November 30, 2006

It's a nice day for a...White Christmas! Billy Idol's long-awaited Christmas album. Visit his MySpace page for vids.
posted by kitfisto 17 years ago
  • Happy Birthday, Jesus. I hope you like crap!
  • Hmm. Looking at his myspace page, it seems as though it's Billy's birthday. He's 51, but his face is only 10.
  • I saw this a few days ago (and nearly posted it here!). I still can't figure out if it's all a joke on Idol's part or just cruel, cruel fate. Had planned to be "Mrs. Billy Idol" when in jr. high...
  • Wasn't he in some motorcycle accident that required a lot of facial plastic surgery?
  • Oops! Here I was just thinking he was vain. I remember the accident -- he was limping around with a cane in his L.A. Woman vid, but I don't know if his face was involved. If it was, I retract my snark, and offer apologies. If not, the snark stands.
  • In retrospect, it seems like kind of a short trip from heavy MTV rotation to total obscurity, and from there to something so embarassing as to inspire pity even in people like myself, who found him really annoying in his heyday.
  • Wow, those videos are nothing short of amazingly creepy. I actually get a sort of "uncanny valley" feeling from watching them; it's as if I'm watching CG Billy Idol sing songs in a creepy tone and make creepy, inhuman faces. Naturally, I've added "White Christmas" to my Myspace profile.
  • Your snark can stand, Capt. I think he's earned it, here ;)
  • MonkeyFilter: Your snark can stand.
  • I have it, and like it. I suspect he is making fun of a certain kind of person, but I'm not sure. Just by titling it "Happy Holidays" for one. He has one song in there called "Merry Christmas, baby" which i thought was about how Christmas is about getting gifts, but it seems to be a cover of a Christina Agulera song, so I don't know. Another song he wishes a merry Christmas to all the troops over seas, then to everyone else. Those are most of the indicators I could find where he may potentially be... I don't know if joking is the right word or not. He is the master of playing it straight if he is joking. But I do like the album. If you like X-mas music (I may be the only person who does), his covers are better than most other I've found on most of my other X-mas albums.
  • He can joke all he wants, be all ironic and stuff. But he's not getting my money. Crap, the last shard of respect I had for his attitude was lost for me with that 'Cyberpunk' CD monstrosity...
  • >>I suspect he is making fun of a certain kind of person, I suspect him of unwittingly being the kind of person he's making fun of. But I'm not a fan, so maybe I'm being insufficiently charitable.
  • Fuck you, Louis! Sorry for not finding it in my search (which I did, oh yes, I did) I apologise to all for crap post. Even to you, capt. you know I love you. *breaks down in tears*
  • I'ssalla joke, innit? *snkkk* *sniff* *!* whoo!
  • I suspect him of unwittingly being the kind of person he's making fun of. But I'm not a fan, so maybe I'm being insufficiently charitable. Yeah, I can't tell which, either.
  • YOU WANNA DANCE?!
  • Even to you, capt. you know I love you. No one loves you like I do, baby. *warms up Monkey Rocker*