BILLY IDOL - WHITE WEDDING Reaction

[@23maplesyrup]

You must check out his song "Eyes Without a Face." It's a slower vibe but probably my favourite of all.

[@argentokaos2629]

Why old guys (like myself) STILL wish we could look like Billy Idol: (1:53). OK, so as to lyrical context, Billy's making a poetic comparison between two types of weddings--- and you have to be familiar with particular "Western" meanings. "White wedding": one in which the totally white wedding dress is supposed to represent the bride's "pure" (still virginal) status. "Shotgun wedding": one in which the father of the bride *ain't happy* with the new groom (perhaps because, say, the bride is pregnant) and therefore is holding a shotgun (in the old days) to deliver the message--- "Let's just hurry up and get this over with." Idol's using the term "sister" to make himself sound like the older authority figure (to the girl in the song whom he still cares for), saying, So you want to start over (without me)? Well, then, think about all this...

[@longfootbuddy]

he did look good and have the moves didnt he.. some good songs too.. good videos

[@therealcobracommander8324]

Thank you for doing this. Billy Idol is one of my favorite artists. I'm pretty sure I requested him awhile back. Either way thank you. Your beautiful 😍😍😍😍😍

[@EMPRESSJOYJEAN]

Thank you dear. Your name here is so long lol… You have a shorter name I could call you?

[@therealcobracommander8324]

@@EMPRESSJOYJEAN I guess you can call me Cobra. 🤷🏻‍♂️ can you please do a reaction to Billy Idol - sweet sixteen. Heres the link . 😍😘🇨🇦 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZ3biXecq9mioJI

[@Roddy1965]

Nobody to my knowledge has reacted to his earlier band Generation X, which put out some really great music in the early punk era.

[@marcotroiani7]

Billy Idol is the best. Is the top Listen also:rock cradle of love,eyes without face, Rebel Yell.all Is Amazing

[@Jigsyboy1]

haha....good reaction. Like how you have a big crush on billy

[@matthewleonhardt2407]

Hello Joy Jean! Very excellent reaction to another great billy idol song! You are the best Empress!

[@MegaTechno2000]

He said on David Letterman, its was about thinking his sister's Marriage wouldn't last long .

[@petemiller352]

Billy idol got to be a lover and catch my fall

[@happymethehappyone8300]

BILLY IDOL "EYES WITHOUT A FACE" & "HOT IN THE CITY"

[@frikster5542]

Empress another great reaction.....Hello Joy-Jean,I Love You..White Wedding great Billy Idol song.....Steve Stevens is Billy Idol's guitarist he's great.....Despite rumors to the contrary, this song is not about Idol's actual little sister. "Little sister" is slang for girlfriend. He is singing about a woman/girl he loves marrying someone else while he still loves her.....I seen Billy Idol Live

[@angelado3]

❤️🔥🔥 so glad you did the video on this one too !!

[@EnervatedSociety]

"Despite rumors to the contrary, this song is not about Idol's actual little sister. "Little sister" is slang for girlfriend. He is singing about a woman/girl he loves marrying someone else while he still loves her. Idol did have a sister who was getting married, but on an episode of VH1 Storytellers, he explained that his sister's wedding simply gave him the idea for the song. Like many of Idol's compositions, he started with the title and wrote the song from there." - songfacts website I read another explanation that said the song doesn't say they broke up so maybe that's part of the surprise, shock, about this "Shotgun wedding" and questioning her decision throughout the song.

[@bakercarl8518]

He always been one of my favorites. I love watching your reactions to this.

[@allisterfiend_2112]

Another good one from Billy Idol is 'Dancing With Myself'.

[@tilemonkee5510]

awesome reaction, as usual, my most wonderful friend!!

[@pamagnolia]

Have always enjoyed this song. First time seeing this video! 😊🌹

[@marthaz]

On this Thanksgiving day, Thank you for bringing your unique sensitivity to me and the rest of the world. 🙏 Love him, love your sensitivity and genuine reactions and genuine confusion 🤣👍 💕

[@Gloomshadow100]

his sister got married and he sat down trying to come up with a new song. "hey little sister what have you done?".. then he just kept working on it over a few days. He mixed in a bunch of other elements. its not really about his sister its about "marriage" .. then "white wedding" like a virgin marriage then evolved into being married to "white" (cocaine) .. "there is noting safe in this world, nothing pure in this world .. ect ect BUT START AGIAN" ended up being a song saying that marriage is risky and it can go bad, just like cocaine is risky and can go bad. Billy and the girl get married in a scary church and the kitchen starts blowing up as she dances like a puppet, at the end she's dead on top of the tomb with Billy singing to her... listen to it a few times you'll understand it. That boy was BAD back in his day kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIaWq6qKiseGrsk

[@stuartuhlhorn5324]

How's my day? All the better for having you start it! :) You should have a look at Stray Cats

[@kelvenguard]

the meaning of the song............... REVELATION 20............ the end is Here

[@TheGraphix71]

I grew up with the music and I am proud of it!

[@billyidol4140]

Great reaction could you react to billy idol running from the ghost 😎

[@Gwagon1]

Hello Joy-Jean

[@EMPRESSJOYJEAN]

Hi Mikael

[@jenniferandrews1917]

I really enjoy his song and video called ROCK THE CRADLE OF LOVE. I think you will as well.

[@KittyCatsBrokenLeg]

Love the hair!

[@michaelpenick2377]

Empress, never got the lyrics neither, but it has a good hook and a good hook is enough

[@EMPRESSJOYJEAN]

It sure does @Micheal Penick

[@pctlc]

Sometimes you just have to enjoy the beat!! somebody in chat mentioned "eyes without a face" you should check that out. Thanks Dear Empress!!

[@yastube27]

Love Billy! React to “Mony Mony” please .

[@travissimons3196]

Hello darling as beautiful as ever and yes a great hit

[@petercsigo3314]

😍

[@JohnJohnson-tw8qk]

❤️

[@screwyou341]

Happy Thanksgiving to empress joy jean

[@megarouge61]

I don't think there is any real deep meaning to the song however, it's one of the best sounding songs of the New Wave era. Completely perfect. Anything added or taken away would ruin it.

[@eve7093]

Sweet sixteen is one of my favorites by Billy Idol. Nobody reacted to that song on youtube yet, so maybe you can be the first...?

[@CasonovaCorkClub]

*You should do some INXS .. My Queen!!*

[@louismurphy252]

Happy Thanksgiving Empress

[@davidfrankaaa]

Cradle of love nr2 in bilboard list and Mony Mony nr1 in bilboard list

[@klauss1995]

Please react to "Eyes without a face"

[@johnshelton2414]

I LKE THIS SONG:)

[@appalachianridgerunners6571]

Please review some ZZ Top band. Great Video!!!!!!!

[@mikemix1361]

Hello Joy Jean, I love you.

[@EMPRESSJOYJEAN]

Hi Mike 🥰

[@mikehigbee4754]

Try staind (it’s been awhile) you will not be disappointed!

[@ronnie73072]

You really need to react to his live version of Mony Mony.

[@brianharriman7979]

You’re right empress, this song is hard to figure out without knowing the story behind it, and the imagery in the video makes it even more confusing. One of Billy’s lovers unexpectedly married another guy without breaking up with Billy first, which took him by surprise. Replace ‘littler sister’ with ‘lover’ or ‘girlfriend’ and it makes a bit more sense. ‘Shotgun’ refers to how fast she went from being his lover to being married to someone else. White wedding is his way of saying that she pretended Billy never existed in her life when she married the other guy.

[@mattrevie5123]

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[@gary5172]

True Story, His Son Passed Away | Craig Morgan - The Father, My Son, and The Holy Ghost

[@ericheaton8545]

Hello JJ i love you ❤😍❤

[@EMPRESSJOYJEAN]

Hi Eric, love you right back ❤️

[@ericheaton8545]

@@EMPRESSJOYJEAN ❤❤hug❤❤

[@trucklover389]

A white wedding is traditionally held for a virgin. A shotgun wedding is traditionally a southern or Appalachian thing that happened when a girl was pregnant, daddy stood to the side with a shotgun, therefore a shotgun wedding

[@pcassidy14]

MTV in the early 80s made no sense nor tried to make a point....it was just an artist vision.

[@seanwoods4883]

He was a real punk singer until some music exec saw him and thought he was too sexy for punk and turned him into a heart throb.

[@sandros5199]

🇮🇹👍🏻

[@dougbarton4668]

Did I hear you say Billy Idol was hot?? LOL If you want to see hot, look in a mirror. You’re such a beautiful woman. I really enjoy your reactions.

[@caracoidwren944]

I can't remember exactly the song's explanation from Billy himself, but it was rather dry. Obviously it has more meaning than what he said. My take is way darker and I'm thinking it's much more perverse. I mean, we're not talking about a choir boy here. He is indeed talking about his little sister and I think the character that he's portraying in the song is one of two kids who grew up rough and had to share a lot of beds together (ah-hum), they're both bad kids now and his sister is all screwed up. She's been married before (hence the sarcastic white wedding) but she's so messed up that it didn't work. The brother has been away but hears about her next marriage and shows up to tell her she's just dreaming about leading a normal life with some normal guy. His sexual growling throughout is telling her, look, I'm the only one who's suited for you. This dream you have is going to collapse and I'll be around when it does because we both know I'm the only one who can understand you. Him jamming the ring on her finger is an acknowledgement of how he knows his relationship with her is destructive, but so be it. Hey! The whole song just steams with sexuality and darkness. I'm just going where it leads me.

[@2460welshguards]

He done some good tunes way back when , the pop industry never knew where to place him , rock , pop or punk . Shame he burned out quickly. Drugs , alcohol and all that

[@therealcobracommander8324]

I think its what some people call a shotgun wedding

[@Gloomshadow100]

yes partly.. a virgin wedding on the surface but a shotgun wedding in reality... and it's like being married to cocaine

[@1075twist]

Hot as hell

[@lilaccilla]

Brian Setzer and the stray cats were Hotter

[@tanyaweathersby9393]

The video symbolize marriage as the death of women........but I would risk it for Billy Idol!

[@CanChikMay]

How come youre doing reactions over again?

[@polski21twelve70]

do you still have a patreon ? please let me know, it's very unprofessional

[@claytonanthony9619]

You stop n talk to much , takes the enjoyment of enjoying the song