(HE’S A JERK!!!) Billy Idol - Rebel Yell | REACTION!! *First Time Listening*
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Ya he's not really a jerk in his interviews he is always pretty humble and kind
He's a gentleman
This video is a classic example of a hip hop fan who doesn't understand music outside of rap. I think since rap music tends to be very literal(not a whole lot of stagecraft or allegory) this kid is taking Billy's antics/attitude as "This is just how he acts all the time" lol which is clearly a simple minded way of seeing it.
@@KickflipGnasty hahaha hip hop Billy I dol? Hahaha
@@Stefania673 The guy watching Billy Idol here is a hip hop fan. I didn't even come close to saying that. Read again.lmao
He's iven beter thin MJ
never judge a book by it's cover. He's not a jerk. He is a party animal back in the 80's.
Damn right
Judging a book by its cover is the empowerment of racism.
He heard slavery and immediately jumped to the wrong conclusion which was actually quite funny and shows his lack of intelligence .
Billy Idol created a punk-rock persona, but his songs are actually pop/new wave. He is a very talented singer & songwriter. "Dancing With Myself", "White Wedding", and "Eyes Without a Face" are worth a reaction.
all of the above, and if you really want to hear how great his voice can be: "Cradle of Love" and "Sweet Sixteen"
Well... he was in Generation X prior to being solo, so...
He started out as a punk rocker in the band Generation X. He didn't cultivate this image from nothing.
And catch my fall
I saw him live in 2005 and he was still incredible and Steve Stephens is so underrated.
He's down to earth and has a great sense of humor. Absolutely nothing about him is a jerk. Amazing entertainer.
Not sure why you think he’s a jerk, I went to his concert in the 80”s & he was brilliant on stage he’s now a grandfather & still rocking
He assumed Idol was a jerk by his look. Hmm..
@@theniteowl1972 yeah pretty Stupid hay!??? 🤷🏻♂️🤬
I'm surprised he made it through!
A perfect example is Alice Cooper (when he's sober)
@@theniteowl1972 That’s only part of it, if it was a black rapper he’d never heard of with a song title “rebel yell” I bet he’d be cheering him on before even looking. Its just prejudice, plagues almost every demographic.
Arrogance is typically a stage persona of Rock stars. Many times, they tend to be nice and maybe introverted people in person, but extroverted on stage.
Then you don't know billy idol from this time. LOL One story is he was in thailand in his hotel with girls and A LOT of cocaine. They called the swat team to get him out of his room, and kicked him out the country. He says he was terrible back then, but is the coolest guy now.
@@punkem733 I wasn't talking about Billy Idol because I'm not to familiar with him as a person. Just pointing out that just because someone looks like they'd be a jerk on stage doesn't mean they actually are in person.
@@TheBlackQueen I agree.
@@punkem733 he was on drugs then tho .. sex drugs and rock n roll .. most acted crazy on drugs but in reality when sober not that out there
@@punkem733 he was terrible coz he was on millions of drugs back then
The "slavery" hes talking bout is drug addiction.. She wont sit and beg but she wants MORE MORE MORE.. And its sex too. Billy was fusion of sex and drugs.
You mean his rock and roll was about sex and drugs. Sounds like the cliche perfect fusion. Great song.
@@gm2407 he lived that too.
No it's not. He's talking about the USA. 'She' is the USA. "She don't like slavery......" Billy says so himself in an interview. Approx 3 min 40 sec mark.
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Please dont pre judge based on looks and please dont attach things out of context of the actual song. Its not about slavery at all. There's no race in this at all.
Right imagine hating on something before giving it a chance. And trying to pull undertones from something. 100% disliking this video
No need to get all "triggered" just because he uttered the word "slavery". It is appropriate in the context of the song. Just curious but what exactly due you consider a "jerk" in terms of just a video performance?
It wasn't racist at all, he with sitting at a table at a bar in London with Mick Jagger and Keith Richard's of the Rolling Stones they were drinking a whiskey called Rebel Yell, he asked the Stones if he could write a song called that and they said go ahead and he wrote it in a few minutes.
Billy Idol used hair gel that allowed his hair to be stiff enough to be spiked and stand straight up. He also bleached his hair (it is naturally dark brown). It was his signature, held over from his days as a punk rock singer. The guitarist is Steve Stevens, he was Billy's guitarist for many years, but he also wrote the "Top Gun Theme" for the Tom Cruise movie 'Top Gun'. He is an excellent guitarist.
He talkin bout grown folk stuff.. you know
Yas!!
Lol
Behind closed doors grown stuff
😂
He’s actually if you’ve seen interviews of him a little shy very sweet and very humble it’s just a stage persona that worked very well for him. This song was massive
He’s actually really nice in person another great song by him is white Wedding great song check it out.
And he looks different wearing a sweater and glasses and no spikey hair
William Micheal Albert Broad, aka Billy Idol started in the 70's with the Punk Rock band Generation X, he called himself Billy Idol because in school his teachers called him "idle" as he wasn't the best student. Generation X was part of the second British Invasion with the rise of Punk Rock in the US. His guitarist Steve Stevens is one of the most underrated musicians in rock.
My friend used to work at a video store in Studio City L.A. back in the 90's. Billy would come in there and rent videos. Apparently he's a really chill guy and quite friendly. It's just his persona to be a "Jerk " I think
"How did he get his hair like that?". It was the 80's, so would have been enough hair spray to destroy the ozone layer 😉😁.
Big hair, don’t care was a way of life
We did. That's why they had to phase out CFCs as the propellant.
Gelatin, I did it.
Sugar water helps.
Also easier to rinse out with hot water
Billy Idol is one of the most likable rock stars. He's loved by his fans for being a real person. He's also a huge fan of Elvis. Notice the whiplash snarl just like Elvis.
Got to admit I really think he has one of the best voices in rock music. You might like Eyes Without A Face.
This song came out in 1983, that's 38 years ago and he was the bomb! He was never a jerk....he was a sexy rebel. That was the image of punk, new wave and rock back in the days.. The 80's had many genre's and all of them were hugely successful. I personally think the 80's produced most of the best music ever.
That's because they made their own music everything now is made with the same beat I was born in 91 and I prefer 80s rock and metal to most rock and metal of today
I agree!
Hahaha. Never judge a book by its cover hombre!!! Your gonna be wrong most of the time. 🥳
Hey I know right.
Billy is one of the original British punks from the mid-70s, the period that spawned the Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Damned, and others. The punk movement in the mid-70s literally changed British music and London society overnight; it was like a bomb went off in exactly the right place. Billy was part of a social group called The Bromley Contingent, a group of Londoners who, inspired by the Pistols, formed many crucial punk and post-punk bands like Siouxsie & the Banshees. Billy fronted a group called Generation X when he was still a teenager. The spiky hair came from the punk movement, pioneered in particular by Sid Vicious of the Pistols (whose Elvis-like sneer Billy copied). After Generation X broke up, Billy struck out on his own, and eventually by the middle of the 80s found commercial success in the post-punk/New Wave terrain of MTV.
Except he never was punk he was always New Wave .
@@MARTIN-bd7gm incorrect, he was originally punk. Generation X were one of the 1st punk bands.
Early 80’s
I meet Billy Idol when I was stationed in California. I saw him while in uniform and he stopped to sign autographs and take pictures.
He is actually a really down to earth guy.I have adoreed him since I was a kid
Jojo Billy Idol that is So 80s check out his song
White Wedding and the Cure Love Song
Yup Billy is the poster boy for "rock star." That band was killer and he really could sing and made some incredibly catchy songs throughout his career. Guitarist is Steve Stevens and he's a beast. This is a live video, therefore the album version of the song was used, but back in the 80s, all rock stars could do this live! They had to. Too much stiff competition out there for them to not be good for real. White Wedding is a must.
its usually better to listen to words in the context that they are delivered in rather than pick and choose fragments
Rebel Yell is a drink that he and the Rolling Stones got hammered on one night....
Specifically Rebel Yell is a brand of whisky.
I never knew it was a drink.
@@nickhill8612 its whiskey and it was the Confederate battle cry
I know someone that worked with him back in San Francisco during the height of his career and she said that he was nothing like his persona. In fact she said that he was actually quite soft spoken and well mannered.
Steve Stevens also plays guitar on Micheal Jackson’s Dirty Diana.
Oh so THAT'S who Steve Stevens is! I always knew that name from the song but never knew who he normally played for.
He also played the Top Gun Anthem.
So fun watching young ones "reacting" to songs "we" listened to while making your parents! ;)
Haha yes! Imagine not growing up with Billy idol?
XD
Epic post
It was the 80's....true rock stars in that era. Check out White Wedding and Mony Mony.
Mony mony at the bar had a special line everyone yelled.
@@looneygardener Never thought Mony Mony was anything special. Eyes Without a Face is unbelievable
Billy Idol was so huge in the 80', especially on Mtv.
I don't understand why you think he's a jerk? He's so super cool and a truly incredible man.
He was a fusion of Disco, New Wave, and Punk.
Never ever heard the artist or the song ...... "Sounds like a jerk"? Literally, the first TEN SECONDS of the song .... "looks like a jerk"?
Wow .... already judged before he's even opened his mouth to sing. Great open-minded reaction there.
Well, at least he didn't use auto-tune, could actually sing, didn't need social media for popularity, wrote his own music and could play an instrument or two (ie. like a REAL musician). That kind of puts him one up against 90% of the "artists" today.
Amen to that
Well said.
At school, one of his teachers wrote: "Billy Is Idle"...which Billy remembered and later used as the band name. He was big in the 80's and White Wedding was also massive! Thanks for the reaction.
Wow I never knew that after all these years! Preeeeesh
Billy Idol - White Wedding, Mony Mony
The jerk persona was an act. He was a humble guy. Great punk music from the 80s. Loved dancing to his music.
That guitarist would be one of the 80's original legends: Steve Stevens.
I had such a crush on him, posters everywhere... my grandma came and saw one of the posters and said "he's kindly attractive, even sexy, but I wish he'd do somethin with that hair!" 🙄😂 oh gramma!
I love seeing youngsters discovering music I was rocking out to back in the day 😂 had such a crush on Billy 😍
im still trying to figure out why people called billy are jerks? :D also i think you misunderstood the "slavery" line, just saying
Yeah I think he misunderstood it to.
Damn right
It’s a sex metaphor
Billy is actually a Kool kind n humble man. Had a hard up bringing and fame didn't go to his head. OG in that Grunge look. Really a good voice.
Rebel Yell is the name of a whiskey. One night Billy Idol and the guitarist Steve Stevens were at a party and Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones were there drinking Rebel Yell. Billy asked if they were going to do anything in a song with that. They said No, and Billy and Steve used the term for their next song.
He's not a "jerk" . Geeze, He was the hottest guy ever and is still selling out shows to this day
First, I've enjoyed a lot of your reviews, truly. But, and I really wish there was a better way to say this, if you want to actually deal with music from before your time or outside of your typical genre, you have to have kind of let some of the ultra-sensitivity drop for a minute or two now and then. That, or possibly understand and accept the fact that 20 years from now what you think is fine will be something someone else takes offense with.
Kind of offended today… the amount of assumptions and prejudice that has to go into calling a white guy a jerk solely for making a song titled “rebel yell” is a bit offensive in the 2020’s.
I said the same thing. This was 83. Shit maybe before his parents were born. He should have edited the video a research the song before making an ignorant assumption
@@jamaynex I completely agree!.
@@travispratt6327 I agree
I bet part of the issue with this is the whole “impact over intent” propaganda they indoctrinate kids/college students with now, it’s now taught your intent with a statement is irrelevant, it’s the “impact”, if it offends someone, you’re guilty, all based off one silly essay and now has become law taught as objective fact. Which explains why no history needed, no research needed, no context needed, if someone’s offended, case closed, you’re a monster, your intentions and what you mean is irrelevant.
Fun fact, he appeared in Oliver stones The Doors, one of his favorite bands, and mine. He was just in a motorcycle accident and had to lay on a table in one scene. Dudes trooper, a maniac and bad ass. His partying in the Uk was legendary. By the way check out Jim Morrison and The Doors, he was a poetic genius, a man far ahead of his time.
Billy idol white wedding
His hair! His hair! I'm a 56 year old Gen Xer. And I still rock a Billy Idol style rock Mohawk.
Saw him in concert in Miami 20 years ago. He’s outrageous! “Hot in the City” from the movie “Big” was Billy Idol.
Just watched him a couple of years ago at the House of Blues in Anaheim California. Hell of a show he put on!🎸👊
Always loved him!
He wasn't referring to " slavery" as a bad thing; in regards to this song it was more along of S&M and he is saying "set you free"....I'm not going to "dominate"
More Billy Idol!! 💖 Steve Stevens on guitar. Hot In The City, Money Money, White Wedding, Eyes Without a Face, Dancing With Myself.
Stevens is amazing. He did a real good job with Vince Neil solo project 2. He's really underrated
@@pjsin9472 didn't Stevens do a song with Michael Jackson?
@@monicamad1285 yeah he did the solo for Smooth Criminal
@@pjsin9472
I know right I always thought he was way underrated.
Rock the Cradle...?
The guitar player is Steve Stevens, absolute underrated legend. Played on the Grammy winning top gun anthem for the classic Tom cruise movie, Dirty Diana with Michael Jackson just to name some of his contributions outside of being Billy Idol’s main axeman
In Sweet Sixteen, his voice sounds like Elvis. I swear he could do Elvis songs.
Billy Idol is awsome... not a jerk... and the best screamer of the 80s... you should see his looks a few years late, total killer
This came out when I was in High School. You notice how he curls his lip he said he got that from Elvis. My hair was like that back then, its called mouse.
He kinda sounded like The King.
Well, once upon a time singers had to be able to sing. Not like today.
He’s one I prayed would not destroy his life, and he didn’t. Almost did himself in with a motorcycle crash, but he’s still singing and enjoying his life today.
The guitarist is legendary guitarist steve stevens, who also co-wrote the song.
He’s very appreciative of his fans.
Billy Idol, 19th / 20th Centuries Punk/Rock "Elvis Presley".
My favorite of them all.
So many great things to say about Billy Idol. His timing was perfect because MTV brought singers and their image to everyone's living room. His whiplash smile and good looks were tailor made for the venue.
He also had a great wing man in Steve Stevens. That guy is bloody brilliant. Good review. You picked a good one to feature.🙂
Hip Hop will Never Stand The Test Of TIME like these classics!!!
WHAT!!??? ROFL someone who doesn't listen to hip hop I see. There is tomns of hits from the 70's-90's that are classic. I HATE people like you trying to demean another genre of music.
And probably my favorite Billy Idol tune. You have to check out "To be a lover". It ROCKS!
It's not really a "jerk vibe." You have to understand that rock 'n' roll is all about ATTITUDE. Billy was dripping with attitude.
Hip hop fans really don't get rock n roll, I r noticed. it's cute to watch.lol
They take everything so literally.lol
Saw him in concert pre covid and he’s amazing live. I was dancing so much he brought the mic down to me and my bf and we got to sing the rest of dancing with myself with him. He loves his fans
You're thinking in terms of Americans when you read, 'Rebel Yell.' He's an English punk rocker, he absolutely couldn't give a s#1t about good old boy values.
Side note: I have always referred to Billy and Glen Danzig as, "Evil Elvis" in the way they sound. Fits.
Billy Idol is a 80s rock band LEGEND!!..His voice, cool demeanor, wardrobe, and of course super sexy..even tho its been 40yrs since this video..his music never gets old for me..I still blast this in my truck to this day!
Steve Stevens is the guitarist. He played guitar on the Top Gun movie theme tune (won a Grammy for it) and he was the guest guitarist on Michael Jackson’s ‘Dirty Diana’. Exceptional player and he wrote all the music for Idol’s hits.
He also was the Guitarist/Songwriter for the Vince Neil Band, after getting Fired from Motley Crue! Seen them in Weedsport NY, they opened for Van Halen. Great live Show!! 1992
One word from a song doesn’t define a person. Billy idol is a great singer and probably a great guy.
Slavery was a reference to sexual submission...and also all through history all races and colors of people experienced slavery...but that's not what he is referring to.
Nope.. Drug addiction.. She won't beg for them but she sleeps with you eventually anyway
Not only was he great at what he did, Billy is a really nice guy.
I did my hair like his and the earrings too when I was a teen
Alice Cooper's Poison from the same era has a similar vibe to it and it's a real banger as well
"Putting it all on the line" sums up the Billy Idol performance style perfectly. 😍👌🏻
Love me some Billy idol he is such a sweetheart
This has to be the best reaction. Thank for for making my day
Billy Idol is a rebel. And an Idol. He is on tour i think and if he's not, he should be.
It's a great show! My eldest son loved him, copied his style. So cute. I got him tickets to see him when he was a grown man.
Wow i can't believe i have to say this rock of the 80s ...Bill idol has alot of music and hes great see we had rock befor rap came out ..and you will hear alot of rock groups from the 80s that are fantastic......
"How does he get his hair like that?"
Lots and lots and lots and lots of hair gel.
And some used egg whites.
I really love watching you listen to my music! lol it's nice to see it's still appreciated. I saw billy Idol 4-6 times, I used to go to concerts almost every weekend and saw many artists multiple times. My 2nd fav concert ever is KISS. I've seen KISS too many times to count, every time they were in my town, pretty much every tour since 1983 to this last one just before COVID. My all time fav was Prince with Sheila E, who I only got to see once, though he's the GOAT. BUT Billy Idol, the last 2 times I saw him he was stumbling all over the stage, it was sad, he just lost it. You could tell something else took over his life, I'm guessing alcohol. he tripped and fell twice in the last concert and his singing just really went down by that time. I don't remember exactly what year I last saw him, but I'd guess between 1986-88, when I was 16-18.
Ultimate 80s singer, love Billy Idol...
Not a Jerk but an absolute Legend & so is his guitar player Steve Stevens who also played the Top Gun Anthem.
He's brilliant,great performer,great voice ,pure talent and what a voice,he's even better live in concert 🇬🇧✌️
Check out "Flesh for fantasy"...An excellent vocal.
He wouldn't be able to handle that one, especially the video 😂
Love seeing a new generation discover Billy and Steve.
How can u judge someone u don't know ?!? Billy Idol is pretty cool ! U HAD to know how to sing back then, it's totally different now with the crap that's popular !!
For the story
Rebel Yell is actually a whisky.
Billy was hanging out with Mick Jagger, Keith Richard and they were drinking this whiskey and Billy thought it would be a great song name
One of my favorite Billy idol songs ever! He's very smart and real!
This is pure pop rock. And that's what the 80's were all about.
Bruh, slavery existed since the dawn of time. It’s not inappropriate if you understand that a slave is anyone who is governed by someone else. No racial connections just facts. Like if someone kidnaps someone and holds them against their will and makes them do what they say is slavery bro. When you get a bit older and feed your brain you’ll see the dichotomy of the context. Knowledge is power young blood.
Yea, not his fault, his whole life he has been educated in the USA school system, they only teach that slavery has existed since the day the USA won it’s independence from the British.
Unfortunately it's this kids generation! Slavery... am rolling my eyes..... ITS about a one night stand! Sex Submission & Drug addiction! Not everything is about race
I love how you said if you imagined a rockstar you would picture someone like him, another reaction channel did one of his songs and said the same exact thing. Nice reaction btw.
He was our 1980s Crazypunk Elvis .
I get the vibe you didn't understand what the song was about at all.
I went to see him perform Rebel Yell at the 2016 IHeart radio concert where he performed with Miley Cyrus. He genuinely is a good guy as I got to meet him afterwards. Best memory ever.
He not only sang, he wrote most of his songs. English. From all accts, a good father now.