One of my favorites. Billy Idol is a great performer. "White Wedding" launched his career. "Dancing with myself" is innuendo. Go choice. This is one of those artist with a whole lot of material to experience.
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Jamel, You MUST do “Forgot to be a Lover”. It’s rockabilly infused with a cool piano jingle and a really fun beat. And the video - like all of his others - is fun as heck!
Billy said he was in a disco in Japan. Everyone was dancing alone and looking at themselves in mirrors on the walls. That's the inspiration for this song.
It was originally called Black Wedding but the record label made him change it...there are a few vinyls out there with the original title on them, they are worth a fortune...
This is actually his first band from the 70s..called Generation X. He rereleased it when he went solo after they broke up..it's still done by Gen X though
Despite MANY fantastic songs, this has always been my favorite Billy Idol tune! It was the B side for a 45, and I don't even remember what the A side was, haha!
One of the coolest dance rock songs ever. Next up in that vein: Never Say Never by Romeo Void. A current day cool dance track equivalent would be , say, Pain by Boy Harsher.
Now you need to check out "White Wedding", "Rebel Yell", "Eyes Without A Face" & "Cradel of Love" by Billy Idol. Also.... at least 80% of songs/videos from the 80s were about sex or something sex-related. And sometimes the videos have NOTHING to do with the song itself. So really nothing to go too deep in about. LOL!
Yes! Billy Idol! One of my favorite song from when I was a teenage years. I was lucky to see him in concert in 2019, stll rocking and still hot as hell
Some friends and I made fun of this song whenever it came on the radio. We replaced the words "Dancing with Myself" by substituting "Playing with Himself".
Yeah, that's also what I heard the song is about. I think it's a double entendre and it can mean either one - but I get a hilarious visual out of it meaning both at the same time 🤣
I prefer Billy Idol’s “White Wedding” and “Flesh For Fantasy” over “Dancing With Myself.” Definitely worth a listen. I heard a story on a local radio station how a long-time Billy Idol fan wrote Billy a letter asking if Billy and band would show up and perform at his birthday party. Lo and behold that’s exactly what Billy did. I really have a lot of respect for entertainers who go to such lengths to show their appreciation for their fans.
Love Billy Idol. He's famous for doing Elvis's lip curl all the time as well. Check out White Wedding Part 1, Hot in the City, Mony Mony, Cradle of Love, Flesh For Fantasy, Rebel Yell, To Be A Lover, Sweet Sixteen.
I was a HUGE Billy Idol fan when this all came out. I had this single on cassette and the flip side was an interview with Martha Quinn who was one of the original VJs on MTV. Billy was a big Elvis fan for sure and said so in the interview. The song is actually about "self-pleasure" if you get my drift.
i was 6 yrs old when this video hit Mtv and i loved it, this was my first favorite song, Billy Idol-Rebel Yell was the first tape i ever bought, great tunes, was disappointed this song wasnt on that album. love the reacts!
This remains my favorite Billy Idol song, hands down. It never fails to make me dance. Doesn't matter where, doesn't matter when. I may try to be sneaky and cool, but by "sweat" it's full on booty shakin'.
Dec1986, came home on leave from the Army from Germany. I had the cassette Vital Idol and my 6x9 Kraco's in a borrowed Delta 88 was at max volume for this. This 1 song is the 1 that makes me flash back to that time. Awwww. Loved it.
Billy Idol is an amazing rock artist, totally set aside from all the rest!!! I can't think of another artist, that compares w/him. If u like rock music, then dive into his music, for he WILL NOT disappoint you!
Absolute MONSTER hit from my clubbin' days! :) People went nuts (in a fun way) and no, you didn't even have to have a partner to get up on the dance floor!
Billy has his roots in the London 70's punk scene! He went mainstream without losing that punkish style and vibe! "Dancing with myself ...I read was about "taking care of your own business" if u know what I mean!😉 Great song!✌💗🎸🎶
A song from my early days in the Army when my stereo had speakers the size of refrigerators and when MTV actually played music videos. Thanks man, from a time of awesome memories, I know I got the CD some where, gonna go dig it out
Jamel, well spotted, Billy is big Elvis fan, hence the lip and the hip etc, in his earlier band 'Generation X' Billy did the song 'King Rocker' as a tribute to Elvis Presley.
Ah yes! I remember rocking out to this by myself during sunset on the shores of the Persian Gulf in Kuwait City. Was interrupted by a couple of police officers who were wondering what the hell I was doing. Good times!
Billy has SO many great songs! His first two solo albums are almost completely hits with every song. Then he gets into a motorcycle accident, destroys his leg. Didn't stop him at all. LA Woman and so many more followed. Good luck covering his stuff! When you get to Mony, Mony...do the live version, not the studio version
This is definitely my favorite song from Generation X and Billy ! My second favorite is "Prodigal Blues". And then just about anything from the album Rebel Yell including the title track, "Flesh For Fantasy", "Catch My Fall", "Blue Highway", "Dead Next Door", and "Crank Call". Really Rebel Yell is a perfect album !
I distinctly remember being wiped out tired after a Billy Idol concert back then. I had an aisle seat at the Warner in DC (long before it was renovated and became so expensive. I don’t think anyone in the place sat in their actual seats for the entire evening. Dance Dance Dance! So fun, so exhausting.
I'm loving all your Billy Idol reactions! Of the few bands I allowed to be a poster on the wall of my high school bedroom, Billy in his black leather pants (and Van Halen) were it!
I remember going to a family friend's house a few towns away in 1981. They had just gotten cable television. This was the very first video I watched on MTV.
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He says 17 times the word sweat fun fact..🎼
One of my favorites. Billy Idol is a great performer. "White Wedding" launched his career. "Dancing with myself" is innuendo. Go choice. This is one of those artist with a whole lot of material to experience.
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Jamel, You MUST do “Forgot to be a Lover”. It’s rockabilly infused with a cool piano jingle and a really fun beat.
And the video - like all of his others - is fun as heck!
Billy said he was in a disco in Japan. Everyone was dancing alone and looking at themselves in mirrors on the walls. That's the inspiration for this song.
Dr D Preeeeeesch on that info. After all these years I never knew that. Very Coool
I'd always heard that it was a slang term for masturbation
Yep, read his autobiography and he said that.
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He is a grandpa now and posts some very cute videos of his granddaughter dancing to his music. Coolest grandpa ever.....
Agreed. Love seeing him with Poppy Rebel.
❤
Dancing with yourself is great exercise!
Him and Steve still sound fantastic live if not better
White wedding, Don't need a gun, Rebel yell, Mony, Mony. Billy is cool and scary! ❤️
Cool as a cucumber and nothing scary 'bout Billy.
All those three are much, much, better choices than "dancing with myself"
It was originally called Black Wedding but the record label made him change it...there are a few vinyls out there with the original title on them, they are worth a fortune...
Money Money, White Wedding
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Yes
Billy Idol was the epitome of cool in the '80s. Glad you are reacting to him. You have to do Rebel Yell next.
Billy Idol "Catch My Fall" is VERY underrated.
One of my favs as well. That whole album was perfect IMO.
Oh yes!
YES.
Same with blue highway and daytime drama
Billy Idol always looks like he’s about to get in a post apocalyptic fist fight in his videos.
Great description.
Yeah. Like Mad Max. 😉
Lol YES
Duke nukem before he was invented hehe
Yep, its got me dancing around the kitchen getting breakfast: essential that the song is played LOUD.
Billy is a total VIBE!!
Jamel said, "What is happening here"? My answer - "that's just Billy being Billy"!
Jamel, what a lovely human being you are. Thank you, brother.
Billy is so underrated. You can literally react to every song on his first two albums. They are that good.
I’d recommend reacting to Rebel Yell, Eyes Without a Face, or White Wedding next. Absolute bangers 😂
You forgot his best one mony mony.
Eyes without a face is his masterpiece to my opinion. Listening in HQ and high volume is necessary 😎
@@lookfun7886 yeees that one too!
Definitely Rebel yell,Mony Mony and White Wedding
Just want to chime in and say I HATE MONY MONY lol
Not only does Billy Idol have moves like Elvis Presley, he's got his smirk too. Raising his upper lip on one side uh-huh. 😅
yeah White Wedding shows that off I believe.
Love his cameo in The Wedding Singer
L.A. Woman!
@@ePelle741 That's by The Doors. 😁
@@frankrappa4765 Idol did a remake...jammed to it recently in the car. 😊
We use to Slam Dance to this...
Yep!!
Video is directed by the late, great Tobe Hooper who brought us The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist
Oh shit that's right, damn forgot that
now that's a name i haven't heard in a long time.
Billy Idol is seriously the platonic idol of a rock star. You look up "rock star" in the dictionary and there's just a picture of him.
This is actually his first band from the 70s..called Generation X. He rereleased it when he went solo after they broke up..it's still done by Gen X though
GenX was great. They had an amazing song called Kiss Me Deadly
the original recording has guys from The Clash and the S*x Pistols. I guess this could be the same version but its edited down a little.
@@A2Z83 Yes, it's a remix of the original GenX version. I like the original better.
@@goofybastrd6856 Ready Steady Go! was another good one as well
That version is better because of the heavier guitars also fun fact, on that one Steve Jones of the sex pistols is playing guitar
great song..."eyes without a face" still is my favorite though!
yeaahhhsss
The perfect song to do “The Carlton” to 🤣🤣🤣
Billy Rocks!! I love his energy and his guitarist Steve Stevens is great!
Thanks for the video!!✌❤🎶😁
The Dance ,as we were led to believe back in the day was the " four knuckle shuffle ".....
Onanism
Sort of the male "She-bop"
I thought so!😂
Rebel Yell or White Wedding have to be on any Billy Idol reaction list.
I loved this song with Rebel yell and flesh for fantasy. I'm an 80s kid.
Anyone think of the movie Can't Buy Me Love every single time they hear this song?? 💖
Yes! With a young and dorky Patrick Dempsey.
Great movie
100%
Yess!! Love that movie! :)
Yes! Amanda Peterson (Cindy Mancini) would’ve turned 50 this summer. RIP
I've seen Billy twice in concert. Nothing flashy for a stage performance, but he sounds as good live as he does recorded.
Rebel Yell and White Wedding are great Billy songs. 💃
Billy always had energy and brought fun and joy to the music!
Billy Idol and Steve Stevens what a combination.
Billy could have gone into acting if it wasn't for his motorcycle accident.
I remember when mtv 1st premiered this video. 80s were awesome.
Billy was one of the best to take advantage when Punk music collided with MTV.
The Last Generation-X song and 1st Billy Idol (solo) song. Its my fave by him.
The look was en vogue back then, the Mad Max Trilogy had it's part in that.
Yeah, I thought it was more Blade Runner inspired, but I can see that.
Despite MANY fantastic songs, this has always been my favorite Billy Idol tune! It was the B side for a 45, and I don't even remember what the A side was, haha!
When Billy Idol hit the scene, his debut album had three or four hits that made the charts. Check out White Wedding, Hot in the City, and Rebel Yell.
One of the coolest dance rock songs ever. Next up in that vein: Never Say Never by Romeo Void. A current day cool dance track equivalent would be , say, Pain by Boy Harsher.
Definitely one of the best pop recordings out of the 80s. The phrasing, and his vocal tone were 100% dead on perfect. No question.
My favorite Idol song, followed by Eyes Without a Face, then a whole bunch of others.
Bro..this song is actually him in Generation X in 79. He owned the song so he re-released it solo. This is UK punk
Now you need to check out "White Wedding", "Rebel Yell", "Eyes Without A Face" & "Cradel of Love" by Billy Idol.
Also.... at least 80% of songs/videos from the 80s were about sex or something sex-related. And sometimes the videos have NOTHING to do with the song itself. So really nothing to go too deep in about. LOL!
Nice! Love Billy Idol, you should check out Rebel Yell next
Cradle of love brother, you're gonna freak!
Yes! Billy Idol! One of my favorite song from when I was a teenage years.
I was lucky to see him in concert in 2019, stll rocking and still hot as hell
I love watching you and your reactions - we need more people like you in this world!
billy idol - eyes without a face
Some friends and I made fun of this song whenever it came on the radio. We replaced the words "Dancing with Myself" by substituting "Playing with Himself".
that was what the song was about...it is a euphamism for "self gratification"
Yeah, that's also what I heard the song is about. I think it's a double entendre and it can mean either one - but I get a hilarious visual out of it meaning both at the same time 🤣
"On the floors of Tokyo
Or down in London town to go, go"
He's just referencing places around the world.
11 of the best, every track is a hit. It is kind of best of Billy Idol.
I prefer Billy Idol’s “White Wedding” and “Flesh For Fantasy” over “Dancing With Myself.” Definitely worth a listen.
I heard a story on a local radio station how a long-time Billy Idol fan wrote Billy a letter asking if Billy and band would show up and perform at his birthday party. Lo and behold that’s exactly what Billy did. I really have a lot of respect for entertainers who go to such lengths to show their appreciation for their fans.
There was only one way Billy's career was going to go once he moved to the USA and met Steve Stevens......and that was straight to the top!
Well The Vapors "Turning Japanese" might be the follow up song to this, if you understand...
Don't forget She Bop by Cyndi Lauper, for the ladies. LOL
Beach Boys , In my room.
I used to like the Vapors song...but a bit hard to enjoy it now...seems a bit...stereotyping in a negative way...
@@crazyelf62 And The DeVinyls "I Touch Myself".
@@TheAngryPacifist05 My Ding-A-Ling by Chuck Berry. Probably the dirtiest song ever, LOLOLOL
Cradle of love is a great song of his. Definitely recommend checking it out
Love Billy Idol. He's famous for doing Elvis's lip curl all the time as well. Check out White Wedding Part 1, Hot in the City, Mony Mony, Cradle of Love, Flesh For Fantasy, Rebel Yell, To Be A Lover, Sweet Sixteen.
I always loved this one!
There is no one like Billy Idol, he's an icon and has a deep, deep library of great songs
I was a HUGE Billy Idol fan when this all came out. I had this single on cassette and the flip side was an interview with Martha Quinn who was one of the original VJs on MTV. Billy was a big Elvis fan for sure and said so in the interview. The song is actually about "self-pleasure" if you get my drift.
i was 6 yrs old when this video hit Mtv and i loved it, this was my first favorite song, Billy Idol-Rebel Yell was the first tape i ever bought, great tunes, was disappointed this song wasnt on that album. love the reacts!
This was the song in the 80s everybody love Billy Idol. I still listen to him.
This remains my favorite Billy Idol song, hands down. It never fails to make me dance. Doesn't matter where, doesn't matter when. I may try to be sneaky and cool, but by "sweat" it's full on booty shakin'.
Dec1986, came home on leave from the Army from Germany. I had the cassette Vital Idol and my 6x9 Kraco's in a borrowed Delta 88 was at max volume for this. This 1 song is the 1 that makes me flash back to that time. Awwww. Loved it.
We all danced by ourselves, as a group. Just to move to the music!
See but guys are different. Most men actually dance alone if not with the girl he fancies
Billy Idol is an amazing rock artist, totally set aside from all the rest!!! I can't think of another artist, that compares w/him. If u like rock music, then dive into his music, for he WILL NOT disappoint you!
Absolute MONSTER hit from my clubbin' days! :) People went nuts (in a fun way) and no, you didn't even have to have a partner to get up on the dance floor!
Before his solo success, he was in a band called Generation X. This was before the term had been widely applied in pop culture.
This IS Generation X..he re-released it as a solo act but it's still Gen X
Billy has his roots in the London 70's punk scene! He went mainstream without losing that punkish style and vibe!
"Dancing with myself ...I read was about "taking care of your own business" if u know what I mean!😉
Great song!✌💗🎸🎶
Billy Idol and the 80's Great times. He has some great tunes and videos.
Who remembers Spike from buffy the vampire slayer? Bloke looked EXACTLY like billy idol lol
A song from my early days in the Army when my stereo had speakers the size of refrigerators and when MTV actually played music videos. Thanks man, from a time of awesome memories, I know I got the CD some where, gonna go dig it out
Got this in my recommendations. Great reaction dude. The intro to this song make some feel something else the song is a timeless classic.
Jamel, well spotted, Billy is big Elvis fan, hence the lip and the hip etc, in his earlier band 'Generation X' Billy did the song 'King Rocker' as a tribute to Elvis Presley.
Jamal, gotta react to “ Rebel Yell”. It’s Billy at his best! Have a good day!
Back in the’80s I was more into early hip hop, electro-funk, freestyle, and funk. But I liked Billy Idol!
Electrofunk...name a band from that category
@@netrioter Africa Bambaataa, Newcleus, Planet Patrol, Egyptian Lover, Jonzun Crew, Midnight Starr are some examples...
Ah yes! I remember rocking out to this by myself during sunset on the shores of the Persian Gulf in Kuwait City. Was interrupted by a couple of police officers who were wondering what the hell I was doing. Good times!
Dude was great in The Wedding Singer haha
"Stanky leg" 🤣 Thanks for that. Gotta love Billy Idol...and Jamel's reactions! ✌
Peace and love Jamel!
Billy has SO many great songs! His first two solo albums are almost completely hits with every song. Then he gets into a motorcycle accident, destroys his leg. Didn't stop him at all. LA Woman and so many more followed. Good luck covering his stuff! When you get to Mony, Mony...do the live version, not the studio version
LOL that brother was cool as hell back in the day. His guitarist is one of the best around, very underrated
Great song to run to or just jump around the room to! Such a fun tempo! Punk rock that went mainstream. 🎶
This is definitely my favorite song from Generation X and Billy ! My second favorite is "Prodigal Blues". And then just about anything from the album Rebel Yell including the title track, "Flesh For Fantasy", "Catch My Fall", "Blue Highway", "Dead Next Door", and "Crank Call".
Really Rebel Yell is a perfect album !
I distinctly remember being wiped out tired after a Billy Idol concert back then. I had an aisle seat at the Warner in DC (long before it was renovated and became so expensive. I don’t think anyone in the place sat in their actual seats for the entire evening. Dance Dance Dance! So fun, so exhausting.
I'm loving all your Billy Idol reactions! Of the few bands I allowed to be a poster on the wall of my high school bedroom, Billy in his black leather pants (and Van Halen) were it!
Billy Idol is great in concert!
One of my favorite songs of all time.
Omg yes more billy i love billy idol
My kids used to dance to this all the time because it was in the movie Flushed Away. Great song and cute movie.
I have always related this conceptually to The Safety Dance
Forgot to be a Lover (Official Music Video) Billy Idol ~ Kinda Rocks
I have a book on Billy . This song came to him when at a club and everyone was dancing with themselves in their own little space .
I remember going to a family friend's house a few towns away in 1981. They had just gotten cable television. This was the very first video I watched on MTV.
Damn son.....you are on a ROLL today!!! Thank you!!! 💜🎵🎼🎶🤟
The British Elvis with that sneer. Loved that man back in the day. lol
One of my favorite videos of the 80's.
Wow you really hit the 80s hard today.
Last time I saw Billy and Stevie 2015 they were still hot on point.Great show .
Got to love Billy!
you gave me the first laugh of the day, thank you brother jamel !
I love the loud screeches! When I am feeling good I've been known to let out a few of my own. : )
My favorite song to dance to when I was a teen and alone in my house!
Yes, we definitely all do it. It’s human nature. 😎
when this song came out we used to sing "playin with myself"
"Flesh For Fantasy" & "Blue Highway' need a reaction.