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  • @jamelakajamal
    @jamelakajamal  3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

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    • @keithhutchins8803
      @keithhutchins8803 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Flashback!

    • @redarmysoja
      @redarmysoja 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@keithhutchins8803 White Wedding, Rebel Yell you must do. He did great covers of Mony Mony and LA Woman too.

    • @margaretweninger988
      @margaretweninger988 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Please review Loggins and Messina ANGRY EYES song......or GOLDEN RIBBONS song, both of which are on the double live album called ON STAGE. Angry Eyes is very funky, and Golden Ribbons is very sentimental. Anything from Loggins and Messina is fantastic......the 70's !!!!!! The BEST decade for musical groups !!!!!! Thank you, sir Jamel.

    • @aldoneira416
      @aldoneira416 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Please check out “Marooned” by Pink Floyd

    • @peck404
      @peck404 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@redarmysoja steal a car and go to Las Vegas

  • @GratefulZen
    @GratefulZen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +349

    Shout out to Billy’s amazing guitarist Steve Stevens!🎸

    • @maverick2242
      @maverick2242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Dam straight one of the most underrated, he was fracken amazing

    • @maverick2242
      @maverick2242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      He does an amazing solo for the anthem of TopGun the first movie many don’t know that, it was Steve Stevens, fracking amazing!

    • @seven2464
      @seven2464 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The solo from Rebel Yell is awesome.

    • @Demonz_77
      @Demonz_77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Steve is a wizard. If you can still find his side gig it was called Atomic Playboys. His playing on that is still worth listening to. There’s one track on it called Run Across Desert Sands, it’s an instrumental and flat out killer tune. His solo stuff is worth the hunt.

    • @randallphillips8285
      @randallphillips8285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I saw Steve's interview on Professer of Rock about this song today.

  • @midnightfury7267
    @midnightfury7267 3 ปีที่แล้ว +427

    "I'm on a bus on a psychedelic trip reading murder books trying to stay hip." Just a great line .

    • @deking43
      @deking43 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      One of my favorites of all artists. Lyric mixed with the sound. Artistry.

    • @joeraymorton2414
      @joeraymorton2414 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I always thought it was ‘burnt-up books”. 🥴

    • @grandadneal8114
      @grandadneal8114 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He seems to be on fire for a portion of the video. Lots of smoke

    • @rexmonarch2
      @rexmonarch2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Reminds me of the mid-70's taking the bus from LA to Vegas so I could hitch-hike to Colorado -- reading Raymond Chandler books and getting stoned at the stations.

    • @ginnyboetel2891
      @ginnyboetel2891 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Love it!!!

  • @julietenning7981
    @julietenning7981 3 ปีที่แล้ว +388

    When it comes to that sneer, only Elvis and Billy could do it so well

    • @70skid33
      @70skid33 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I have a dog that does the sneer.... Funny as shit

    • @michaeldubya
      @michaeldubya 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      He’s a huge Elvis fan.

    • @johnwrynn6855
      @johnwrynn6855 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Diana Moore totally agree.

    • @keithholley546
      @keithholley546 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Dave Mustaine can sneer with the best of them!

    • @bobthebear1246
      @bobthebear1246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@keithholley546 And *snarl*

  • @JennRighter
    @JennRighter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    My favorite Billy Idol song.

    • @ajogg
      @ajogg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Mine too. Great guitar solo too.

    • @robertworkman1419
      @robertworkman1419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Mine as well!! Skating rinks in the 80s will NEVER be matched.

    • @RadicalValkyrie
      @RadicalValkyrie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same!

    • @danielmarquis5258
      @danielmarquis5258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@robertworkman1419 💯

    • @robertworkman1419
      @robertworkman1419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@danielmarquis5258 no doubt

  • @gmollster
    @gmollster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    One of the “coolest” rock stars ever.

    • @DivaInTheWoods
      @DivaInTheWoods 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He's gotta be to pop up with Adam Sandler in the Wedding Singer to help him get his woman! 😄

    • @death2sion333
      @death2sion333 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DivaInTheWoods love the wedding singer

    • @Really377
      @Really377 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed. 👍

    • @Mar-pz8xw
      @Mar-pz8xw ปีที่แล้ว

      Sí!!!

  • @PJAvenger
    @PJAvenger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    Billy's lip "sneer" is one of his trademarks, as much as his platinum hair

    • @fredlougee2807
      @fredlougee2807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      When I was in the Navy and my blond hair was about 3/4" long I used to do the "Idol sneer" just to amuse people..

    • @MichaelKerr71
      @MichaelKerr71 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      His "Whiplash Smile"

    • @-belue-6697
      @-belue-6697 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MichaelKerr71...Indiana Jones would be proud! 😋😏

    • @chrisoakley5830
      @chrisoakley5830 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Its his tribute to Elvis. He was a big fan of the King.

    • @SweetThing
      @SweetThing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Billy Idol idolized Elvis and the sneer, his style and moves were all about Elvis, his mentor.

  • @BillGraper
    @BillGraper 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    The BRIDGE in this song is exactly how a bridge should be. It sounds nothing like the rest of the song. You have that power. Run with it! 🤘😃

    • @track1219
      @track1219 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yep, I love that bridge section; to me it makes the song

    • @Creaulx
      @Creaulx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@track1219 Yes! That's what makes it a "classic"! The guitar part is simple, loud and effective and kinda comes out of nowhere to make the song exponentially more interesting. Billy and Steve's best tune!

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Steve Stevens~!

    • @lucy661000
      @lucy661000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes! It takes you to a different place then finally takes you back to the original tune, brilliant

  • @garywilliams2188
    @garywilliams2188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    He still performs live, and he's a proud Grand Father.

    • @discus1713
      @discus1713 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      His voice is still pretty damn good

    • @ligeiaztomb2755
      @ligeiaztomb2755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      May I add to this, a SMOKIN HOT proud grandfather 🔥lol

    • @caneyebus
      @caneyebus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I missed one of his shows in Vegas by a week a few years ago. I'm still pissed I missed him. Dude puts on a show regardless if it's on stage or on his radio show. Dude is legit.

    • @DarthMohammedRules
      @DarthMohammedRules 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kings & Queens of the Underground was an amazing album. I had no idea it even existed until a couple years ago. Where the hell had I been?? Blew my freakin' mind!!

    • @brianmjones6792
      @brianmjones6792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And he is in damn good shape too.

  • @paulshaw9953
    @paulshaw9953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    White Wedding, Mony Mony and Rebel Yell are musts really

    • @karlsmith2570
      @karlsmith2570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Same thing with "Cradle Of Love"

    • @DreamsSketcher
      @DreamsSketcher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Sweet 16

    • @DreamsSketcher
      @DreamsSketcher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The fun we had with Mony Mony, parties, dances, bars. My gosh, the memories!

    • @randomcommentary6099
      @randomcommentary6099 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah, what he said. Oh yes, Cradle of Love too. Maybe, include a Back to Back listen to L.A. Woman by The Doors and Billy Idol.

    • @chestrockwell8328
      @chestrockwell8328 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I disagree, Rebel Yell maybe, White Wedding is tolerable but it wouldn't bother me one bit to never her Mony Mony again. Eyes Without a Face and Flesh for Fantasy are far better songs than the over played top 40 stuff.

  • @brandonio_granger
    @brandonio_granger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    The 80's definitely wouldn't have been as cool without Billy Idol and Steve Stevens in it.

  • @annieholbis2430
    @annieholbis2430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    "What's he doing with his mouth though?" LOL Billy Idol has the most famous sneer ever!

    • @armyfazer1410
      @armyfazer1410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *Elvis has entered the chat

    • @annieholbis2430
      @annieholbis2430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@armyfazer1410 sorry I forgot about that (my parent's generation, not mine)

  • @ronwarnick5248
    @ronwarnick5248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Steve Stevens was the musical genius behind the album. He's the one doing all those dive-bomb solos on guitar and did the arranging and production.

    • @cristyrawks6325
      @cristyrawks6325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He's also the guitar player on MJs Official Dirty Diana!

    • @raserx63
      @raserx63 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Grammy winning “Top Gun theme” too..

    • @capnkirk933
      @capnkirk933 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Steve Stevens music is pure gold

    • @stacey021375
      @stacey021375 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Steve Stevens is a guitar legend, no doubt. But don’t take anything away from Billy Idol…he wrote these phenomenal lyrics. It’s definitely a collaboration that worked, and is still working!

    • @mikiex
      @mikiex 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You also have Keith Forsey producing who no doubt was a big influence on why this was successful. Steve Stevens work on Top Gun with Harold Faltermeyer... all this points back to Giorgio Moroder

  • @navin2112
    @navin2112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    Named after an incredible French horror film from the 60s.

    • @anyamanning9427
      @anyamanning9427 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I highly recommend that film. My High School French leaves much to be desired, but the film’s title is something like “Les Yeux Sans Visage”, which is the translation of “Eyes Without A Face”.
      Love the song and the film.

    • @rogerdaly6326
      @rogerdaly6326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@anyamanning9427 Thats what they're singing in the background right before Billy sings Eyes Without A Face !

    • @3DJapan
      @3DJapan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@rogerdaly6326 Ohhh I always wondered what they were singing. Now I know why I couldn't understand it. It's in French! lol

    • @anyamanning9427
      @anyamanning9427 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rogerdaly6326 I know:)

  • @stephenflowers8516
    @stephenflowers8516 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    " Now all I can do, is love what was once, so alive in you ." That's a pretty heavy line. Sounds like someone broke his heart.

  • @KGP2010
    @KGP2010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I never bothered with the story behind the lyrics because the music and his voice alone would put me in a blissful trance.

  • @17golfstar
    @17golfstar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Videos from the 80s were all about having fun. They were truly pieces of entertainment

    • @lrsrosebud
      @lrsrosebud 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The best part of the eighties was the music videos.

    • @fredlougee2807
      @fredlougee2807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lrsrosebud I say that is unfortunately true. With MTV music became all about the video, less about the song. Any list of top videos of the '80s would include "Take On Me", for good reason. It's an innovative work using cinematic techniques to tell a story. However, what would the song itself be without the video? Probably nothing. Just another keyboard-driven New Wave bore-fest. Counterpoint, look at Rush. Great band but the lost popularity in the '80s because they didn't do the awesome videos. Could you imagine if they had done a video for Red Barchetta with high cinematic quality?

    • @scarv918
      @scarv918 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rush? Barf…

  • @jennhurl
    @jennhurl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Billy Idol is an entire vibe
    - Mony Mony
    - Rebel Yell
    - White Wedding
    - Cradle of Love (for starters!!😉)

    • @veddyveddygood
      @veddyveddygood 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      To be a lover is another banger. The video is hilarious.

    • @russellgentile4719
      @russellgentile4719 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Daytime Drama might be the sleeper on that album! Love that almost as much as Eyes.

    • @JimGeigerMusic
      @JimGeigerMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      To Be a Lover
      Blue Highway
      Dancin With Myself

    • @kimgarcia1829
      @kimgarcia1829 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Flesh For Fantasy is pretty hot too

    • @lilpoohbear653
      @lilpoohbear653 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      indeed

  • @IZZY_EDIBLE
    @IZZY_EDIBLE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    This song shares a title with a horror film, but is not about any of that.
    Billy Idol is singing about a lover who has lost themself and has nothing left to give. It's about the end of a relationship.

  • @bigmeaney555
    @bigmeaney555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    This is one of the best summer songs ever.

  • @Coolrockndad
    @Coolrockndad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Steve Stevens, the guitar player, is one of the best but most underrated guitar singers around. Love the guy.

  • @guspisano9777
    @guspisano9777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    Surely one of the best voices in music. Julia Louis Dreyfus, in one of her comedy bits said, "Looks like Sting, sounds like Bing". The look, the leather, the snarl, all pure Billy. And that voice. Amazing

    • @susanoneill370
      @susanoneill370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Never heard that! Great comment!! So True.

    • @bobthebear1246
      @bobthebear1246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I remember that!! That was so funny. That was an SNL fake Billy Idol ad called "Right Voice, Wrong Face." That was funny as hell. 😅

  • @DawnSuttonfabfour
    @DawnSuttonfabfour 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    The patented Billy lip curl. Gorgeous. Ah the 80s, sigh, I miss them.

    • @ragjamrock
      @ragjamrock 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      '75-'85 was a great decade!Miss it.🎶🔥😢

    • @chrisoakley5830
      @chrisoakley5830 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ragjamrock Probably my favorite ten year period in rock music.

    • @chrisoakley5830
      @chrisoakley5830 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      His tribute to Elvis.

  • @mypl510
    @mypl510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    "Catch My Fall" is probably my favorite Idol song.

    • @amacks1971
      @amacks1971 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Most def

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      BEST 80s sax EVARRRR

    • @DivaInTheWoods
      @DivaInTheWoods 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I suggested it too on a comment on Rebel Yell. I LOVE that song. Plus it was in a John Hughes movie, so you know it's got all the feeling of teen angst!
      Please check out "Catch My Fall"! ❤

    • @collinjamesguitar
      @collinjamesguitar 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great one!!

  • @db-ws9yn
    @db-ws9yn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Billy Idols's primary guitarist was Steve Stevens. They were a great partnership for sure and had some very memorable songs.

    • @criticus100
      @criticus100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Was? Were? They still perform together (okay, not in covid19 time).

    • @db-ws9yn
      @db-ws9yn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@criticus100 well “was” relative to this song. I actually saw them together in a small club in St. Paul a couple years ago. Short but fun set.

    • @UniversalBlackRocker
      @UniversalBlackRocker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And Steve played on Michael Jackson's Dirty Diana too

    • @marijanbrkic4875
      @marijanbrkic4875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@UniversalBlackRocker He also played legendary Top Gun Anthem.

    • @UniversalBlackRocker
      @UniversalBlackRocker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@marijanbrkic4875 Yep

  • @jackiesueann3476
    @jackiesueann3476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Billy Idol ROCKS! "Flesh For fantasy",White Wedding, Eyes Without A Face
    are all other great Billy Idol songs!
    Thank you!
    ✌❤🎶😁

    • @moonfndz497
      @moonfndz497 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Can't forget sweet sixteen

  • @samhouston1979
    @samhouston1979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    i only recently learned that the female background vocals are singing “eyes without a face” in French

    • @Daniweb1971
      @Daniweb1971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yasss clever right? Back in 83 that was the thing knowing French

  • @terrivineyard9240
    @terrivineyard9240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    This song always spoke to me about violated trust. He’s on a tour bus and his girl is cheating on him. He realizes he never saw her true face.

    • @ninasbbm5133
      @ninasbbm5133 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It could also be based on a book or movie (i forget) about a man whose daughter was murdered and he was trying to make her a face again (i think that was it)

  • @baseballfan3955
    @baseballfan3955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Don’t think ppl realise how hard Billy worked and how much effort he put into his music, true artist.

  • @Cristi81272
    @Cristi81272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    The 80s were like that though. Videos were a MAJOR factor in an artist's popularity and really familiarity. Billy is just as awesome today as he was back then.

  • @ehcmier
    @ehcmier 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Billy Idol's a huge Doors/Jim Morrison fan, so he gets into some similar themes, covered LA Woman, was in The Doors movie, and so on.

    • @philiposm
      @philiposm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      His cover of LA Woman is highly underrated. He killed it.

    • @Coolrockndad
      @Coolrockndad 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's also a huge Elvis Presley fan and that's the reason for his curled up left side of his lip.

  • @marilynseptember21
    @marilynseptember21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Sweet Sixteen, White Wedding, Mony Mony, Hot in the city.......Billy Idol is super cool.

    • @SC-gp7kt
      @SC-gp7kt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I forgot about Hot In The City!!!

    • @JuanPerez-we8vs
      @JuanPerez-we8vs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Speed, Catch my Fall, Craddle of Love, and the number one REBEL YELLL

    • @alrivers2297
      @alrivers2297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Flesh for Fantasy

    • @UniCrys1313
      @UniCrys1313 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@alrivers2297 My absolute favorite

  • @twelveytwelve
    @twelveytwelve 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    It shocked me when I discovered he wrote his own songs.

    • @angelaackerman8934
      @angelaackerman8934 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Billy did not write Mony Mony. It was written by Tommy James who also had a hit with it first.

    • @lv67890
      @lv67890 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@angelaackerman8934 this blows mony mony away

    • @matimus100
      @matimus100 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lv67890 correct

  • @ca9968
    @ca9968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    This guy was such a strange anomaly back the 80`s, but it worked, he was awesome!

    • @brianmjones6792
      @brianmjones6792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I would rather have the strange of Billy Idol , then the non talent crap singers of today..lol I am still trying to figure out why Billie Fish or Elfish or Shellfish is such a big deal. Can’t sing worth of shit, yet she is a mega star.

  • @jeffhiggins8087
    @jeffhiggins8087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Steve Stevens, the most underrated guitarist of our generation. Great song!

  • @haileyn4219
    @haileyn4219 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    There a reason the word EPIC exists, for songs like this

  • @robertworkman1419
    @robertworkman1419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Hell Yeah!!! Billy is a LEGEND!! Check out "Cradle of Love" Damn, she was smokin hot!

    • @kennethlatham3133
      @kennethlatham3133 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's right! Whoa, that girl......kept me up nights.

  • @illiamdeebe7579
    @illiamdeebe7579 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This song is great on a dark midnight drive. The production was great and the sound wraps around you in the car. Love it.

  • @db-ws9yn
    @db-ws9yn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The song concept came from a French horror movie from the '60s' about a plastic surgeon who tried to restore his daughter's face who had been disfigured in an accidnet.

    • @guyelmouchnino6531
      @guyelmouchnino6531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The name of the director is Georges Franju.

  • @Jadguy24
    @Jadguy24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    “Eyes without a Face” is a classic Horror Movie

    • @anthonymullen6300
      @anthonymullen6300 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely .

    • @robinbeers6689
      @robinbeers6689 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@antoniocarlin5026 Ah, hence the backup singers singing in French. I never knew that.

  • @ThePablo1961
    @ThePablo1961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    To Be A Lover - BI - you'll love it

  • @kbusby4824
    @kbusby4824 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Another gem from Mr. Broad, his discography is loaded with them.

  • @rediscoveryrecords1348
    @rediscoveryrecords1348 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Whenever someone asks me how im doing I say:
    "Just been reading murder books , trying to stay hip".

  • @RadicalValkyrie
    @RadicalValkyrie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Whoo! Billy! This is my favourite song of his.
    I've seen him twice live. Even recently in the past few years. He's awesome.

    • @reecherie5649
      @reecherie5649 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He came to Six Flags Over Ga when I was in hs back in early 80s

  • @jackie_jrml
    @jackie_jrml 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This is my favorite song of his. He has a very nice voice. You want a fun video check out Rock the Cradle of Love haha 😛

    • @wendydotson8891
      @wendydotson8891 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s just called cradle of love, it was my first billy idol song I knew. My mom hated me watching the video cause I was so young, I was born in 82, but I still love it to this day. As I got older I learned more billy idol songs and loved them too but cradle of love will always be my fav 😂

  • @stevengrammont44
    @stevengrammont44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Steve Stevens very underrated guitarist ...... This is my favorite Idol tune

    • @17golfstar
      @17golfstar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There’s that stupid term again.
      Nobody who understands rock thinks Steve is underrated. He’s been considered one the very best by many music critics and industry experts

    • @daveyboy_
      @daveyboy_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@17golfstar U can go on any comments section in youtube and i'll defy u to not find someone say , 'literally ' and or 'underated ' .

    • @DarthMohammedRules
      @DarthMohammedRules 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Steve Stevens recently (currently?) was doing guitar for Deadland Ritual, with Geezer Butler on bass, Matt Sorum on drums, and Franky Perez on vocals. Pretty bad-ass, actually. If you haven't heard them, I'd recommend checking out their songs Down in Flames and Broken & Bruised. Good stuff. For sure.

  • @mandysmith1756
    @mandysmith1756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Jamel you've got to do Hot in the City - great summer song.

  • @agresticumbra
    @agresticumbra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love this song, and how it incorporated ambient elements.

  • @robelson3078
    @robelson3078 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    “Cradle of Love.” That’s it, that’s the comment.

    • @kennethlatham3133
      @kennethlatham3133 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The girl in that vid, madonn'!

    • @kimme2852
      @kimme2852 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'd forgotten all about that song. It was tight

    • @collinjamesguitar
      @collinjamesguitar 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kennethlatham3133Gabagool? Ovaaaa heeeeere

  • @Crunkboy415
    @Crunkboy415 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My favorite Billy Idol song. He also does a really good live version where you can see Steve Stevens more.

  • @snapdragon8888
    @snapdragon8888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I remember a TV interview when this song came out. Billy said it's about people who have no soul.

  • @1974dormouse
    @1974dormouse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The title is such 80’s words. “Eyes without a face”, “strangers eyes”, “eyes of a stranger” and “face of a stranger” are so 80’s. lol

  • @uchihadayne6506
    @uchihadayne6506 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is my favorite song of his, and one of the best of the 80s. Beautifully haunting

  • @JheredStern
    @JheredStern 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Man, it was the 80's we didn't have computers and cell phones and videos like this had to be done in studios and it was all new to everyone. This was epic when it came out. Oh, and that 80's ass slap was in almost ever rock song.

  • @kikstand2011
    @kikstand2011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    God I love this song. The bass is awesome here!
    Still my suggestion: Thorn in my Pride- the Black Crowes.

  • @Sidhecat
    @Sidhecat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When you look at Idol’s catalog you realize how much of an influence he had, even into the 90’s. “Hot in the City”, “Flesh for Fantasy”, “To be a Lover” and on it goes. I saw him in concert a couple years back, he can still bring it.

  • @rodneycraft1005
    @rodneycraft1005 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    All time favorite from the 80s, TY.

  • @leighaburris5287
    @leighaburris5287 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This era in my life was everything. The music, the freedoms...i really miss the 80s❤

  • @robertdavis5976
    @robertdavis5976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The bass line really makes this song groove, thanks for showing some love to the bass player @jamel!

  • @phantomy.s1961
    @phantomy.s1961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Les Yeux Sans Visage" is a 1960 French movie.It's about a doctor trying to repair the face of his daughter disfigured in a car crash.So, the doctor will kill other girls to take parts of their face to repair his daughter's face. In Billy Idol song, the chorus is just the translation of the title: "Les Yeux sans visage...Eyes without a face" . Love that song and listened a lot to Billy Idol when I was a teenager! Still listen to him! Good vibes with your videos Jamal!

  • @msbeaverhausen7226
    @msbeaverhausen7226 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This song brings me back!! Billy was a beautiful man, '80's style.

  • @kathyjam2482
    @kathyjam2482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    You should try Rebel Yell and White Wedding from Billy. I love him.

  • @kingsethos5108
    @kingsethos5108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Billy Thorpe - Children Of The Sun. A hidden gem that only some really know about.

  • @JohyeahM
    @JohyeahM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oooohh...top shelf 80's this. Those chords, that bass, all the subtle touches in production...perfect 80's tune.

  • @schmidington
    @schmidington 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Billy Idol created a classic look for himself that withstands the trials of time. He still looks great!
    He's had some awesome hits, but he didn't do it alone.
    That's Mr. Steve Stevens on the guitar bringing us that searing solo. He's also partially responsible for the lovely and memorable theme song from Top Gun. Show this man some love and respect. He's an exemplary and outstanding performer and has played with numerous acts throughout his career.

  • @dranet47
    @dranet47 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    My mom actually liked this song (except for the bridge, which was too hard rock for her). She was from the Silent Generation (1938) and preferred crooners. She liked his voice. :)

    • @ovk-ih1zp
      @ovk-ih1zp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      For all his work to try & make punk fashionable back in the 80's, Billy Idol is ABSOLUTELY a talented "Crooner". Some of the best work put out in the 80's.

    • @nmeau
      @nmeau ปีที่แล้ว

      Fantastic voice.

  • @johnmclaurin2261
    @johnmclaurin2261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This comes from the hay day of music videos, not a movie. His sneer made him very famous.

  • @cccs800
    @cccs800 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My favorite Billy Idol song. Billy Idol, Ian Astbury and Michael Hutchence. Three artists who have that RARE it factor. And Billy was GORGEOUS.

  • @CamiMack5616
    @CamiMack5616 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Billy was was of the hottest, most popular rockers in the 80s. Can't listen to him without a trip down memory lane.

  • @THEPATRIOT1000
    @THEPATRIOT1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    In school Billy's teacher said he was idle. So he changed it.
    This song is about drug addiction

  • @desertrose777
    @desertrose777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I saw Billy Idol about 10 years ago and it was the best and weirdest concerts I have ever been to, but damn he was amazing.

  • @jdmoncada8205
    @jdmoncada8205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Professor of Rock channel just released an interview with Steve Stevens (guitar) this week about this song. These mentioned how he came up with the chord progression and how Billy came up with the lyrics and the French bits. Interesting stuff.
    I think Professor and Jamel could do some great crossovers. It can't be just me that watches these two channels. (Rick Beato, too.)

  • @Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.
    @Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is a story of love, an obsessive love, and like the surgeon in the film of the same title, who would do anything to repair that love. He knows that when he looks at her that 'the love has gone from your eyes', and while he's away touring 'don't call me on the phone, to tell me you're alone' 'it's easy to deceive, and I just can't believe', he tries as best he can 'to keep the dream alive', he's torn apart by doubt. Eyes without a face, he can't tell from her expression whether she is being true or not.

  • @markmaioli4
    @markmaioli4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "They slappin them cheeks?" 😆

  • @sonnyjames8922
    @sonnyjames8922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I always thought it was a snarl, not a sneer that Billy does when he sings. I guess it's a matter of semantics. There was an intensity to him. It elevated his music. So many great songs he gave us.

  • @chop3625
    @chop3625 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “Hot in the City” “Dancing with Myself” A true Rock Star...

  • @santacruz7455
    @santacruz7455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My Mom always said: Billy Idol is the most beautiful man in the world...:-)

  • @jacendawright7713
    @jacendawright7713 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That's Billy signature face expression if you check out all of his videos the raised upper lip lol...

  • @andreaknapp2394
    @andreaknapp2394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Haven't heard this one in a while...faves by Billy Idol...Rebel Yell & White Wedding...

  • @funkster007
    @funkster007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was never a big Idol fan, but this tune stood out for me. I'm still mesmerized when I hear it. Imo, one of the coolest 80's songs period.

  • @tazlynn1958
    @tazlynn1958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We are living in "Eyes Without A Face" so many have their faces covered the only thing you see is their eyes.

  • @rickclark8657
    @rickclark8657 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Les yeux sans visage

  • @aikimcr
    @aikimcr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This video is from the heyday of MTV where every video was a movie in and of itself. Some of them were definitely better than others. I mean, Michael Jackson's Thriller set the standard on some level, but most of them had 3 to 5 minutes to tell their story. This video is definitely one of the better ones. BIlly Idol in general got the medium in a way a lot of his peers didn't.

  • @hughgabbard5116
    @hughgabbard5116 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    jamel~ always love your videos Your reactions are always great. very pure. Keep rolling!!!!

  • @starchild7278
    @starchild7278 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I saw this first thing walking in the house tonight and immediately started laughing. Billy is referencing a certain act where he can only see her eyes....omg!! Oh and he’s a big Elvis fan thus the raised lip thing.

  • @Jp421JP
    @Jp421JP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “What he doing with his mouth?” Lol. It’s Billy Idol. That’s what he does

  • @jerryandrews7951
    @jerryandrews7951 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    When we were younger we “renamed” this song “Thighs Around Your Face”. Good times.

    • @italoblu
      @italoblu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When everyone would shout get laid get fucked during Mony Mony, I knew a girl who would shout drink milk, it’s good.

    • @peterking8632
      @peterking8632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Heh heh us too:-)

    • @tylermankins2960
      @tylermankins2960 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I still today to this day (cuz I actually thought it was saying this as a kid), whenever, "Dirty Deeds," by ACDC comes on, I always sing, "Dirty Deeds, done to sheep."

    • @italoblu
      @italoblu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@tylermankins2960 that’s the funniest thing I’ve ever heard.

    • @ronnelson7828
      @ronnelson7828 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We went with "Thighs Upon Your Face".

  • @kazbaz2011
    @kazbaz2011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favourite Billy Idol song. Great bass and best played loudly whilst driving! 😎 “Flesh For Fantasy” is another brilliant one.

  • @reynoldlayne8372
    @reynoldlayne8372 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That "mouth thing" is trademark Billy Idol, loved listening to his music for many years, it's what got me hooked on rock.

  • @donjerue558
    @donjerue558 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Would recommend "On the Blue Highway" or "Crank Call" of the Rebel Yell album

  • @3DJapan
    @3DJapan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I never looked into the lyrics but I always assumed it was talking about staring so deeply into someone's eyes that you don't even see their face anymore.

    • @kennethlatham3133
      @kennethlatham3133 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, I was more in that vein, not the psycho-sexual splatterfest mode discussed elsewhere. I specifically thought it was an address of a partner's jealousy during unavoidable separation.

  • @FreeDonaldTrump1
    @FreeDonaldTrump1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It’s a beautiful song. Billy had some depth to him!

  • @brielleanyez7113
    @brielleanyez7113 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I met Billy Idol in 1999 when he came through Eau Claire Wisconsin!! I worked at a fancy restaurant attached to the hotel, holiday inn convention center. Hes so nice!!

  • @SC-gp7kt
    @SC-gp7kt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He also did an acoustic version of Dusty Springfield's "For What Its Worth" in the 90's I think on either MTV or VH1. Fantastic cover! Really showcases his talents in a different way and worth checking out.

    • @timgerke8714
      @timgerke8714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You mean Buffalo Springfield

    • @SC-gp7kt
      @SC-gp7kt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@timgerke8714 THANK YOU yes!

  • @scottishmob7982
    @scottishmob7982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    remember when this come out. Idols first top ten in the U.S. he's still an 80's fav. doesn't it seem
    like Miley has channeled Blondie, Jett and Idol. even does his lip thing.

    • @annawilliams7650
      @annawilliams7650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She did a good duet with him

    • @scottishmob7982
      @scottishmob7982 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@annawilliams7650 no kidding! what song and when. i need to see that. thx!

  • @michellekeyes1507
    @michellekeyes1507 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My very first concert, great music, dancing in the pouring rain. Great time, great memories. Thanks for the reminder!

  • @natoutes7412
    @natoutes7412 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh man I've loved this song for ever. It's so beautiful. Thank you Jamal.

  • @suno_grimm1264
    @suno_grimm1264 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hey Jamel love the content but could you do Hot rod Lincoln by Commander Cody and his lost planet airmen I would love to see you watch it

  • @jalandacurry4585
    @jalandacurry4585 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My ABSOLUTE FAVE song by Billy Idol!!!! Thank Jamel!! Sending love from Portland, OR!

  • @vanyadolly
    @vanyadolly 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yay, more Billy Idol! Cradle of Love is another must-hear!