billy idol - Heroin - Cyberpunk

[MrBranagain]

Somebody just asked if I was listening to Christian Rock.

[shadywalker]

Look up desomorphine.. Or krokadile. Its home made heroin.. nasty shit.

[rimfa123]

Cheesy, loud, headache inducing, I love it!

[ExcessiveSpareTime]

Oh, god.

This cover managed to strip away everything I loved about the original and replace it with giant neon letters reading "FUCK YOU" from here to all infinity.

Quoting Ellison would trite, so I'll just say:

For each and every one of the uncountable number of times this cover dares give the original and everyone who liked it or had anything to do with it a middle finger the size of the Burj Khalifa, I wish that I could scale the hand that bears it, just so I could chop the finger off.

[LUCUX85]

but....the phrase "jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine's" is not from a song of Patty Smith??? I don't remember it in the original song of Lou...can anybody enlight me?

[FirdousBareen]

@LUCUX85 It's in the song "Gloria" by Patti Smith

[sallygirl2066]

no way is billy dead he may not be as famous as he once was but he still rocks billy idol is awesome and always will be i havent found one song i didnt like

[glidinlikeasugarbear]

uggggggghhhhhhh, by the time billy idol came out with cyberpunk, he was already half way into his grave. i love this guy but seriously? come on billy idol, i know youre dead but still.... you should have stopped while you were ahead.

[KJ0012]

@glidinlikeasugarbear seriously? He's not dead.

[sallygirl2066]

@glidinlikeasugarbear in 1993 he was 38 thats not that old billy idol did have a bad choice in changing his music but even in this form of music hes still good

[Antonino190265]

ok!

[TackyRackyComixNEO]

Why on Earth is there some random voice randomly saying "JACK ATTACK" at random moments? It's just so...rancid.

[Dragnoxz]

@TackyRackyComixNEO It is "Smack Attack" lol

[TackyRackyComixNEO]

@Dragnoxz ...O_o  That just makes this that much more lame...

[Dragnoxz]

@TackyRackyComixNEO Yea, but to find out what they sayin ya gota read the lyrics.

[TackyRackyComixNEO]

@Dragnoxz I know the original by the Velvet Underground. I'd rather not look up the lyrics to this one, thank you.

[Dragnoxz]

@TackyRackyComixNEO k

[ryratt]

@TackyRackyComixNEO He's saying "Zack Attack" because he's a big Saved By the Bell fan.

[blackangelsoh]

The shitstorm here is why I find myself at odds with rock/metal/etc listeners(not that I don't listen to these) who cry about "techno sounds".

Billy Idol has always been a little cheesy(which is fine by me) and this is no exception.

[centurion180ad]

Another talent, swept aside as so much dead wood after the end of the Cold War.

[Tonagamu]

What the hell is this? It's like trying to do a VU song over an "I'm Too Sexy For My Shirt" type of dancebeat... it's terrible.

[TheInstinct005]

@Tonagamu Actually, this is one of the best Cyberpunk songs Idol did. Along with Shock to the system. Of course, you have to be a real Idol fan to enjoy his Cyberpunk stuff, because it was quite different to most of what else he did. Absolutely classic!!!

[cippocigno]

Cyberpunk Masterpiece.

Billy idol forever...

[millerchance007]

@cippocigno i never listened to Billy Idol much until this album dropped in...love it

[arn0ldaar0n]

I like it when the doc shoots me with dollata.

[JackieKixx]

Very great song, and very great album of Billy Idol too!!

[Suhari67]

Addiction is bad thing. I eat bentzodiazepine all day! Man. I hate my addiction, because bentzodiatsepine as "miniheroin".

[xxdrzombiexx]

@Suhari67 Benzos are about the worst thing you can do. The addiction is powerful and the withdrawal is the worst I have ever seen (26 years working in mental health). Your Xanax is NOT your friend.

[mikeyyy10000]

@xxdrzombiexx i was who hooked on lorazepam for 3 years 8mg for a long time wiv alcohol aswell much of the time i met heroin addicts telling me heroin withdrawals were a walk in the park compared to my addiction 3 yrs on and i know its still affected me if not physically psychologically ..........but then again welcome to life

[Neomex000]

@Suhari67

why havent you stayed with psychedelics?

[PlowThrough8]

@Neomex000 psychadelics suck inless there hydro shrooms, synthetic is where sexy is at

[Neomex000]

@PlowThrough8

imo 2cp doesn't suck at all and its both psychedelic and synthetic

[PlowThrough8]

@Suhari67 heroin isnt addictive to erryone

[chaotixroz]

i love this song. Classic mash-up

[phoenix667rising]

It's called covering a song.

[ErasmusBasset]

@phoenix667rising Or, in this case, covering the songs face with a pillow and pushing down until it stops flailing.

[sallygirl2066]

@ErasmusBasset you asshole i hate your guts dont talk about billy that way please dont comment back

[ErasmusBasset]

@sallygirl2066 The term that would best describe you would be "moron".

[sallygirl2066]

@ErasmusBasset ok dude i told you not to comment back but whatever i dont care im saying my mind

[ExcessiveSpareTime]

@sallygirl2066 Miss... even the best artists fuck up. Lil' Wayne had Rebirth. Limp Bizkit had Results May Vary, Chris Brown had Graffiti. Tim Buckley had Look At The Fool. Ride had Tarantula. I guess this time, it was Idol's turn. I don't doubt that Idol is a perfectly good musician with a lot of hits under his belt. But you also can't deny that he's directly responsible for this throbbing lump of hatred. And you can respond, by the way. I won't get pissed off, unlike some people I know.

[sallygirl2066]

@ExcessiveSpareTime I know people make mistakes but why in the world would someone go on a video that they know they hate then put a comment when they know their just going to get cussed out by a fan

[ExcessiveSpareTime]

@sallygirl2066

That's not always the case.

Maybe they were curious as to how much they'd hate it, or just wanted to hear for themselves what his fellow sitegoers were insulting.

I'm not sure they were counting on a response from the fanbase.

Just curious: Have you heard the original? One of the best things the Velvet Underground put out, if you ask me.

[sallygirl2066]

@ExcessiveSpareTime Yes I have velvet underground are the best and yes the original is a great too

[aboy16]

this whole song is a rip off of heroin by velet undergound and gloria by patti smith!billy idol sucks and turned to classic songs into techno bullcrap

[unmegaface]

aboy you douche bag, its a fucking cover not a rip off, what the fuck is wrong with you, on which note patti smith's gloria must be a rip off of gloria by them. You pillock! btw though its a pretty awful cover

[EdinburghGuy]

Didn't this CD have a series of images that alternated with the album tracks?

[Paint4U2]

Big change for Billy

[HermannHermit]

this cover is really bad