The Video That Killed Billy Squier's Career
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The Video That Killed Billy Squier's Career
When I was in high school, Billy Squier was cool. Until this video came out! "Rock Me Tonite"
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I was looking at some of his other videos the other day and boy did he fuck things up with the Rock Me Tonight video.
YouTube even had him doing a Christmas song with something like all the MTV staff and it was even moderately cool. I never realized how big he must have been for a short time. I think I misssed most of it because our area didn't get MTV until after he crashed and burned. I certainly remember "the Stroke" being huge on the radio but that's about it.
It's too bad that things tanked for him. I like a lot of his songs.
EDIT: Just watched "Rock Me Tonight" again. I really hoped that at some point Billy Squier kicked the shit out of the director, or the choreographer who convinced him to do that crap.
YouTube even had him doing a Christmas song with something like all the MTV staff and it was even moderately cool. I never realized how big he must have been for a short time. I think I misssed most of it because our area didn't get MTV until after he crashed and burned. I certainly remember "the Stroke" being huge on the radio but that's about it.
It's too bad that things tanked for him. I like a lot of his songs.
EDIT: Just watched "Rock Me Tonight" again. I really hoped that at some point Billy Squier kicked the shit out of the director, or the choreographer who convinced him to do that crap.
By the pricking of my thumb,
Something wicked this way comes.
Open, locks,
Whoever knocks.
Something wicked this way comes.
Open, locks,
Whoever knocks.
Haha, that was fantastic. Though I preferred it when Jennifer Beals did those moves, and it was called Flashdance.
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Wow. It took me a good minute to remember I didn't have testicles. -xBlackFlash
Are you sure this isn't like that time Michael Jackson stopped by your house so he could use the bathroom? - Superman
That's fucking terrible. Who the hell convinced him to do that??
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