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Billy Idol - Discography
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: March 2, 2012, 11:34 pm
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Re: Billy Idol - Discography
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: March 2, 2012, 11:34 pm
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[center]What's The Best Billy Idol Album Of All Time?
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Re: Billy Idol - Discography
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: March 3, 2012, 12:22 am
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[center]Billy Idol (Rebel Yell) 1983
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I think both Billy Idol and Steve Stevens don't get the respect
they deserve, especially with regards to Rebel Yell. This album
showcases that Billy has an awesome voice and that somehow get
lost in the discussions about great singers because most just
assume that he snarls and yells based on his videos and
personae. But if you really sit down and listen to this album
you will see that there is more than just the guttural singing
he has been associated with on White Wedding. Just listen to
tracks like Eyes Without A Face, Catch My Fall and The Dead Next
Door which shows that the dude can actually sing.
Most people just think of Steve Stevens as all flash and no
balls when it comes to his guitar skills. When his name is
mentioned they always give him props for his lead playing, but
say nothing about his riffs. The cat is so much more than just
being a gunslinger axe player. He has amazing rhythm skills with
some killer riffs that anchors most of the songs. Without his
chops here, the songs would fall apart for sure.
There are so many great tracks on this one that it's become an
unofficial Greatest Hits Album. Rebel Yell is an fantastic
opener that sets the tone for the rest to follow. Great
memorable melody. Eyes Without A Face is all raw intensity from
Billy's deliberate singing to Steve's riff/guitar solo, it also
has one of the greatest basslines ever, courtesy of Sal Cuevas.
This song is on par with Queen's Under Pressure for most
memorable Bassline. Blue Highway is highly underrated and I can
guarantee you that most people have never heard of it if they
don't own the album. It's insanely addictive when you listen to
it.
Flesh For Fantasy just oozes sex. How can you not love the
chorus? 'Face to face and back to back, you see and feel my sex
attack'.....Awesome stuff. Catch My Fall is an earworm to the
max. I've never been satisfied just listening to this one time.
Impossible!!!!
Face Songs: Rebel Yell, Eyes Without A Face, Blue Highway, Flesh
For Fantasy, Catch My Fall and The Dead Next Door
[center]Rebel Yell Music Videos
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
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Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face
HTML http://youtu.be/9OFpfTd0EIs
Billy Idol - Flesh For Fantasy
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Billy Idol - Catch My Fall
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Re: Billy Idol - Discography
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: March 3, 2012, 9:07 pm
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[center]Billy Idol (Whiplash Smile) 1986
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There are times when I love this record and there are times when
I can't stand it and in both cases it would get 4 Stars out of
5, which makes this a decent follow up to his mega charting
Rebel Yell. So, if this is a good album then how can I hate it
at times? First off, it sounds lnothing like Rebel Yell, which
was a very raw record. That one had some some down and dirty
meat to its texture. On Whiplash Smile, the album is more
polished in sound and feel. The other thing that makes this
stand out a bit more is the overuse of Steve Steven's Ray Gun
FX. It's all over this one, whereas it was used sparingly on
Rebel Yell.
I'm not knocking it. I actually like the album a lot....but it's
not an album I can listen to over and over like I can with Rebel
Yell. There are some killer tracks on this one, the best being
Don't Need A Gun. Sonically I think it's the best song that both
Steve and Billy have ever recorded. Just listen to Steve's
wailing guitar solo that is more wall of sound than your typical
shread fest. And speaking of Ray Guns, it gets a workout in
Beyond Belief. Everyone knows To Be A Lover as the albums
biggest hit. I use to really love this song, but I have trouble
listening to the cut on this one because I prefer the epic Remix
off of Vital Idol instead. Sweet Sixteen is another great song
that showed a more "softer" side of Billy, acoustic style.
Fave Songs: Sweet Sixteen, Man For All Seasons, Don't Need A
Gun, Beyond Belief and Fatal Charm.
[center]Whiplash Smile Music Videos
Billy Idol - To Be A Lover
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Billy Idol - Don't Need A Gun
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Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen
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Re: Billy Idol - Discography
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: March 6, 2012, 9:59 pm
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[center]Billy Idol (Vital Idol) 1985/1987
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I'm usually not a fan of remix albums. But in the case of Vital
Idol, they absolutely got it right in the song selections and
turning them into Dance Tracks. It's one thing to listen to
these songs in a car or headphones, but it's another thing to
have this blaring over the PA system and dancing to a hot chick
on the dance floor. They didn't play these songs all that much
in some of the clubs I went to, but when they did it always got
a very positive reaction from those in attendance. There's
really not much to dissect here since it's taking the original
songs, extending almost twice the length and adding a lot of
bells and whistles to the mix.
I think the best overall Remix here is definitely Hot In The
City. The mix is so good that it's actually better than the
original version of the song. But the one song that I always
play more than any other from this one is To Be A Lover, it's
got more guitars and the opening is sick,
Fave Songs: White Wedding, Mony Mony, Hot In The City, Flesh For
Fantasy, To Be A Lover, Love Calling and Catch My Fall
[center]Vital Idol Music Videos
Billy Idol - Mony Mony (Live)
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Billy Idol - Hot In The City
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Re: Billy Idol - Discography
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: March 8, 2012, 12:01 am
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[center]Billy Idol (Charmed Life) 1990
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I can't believe it has been probably 15 years since I have
listened to Charmed Life from top to bottom. This album is
insanely underrated. Because Steve Stevens was gone from Billy's
band by this time, the album sometimes gets overlooked. Billy
went with another gunslinger by the name of Mark Younger-Smith.
He is not in the same mold of Stevens or any other shredder. He
is more blues based which of course made Charmed Life very
bluesy, but with a much harder rock vibe than the last album and
even more so than Rebel Yell. That's not to say that Mark
doesn't shred on a few songs. It's just that they are more
controlled to serve the song instead of just shredding for the
sake of shredding.
If there is a "weak" song to be found here, I guess the opening
track The Loveless would be it. I think it's just an okay track
and most people would say its 'filler'. I guess you could be
right. But listening to it a few times more it's growing on me.
But after this, the album really starts to smoke starting with
Pumping On Steel. It's a very sedated tempo that just keeps
building and right before Mark rips into his guitar solo, the
song itself has it's own Phil Collin's 'In The Air Tonight" drum
solo that requires you to play at max volume.
Don't skip Prodigal Blues, even if it doesn't sound like a
typical Billy Idol song. It's a fantastic slow blues song that
shows a different side of to his singing. Love it. L.A. Woman
and Cradle Of Love get the most plays because of the videos. I
was never a fan of The Doors, but have come to really enjoy
Billy's take on the classic song. The thing I gotta mention
about Cradle Of Love is the guitar solo. Back when I was doing a
lot of 4 Track recording in the day, one of the instrumental
songs that I worked on, more specifically the guitar solo,
almost note for note what you hear in Cradle is what I have on
my demo. The only thing, I recorded the song/solo about 2 years
earlier. So when I heard Mark's solo, it floored me. What the f
u c k !!! I gotta find my cassette copy and listen to it. I have
not heard it in years. Would be fun to revisit it for sure.
The rest of the album is just as good. Just keep an open
mind....and ear and give this one a chance. Just because it's a
little bit different from what you would call a typical Billy
Idol album, sans Steve Stevens, you may find yourself playing
this one a lot.
Fave Songs: Pumping On Steel, Prodigal Blues, L.A. Woman,
Trouble With The Sweet Stuff, Cradle Of Love, Mark Of Caine and
Love Unchained
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Billy Idol - L.A. Woman
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Billy Idol - Cradle Of Love
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Billy Idol - Prodigal Blues
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Billy Idol - Pumping On Steel (Live)
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Re: Billy Idol - Discography
DIR By: boyinblack80
Date: March 8, 2012, 12:43 am
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yeah never even heard this one...I did like the song cradle of
love,,,,,the cover art is really cool.
will have to look through Danna's records and see what Billy
Idol she might have....you never know...one of the perks of
having a wife that was really into music...although most of the
time maybe only 30% of the stuff I like she might (and vice
versa)...but that gives you some solid options for things you'd
never buy also
:)
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Re: Billy Idol - Discography
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: March 8, 2012, 12:47 am
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Out of all of Billy's albums, I would definitely recommend
Charmed Life first. Hopefully she has a copy for you to check
out.
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Re: Billy Idol - Discography
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: November 17, 2014, 9:56 pm
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[center]Billy Idol - Can't Break Me Down
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So, I'm about half way through Billy's book and like any book I
read, I always make it a point to head to YouTube to pull up
Interviews, TV Appearances, Music Videos and Live footage to
paint an even better picture of the words on paper. So, hitting
the old vids, I saw a video that looked new. Fired up Can't
Break Me Down and I love the song. It's a throwback to his
vintage stuff. He sounds f*cking great and the video is pretty
cool as well. The last album I ever bought of Billy's was
Charmed Life on Vinyl. I dig Can't Break Me Down enough to want
to look for a used copy for myself. I've lost count how many
times I've already played the song in the past couple of days.
Very pumped to get a copy of his newest album which would be my
first new Billy Idol record since 1990. Yikes!!!!
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Re: Billy Idol - Discography
DIR By: boyinblack80
Date: November 17, 2014, 10:07 pm
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cool!
I think I would like the song live a little more than the studio
cut...it's a little too over produced for my tastes...but it's a
catchy tune!
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