It was. The world back then had it's good and bad but overall life was simpler, full of positive energy, and hope! Unfortunately we can't go back in time. The youth of today need to band together and do what is needed to make the world a better place again. It's up to you. Be the person that you want the world to become.
Best years of my life as a teenager.. there’s rarely a day goes by that I’m not reminded or thought of that decade with great memories.. but the very thought also upsets me because I soooo wanna go back 🥺
It was a magical time. It was the end of an era. My generation was the last to grow up in a world before this technological nightmare that has changed people so much.
Yasssss we need to relive the 80s and I'm sorry to be a savage but dua lipa and new artists don't effect me emotionally not being rude about their talents but that's just my opinion
@@guitaoistNope! He stole it from sid Vicious from the sex pistols, he was a groupie and aapart of the bromley contingent at the time along with siouxsie sioux, debbie juvenile, jordon mooney and more
@@Autoluminescen7 , lol Well, I can kind of do that and definitely got it from Billy Idol. It kind of makes me laugh now, but hey whatever, Billy was it.
I wish I knew this period of time so bad. As a young adult, I feel nostalgic of the 80s without even actually lived back then. But thanks to music and living memories like you from this magical age it's still living in a way :D
Steve Stevens is brilliant. As a guitar player I really respect him. He can shred the lights out but he never over plays and never shows off. It’s all about the song and making the singer sound good. Steve Stevens is an exceptional guitar player.
Hes amazing. I remember Gavin McInness saying Billy almost never wore clothes for a decade and had an endless parade of female fans knocking on his door... yet he never got hit with any accusations or METOO chargws
Agree- Just some stupid jerk- Once Real Cool Aways Real Cool- Billy and his guitarist Steve Stevens ruled MTV with the most creative videos and a creative new sound that still sounds fantastic. Steve Stevens is one great fucking guitarist and they played a great show last year in Austin Texas that"s of course on UA-cam
Rene, No disrespect to you however; Billy Idol is and was certainly not an underrated artist by any means. He was a defining trend setter and set precedent for the founding and original defining era of music videos of by which others would be judged. If you were fortunate enough to have been able to grow up and experienced the era of the 1980's you would certainly understand why. Billy Idol is someone that clearly defined and propelled the popularity and originality of MTV in the early to mid 1980's. After the mid to late 1980's MTV went completely "off-track" and downhill with the introduction of a lot of garbage programs other venues and ultimately completely lost track and went completely "off the rails" of its original principles in the late 1980's and early 1990's with the takeover of and expression of what I and a lot of other people would recognize as dark, depressive and non-energetic and non-inspirational so called musical expressions created by so called musical artist of that era. Billy Idol and Steve Stevens still hold true to form with their personality's, passion for musical expression and energy to this day. I wish we had musical artist of their uniqueness, values, enthusiasm, expression, energy, caliber and talent.
I have seem him numerous times in concert including 2 years ago in vegas. Was in the mosh pit. He sings just like his album and is smoking hot. Guitarist still shreds. Everytime unreal.
His music roots were in punk, the band Gen X. His punk look and attitude never changed even if he moved to more new wave hard rock with a touch of pop.
When I moved out of my parents and got my first place at 19 I had a big old record deck with tape and graphic equalizer etc on it set up and in amongst my music I had the Vital Idol cassette 'this was on it, and it got played 'Constantly at quite high volume .. the neighbors must have loved me lol
i agree. he played for vince neils solo band. he shreds on those songs. you should listen to that album sometime if you haven't already! only thing i can remember from it is fine fine wine. but the whole album is truly amazing
Heard this song for the first time in 30 years on the radio. Classic Rock stations play only Boston, Journey, and Kansas. They hardly ever play Billy Idol. I don't know why. Billy is super awesome
The eighties just wouldn't the same without Billy Idol ! He was so cool,innovative and iconic! This song is nearly 40 years old and it still sounds so present. How f.......good is that!!!
The drum breakdowns sound like hiphop of the time, then you got some hard rock riffs, some sensual singing, funk guitar, synthpop pads, some goth-y interludes.. iconic vocal performance.. hard to imagine what you think this song could be missing
Round of applause for producer Keith Forsey, who cut his teeth as Giorgio Moroder's in-house drummer. Indeed it was Keith's foot that kicked the bass drum for ten minutes on "I Feel Love". He also did some brilliant drumming with Sparks for the Number One In Heaven album. There's even a clip of Billy Idol reviewing "Beat The Clock" on Jukebox Jury (we'll skim over Savile's appearance on the same episode...), and you can see Billy dug the sound. So only natural he'd team up with Forsey and it'd be a blinding collaboration! One more Fun Fact: Keith Forsey also wrote "Don't You Forget About Me", which Billy Idol turned down, so it ended up with Simple Minds!
When i was a child my father let me listen through his CD collection. Billy Idol was by far my favourite. Now 32 years later i realize why i loved him so much as a child. Thanks Dad
OMG Slava, I was just thinking the same a few days ago while watching some 80's videos; thought about my happiest 80's memories and just like you, my father was always there because it was mostly him who would listen to music all the time and love to go to a small and cozy theater with a second level , here on my home town of Isabela PR, to watch movies even since the mid 70's when I was merely a child and dad was in his twenties. My mom went with us every time but it was my father's idea. I enjoyed to the full part of the 70's and the whole 80's decade thanks to my dad with the companion of mom. Sad but also happy memories that bring tears to my eyes. This particular song brings me back to a trip to Epcot Center and Sea World when we traveled from Puerto Rico to Florida to also visit my aunt, and this song was being played in the radio. I was nine years old. The song was also played in the radio in Puerto Rico just like the rest of the eighties music hits and movies. ❤❤❤
Yes, born in 1972 I had the chance to live the 80s with all that it brought us new things. Groups, discos, fashion, joie de vivre, gangs. We didn't need to get drunk before we went dancing, no drugs needed. We were dancing from 10 p.m. until 4 a.m. We were having a blast. We were not afraid of the future. Everything was still to be done and discovered. The years of happiness. The 90s were also full of musical discoveries. No laptops, no computer. But friends always present. Despite everything we always managed to find each other and have a wonderful time. Anyway, at fifty ... soon, I look in the rearview mirror and tell myself that all these years have gone by very quickly. Time flies ... enjoy life and above all take care of yourself and your loved ones. Happy end of year celebrations.
has anyone noticed what a genius sickening Out of This World guitar player Steve Stevens is not to mention his awesome presentation on stage with the hair and windmill sweeps of his guitar he is a power broker
Nothing will ever come close to the 80’s! Everyone seemed to be more free, rich or able to become rich, accepting, expressive and happy and this is reflected in the music of the time. There seemed to be a general feeling that so much was possible and it was just the beginning of so much. It was the era of fun and excitement about the future instead of guilt, regret and global warming.
Someone sure thought we were having too much fun. Enter Covid, climate change, genders and pronouns. And never did I see a more miserable bunch of people. The 80’s were great and I had some great 90’s as well.
@@nickgodfrey1148I'm more of a 90's guy, but I hear you. I think us Gen X'ers are the last generation to experience the good times. The younger generation just seem to be too anxiety, and depression ridden to be able to enjoy life the way we did/do.
@@stantonvalberg9814 they listen to the government/media, that’s the problem. Take those 2 entities out of the equation and it’s a whole different ballgame.
the most underrated Billy Idol song for sure... I'd be honored if some fans of classic 80s anthems would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of EYE OF THE TIGER by Survivor, IS THIS LOVE by Whitesnake, and AGAINST ALL ODDS by Phil Collins on my YT channel in tribute to the era of legendary power ballads. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks & peace.
Watching AHS 1984. huh? Great song to choose for the show. However, Ramirez's band was AC/DC in reality. But I think Idol worked better for the show really.
@@bmp1213 ac/dc is so fucking awesome! I could tell you stories ... And i would tell you stories if i was on a real keyboard instead of this phone. Going back to other posts ... 70s were fucking incredible at times.
Yeah, this album is just one killer track after another. Listening to it from beginning to end is a gift and today and all days I am grateful for this gift.
There's a change in pace Of fantasy and taste Do you like good music? Do you like to dance? Oh yeah Hangin' out for a body shop at night Ain't it strange what we do to feel alright? Oh yeah So, when will you call? I am experienced Oh yeah Face to face And back to back You see and feel My sex attack Sing it Flesh Flesh for fantasy We want Flesh Flesh for fantasy It's after midnight Are you feeling alright? Oh yeah Turn out the light babe Are you someone else tonight? Neighbor to neighbor, door to door Don't ask questions, there's time for it all Oh yeah Face to face And back to back You see and feel My sex attack Sing it! Flesh Flesh for fantasy We cry Flesh Flesh for fantasy Oww! I sing for culture Father loves his son Mothers, daughters too It's an old, old story Cries the new world too Flesh Flesh Flesh for fantasy We want, flesh Flesh for fantasy We want, flesh Flesh for fantasy You cry, flesh Flesh for fantasy Let's go down, let's go down Let's go down, let's go down Let's go down, let's go down Do you like good music? Do you like to dance? It's nearly mornin' You wanna risk a chance? Neighbor to neighbor Door to door Enjoy the crime You do your time Never been nothin' before
@@tzatzikosouvlaki well yeah they do still perform but the last album was 2014, it was great but i guess i just think in terms of how they were in the 80s-90s
@@aa1589 this is everything we need but I don't think the world now can handle a Billy idol 😂.uim here for all his unapologetic hypersexual masculinity 😂
I just finished my freshman year in high school at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. Same school Ben Affleck and Matt Damon went to. I grew up in Cambridge and I remember this song playing everywhere that summer.
We said pretty much anything we wanted and no one really cared. Travelled all over the town as a kid. Talked to one another for hours. Got excited for Saturday cartoons. Going to a fast food place was a real treat. When we saw the arch’s it was like an oasis in the desert. We didn’t watch calories because you walked, skated or rode your bike everywhere. We all listened to the radio, record or tape cassette. We had stereos that would rattle your window. I wasn’t one of the fortunate, so wore brown corduroy pants, a t-shirt and defective Reebok’s. Yes, much like Tom Cruise, most of us wore tighty whities.
Went to Billy Idol's concert back in 87' as a 15yr old with a fake ID (not that they even bother checking, lol). Faith No More opened up. Damn, the 80's just hits differently
" turn out the lights babe... are you someone else tonight? Oh yeah..." to this day those words and that twisted riff Steve Stevens plays puts a chill down my spine in the best possible way.
did you ever stop and think...how did we ever get to 2022 and things are a total pile of shit ,...when did it all go wrong ?....i cant believe what this world has turned into
And I never could understand how Billy followed it up with such a lame, commercial-sounding turd as the album which came after Rebel Yell. SUPER disappointment to me at the time. I didn't even keep the album.
You know what? I miss the 80's so much. It was a different time, a different feeling. It was my youth ... Much was a little more relaxed than now. Billy's songs accompanied me through this time. It was just great. Now in this Corona time the sound of him makes everything a little easier ...
I disagree there! not everything apart from Billy Idol were synthesizer based, you had bands/Artists that had guitars in the music with or without synths like, U2, Big Country, The Smiths,The Cure, Echo+Bunnymen, Michael Jackson, The Cult, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, The House martins, Tracy Chapman, REM, Duran Duran, Inxs, Suzanne Vega, Queen, Status Quo, Dire Straits, ZZ Top, The Police, UB40, Spandau Ballet, Def Leppard, Transvision Vamp, Deacon Blue, Hall+Oates, Huey lewis+the news, Robert Palmer, David Bowie etc
The most intelligent comment, congrats, yeah, its true, we look for Lost moments and Memories and old songs and old films or Books or comicbooks, are Just a time machine to recapture feelings and sometime faces that are no longer with us. You hit the point Bro.
As a 50 year old guy, I can tell you the 80s had a certain unexplainable magic about it.
I totally agree
Yea, it’s called America still being a Protestant country and Reagan in office. Period.
I’m also 50, good times being a kid in the 1980’s… they played all these 80’s jams at the public pool in the summer! Born November 29th, 1972!
I m 56 and I heard during Motorbike ride a this Music with Walkman under the Helmet. MY old Kawasaki Z 650 is in pretty good conditions like me today.
Eyes Without a Face is my favorite Billy Idol tune.
Billy is 69 today, still rocks. 🎉
Im honestly so jealous of the people from the 80s, it looks like such a beautiful vibe and time to be alive
It was. The world back then had it's good and bad but overall life was simpler, full of positive energy, and hope! Unfortunately we can't go back in time. The youth of today need to band together and do what is needed to make the world a better place again. It's up to you. Be the person that you want the world to become.
It was. Nobody got offended over every little thing
Best years of my life as a teenager.. there’s rarely a day goes by that I’m not reminded or thought of that decade with great memories.. but the very thought also upsets me because I soooo wanna go back 🥺
It was a magical time. It was the end of an era. My generation was the last to grow up in a world before this technological nightmare that has changed people so much.
The best years of my life !! So glad to have been part of it :)
Billy Idol is a style icon. Almost all of his clothes you could wear today and still look dope and fresh as hell.
I wholeheartedly agree! Billy Idol is timeless!!!!!!❤️
He certainly was rocking the kimono and hakima.
Really though . Timeless . His clothing and himself timeless and totally his.
The 80's still seems like something that will come in the future. We have regressed.
Hell yeah I belive it to
Beautifully said.
We can only hope you are correct. This shit on the radio now does not come close to constituting music.
There's nothing that says 80's music can't come back, all we need is one band to start it up again and others will follow.
Yasssss we need to relive the 80s and I'm sorry to be a savage but dua lipa and new artists don't effect me emotionally not being rude about their talents but that's just my opinion
His ability to sneer while singing is legendary. During the sex attack line he achieves about a 45 degree angle on his lipline.
Stole it from elvis:)
Yeah, the Elvis sneer on steroids!😅
@@guitaoistNope! He stole it from sid Vicious from the sex pistols, he was a groupie and aapart of the bromley contingent at the time along with siouxsie sioux, debbie juvenile, jordon mooney and more
@@Autoluminescen7 , lol Well, I can kind of do that and definitely got it from Billy Idol. It kind of makes me laugh now, but hey whatever, Billy was it.
I’d love to play bite his lip!!! 😜😜😜😜❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I’m so fortunate to have been a teenager in the 80s. The music was and still is timeless.
The 80's were so good to me.
Agree 100 percent!
Agreed!!!
I wish I knew this period of time so bad. As a young adult, I feel nostalgic of the 80s without even actually lived back then. But thanks to music and living memories like you from this magical age it's still living in a way :D
I was in high school when this song came out, There were so many great songs in the 80's...
What Billy does with his lips is legendary!
Billy F.Idol & Steve Stevens !!🙂👍
He once said it was inspired by Elvis Presley.
LoL..
The coke helped!
@@thomasvanderspank2902billy was heavily influenced by elvis - he was sort of an 80s punk rock elvis
The 80's will never die.
Never still we are aleve. In 1985 i was 17 yrs. Happy time
NEVER ♾✨
Not forgotten 🤘🏻
@@zelcowbogs7997 I was 16. Times were good...
I hope the 2000's do. This last decade in particular can die and go straight to hell.
Steve Stevens is brilliant. As a guitar player I really respect him. He can shred the lights out but he never over plays and never shows off. It’s all about the song and making the singer sound good. Steve Stevens is an exceptional guitar player.
So true! Sadly, he's not a household name to the general public, but every guitar player I know respects the hell out of him. Freakin' legend, imo.
Love this comment! Awesome to hear Steve has tons of respect from his peers it's well deserved hes fucking awesome !
If you haven't yet, you need to get his "Memory Crash" CD (2008). He really and truly rips it up on that one.
Hell yes🤘 one of the best
Hes truly amazing but underrated, love him so much!
I will never get tired of this song
Agreed!
So will i bro
I am addicted to this awesome song
Dopppe❤
Whew! Billy Idol so 🔥 ❤
Billy: Badass vocals. Steve: Badass guitarist.
Music from the 80's was 100 times better then today's music!
100000000000000000000000000000000x,infact you cant call music todays shit bubling "songs"
That’s an understatement; 80s are
Timeless, new generations will discover it again
Again.
Yeah now everyone just loves music about drugs killing and living the gangsta life, especially children
Individually and uniqueness was encouraged.
Yes
As a Black American, Billy Idol by far and till this day my favorite artist.
Same here my fellow African American!
Good music have not colour,my friend@@kelvinhardy6711
Hes amazing. I remember Gavin McInness saying Billy almost never wore clothes for a decade and had an endless parade of female fans knocking on his door... yet he never got hit with any accusations or METOO chargws
Anche come bianco italiano...😊😊😊
The combination of Billy Idol and Steve Steven’s is just immense.They compliment each other to perfection 🫶
Steven is a monster Dude doesn’t get the recognition he deserves fo sho
Well said
Steve is not from Earth!.
Never heard of him. I'm from the Gen Z generation
@@lordbeaky3496 THAT figures!! (But, honestly it's refreshing that you're even here)
This song is everything...and sounds better than anything produced today. 80s really were the best!!
Partly because back then everything was recorded on tape, and tape has a nice sound.
By far!
Can we go back
I saw him in concert at the camp Redwood in 1984.
too bad that concert wasnt in 1984 lol
@harleigh wilson is it an Ahs refernce ?
huhhh 😳
I saw him in Indy...also in 1984.
Damn, what a great concert!
Bohemian Grove?
Steve Stevens might be most underrated guitarist in rock history.
He is incredible. Also he wrote the Top gun Intro on the movie. Most people don't know that.
@@darrenfahnestock5598 I know that
Truth!!
@@mastersupreme6126 yes he is how can someone say he's not the vest
but overrated as a Steven
Such an underrated artist. Billy Idol's videos are the best! He was made for the '80's, and MTV...
what are you smoking ,dude?he aint cool anymore.
Nobody talks about Billy that way! FUCK YOU!!!
Agree- Just some stupid jerk- Once Real Cool Aways Real Cool- Billy and his guitarist Steve Stevens ruled MTV with the most creative videos and a creative new sound that still sounds fantastic. Steve Stevens is one great fucking guitarist and they played a great show last year in Austin Texas that"s of course on UA-cam
Billy Idol is the man for all seasons......Rock on Billy!!
Rene,
No disrespect to you however; Billy Idol is and was certainly not an underrated artist by any means. He was a defining trend setter and set precedent for the founding and original defining era of music videos of by which others would be judged. If you were fortunate enough to have been able to grow up and experienced the era of the 1980's you would certainly understand why. Billy Idol is someone that clearly defined and propelled the popularity and originality of MTV in the early to mid 1980's. After the mid to late 1980's MTV went completely "off-track" and downhill with the introduction of a lot of garbage programs other venues and ultimately completely lost track and went completely "off the rails" of its original principles in the late 1980's and early 1990's with the takeover of and expression of what I and a lot of other people would recognize as dark, depressive and non-energetic and non-inspirational so called musical expressions created by so called musical artist of that era. Billy Idol and Steve Stevens still hold true to form with their personality's, passion for musical expression and energy to this day. I wish we had musical artist of their uniqueness, values, enthusiasm, expression, energy, caliber and talent.
The 80s were incredible. We had no idea how special music was while growing up. The choreography was theatrical and exciting.
And MTV. That was wild for me.
My god his voice was out of this world. Not to mention his looks 🥵
I have seem him numerous times in concert including 2 years ago in vegas. Was in the mosh pit. He sings just like his album and is smoking hot. Guitarist still shreds. Everytime unreal.
@Jen: Please don't take Our Lord's Name in vain. Peace!
@@RapidCycling07 calm down lol
@@RapidCycling07 Lol. I think God has bigger problems.
He looks like kind of cyberpunk to me. Never liked his videos, or 80's fashion in general, but his songs and voice are exceptional
BILLY is the only one who has the complete list of what it takes to be king of sexy punk rock
I wouldn't call this punk. I mean yeah he started out with punk but, as enjoyable as this is, it's some predigested pop shit.
Poison idea are the kings of punk
in interviews he doesn't really come off as brilliant
unless dumb is sexy; to each their own.
His music roots were in punk, the band Gen X. His punk look and attitude never changed even if he moved to more new wave hard rock with a touch of pop.
Yeah he and Andrew Eldrich have that extremely similar, each of them having the perfect sexy image for their respective genre
I can’t get over this song. I don’t care if people tell me why I love this song. Billy Idol never gets old. Nor even his music. I love this guy 😍
When I moved out of my parents and got my first place at 19 I had a big old record deck with tape and graphic equalizer etc on it set up and in amongst my music I had the Vital Idol cassette 'this was on it, and it got played 'Constantly at quite high volume .. the neighbors must have loved me lol
Yes This is music and billy is messenger 80.😎🥰
Eyes without a face is an excellent song, even on instrumental only. That's when you know the song is good.
Frr
I thought it was his best, so you're not alone!
There is no singer now like him
Steven Stevens is a very underated guitarist !!! He lays down some bad licks !!!
Agreed he is very freaking underrated.
absolutely, a badass...love how he shreds it!
yeah he does
5150!!! Eddie,Eddie,Eddie!!! Well,yes and no,he's a very well respected guitar player by those who know what's all about! Hi from France :)
i agree. he played for vince neils solo band. he shreds on those songs. you should listen to that album sometime if you haven't already! only thing i can remember from it is fine fine wine. but the whole album is truly amazing
This is real music.
Ohhh yessssss!
Damn straight
Bev sines you r so right when my friends say what r u listening to I say real music
Hell yeeeeaaaaah
Bev sines amen to that one back when music was awesome
80`s wont come back ever again but we still have proof of the quality of the music to enjoy and things were better back then.
EXACTLY !!! 😁
I am 54 now and this was when Billy Idol was badass back in the 1980s LoL 🤣 😂 🤗 👍 😊
The dude is STILL BAD-ASS!
100 right
Alright,man lol
In the 80’s we didn’t apologize for having a good time.
we never should have started. and i think its high time we stop. as long as we're all consenting adults i don't see any problem with having fun.
@@Hy-Brasil And according to the girl dancer in the "Cradle of Love" video, Billy was a total gentleman.
@@Bruant-fz4ihI have read that he's a nice guy. 😊
☆LONG LIVE THE 80'S☆
The lights, the leather, the drums, the hair......cmon! Who else freakin LOVED the '80s??????
Hell yes
Me encanta había mucho glamour y algo misterioso...
@@editavaldivia6277 Estoy de acuerdo. Nada se compara con esta era.
ME😁
@@RandyBaker-z9t Billy Idol started in late 1978 and people are still rocking to it now and he English
Heard this song for the first time in 30 years on the radio. Classic Rock stations play only Boston, Journey, and Kansas. They hardly ever play Billy Idol. I don't know why. Billy is super awesome
I KNOW what you mean!! Our classic rock station (KZOK in Seattle) STARTED playing "White Wedding" in 2023.
that guitar riff....
Pure blues funk
Fuck Yeah!☠
A Hall of Fame Lick!
Steve Stevens is other-worldly.
Which one!.?! Theres so many I've lost count!
Possibly the best song he's ever done. And bravo to Steve Stevens!!!
Scott Thrower he made blue highway that one is also great
White Wedding is the kings crown.
Eyes without a Face
Is it just me, or is this weird as hell
Trouble with the sweet stuff. Now that is a good song.
Stevens as a guitar player is so underrated. He is up there with the top.
Hence the reason he was hired by Michael Jackson for Dirty Diana in 1987. MJ only used the very best of the best, e.g. Eddie Van Halen for Beat It.
What I really like about Steve is that he definitely has his own sound, and he could shred not only with distortion on but also with clean tone.
Mozart on guitar
Exactly!!
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Im 37 and my favorite music still remains the 80s music🎉
GOOD to hear! (I've also met other millennials with "good taste".)
Muito bem!! Saudações,do Brazil!🇧🇷🇧🇷
Muito bem!! Saudações, do Brazil.
The eighties just wouldn't the same without Billy Idol ! He was so cool,innovative and iconic! This song is nearly 40 years old and it still sounds so present. How f.......good is that!!!
The drum breakdowns sound like hiphop of the time, then you got some hard rock riffs, some sensual singing, funk guitar, synthpop pads, some goth-y interludes.. iconic vocal performance.. hard to imagine what you think this song could be missing
Round of applause for producer Keith Forsey, who cut his teeth as Giorgio Moroder's in-house drummer. Indeed it was Keith's foot that kicked the bass drum for ten minutes on "I Feel Love". He also did some brilliant drumming with Sparks for the Number One In Heaven album. There's even a clip of Billy Idol reviewing "Beat The Clock" on Jukebox Jury (we'll skim over Savile's appearance on the same episode...), and you can see Billy dug the sound. So only natural he'd team up with Forsey and it'd be a blinding collaboration! One more Fun Fact: Keith Forsey also wrote "Don't You Forget About Me", which Billy Idol turned down, so it ended up with Simple Minds!
cowbell ? lol
Cowbell . . . Duh.
@@chriswoods662 dammit, you beat me to it!
Very True!!
80's music will never die.
Never die.
When I Listen to this song I leave earth for another planet...
up will be no flesh just a fantasy !
Easily the best voice of 80’s, rough, abrupt, hard, soft, melodic and effortless. Awesome.
Very true 👍🏻
im 49 and this man makes me blush like a teenager
I wont say what he did for me when I was watching him about 10 feet away.
@@colettespencer3357 what did he for you? Lol
Me too. I'm a 45 year old black woman.
heh heh heh
" Do you like good music, Do you like to dance, oh yeah"
When i was a child my father let me listen through his CD collection. Billy Idol was by far my favourite. Now 32 years later i realize why i loved him so much as a child. Thanks Dad
Same here!
OMG Slava, I was just thinking the same a few days ago while watching some 80's videos; thought about my happiest 80's memories and just like you, my father was always there because it was mostly him who would listen to music all the time and love to go to a small and cozy theater with a second level , here on my home town of Isabela PR, to watch movies even since the mid 70's when I was merely a child and dad was in his twenties. My mom went with us every time but it was my father's idea. I enjoyed to the full part of the 70's and the whole 80's decade thanks to my dad with the companion of mom. Sad but also happy memories that bring tears to my eyes. This particular song brings me back to a trip to Epcot Center and Sea World when we traveled from Puerto Rico to Florida to also visit my aunt, and this song was being played in the radio. I was nine years old. The song was also played in the radio in Puerto Rico just like the rest of the eighties music hits and movies. ❤❤❤
@@joyperez2430 if you can find it he done a concert on PBS about 10 years ago with a killer rendition of this song. The whole concert rocked! 🎸
@@markberryhill2715 cool, I'll check it out, 👍 😁
Your Dad had good taste ! So do you..
Yes, born in 1972 I had the chance to live the 80s with all that it brought us new things. Groups, discos, fashion, joie de vivre, gangs. We didn't need to get drunk before we went dancing, no drugs needed. We were dancing from 10 p.m. until 4 a.m. We were having a blast. We were not afraid of the future. Everything was still to be done and discovered. The years of happiness. The 90s were also full of musical discoveries. No laptops, no computer. But friends always present. Despite everything we always managed to find each other and have a wonderful time. Anyway, at fifty ... soon, I look in the rearview mirror and tell myself that all these years have gone by very quickly. Time flies ... enjoy life and above all take care of yourself and your loved ones. Happy end of year celebrations.
After watching American Horror Story last night and this was played I’ve been listening to this on repeat.
Welcome to the BEST music era ever. I was born in 83 and grew up on this magic. Pretty much all I listen to still.
Yeah, i love how AHS introduces our generation to these rock legends. First, Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac and now Billie Idol
Absolutely! I was born in 81!
Me to discover billy idol watching american story
I was lucky to be a teen at the time - appreciate it more now than then.
What a voice!, What a guitarist!, WHAT A SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I'm fortunate to have been a children in the 80's. The 80's and 90's will never die!!!❤😍
Billy Idol... A Legend. 🔝
I’m loving the lip curl and fist pump. He’s such a talented songwriter and singer. I miss the 80s
The music of the 80's was so alive and full of energy ✌️😁😎
has anyone noticed what a genius sickening Out of This World guitar player Steve Stevens is not to mention his awesome presentation on stage with the hair and windmill sweeps of his guitar he is a power broker
of course we did..every Billy fan ,is Steve fan
His guitar was unique
There would be no Billy Idol without Steve Stevens.
you're wrong. SS wasn't around during the Gen X days.
Martin Cichocki onde vc mora ? nos U.S.A ?
I saw him in the mid-80’s in LA. The Cult opened and they both slayed it. GREAT show.
Kid of the 80s here, so miss these times... raw sensuality...
DJ M back when music was worth listening to
So that means that you never heard this song during the 80's; so your statement is irrelevant
I'm 14 but really wish I could be in the 80s😢😉
Me too
Feeling nostalgic for the 80s. The music was so much better then.
my favorite billy idol song
+Bree Stone I see you everywhere, I guess we have the same taste of music
Thats so funny i hear that from a lot of people! And yeah we have the best taste in music
+Bree Stone Right on!
+Bree Stone Your ......no. Just no.
+Drey's Rush Yes... MY favorite song! and you cant have it
Perfect performance
Nothing will ever come close to the 80’s! Everyone seemed to be more free, rich or able to become rich, accepting, expressive and happy and this is reflected in the music of the time. There seemed to be a general feeling that so much was possible and it was just the beginning of so much. It was the era of fun and excitement about the future instead of guilt, regret and global warming.
Someone sure thought we were having too much fun. Enter Covid, climate change, genders and pronouns. And never did I see a more miserable bunch of people. The 80’s were great and I had some great 90’s as well.
@@nickgodfrey1148 😂 so bloody true! I’m glad I was there because it won’t ever feel like that again. People have just lost it.
@@nickgodfrey1148I'm more of a 90's guy, but I hear you. I think us Gen X'ers are the last generation to experience the good times. The younger generation just seem to be too anxiety, and depression ridden to be able to enjoy life the way we did/do.
@@stantonvalberg9814 they listen to the government/media, that’s the problem. Take those 2 entities out of the equation and it’s a whole different ballgame.
@@nickgodfrey1148 Boom -Found the Eye of the Storm!
One of my favorite Billy Idol tracks...
me too
Me to along with rebel yell
the red-haired girl is Perri Lister.Billy idol's girlfriend. not sure if they ever married.
Chris Page i have red hair & i would marry him if he decided he Loved ME too!
By...gio..sss.primo..e..freschi.. sss..in..by...gio...sss..primo..Milano.. italy..ciao
IDOL only plays one way: FULL THROTTLE ✊
the most underrated Billy Idol song for sure... I'd be honored if some fans of classic 80s anthems would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of EYE OF THE TIGER by Survivor, IS THIS LOVE by Whitesnake, and AGAINST ALL ODDS by Phil Collins on my YT channel in tribute to the era of legendary power ballads. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks & peace.
My last name is *Ramirez.*
Been hooked to this song ever since
Watching AHS 1984. huh? Great song to choose for the show. However, Ramirez's band was AC/DC in reality. But I think Idol worked better for the show really.
@@bmp1213 ac/dc is so fucking awesome! I could tell you stories ... And i would tell you stories if i was on a real keyboard instead of this phone. Going back to other posts ... 70s were fucking incredible at times.
The undefeated, heavyweight champion of decades
This track is BY FAR the best out of Billy Idol's entire music catalog, in my opinion!
Yesss!
white wedding?
He had a lot of great hits, but I agree...I love this track.
yes....Rebell Yell is very good too
Unable to pick just one. Most of his music starts me up instantaneously these days, just like it did back in the eighties
1984. The best year in the best decade of music.
1987 is better :)
@@bwdrummer1980 Let's just say 84-87 were the golden years of 80's music 😉
I'd give anything to go back to that era.
Isn't this song from 1983
@@bwdrummer1980
I agree with ya totally. 1987 was loaded with great pop and rock!!
Rock on!!
@@hanswezen Yep, you're right, I had to look it up. November 10th 1983.
Flesh. For. Fantasy.
One of Billy Idol's best.
The Esprits \m/oh yeahhhh👍💓
I picked the best decade to be a teenager...
Baby... You ain't kiddin'❤❤❤
Damn right !💯💯💯💯💯
Me too, born in 1970 and still listening to such music every day 😊
The 45 degree lip curl at 1:28 is epic! When I was a kid I always tried to do that!
This is one of those albums where every song or nearly every song is amazing on it's own. Even today.
Yeah, this album is just one killer track after another. Listening to it from beginning to end is a gift and today and all days I am grateful for this gift.
The 80s were the best..... especially 80-85 period
His most underrated song. I love this song!!!
This is my favourite Billy Idol song! 🖤🎵🎶
The 80s will never happen again.i feel sorry for young people that missed it.i would never triad it.
There's a change in pace
Of fantasy and taste
Do you like good music?
Do you like to dance?
Oh yeah
Hangin' out for a body shop at night
Ain't it strange what we do to feel alright?
Oh yeah
So, when will you call?
I am experienced
Oh yeah
Face to face
And back to back
You see and feel
My sex attack
Sing it
Flesh
Flesh for fantasy
We want
Flesh
Flesh for fantasy
It's after midnight
Are you feeling alright?
Oh yeah
Turn out the light babe
Are you someone else tonight?
Neighbor to neighbor, door to door
Don't ask questions, there's time for it all
Oh yeah
Face to face
And back to back
You see and feel
My sex attack
Sing it!
Flesh
Flesh for fantasy
We cry
Flesh
Flesh for fantasy
Oww!
I sing for culture
Father loves his son
Mothers, daughters too
It's an old, old story
Cries the new world too
Flesh
Flesh
Flesh for fantasy
We want, flesh
Flesh for fantasy
We want, flesh
Flesh for fantasy
You cry, flesh
Flesh for fantasy
Let's go down, let's go down
Let's go down, let's go down
Let's go down, let's go down
Do you like good music?
Do you like to dance?
It's nearly mornin'
You wanna risk a chance?
Neighbor to neighbor
Door to door
Enjoy the crime
You do your time
Never been nothin' before
Vorresti...insegnare...a..mio..zio..gio...sss...primo..la..musica.....questo..no..Alessia...sss...ciao..
Best comment by far because you prevented my lazy ass from having to look them up. ❤❤👍
Billy & Steven were a great team. They each put so much talent into into it.
well they still are 😉
@@tzatzikosouvlaki well yeah they do still perform but the last album was 2014, it was great but i guess i just think in terms of how they were in the 80s-90s
The 80's were awesome, the start of good music, music videos, blockbuster movies, was an amazing time to come out of teenage hood
This could be released today and I still think it would be a hit.
@@aa1589 how would this be cancelled tf?
@@aa1589 this is everything we need but I don't think the world now can handle a Billy idol 😂.uim here for all his unapologetic hypersexual masculinity 😂
unholy became a hit, why not Flesh for Fantasy?
Yes i m sure
@@artemisstone2929 on the contrary,people need fantasy To escape from a harsh reality
This song just hit's the spot, what a tune
WHAT A FINE TUNE!
Amen!
Back in 84 I was grad student at Washington State and this song was always playing everywhere you went. Iconic till the day.
I just finished my freshman year in high school at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. Same school Ben Affleck and Matt Damon went to. I grew up in Cambridge and I remember this song playing everywhere that summer.
This album kicks major ass! Not one of the best of the 80’s, one of the best EVER!🤘🏾💣🎸
Good music good times I miss the 80's.
+Robert Schaefer EXCELLENT SONG THE 80S
+Robert Schaefer me too
+Robert Schaefer Who doesn't...?
+Robert Schaefer I wish i was born before the 1985 so I could have enjoyed this era better ! I love this man
DURAKOVIC Emrina It sure was enjoyable, but he's real nice nowadays, too!
That rich chorus guitar sounds incredible. Classic 80's track.
Classic Roland Dimension D sound. Best chorus ever
I cannot say how much i miss the 80s😢
Me too I love the 80s I wish I was a teenager in the 1980s that way I would explore life better.
Same.. it’s heartbreaking how much I miss the 80’s.. compared to now it’s like we’re living in a completely different world .. I wanna go back!
We said pretty much anything we wanted and no one really cared. Travelled all over the town as a kid. Talked to one another for hours. Got excited for Saturday cartoons. Going to a fast food place was a real treat. When we saw the arch’s it was like an oasis in the desert. We didn’t watch calories because you walked, skated or rode your bike everywhere. We all listened to the radio, record or tape cassette. We had stereos that would rattle your window. I wasn’t one of the fortunate, so wore brown corduroy pants, a t-shirt and defective Reebok’s. Yes, much like Tom Cruise, most of us wore tighty whities.
I'm right with you.
At least u got the chance to experience that.. u have no idea how much i wish im you.
Went to Billy Idol's concert back in 87' as a 15yr old with a fake ID (not that they even bother checking, lol). Faith No More opened up. Damn, the 80's just hits differently
" turn out the lights babe... are you someone else tonight? Oh yeah..." to this day those words and that twisted riff Steve Stevens plays puts a chill down my spine in the best possible way.
I remember being in grade 6 when this song was all over the radio. What a great time.
I was older when Idol came over to the US, and I didn't have to explain "flesh for fantasy" to my parents .... 😉
Whenever im down or bored at life I just look at videos from the 80 s and my mood always gets great again! Billy is the best, 80 is the best 😄❤️❤️
I like to make Coco on a cold rainy day and watch 2016 election-night reaction videos from the news media.
did you ever stop and think...how did we ever get to 2022 and things are a total pile of shit ,...when did it all go wrong ?....i cant believe what this world has turned into
Same here love the 80's best time of my life!!
@@rv6205 when they pulled the plug on quality pop music
"Idol only plays one way: Full Throttle!"
Rebel Yell is such an iconic album, still sounds as good as the day it was released
💯
And I never could understand how Billy followed it up with such a lame, commercial-sounding turd as the album which came after Rebel Yell. SUPER disappointment to me at the time. I didn't even keep the album.
There was nothing better, and we have such great songs as reminders!! ❤❤❤
Damn Billy.....
Omg right? Bro has not right being that fine looking 😩
Yep, Billy's music gonna be here in 100 years.
If you are here in 2024 you are a true Legend. 🤘
Me I am the legend 😂
@@TheQueenB254 you sure are 🍻
Still great!
Still listening to Billy Idol 2024
@@heatherives8646me too 👍🏻
The genius of Steve Stevens...his arrangements are fantastic
Damn!!! I freaking miss the 80's!!! I would give just about anything to go back and do it again. This was when music was MUSIC!!!
I'm bad example of a
Christian but pray for everyone 🙏❤️
Grande Billy! Leggenda!
You know what? I miss the 80's so much. It was a different time, a different feeling. It was my youth ... Much was a little more relaxed than now. Billy's songs accompanied me through this time. It was just great. Now in this Corona time the sound of him makes everything a little easier ...
It has been proven that 80's music is superior than the music of the decades that followed it. It had more complex music and lyrics.
I wrote this before. The best thing that happened to me was to be a teenager in the 80's.
The 80s will always have the best music
Thank you Billy and Steve for preserving the role of GUITAR in pop music, in an era when everything else was all synthesizers.
I disagree there! not everything apart from Billy Idol were synthesizer based, you had bands/Artists that had guitars in the music with or without synths like, U2, Big Country, The Smiths,The Cure, Echo+Bunnymen, Michael Jackson, The Cult, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, The House martins, Tracy Chapman, REM, Duran Duran, Inxs, Suzanne Vega, Queen, Status Quo, Dire Straits, ZZ Top, The Police, UB40, Spandau Ballet, Def Leppard, Transvision Vamp, Deacon Blue, Hall+Oates, Huey lewis+the news, Robert Palmer, David Bowie etc
mikey p you mentioned 2 of my favorites that hung themselves. I cry every time I hear them
I'm glad 2 of them were your favs, but it is sad that the lead singer of them bands hung themselves it wasn't the whole band line up lol
When you were a child you were an idle, than you become an Idol. Thanks Billy
You could not get more distilled Essence of Eighties than this if you ground up the entire decade and snorted it.
What a great time when MTV ruled the world!!!
The 80s were amazing not just for the music but the birth of music videos…aah the 80s🥰
How many of you besides me keep playing Billy Idol music marathons???
I do.
We don't search for old songs,
we search for old memories.
The most intelligent comment, congrats, yeah, its true, we look for Lost moments and Memories and old songs and old films or Books or comicbooks, are Just a time machine to recapture feelings and sometime faces that are no longer with us. You hit the point Bro.
@@bull419 You put it perfectly
No.
@@lorenzodeluca9202 Utter nonsense.
I got chills from this comment. Facts.