Christmas Idol
Who is this good looking fellow singing in the snow? Why it’s Mr. Billy Idol singing “Jingle Bell Rock” of course. I know it’s November, but my freak neighbors have had their Christmas lights up for a week now, so it’s open season here on Ickmusic. And I just couldn’t keep these videos to myself. I’ve been watching in amazement as Billy Idol, former member of Generation X, belts out the Christmas hits in these priceless videos.
I can’t help but think that someone put him up to this, that this is some extravagant bet that Billy plans on winning. But joke or not, Billy has released a whole album of Christmas classics, and as you’ll see, he’s as giddy as a schoolboy on Christmas morning to sing them for you…
Billy Idol: Jingle Bell Rock |White Christmas | Happy Holiday (MySpace videos)
What’s next, a Johnny Rotten – Clay Aiken Holiday Duets album?
The New Banner: some of you may notice a new banner up top. It’s nothing spectacular (I’m still working on that), but it’s a picture I took over Thanksgiving weekend in Tucson. We were walking back from a park at dusk, and saw many many birds on the wires above. So I felt compelled to snap a photo.
The picture above is only a small part of it. The full photo is here. I don’t know why, but I like it. There’s a whole lot of stuff going on in that photo. Lots of individual birds coming together to commune on the local wires at the end of a beautiful day. And of course, it can be interpreted as the five lines in a written music staff. Huh? You feeling me now? Okay, I have just spent entirely too much time writing about my bird picture. Go watch Billy again.
8 Comments
todd
My daughter hit it on the head.
“I kept waiting for something to happen, to show it was some sort of joke, and it never did.”
and
“It reminds me of the washed up rock star in Love Actually trying to have a hit for Christmas.”
Bo-bella
Ha ha! love the Billy idol video…I stole it and put it on my myspace! He is so ridiculous…yet so festive!
btw…I like the bird pic. 🙂
Zack
Man, and I remember when Billy Idol was cool!
Cove
Pete:
What a riot!! This is years away from “White Wedding”! I think he is smiling because he is thinking that he is actually going to make money on this album, year after year, even though it’s a joke. But at the same time, the performances are not bad . . . .
Jim
my only reply: http://www.twistedsister.com/
Pete
Haha that’s good. A Twisted Sister x-mas album….I love the quote on the site:
“This is, quite simply, the best hard rock Christmas album ever made, and one of the best rock ‘n’ roll Christmas albums period since Elvis made his. It’s THAT good. “
Dan
This is horrible. Not good music, not funny. Freekin horrible.
michal peeps
Zack said “Man, and I remember when Billy Idol was cool!”
I don’t!