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The Video That Killed Billy Squier's Career

Posted: 2008-03-30 02:34pm
by Lord Poe
When I was in high school, Billy Squier was cool. Until this video came out! "Rock Me Tonite"

Posted: 2008-03-30 03:04pm
by Tsyroc
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. :lol:

Posted: 2008-03-30 04:19pm
by YT300000
Haha, that was fantastic. Though I preferred it when Jennifer Beals did those moves, and it was called Flashdance. :lol:

Posted: 2008-04-01 04:20am
by Vympel
That's fucking terrible. Who the hell convinced him to do that??