@@noahfexpayton Nah, that band is wack. Only trendy posers, hipsters, afrocentrics and black supremacists rave about that band, they didn't even listen to punk last year
It's got that spooky magical 'other' quality. I mean on paper, the chords and melody are pretty standard non-original but made by this particular bunch of musicians make it... er... spooky, magical, brilliant! I can never pick my favourite first Punk single. For me, 'Your Generation' along with the Sex Pistols' 'Anarchy in the UK' and The Damned's 'New Rose' share first prize.
Remember passing by members of generation X with Billy Idol on my way to school when I was 16, I had my biker's jacket, and pink dayglo Leopard print drainpipes on not to mention the spiked up hair!
Did gigs w him @ 9:30 Club DC back in the beginning. V decent bloke. No pretense. Knew he was lucky n gracious about it. Great shows, esp as he grew and found his legs. Got nary a bad word to say about the man . Friend o mine just saw him in NYC like y'day. Still delivers. Props.
How can you NOT recognize Billy Idol? Wtf is WRONG with people? This was a year ago? No WONDER 2020 sucks! People didn’t properly idolize Billy Idol. This is what happens. 😑
I've seen Billy Idol 3 TIME'S since 1987 last time here in Aotearoa new zealand CHEAP TRICK opened for him and as wickedly awesome as Billy was for me CHEAP TRICK STOLE THE NIGHT probably the best performance of any band I've ever seen MINDFUCKINGLY AWESOME and I've a shit load of band's over the years from the Ramones the cramps sex pistols slayer pixies bad brains public image beastie boys L7 Sound garden ...GOD SEVERAL TIMES (IGGY POP) JOE STRUMMER AND ON AND ON........
My mum was dating him at this time she met him at a punk night she didn't know who he was , she ended up dumping him and then a few years later my mum's sister called her in the front room when they were watching top of the pops and said is that your ex boyfriend? My mum was gutted lol but anyways I wouldn't of been born if she stayed with Billy Idol and I have to say he's bloody gorgeous.
@@serpent5574 its the truth back then he was in generation X they didnt really see music videos like today he would take my mum out and drop her off like a gentleman to her mums front door.
Just fantastic. From the first wave of real punk, a brilliant call to arms songs by a great live band (my band did a tour with Generation X not long after this). Wonderful.
So the cutting of this video. Although it's 38 years ago ( I was 16) I recall there were a series of Generation X gigs at the Marquee - mid-week. The usual drill was we'd queue up along Wardour Street and then there was a long corridor into the venue - a large rectangular room. On the night we went we had to queue for longer than usual and they let us queue in the corridor. This had a safety glass panel into the venue, and we could see the band do a couple of numbers for the cameras with photographers wandering in front of the stage. That would be some of the shots in this video. Don't recall filming in the venue during the performance that night. Maybe they had done it the week before - so the different T shirt. It was around this time that the "white label" single appeared and was sold outside on the street for one Pound ( still have mine) a much harder version than the official release or the Peel tapes. Generation X was certainly not a "pop" group live. It was loud and and aggressive - maybe not as raucous as the Damned or belligerent as Sham 69 but getting there. And yes was very hot and sweaty in the Marquee.....
Man i would've given anything to have been there! A few years younger than you but probably love them more than anybody. The band was great,and i had a severe crush on Billy♡ & Derwood♡ lol
@@izzy_6283 No, they were shit.... nobody even from them days (like me) remembers Billy Idol. And if they do (like me) then he's remembered as a middle-class fake punk wanna-be, which he was.
You got that right! Best front man ever and Derwood @17 was brilliant on guitar!! Mark; a great drummer & Tony did his thing on bass plus contributed to the lyrics equally w/Billy. they had a great chemistry & were very serious about their music so they gave it their all. I always thought they weren't recognized enough or given proper credit
yep danced to this song so much, in my bedroom listening to the album, cuz punk rock was hard in the late 70s, early 80s, in Southern California, not living in UK.
When I listen to this song I hear Bob 'Derwood' Andrews and Mark Laff. Yeah, I hear the vocals, but the fact is Bob and Mark played like their lives depended on it! I still listen to the first LP for this reason.
Also the song is not on any of their 3 main lps, but I have never listened to the early best of album, which I have only ever seen in a store in Bali back when CD was first released, 32 odd years ago, and I somehow thought the song would be on it but not having a CD player yet, I didn’t buy it….. regrets I’ve had a few, but then again , too few to mention….. lol, thanks for reading me
F-ucking amazing, I saw the video back in the day but I saw it once and never again, I bought all the Generation X tapes I could but I couldn’t find it, thanks to everyone who commented and I know for a fact that most of you are having another listen and great punk rock like this can take you back to the pit and reminds us how to hate again (in a positive way lol) I always seem to forget that I was soo into soo much great music, but as soon as I remember it I haven’t forgotten a single word…. this song was my white whale and part of my life, soo everyone else who is proud to say they love punk rock, I’ll see you in the pit
This was so popular because at 13 years old our record players were so bad looking back.....5 watt speakers with fluff on the woolworths stylus.....and you couldn't turn it up past 3 1/2 on the volume because you'd be banned for a week Mothers saying" I hope you're not thinking of wearing a ripped t-shirt in my house" It was golden because we couldn't really be part of it...so the dreams of being in amongst were the best
Nossa como Billy está um gatinho simplesmente indonado todo ousado mais acredito que com carinho e muitos beijinhos ele deveria ser mansinho kkkk Meu doce amor para sempre😻😘👄❤❤
Trying to forget your generation You know all the ways when in what I see The ends must justify the means Your generation don't mean a thing to me I say your generation don't mean a thing to me I say your generation don't mean a thing to me Might take a bit of violence But violence ain't our only stance Might make our friends enemies But we gotta take that chance There ain't no time for substitutes There ain't no time for idle threats Actions are rather hard to place 'Cause what you give is what you get So, that's your generation It's your generation Well it's your generation It's your generation Trying to forget your generation You know all the ways when in what I see The ends must justify the means Your generation don't mean a thing to me I say your generation don't mean a thing to me I say your generation don't mean a thing to me Might take a bit of violence But violence ain't our only stance Might make our friends enemies But we gotta take that chance There ain't no time for substitutes There ain't no time for idle threats Actions are rather hard to place Cause what you give is what you get So, that's your generation It's your generation Well it's your generation It's your generation To the end justify the means To the end justify the means To the end justify the means To the end justify the means It time for generation
Weird to think how all the 1st gen UK Punk bands never were Punk bands in the modern sense, Gen X were a pop group with attitude, the Clash were Glam Hippy, the Damned were just to damn good, Buzzcocks wanted to be the Beatles, Souxsie looked down from Her Arty Ivory tower....But it was the best time of My life, Energy ,Fun , Politics all mixed up, and a sense of You can do this Yourself.
At the time, these bands were all labeled punk. I'm 55 and experienced the first and second wave of punk rock. Personally i like the first better because i was at a age where it blended in with my attitude in developmental stage. The second, labelled Hard Core (DK, Black Flag, Bad Brains), were more of a conditioning phase for me on how to apply this to everyday life.
Alan is not wrong! .. most of the big name 1st gen UK 'Punk' bands were caching in on the movement's popularity. Even the fucking Police died their hair blond and wore stripey jumpers, etc. The Sex Pistols were one household names that did actually sound punk... but they were a manufactured band too. Conversely a band not always classed as punk, The Stranglers, had a very authentic punk attitude that pervades their early stuff. A lot of the 'Post Punk' bands, like Crass, had a more authentic expression of the punk attitude even though they explored less cliched musical territory.
Can anyone tell me what the Generation X song is with the lines-I’m an individual not a consumer machine ain’t gonna give and take ain’t gonna give in ) I saw a video before I even started listening to this incredible punk rock band, the song also mentioned‘robots’ I believe. If anyone can help me out I would really appreciate it, I haven’t been able to find it or listen to it in over 37 years, and I’m just not complete
I saw this lot at the Marquee club only it was packed and it wasn't sweat running down Billy Idols face it was the tsunami of gob coming from the audience..........
They were good, but generation x was considered the fakest punk around; exploiting the image as fashion and for it's outlandish image rather than real substance ... a signal to the death of punk. Even Adam Ant still had more punk cred when Phil Collins did drums for the Ants. Might be a bit harsh, but retrospectively, not really. Billy was out for glam and fame (like all those from Bromley with their fashion consultants) which is counter to what punk was ... so his move to mainstream pop was never a surprise to anyone. Pretty much everyone that had anything to do with Malcom McClaren were nothing more than manufactured Boy Bands (fashioned from the image of the New York Dolls).. including the Sex Pistols.
We were sitting on a white couch in orange county and his friend was upstairs with this girl named candy when she fired his gun through the wall cuz he was showing it off to her and we hit the floor.nuff said
@@sunnyjim1355 Yep. Boomer Rock, pretending to be relevant. A band of Boomers, calling themselves "Generation X" was never going to be anything righteous.
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Only one word to describe Billy Idol, Legendary!
Barney .. wait for it .. Stinson has entered chat.
Brilliant one of my all time favourite bands! Made me realise how exciting music could be, better than the crap around today!
If you haven't already, listen to the proto-punk band Death.
Nah
@@noahfexpayton Nah, that band is wack. Only trendy posers, hipsters, afrocentrics and black supremacists rave about that band, they didn't even listen to punk last year
@@sonnyday6727 Hate the world, then.
And back then
One the best original punk tunes for the class of '77.
It's got that spooky magical 'other' quality. I mean on paper, the chords and melody are pretty standard non-original but made by this particular bunch of musicians make it... er... spooky, magical, brilliant! I can never pick my favourite first Punk single. For me, 'Your Generation' along with the Sex Pistols' 'Anarchy in the UK' and The Damned's 'New Rose' share first prize.
Remember passing by members of generation X with Billy Idol on my way to school when I was 16, I had my biker's jacket, and pink dayglo Leopard print drainpipes on not to mention the spiked up hair!
Do you see Sid Vicious too???
Did gigs w him @ 9:30 Club DC back in the beginning. V decent bloke. No pretense. Knew he was lucky n gracious about it. Great shows, esp as he grew and found his legs. Got nary a bad word to say about the man . Friend o mine just saw him in NYC like y'day. Still delivers. Props.
I saw Billy Idol yesterday, here in Vancouver CA, and he sang this song. It was pretty cool despite the public not recognizing
How can you NOT recognize Billy Idol? Wtf is WRONG with people? This was a year ago? No WONDER 2020 sucks! People didn’t properly idolize Billy Idol. This is what happens. 😑
Omg !! Lucky🖖💖
@@alenemarie people forget idols from previous decades
@@alenemarie he's still alive? didn't know
I've seen Billy Idol 3 TIME'S since 1987 last time here in Aotearoa new zealand CHEAP TRICK opened for him and as wickedly awesome as Billy was for me CHEAP TRICK STOLE THE NIGHT probably the best performance of any band I've ever seen MINDFUCKINGLY AWESOME and I've a shit load of band's over the years from the Ramones the cramps sex pistols slayer pixies bad brains public image beastie boys L7 Sound garden ...GOD SEVERAL TIMES (IGGY POP) JOE STRUMMER AND ON AND ON........
I snuck in a club in Atlanta to see them when I was 15. What a great time ! So much energy 😊
Bought this album and Van Halen 1 in 79, my first two records, I was 9
1 outta 2 - not bad 🍻💊🍻
At 9, really? I call b.s.
Classic billy idol and his original band generation x 0unk rock thanks for sharing
My mum was dating him at this time she met him at a punk night she didn't know who he was , she ended up dumping him and then a few years later my mum's sister called her in the front room when they were watching top of the pops and said is that your ex boyfriend? My mum was gutted lol but anyways I wouldn't of been born if she stayed with Billy Idol and I have to say he's bloody gorgeous.
I Wish I Can Said I'm Billy Idol Son 🤘🏼😅
@@wiltorres9318 i know id love to meet him hes amazing isnt he.
@@serpent5574 its the truth back then he was in generation X they didnt really see music videos like today he would take my mum out and drop her off like a gentleman to her mums front door.
he was great as spike in buffy the vampire slayer with sarah Michelle gellar....oh my lordy ... lovely...she was 21not 16 ok!? lol
I am sure your mum will regret dumping him for her entire life haha.
wow look how young Billy Idol is. I went to his concert once (with the Cult opening)...amazing stuff
same here in 87
Me too 💜 In Lubbock, Texas
Just fantastic. From the first wave of real punk, a brilliant call to arms songs by a great live band (my band did a tour with Generation X not long after this). Wonderful.
LUCKY YOU! To be in the presence of such talented young guys must have been a treat!
what was the name of your band sorry if riks sounding stupid lol
So the cutting of this video. Although it's 38 years ago ( I was 16) I recall there were a series of Generation X gigs at the Marquee - mid-week. The usual drill was we'd queue up along Wardour Street and then there was a long corridor into the venue - a large rectangular room. On the night we went we had to queue for longer than usual and they let us queue in the corridor. This had a safety glass panel into the venue, and we could see the band do a couple of numbers for the cameras with photographers wandering in front of the stage. That would be some of the shots in this video. Don't recall filming in the venue during the performance that night. Maybe they had done it the week before - so the different T shirt. It was around this time that the "white label" single appeared and was sold outside on the street for one Pound ( still have mine) a much harder version than the official release or the Peel tapes. Generation X was certainly not a "pop" group live. It was loud and and aggressive - maybe not as raucous as the Damned or belligerent as Sham 69 but getting there. And yes was very hot and sweaty in the Marquee.....
Man i would've given anything to have been there! A few years younger than you but probably love them more than anybody. The band was great,and i had a severe crush on Billy♡ & Derwood♡ lol
The band I was in at the time supported Gen X at one of those hot, sweaty Marquee gigs - what a riot!
I know where's the carpet of 🤣
I've seen the band in 1978. Was on a language course in England. I was a 15ten year old teenager.
They were great, right?
OMG
If you were then 15, then yeah, you were a teenager, you dumb fuck.
@@izzy_6283 No, they were shit.... nobody even from them days (like me) remembers Billy Idol. And if they do (like me) then he's remembered as a middle-class fake punk wanna-be, which he was.
@@sunnyjim1355 calm down dude
Only 12 years after "My Generation," but things had already changed so much.
The Who: My Generation.
Generation X: Your Generation.
I used to work in Berwick Street and would pass by the Marquee in Wardour Street on my way home and often see the punks queuing outside!
Bob Mould played this as an encore at a gig I went to a couple of nights again. Top tune
LOVE Bob Mould Husker Du...yassss.
underated band they were brilliant....
You got that right! Best front man ever and Derwood @17 was brilliant on guitar!! Mark; a great drummer & Tony did his thing on bass plus contributed to the lyrics equally w/Billy. they had a great chemistry & were very serious about their music so they gave it their all. I always thought they weren't recognized enough or given proper credit
I wouldn't have liked them to be bigger, punk was something for specific people, punk didn't have to be something massive, sex pistols did marketing
Good stuff . Saw Billy live in the 80's
yep danced to this song so much, in my bedroom listening to the album, cuz punk rock was hard in the late 70s, early 80s, in Southern California, not living in UK.
I'm reading Billy Idol's autobiography now. First time I've ever seen these videos. Interesting.
What a rhyme, Billy even that time you ve rocked the stage, I love you, you, you❤
When I listen to this song I hear Bob 'Derwood' Andrews and Mark Laff. Yeah, I hear the vocals, but the fact is Bob and Mark played like their lives depended on it! I still listen to the first LP for this reason.
Billy Idol...absolutely amazing!
these were the real punk Uk days.........................bring back punk
I seen Billy idol when I was 16 .was an awesome show
Wow,you must be so lucky.I wish I was born 10years earlier,sorry for my english:-) Did you saw Sid Vicious or the SEX PISTOLS too?
52 years auld and still loving punk rock modern music sucks
brilliant record brilliant band brilliant times
best punk band of all time
Tengo 46 años y sigo escuchando este grupo como uno de los mejores de la historia del rock
Merecieron mas reconocimiento ese sonido del genuino punk , ellos no tenian nada que envidiarle nada a Sex Pistols o a The Clash
I Saw Billy at Rutgers University early on . Great show. Was right near the stage
Was 1 when punk came out
Wish it was around still 🤘
Rock And Roll never dies
still plenty of the old guard still gigging, catch em while you can
this makes me smile!! how I loved punk daysssss!!!
Also the song is not on any of their 3 main lps, but I have never listened to the early best of album, which I have only ever seen in a store in Bali back when CD was first released, 32 odd years ago, and I somehow thought the song would be on it but not having a CD player yet, I didn’t buy it….. regrets I’ve had a few, but then again , too few to mention….. lol, thanks for reading me
F-ucking amazing, I saw the video back in the day but I saw it once and never again, I bought all the Generation X tapes I could but I couldn’t find it, thanks to everyone who commented and I know for a fact that most of you are having another listen and great punk rock like this can take you back to the pit and reminds us how to hate again (in a positive way lol) I always seem to forget that I was soo into soo much great music, but as soon as I remember it I haven’t forgotten a single word…. this song was my white whale and part of my life, soo everyone else who is proud to say they love punk rock, I’ll see you in the pit
Mark laff the drummer is a friend of my son, living in France now.
Love this song ✊🏼🖤
It definitely was our generation & still is,Punk fer Life!
i love gen x, so cool !! 🖤
AWESOME
This was so popular because at 13 years old our record players were so bad looking back.....5 watt speakers with fluff on the woolworths stylus.....and you couldn't turn it up past 3 1/2 on the volume because you'd be banned for a week
Mothers saying" I hope you're not thinking of wearing a ripped t-shirt in my house"
It was golden because we couldn't really be part of it...so the dreams of being in amongst were the best
Oh, hell yeah!
Idk why it took me 44 years to find this.
Glad you're here.
It was soo good to finally see him last year here in nz
Saudades de qdo o punk era dançante, mas continuo no pogo.
And Gen X says thank you to Gen X
He was gorgeous. Still is 😘😝
j adores
Love this❤️
Great sound! What kind of guitar is Bob Andrews using?
Nossa como Billy está um gatinho simplesmente indonado todo ousado mais acredito que com carinho e muitos beijinhos ele deveria ser mansinho kkkk
Meu doce amor para sempre😻😘👄❤❤
Trying to forget your generation
You know all the ways when in what I see
The ends must justify the means
Your generation don't mean a thing to me
I say your generation don't mean a thing to me
I say your generation don't mean a thing to me
Might take a bit of violence
But violence ain't our only stance
Might make our friends enemies
But we gotta take that chance
There ain't no time for substitutes
There ain't no time for idle threats
Actions are rather hard to place
'Cause what you give is what you get
So, that's your generation
It's your generation
Well it's your generation
It's your generation
Trying to forget your generation
You know all the ways when in what I see
The ends must justify the means
Your generation don't mean a thing to me
I say your generation don't mean a thing to me
I say your generation don't mean a thing to me
Might take a bit of violence
But violence ain't our only stance
Might make our friends enemies
But we gotta take that chance
There ain't no time for substitutes
There ain't no time for idle threats
Actions are rather hard to place
Cause what you give is what you get
So, that's your generation
It's your generation
Well it's your generation
It's your generation
To the end justify the means
To the end justify the means
To the end justify the means
To the end justify the means
It time for generation
Generation X were not of Generation X, the band were all older and part of the boomer generation.
Gen-X at their best.
1970s Britt-Punks are so hot, haha
Weird to think how all the 1st gen UK Punk bands never were Punk bands in the modern sense, Gen X were a pop group with attitude, the Clash were Glam Hippy, the Damned were just to damn good, Buzzcocks wanted to be the Beatles, Souxsie looked down from Her Arty Ivory tower....But it was the best time of My life, Energy ,Fun , Politics all mixed up, and a sense of You can do this Yourself.
Jesus....how strong is your medication? You obviously know nothing about music. What a ridiculous statement about the Clash. Pillock.
Punk rock is sped up simplistic garage rock thats it all the bands you mentioned are just that.
At the time, these bands were all labeled punk. I'm 55 and experienced the first and second wave of punk rock. Personally i like the first better because i was at a age where it blended in with my attitude in developmental stage. The second, labelled Hard Core (DK, Black Flag, Bad Brains), were more of a conditioning phase for me on how to apply this to everyday life.
Alan is not wrong! .. most of the big name 1st gen UK 'Punk' bands were caching in on the movement's popularity. Even the fucking Police died their hair blond and wore stripey jumpers, etc. The Sex Pistols were one household names that did actually sound punk... but they were a manufactured band too. Conversely a band not always classed as punk, The Stranglers, had a very authentic punk attitude that pervades their early stuff. A lot of the 'Post Punk' bands, like Crass, had a more authentic expression of the punk attitude even though they explored less cliched musical territory.
Peter Daigle
Must've been 120° in there!! I guesd it was so great that nobody really cared😎
You guess right Izzy.
Awesome.
when punk was pure
Can anyone tell me what the Generation X song is with the lines-I’m an individual not a consumer machine ain’t gonna give and take ain’t gonna give in ) I saw a video before I even started listening to this incredible punk rock band, the song also mentioned‘robots’ I believe. If anyone can help me out I would really appreciate it, I haven’t been able to find it or listen to it in over 37 years, and I’m just not complete
🔥🔥🔥
❤GENERATION COSMIQUE❤❤❤POUR TOI MY OLD FRIEND IN COLOMBIA,😂😂😂😂
The record labels promote the shittiest unthreatening music possible these days.
Aww man,that's John Towe! Cool af.
UNDERRATED BAND❤
I was born in 1979 Am I part of the Generation X ?
Omg they were Green Day before Green Day! And both Billy’s what!!!
yeahhhh
I saw this lot at the Marquee club only it was packed and it wasn't sweat running down Billy Idols face it was the tsunami of gob coming from the audience..........
👊♥
Billy idol novinho cheio de energia Paul eira pura todo sua dinheiro só queria ser depois a toalha que ele usaria
Nossa como o billy idol está um gatinho indonado mais com carinho e beijinho acredito que ele fique mansinho meu doce amor para esmpre😻😘💋❤❤
Love Billy Idol's solo career, but actually prefer his Generation X material.
Esta en la película de Call?
. . . Perfect ... Punk ... RAWK!
Great song, great video, but the audio doesn't match the video...
this is siiiiick
Brilliant Billy rocks i wish i was there 🎸🎤🥁🎼🎼🎶🎶🇬🇧🖕❤️
Generation x were so much better than anything idol did in his solo career!! He shouldve stayed,gen x would e been bigger than duran duran were.
Badass Billy!
I guess synching up the audio to the video wasn't anything to worry about in the 70's
Fucking happy days great vid cheers !!!!!! The Clash "glam hippy" Yeah right I obviously missed the whole point then !
The Clash were the only band that glittered?
The legendary Marquee Club...
wooo!
How did billy idol jump from this music to pop music?
They were good, but generation x was considered the fakest punk around; exploiting the image as fashion and for it's outlandish image rather than real substance ... a signal to the death of punk. Even Adam Ant still had more punk cred when Phil Collins did drums for the Ants. Might be a bit harsh, but retrospectively, not really. Billy was out for glam and fame (like all those from Bromley with their fashion consultants) which is counter to what punk was ... so his move to mainstream pop was never a surprise to anyone. Pretty much everyone that had anything to do with Malcom McClaren were nothing more than manufactured Boy Bands (fashioned from the image of the New York Dolls).. including the Sex Pistols.
Mewt so they were the offspring of its time?
Bit ironic - I was born the year this came out ('77) - My generation.
Gen X wanted change so we changed ourselves to fit Our own needs.
This Gen wants everyone else to change to fit Their needs.
Was turned on to them by a friend in the late seventies, punk is not like this anymore.
PUNK meant someting back then, London, New York, ok Detroit
I always thought GenerationX was better than the sex pistols.
We were sitting on a white couch in orange county and his friend was upstairs with this girl named candy when she fired his gun through the wall cuz he was showing it off to her and we hit the floor.nuff said
This is a great s
Generation X
This Video feels very much edited, but the end result is not too bad considering the age.
I remember ... the energy is intact
BILLY!!!!🤟💕🌹
Oh god..i remember those day's!!
😉😂😆😂💞
@@corinnehowell9556 😄😂🤚😁💕💕🌹
@@corrieseverin7766 ..
😉😁💞😂🎸💟
Gen X rocks.
Not loud enough for me.... turn it up!!
The band that named a generation.
The term Generation X originated in the 1950s... :)
generation X and nothing is better than this punk
I used to love the Marguee
😍
I had read that this song was a counter to The Who's My Generation
No shit Sherlock... but nobody remembers it because it's just vacuous, band-wagon, trash.
@@sunnyjim1355 Yep. Boomer Rock, pretending to be relevant. A band of Boomers, calling themselves "Generation X" was never going to be anything righteous.