OK - I've been busy, and the last couple times I've tried to upload, MOG has been slow. But here I go - continuing the Sountrack Of My Life posts:
As far as guilty pleasures go, this is it for me. Ummm, along with Journey...and a few other cheesy bands. I love Billy Idol. "Rebel Yell" was his best album, but I still remember how it all started.
It actually started in 1981 with "Dancing With Myself" and MTV. Way back in the beginning, MTV was lame and had VJs and played videos ALL THE TIME. (Commentary: Now they are just lame - or maybe I got OLD). I thought "Dancing With Myself" was pretty cool, but I didn't really dig watching some English guy sweat and sneer at me for three minutes. So, I pretty much let it go.
It's funny, but 11-year-olds are just not that picky about what they watch. I know I was just like a sponge soaking up everything I happened to stumble across. And unless it was girly I watched it. Billy Idol was pretty girly.
But then came "White Wedding". The song was more seductive and moody than the perky "Dancing". It was dark and somehow seemed like if my parents knew I was watching it they would make me stop. So I loved it.
It lodged permanently in my cortex and to this very day, Billy holds a He will show up on this list again. Oh yes, he will.
