Opie & Anthony Destroy Billy Squier's "Rock Me Tonite"

Someone else has this uploaded somewhere on here, but it's not very good quality and the audio is way off-sync.

[@robloxvids2233]

The set and his clothes wouldn't have been enough to ruin him. A lot of '80s stuff looked like that. It was his dancing, hand motions, and gyrating on the floor like a woman being plowed that fucked it all up.

[@zudemaster]

Billy Squier should have gotten the lead part in Flashdance.

[@thomashumphrey7395]

When Richard Simmons laughs at you and says this was ill-advised....

[@waynemichael5641]

This marked the end of his career.

[@Halpin2006]

Yes. What were the producers honestly thinking? And to think, he was so awesome when MTV played "Everybody Wants You"

[@av201]

@@Halpin2006 The producer is gay. Says it all.

[@garyh35]

He was a blue jean hard rock guy, this changed his image forever

[@rjflesher]

How this video never made it on Beavis & Butt-Head is beyond me. Those two would have had a field day.

[@GOFLuvr]

+Ron Flesher Yeah, really! I can't imagine it would have been hard for Mike Judge to have gotten the rights to use the video, and I bet I would have laughed so hard at B&B's commentary, that I would be laughing for an entire month.

[@MrWitchman1967]

Good point...

[@rickeyuscg]

lmfao

[@tonymctony4551]

too easy

[@philliphernandez4490]

it did make it to beavis and butthead, they tuned the t.v. on to watch videos and this came on, they just stood watching it in shock didn't say a word ....ha ha ha was so funny then it went click off ...

[@Boudica234]

Favorite part: Billy tears off his shirt like Hulk Hogan.... then puts on a PINK tank top. Unbelievable.

[@elcid8889]

🤣😂😆

[@danielking1850]

This video sucks but Billy Squire musically was pretty underrated.

[@tommymarx391]

This video is brutally bad, but the reason so many people still talk about it is because the song itself is excellent. it seriously hurts to see such a great song in such a bad video.

[@larkinh1]

LOL

[@Erinski]

"Fuck me, Tony!" LMFAO!!

[@CapAnson12345]

Keep everything the same, even the wardrobe.. replace Squire with a hot girl and it's a fantastic video.

[@tecno8335]

Yep

[@Epitome63]

Richard Simmons with 80s music.

[@lorireece1930]

Billy Squier is a very talented singer, songwriter and performer! He simply got a bad deal with this...unfortunate video. It shouldn't have derailed his career, though.

[@ClassicRock-gx8hd]

I agree. His Don't Say No Album is dope. I still listen to it. In The Dark is one of my all time favorite rock songs. He pulled Rock Me Tonight from MTV but it was too late. And well, I guess everyone that turned on him are perfect themselves.

[@mjethier]

Richard Simmons called, he wants his workout routine back. This is ridiculous. What band who wasn't under the influence of EVERYTHING would allow this to happen?? insane career killer.

[@ClassicRock-gx8hd]

Do you know how many artists have worse videos than this? I bet you have no friends, you fucking low life twat

[@lesliem3864]

I like this song still, Billy is a great song writer and performer. The video does suck though. Idk why Billy wouldn't have scrapped it right away

[@ClassicRock-gx8hd]

Billy is an amazing artist, actually. This video is a mistake, on his part, But he paid his dues man. Give the guy a break. some people need to grow the fuck up

[@ThornbushTilemaker]

He wanted to scrap it, but was overide by the record company.

[@ryanjacobson2508]

@@ThornbushTilemaker Billy got the video pulled from MTV after a month or so. I think Billy would've fought harder to kill the video of he knew it was that bad all along.

[@JayJ00ls]

When you're that good-looking and talented you can do whatever the hell you want.

[@elheadkickio]

apparently not, or his career wouldn't have tanked after this.

[@ih8kit]

Norton nails it with his commentary. Rip roaring hysterical.

[@ClassicRock-gx8hd]

He should take one of those nails and shove it into your fucking forehead. Then they can make a video of you so the world can laugh their asses off because you look like Frankenstein, and it's rip roaring hysterical.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

this would only be acceptable if it were Freddie Mercury

[@bobthebear1246]

Hell, even Freddie Mercury never danced as fruity as this.

[@jondohnson5538]

Believe it or not gentleman and why Billy Squier was such a hit was he had Queens producer " Mack " , i think he only goes by that name , doing his first if not second LP?? After this Squier was da shits , IMO. This is one Horseshit video and without a doubt ruined Squier, again IMO.

[@ItsAmazingHowIAm]

Queen had a video called "I Want to Break Free" where they crossdressed and it's still not as gay as "Rock Me Tonite."

[@brucelee9528]

Billy Squire opened for Queen on the Hot Space Tour.

[@edgeworth7750]

Freddie was gay but he didn’t even dance like this lol

[@synthogd808]

It’s like watching a plane go down in flames

[@ndmuse]

Looking back, most band videos in the 80's sucked in general. It's really the labels fault for trying to push his looks more than his music. Maybe they wanted more females getting into his music. Either way, he wrote good songs and played good live, and one bad video won't change that.

[@jimmyrustler8983]

They were apparently trying to "toughen his image".

[@kristinazubic9669]

@@jimmyrustler8983 with this?!

[@ryanjacobson2508]

The early 80's had a lot of weird music videos since nobody really understood what a video was or should be. By the late 80's videos were more predictable and arguably generic.

[@user-wd3hw2bt8y]

Bands in the 80's sucked? What planet are you on. That was the greatest decade for music.

[@ndmuse]

​@@user-wd3hw2bt8yWhere did I say that exactly? I said BAND VIDEOS not bands. I loved 80's bands and music.

[@robgoodman7303]

People act like he didn't dance around flamboyantly on stage. Check out his live clips. When you write a song like The Stroke you can do whatever the hell you want to on stage if you sound this good. I never saw this video when I was a kid... when I first saw MTV was when this wa son the radio but apparently right after this was pulled out of rotation. The way he talks about the original concept it was gonna be by the people behind Thriller and have this kids turning into like punker kids on the way to his show thing. I'll use my imagination to what the video could have been. He got waaaaay too much heat for this when you had Motley Crue at the time basically wearing lingerie.

[@user-wd3hw2bt8y]

If you listen closely to The Stroke, the song is about the greedy music industry. Not sexual in any way.

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

​@@user-wd3hw2bt8yhe says that in interview

[@teresapflaumer5717]

This 80s video is as 80s as any 80s video could get! Thank God I love the 70s! 🤣

[@elcid8889]

When Flashdance meets Richard Simmons! 👍

[@kanemura93]

I was getting ready to defend Squire but immediately changed my mind and laughed when Jim, in disgust, said "Rock me tonight..." in the beginning

[@JohnDoe-gk7ok]

Seriously, if you are in the editing room watching this back, how can you not know that this is terrible?

[@Mitzi73]

I remember watching this video when I was 10 and I loved it. I didn't think there was anything wrong with it until people started to say things.

[@ClassicRock-gx8hd]

@JRD its the INSECURE little boys that get all threatened and bothered.. so they have to say ignorant manly things to prove how tough, i mean, how retarded they are. FACT

[@JonathanRingo]

Wow,this video actually made Wham look like a couple of bad ass hard rockin' motherfuckers.........However,Billy Squier did write some great tunes that should far overshadow one really horrible video.

[@scottydu81]

Great tunes? Name *ONE* !!!

[@justinclark8867]

@@scottydu81 Lonely is the Night, My Kinda Lover, The Stroke, All Night Long, In The Dark, You Should Be High Love, Learn How to Live, She's a Runner, Everybody Wants You, The Big Beat, On Your Own, Fast Times, Rock Me Tonite, etc. He's got a lot of awesome tunes.

[@41aragon]

Loved the music, still do but as soon as the video came out, killed it for watching his videos

[@klamofanu]

is that richard simmons? dancing to the oldies?

[@mickobrien3156]

"How do you not know this sucks." Hahaha ... Jimmy Norton is so fucking funny.

[@Canadian_Cult_Classics]

What is he, made of shirts?!? - Jim Norton

[@user-pc6zn1vy9d]

This was part of a hilarious 20-25 minute segment they did, anyone have the full audio?

[@bradlafferty6076]

Alligator arms

[@NeekFreek5150]

The guitars were plugged into a wireless pack strapped onto the guitar strap auctully.

[@DB800187]

LMFAO, great commentary.

[@diamondking1969]

WHY? It's not that bad, I LOVE IT!!! and I'm not GAY at all... GREAT MUSIC VIDEO!!!

[@ih8kit]

The producer of this video must have been a huge fan of Gilda Radner’s Judy Miller sketches on “Saturday Night Live”.

[@AlbanianMan]

One of my favorite videos of all time. Its so bad its good, and it doesn't hurt that the song kicks ass as well.

[@javyjr13]

holy shit. what the @#$% was that!

[@markwilliams7054]

This video is the cleanest best pleasure

[@JustinAnville]

love the snapping and arm movements

[@theylied1776]

Can you imagine if MTV in the early days of Music Videos had play-by-play color commentary? It would've sounded a lot like this.

[@tonymctony4551]

You guys missed the keyboard dude staring at the camera with one eye

[@synthogd808]

Where did he get that outfit it definitely wasn’t in the men’s section

[@synthogd808]

This was right around when crack came out maybe he was on a binge.( just say no)

[@abbynormal9050]

Is this Billy Squier or Ant back in his Rotgut days?

[@bisp2581]

great tune

[@Mastro_]

This is hilarious.

[@NovaLena22]

Is he by any chance doing a take on the movie Flashdance. He has the same hair as Jennifer Beals did.... plus the cut up shirt, the dancing in the room, sliding down the pole, and the fact that he's wearing makeup makes me think this might be a spoof.

[@Ciscokidcapo]

I really like rock me tonite, but I have never seen the video. I wish I hadn’t.

[@Gerald5000]

It seems like someone said "Gay, and pastels are in right now" so they made the video accordingly.

[@user-wd3hw2bt8y]

Gay and pastels were not in

[@TheMugenmunster]

Fred Flintstone had nothing on this bowl of fruity pebbles....my god

[@tonymctony4551]

I don't get how this ruined his career , he was no ac-dc judas preist kinda artist . He was prancing around live on stage long before this vid . A few years .

[@dr.awkward9075]

3:40...John Cougar decided to stop by. 🤣

[@luckyantonio85]

elegant Elliot offen

[@adrianlee3497]

If he had 2cm's of hair or none at all it would be no worse than a "Magic Mike"/Tatum Channing type video.

[@johnquintano5257]

Ill be Dancing with myself. Oh oh oh

[@MelBee128]

The director of the video was an extremely flamboyant gay man (Google it). Apparently he was the one who designed the set and pushed for Billy to do some of the moves he did here. Billy just wanted to do the things he does on stage so the audience would know what a live show was like. Hence the dancing and gyrating. When the record company saw it they were horrified but there was no money to reshoot so they reluctantly released it and it destroyed Billy's career. Opie was wrong. This was never cool for any time. Opie: "this video destroyed his career, why?" Sigh

[@user-wd3hw2bt8y]

Sad

[@nigel900]

If he had waited til 2021 to release this, a legion of tearful LGBT’s would have carried him to the Presidential Medal of Freedom award ceremony…

[@bb-gc2tx]

all it will take is some young snow flake influencer to hear about this and he will be playing stadiums to crying gen z ers lol

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

Nah this is too range

[@synthogd808]

Guess Richard Simmons wasn’t available

[@leestewart72]

Video killed the radio star.

[@livardo]

There were a shitload of songs in the 80s that were like this. People saw it as normal shit.

[@piggy201]

+livardo I dont think the song is of the matter here.

[@GregGumbel]

The video killed his career. His image was ruined by it.

[@melaniewarren1355]

the video that killed a career

[@synthogd808]

Good lord this makes wham look tough

[@dambo0706]

Hasn't this video been ripped to death? Even Billy Squier himself has admitted his mistake in making this video. Many blame this video as the reason his career declined. Old news.

[@GOFLuvr]

+dambo0706 Luckily for him, video games gave Squire new life.

[@jasonking4753]

dambo0706 doesn’t make it any less funny

[@MelBee128]

O&A often brought up old stuff but their take on it is what makes it entertaining. Plus there are some people who may not know about this video. It was old news to you so maybe just click on something else.

[@NATIVESUNSETS65]

Jason King :"doesn’t make it any less funny" I agree 100% Also it didn't help Richard Simmons giving it two thumbs down for being "Too Gay"

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

To be fair, O&A didn't destroy anything here.

[@user-wd3hw2bt8y]

I think his manager told him this video would work. This ruined his career. He was selling out concerts in the 80's. I felt sorry for him, he did not deserve this. You guys probably never listened to his concert on you tube. No auto tune, He was great. Make fun of someone who deserves it.

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

They're saying here the song is good. In that everybody agrees. This video was too much of a 180.

[@larkinh1]

If it were actually a halfway decent song he might have survived it. But that wasn’t the case.

[@khudak1000]

This video destroyed Billys career.

[@ClassicRock-gx8hd]

I like his music still. He is a great artist.

[@MrMojoman67]

Are Beavis and Butthead going by Opie and Anthony now?

[@chriswylie253]

How the fuuuarkk did Kenny Ortega get the directing nod for Michael Jacksons This is It after directing this?....Ended Squiers career then Jacksons life under his watch....Fucking grim reaper of directors.

[@lisamarieva3514]

Are his arms superglued to his sides? Just awkward. Okay and the marching band moves. He is a good singer and had some good songs but this was career suicide. Did'nt they have instant playback? I cannot believe he did not shytcan this little happy dance before anyone could see it!

[@chriswylie253]

Someone didn't show this to Michael Jackson as evidence of director Kenny Ortegas work before he got to direct THIS IS IT?

[@tonymctony4551]

I think Whitesnake ripped off this song for " gimme all your love tonight " right down to the breakdown before the chorus.

It was his biggest song, and the video killed his career.

[@stantheman3292]

Have you Duggar’s ever see mick jagger dance, I don’t get the controversy

[@nuts45150]

then end result was billy pulled this video from mtv himself because it was not what he wanted to portray even though the song was a hit he hated the video

[@ClassicRock-gx8hd]

Which proves my rant all over these comments.

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

Did Billy have a gun to his head?

[@FireLightning16]

Good song but bad music video.

[@sadketchupg]

i really can't stand him windmilling his arms like he's dancing.

[@ClassicRock-gx8hd]

Says the idiot with Sad Ketchup as his name.

[@nubani3000]

Back in the 80s ,that was very normal dance among rock stars, we didn’t see anything wrong with it back then. They did sing from the heart back then unlike today generation.😭

[@glenndunn7884]

Lmmfao

[@MrJsbach123]

I remember laughing at this video on mtv!!!!!

[@teresapflaumer5717]

This is why no musician should ever make videos!

[@cggg5089]

Did Beavis and Butthead ever watch this video?

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

They'd probably just change the channel

[@teresapflaumer5717]

This is why videos should never be made! They ruin the songs!

[@JF-em6hr]

He should have worn a dress for this video.

[@jaywunder13242]

At the time, this was not cool.

[@grapefruitm00n]

No doubt it's a bit...well...effeminate...(not that I give a crap)...but flash forward a year or two? The guys from Poison and Motley Crue were wearing lipstick and nail polish. Sad that this killed his career because fans lost out on some great music.

[@ClassicRock-gx8hd]

Exactly. Wish everyone here was intelligent like you. Too bad.

[@kajabrill2404]

Great song though 🤷🤣

[@uilium]

This video is bad but I doubt it killed his career. There was a lot of dead careers after the mid 80's some of the videos were really lame but nobody really noticed...You might as well say bellbottoms killed the 60's. The 80's were a very stylish and gay time.

[@DanUpLateGamer]

When are you people going to lay off Billy Squier? Yes, video sucks, but the song and his other material is really good. I blame Johnny Ortega. I wish Squier would have stood up and canned it. His record company and Ortega ruined him.

[@djgranny8438]

He said there was a gay director cheering him on and telling him it was wonderful and that he only had two weeks to make a video and had to put it out!

[@ZetaCancri]

This video is gayer than WHAM! and that's an accomplishment

[@jasmeg2844]

1:20 I love doing fruity dances like that when no one's around. One moment you're around people acting all dignified and normal, and as soon as the door closes you do that dance and laugh.

[@sherrykfun]

How many millions do YOU guys have? Billy rocks!

[@Techn9cian123]

Apparently they hired a gay guy to direct and he encouraged this fruity behavior. They didn’t want to release it but didn’t want to pay for a re-shoot either so they released it and it ruined him.

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

Kenny ortega

[@JTM45100]

Homophobia is a stupid made up word to silence critics. Homo means the same. Phobia means fear. Homophobia would mean fear of the same. Gay means happy. It has nothing to do with being a Homosexual or a Lesbian. A person of any sexual preference can be happy or sad. Bottom Line: Squire makes Richard Simmons look like Vin Diesel in this video. He also has what many construe as homosexual double entendres in a lot of his lyrics. (Kinda like Rob Halford before he came out.) The difference is is Billy Squire was little too much of a Captain Obvious about it all, and it turned off his fan base. What ever you think of the guy, he is a really good singer and guitar player, but he had to see the video before it was released. He gave it the okay. He put out this product. So he is ultimately responsible for it's success or failure. It's too bad that it destroyed his career. He was a really talented guy, and probably would have had a long hit filled career otherwise. Great voice and Classic Marshall/Les Paul tone. If I was a betting man. I'd say he was BI. Too many coincidences (including the company he kept)

[@michaelmfwayne]

His bandmates had pierced earrings, come on. Bunch of fruits. The dude wrote Stroke

[@glxyrr1]

Opie and Anthony is way gayer than Billy's video. ⚡️

[@markwilliams7054]

Tss yea

[@davestrongman9519]

Rips off his gay shirt….proceeds to put on an even gayer one. This and twisted sister’s leader of the pack were the two biggest band career killers of the 80’s.

[@JustinLott1980]

Hi th I think we have progress far enough to where we can point out the awfulness of this video without resorting to homophobic cheap shots like saying its 'gay' and 'fruity' over and over (insert putting finger in mouth to induce vomiting emoticon here) This video is bad on so many levels all by itself even without the homoerotic overtones.

[@fraudsarentfriends4717]

MTV was gay, this wasn’t the only video.Why I never watched,the videos always wrecked the music.