FIRST TIME HEARING Billy Squier- In The Dark REACTION

[@batmanforpresident9655]

Billy Squier is a great singer. His album "Don't Say No" is a certified classic, with many great tracks: "My Kinda Lover", In The Dark", Too Daze Gone", " The Stroke" "You Know What I Like", Lonely Is The Night" and the title track.

[@ericmayle8510]

Don't Say No was one of my favorite 8-track tapes I always kept in my car.

[@frauleinmona]

I see you everywhere.

[@jimmayors2315]

Rock Me Tonite is a great song, but that video wasn't right for him!

[@donnaj1964]

I played the cassette over & over do much it probably is worn out! He’s amazing!

[@SmokeDogg11]

And don't forget "I Need You".

[@surlechapeau]

Jay & Amber, you'll love his "My Kinda Lover" !!!

[@michaelgearhart5050]

Yes... YES.!.!.!

[@alphagt62]

I’m. A bass player and my band recently picked up that song, and it is awesome to play! Love the bass in that song. We also play Lonely is the Night, and that also has kick butt bass in it!

[@Ken-vk8pb]

Yes, "My Kinda Lover gets my vote and it's one of his best among many others.

[@salvatorerizzo8640]

Yes they will. My favorite

[@shan-2233]

My kinda lover is a another great timeless squire song !!!

[@leannewilson7184]

THE WHOLE f’ing album “Don't Say No” is a banger. Keep it coming.

[@theresatrapp4532]

Yes, still listen to it to this day!!! Came out about 5th/6th grade for me.

[@heather9857]

My God; yes this whole album!

[@Dee-eq1pg]

Yes!!!

[@shan-2233]

I agree with you guys. I was a freshman in high school when it came out. Had to get my dad to take me to buy it, Loved it then and live it now. Every song on it is like WOW, Great !!!

[@BillGraper]

This is your 4th Billy Squier reaction, and there are still a few more bangers to go. The guy rocked with a great sound.

[@dennisloveland498]

Yep, this is your fourth Billy Squier. The other three were Everybody Wants You, Lonely is the Night and The Stroke.

[@kylesummers1565]

High School! Such Great Music! Peace, Love!!

[@Shrykespeare]

Another Billy classic. "My Kinda Lover" should be next, it's a banger. "Emotions in Motion" is also great, and though some deride it, I like "Rock Me Tonite".

[@richardb6260]

The song "Rock Me Tonite" is fine. It's the video that gets the flack.

[@Shrykespeare]

@@richardb6260 Ah. Right. It's been so long since I've seen the video I forgot what the hubbub is.

[@rwfrench66GenX]

It’s a great song in audio version 😂

[@richardb6260]

@@rwfrench66GenX unfortunately, it's forever linked with that video.

[@richardb6260]

@@Shrykespeare one of the cringiest things I've ever seen.

[@terrymills810]

Billy Squier is an automatic thumbs up. I saw him in concert puts on hell of show

[@reneeheknowsmyname6771]

Oh, this song!!! I completely relive this song whenever I hear it! It takes me back to 1981, and all the feel's that go with it!!

[@bigsteve9279]

🎸👍❤️

[@jalkabre5904]

You can't go wrong with Billy. "Emotions in Motion", "My Kinda Lover", "Two Daze Gone", "Nobody Knows", and "It Keeps You Rockin"

[@markstoudenmire4935]

RIP Bobby Chouinard, Billy's drummer on this. A true powerhouse drummer.

[@spongo]

Mr. Big Beat.

[@csedrivers2850]

Billy Squier rocks. 😎

[@tommytrixter]

From 80-83 Billy Was Da Man.Loverboy was on their A game too.So much great music at this time.Van Halen Anyone.

[@Cozmo-hp4uo]

I was introduced to Billy Squier as a young teen, been a fan every since.

[@Tuesdays_Gone]

Wooooo, this transports me right back to school. I never hear this song, anymore. Squier is a good rabbit hole to go down.

[@deelawson4551]

One of my favorites by Billy is All Night Long..I saw him in concert in 1984 with Ratt opening up for him! It was Awesome! Keep On Rockin'

[@leemcclements8889]

All Night Long is a great choice! Then again, anything Billy Squire is worth a listen!

[@matthewmille]

I saw this concert with Ratt opening. Fantastic show!

[@mneugent7658]

Saw him 82 with Nazareth opening up. One dumb video at the wrong time killed the guy's career. A shame, he was awesome.

[@Doggeslife]

First B. Squire song I heard, and maybe the first played on FM radio. You just took me back to my early 20s.

[@russellellis9269]

That entire album is great. Simple, straight forward rock. Great riffs, heavy drums & great lyrics.

[@tinathompson4531]

Emotions in motion is a must

[@O_Towne_Bear]

This whole album is solid.

[@jpapi7568]

Billy Squier belongs in the ROCK N ROLL 🥁 HALL OF FAME!!!!!

[@roadkill7314]

My favorite Billy Squier song. I'm still blown away by what a rocker Amber's become. If you get nothing else from your channel you'll always have that. You go girl!

[@robertg7396]

My kinda lover should be next from Billy. 😃

[@jerryrogers6449]

My favorite from Billy!

[@rickrobinson672]

Favorite Billy Squier song. Glad you reacted to it.

[@Love4QT]

Ahhhh! Love this song so much!!! 🤗❤️❤️ Please check out “My Kinda Lover” by Billy S! You will love it! One of his best! 😌

[@stemcellactivationguy]

I saw Billy in concert at the Tulsa Convention Center in 1986 with Ratt as the opener. What a show! The 80’s was the most eclectic, unique, and brilliant decade for music. I was blessed to enjoy it from the age of 10 to 20.

[@christikirk7265]

Long for the good old days!

[@elgonwilliams7624]

My favorite Billy Squier song.

[@ALLCapsKen]

"ROCK ME TONIGHT" (just be warned: DO NOT watch the video, not unless you want to ruin your image of this guy - the video is notoriously T E R R I B L E ! )

[@sopdox]

My Kinda Lover is one of his best.

[@Renkk17]

Billy Squier - My Kind of Lover - Emotions in Motion - In Your Eyes

[@dawn6320]

Just 1 of my Favs from them.

[@Frankie--da-fixer]

My favorite song by Billy!!

[@jimsteele3423]

Love Billy Squire

[@generoberts9151]

“Learn how to Live” is a deep cut banger

[@anthonypowell6234]

Damn near perfect rock drum sound on these tracks with Bobby Chouinard.

[@benjaminanderson5263]

This song will test your speakers if cranked and on vinyl

[@terriertz5134]

This was a banger back in my Jr. High school days. Nostalgic.

[@chrisstone5868]

I always love me some Billy. It’s so “ Back in the Dayish” Everyone had their stereos blasting this song driving the point!! But J I need some ACDC. RIDE ON. Bonn Scott. Awesome blues riff. Pleassssssssssse! Love you guys!!!

[@1teamski]

Now that is a song I haven't heard in years! Yep, another golden tune by Billy Squier.

[@JayyeStone]

Billy "Stroke"d his way on to the scene with high energy and a bit different sound. This is my fav Squier tune, but I remember The Stroke getting tons of airplay and also got a lot of play in the dance clubs of So Cal back in the day. Great reaction!

[@julieholmes2707]

Saw him in concert in the early 80s. Was a good show.

[@delete.102]

This whole album is 🔥

[@elizabethfranco1284]

One of my favorite guys,love this song you’ll love My Kinda Lover.

[@brentcox7772]

Saw him in OKC in ‘77!🤘🔥

[@bigsteve9279]

He was AMAZING in concert! He opened up for Foreigner… Sept ‘81’ A great 2 fer show!

[@lisamurawske4168]

Love me some Billy Squier!

[@FizzFop1]

Thank you! My favorite Billy Squier song! Brings back great memories!

[@AAA-mb6qk]

Man, I'm so glad I heard this music everyday of my childhood! Born in '69 and had the privilege of being a seventies/eighties young person. We definitely had the best era of all genres of music! I noticed here recently how many songs of today are copying bits and pieces of old music. You know it's the best when new talent has to dig in the archives for "sampling" inspiration!

[@nathans3241]

I saw Billy Squier open for Queen around 1983 at the Forum in Los Angeles. His performance was so good that when it was time for him to leave the stage many people in the audience started urging him to stay on stage and keep going. He put on a great show.

[@robertg7396]

This is a straight banger! I remember seeing him back in the day in the local Boston clubs. His, and my own hometown. He puts on a great show! This particular one has always been my favorite of his. 🤘😎

[@alanbrown3963]

I hope your headphones have the bass response to really appreciate how epic Bobby Chouinard is on this album. I saw Billy Squier open for Pat Benatar in 1981, first concert I ever went to and certainly one of the best. Bobby C rocked the house on drums. He had a coffee can full of his war clubs and every time he broke a stick (which was frequently) he would spin it out into the crowd and pull another one from his quiver while never missing a beat. The guy was epic!!! RIP

[@bigsteve9279]

I saw him in Sept ‘81’… opening for Foreigner. AMAZING!

[@markbeck1032]

@@bigsteve9279 I did too.Around the same time.Great show!

[@jhamler1]

Funny, I never really liked the drum sound on Billy Squier records. The performance was fine but the snare/crash cymbal sound always bothered me. I sincerely think if your boy Bobby had tuned it down a bit... Well, these songs would be more heralded to this day. Maybe I'm nuts, I dunno.

[@markstoudenmire4935]

@@jhamler1 That would be critique for the producer.

[@hondaphan4172]

@@bigsteve9279 Me as well but I'm pretty sure my Foreigner/ Squier show at the Spectrum in Philly(the last night of three sold-out shows in support of their epic 4 album) took place in early '82 which was several months before I graduated from college.

[@rwfrench66GenX]

Great reaction! Billy started when radio was still a major venue for bands to shoot for as far as fame goes. Anyone with enough money could cut a demo record but getting played on the radio was like next level and opened up new possibilities. Following up one hit with a tour and another hit was the idea and Billy had done that very well several times. Unfortunately MTV started and his label had him make a video for his song Rock Me Tonight, which on the radio sounds like another classic Billy hit, but man, did the video torpedo his career! He was prancing around the stage, flagellating on a bed with silk sheets, ripping off his T-shirt only to put on a pink T-shirt! It was a hot mess cooked with rocket fuel! You felt so bad for the guy but you also wondered what he was thinking in approving this for airplay!

[@triggerwarning5762]

Video Killed the Radio Star.

[@TripletDad3]

From what I remember, he hated the video from the start, and wanted to re-shoot it with a different concept, and his record company agreed. Unbeknownst to Squire, his record company immediately went behind his back and released it to MTV and ended up killing his career.

[@jonathanlocke6404]

Just imagine how many people watched that video during production, editing, and meetings before it was released and said: "Yeah! This is rockin'! This is gonna put Billy over the top!" Heh...Wonder how their careers fared after this..."You say you worked in video production?" "Yeah, I worked on that Billy Squier video!" "Um, we'll let you know"...

[@MrTech226]

Even though his career gotten tanked by his label and director of that video, Billy at 72 stills touring

[@rwfrench66GenX]

@@MrTech226 that’s great! If I found out he was in concert near me I’d go see him! He has a lot of great music and it was a big part of my youth and he should be proud of what he recorded! I was just giving Jay & Amber a little background from my perspective and recollection. I have no idea if they were actually reading it but it was intended for them.

[@jessejamessimons483]

All right my babies.... Now I've commented on Billy Squier before. This debut album is awesomely amazingly awesome from beginning to end ‼️💯🔥🔥🤘🏼☠️🤘🏼😁

[@pmv1969]

This is my favorite song by him 2:28

[@lancerx1759]

Billy Squire was fire live back in the 80s

[@Rayray-kj9cc]

Billy Squier was such a huge part of my teen years in the 80s✌✌🤘🤘

[@dinoballiviero1607]

Oh.... me too!!

[@Dee-eq1pg]

He is soooooooo under rated.

[@quinny6920]

Yassss Love some billy squier !! This is one of my fav of his. He had quite a few hits back in the day!!

[@agentalbert]

Check out "The Big Beat". That great track from his debut too often gets ignored.

[@garyarnett1220]

His vocals : "you're a hard habit to bre ^ache." That shift.

[@genebarker3624]

Thanks for doing this one, it's my favorite Billy Squier song. Many more good ones to check out.

[@badwolf72022]

I love this song. Thank you

[@nancgallardo4711]

Wow, lately you have been hitting on lot of artists who's albums I owned in my early 20's, and were definitely on my party jam rotation. I think, Everybody Wants You, is probably one of my faves from Billy.

[@jimtatro6550]

Every song from this album is a banger.🔥🎧

[@rebeccarockchik6704]

Still have this album...classic!! ✌❤

[@tjhunger5656]

The first four you've covered on your KZbin channel: In the dark, Stroke, Lonely Is the Night, Everybody Wants You The last three are the only other songs by Billy Squier I personally think are any good: Rock Me Tonight, Emotions in motion, My kind of lover

[@tammyosborne2312]

One of my all time favorite songs!

[@ddevor1963]

My high school days, I love it.

[@davidwalker683]

You will love- my kinda of lover as well

[@4cenobytes]

Check out Billy singing Christmas is a time to say I love you

[@chezellis]

Despite the video killing his career, I do like the Billy Squier song "Rock Me Tonite."

[@jamesgonzales5285]

My high school years!! Big trucks, 4x4's, and Rock and Roll!!! Small town boy who had your back, if you had mine. 🎸🤟😝🤘

[@heather9857]

Thank you for getting me motivated for my workout! :). I say do My Kinda Lover or Whadda ya Want From Me. How much I loved driving around to this album, 1AM, windows rolled down…

[@Nosferatu388]

Hey Guys, Great Reaction! She's a Runner (Live) Is also a Great one!

[@ronjacobs9557]

some great rock songs are "The Break Up Song" by Greg Kiln Band also check out Edwyn Collins " A Girl Like you"

[@kbusby4824]

Would love for them to react to both of these!

[@Pete4260]

As y'all are aware, there was an incredible amount of great music produced in the 80's. Sure, there was plenty of stuff that was campy and even silly, but the 80's was a decade loaded with innovation and creativity that hasn't been duplicated since. Being that as it may, I strongly suggest you check out "She's a Runner" by Billy Squier. Yet another great tune from Billy and the 80's.

[@brianmoser3947]

Tried to mix Billy Squire/ In the Dark with Led Zeppelin In the light now, I'm slippen into the twilight zone 😂❤

[@brianmoser3947]

Fasten your seatbelts bro 🙏👍🎈😎

[@House-of-Lords.]

DON'T SAY YOU LOVE ME IS ANOTHER BILLY SQUIER HIT.🎸🎹🥁🎤🎧🎼🎵🎶🔊

[@WKUFranko]

Billy gets a lot of praise for his guitar talent and vocals but if you actually listen to the lyrics, not sure if he writes all the material, but some pretty in-depth lyrics in his songs. All the way back to his days with Piper.

[@toddburkitt5331]

Video killed the radio star after that train wreck of a video. Just what I was thinking.👍

[@LOKISlog7]

He does write sll if his songs. Great wordsmith

[@dimedraweriv258]

God and does he sound like Robert Plant or what? I wish Billy would start performing again.

[@williambrewer9069]

@@dimedraweriv258 He did a small tour 2018-early 2019

[@AKLMUSIC419]

The entire album is amazing.

[@Lemons66]

Billy Squier!! All Night Long is one of my faves. Check out April Wine- Roller too.

[@bigsteve9279]

Wow… I forgot about April Wine 🍷

[@robertspeller6839]

Tesla time,,,,,"Callit what you want", "The way it is", "Mama's fool", "Hang tough", "Heaven's trail", "Edicine's medicine" or "Modern day cowboy"

[@lesevans4905]

Listen to the Doors song: (Not to touch the Earth). The song is a glimpse into Morrison's twisted Mind.

[@mikem8749]

This album is a masterpiece

[@aerynsunx]

I love this song. It's my absolute favorite by Billy Squier, among many terrific songs. But this one will always make me stop what I'm doing to listen. And the lyrics say so much more than you usually expect from a pop/rock radio standard song.

[@bobjoy5848]

this was your 4th reaction. check out big beat, all night long, stronger. can't go wrong with any of his songs, but big beat would be best choice.

[@jamesgilliam5278]

I kept that on in my cassette player in my 71 Nova for the first month that I had that cassette. It would just start over. It was really awesome. At the time it was my favorite album until the next one came along. Glad you guys took the time to listen to it

[@triggerwarning5762]

My first car, in 84, was a 70 Nova, with "three on the tree."

[@jamesgilliam5278]

@@triggerwarning5762 I remember those. Mine had a power glide shifter with a 400 turbo Transmission. Lol

[@triggerwarning5762]

@@jamesgilliam5278 Dang. All mine had was plywood over the rotten floorboards!

[@EternitysRose]

Billy Squier is one of the greatest song writers of my generation.

[@Connith88]

Billy was in a band called PIPER before going solo. He was always on the juke box while playing pool leagues in the late 70's into the 80's. (That HEART album cover still looks good on your wall. Thanks again!!!!)

[@bbop6136]

Jay & Amber; Zebra: Tell me what you want, Triumph: Spellbound, Scorpions: Blackout, Styx: Blue collar man. Are all great songs that will want you to get and move!

[@Copperwise]

You're speaking my soul here. Every one of these songs is fire!

[@kbusby4824]

Great suggestions!!

[@jestersly4963]

Styx - Queen of Spades

[@aronbaumel5746]

Zebra!!!!

[@RKA91]

Love it!! Thanks

[@KimPatts]

My Kinda Lover by Billy Squire is 🔥🔥🔥🔥!

[@Robsan40]

Glad you did another Billy Squier reaction, he's one of my all time favorite artists. I think his most underrated song is "Don't Say You Love Me"

[@skrozar2000]

A great album!

[@richardhillebrand5353]

The whole Billy Squire Album Don't say no is a banger! Check out a softer side of Billy Squire from Don't say no Album song nobody knows ( Tribute to John Lennon)!

[@seymorestuff235]

Saw him in a band called Piper in the late 70s opening for the Babys. The next year he went solo. Definitely a good decision on his part

[@bb-gc2tx]

billy posted your last reaction video on his facebook page

[@teresajarrell452]

Really!?! CONGRATS GUYS!! 👍😃👍

[@jacqueline4514]

GREAT Billy Squire song!!! Loved your reaction as always! My Kind of Lover Next! 😀

[@TinaB2972]

I LOVE Billy Squier! Thank you for this reaction!