Generation X - ready steady go

[davymgaunt]

Billy Idol...AKA William Broad, was a posh public school educated pretty boy from stockbroker belt Surrey who fell in with the Bromley Contingent (Google it!) and became a punk. He used to leave his spacious family mansion in a leafy suburb and drive up to gigs in the heart of London in his Triumph Stag sports car. A first class ponce.

[3M4r4]

This is PUNK! I love this kind of punk !!! 

[jacker1962]

Crackin song but B.I. is a posing wan---!!!

[Boogieboy138]

I love the way Billy looks here, he just looks so fuckin punk and cool.

[ashie259]

It's fucking mayhem down the front

[princesskellysue]

and all the things she said, was going thru my head

[misterberko]

Great - just don't call this 'punk'.

[twangzombie]

@misterberko This is the definition of punk rock!

[LardInATubeSock]

@misterberko This IS punk. Billy was part of the punk scene. Of course, even back then, he was accused of being a bit of a poseur, but this is still great punk rock, and the LP this comes from is one of the great punk albums of that era.

[misterberko]

@LardInATubeSock

Re: "This IS punk"

I did say I liked this but... Nah. Rubbish, sorry. Try searching for "Banned from the Pubs*, or "Borstal Breakout", watch the videos and then watch this again.

[LardInATubeSock]

@misterberko I am well versed with punk from that era as I grew up listening to it and I was a serious collector of pre-1984 punk vinyl for years. Peter and TTTB is more novelty than true punk, although they were early progenitors of punk. Sham 69 was good but really, trying to discredit Gen X as not being punk is misguided at best. Sure, they were more commerical sounding, but they were heavily involved in the punk scene during that time period. Idol was a bit of a poseur for sure.

[misterberko]

@LardInATubeSock

Heh heh, thanks for replying but we're going to have to agree to disagree then. I did miss the 'first wave' and only got into in the late 80's. What I am completely sure about is that music can't be 'punk' if it isn't angry and anti-establishment. there was also the whole 'anyone can do it after learning 2 or 3 chords' D.I.Y-sound. Without either of these all you have is late-70's pop music. Not that that's a bad thing, as I keep saying.

[LeLimeLine]

@misterberko Borstal Breakout is a hell of a tune as well, but Ready Steady Go will always have a place in my heart. There is no one or the other for me.

[preciousbash]

I love Gen X But I love songs like white wedding and Rebel Yell. Rebel Yell is one of my fav albums. Billy is the BOMB!!

[spbooger]

He looks like macaulay culkin dressed as Sid Vicious in this video...

[pwyndam]

Beautiful punk rock brillance, back when the man was honest with himself and before the cyber city rock sell out.

[robertwienerrocks]

I'll never understand why people who claim to like a musician would begrudge them success.........

[calculatorwatch]

I REALLY REALLY NEED A TIME MACHINE

[LeLimeLine]

Best comment I've ever read, ever.

Absolutely ever.

Absolutely best comment ever.

[preciousbash]

@calculatorwatch TAKE ME WITH YOU!!!

[TblueifiwasgreenK]

he lifts one side of his lip up alot, like hes discusted

love this band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bwdbb52]

I love Billy Idol + Generation X!!!1

[Rcfuss]

Man I didn't know Billy Idol was in a mega band before the 80's did him in.

[Avebury]

Generation X was far better than anything Billy Idol did on his own.

[hanoitwin]

no shit,generation x was far better than any billy idol shit,wish they would have kept going so we could see what they were like now,too bad.

[GladRags]

@Avebury I can't belive this comment got 10 thumbs up. Here's a thumbs down for ya. :)

[racoon1957]

FLASHBACK!!!!!!!

Damm! puNk was great back then!

[IdleOz]

is this TOTP? The only thing that leads me to believe this is the fact that the performance looks pantomimed, as was normal on TOTP.

[idolrock1]

yes this is TOTP.

[enduro80]

thanks for posting excellent vid

[schumatter]

Thanks , hadn't seen this one before