Billy Idol - L.A. Woman (Official Music Video)

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  • @donaldcook2484
    @donaldcook2484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +590

    What a cover of la woman. Only billy idol could pull this off. He is iconic in every way. Remarkable music genius

    • @Pwj579
      @Pwj579 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It’s not bad. Huge fan of Billy and The Doors.
      But I do feel this version is lacking in the funky, cool Venice Beach/ Sunset Strip vibes of the original. Billy’s is all Skid Row

    • @jon2813
      @jon2813 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I appreciate Billy Idol but this ain’t it. This cover is missing all the things that made the original great. It’s a generic hard rock song

    • @robpaxson4455
      @robpaxson4455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It really is a great cover

    • @marcieharreld286
      @marcieharreld286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And from a woman's point of view......totally HOT and a true guilty pleasure!!!🤘🎶🎼🎵🎧🥁🎸🤘🤘🤘

    • @johnjepsen4243
      @johnjepsen4243 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Righton

  • @DeplorableJaredBrodersen
    @DeplorableJaredBrodersen ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Morrison would be proud of this cover

  • @NickyCurvis-tf4dy
    @NickyCurvis-tf4dy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Billy does Jim proud.......the best cover of L.A. Woman,lve ever heard.......great prescise guitar by Steve too!!!!! I love this track in fact the whole album is the bollocks.......Billy and Steve continue to provide us,with no holds barred ass kicking Rock n Roll.....!!!!!!!

    • @domdel1870
      @domdel1870 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      👌

    • @L24U84
      @L24U84 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolutely 💯

    • @1987phillybilly
      @1987phillybilly 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Just a pure rock (cover) song. I an to young to really remember the doors (I am only 50), but I have heard and this was a good, hard rock FUN song.

  • @tonytafoya6217
    @tonytafoya6217 7 ปีที่แล้ว +359

    Billy is a huge Jim Morrison fan/student.
    Studied all his poetry, writings & songs.
    Morrison had a big influence on Billy's work.

    • @elgatto6750
      @elgatto6750 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dynamit against chinacraker

    • @corvettebuddy
      @corvettebuddy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      he was in the doors movie

    • @rjmullinz2258
      @rjmullinz2258 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Billy was scheduled to play Jim Morrison in Oliver Stones movie The Doors. He was unable to keep the part due to the horrendous leg injury he received in his motorcycle crash. Val Kilmer ended up with the part

    • @scottpartridge5542
      @scottpartridge5542 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      EL Gatto -I was so much enjoying and gettinrg into many of the songs he sings. Is it a variety of artists who write for him or is Billy, the kid? I finally got around to making and eating lovely peanut butter with quality lumps of butter, on pumpkin seed bread. Then I hear Mr Idol, singing a Doors song or rather a JM tune. ALL of A sudden, the sound of music and lyrics went from really fucking good with a surprisingly manny numbers of beats that just suck you right in,(hence taking 40 minutes to make my peanut butter on bread haha), to, wait for it, timeless thought provoking geniuses. Incredible how different that level is but good one Billy, you sure did do it mate.

    • @scottpartridge5542
      @scottpartridge5542 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      rj mullinz - that must of torn him to shreds. Maybe he’s writing his own movie as we speak. That’d something.

  • @dazg2033
    @dazg2033 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I think Billy got the job done properly when it came to being a rock star ,just look at him.

    • @jibberjabberr
      @jibberjabberr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We saw him tonight. He’s still got it. 68 and still rocking.

    • @THEBANDIT7979
      @THEBANDIT7979 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He understood the assignment.

  • @ppmppm7010
    @ppmppm7010 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Billy idols videos are pieces of art that i hope are preserved

  • @outtabubblegum7034
    @outtabubblegum7034 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    3:05 - The only one I ever heard that can yell (not "sing loud", REALLY YELL - full power), and is perfectly in tune! Immortal genius!❤

  • @juliakonig1469
    @juliakonig1469 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    A real rock star with a wonderful tempered voice. And a lot of boom energy. Love you Billy.

  • @mariazo
    @mariazo 10 ปีที่แล้ว +451

    This is one of the best Doors covers. Billy Idol really makes it his own. Charmed Life is one hell of an album. I bought it in the summer of 1990, on the strength of "Cradle of Love", and loved it.

    • @ShinyGlide
      @ShinyGlide 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/CixcfHj4LRk/w-d-xo.html

    • @maggot1able
      @maggot1able 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      G

    • @maggot1able
      @maggot1able 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Xxx

    • @togibok18
      @togibok18 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Indeed!

    • @overcomerbtboj
      @overcomerbtboj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You’re right- i was equally rocked by cradle of love it was a great album

  • @humanityrising9378
    @humanityrising9378 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Awesome album! Just saw Billy Idol in Moon Township, PA in 2023. It was a phenomenal show! Nothing but respect for Billy and hia band!

  • @RetroJenny
    @RetroJenny 13 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    Billy did a good job with this song. I don't think anyone else could have done it as well.

    • @mariakent8689
      @mariakent8689 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He sang it better than Jim Morrison!!

    • @billyidols
      @billyidols ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks so much for your kind words it softens my heart.
      Your support over the years has kept me going in my career, I hope you don't stop supporting me.
      I'm really blessed to have you as one of my fan and from now hence forth, you're one of my favorite fans.
      Much love from me to you.❤️

  • @shantiharris7005
    @shantiharris7005 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Wow this does not look like it was filmed almost 35 years ago. Such a beautifully shot video! The breakdown when the candle blows out, and Billy is singing with the fire burning behind him. #swoon

  • @whatdidyousay1455
    @whatdidyousay1455 8 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I love The Doors. They are awesome! Billy Idol did a really good work here! Respect to Billy Idol! Keep Rockin' BILLY

  • @mariakatagiri3736
    @mariakatagiri3736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    I am so glad I had a chance to meet him in a disco in the 80’s when he was performing there all dressed in black leather and chains hanging from his neck .. ohh thank you Lord.. I was in awe The Whole time !!!!

    • @tracybrown1567
      @tracybrown1567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wish it was ,me /don't now if I could control myself .meeting him ,wowww.👍♥️

    • @StratsRUs
      @StratsRUs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did you ? haha

    • @juana1483
      @juana1483 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tracybrown1567 did you restrain yourself when you saw boy George?????

    • @tracybrown1567
      @tracybrown1567 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@juana1483 🤣🤣🤣

    • @dizzotizzo69
      @dizzotizzo69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think there is more to this story. God bless Maria. ;-)

  • @jukeboxhero7070
    @jukeboxhero7070 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    I'm a huge fan of The Doors, my all time favorite band, but I'm also a huge Billy Idol fan, and I was very happy when this cover was released in 1990. Billy and Jim are two people who embody the word Rockstar.

    • @overcomerbtboj
      @overcomerbtboj ปีที่แล้ว +1

      💯💯💯

    • @freakbaby6981
      @freakbaby6981 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Absolutely, totally! I don't know of anyone else who can do justice to The Doors.

    • @bezoticallyyours83
      @bezoticallyyours83 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh for sure

    • @Wizard-me2ch
      @Wizard-me2ch 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Я тоже очень люблю The Doors, и здесь полностью согласен.

    • @annarousiadou784
      @annarousiadou784 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My sentiments exactly ❤️‍🔥🎶🎸

  • @sharadmohip6536
    @sharadmohip6536 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    thought this song could never be covered,... but billy is just a badass

  • @KatieKelly27
    @KatieKelly27 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I love Billy Idol in this, made justice to this song for sure.

  • @r3v3n63
    @r3v3n63 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I always thougt this, (visually) was totally cyberpunk. The burnout and exhaustion mixed with the sets was a major zeitgeist. If I could, I burn myself out in this environment. The video, to me, is a masterpiece.

    • @constanza1999
      @constanza1999 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great video

    • @annarousiadou784
      @annarousiadou784 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Are there any behind the scenes of shooting this videoclip.. David Fincher is legendary visionary director

  • @efctoffees7267
    @efctoffees7267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Billy would be a good fit in the lost boys if they ever do a remake that's a shout

    • @sher4674
      @sher4674 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      OMG yasssssss

    • @watchthiscrap
      @watchthiscrap 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He IS that movie. I just commented on that. Great flick

    • @syckmusyck6593
      @syckmusyck6593 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You don't remake the lost boys. Ever.

  • @watchthiscrap
    @watchthiscrap 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    He always reminds me of The Lost Boys movie. His videos and personification are a perfect match. And that was my favorite film growing up

  • @miltonhatzigeorgiou9022
    @miltonhatzigeorgiou9022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Yes, LA Woman. What a song. It rocks. Good lyrics and music. A master.

  • @johnnyballos1889
    @johnnyballos1889 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Always loved Billy’s voice, he nails this.

  • @MaghoxFr
    @MaghoxFr 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Fincher's aesthetics are always very distinctive and top notch. And Billy's version of LA woman is awesome. Great video.

  • @youknomyname8890
    @youknomyname8890 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    One Of The Best Remakes Ever, Right ?!!!!!!

  • @mistiya
    @mistiya 7 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    Billy Idol was born to sing this song

  • @davidg.9932
    @davidg.9932 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Steve Stevens.. A very Happy 63rd Birthday Steven Bruce Schneider May 5, 1959 New York... You brought a very heavy guitar sound to Billy's music..Thanks.. Many, many more Steve Stevens...

  • @nicoleray1509
    @nicoleray1509 10 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Born and raised in L.A. and gotta say, Id bet money Jim Morrison would love it. He'd be honored Billy chose to do it and do it REALLY, REEEEALLY, well. Most artists that pull a cover out there but butcher the song in my opinion but I'm a tough critic so, ya know.
    Nice job. Well done from an L.A. woman.

  • @charleskoonu
    @charleskoonu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The use of the camera in this video is just outstanding, one of the most visual and phenomenal music videos i have ever seen

  • @MuhammadFarukh
    @MuhammadFarukh 8 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    I never actually heard Billy's cover. This is awesome. One of my favorite musicians coverings one of my favorite bands.

    • @kitty90477
      @kitty90477 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You know Billy performed on stage with The Doors at the premiere of their Oliver Stone movie The Doors for MTV.

    • @MuhammadFarukh
      @MuhammadFarukh 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Rebecca Keen That's awesome!

    • @tanbranwin6322
      @tanbranwin6322 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Rebecca Keen I didn't know that :) Thanks for sharing. He was also in the movie which I thought was cool!

    • @troyundroy1
      @troyundroy1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Billy once said that when he heard the Doors for the first time, he threw out all of the other records he had. A superfan

  • @wendynoto1923
    @wendynoto1923 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Billy idol is a genius at sending a message 💯🔥❤️🔥
    Not the director he just listens well and and putting it into motion...🐝
    #❤️u BILLY ✈️☄️

  • @miroslavjankovic6355
    @miroslavjankovic6355 11 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Artists do covers because they love and have a deep respect for the particular song, not to make a better version or something else. I liked how Billy Idol put his own stile in this song.

  • @fredfloyd68
    @fredfloyd68 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Only Billy and Steve can take any song and make it 100 times better..Excitement galore..
    You boys are incredible. .

    • @jenny2tone242
      @jenny2tone242 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't think Steve Stevens was involved in this song.

    • @danielfisch389
      @danielfisch389 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jenny2tone242 correct. Steve went solo after Whiplash Smile. Mark Younger-Smith had replaced him on Charmed Life.

    • @danielfisch389
      @danielfisch389 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mark Younger-Smith was the guitarist on that album.

  • @Kitchissime
    @Kitchissime 8 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I already loved that song by Jim. Billy Idol does it great justice. :)

    • @ShinyGlide
      @ShinyGlide 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/CixcfHj4LRk/w-d-xo.html

  • @tamastabar5526
    @tamastabar5526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Grew up with Billy Idol. Nice to see him still do what he does. I wish time would have stopped in the late 80-s and we would all be in this great party that the 80-s were...

  • @fabienh3943
    @fabienh3943 10 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    He was a stunning singer with a great sense of rythm. His looks were fun and suited the era. He made it, but still underrated in some way.

    • @sobercompanion1506
      @sobercompanion1506 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      He still IS.

    • @douggraham5082
      @douggraham5082 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He is not dead.

    • @Fnberg744
      @Fnberg744 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In what universe was Billy Idol underated. He literally owned his own part of the 80s

    • @AnnaLVajda
      @AnnaLVajda 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He did the Elvis curled lip thing too.

  • @scottwolff6946
    @scottwolff6946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Usually I'm wary of anyone covering The Doors, but Billy nails this. Totally his own version and his voice is a big reason why.

    • @mattbartolovich8228
      @mattbartolovich8228 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Still wonder what jim would have thought

    • @BillieBailey-th3lc
      @BillieBailey-th3lc ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mattbartolovich8228 I think he would have been okay with it, it's different enough from his version. Billy was generous with Queensryche when they did a cover of his REBEL YELL, I think it's considered a compliment when another band wants to do a cover of your song.

    • @annarousiadou784
      @annarousiadou784 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes exactly .

  • @samplermike
    @samplermike 8 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    The only remake of this song ever needed. Done for the 20th anniversary of Jim Morisson's death.

    • @insanemetalhead-t5d
      @insanemetalhead-t5d 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What about Glenn Danzig

    • @ChrisCorkum
      @ChrisCorkum 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@insanemetalhead-t5d I'd rather see him do 'Break On Through' or 'Not To Touch The Earth'...

  • @krisztinahalmy8313
    @krisztinahalmy8313 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    All his VIDEOS are PURE ENERGY! lol I haven't seen any YOUNG SINGER today with that UNIQUE VIBE.
    😎 ❤️ 👍

  • @adrianstruys5644
    @adrianstruys5644 9 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    No one can do justice to a Jim Morisson Classic but Billy Idol............does it

    • @lestermoreno9437
      @lestermoreno9437 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Adrian Struys really good cover I would say I prefer the billy idol version

    • @theproz997
      @theproz997 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lester moreno you're wrong.

  • @charlottebrooks3671
    @charlottebrooks3671 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The best cover of a Doors song.

  • @curtmcclintock4318
    @curtmcclintock4318 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Billy Idol is the man......Nobody this cool since Elvis!

    • @elgatto6750
      @elgatto6750 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ....Cool than James Dean...

    • @realmarcio2029
      @realmarcio2029 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Billy Idol is cool, but David Bowie is more cooler yet!

    • @zarzamora9240
      @zarzamora9240 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@realmarcio2029 Nah

    • @overcomerbtboj
      @overcomerbtboj 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He’s always reminded me of a blonde punk rock elvis- if elvis had come along in the british punk scene he would be billy and billy intentionally gives a nod to elvis with that famous low elvisesque sound at times

    • @miguelrubiorincon3904
      @miguelrubiorincon3904 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      billy idol is the straight and blonde version of Freddie Mercury . Two faces of a single coin . Pure charisma .

  • @katarinatakacova5706
    @katarinatakacova5706 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I only discovered this remake today. How could I live without this song so long???

  • @Lautissone1
    @Lautissone1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Hermoso y potente cover. Es comprensible la falta de cultura musical de muchos. Son diferentes y eso es todo. Gracias Billy por regalarnos esta versión. Lo demás es pura gilada! Love❤

    • @Lautissone1
      @Lautissone1 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Y no voy a escribir en inglés. Estudien tagarnas!

  • @DamnboyAintright
    @DamnboyAintright 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Truly one of the coolest guys to walk planet Earth.

  • @godalbertomeireles5749
    @godalbertomeireles5749 8 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    This dude rocks more than a real rock!!

  • @summerseverlasting
    @summerseverlasting 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Billy Idol is so talented, my god

  • @martykate6836
    @martykate6836 9 ปีที่แล้ว +697

    No one but Billy Idol could have done this song and not insulted Morrison

    • @hilgahendrix7984
      @hilgahendrix7984 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You are correct

    • @ElTchibo1
      @ElTchibo1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      you are not correct. still exist other great singers who does not insult Morrison when they sing his song.

    • @ElTchibo1
      @ElTchibo1 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you joking? I do not understand the sence of your question.

    • @d.1241
      @d.1241 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Chipchase Morrison is one of the members of the doors, the band that originally did this song.

    • @gordonbgraham
      @gordonbgraham 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      skippy pop bob...giddy giddy giddy giddy giddy go go...skippy pop pop...TRASH!

  • @kaylabelle9942
    @kaylabelle9942 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    [Verse 1]
    Well I met a little babe an hour ago
    Wonder which way, which way the wind blow, yeah
    [Another little babe in] a Hollywood bungalow
    I was rockin' little lady In the city of light
    [Chorus]
    Yeah, I'm just another lost angel, woo
    In the city of night (Ow!)
    City of night
    City of night
    Woah, yeah
    L.A. woman
    L.A. woman
    I said L.A. woman
    L.A. woman
    L.A. woman Sunday afternoon
    L.A. woman Sunday afternoon
    L.A. woman Sunday afternoon
    [Verse 2]
    Drive through your suburbs
    Into your blues
    Into your blues, yeah
    Into your blue, blue, blues
    Into your blues
    Oh, yeah
    [Verse 3]
    I see your hair is burning, aw
    Hills are filled with fire
    If they say I never loved you
    Well you know they are a liar
    Driving down your freeways
    [Hills and valleys] roam, baby
    I seen it
    Cops in cars, topless bars
    Never saw a woman, ha ha qoo
    So alone
    So alone
    Said so alone
    Oh yeah
    Whoa
    [Guitar Solo]
    [Verse 4]
    Wine spo-dee-o-dee
    She drink my wine spo-dee-o-dee okay
    Ah wine spo-dee-o-dee
    She drinkin' wine spo-dee-o-dee all day
    I took my motorbike out and went for a ride
    Slit the throat of the first babe who lied
    See it it's twice his size ooh
    Wine spo-dee-o-dee all right
    Wine spo-dee-o-dee all day
    Wine spo-dee-o-dee
    Well she drinkin' wine spo-dee-o-dee
    It's good for her body
    Wine spo-dee-o-dee
    [Chorus]
    Another lost angel (Angel angel)
    In the city of night
    City of night
    City of night
    City of light
    Whoa, yeah
    Yeah
    L.A, yeah
    [Outro]
    Come on
    L.A. woman, come on
    L.A. woman, come on
    L.A. woman, come on
    Yeah
    I said you're my woman
    And that's right
    I said you're my woman
    And I'm right
    I said you're my woman
    And that's right
    I said you're my woman
    And I'm right
    I said L.A. woman
    And that's right

  • @FishHeadSalad
    @FishHeadSalad 11 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    If I recall correctly, Bill did this video just after a major motorcycle accident. Great revision of a classic!

    • @dianebrown7305
      @dianebrown7305 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, that's right.

    • @YeahitsMeSylvia
      @YeahitsMeSylvia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nothing can stop Billy Idol

    • @stephenjohnson9216
      @stephenjohnson9216 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn right, if you go back to Rock The Cradle Of Love is leg is still in a cast(even though you can't see it).

    • @eduardo_corrochio
      @eduardo_corrochio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Note the cane.

    • @doyleperkins4916
      @doyleperkins4916 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That is why he entitled the album, "Charmed Life." The doctors who had to put his arms and legs together through reconstructive surgery said he had literally cheated death. He was originally supposed to have a prominent role in the video but could only appear with a cane due to extensive injuries sustained in the motorcycle crash/wreck. My source: my memory of Kurt Loder's reporting on it on an MTV special at the time.

  • @pablofeijoo6359
    @pablofeijoo6359 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Billy Idol realmente alguien que merecerá el reconocimiento que se merece en algún momento

  • @lewisb73
    @lewisb73 9 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Directed by the great David Fincher, along with Cradle of Love

    • @rayva1
      @rayva1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh no wonder he was still walking with a cane stick. Okay I get it as far as what year this song had been released.

    • @melissahemenway3576
      @melissahemenway3576 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      lewisb73 no wonder it's good

  • @Bebe-sq2rp
    @Bebe-sq2rp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I love how Billy sang this , he was just amazing , so was The Doors, great song, love it.

    • @billyidols
      @billyidols ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks so much for your kind words it softens my heart.
      Your support over the years has kept me going in my career, I hope you don't stop supporting me.
      I'm really blessed to have you as one of my fan and from now hence forth, you're one of my favorite fans.
      Much love from me to you.

  • @jpai4144
    @jpai4144 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    have always loved this cover, the quality of the recording has stood the test of time as well, the doors version is just classic and timeless though, can't go wrong with either version

  • @carrieashley6465
    @carrieashley6465 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    NO man from his time has the looks Billy got ..
    Time has been kind to you Billy

  • @juzzagee
    @juzzagee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Jimmy would have loved this version....done by an absolute legend 💜

  • @christianestamm2655
    @christianestamm2655 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Super original of the Doors and super cover from Billy Idol.

  • @douglaslang5824
    @douglaslang5824 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Billy should do some Elvis covers...he even has Presley's smirk down pat....

    • @marcellinaplantow4322
      @marcellinaplantow4322 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I do agree✌😊

    • @overcomerbtboj
      @overcomerbtboj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Billy has always spoken of elvis as an influence on his look and sound- he was a fan - i happen to love both and listening to rebel yell you can certainly hear some elvis in that - i like to think of billy as a blonde punk rock elvis - if elvis had come around in the 80s instead of the 50s he would have been a lot like billy

    • @ericgraf1127
      @ericgraf1127 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He has to much respect for early Elvis to do a cover.

  • @actusnobilis1041
    @actusnobilis1041 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm a Brazilian guy!!! I really like this song, I like it so much that sometimes listening to arrive even to cry. I am a guy a little emotional. My ability to love is too great. And this beautiful music reminds me very happy of my life and moments of my life, joining with my human history, that is, with my spirit of love and solidarity. Thank God! I really like the voice and talent of the singer BILLY IDOL, too, of course! .. I am a American singer's fan too, and so I preferred to write in that English language.

  • @dizzotizzo69
    @dizzotizzo69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There must have been a lot of people on the set of this video having sympathy for Billy at the time and with that combination, gave others to make this video the best that it could be. AWESOME!!

  • @hankandthegang
    @hankandthegang 8 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    The reason why this cover is awesome is that Billy's mojo is high as fudge

  • @jesssss7154
    @jesssss7154 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Don't know about anyone else, but for me this video gives me some "Bladerunner" vibes. It reminds me of that scene in Taffy Lewis's nightclub. The one where he tracked down Zora right before he shot, er, i mean "retired" her. Something about the lighting and the set design and the bar patrons and all that, it looks like it was straight up lifted out of that movie. Even some of the scenes in the beginning before Billy goes out and just wakes up. The place he was living in reminds me of the type of place someone like Deckard or Sebastian would live in. Even the shot of him riding down the elevator and it showed the elevator from the outside of the building....it reminds me of the version of LA from that movie. Anyone else get that feeling?

    • @crs290
      @crs290 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I can see that.

  • @markusmustonen9116
    @markusmustonen9116 8 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    Hello now it is Billy time. No Britney. No Justin, we want Billy...😎

  • @cleopatris2163
    @cleopatris2163 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jim Morrison & Billy Idol divine & talented, two of a kind

  • @barageom
    @barageom 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This song kicks ass. Along with Judas Priest's cover of Johnny B. Goode, these are two of the best cover songs ever.

    • @ajitam5454
      @ajitam5454 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Slight overstatement, perhaps, but this certainly is a great cover.

    • @BokiJuda
      @BokiJuda 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      You obviously didn't hear SRV - Voodoo Child.

  • @arsenjaho8854
    @arsenjaho8854 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have this album, charmed life. Is one of the cd's that I hear most. Amazing!

  • @SCROGY
    @SCROGY 13 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    1) The city skyline at the start 2) The boiling egg 3) The trenchcoat 4) The cane a la Gaff (Adward James Olmos) 5) The elevator gate like the one in The Bradbury building from the movie 6) The elevator like the one on Tyrell corps exterior 7) The tunnel 8) The worm in the drink 9) The bar is similar 10) The architecture at 1:58 11) Billy at the bar at 1:25 12) The reference to the eye at the start 13) Billy pursuing the woman 14) The whole noirish-Neo Tokyo/Los Angeles thing.

    • @deepthunder1034
      @deepthunder1034 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought it was filmed on the Blade Runner set....great minds....

  • @beaudwayful
    @beaudwayful 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This song was always an 80s song. It was just waiting for Billy.

  • @StevenMartinOfficial
    @StevenMartinOfficial ปีที่แล้ว +487

    Who here is listening to Billy Idol in 2024? 🤔

    • @RGomes-jr7xc
      @RGomes-jr7xc 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Meee... ❤🧡💛💚💙🙃😉😜

    • @АндрейКуликов-я9э
      @АндрейКуликов-я9э 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Сначала какаин а бабы патом

    • @MrLou061
      @MrLou061 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Hell yeah ❤

    • @Emi-cx4vr
      @Emi-cx4vr 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Hell yeah😫💗

    • @jackiemadsen9583
      @jackiemadsen9583 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      So much energy and he
      is easy on the eyes ...we all went mad back in the day. Dance floor was full

  • @kamuelalee
    @kamuelalee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of Billy Idol's last major music videos...before the winds of change came to the music industry. The change being GRUNGE!

    • @positivelycurvedpikachu
      @positivelycurvedpikachu 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      is this his last aaa video? shock the system also is a good production

  • @TheEvaaaaaaaa
    @TheEvaaaaaaaa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    What a good cover, and the instru is so great ! Billy really did it in his own way and it works so well !

  • @NicoleHansengreengalaxypix
    @NicoleHansengreengalaxypix 5 ปีที่แล้ว +610

    That's ME hanging from the telephone pole and risking my life for director David Fincher - I was crucified on a telephone pole to show how "LA crucifies the women it worships" - in this case, Marilyn Monroe! - Anything for Billy Idol.

    • @clairemckenna4445
      @clairemckenna4445 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      OMG, I don't know why nobody has replied! What a cool bit of trivia!!

    • @mementomori4051
      @mementomori4051 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      You've come a long way since the Billy Idol videos, Nicole. Well done ; )

    • @NicoleHansengreengalaxypix
      @NicoleHansengreengalaxypix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@mementomori4051 Thank you! xo

    • @NicoleHansengreengalaxypix
      @NicoleHansengreengalaxypix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@clairemckenna4445 Thanks!

    • @crumbsinthebed4305
      @crumbsinthebed4305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@clairemckenna4445 bc people talk shit. I was Val Kilmers stuntman bahahaha

  • @scoto3990
    @scoto3990 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This video is art

    • @chello70
      @chello70 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Scot O
      A Work of Art.

    • @rbnh9827
      @rbnh9827 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      David. Fincher.

  • @ImJustMe39
    @ImJustMe39 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Cool cover and he looks pretty good for having a near fatal motorcycle accident a year+ before this song was released. Yeah him using the cane wasn't just a prop,he actually needed it. He broke his leg in several places and had several surgeries including pins,plates and screws.

  • @darkclaw8959
    @darkclaw8959 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    OMG Billy idol I dunno how u do it, but all your songs and remakes are top notch, I can't say that about any other artist

  • @Jobombzz
    @Jobombzz ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That piano riff that begins at 2:12 brings back memories of traveling on interstate 10 for 12 hours crossing into LA country where Pomona is. Song was playing in the car and it went so well with the scenery 🤘💯

  • @jeanie6279
    @jeanie6279 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Actually this is a really excellent cover! It really rocks!

  • @don.richard8823
    @don.richard8823 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    🎙️🔥🎸Billy idol was a badass here even from a very bad motorcycle accident walking with a cane looks coowl... in this music video!

  • @DenisFirebird
    @DenisFirebird 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My sweet memories!!!! 80 - 90!!! I love it!!!!!

  • @justinneill5003
    @justinneill5003 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Awesome version by Billy Idol, I just wanna jump on my motorcycle and go for a blast when I hear this. You can tell he’s a biker too.

  • @JHester1959
    @JHester1959 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is one of my favorite Doors songs but Billy Rocks this video

  • @Bernhard_Floedl
    @Bernhard_Floedl ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Best music video ever made

  • @mavemont
    @mavemont 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    yeeeeah! i cant believe he sang it!! thanks billy idol! you are great!!

  • @ALifeThatRocks
    @ALifeThatRocks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Idol returns to his rockabilly roots often and there is something refreshing about it

  • @santiago2u
    @santiago2u 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was 18 when Charmed Life came, bought the cd in long box, and still have it, still play this, loud!

  • @danyiluska
    @danyiluska 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A great rock and roll voice. I remember seeing it on MTV. Its a pity he disappeared. I saw a 2010 live version of him here on TH-cam, but this one is much better.

  • @celuresuelve
    @celuresuelve 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    it's a shame that nowadays just Billy Idol and a few bands
    make good music and rock like this !

  • @robertlessi7555
    @robertlessi7555 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    !To cover an song from Jim ,is your masterpice! I love this! Greetings from Germany

  • @elianaboucanova901
    @elianaboucanova901 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Billy i love this version!!🤘♥️♥️😎You are the Best!

    • @billyidols
      @billyidols ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks so much for your kind words it softens my heart.
      Your support over the years has kept me going in my career, I hope you don't stop supporting me.
      I'm really blessed to have you as one of my fan and from now hence forth, you're one of my favorite fans.
      Much love from me to you......

  • @PoFFizdaMan
    @PoFFizdaMan ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is the most natural cover I've ever heard... wow!

  • @bdw9096
    @bdw9096 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    For me. This is better than the original. Rock it Billy!

    • @marusyazzz839
      @marusyazzz839 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Да! Доорз, безусловно, легенда, но тут Билли превзошёл! ❤

    • @douglaskercher6948
      @douglaskercher6948 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't think so

    • @Sensus-qq4lv
      @Sensus-qq4lv 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah I don’t know that

    • @Sensus-qq4lv
      @Sensus-qq4lv 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@marusyazzz839 да, я не знаю об этом

  • @dougshelton69
    @dougshelton69 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oys cool he didnt hide the fact he almost lost his leg..glad he recovered to rock on!!!!

  • @FishHeadSalad
    @FishHeadSalad 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Damn! I remember these days!! I had a lot of fun!

  • @Paint4U2
    @Paint4U2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Maybe the best album of Billy?????

  • @pinner01
    @pinner01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love this version so much!!!!!!

  • @andyberridge6455
    @andyberridge6455 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nobody rocks 🎸 like Billy Idol, great cover, only Billy could pull it off.

  • @lisarynaiwomac8898
    @lisarynaiwomac8898 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    WOW 😳 this is awesome 😎 I never knew this song existed great cover Billy 🎉

  • @sandragesk2654
    @sandragesk2654 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Usually I dislike most of "The Doors" covers. But Billy Idol has managed to play this cover really good!

  • @nazrat1st
    @nazrat1st 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is too great!!! I cant believe.......I havent seen this video about a lot of time, and today I just recall it and....bang!!! Just blow my mind as it was in my youth!!
    Thank You, Morrison, Thank You Billy! Its pure energy!.......

  • @PRINCESET
    @PRINCESET ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i love billy idol .. but the original will always be a masterpiece and incomparable

    • @pdumpsterful
      @pdumpsterful ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed

    • @faniymx
      @faniymx 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I like billy's versión better

  • @joycecp2004
    @joycecp2004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Billy is so real! I love, love, love him!

    • @billyidols
      @billyidols ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks so much for your kind words it softens my heart.
      Your support over the years has kept me going in my career, I hope you don't stop supporting me.
      I'm really blessed to have you as one of my fan and from now hence forth, you're one of my favorite fans.
      Much love from me to you.🌺