BIlly Idol was hot.

[LaraMN]

Crazy and maybe a little scary, but hot.

[zingaro]

1. You say "crazy" and "a little scary" like those are bad things.

:evilgrin:

I lusted after him for years. Heck, maybe I still do.

:bounce:

[LaraMN]

3. "A little scary" in that I think he was a rather violent person,

which is antithetic to being attractive in an overall sense (imho), but from a strictly physical standpoint?
Yum!

[zingaro]

8. He was? Apparently I spent the late 80s in a fog of oblivion.

I thought his sneer was dreamy and his leather and chains just jazzed me.

Oh the days of my misspent youth. I may get all melancholy now. :rofl:

[Shell Beau]

2. Don't see it! I do see the scary part though!!

:P

[LaraMN]

5. I have a thing for punk-y guys...

I kinda' dig eyeliner on men. Possibly a throwback to my drama rat years.
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[MissMillie]

29. I don't either

he looks mean... not an attribute I find attractive at all.

[AlCzervik]

4. I met him once and it was a very bad experience.

needless to say i'm not a fan. To be fair i'm sure he was hammered.

[LaraMN]

6. I've heard he was a less-than-pleasant person.

But a picture can't talk (or punch anyone)!
:9

[zingaro]

11. oh what a drag.

[bridgit]

7. exceeding so, a true wild man...

:headbang:

[LaraMN]

9. I wouldn't want to date him,

that's for sure!

[bridgit]

12. we won't go quite there...

:scared:

[Lex]

10. Seemed like he was trying too hard

to make people to think he was a badass.

"Look at me, I'm a badass!"

[LaraMN]

13. Perhaps so.

But he still looked good in leather!
:D

[Lex]

16. Like a little brother of the Village People?

LOL! I keed, I keed. :hi:

[LaraMN]

17. Ew!

Not comparable!
:rofl:

[MonkeyFunk]

14. I met him at the height of his popularity

I was his bartender.

He had horrible skin and was a nasty little drunk. I was so disappointed.

[LaraMN]

15. That would be disappointing!

Too bad he was a jerk!

[MonkeyFunk]

18. I didn't care

much that he was a jerk - he was a rockstar. I'd made drinks for many jerk-rockstars.

What was disappointing was how ugly he was. I had always thought he was hot and fought to get that shift.

[Strawman]

19. I remember reading about him getting tossed out of the Pump Room

back in the 1980's when Rebel Yell was out. Is that where you tended bar? I was a huge fan of his when I was a kid. My parents took us to Chicago one year and we stayed at the Ambassador East. I thought it was cool because we ate at the restaurant Billy Idol had been kicked out of.

[mitchum]

20. He signed a copy of Gogol's "Dead Souls" for my now wife

he was very pleasant

[tigereye]

32. is there a lyrical connection to Gogol?

that's a cool thing to ask him to sign.

[WCGreen]

21. He was perfect for MTV's beginning.....

Good looking, little talent and pliable...

[begin_within]

22. One time he appeared nude on his hotel balcony.

He heard a crowd of fans below his hotel room singing one of his songs, and he came out to sing along with them... but forgot that he was completely naked. I read him say this in an interview a long time ago, but I can't remember where and when it happened.

[InvisibleTouch]

23. What happened to him?

Everyone's referring to him in the past tense. Did I miss something?

I liked/like a number of his songs and videos.

[KG]

24. he's making xmas albums.

how the mighty have fallen...

[Bassic]

27. I think at this point, he's jut happy he can still record something. nt

[lildreamer316]

30. I beg to DIFFER!

His last album; "Scream" ; gave out a couple of good songs that husband still uses on a weekly basis at work- the title track; and one called "Evil Eye". Shows off the low end of his range very well.
I think he's doin' just fine.

[Deja Q]

33. !

:spray:

[Deja Q]

25. Was? Did he die?

Bad hair. Nice chest. Odd looking dog collar... and the see-through jacket's a bit wonky too...

[Bassic]

26. "Hey little sister what have you done?"

His music was ok too :)

[Rhythm]

28. he was alright to look at... Steve Stevens was the real talent on the stage, though

[LynneSin]

31. I got to hug Billy Idol about 2 years ago

Not kidding

Got his autograph but it was designated as DUer Ramsey's birthday present so she has the autograph hanging in her home office that has a very lovely frame around it