Brian L
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This was mentioned in the ongoing 80's thread, but I thought it would be worthy of its own thread....
Billy Idol is out with a new track, and it kicks ass.
I happened to see that iTunes had it listed, and gave the sample a listen. Wow, vintage Billy Idol. This track rocks, and would fit right in on Rebel Yell. I liked it enough to do a downlaod.
As AricB posted in the 80's thread, it has Steve Stevens on it (The web site says they are co-writing tunes for his new LP which is due in March), and while I could not find anything on the rest of the band its a great track in the Billy Idol tradition.
Now, the lyrics are pretty dumb, but I was not expecting Shakespear, so I guess you can say they fit the tune well.
I recently played my vinyl copy of Rebel Yell, and thought it held up pretty well, and as a bonus, it was a pretty well recorded LP. File it under "guilty pleasures" I guess. If the rest of the new LP sounds as good as Scream, I'm there.
There is also a tour listed, which could be cool assuming they play in smaller venues (Yeah, like he has the option to play arenas???
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Billy does look a bit old to be doing the blonde spikes and the sneer, but I guess that IS Billy Idol, so what the hell? It just wouldn't be right to see him in Khakis on the golf course.
BGL
Billy Idol is out with a new track, and it kicks ass.
I happened to see that iTunes had it listed, and gave the sample a listen. Wow, vintage Billy Idol. This track rocks, and would fit right in on Rebel Yell. I liked it enough to do a downlaod.
As AricB posted in the 80's thread, it has Steve Stevens on it (The web site says they are co-writing tunes for his new LP which is due in March), and while I could not find anything on the rest of the band its a great track in the Billy Idol tradition.
Now, the lyrics are pretty dumb, but I was not expecting Shakespear, so I guess you can say they fit the tune well.
I recently played my vinyl copy of Rebel Yell, and thought it held up pretty well, and as a bonus, it was a pretty well recorded LP. File it under "guilty pleasures" I guess. If the rest of the new LP sounds as good as Scream, I'm there.
There is also a tour listed, which could be cool assuming they play in smaller venues (Yeah, like he has the option to play arenas???
)Billy does look a bit old to be doing the blonde spikes and the sneer, but I guess that IS Billy Idol, so what the hell? It just wouldn't be right to see him in Khakis on the golf course.
BGL
