BILLY IDOL - WHITE WEDDING REACTION

[@j.t.3798]

Billy Idol had it all: looks, sex appeal, voice, charisma. Man is 🔥. Great reaction!

[@stonebringer1]

Billy Idol--- Dancing With Myself.

[@jimmymac4559]

“Eyes without a face” is mandatory

[@ZeeStranjelz]

Yeeez...Les Yeux Sans Visage...

[@derekgt7]

This^^^

[@lespenman925]

100% his best song...luv it

[@americanmutt9089]

Also Flesh For Fantasy.

[@tmellen2100]

Agree. That guitar in the middle is awesome

[@paulj978]

Your face when you see him says everything. 😂

[@shadaxe]

It isn't really surprising that you'd find Billy Idol attractive. He does the Elvis Presley lip curl and he exudes confidence.

[@clairerussell1391]

He's a dorty, dorty boy

[@Johonnac]

Cheekbones for days (and I always thought he had the most perfect nose).

[@vanyadolly]

He is fiiiine. And with that voice to boot

[@doreen9293]

Actually he mimicked Sid Vicious of the sex pistols

[@sopdox]

Billy Idol’s look was the inspiration for Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer

[@sandrablouin7673]

Well, Spike did say that Billy Idol stole his look...

[@johnjohn37371]

Now I believe that, one of them things that has to be...

[@Gerard-yt3dz]

Really!!??? The movie and tv series were in the '90s This song was released in 1982!

[@tlucas9798]

In the 80s he was so fine, he was 💯 committed to his persona, and you believed every minute of it. A total rock star and performer. None compare, even today.

[@speedy692]

I use to like him until he done a duet with Miley Cyrus.

[@speedy692]

@BlubberBrother I had a friend who listened to him at School in 1986 & I started to like him. He's the epitome of cool. Miley Cyrus isn't. Being tough doesn't suit her. Don't know what Billy was thinking?

[@janetagro3713]

He’s still fine and ripped at 65 keeps himself in prime shape!❤️

[@nanner3200]

Looks like he had a little too much work done on his face though. That look where it's just a bit over the line to look great.

[@kathleensmith3555]

I laughed so hard when he popped up in the movie The Wedding Singer --- It was great

[@barbarachieppo8290]

@@kathleensmith3555 Yes, I love that scene so much where he helps to block the aisle.😀

[@MadMattInc1]

In old school rock lingo, very often "Little Sister" could also stand as a nick name for a lover, but on this one this was in fact apparently about his actual sister, and he's questioning her about this guy she's with, as she was being forced to marry him as the apparently the guy and her had eloped and she turned out pregnant. To which a "shotgun" wedding was planned. The old time joke being that you better marry her boy, or the girl's father is going to coming after you, to the point that they jokingly would have the shotgun ready at the wedding in case the boy would still try to run out on the wedding. I believe the move of 7 brides for 7 brothers ended on the same joke, with 7 fathers with shot guns. And 7 country boys very quickly saying "I do."

[@allisonjae3152]

This song is about his sister who got pregnant at 15 and decided to get married and he disapproved. Please do Cradle of Love.

[@pennyrollings267]

Thankyou always wanted to know.

[@allisonjae3152]

@@pennyrollings267 Billy Idol was always one of my favorites. Saw him in concert in the mid 80s when I was a teenager.

[@jkronen1000]

As stated in an interview on VH1's "Storytellers", Billy specifically states that the song is NOT about his little sister like everyone believes. "Little Sister" in England, is slang for girlfriend, similar to "Bae". He continued to say the song is about a guy seeing a girl he was once in a relationship with marry someone else. He's still deeply in love with her, but she's not. Additionally she's pregnant by the guy she's about to marry. He later went on to say his sister getting married gave him the inspiration to the song, but reiterated that it is not specifically about her. Only that his little sister gave him inspiration.

[@allisonjae3152]

@@nineinchallan No, I'm not. I saw the documentary years ago and that is what the song is about.

[@WizardPandora]

@@nineinchallan it is about his younger sister, and what many would consider a shotgun wedding because she was 15 and pregnant. She still married to the same man to this day

[@shellymarquez9320]

Many years ago, my cousin actually walked down the aisle to this song and got married!🤣🤣🤣

[@PhoenixRisen63]

Saw him perform live, about 10 years ago, and he still put on a great show. 😊

[@denicerenee1970]

Totally and he got such a kick at having a multi generation following. And still hot! ❤👯

[@davidfrankaaa]

He wrote this song in 20 minutes, He was little bit angry when his sister was pregnant and will be marriage. U must check video's Cradle Of Love (nr 2 in bilboard 90) and Mony Mony Live official video ( nr 1 in charts)

[@reality1958]

Just watched the Wedding Singer with Adam Sandler and Billy Idol was in it. Wasn't expecting that!

[@Bozers24]

Jayy should do a reaction to that scene on the airplane where Adam Sandler serenades Drew Barrymore.

[@jennifera7651]

"See, Billy Idol gets it, I don't know why she doesnt" 😂

[@nineinchallan]

Pounding nails into coffins. Sings 'start again', over and over again.

[@homernoy]

His sister had a 'shotgun' wedding, and that is what the song is based on.

[@karlsmith2570]

Yeah, that's true It's basically Billy's giving the "Universal Middle Finger Salute" to the institution of marriage Basically, his sister got married because she had gotten pregnant, which Billy thought was rather stupid

[@sunsungoaway]

My aunt was married to an A-hole who got a girl pregnant. When her parents told him he was going to marry her, he said "haha, I'm already married!". Out came the shotguns and my aunt was happy to provide the divorce papers, so he got married again real quick

[@the_dropbear4392]

No it's not, he has stated as much in an interview. He was inspired to write a song when at his sisters wedding but the lyrics of the sing have nothing to do with his sister

[@karlsmith2570]

@@the_dropbear4392 really??? If so, then you should provide links to the interview in question Because I'd always heard, especially from VH1, that he'd written this song as a slap in the face to getting married simply because you got pregnant

[@darkalice650]

I've always thought that this song about suicide or overdose.

[@keymack2477]

Billy Idol was a force back in the 80's, absolutely impossible to ignore! Glad to see you are getting into him - his best song, the one you absolutely need to react to is "Eyes Without A Face"! Enjoy!

[@MrAnamchara]

Billy Idol is a very intelligent guy . Just looking back at his old interviews you can see. Though born in England he spent a few years in New York State when he was a little kid before returning home to England . He had a career in the mid 70s with punk band Generation X but he never really made it big until he moved to the states and went solo. I loved listening to him when I was about 8 or 9 , my old man played the albums religiously. He looks a bit weird now with the plastic surgery on his lips. Bit duck face but my sister was crazy for him in the 80s

[@loisr3970]

we had neighbors who played sappy country stuff. When I got tired of it... it was white wedding time ...... He was a cutty....

[@ThDirtyCurfDrummer]

Trust, you're not the only woman who swoons over Billy Idol, lol! Anyway, you should seek out these songs by Billy Idol too. 5. Eyes Without A Face 4. Hot In The City 3. Dancing With Myself 2. Flesh For Fantasy 1. Catch My Fall

[@LaptopLarry330]

Billy Idol was a handsome man then, and he is a handsome man now, even in his sixties.

[@Retnoob]

You and every girl alive in the 80s.

[@paulwalsh2344]

Man, I was a teen in the 80's... and I can't believe all the videos of songs that I loved as they came out, that I NEVER saw the official videos of ! This is the FIRST time I saw the official video of "White Wedding" ! 39 YEARS after it came out ! ! Holy Fiddlesticks !

[@tchristianfuhriman5177]

Saw Billy back in 1986. Amazing energy - don't forget the great guitar action from Steve Stevens.

[@UnderTheMillkyWay]

He is most definitely fine. I love his voice even better than his look though. I traveled across country in the 80's following his tours. I ended up living in so many states. He's still one of my favorites from the 80's. I love Sweet Sixteen. It was a true story about a man who built a castle for the women he loved and Billy did a song about it and it's awesome too.

[@kaycee4357]

Lmao! You crack me up! I saw that you had Billy Idol up again and I HAD to view. I was totally into him in the 80s, so I get it

[@bodies2magenta]

Love your reactions to Billy Idol, he is wickedly talented - and your reactions/reviews are 🔥 as usual!

[@MrAitraining]

Billy's albums always had the best musicians and production.

[@ronaldcardinali2809]

Jayy next you must react to these others Great songs from him: "Flesh for fantasy" , "Hot in the City", "Cradle of love", "Rebel Yell" & "Dancing with myself" , trust me you're gonna love them all . Ronny

[@chriswildhaber35]

Yes you will.

[@Zebred2001]

Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face, Blue Highway, Catch My Fall and Dancin' With Myself!

[@walkofnails2923]

Spike on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer tv show is one of my all time favorite characters. They modeled his look after Billy. Although on the show, Spike mentions that Billy copied his look (as Spike is a vampire from the 1800’s) 😄

[@karlsmith2570]

Billy Idol wrote this song in response to his sister getting married because you'd gotten pregnant Billy thought that it was stupid that his sister got married after having gotten pregnant Ironically, this song has been used at a lot of wedding receptions, despite the fact that it's an anti-marriage song

[@normandavidtidiman9918]

That's cos people are dumb

[@karlsmith2570]

@@normandavidtidiman9918 you're not wrong about that

[@footballlover9207]

I LOVE YOUR SHIRT!!! Edit: yes he's very good looking especially at the beginning when he's taking the scarf off his head! This is the video that made me develop a crush on him lol

[@nicholashunt9522]

Hot in the city - video, music, lyrics. One of his very best.

[@sonofthesea3298]

Billy said early on in his career,that he was actually very shy as a person. He somehow learned to escape it all once he stepped onto the stage and he heard the music start to play. You wouldnt think so by watching his music videos lol

[@karencorbin533]

Part about his sister, and part about what was going on in his life. After the break-up of his band Generation X he came to NY from London, his manager took him to a room with table, pencil and paper and said ok write a song, White Wedding is what he wrote. I love listening to his viewpoints & thoughts in interviews and talk shows like David Letterman and Arsenio Hall, that's how you find out what a person is really like! I seriously watch them all! He really has a magnificent mind, and I love his 2 min section interview on violence called : (Billy Idol - Night Flight - Violence) on KZbin. I love all his Live Concert video's Super overdrive, Live Wembley, Live in Rio, Storytellers is where he explains where he got the idea of songs n titles at. I'm half way through his book he wrote "Dancing with Myself" a brutally honest wild ride he has had. :) I've always loved Billy's Songs on MTV and occasionally would watch his video's on KZbin. Then in March 2021 my brother who fought cancer for 6 mo. .. 2 days before his passing, I was froze in thought at my washing machine, my son Kevin walked up on me.. You ok Mom? It's Ed, he is close. I'm was so so sad and didn't know how I'm going to shake it this time. Then as I was standing washing dishes, I suddenly started singing out of the blue, the song "Cradle of Love'' then after that Flesh for Fantasy, others came to mind. And I felt way better after singing, I then I knew everything was going to be ok. God, my mom, me... put an earworm in my head, Idolize Yourself Karen that's how your going to get thru this, and I have been listening to him every day since. xoxo @

[@slaytanic777]

Cradle of love is another great one. Grest reaction

[@renee_xoox]

Love Cradle, such a good 90s jam!

[@maryhuhnke8496]

"Forgot to be a Lover" "LA Woman: (A Jim Morrison of the Doors cover) Yeah.. You will need water and maybe a fan!!

[@gl15col]

His sister married a guy who got her pregnant ("white wedding"). He wrote this to show his opinion of the situation and that he was sorry he had left her alone so she married the first guy that showed an interest.

[@mangerinegirl]

Thank you. Now it makes sense!

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

Oh girl, you're so right!! He had a sexy voice AND that beautiful face and all that passion/intensity... I feel you!! On a side note, I do spontaneous-but-'unusual' piano/vocal covers sometimes and your reaction got me 'feeling' this song. I feel an impromptu 'cover' coming on--I'll dedicate it to you if I end up posting it! :) (It won't be 'sexy' necessarily, but we can't all be Billy Idol!!) :)

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

PS I love your GNR shirt!!!

[@andibay3736]

I’ve noticed you gravitate to the “bad boy” rockers! I feel ya! Billy Idol actually has a nice voice. Check out “Eyes without a Face” when you get a chance. White Wedding was requested by one of my bridesmaids and played at my bachelorette party!🤗

[@roguealien]

Billy Idol's cameo in "The Wedding Singer" is most memorable!

[@stews9]

It was indeed written to and for his actual sister, as he drove across London to attend her shot-gun wedding. (She was preggers.)

[@robertjones2728]

Your hair is freaking awesome! 😍😍😍

[@shoebillsrcool]

I got hang out with Billy Idol back in the late 70's at an L.A. dance club, The Odyssey. He was absolutely real deal bad ass, in a good way. And sooo handsome and charming ✌🏼❤️

[@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel9549]

Eyes Without a Face, Mony Mony, flesh for fantasy

[@gerryweed7697]

next one from Billy Idol - Mony Mony 😎👍

[@ryanandyoutube]

Rock the Cradle of Love is a good song, White Wedding is about Billy's sister getting married and Billy giving his advice is in the lyrics, There's nothing fair in this world, there's nothing safe in this world etc.

[@ramkraken8242]

Great song, been lurking and really like the reactions!!!

[@mikedavenport9689]

Eyes without a face by Billy Idol is good too. And that is his sister in the wedding dress. Lol

[@Andrija33zg]

Eyes without face, Cradle of love, Sweet sixteen...so many great song from him.

[@soniab8109]

He's now in his 60s and he's still sexy

[@frankrizzo4460]

Wow this brings back memories of the 80s and watching MTV all day long, such fun times back then. By the way Jayy I'm really loving your hair. Your such a sweetheart a blessed man is in your future. Take care and stay safe 🤗

[@sonialopezprieto5362]

Billy is so cool....hot in the city next time please 😉

[@sunsungoaway]

Love this song, but man, does it make me feel old. I was pregnant with my son when it came out

[@jenniferandrews1917]

CRADLE OF LOVE!!! Awesome song.

[@Rosiepooh75]

Billy Idol is an amazing rabbit hole! Try "Cradle of Love" and "Sweet Sixteen" for his ballads, but there are so many amazing songs to choose from

[@Tennessee968]

Jayy in a GNR shirt? Good lord I'm in love. 😍😄👍

[@michaelcampion541]

I owned the original record of this song; a 78 RPM size but plays on 33 RPM. Side one is the music and side two is the instrumental, etc. Gave it away to a friend and have regretted it ever since!

[@gregorytaylor3146]

Great song. It does have a Flowers in the Attic thing going.

[@tonyfromfrance5595]

Happy Easter Jayy, God bless you, very good musical 🎶 reaction. Thank you so much. Tony from Paris France

[@aprilskutt974]

Right before his sister got married he joked with her and said "It's a nice day for a white wedding." His sister said "That would make a good part for a song." He came up with a "story" type of song based on that. I read it in an interview of him a number of years ago.

[@philliplindsey9610]

The Metro on Landsdowne St as well a 1270 on Boylsyon St

[@lauraschelstraete4177]

And he’s still rocking! Was touring when Covid hit!

[@davidwalker683]

Cradle of love, eyes without a face

[@mikecaetano]

Hey Jayy! Happy Easter! I hope all is well with you. The give away in the lyrics that all may not be what it seems in this song is the line "Hey little sister, shotgun". In other words, he's singing about a shotgun wedding "arranged in order to avoid embarrassment due to premarital sex which can possibly lead to an unintended pregnancy." Back in the day, when this song was new and I was too, my buddies and I used to speculate that he was singing about a white powder wedding, that is, a cocaine wedding hosted by some Wall Street master of the universe or Florida drug lord, a la the Al Pacino movie "Scarface".

[@littlet1068]

YOU ARE WEARING MY FAVORITE BAND ON YOUR SHIRT...GNR..GREAT CHANEL!

[@zepptar]

Hey Jayy, I always enjoy your takes.

[@dexterkitty22]

Glad you did this one! I was madly in love with him in the 80s. Do yourself a favor and watch video for To Be A Lover, you won't be disappointed 😉 Also can you do Generation X Kiss Me Deadly and Shakin all over.

[@jbranum3087]

Fun. Check out "a quick one while he's away" live version by the who.

[@cathyhodges8613]

Your hair looks lovely. Nice, soft and fluffy.

[@NativeNYerChicHK]

It’s about a girl he once dated, actually hadn’t even broken up with yet but heard she was about to have a shotgun wedding, marrying someone else. But he said his sister had recently also gotten married and that’s where the little sister came from, just coincidence.

[@CaptainTass]

I wanted to be Billy Idol SO bad back in high school. :)

[@HiddenCharmhome]

Love your channel! How about atomic by Blondie or my kinda lover by billy squire?

[@LOAFEMB]

Look at your smile yes the ladies loved Billy Idol Punk Lite but so groovy. He had hits.

[@jenniferfoster1692]

You will love, love, love To Be Your Lover...it's a great song and he looks his usual amazing self in it too :-)

[@jimilemons3437]

You’ve got to see ‘Fire Woman’ by the Cult, it’s right up your alley

[@TexasMagnolia]

Always enjoy looking at Idol! Thanks Girl! You’ve got to see “Eyes without a face”. I thinks it’s his sexist video ever.

[@extracaliber432]

Dancing With Myself, oh oh oh.

[@Musouk66]

Never wrong. I think we love music that gives you a chance to make your own interpretation and as much as you dig for facts about it, it’s far better to feel the music might apply to us somehow.

[@miltonhopper2932]

Checkout the song Speed, part of the end credits sound track for the Kuena Reeves Sandra Bullock movie “Speed”.

[@greenmonster9913]

Part 1 is a shortened version of the longer song. It's called Part 1 because it's from the beginning of the longer song. There's no independent Part 2

[@karenhultgren7810]

Listen to Mony Mony and Sweet Sixteen. All his hits are great!

[@Moon_samurai128]

Fun fact: My mom is black and my dad is white. When they got married back in the late 80s this song was on their wedding playlist. Because of this song and the fact that they got married on April 1st unsupportive racist family members thought it was an April fools joke. Jokes on them. My parents are still happily married now, all these years later

[@tammycenter8757]

Do dancing with myself and Eyes without a face. Also, Rock the Cradle of Love.

[@jameswatson5358]

Add Hot In The City

[@Fafa-60]

Gracias a los músicos por hacer nuestra vida mejor! Sé por experiencia propia que la vida puede ser muy difícil, pero cuando estás acompañado de buenas canciones se la pasa mejor y te ayuda a seguir adelante! Armé listas de reproducción en mi canal para diferentes momentos de la vida. Los invito a escucharlas y dejarme su opinión. Recién estoy empezando. Gracias! Thanks to all musicians for making life better! I know from my own experience that life can get tough, but if you listen to good songs you can get through it and keep going. Made some playlists for many moments in life. Come listen to them and leave me your opinion. I'm getting started. Thanks!

[@timlamb6196]

He wrote this song for his sister his little sister when she was getting married. He was concerned that she was too young and naive for marriage. The good news is that she is still married to the same guy to today.

[@gilhodges2025]

Saw Billy in concert on the tour for this Lp. He was as drunk as could be. In between songs he'd stumble around talk to the crowd. BUT when the music hit he was dead on. Great show

[@pennyvargas4376]

Yes..Please do. Cradle of Love

[@nick3745]

IMHO this is one of the best written songs of all time. It shows Billy ain't just sexy 80s eye candy, but a rock GOD! (And I'm a straight man lol)

[@kilgh]

His auto-biography proves that the sex, drugs and rock'n'roll lifestyle was a real thing. How he survived all that is a mystery. One of my old workmates snogged Billy when he was touring our country back in the mid 80s.

[@tofersiefken]

My personal interpretation of the song and video is that it is a critique of the "marriage" structure and there is a lot of symbolism equating marriage to death. The woman's (subservient) role as the "wife" dancing in the kitchen with all the appliances blowing up and his lyrics about how there is nothing safe, or secure in this world are consistent with the increasing divorce rate beginning in the '70s when women began to enter the work-place in bigger numbers, were allowed to own their own credit cards, and were legally allowed to divorce. Prior to that, only the man could do those things giving him power and control over the woman. The dream of "marriage" is just that, a "dream", but reality is much more grim.

[@barblessable]

I read the songs about his young sister who got pregnant and married very young and Billy tried talk her out of it.

[@wellitsjustG]

i can't not watch this, you all in a tizzy... but you also process it very quickly after the fact.

[@sticklebacksummer]

You will love Rebel Yell

[@vengefulones6435]

Rocking a gnr shirt. Awesome

[@gerryweed7697]

Goos Easter to you and your family ✨😎👍

[@Butch_Breaker]

Check out prodigal blues , shock to the system and eyes without a face by him .

[@GoWestYoungMan]

People use the words 'brother' and 'sister' to mean 'men' and 'women'. I'm pretty sure when people today say 'bro' they don't actually mean their brother. I might say 'listen sister' when addressing a female. It's not implied that I'm related to her.

[@tjerwin1]

"Little sister" is slang for girlfriend. He is singing about a woman/girl he loves marrying someone else while he still loves her.