[kj] (ot) Billy Idol.... hahahahahahahahahaha

[Tim Bucknall]

and at the risk of Derisive laughter from the list
i got a bootleg of a pistols show from 2002 that (seriously!) is the 
best show they ever played!
if i could transfer vinyl to cdr i'd share it about

billy idol eeeeugh!

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>>From: "bluce ree" <bluceree2003 at yahoo.co.uk>
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>>>You are the lock
>>>I am the key
>>>Climb up my lemon tree
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>>>Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>"Now, I barely remember much of his earlier works but I'm pretty sure
>>>he used to try and sound american like most UK rock acts did.  Well now
>>>he's putting on the mockney, coupled with the fact that he really
>>>cannot sing."
>>>
>>>Well, for a start, Billy was in GENERATION X, who I thought were pretty
>>>damn great, so go easy there, hater!
>>>
>>>Secondly, like Robert Plant before him, Billy Idol cannot sing ANY
>>>MORE, but he certainly once could.
>>>
>>>Alex in NYC
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>>>On Sunday, March 27, 2005, at 08:57 AM, bluce ree wrote:
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>>>>.... chortle!
>>>>
>>>>I saw his new video last night.... oh my god.... I dont think I'll
>>>>ever recover.  It is without a doubt the funniest, most awful thing
>>>>I've ever seen.
>>>>
>>>>The video is the usual 80s on-stage heavy rock thing, but with a
>>>>terrible, terrible Billy singing to a woman in the crowd thing going
>>>>on (like that Springsteen video with Courtney Cox in it).
>>>>
>>>>Now, I barely remember much of his earlier works but I'm pretty sure
>>>>he used to try and sound american like most UK rock acts did.  Well
>>>>now he's putting on the mockney, coupled with the fact that he really
>>>>cannot sing.  He struggles throughout the song which features some of
>>>>the worst lyrics imaginable.
>>>>
>>>>You are the lock
>>>>I am the key
>>>>Climb up my lemon tree
>>>>I mean for fuck's sake... how bad is that?  Oh... not bad enough?
>>>>Okay... try....
>>>>
>>>>Pretty baby in the back of my car
>>>>Look now, you've gone too far
>>>>Have a slice of my lemon pie
>>>>One more will get you high
>>>>the video ends with two more laughably awful things.  Firstly the
>>>>camera pans out to reveal about thousands of people in the audience
>>>>when clearly there were about 50 max and then right at the end the
>>>>woman in the crowd passes out and when she recovers Billy is there and
>>>>he says....
>>>>
>>>>'are you alright, love'...
>>>>
>>>>it sort of all sounded like The Cult at their very worst, but even
>>>>more shit!
>>>>
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