Rebel Yell vs White Wedding

[zeke54]

Interesting . I had never heard this , thanks .

 

[zeke54]

Many people aren't aware that Billy was offered Don't You Forget About Me before Simple Minds. Don't know if he would have been featured in Breakfast Club film, but he declined. He has performed it live, with Steve on guitar.

Oops , forgot the quote above ...

 

[shobotan]

Rebel Yell
That SS intro is nuts, then there's the divebombery.

 

[BerkshireDuncan]

BROS with a great guitarist. Overrated and over there.

 

[Mr_Martin]

Always felt his solo career was somewhat of a joke.

Not for his Bank balance

 

[61fury]

It's Hot in the City for me. Nice lope, lush synth , great backup singers.

 

[blowtorch]

It's Hot in the City for me. Nice lope, lush synth , great backup singers.

For the longest time I thought that was a cover of a Neil Diamond song
it feels very Neil-ish to me

 

[Greg70]

Even the "I walk the walls f'you babe (babe, babe)" part?

Yeah, I guess it does have that breakdown in the middle.

 

[61fury]

For the longest time I thought that was a cover of a Neil Diamond song
it feels very Neil-ish to me

Curious, do you have a similar Neil Diamond song in mind? There's a couple of his songs I don't mind.

 

[blowtorch]

Curious, do you have a similar Neil Diamond song in mind? There's a couple of his songs I don't mind.

stuff along this line, I guess, just feels like it has similar elements as Hot in the City

Speaking of Idol/Diamond similarities though, this one is very Diamondish to me, and I dig it:

 

[ElJay370]

This track has some really cool guitar stuff happening in it. Like I said, Steve Stevens is seriously underrated as a guitarist/composer/arranger.

 

[blowtorch]

This track has some really cool guitar stuff happening in it. Like I said, Steve Stevens is seriously underrated as a guitarist/composer/arranger.

Also, the official vid for that song features Steve playing a Roland GR-707, one of the coolest retrowave guitars ever.

Here's mine

 

[blowtorch]

and then there's this
"SUPERSTARS!!!! RETURN TO SPLENDOR!!!! WITH ROCK N ROLL...INFERNO!!!"

image removed

 

[blowtorch]

In the other band I'm in we play LA Woman, but based on Billy Idol's cover

This is my favorite from the album that's from

AWESOME song

 

[gridlock]

My old band played, White Wedding”.
A good song.

 

[blowtorch]

Sweet Sixteen

that vid was originally shot out at the Coral Castle, which is a very intriguing story in and of itself. The guy apparently discovered the secrets of the building of the pyramids, and took that to his grave
https://coralcastle.com/
They also shot at least two movies on that site.
Apparently they had some legal problems with that, so you can't find the original video now

 

[blowtorch]

Another fave off his debut solo

and this one's no slouch, either

 

[buster poser]

Also, the official vid for that song features Steve playing a Roland GR-707, one of the coolest retrowave guitars ever.

Here's mine

Holy crap. Never even seen one in the flesh.

 

[blowtorch]

Holy crap. Never even seen one in the flesh.

Yeah, I don't have the floor unit/processor, just the guitar/controller.
Thing is though, it sounds just awesome, just as a humbucker guitar

 

[bender66]

Even the "I walk the walls f'you babe (babe, babe)" part?

I dont hear that at all.

I play Rebel Yell the rock variety band I'm in. People dig it, and also we do it well. The guitar intro is a real attention getter.

In the other band I'm in we play LA Woman, but based on Billy Idol's cover which has a great temp and drive.

Rebel Yell isolated guitar(s) and space effect...

That iso track is all you need to hear. What a great tune, and that guitar drives it harder than the guitar in WW.