable music. His lead guitarist was really talented too. Something for everyone with Billy. Try Eyes Without A Face, Rebel Yell, Mony, Mony.
Agree and also Cradle of Love
So good!!! You can't go wrong with Billy!!! "Dancing with Myself", "Rebel Yell", "Mony Mony", "Eyes Without a Face", "Hot in the City" & "Cradle of Love" (to name a few) are all worth checking out!!!
Forgot to be your Lover.
@@Zlata1313 Yesss!!! Though the title of the song is actually "To Be a Lover".
All of those are awesome choices! "To Be a Lover" and "Catch My Fall" are also good! Billy Idol had a lot of great songs in the 80s!
@@janethernandez724 I agree!! Like I said, you can't go wrong with Billy!!
So many good Billy Idol songs: rebel yell, hot in the city, catch my fall etc.
Saw him in concert in 2019, still rocking still hot as hell.
Back in the day this was shocking but we loved it
More Billy Idol PLEEEEASE! Try "To be a Lover" "Hot in the City" "Catch My Fall"
The Dead Next Door (slower song), (Do Not) Stand in the Shadows (nice upbeat one), Beautiful Life (cool one), Can't Break Me Down (newer catchy one), Love Unchained (sexy one)
Billy Idol is unique. I love how you're getting into it!
If he wasn’t so cute, he’d be terrifying. 😍
Lmfao!!!!
He was my last concert before quarantine and he still rocks it out and looks amazing! 😍🤘🏼
TRUE!!!! Twisted was never so sexy!!
Hah! So agree!!! 😍
Perfect description!!!
He is really singing about his sister about to get married to a bodybuilder type.. a good bloke as he said.. maybe thats the reference of Superman.
Thought I read somewhere he was worried about her marrying young but her marriage lasted and his...didn’t.
His sister was pregnant so she got married. Apparently he was against it at the time, but her marriage lasted where his did not.
@@VeiledDancer Yep, which is why he says it's a shotgun wedding.
I wonder how his sister feels about this song haha
@@deanfickling5609 Likely she wasn't too happy about it at first, but it's old news now.
loved billy idol, such a bad boy.and so cute , great song at the school disco!!
Billy Idol and this song is iconic...he's gorgeous, extremely talented and supposedly a nice guy
Another faced paced cool song! You should do his version of Tommy James & the Shondells "Mony Mony!
Song was huge! Couldn’t go to a bar or dance without it playing
It was the 80's Bro. Videos didn't have to make sense, and rarely did in the boom years of MTV! I'm old. I remember.
one of my favorite songs ever
One of his big hits was a cover of Tommy James and the Shondells song MONY MONY. It's a real ride!
So fun to see you get into it and enjoy our old music! Had the pleasure of seeing Billy Idol in concert in the late 80s I think. He had a broken leg (cast from the knee down) but rocked it still. Good concert!
It was '89 ish. He had a motorcycle accident. I saw him in the fall of 89, he was using a cane (Cradle of Love tour)
OMG this is one of his big hits, played and played over and over, he is BAD ❤️🔥🎸💥🎸❤️🔥💥
To Be A Lover........such a great Billy Idol song
10/10 reaction. I actually assumed you’d already done this!
Yeah people are saying Eyes without a Face that is another bad ass Billy Idol song.
Billy Idol is my kinda punk rock. He's still got those abs to this day.
OMG...so many memories! Even Keanu Reeves would get hyped reacting to this music...thanks!
Evvvvveryone loves Billy Idol!! 🔥
Next......
"Dancing With Myself"
"Mony Mony"
Mony Mony was the first Idol song I fell I fell in love with. 7th grade girls like me loved him and it was the perceived bd bad boy image the boys tried to copy. Don’t know if any teen would even call him a bad boy. We liked what we saw: the music dnd the image.
Dancing With Myself, another up high energy Idol track!
I saw Billy Idol live here in Munich for the first time in 1984 and the last time in 2018 ... and even after so many years when the riff of Rebel Yell starts I immediately have goosebumps and have to sing out loud
I love his masculinity. He’s probably a teddy bear at heart though.
Back in the late 80s, I worked with an older lady whose daughter knew him. When she was visiting her daughter (in Toronto I think) he came over. In her little grandmotherly voice, she said about him, “He is such a polite boy!” For some reason it really tickled me hearing her say that and picturing the tough guy we know from his videos 😁
@@chinchillacrystal6899 He is actually very middle class - I worked for his fathers company in the late 80s - He came from a wealthy family.
My friend (hair stylist) did his hair at their friend’s house in the 90s and said he was super nice!
Billy idol definitely brought the whole punk rock to the world with the videos on MTV and even on the radio. My favorite Billy Idol songs were flesh for fantasy and eyes without a face.
You can never sit still when Billy is playing, he's awesome.😎👌🎸
A guy from a punk rock background with movie star looks and charisma and one of the greatest voices in rock music.
Jay,
Billy left his mark here in Australia when he first visited in 1984 and appeared on our live music show of the era, "Countdown". Host Ian "Molly" Meldrum was shocked when he casually asked Billy what he'd been doing since arriving in Australia.
“I've had some really heavy sex,” Billy Idol replied. Then repeated it just in case nobody heard. The live audience for Countdown was usually hoards of very young teenage girls. Billy personified "sex, drugs and rock and roll" in his early days.
I saw Billy Idol perform at a small-ish bar in the early 2000’s. I was sixteen. It obviously was long after the “height” of his career and I was still SWOONING!!!
WOAH! Is right!
Billy Idol is the GOAT!
It's awesome to see how much you appreciate this! Billy Idol is the BEST. He looked and sounded like no one else when he started to gain popularity in the early 80s. Together with Steve Stevens, those two made so many great songs through the years. Rebel Yell was one of the first albums I ever owned and it remains a favorite to this day.
“Dancing With Myself” is another great Billy Idol song! I heard this one it came out and I have no idea what it’s about. I just like singing along 😂🤣😂
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Billy's Awesome!! I actually liked that you were rocking out to this one
Got to be a lover is amazing
Mony Mony
Rebel yell
Sweet sixteen
Yes to all of those.
Dancing with Myself, cradle of love, Eyes Withouta Face, or LA Woman he gives Jim Morrison of the Doors a run for his money on that one but I think you should find some live performances he's better live. Even now, I seen him in concert two years ago still awesome and still sexy as hell
billy knows exactly what he brings to the party, he just sits back and waits for the rest of us to figure it out.
Hot in the City! It has that beautiful dark groove behind the usual Idol madness...mmmm
Hot in the City is one of my favorite songs by him. Slower vibe
Billy Idol? "Eyes without a face" is the best.
One of the best, I agree! Cradle of Love and Scream are another two fantastic tunes :D
Nobody knew what was going on in 80s MTV music videos, they just looked dope xD and that was enough.
Love Billy ♥️ I’m a big fan. I saw him in the 80’s when he came to Australia and again in 2015 when he came back. He was amazing then and he’s still got it 😉
I loved the way this song was about a wedding and they would show nails being hammered in a coffin multiple times. That was a warning for all to think twice about what marriage could do!
O wow gosh my dayz damn what a tune. It's a nice day for a white wedding. Pukka tune nice one Jay. Stay safe 😀😀
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it's a nice day for a light sweater
it's a nice day for a cardigan.
Brilliant 😂
I was totally blown away when i heard this in a radio..and then i the bought the album,,i was just 17 in that time.. then rebel yell came out next year...god damn..this brings back so many good memories :) now..years after this brings back so many good memories..darn im getting old :D
Not normally a fan of reaction videos, but I love that you appreciate all genres of music, subscribed!
Catch My Fall was my favorite tune of his.
Billy Idol was unique, he has one of those voices when you hear it you know who it is.
Billy and Joan Jett: 2 of the best growls in Rock right there. Great reaction 👍
He dominated the radio in the early 80's ✌️❤️
Check out his autobiography. Despite rumors to the contrary, this song is not about Idol's actual little sister. "Little sister" is slang for girlfriend. He is singing about a woman/girl he loves marrying someone else while he still loves her.
Idol did have a sister who was getting married, but on an episode of VH1 Storytellers, he explained that his sister's wedding simply gave him the idea for the song. Like many of Idol's compositions, he started with the title and wrote the song from there
Jayvee, you are awesome. Love your reactions. So genuine, authentic and honest.
I loooovve that song 😍❤️❤️❤️
"Eyes without a Face" a slower melody, but sexy with sadness. And of course Rebel Yell ! He was the original "Fist Pumper" !
We love our Billy Idol 🇬🇧 he is 65 years old now and still tours 😋 ♥ xx
I spent A LOT of time in the arcade in the 80s and this was a song that played a lot in the arcade, and everywhere, lol. I know everyone has their favorite decade for music but for me, it will always be the 80s. Just my personal favorite. I put my "80s Playlist" on when I am doing stuff around the house and I sing along (badly - lol) to every song. :-)
a lot wedding parties always add this song for dance after wedding ceremonies.
Great reaction Jovaughn! Please do Billy Idol's - Eyes Without A Face, Catch My Fall, Blue Highway and Dancing With Myself!
Billy Idol is One of A Kind! One of the Absolute Greatest ❤️
Billy was another great addition to the 80s. Other songs to check out are "Flesh For Fantasy", "Dancing With Myself" and to see how Billy Idol can change it up, "Sweet Sixteen".
He does an acoustic version of "For What Its Worth" Buffalo Springfield which is fantastic!
Billy Idol 🤟 Great song! Check out Rock the cradle of love, Eyes without a face ..
Hello Jayvee! Could you please react to "Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag"?
I think you would like the song.
"Eyes Without a Face" is another song I would highly recommend from Billy idol.
I loved your reaction to this. You were basically everyone hearing this for the first time. 😂
When at the club , they played a Billy idol song the world just stopped to dance. And enjoy life.
Steve Stevens shreds! He and Billy did an epic VH1 Storytellers episode - funny, intelligent, incredibly talented and good humans.
Billy idol the most beautiful man ever.
You've got to check out his cover of Mony Mony! You'll be dancing in your seat!
Love This Song!!!
He has soo many great songs!!!
80's video's were crazy but fun.
This was the first song I heard from Billy Idol and immediately knew he was someone special. And he was.
Here's some more Billy Idol songs: Blue Highway, Cradle of Love, Daytime Drama, Dead Next Door, Flesh for Fantasy.
I got to see Faith No More and Billy Idol in concert. What a great night and review. Throw this song in the tape player in my friend's car back in the 80s and just drive! Whooo.
Billy Idol is amazing. He does an great job slowing it down with "Eyes Without A Face", quite the contrast
Billy The Rebel Idol demands attention with his wicked raw rock voice 🎸👀True 100% King of all Rockers😎
I’ve always loved him. My mom saw him in 1984. I still have her shirt from that show.
Saw him live several years back and he's still got it! you should def do "Dancing with Myself", or "Mony Mony" next!
Yaaayy Billy Idol.!!!!!! Brought back some memories. Found his songs on vinyl too..!!!
Saw Billy Idol sing acoustically ~ His voice is incredible ~ Doesn't need the hype!!
“Flesh for fantasy“ was a favorite of mine from this album and another later hit he had that you don’t hear much anymore was “don’t need a gun”. Oh yes and also “Got to be a lover”
Billy always had Serious swag...check out “Flesh for Fantasy”
I saw Billy Idol live at Astroworld in Houston in 1984. He was everything back then.
White Wedding really got him international attention. Eyes Without a Face was the ultimate power ballad. Dancing with Myself, Hot in the City, Rebel Yell, Mony Mony, Flesh for Fantasy. Lots of great songs.
ALWAYS A TREAT, watching u react to Billy Idol!!!!! I loved when u turned up the volume; only way to listen to music like that. 👍 When I use to play him yrs ago, I already had the stereo set to BLAST; sub woofer ready & all. Thing is, THE VERY SECOND any of his songs started, started on a WILD NOTE, soooooo..... it use to SCARE THE BLEEP outta whichever cat of mine, was hanging out w/me. Well, it was just me & Billy after that, cuz they..... TOOK OFF!!! 😆😆😆 Anyway, he's got a lot of great songs, so no matter which one u choose, ur sure to love. A few to mention are, "Dancing With Myself", "To Be A Lover" & "Cradle Of Love". You see how he gets YOU amped up, well then, u'll get a kick outta how he gets the girl in Cradle Of Love AMPED UP. 🤭 All are great on official video...
Have always loved his energy, he rocks!
I suggest "Craddle of love", one of my favorites from Billy.
Jay, you´d love Motley Crue´s "Girls, girls, girls" and ZZ Top´s "Sharp Dressed Man".
Heck yeah. Thanks. Great song to wake up to.
You will LOVE dancing with myself...billy is a legend 💜
I wanted to be Billy Idol when I was a kid. My room was like a shrine to Billy Idol.
Really good Billy Idol tune. super cool ~