Generation X-King Rocker

[GamesFrontiers]

Pretentious cobblers. Nuff said.

[feelingslinky]

how fuckin cool did he look? and that hair was awesome!

[LordNibavas]

@feelingslinky YEP LOOKS LIKE HE USED THE WHOLE BOTTLE ON HIS HAIR .

[1961stu]

Saw these guys at a pub in Nuneaton what a night that was, Upstairs at the Hollybush.

[sukiseventy7]

SENSACIONAL!

[DanielPunkIdol]

King fucker :D

[SuperIbanezRocker]

its really obvious hes lip syncin it

stil good

[BILLYKARLOFF]

bill on vocals

[Mr12sean34]

king wocker.

[TheVinceW]

sigue sigue spuntink was fouded by some ex members of generation x

[nobbilc]

Two of the guys in Sigue Sigue Sputnik stole your look !! Billy Idol's always looked good.

His music.....Pffffffffffffffft !!

[diy0hedgehog]

im Queen rocker

nah king sounds better rock rock roock!

[RobinDelaHood]

hahah "yea, looks like he used the whole bottle on the hair" :D go billy go!

[aggyuvf]

Good snarl Billy ya wanker

[BillieeeSTARDUST]

@Soupwraith Omg I didn't realise at first, but he does! :D I like this song though.

[tarabuttercup]

dear lord, this is Billy Idol? kinda corny!

[Soupwraith]

funny...he looks like Ziggy Stardust! XD

[Soupwraith]

funny...he looks like Ziggy Stardust! XD

[Ricer1968]

YEAH

[Ricer1968]

UJJ

[Ricer1968]

GREAT VOICE BUT HES A DICK 

[skatertumen]

@Ricer1968 then youre a ballstuck

[ghostinthemean]

Flock of Seagulls wish!

[runecrafter69]

hey its the jonas brothers yay!!!

[ggallinsblood]

@runecrafter69 ...u could say so many things 2 put them down!!!...AND THIS IS ALL U COME UP WITH!!! the FU(KEN JON@Z BROZ!!!....move around young flu(k!!!

[onzwariuje]

Tony's the best, love him. ;D

[ALotofWind]

Great song. Have the single on yellow vinyl. Worth a few bob? Who knows? Last time I saw him was at a rugby league grand final in Sydney at least half-a-dozen years back and the sound system failed so he did sweet fa apart from fly around the stadium in a small hovercraft!

[sirsurfalot99]

has my vote for best hair ever!

[rongravy]

billeh. rawk rawk rawk. king fucking kong.

[risimas101]

elvis is better than john lennon

[igvu92]

hell yea he is. fuck john lennon and his world peace bullshit. im glad he got shot

[Forestamtul]

Is this 31 yrs old it unbelieveable that long ago and it only seems like yesterday. I was about 16 any one else about that age around that time?

[psycho4808]

Hi forestamtul , yeah mate I was 15 when this came out along with many other great records by many other great bands , long live the seventies.

[millwallpaul76]

i was 19 well into billy idol and the punk scene

[cfcuker]

Cover of Gimme some Truth on bside cracking version

[andy191266]

Used to have the 45 on green vinyl - just a fantastic song

[LimitedPassions]

Billy Idol and Tony James (bass) were both Uni graduates and tried to play it down. I loved this group. Thanks for sharing.

[dogley1]

Billy never graduated from uni...much to the despair of his well educated and middle-classed parents who wanted him to become an accountant! I guess Billy had the last laugh!

[muckymistress]

i was 10years old..........thats when i fell in love lol and my fetish 4bleach`d blond hair arrogance and leather trousers came from xx love youuuuuuuuuu billyyyyyyyyyyy xxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Khultan]

Interesting lyrics after reading it. Very interesting.

[cheeweeoze]

what the fuck?

[debatechamp]

Derwood was a great guitar player

[perbirger]

Yes mate you`ve got it right about Derwood,he`s brilliant

[PeculiarChameleon]

Fuckin' incredible, and cool looking too... I'm talking about Derwood now

[thatfingio]

@debatechamp he was discovered playing guitar in rock band in a youth club ,they had to hack his long hair off

[ttrisking1011]

awesome song

[blanks138]

Yes. Thats all i have to say about this matter. Yes.

[deadlyheart92]

he got his name from a remark a teacher gave him"an idle student"

[uzumakikim]

I love this song but it looks like Billy Idol are on drugs. xD

[up2space]

where have you been?

[MoonchildMindaugasRo]

Not necessarily. I don't do drugs, but I'd be the same as Billy here ;)

[roxmysox6024]

*sigh*

billy idol..

;)

[candyaudioline]

brtish elvis of punk rock

[shanelizard]

Why insult Billy like that?

[mishypoo]

Looks like a fun time! :)

[sdfnjss]

Russel Brand is William Broads illegitimate son from Dot Cotten...nay Rotten as Brand would say

[johnny991965]

Okay, so Billy`s a slaphead now, all that peroxide killed his hair off!

[Chesid]

Mmmph. Generation X. <33

I did my final project for a Rock History course (1970-1995) on Billy Idol (it had to be from a preselected list). So of course, I got to spend my first few minutes taking about both his work in Chelsea, and as the frontman of Generation X. I even used this song (and the original "Dancing With Myself", before Idol's solo take) to showcase the group's sound.

It's one of my personal favorites, along with "One Hundred Punks".

[opticalsound67]

billy idol looks like heinz!!!!

[orkneyfellow]

a blonde Cliff Richard for the safety punk generation.

[munners123]

first live gig i ever saw ..wolverhampton civic hall..gen x supported by neon hearts...1978....ahh those were the days...and i was only 12..lol

[xz4q18]

His real name is William Pratt!!!! Absolutely true

[leejoliver]

No oit's not. It's Sir William of Idol.

Actually, it's William Broad. He did live near Pratt's Bottom though

[xz4q18]

I stand corrected.

[tommyramone666]

No that was Boris Karloff you uneducated twat!

Billy Idol was known to his mother as William Broad!

[lottietotty]

This was the first record I ever bought. Despite my ADHD I can rememer every word of the lyrics.

They don't make 'em like that any more ;-)

[uglybus7]

this was the first record i got with money from a holiday that i had left over,bout 50p

i think? remember the words myself to this day

[twolaneblacktop70]

billy idol looks like heinz!

[robincobb77]

Love this song,really like his hair. The face rubbing at the end i also like but I don't quite know why.

[fid013uk]

good song

[ultracrunchy]

yeah I saw billy doin some jump up n down at a pistols back in the 70's ..

[acerb45666555]

WooT! 5/5!

[doesnthurt2try]

a little bit of ant music  up in there.

[jonsopwith]

This was a hit long before Adam and the Ants dented the charts you dozy twonk

[Dirlandas]

"dented the charts" - more like kicked the s**t out of the charts.

[Ninjaworkersinc]

I love how Billy makes his voice go really high in some parts, makes this song even more appealing than what it already is :)

[WizardArtist]

Sigue Sigue Sputnik still kick ass!

[andook]

Idol and Tony James wrote the songs, but the guitarist and drummer were fucking good too.

[fortrose]

great to see this after all these years, billy your punks elvis, thanks.

[mcrxrockx]

blueey975 has a point idol is a fukin sxy basterd! if jacker1962 h8s him he should die idol is a fukin GOD!!!!

[JuceeeUpNorf]

Class musicians rock on!!

[7630549]

king rocker, king kong?

[mgbgt1967]

Billy Idol was a great front man, he made the band stand out from the mass of talentless oiks who jumped on the punk bandwagon.

[carloop]

firstly cheers for putting this on .i saw this originally when i was nine years old in `79 it was my introduction to punk ( a bit late i was only 7 in `77)basically my interest in music shaped who i am and what i`ve done and it started with this song.billy idol is a dick still although gen x were good

[mcrxrockx]

get a life idol is a gOD u dick!!!! u should die idol is a fukin genuis! hes my idol and if y h8 him ur my chicken!!>8(

[moonrat8]

This song is LEGENDARY!!!

[akajck]

one of the first singles i bought.( got it in yellow vinyl) still love the song but i have to agree with jacker ,idol was a bit of a tool.

[mcrxrockx]

fuk u!! and jacker idol is da best!! i luv him!!! u should die dickhead!!! u chicken

bac bac baaaaaac! cluck!>8(

[bobmedley]

Billy Idol is a spanner

[mcrxrockx]

at least his tool works he has a son!!! u bastard!

u h8 idol u bastard! grrrrrrrrr!

u a bastard lik ur ma!

[Rezaj]

NO U!

[jacker1962]

love gen x music,but idol is such a cock.

[blueey975]

genx was fuk all without billy so what the fuk you onabout lol

[elky41]

idol is way better than any of you guys out there who hates him.

[SoWahtPeple]

Agreed!