Man, was "jj dncr" the biggest idiot to ever post here? Or merely among the biggest?
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 18 June 2007 07:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Like how did Billy Idol come up with such a glittering woozy midtempo synth jam. Why can't this happen again?
― corey, Friday, 29 October 2010 07:26 (thirteen years ago) link
despise this song tbh
― guess I'll just sing dream on again (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 29 October 2010 07:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't know what to say to you then
― corey, Friday, 29 October 2010 07:41 (thirteen years ago) link
This thread is *so* ILX.
― Stockhausen's Helicopter Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 29 October 2010 08:11 (thirteen years ago) link
in a good way!
― corey, Friday, 29 October 2010 08:19 (thirteen years ago) link
love this jam
― kind of folksy and very down-to-earth (crüt), Friday, 29 October 2010 08:20 (thirteen years ago) link
a classic and unbelievably amazing.
― Tim F, Friday, 29 October 2010 09:49 (thirteen years ago) link
listened to this on spotify recently and a cover came on after and i was like "oh this is nice"
it was SCOOTER. from a chill out album of scooter singing acoustic songs!
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Friday, 29 October 2010 11:21 (thirteen years ago) link
this thread is amazing
― Kim, Friday, 29 October 2010 13:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Prince gets enough handjobs here on ILM, why give him another?
Prince needs MORE handjobs from ILM!
― overrated steven tyler television gigs that I have no interest in viewing (KMS), Friday, 29 October 2010 13:56 (thirteen years ago) link
love this song. always assumed it was about a guy cutting off models' faces to graft onto the skull of his disfigured daughter.
― naked human hands and a foam rubber head (contenderizer), Friday, 29 October 2010 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
this song rules. perfect for being on a bus, a psychedelic trip, reading murder books, or trying to stay hip
― underrated joe perry project albums i have sold (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 October 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
*cough* if that's an invite, I took out the macho chugging and slightly screwed it for a recent mix you may have snickered at. Still like how it sounds, and what it cross-fades into.
― cee-oh-tee-tee, Friday, 29 October 2010 16:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Love this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9am9COGN04
― sandra lee, gimme your alcohol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
I really dislike the bridge in this song. I feel like the guitar solo and Billy's macho posturing during it really ruin and disrupt the sweet sexiness of the mood. I couldn't find another remix with this simple edit so I cut it out.
Here it is: Eyes Without A Solo
― Captain Ahab, Friday, 25 February 2011 05:43 (thirteen years ago) link
kind of disconcerting how the end of the solo cuts in so suddenly, but yeah, that's definitely my least favorite part too.
― flow (chilli), Friday, 25 February 2011 06:43 (thirteen years ago) link
this song stopped me in my tracks a few months ago, unbelievable!
― maybe i'm just gay (Tape Store), Friday, 25 February 2011 06:49 (thirteen years ago) link
xp
I played with it for a good while trying to cut the beginning verse into the post solo verse, but in the end I began to like the way the end of the solo cut in. I'll look at it again and see if I can make it a little smoother.
― Captain Ahab, Friday, 25 February 2011 07:10 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe cut in at the 'say your prayers' bit? if possible. it's not too far out from the overall mood, would add just a slightly sinister note.
― ledge, Friday, 25 February 2011 10:22 (thirteen years ago) link
wow.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_okSlFkkUpE
― Kim, Friday, 25 February 2011 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
no real recollection of starting this at all. i know i liked it but i didn't know i liked it so much.
― piscesx, Saturday, 26 February 2011 12:08 (thirteen years ago) link
So seems like Captain Ahab had the same idea- but it looks like it's been taken down.
Here's my version without the solo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU1Yolk9TXg
dl link in description.
― mom, Friday, 21 November 2014 03:04 (nine years ago) link
hi mom
― GYBE ALFOTHAD download from mediafire - Type: .rar Size: 53.25 MB (unregistered), Friday, 21 November 2014 03:08 (nine years ago) link
the lyrics in the sort of breakout part of this are fucking hilarious and terrible. they feel like they were written by someone's dad impersonating a rebellious figure. especially the way he sings "ooh, the gigolo pool".
When you hear the music you make a dipInto someone else's pocket then make a slip.Steal a car and go to Las Vegas oh, the gigolo pool.
Hanging out by the state line,Turning holy water into wineDrinkin' it down, ohI'm on a bus on a psychedelic tripReading murder books tryin' to stay hip.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, 23 January 2017 23:26 (seven years ago) link
i think id like to make an edit of this track where that bit doesn't happen
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Monday, 23 January 2017 23:33 (seven years ago) link
ha, i didn't read the previous revive of this thread. a common complaint it seems
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Monday, 23 January 2017 23:35 (seven years ago) link
i would also put the bpm down by 5 or so
i always thought the lyric was "ooh, the gigolo crew" which is funnier and worse than "gigolo pool" which sounds like a venue or something. i like the idea of idol referring to himself and some cronies as "the gigolo crew".
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, 23 January 2017 23:37 (seven years ago) link
this is a boss tune and the breakdown and the rest are as luridly trashy as each other
killing yourself would be preferable to editing it into a lynch meets soft sad techno komkukt jam
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 00:07 (seven years ago) link
it's all trashy but the breakdown guitar sound is just unforgivable.
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 00:10 (seven years ago) link
the arguing at the beginning of this thread between press outlets about Dubya coverage is ... something
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 00:15 (seven years ago) link
xp great riff, you're unforgivable
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 00:18 (seven years ago) link
Apart from that, it's a classic. And Prince couldn't rock this hard if his purple little life depended on it.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, December 28, 2004
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 00:18 (seven years ago) link
I'm on a bus on a psychedelic tripReading murder books tryin' to stay hip.
Can imagine Dylan flipping over these cue cards
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 02:49 (seven years ago) link
I never heard this song growing up, only heard the italo disco version (sung in Italian!) that omits the middle section, and assumed it was an original until only a few years ago. Funny that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJIfAciHPo8
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 03:43 (seven years ago) link
I like the solo but yeah the bridge singing is pretty mood-breaking. Still a fantastic song
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 05:40 (seven years ago) link
i'm into the bridge. lyrics look ridic spelled out like that, but it's all about that cadence and the marriage of the groove with the buttrock riff. plus it has that cool, careening guitar feedback thing in there. i'll go the opposite way: i'll make an edit of just this part and rock all y'all!
― andrew m., Tuesday, 24 January 2017 14:58 (seven years ago) link
say your pra-hayers
saay yo-our pra-haayyers
― andrew m., Tuesday, 24 January 2017 14:59 (seven years ago) link
i'm always psyched to hear this song, such a finely distilled mood. I understand wanting to erase the middle eight but then you'd lose OOOH GIGOLO POOL which along with THE WOMAN IS WILD OOOOOO is one of the most useful 80s eruptions for almost any situation
― his eye is on despair-o (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 15:44 (seven years ago) link
Mangzorz1 month agoThe break down is the best part of this song... "I'm on a bus on a psychedelic trip, reading murder books and trying to stay hip" Dude, my entire life, Billy...you truly get me.
― salthigh, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 17:03 (seven years ago) link
the opening synths are incredible
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 17:11 (seven years ago) link