I vote Train.

 

Drops of Jupiter.

 

Gosh what a waste of a good song on that pathetic video.

 

Last video I watched was for Thriller. :lol2:

Do they still make music videos?

After scoring big with his releases "Don't Say No" in 1981, and "Emotions in Motion" in 1982 with tons of hits, Billy Squier followed those up in 1984 with "Signs of Life" with the first single from the album released being "Rock Me Tonight".

 

Decent enough tune, but the video made even me cringe. What was he thinking? It was essentially career suicide for him from which he never much recovered. He continued to put out 5 more albums afterwards that practically no one ever heard.

 

Without looking it up, I bet that no one can name one song past "Rock Me Tonight" that Billy Squier released, and neither can I.

 

Not that it really matters, but I've never heard with any certainty that Squier is gay, and in 2002 he even married a woman who is a professional German soccer player, for whatever that's worth.

 

I used to dig his early tunes and even saw him in concert back in the day, and though I wasn't out yet or felt comfortable discussing it with anyone, inside I always felt that Squier's mannerisms were a bit feminine. Until "Rock Me Tonight" I never heard anyone point out the things about him that I had already observed, and found it a bit amazing that no one seemed to have noticed.

 

Pretty Woman by Van Halen...that video is horrible and looks like it was made as a homework project by some middle school director.

After scoring big with his releases "Don't Say No" in 1981, and "Emotions in Motion" in 1982 with tons of hits, Billy Squier followed those up in 1984 with "Signs of Life" with the first single from the album released being "Rock Me Tonight".

 

Decent enough tune, but the video made even me cringe. What was he thinking? It was essentially career suicide for him from which he never much recovered. He continued to put out 5 more albums afterwards that practically no one ever heard.

 

Without looking it up, I bet that no one can name one song past "Rock Me Tonight" that Billy Squier released, and neither can I.

 

Not that it really matters, but I've never heard with any certainty that Squier is gay, and in 2002 he even married a woman who is a professional German soccer player, for whatever that's worth.

 

I used to dig his early tunes and even saw him in concert back in the day, and though I wasn't out yet or felt comfortable discussing it with anyone, inside I always felt that Squier's mannerisms were a bit feminine. Until "Rock Me Tonight" I never heard anyone point out the things about him that I had already observed, and found it a bit amazing that no one seemed to have noticed.

 

 

On a tangent...has anyone else (of a certain age) ever felt that it's REALLY summer only when Billy Squier is in regular rotation on the radio?

On a tangent...has anyone else (of a certain age) ever felt that it's REALLY summer only when Billy Squier is in regular rotation on the radio?

 

Unfortunately I never seem to hear him on the radio, but I recently spinned his greatest hits disc and it was a blast to be reminded just what a hit machine he was in such a short time, and how many great songs he had.

 

He had an original sound and his tunes hold up and feel timeless.

 

After the radio played them to death, I backed away for many years, but they now sound even better than ever. His tunage is a fun listen and worth revisiting.

After scoring big with his releases "Don't Say No" in 1981, and "Emotions in Motion" in 1982 with tons of hits, Billy Squier followed those up in 1984 with "Signs of Life" with the first single from the album released being "Rock Me Tonight".

 

Decent enough tune, but the video made even me cringe. What was he thinking? It was essentially career suicide for him from which he never much recovered. He continued to put out 5 more albums afterwards that practically no one ever heard.

 

Without looking it up, I bet that no one can name one song past "Rock Me Tonight" that Billy Squier released, and neither can I.

 

Not that it really matters, but I've never heard with any certainty that Squier is gay, and in 2002 he even married a woman who is a professional German soccer player, for whatever that's worth.

 

I used to dig his early tunes and even saw him in concert back in the day, and though I wasn't out yet or felt comfortable discussing it with anyone, inside I always felt that Squier's mannerisms were a bit feminine. Until "Rock Me Tonight" I never heard anyone point out the things about him that I had already observed, and found it a bit amazing that no one seemed to have noticed.

 

 

No kidding, my friends and I were sitting on deck tonight overlooking ocean and we're talking about good songs and bad videos. There's a thousand of them from the 80's but I said this video from Squier pretty much ruined a nice career.

The one that really comes to mind is Breakin The Law from Priest. Just awful. Pretty Woman and Dancin in Streets by Springstein come to mind also.

Two early Judas Priest videos would qualify. "Breakin the Law" and "Hot Rockin".

Two early Judas Priest videos would qualify. "Breakin the Law" and "Hot Rockin".

 

I've always dug both of these tunes, but yeah I agree that the video concepts were pretty stupid. I'd rather just crank them up on audio only as the visuals make the band look ridiculous.

Pretty Woman by Van Halen...that video is horrible and looks like it was made as a homework project by some middle school director.

 

Agree, simple awful.

After scoring big with his releases "Don't Say No" in 1981, and "Emotions in Motion" in 1982 with tons of hits, Billy Squier followed those up in 1984 with "Signs of Life" with the first single from the album released being "Rock Me Tonight".

 

Decent enough tune, but the video made even me cringe. What was he thinking? It was essentially career suicide for him from which he never much recovered. He continued to put out 5 more albums afterwards that practically no one ever heard.

 

Without looking it up, I bet that no one can name one song past "Rock Me Tonight" that Billy Squier released, and neither can I.

 

Not that it really matters, but I've never heard with any certainty that Squier is gay, and in 2002 he even married a woman who is a professional German soccer player, for whatever that's worth.

 

I used to dig his early tunes and even saw him in concert back in the day, and though I wasn't out yet or felt comfortable discussing it with anyone, inside I always felt that Squier's mannerisms were a bit feminine. Until "Rock Me Tonight" I never heard anyone point out the things about him that I had already observed, and found it a bit amazing that no one seemed to have noticed.

 

 

Excellent call B-ball, what was Billy thinking??????