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Billy Idol Records Album of Christmas Standards
Rock 103 Memphis ^ | November 23, 2006 | Staff

Posted on 11/23/2006 2:55:47 AM PST by mcg2000

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1 posted on 11/23/2006 2:55:51 AM PST by mcg2000
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Too bad today's kids won't be able to get my favourite Christmas album - the one done by the Crypt Keeper from "Tales from the Crypt".

Regards, Ivan

2 posted on 11/23/2006 2:57:33 AM PST by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)
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I was never a big Billy Idol fan , but always dug the song Eyes Without A Face ...


3 posted on 11/23/2006 3:03:35 AM PST by sushiman
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Hi All-

I wonder if he'll have his signature "snarl" on his face when he sings these classic Christmas songs on video?

~ Blue Jays ~

4 posted on 11/23/2006 3:04:27 AM PST by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: MadIvan

Wait, wasn't this a subplot in the movie Love, Actually?


5 posted on 11/23/2006 3:07:49 AM PST by durasell (!)
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To: sushiman
I was never a big Billy Idol fan , but always dug the song Eyes Without A Face

I'm 49 and still crank up the volume every time Eyes Without a Face is on the radio. His guitarist(name?)back in those days was one of the best.

6 posted on 11/23/2006 3:09:01 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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The guitarists name was Steve Stevens.


7 posted on 11/23/2006 3:11:19 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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I was never a big Billy Idol fan , but always dug the song Eyes Without A Face ...



Not one of my favorites either, liked some of his songs, but what I really like about him is that he "shuts up and sings". I respect him for that at least.


8 posted on 11/23/2006 3:16:13 AM PST by napscoordinator
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Can a Guns And Roses Christmas album be far behind?


9 posted on 11/23/2006 3:20:12 AM PST by jslade (The beatings well cease when morale improves!)
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To: Blue Jays
Sting's interpretation of Billy Idol:


10 posted on 11/23/2006 3:21:00 AM PST by monkapotamus
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11 posted on 11/23/2006 3:23:23 AM PST by monkapotamus
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To: mcg2000
I always enjoyed his music.
12 posted on 11/23/2006 3:28:47 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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It gets worse;

http://mymerrychristmas.com/2006/twistedsister.shtml


13 posted on 11/23/2006 3:29:01 AM PST by Salamander (And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent.......)
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Ya, I'd have to agree and say that that's worse. Way worse!

Maybe somewhere along the lines of "We're not gonna take it" to "We're gonna take it back" LOL


14 posted on 11/23/2006 3:47:41 AM PST by diverteach
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To: mcg2000

Good for Billy! I heard one song oh his MySpace page, and it sounded good: stripped down, just relying on his distinctive voice and rockabilly/punk-background style, with just a bit of backing instruments. I'm going to buy the CD!

Out of general principal, I don't post to MySpace pages, but if you go to Billy's official website for the album, you can see the link for his MySpace page and listen to some cuts. (I guess he's letting MySpace pay for the songs' bandwidth traffic.)

I can just imagine what he'll come up with for Christmas '07: "It's Looking Like a 'White Wedding' Christmas"....

15 posted on 11/23/2006 3:50:09 AM PST by Yossarian (Everyday, somewhere on the globe, somebody is pushing the frontier of stupidity.)
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To: mcg2000

It's a
Nice day for a
White Christmas...


16 posted on 11/23/2006 3:51:27 AM PST by gotribe (There's still time to begin a war in Iraq.)
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To: gotribe
"It's a Nice day for a White Christmas..."

There's a #1 just waiting to come out.

17 posted on 11/23/2006 3:54:10 AM PST by chemicalman (Kerry was wrong. The uneducated are not stuck in Iraq. Instead, they voted for Democrats yesterday.)
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OK, a Billy Idol Christmas album is better than a N.W.A. Christmas album

I least, I can understand Billy when he sings

18 posted on 11/23/2006 4:10:59 AM PST by Popman ("What I was doing wasn't living, it was dying. I really think God had better plans for me.")
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To: mcg2000
Frosty the Snowman Does Heroin - big hit

Winter Wonderland aka Crack Heaven!

Santa Claus Is Coming On The Town

And the British rocker insists he had no trouble hitting the right notes, because the songs just flowed out of him..

Ahem. Yes. We know about that Billy. Although his use of drugs just seems to flow IN him. Well and then there's the Heidi Fleiss girls he was...um, enjoying.
19 posted on 11/23/2006 4:12:12 AM PST by I_Love_My_Husband (http://community.livejournal.com/_2008_repubpres/profile)
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That's him now???? I thought it was an old pic of some 50's idol. Well I was half wrong. Or maybe fully right.

Gone are the crazy dreads I see.


20 posted on 11/23/2006 4:14:46 AM PST by I_Love_My_Husband (http://community.livejournal.com/_2008_repubpres/profile)
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