Billy Idol covers Van Halen

I guess we heard it differently, I thought Billy sounded pretty damn good.

That actually wasn’t that bad,much better than that horrid version Velvet Revolver did at the Hall of Fame ceremony last year.It’s cool to see them do a “classic” VH song.I have always liked Billy, It’s good to see him performing.

billy rocks!

Pretty good. The song suits Billy Idol. Wasn’t as big of a sound as Van Halen, but still OK.

Not bad even dave would be proud I think?lol

It makes me want to puke!!!! That is equally as bad as Carrie Underwood’s cover of the Crue’s Home Sweet Home! Tragic!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let face it. Billy still does kick ass. For a great cover of “Jump” look up Billy and Steve Stevens on youtube.

not bad. . . .

Notice how they had 2 people playing guitar and the two combined pailed in comparison of EVH.

I think it’s cool as sh^t when one band covers another band’s music (from the relatively same time period). It’s a show of respect in my eyes. Most bands cover music from the previous generation and like most music fans I enjoy that too. But it’s especially cool when a band shows real respect (maybe even humility?) by covering thier peer’s music. I’m not saying Billy Idol is in the same league as Van Halen. I’m just cool with any worthy attempt. On the other side of the coin, I didn’t just think Velvet Revolver’s performance at the Hall of Fame ceremony sucked. It more than sucked…it was disrespectful in my opinion.

I was lucky enough to see Billy Idol back in the day in Lakeland Florida when they filmed the footage used in the ‘Mony Mony’ live video. They filmed the whole show and after the encore (when everyone began piling out of the venue) the video director walked out on stage and asked if the fans would stick around for more footage. Billy and his band came back out, house lights on and all and they set up shots to add for the video (duct taped camera’s to Steve’s guitar and a few other things that didn’t make the final edit). Anyways, the lights went out again and they lip synced to the actual recording from earlier in the show and shot more footage (about 4-5 rotations of the same song). In between the recordings, lights back on, the crew would set up for new angles and Billy kinda goofed off and talked to the crowd. This was a full arena (12k people if I am correct) and nearly the whole crowd was near quiet out of respect to the film crew as they worked. Billy just joked around with the audience and there was even some banter back and forth. Twelve thousand people and you could actually hear what audience members were shouting out to Billy, and of course his mic’d response – it was pretty entertaining and cool to see. Definitely a rock star, but seemed like a guy that would hang out and drink a beer with his fans if he could. Good to see him cover Jump and now Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love. Not the big crowd anymore but looks like he’s still having fun.

Until there is real VH news to report, this kind of stuff is totally cool with me.

Good job. Far better than that travesty Velvet Revolver version.

Wow I need to proof read before i submit sorry about the typos !! Arg !

Billy’s cool,
I saw him back in the 80′s with the Cult opening up the show…the Cult blew away Billy, but Billy was awesome that night too…the Cult was just better.
I saw Billy a few month ago, when he opened for Def Leppard..He still rocks, get’s the audience into it but he his voice and his movement on stage are showing his age.

He should stick to “Rebel Yell”

Say what you want – Billy sounds great here and from a purely technical standpoint, sings the songs better than Dave does at present.

Still, would I rather see and hear Dave singing them? Hell yes! See, EVH would be involved …

Maybe that Jump line-up should go out on the road and do a 2 hour show of VH covers!!! They sounded awesome. At least we’d get to see VH in some form.

When EVH dumps DLR again, EVH should look at Billy as the new singer.

I liked it. Always liked Billy. Glad to see he’s looking better. He was looking kinda scary for a while. The songs sounded good. Especially “Jump”. What was the event? I wonder why he played two songs by them? Either way, glad it was posted.

Great…But who cares!!! VHND not the BIND…Everybody does VH covers…Lets see VH news…

Jump was great! Stevens nailed the solo, though he got a little off during the tapping time wise – but he recovered. He’s a great rhythm player too. If you didn’t know better, you would think that tune was written for him.

Ain’t talking Bout Love – the guys never get the guitar part for the verse for some reason — and its pretty easy to play!!

Jump is awesome, Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love is good. Hell, I would give Idol a chance as VH’s front man. To be honest I think Billy would sound better as the front man for chickenfoot. He would write better songs and sing them better, his voice would fit better with the Chickenfoot musicians. Hell, I would rather have VH with mike back and Billy on vocals than the current lineup (although mike and DLR would be perfect right now). Also I find it humorous that a former punk singer is singing a song that was written as a parody of punk (Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love). Billy still does have it, makes me want to catch one of his shows.

Steve and Eddie are good friends. Excellent job Steve! Some nice flavor he added to the solo and ending!

go billy go!

I can see it now, gooood-byeee Dave…….and hellooooooo Billy.