Generation X - Wild Youth (Official Music Video)

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Official music video for Wild Youth by Generation X.
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Lyrics:
I'm walking in the street
With the latest on my feet
And the hair that makes the people stop and stare
I got no money, well, that's okay
Because I live from day to day
Well, I'm free to come and go just as I please
Wild, wild, wild, youth
Wild, wild, wild, youth
Wild, wild, wild, youth
My records are so loud
I gotta hang out with the crowd
Because the usual crew are sus on what to do
Mom and Dad says, I can't win
Because it gets you in the end
But the fragile is the gun that shoots the man
Wild, wild, wild, youth
Wild, wild, wild, youth
Wild, wild, wild, youth
Wild
Wild youth
Wild youth
Wild youth
Wild, wild, wild, youth
Wild, wild, wild, youth
Wild, wild, wild, youth
#70srock #generationx

[@ThePhoenixWheel]

My Gawd! I was 16-yo. I remember the energy I got from this music...the fantasy...the angst!

[@JimMaher-ky3fo]

Awesome punk classic.

[@martyblack13]

G had the best tone...Still my favorite punk band of that era! I did a cover of white wedding a while back! I lost my speech to Cancer but God saved me from dying and is restoring it. I'm gonna wear a x shirt live when I perform music in hollywood! I sound more like Rob Halford but Idol had left a big imprint on me vocally forsure! My band is called Marty Black and the Living Dead!

[@Rockshredder]

Wow! He looked like a very natural performer even back then!

[@kiltwatcher]

In his book he was talking about making the second record with this group and it was imploding. The sound engineer said why are you wasting time with these guys? You're the star. He was soooo right.

[@trembling3674]

Natural snarl look

[@Boilingfrogg]

Lusifarian sell out. 👁

[@whiterat1977]

@@kiltwatcher Gen X far better than Idol solo sorry - Derwood is a great guitarist and Tony James wrote the songs

[@therockinguitarman]

I miss this energy. Everybody around me wants to sit on their ass At 63 I still am wild wild youth. I Never Changed.

[@TheeMrsGrinch]

😹😹😹

[@ScanoramaStudios]

same. Still love bouncing around to the Undertones first album, that's me ! or Buzzcocks, or Magazine. Yea. Energy !! we were so lucky to be teenagers in 1977

[@gentillygirl545]

Same. I just turned 60. I grew up in this genre, and the lyrics and attitude helped shape me. I still jump around to this, Buzzcocks, The Furs, Clash. To this day, I still listen to it.

[@markkaplan2988]

Great song. Great memories. Ah those days when the youth had something to say besides "You hurt my feelings...'

[@robertpegler3575]

That's a little reductive of the younger generation's views don't you think? That being said the music today is garbage compared to this era.

[@jellofan1578]

we do have something to say, "fuck off geezer".

[@daCubanaqt]

@@robertpegler3575 Now who is being reductive? The music nowadays is only garbage to you because it doesn’t resonate with you. Each generation thinks the next generation’s music is garbage. Music has the most impact on our lives when we are young, and most people keep listening to the same genre from their youth as they get older. If you did some exploring, you probably would find some new artists you like. And I’m not about mainstream artists that get shoved down our throats by record labels.

[@carolgeorgeson9632]

No doubt!!

[@carolgeorgeson9632]

​@@daCubanaqtwell said!

[@LoriDitchfield]

Doubling back in 2024, while listening to Billy Idol's memoir - Dancing With Myself. I could listen to him talk all day.

[@davidtetzlaff9588]

Can’t believe he was born the same year I was,in 1955.His birthday is November 30th.Happy 64th birthday Billy!

[@skywalker2230]

Que edad tenian en 1977?

[@ailidh-Bcn]

@@skywalker2230 22

[@sharonmcauley2582]

His birthday is 1 day after my bestie's bday

[@OnlyGoodMusic_]

@@skywalker2230 no te das cuenta que billy idol estuvo en el punk desde el inicio? el no empezo como un jovencito popstar de los 80, espabila.

[@drstevie]

still so GOOD !!!!!!!! Bought it all in 1977....onwards..

[@DanaW752]

Remember when rock bands were literate and articulate?

[@Deedee-ee1sg]

Great song! Also love the dub version. A really great punk song!

[@MrFieryjack]

that dub version is colossal, still sounds groundbreaking today

[@stuartjones7229]

One of their best, on single.loved b side dub.

[@markstonehouse5729]

Dispite the punk look, they had a very Mod sound. Set them apart from a lot of the other 1st wave

[@karenm.311]

It seemed a bit edgier, though, to me.

[@piotrb8434]

The Clash also had the "mod sound".

[@markstonehouse5729]

@@piotrb8434 agreed, r nb, ska, etc

[@markstonehouse5729]

@Andrej Belomaric I read somewhere the clash were going for a charity shop mod look

[@barrygiddey9139]

Great song 🎼

[@sakura_flower1706]

J'adore 💕 Génération ✖

[@dagony7383]

Gen x were so much better than anything idol ever did with his solo career!!

[@frankhinterstocker7265]

My brother. Who did as much blow as I did. Still alive ❤️ & now a sober granddad. He MUST be my brother^^.

[@brockjohnson4116]

1st time hearing this ever at 62 now

[@JonasPlanck]

I'm sorry, but at 00:57 did he just say the CREW ARE SUS?!?! The usual CREW ARE SUS on what to do... holy crap, Billy Idol is a time traveler. Temporal paradox confirmed.

[@Wolferatu_World]

Billy Idol ❤

[@hirepimike]

No other voice like his.

[@andysandel9325]

Absolutely Brilliant 📎🧷⛓🔒

[@kennethblackstock7224]

Billy Idol Former member 1976 - 1981

Big Billy Idol. 💯

[@HelenoTeles]

Very nice!

[@tuchesuavae]

We need a billy idol biopic

[@johannwolf1]

Now we rule the world.

[@MetalBere]

Billy rocks

[@anaclarasilva8976]

Billy idol o rei do punk rock meu crush lindinho kkk amo😎😚❤❤

[@Brian-sh4sm]

I love Polly !

[@gscgold]

The Band Green day wishes they were..

[@JohnDoe-h5u]

I called KLOS Los Angeles and asked them to play U2 - way back when. “We don’t play punk!” Hung up on me. 😂😂😂

[@777Eliyahu]

Viva la Tony James

[@kevinmuzerMetalMind64]

Generation X. Generation X 1977-78

[@DeniseKemper-Turan]

🖤🖤🖤Love Yous Forever, Thank you!!!!🖤🖤🖤FK Yea!!!

[@gasutrias9961]

😍

[@phillipleblanc7823]

I just finished his autobiography as it was a very interesting read.

[@RobertCarusoOfficial]

Bought this single in 1978 aged 13, it was an anthem to me. The lyrics are always transcribed wrong. It's "But the spray-can is the gun that shoots the man *" (* meaning: the "system") 😎 WILD YOUTH I'm walking in the street With the latest on my feet And the hair that makes the people stop and stare. I got no money, but that's okay, Because I live from day to day, And I'm free to come and go just as I please. Wild, wild, wild, youth Wild, wild, wild, youth Wild, wild, wild, youth. All my records are so loud, I gotta hang out with the crowd, Because the usual crew are sussed on what to do. Mom and dad say I can't win, Because it gets you in the end, But the spray-can is the gun that shoots the man. Wild, wild, wild, youth, Wild, wild, wild, youth, Wild, wild, wild, youth. Wild youth, Wild youth, Wild youth. Wild, wild, wild, youth, Wild, wild, wild, youth, Wild, wild, wild, youth. (c) 1978 Billy Idol/Tony James.

[@BoudicaJ]

*Mum.

[@paulhooson6850]

This song sounds much like the early "My Generation" Who. The Jam also sounded something like early Who in "This Is The Modern World"...

[@chucknevin6654]

Indeed.

[@BeHappy.22]

👍💛

[@NadineGardner-ws2tw]

Billy Idol or Joe Strummer 😂😂

[@whiterat1977]

lyrics wrong on here - should be "and the spay can is the gun that shoots from my hand" not "The regale is the gun that shoots the man"

[@1COMIXMAN]

You know I truly love early punk and its influence but when I think of punk in my time I'm thinking of hard core American punk.I was a teen in the early 80s listening to stuff like dead kennedys,agnostic front,black flag,circle jerks,bad brains, dead milkmen,m.d.c,early suicidal tendencies, bands like that. Those took punk to the next level from the 70s proto punk bands or brit punk.iggy pop new York dolls and the ramones were big influences even on the British scene. People say punkmis dead. It was for awhile. You had these whiney ass kid bands who cosplayed as punk rockers while singing pop music so the kids from the 90s and 2000s think ooh they are so punk. but the last 6 to 8 years more bands are showing up that are true punk coming from over seas. Like the chats. They are what punks all about. I should know, I was there in the slam pits.

[@eduardoteodorobracamonteal397]

tony james

[@Coxyyxoc80]

Nice acdc undertone

[@RiccardoArgentieri]

I’m here cause Billie Joe Armstrong suggest this song on Otis Tv 🎸

[@thehyperhypohypo2903]

Me to

[@MartinBlack]

Better than anything REM ever did.

[@nathanb5579]

What a random thing to say lol

[@chucknevin6654]

Random. But, Truth

[@Shootingstarcomics]

Better than Wynonna Judd too.

[@lisaroye3818]

Apples n oranges, dude. 🤟🏼

[@rhabdoviridae]

Fuck yeah! Finally someone said it! 😂👍

[@noserialkiller3596]

The music in the verses is similar to God Save The Queen by The Sex Pistols. We like both bands. They influenced our music. No Serial Killer.

[@kArtoffelkooperative]

Vielen lieben Dank für dieses Video an KZbin User und Loser

[@Secret-Serenity]

I m a gen X, I remember listening to and LOVE Billy Idol but he's a boomer not gen x...but his music influenced us X'ers

[@TimJackson-eq6iy]

This is not Punk. It is more Glam .

[@JimMaher-ky3fo]

No, it's punk. Or some called them poeerpop. They were great either way.

[@MarkkuKoljonenwTinja]

:D T&M

[@starcloud4959]

Good effort but not as good as anything REM did.

[@garydelcourt2791]

Ummmmm….the members are Boomers not actual GenXers…

[@freya8133]

They got the name of the band from a book written in the 1960's.

[@victoriavaughan2486]

Ok😒😒😒😒😒😒

[@Mattm182]

Okay.

[@lezkaxgreywood9218]

@@Mattm182 ok