GENERATION X - Valley of the Dolls - 1979 - Billy Idol

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  • @andrewtester2664
    @andrewtester2664 11 місяців тому +3

    Damn, they had such swagger and personality.

  • @creepy_koenig
    @creepy_koenig 5 років тому +17

    Billy Idol is a living legend! Interesting to see his beginning!

  • @pisynth3784
    @pisynth3784 10 років тому +19

    Mark Laff in maximum Keith Moon mode. Everybody was so down on him, I bloody LOVED his drumming.

    • @2wheels6strings
      @2wheels6strings 6 років тому +1

      Everyone I knew thought he was God.

    • @izzy_6283
      @izzy_6283 6 років тому +1

      He was a solid drummer,no complaints here

    • @royayersrules
      @royayersrules 4 роки тому

      Saw Gen X in the very early days. Laff was one of the reasons I picked up the sticks. He was thunder!

  • @loucostello3111
    @loucostello3111 8 років тому +15

    Best lips in rock n' roll.

    • @jublywubly
      @jublywubly 5 років тому

      I spent months practising his sneer, until I finally perfected it.

  • @ceira7
    @ceira7 15 років тому +14

    This is how I'll always remember Billy. Very beautiful guy.

  • @LarzGustafsson
    @LarzGustafsson 15 років тому +5

    That album is clearly underrated. I think it's marvellous.

  • @cafe2006
    @cafe2006 11 років тому +4

    Wow, I used to think, did someone teach him all of his famous gestures and pronunciations? NO they didn't. OMG I love this dude even more. HE is real. I fucking love him.

  • @creepy_koenig
    @creepy_koenig 4 роки тому +2

    Billy Idol and this Elvis Presley lip... So genius!!!!....

  • @anaclarasilva8976
    @anaclarasilva8976 3 роки тому +3

    Esse foi o ano em que nasci final dos gloriosos anos 70 década que marcou toda uma geração e lançou muitos artistas de sucesso até hoje Billy idol sem dúvida é um deles ícone maravilhoso meu querido amo de paixão coisa linda fofo até os dias atuais continua cantando nunca mais veremos um ídolo com tanta nobreza de espírito carisma monstro 💿😎👍💘💋😄

  • @EmmaCurtis-o9z
    @EmmaCurtis-o9z Місяць тому

    This takes me back

  • @sportscarsmovies
    @sportscarsmovies 16 років тому +1

    The most forgotten song...
    Thx for posting this gem !

  • @Houl23
    @Houl23 9 років тому +9

    The best line-up of this band with Drewood on guitar and Mark Laff on drums.

  • @Dirtysconesgone1
    @Dirtysconesgone1 14 років тому +1

    Billy what can I say... thanks for posting this ....

  • @nickcassettes
    @nickcassettes 11 місяців тому +1

    As a lyricist and stylist, Billy couldn't be touched in 78/79. Then Adam Ant broke all records! x

    • @dalakerdaniel9240
      @dalakerdaniel9240 Місяць тому

      The Ants were running for their life's when got attacked by The Bollock Brothers at BBC studio 😁 - Billy was in Jocks legendary Punk Rock football team

  • @wibeseeker
    @wibeseeker 11 років тому +2

    fantastic production on this track. Ian Hunter, we salute you.

  • @sylwiazebrowska4840
    @sylwiazebrowska4840 Рік тому +1

    You are it,...The most amazin artis ever W.B. ❤

  • @plasticarmyman1
    @plasticarmyman1 12 років тому +6

    @Milpup I have some opinions...1 Unlike most punkers Billy liked Elvis and paid tribute to him often as in this video. They understood the show business aspect and hypocrisy of punk and made fun of it. A good example is the name "Billy Idol" a direct slam on the trend to name yourself something tough like Rotten, Vicious etc.

  • @Burnsengine
    @Burnsengine 16 років тому +2

    My favorite genx song!!

  • @Thejanjan39
    @Thejanjan39 12 років тому +3

    Love it! I started listening to Billy Idol circa 1983... with Hot in the City, then on to Rebel Yell, etc. He's got so many good ones--I don't know why Dancing with Myself is the only one that's remembered...it's good, but so is this & his other solo stuff

  • @goodoldmusic
    @goodoldmusic 13 років тому +3

    Yea, here he looks like Bowie. And thats great :D

  • @jackiek710
    @jackiek710 8 років тому +4

    • @jackiek710
      @jackiek710 8 років тому +3

      damn... i meant X... FUCK! Im not the 1st person to miss 1 key from the actual target. oh well.... i guess ill get a bunch of lame fucktards correcting me. fuck em'

  • @cafe2006
    @cafe2006 11 років тому +1

    Wow no wonder I love this dude he is so good. No one is better than him.

  • @LarzGustafsson
    @LarzGustafsson 16 років тому +1

    Massive! Solid! From a fantastic album.

  • @iamjonklein
    @iamjonklein 7 років тому +5

    The guitar solo is very Paul Kossoff, always liked this track, bit of Rebel Rebel in the riff too!

  • @monymony4371
    @monymony4371 3 роки тому

    Fan since '78

  • @blade0954
    @blade0954 15 років тому +1

    great band,still stand the test of time

  • @guillermoortega4119
    @guillermoortega4119 2 роки тому

    AWESOME

  • @tonyrobles2696
    @tonyrobles2696 3 роки тому +3

    Brilliant Song!!! 💋💥❤️

  • @ColdItalianPizza99
    @ColdItalianPizza99 3 місяці тому

    Dude, younailed it .Your kit has nice tone 👍🤘

  • @shonuffisthemaster
    @shonuffisthemaster 17 років тому +1

    He's so ADORABLE with his little blond mullet and
    pink lipstick maybe?

  • @mawgojzeta
    @mawgojzeta 14 років тому

    My favorite Generation X song.

  • @TheJazlite
    @TheJazlite 13 років тому

    billy is a big star trek fan and his parents come from wolverhampton, he is a great stage performer and just gets better with age.Billy rules F U R F

  • @jacquelinesaxby3971
    @jacquelinesaxby3971 8 років тому

    I have this on 7inch colour vinyl. ... loving still 2016

  • @LarzGustafsson
    @LarzGustafsson 16 років тому

    What a clever boy!

  • @ashesrosebud
    @ashesrosebud 15 років тому

    what a movie to sing about

  • @michaelsunshine625
    @michaelsunshine625 11 років тому +1

    blinding tune reminds me of drive in down the m5 with a box the good old days

  • @kinmanyuen
    @kinmanyuen 14 років тому

    already an icon

  • @gabriellacapodaglio7465
    @gabriellacapodaglio7465 3 роки тому

    ♥♥♥

  • @merthyrliam2
    @merthyrliam2 16 років тому

    tidy, this is class

  • @johnnyssik
    @johnnyssik 2 місяці тому

    Great song great album 👍

  • @preciousbash
    @preciousbash 16 років тому

    Was just thinking punk mullet as well. Billy Rawks!

  • @datrahardaway3347
    @datrahardaway3347 8 років тому

    great job generation X

  • @pruzman
    @pruzman 17 років тому +1

    this song is awesome. does anyone have Gen X's version of dancing with myself though, I wanna hear it.

  • @bwdbb52
    @bwdbb52 15 років тому

    I LOVE GEN X!!! XD

  • @creepy_koenig
    @creepy_koenig 4 роки тому +5

    The proof, that Billy Idol was always cool and genius!

  • @aveburyrecords
    @aveburyrecords 16 років тому

    Best band ever!

  • @plasticarmyman1
    @plasticarmyman1 12 років тому

    Thanks threehundredwords. I checked out your Dave Brubeck take 5 video. Great imagery.

  • @tadsomato1940
    @tadsomato1940 7 місяців тому

    The "Perry Como of punk"!

  • @rongravy
    @rongravy 15 років тому +1

    his eyes look crazy, yet it looks like SUCCESS. sploosh.

  • @andreymurr4785
    @andreymurr4785 6 років тому

    Valley is masterpiece album!

  • @Tphoenix34
    @Tphoenix34 6 років тому +3

    One of my fav punk bands of all time!! Billy turned out the be huge afterwards!

  • @LarzGustafsson
    @LarzGustafsson 16 років тому

    ROFL!
    Excellent!
    Bull's eye, m8.

  • @alanhug
    @alanhug 13 років тому

    i never thought they were punk just a great pop rock band

  • @dee6694
    @dee6694 14 років тому

    Remember this well, have it on vinyl. I always rated Gen X, but strangely they were never that huge in the UK, Billy only became big after he left them.

  • @brunoBEGARANI-kx2ey
    @brunoBEGARANI-kx2ey Рік тому

    Jamais vu ça, super,happy birthday Billy Idol,one of my favorite artist,amazing voice ,the rest is history

  • @cb4ever104
    @cb4ever104 13 років тому

    I've got this somewhere downstairs in purple vinyl I think .

  • @AmuJaneTV
    @AmuJaneTV 16 років тому

    oh my days billy looks soooo buff and cute in that vid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! does anyone agrees wit me?

  • @TheButtascotchbro1
    @TheButtascotchbro1 12 років тому

    ELVIS ON ACID..LOVE IT...GOOD WORK..

  • @threehundredwords
    @threehundredwords 12 років тому

    GREAT points, plasticman1.

  • @pruzman
    @pruzman 16 років тому

    yeah, I finally got ahold of it. there's a slight difference but not a whole lot

  • @Newsensation1978
    @Newsensation1978 14 років тому

    Thing about this tremendous song that makes it cooler is that dolls are pills. Billy is un-fucking touchable.
    If Elvis was around, he would’ve been proud.

  • @Newsensation1978
    @Newsensation1978 14 років тому

    @digitalwatcher Actually, I really bet people would like to forget you said that. This song takes any song of today to school and back, digital boy.

  • @TheGreenwoodfamily
    @TheGreenwoodfamily 13 років тому

    @rdp3537 I have yet to look for all this on iTunes. I only had tapes of Gen X and early Billy Idol w/Steve Stevens.

  • @LarzGustafsson
    @LarzGustafsson 16 років тому

    Ca plane pour moi (That´s fine by me).
    Likewise, mate. Have a nice one.
    All the best from Sweden.

  • @w.r.taylor2368
    @w.r.taylor2368 9 років тому

    sick

  • @creepy_koenig
    @creepy_koenig 2 роки тому

    Every year, I write a comment to this video. Last year, my girlfriend came to me and now we live together. She thinks, that Billy Idol´s hairstyle is very STRAIGHT!!!!! XD You know what I mean!

  • @ScragNath
    @ScragNath 14 років тому

    Saw Billy get smacked in the chops by a Grebo at the Kings Hall in Derby in 1978. Credit to him though, he got up and carried on with the Gig.
    ( no one tackled the biker as he was about 20 stone).

  • @alizuska
    @alizuska 17 років тому

    this hair is funny, but i love him so much :D

  • @hitwall
    @hitwall 15 років тому

    wow sounds like the "who"...killer what a trip check out the drummer don't get me wrong it's timeless great substitute...do dee do

  • @djgeeter
    @djgeeter 14 років тому

    fucking amazing footage holy shit!!!!!
    look at what a hottie billy is!!!

  • @crapple009
    @crapple009 13 років тому

    @hospitalcolours not forgetting the sneers of young RnR punk named Elvis P.

  • @Spraycando
    @Spraycando 14 років тому +1

    Bought this on grey puke vinyl when released. Dunno why. Idol was a right tosser.

  • @l.salisbury1253
    @l.salisbury1253 3 роки тому

    Check Idol's new video/ digital drop "bitter taste"...!

  • @Hollandia777
    @Hollandia777 12 років тому

    Well, I'd say "Valley of the Dolls" is the pretty catchy song... :D

  • @billwellington4135
    @billwellington4135 6 років тому

    just found multi-coloured 45 of this. Never played.......unlike my normal black version.

  • @julesgon8
    @julesgon8 14 років тому

    @ceira7 he's still beautifulllll....

  • @mthai66
    @mthai66 16 років тому

    Don't forget Promises Promises

  • @Mannchild11
    @Mannchild11 12 років тому

    Billy Idol thesaurus definition: Bad ass.

  • @preciousbash
    @preciousbash 14 років тому

    @Avebury .aaaah...OK..I am pretty familiar w/ China's history. Now I am smacking my forhead...DUH!!! Thanks for setting me straight.

  • @millsy2010
    @millsy2010 13 років тому

    all these years on, it sounds like The Who!

  • @boardskins
    @boardskins 15 років тому

    :(... Now I'M sad :(...

  • @Hollandia777
    @Hollandia777 14 років тому

    ...In the Va-a-alley-of-the-Do-o-o-olls
    White faces starin'
    As into the Valley-of-the-Do-o-olls
    Go the gang of 4!...

  • @aveburyrecords
    @aveburyrecords 14 років тому +2

    Mark Laff and Derwood are gods.

    • @izzy_6283
      @izzy_6283 6 років тому +1

      Avebury Communications then i guess you liked EMPIRE right?

    • @2wheels6strings
      @2wheels6strings 6 років тому

      Who didn't?

    • @izzy_6283
      @izzy_6283 6 років тому

      What about Billy & Tony? I love all of them!!

    • @izzy_6283
      @izzy_6283 6 років тому

      NoiseAnnoys Yes Yes GX and Empire both great!!

  • @DickVain41
    @DickVain41 16 років тому

    Billy Idol's version of Dancing with Myself is the same as Gen X's version.

    • @gmantramp404
      @gmantramp404 3 роки тому

      Nope... There's a difference there's more pronounced guitar in Gen X version 👍👍 It's after the middle part

  • @6Jillybeans
    @6Jillybeans 11 років тому

    I know Americans go on about us Brits having bad teeth etc but watching Billy on this clip, even back then makes me think he was blessed in many ways. Including his teeth! He had perfectly straight ones! I wonder if he's had them done since. I hope not! Just Hollywood whitened! He was much more covered up in the punk days too...More's the pity!

  • @tuquimica
    @tuquimica 17 років тому

    old punk rock school...Idol and Bowie both kings of Glam and the really significate of "SEX,DRUGS AND ROCK N' ROLL BABY!!!"
    The only one, i like the hair, clothes, everything!

  • @Milpup
    @Milpup 13 років тому

    im doing a project on uk punk rock movement just now. Any of you guys know what made them different than other punk rock acts?

    • @gmantramp404
      @gmantramp404 3 роки тому

      Yeah they appeared on TOTP and the Clash wouldn't

  • @jimgraph
    @jimgraph 14 років тому

    IN the tal der pupschen..

  • @royayersrules
    @royayersrules 4 роки тому

    Maybe if this video is shared and copied enough its quality will go full circle..

  • @kristoscan
    @kristoscan 11 років тому

    definite right? ian and mott had this sound down perfect 5 yrs bfore. hey london calling to me is an lp Mott coulda made if they woulda hung with Guy Stevens a bit longer. this was all mishmashed from this point. Bowie Iggy Pistols Mott Clash NYDolls GenX were drinking from the same cup. very interchangeable.

  • @MattAttack54
    @MattAttack54 15 років тому +1

    I would say this not the best work generation X did I like their First Album and their Last Album. I do own this Album though.

  • @GriefTourist
    @GriefTourist 15 років тому

    rebel rebel

  • @FeloniousAngel
    @FeloniousAngel 16 років тому

    ...there's a before??

  • @StephenAndrew777
    @StephenAndrew777 13 років тому

    sounds nice crackling on a record player, i find

  • @Antworrioress07
    @Antworrioress07 14 років тому

    whos the guy on guitar behind the drummer at 0:50?

  • @crlumberjack
    @crlumberjack 14 років тому

    @digitalwatcher this album was produced by Ian Hunter don't you know anything? its fucking Ian Hunter!! the album's amazing

  • @sugarflamephotograph
    @sugarflamephotograph 15 років тому

    Young Tender Billy Meat! YUM! He's so hot!

  • @Legendofzoom
    @Legendofzoom 16 років тому

    OMG........PAUL PHOENIX from TEKKEN the video game

  • @FeloniousAngel
    @FeloniousAngel 16 років тому

    lol, Billy's totally confusing Tony James towards the end, there.

  • @brassknuckles77
    @brassknuckles77 16 років тому

    Yes, and lyrics are so much less cheesy these days... let us all give thanks for the rise of songwriting by commitee, which has brought us the genius works of, hmmm, well, pretty much any jackass popstar on the charts nowadays.