Billy Squier - Emotions In Motion (1982)

[@NiravShah1982]

How good was Squier back in the early 80's? Man, he was the SHIT. The best rock on radio at the time. Very under-appreciated.

[@brianfergel3225]

In junior high, I wanted nothing more than to grow up and be like Billy.

[@MrTheHillfolk]

I was like 12, it was summer. Stopped at a buddies house, back then you tapped the door and went on in up the stairs. This was on the radio, loud. I turn the corner to the living room and my buddies older bro has a chick on the couch with a top that has spaghetti straps, untied... Welp, Billys not here obviously..later !!! Hadda be around 82-83 I think, maybe 84. Good times lol.

[@tennesseeridgerunner5992]

@@MrTheHillfolk I was around then man and I agree, it was a good time to be alive. I miss the 80s more and more every day.

[@TheBaron1968]

Great material. Not a great live act. Even worse MTV act.

[@raymondperales6612]

Your right we just to skid school just to ride around smoking weed and jamming to Billy.

[@clementealonso3584]

Album version of Emotions In Motion by Billy Squier with Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor on backing vocals. Released as a single in July 1982. Written by Billy Squier. Produced by Billy Squier and Mack.

[@MysticRhythms87]

They were also touring together in the US at the time. Squier would open for Queen during their Hot Space Tour...unfortunately being the last tour they did in the country while Freddie was alive. You know, decreasing interest, getting blacklisted for the "I Want To Break Free" video, stuff like that.

[@Jgeneraledger23]

@@MysticRhythms87 What was the controversy regarding 'I Want To Break Free?'

[@Diamondelle84]

@@Jgeneraledger23 They dressed in drag.

[@leec6707]

It was deemed an issue in the USA, not everywhere. It was appreciated in the UK and is often referred to or pastiched.

[@mistinallelimartineztoledo683]

Alguien me puede decir que fué de Billiy Squire ? Dónde está?

[@dannymoore8785]

This song jammed on a loud car system. Four 12s and a zapco amp, cruising central California, Hanford to Visalia. This tape rocked. Scorps and Def Leppard were next.

[@garycarr3857]

Alex Vimeo

[@garycarr3857]

1982

[@florap79]

I LOVE HIM!!! I love how a lot of his songs have a double meaning, and you have to know the stories to really appreciate the genius of his writing and composing. I love the grit in his playing. THERE IS'NT ANOTHER ONE LIKE HIM! ❤

[@officialBillySquier_]

Hello Flora How are you doing? It's nice to have you here!

[@garycarr3857]

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[@garycarr3857]

Billy Squier - Emotions In Motion (1982)

[@garycarr3857]

1982

[@hazor777]

This album, specifically this song , still holds up today - the production doesn't sound too dated - and of course the songs are all great

[@chfpontiac5849]

Produced by Reinhold Mack. Same vibe as Queen's The Game which he also produced and also holds up quite well today. Queen's most "American" rock sounding album and my favorite.

[@samizdatbroadcasts7654]

The beat and that f**king bass riff are absolutely on point, guitars rounding it all out. This song is absolutely hypnotic. True professionalism in song craft.

[@catboi1188]

He's genius

[@garycarr3857]

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[@r.s.334]

have not heard this song in decades... forgot it existed.. thank you facebook!

[@zanswolfman]

You're on youtube ding dong...

[@horse4you]

Underrated true talent. And full of philanthropy today. Thanks Billy.

[@angelaguerry3627]

Billy, we love you

[@garycarr3857]

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[@annmariecopass8010]

How awesome! I never knew that Freddie did back up vocals for Billy thar says it all for me !!!

[@JohnnyLaps]

Check out "love is the hero" Freddie actually sings the opening part...amazing

[@solotrekker4375]

"Emotions In Motion" ..as a flood of tastes, smells, feelings, emotions of my late teens/20's utterly flood my brain. What a rush. Good times.

[@tennesseeridgerunner5992]

Smokin' stuff in the back of an late 70s Monte Carlo listening to the radio with Billy Squier jammin, yeah man I hear ya.

[@wordup897]

@@tennesseeridgerunner5992 Same for me, but a 78 Grand Prix.

[@Jgeneraledger23]

@@wordup897 Oh man, I drove a '78 as well! What was yours like? Love those cars

[@wordup897]

@@Jgeneraledger23 White body with a burgundy landau top. Burgundy pleather interior. Narrow white walls were in in the day! I installed an Alpine tuner/amp/cassette with Jensen oval door speakers and was rockin metal, punk or new wave. haha holy shit, those were some days. what was your ride like?

[@TMoody]

This is a KILLER record.

[@aaroncrawford5638]

Pretty awesome to have Freddie Mercury singing background vocals on this song

[@giuseppicamolle50]

In Love Is The Hero yes In Emotion In Motion not

[@jeromelange7401]

@@giuseppicamolle50 BOTH Freddie & Roger Taylor are doing Backing Vocals....

[@gregreece7489]

@@giuseppicamolle50 false. Freddie is most certainly on this track alongside Roger Taylor.

[@johnnyargon5454]

This bass player played bass on the doors albums also such a incredible bass riff.

[@spookerz35]

That's Doug Lubahn, and you're correct - he played bass on several Doors songs. They even wanted him to join the band, but he was already committed to another band. Sadly, he passed away 2 years ago from a brain tumor. Great Bass player.

[@YZ250W1]

Very talented individual to this day.

[@sandybaldwin5974]

V yep he is underrated

[@kirkcollison3882]

A

[@aaroncrawford5638]

Not to mention the background singer they had for this song was none other than Freddie Mercury

[@argonwheatbelly637]

Bobby Chouinard had it going on. He will always be missed.

[@hazor777]

he was a very good drummer - had that "swing" going on

[@ornoth]

Came here to say exactly this. His style added so much to the band.

[@TheMilford]

Mr Big Feet.

[@lisaroberts11]

Billy is still the best !!!💕 my first concert 83' , met him in 89' backstage at the Omni in Oakland .

[@razzyjazzy6883]

Omigosh how awesome! What was he like? 😃

[@lisaroberts11]

@@razzyjazzy6883 he was very nice.

[@ahumanjustbeing2466]

" yeah Billy just keep doing that arm thing trust me baby it works!"-the director( after snorting a line or two)

[@johnmcgahern3946]

Saw him open up for Queen in 1982 from the 4th row in Toronto....awesome!

[@abuhagi-kaye2577]

John McGahern had to work in a pizza shoppe and missed the boston garden show goddammit

[@carloia1]

LOL same tour in Phoenix !!!!!!!!!

[@SaintPaul]

Same tour in Denver. Billy and the band we're smoking hot! Between those two bands was the best variety of great grooves of any concert tour I had seen... and that includes most of the rock giants of the era.

[@Karenbutnotone]

I was at that Toronto concert, August 2, 1982 - Maple Leaf Gardens, had seats beside the stage, man it was good. Lost my binoculars that night, but thats ok, seeing Freddie was well worth it.

[@johnmcgahern3946]

@@Karenbutnotone Wow, what a small world!

[@MrMarcoGhonzx]

Definitely Billy is PURE ROCK! only a few can Rock like Billy

[@bonnerscott5374]

At 0:50 Billy getting warmed up for the ''Rock me tonight'' video

[@iz2112ay]

Totally😂😂😂

[@synchronicity1470]

he always had those moves, seen from the start in 1981. the video creator/director took Billy too far from his grittier RnR image, choosing to focus more on the stupid insipid color and fashion trends of the mid-80's. Also, someone failed to redirect Billy away fr some of his more efete dance/rhythm moves. It destroyed him.

[@MrSeezero]

It is so neat that if you remove the "s" from "Emotions" in this song's title then you get the title to Ric Ocasek's hit song "Emotion In Motion". Both of these songs are awesome.

[@pupperman75]

My favorite from Billy. Simple yet catchy bass riff.

[@garycarr3857]

1982

[@MackieMc8709]

It is kind of funny how one video basically washed away every spectacular thing this man did. He moved exactly the same way in this video, he just has a guitar in front of him. I love this man and thnk my big brother every time I see him for introducing me to his music!

[@sralyn]

He's so damn hot. I saw him with Styx & Bad Company in 2001.

[@robertmoran1975]

True fans didn’t let one video change their minds about his music. I have all his albums, love all his music. I saw him in concert in 1984. I still listen to him today. His songs bring back so many great memories.

[@brightphoebesays]

One of my favourite songs since childhood.

[@bhkidd]

Man, this is great. The drummer looks like a seductive walrus. And that dont mean anything. Dude had that talent that so many drummers lack today: the ability to lay down a solid beat and never drag or rush. He was a walking metronome.

[@darlatidwell6255]

Very proper accessment. He's kickin' some ass on those drums.

[@spookerz35]

I thought the drummer (Bobby Chouinard) resembles the Disney animated "Hunchback of Notre Dame" to some extent. But he certainly knows what to do with that drum kit!! Sadly, he passed away at age 43...way too young to die.

[@kpurvis4595]

@@spookerz35 best stank face in the business!

[@Gen-XTex]

I don’t frequent topless or butt-naked clubs these days but back when I did, when this song was still popular, where a dancer knew the song, I’d always request this song be played while whichever dancer I favored was dancing. It was truly a beautiful thing! When a pretty little thing would dance to this songs’ groove, it was truly something to behold! It was emotions in motion…😎

[@amerocker]

I didn't know there was a video to this song. Thank you for sharing it. ☺

[@joaquindelarosa1215]

I didn't either.

[@sandye6278]

he was sooooooooooooo good in the 80s

[@xphile01]

still my fav from him!

[@ow_at1977]

Most underrated band

[@red---paulvanravenswaay2247]

A JAM!!

[@ccalccol]

entered Billboard Aug 7, 1982 ..reached #68

[@Wilson.katie815]

The talent in Billy’s band. Bobby On drums. Doug Lubahn on base. Doug played with The Doors too.

[@gingin5038]

I forgot he did a mean pole dance in this vid 😂

[@williamstarnes4163]

Billy squire and his band were huge in the 80s&90s great songs

[@cheallen1626]

Now that I know Reinhold Mack produced this, I notice how much it sounds like Queen The Game album. This sounds very reminiscent of Dragon Attack and Another One Bites the Dust.

[@ambershannel]

GORGEOUS

[@Kohntarkosz]

I think other than Billy, Alan St Jon (the keyboardist) is the only one of these guys still with us.

[@antneyfatts665]

I saw him at Worcester Centrum Mass, with Ratt on "Rock me tonight" tour (well aware that's not the album name) and I was pissed he didn't sing this song

[@michaelfeezor7785]

Billy Squier still kicks ass. Goddamn I miss the 80s when good music was around. BIlly Squier had the swagger and that cutting edge.

[@pattimiranda8679]

Love it! All of a sudden I thought of this song.

[@ChickieePatriot]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!

[@Kohntarkosz]

Huh, I don't think I ever knew there was a video for this song. I only remember seeing the video for Everybody Wants You on MTV.

[@xphile01]

Blackie Lawless on drums !

[@crystalporter3136]

The drummer is so 🔥!

[@pattimiranda8679]

Love him!

[@trikkerman1]

I remember when Billy Squier open up for Queen. I didn't see the show, but I remember it.

[@highbro8147]

Holy shit good stuff bro I love this

[@rondahosenfeld2414]

Love this song.good beat .like video

[@guddergo7116]

Dammit Billy , try to stay still on this video shoot.

[@georgeschlaline6057]

Back when Dad was still alive

[@G8GT364CI]

The great Douglas Lubahn on bass, RIP.

[@cmikesmith664]

I just realized that this sounds like “Dragon Attack” by Queen.

[@robertmcintyre1854]

Bass player was like "Uh, I'm not much of a dancer, so I'm just gonna stand here in back in the dark."

[@gandalfshakur8235]

What a cool song and the truncated jam at the end recalled "Sweet Emotion".

[@tysonkonken-jj3vd]

He is so great. His videos, not so much.

[@DredPiratNil]

i remember when i was introduced to billy squier it was actually this song i remember hearing it coming from my dads walkman when i picked it up and pressed play one day hoping for joe walsh the confessor hell i was like nine i was already into thrash i wanted to settle it down for a few you know it was awesome

[@starjunkie5328]

Cutest a$$ in all of rock music. Billy was a handsome man. Smokin' hot - but he could play, too.

[@carrieburgess8091]

Saw this tour with a little opening band called Def Leppard in Atlanta Ga.

[@carlosfernandosantos687]

so good one of my fav's albums

[@jasondavis2303]

Saw him in 89 at metro park in Florida with foreigner and in the 90s loopfest in tinley park illinois

[@jt572]

One of the best !!!

[@johnnyjohnston9535]

Kinda underrated if you ask me.

[@Jgeneraledger23]

That would've been cool if Billy had named one of his albums "Country Squier" ;)

[@rossmarvin584]

With a track called: Built Ford Tough?

[@garywalters5468]

sigh...i think i just threw up in my mouth a little bit

[@theshawnmurphyjournal2946]

seems like his songs are about record companies and his management back then

[@dickielarue1451]

Jamming this on the Ole Panasonic Boom Box during Middle School on the bus...Sounds as good today as it did back then! 😉🚌🎸🥁🤘

[@jasondudash5501]

Billy Squier "Emotions In Motion" Emotions In Motion Capitol Records, 1982

[@wasiswillbe1010]

I was on the edge o f seventeen

[@bobdavis4848]

You know all that, but you didn't know Billy Squier's last name's spelling?

[@jasondudash5501]

​@@bobdavis4848 Oops. Sorry, my bad. I didn't realize I had misspelled his last name. I just now corrected the spelling of his last name.

[@bobdavis4848]

@@jasondudash5501 No problem. Thanks for correcting it. Thanks for not getting annoyed. Have a nice rocking day.

[@jasondudash5501]

@@bobdavis4848 You too. Rock on! 👍🎸

[@cmikesmith664]

I could totally hear this as a B-Side Queen song.

[@rahkinrah1963]

I had this album.

[@rodneylee4026]

Robert Plant started the whole girly-act thing. Don’t blame Billy totally for it. It was considered cool and led to the whole 1980’s glam rock thing where they all looked like transvestites.

[@richardgregory3644]

Well someone should have told Billy keep a guitar in your hands cause when he doesn't it can get ugly

[@jaysenst.charlesthelakehea9327]

Don't forget about Rod Stewart and David Bowie, who ushered in 70's unisex vibe.

[@bhkidd]

Billy was a musician who had to learn how to perform. He could sing and play the guitar, but he never quite got comfortable with the stage performance aspect to the game. Kinda like Whitney Houston. Let her sing, but dont ask her to dance. And subsequently, Billy took some bad advice from Kenny Ortega during the "Rock Me Tonite" video shoot and deep sixed his career. He is not gay, never was, and who cares anyway, right? However, the blue collar guys that bought his albums didnt see it that way in the mid 80s.

[@wylier]

I think Bowie was the first to go for an effeminate look in a music video - I think it was called Boys Keep Swinging. Robert Plant did have long hair, but he never went that far in terms of gender-bending.

[@jadamcclure4141]

Fn awesome song ❤🎉

[@LorenRyburn-hx8gi]

Video 📹 🎥 killed this Rock Star

[@michaelpond7406]

Pure rock. Pure and simple.

[@MarcellaVasquez-r8r]

Emotions In Motions really get down! Wow! Hey

[@ladystardust7773]

Il déchire Billy Squier ❤ j'ai un Best of en vinyle

[@luispunlay]

Super Song...

[@nuts45150]

the first time I heard this was a library borrow in cassette when I was 13 in1985 wow

[@johnmcgahern3946]

Mercury and Taylor on background vocals

[@АндрейВласенко-и4н]

Right, moreover I heard this song on queen singles' album together with "Love is a hero".

[@douglasdietz312]

my first cassette tape!!

[@tomsanchez993]

Lost classic, for sure. Saw Def Leppard open for Bill Squier in '83.

[@mikeblaz]

Billy is great but Def Leppard was the main act once Pyromania took off...Billy was basically the opener.

[@mikeblaz]

@Charlie Suel Exactly, Pyromania was their last great album. Hysteria was so-so but I don't know a song from them after that. All I know is their music became really "mushy" and not my type.

[@kpurvis4595]

Best stank face on the drummer bar none!

[@angelesllorentellorente8648]

Buenísimo !!!!

[@andrewminster8532]

May 1968, w e l l e s l e y ......👍

[@jeffj9322]

Happy Birthday Billy Squier born on May 12, 1950. He is an American musician, singer, and songwriter who had a string of arena rock and crossover hits in the early 1980s. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Squier

[@MarciaSantosharvest]

Love it❤

[@MarcellaVasquez-r8r]

Yeah My Kinda Music. Yay

[@johnnyargon5454]

Squier had a great band !

[@hibhibb5429]

RIP Bobby Chouinard!

[@JohnnyLaps]

Then there was " rock me tonight"..poof...cya.. actually there is a bit of that here

[@shanemoore5829]

Billy squier working a POLE!!! I'm not having it!!!

[@Shamanistical1]

Great band! Great song. Too bad he couldn’t dance 😉

[@stevenkatz3627]

He dances like Elaine from Seinfeld .

[@bhkidd]

Whitney Houston was similar. Let her sing, but dont let her dance. Billy had ungodly music chops, but never really got the stage presence down. He should have just kept that Strat in both hands and played.

[@icecream9576]

this album was his best one

[@Dregandaapbt]

Still rocks in 2022! Sex! Drugs! Rock and Roll!

[@cs292]

8th grade was rockin’….then Pyromania came out and blew the doors off.

[@59plexi]

his "dance" moves should of raised a red flag ⛳️ for the 1984 "rock me tonight" video..... 😬

[@freshcaughtbass]

Billy Squier was just 5-7 years too late....had he done this stuff in 1975 he would have been as big as Zeppelin(oops....if it wasn't for Plant/Page, he wouldn't have ever come up with his schtick).

[@markcheetah4960]

You know, this song kinda reminds me of Led Zeppelin.

[@donniebarnes6806]

Zeppelin 2.0

[@TroyGrey]

Never knew Antonio Banderas used to be a Rock singer.

[@Lawna-v4f]

1982, power steering fluid and gas treatment bonfire, beer, buds and BASS... loud bass 🎶☝️👋😁

[@jimhedd]

He got much better at swinging his arms in a later video.

[@bobdavis4848]

Yes he did!