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Poor Billy Squier

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Fritzo said:
You know what's sad? I never looked at Judas Priest in that way until about 10 years ago. Before that, I thought they were just tough biker guys 😀
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In retrospect the video is hilarious. I used to think they were complete badasses when I was in high school 😀
 
It is a shame.. Squier was very talented. Why can't we have guitar like that nowadays? It's all overdriven, excessive speed garbage.
 
umbrella39 said:
LOL. Billy acting gay ruined his career but Freddie acting gay way OK. Odd world we live in.
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Well, Freddie was openly gay and appealed to a wide audience who was generally more accepting of his lifestyle. Billy appealed to the hardcore homo hating rural youth of America so it's not surprising that this video killed his career.

It is a pretty funny video though.
 
Ive like the song since the 80s but the half torn short sleeve has got to go. And he just faded away, his sexuality had nothing to do with anything.
 
Fritzo said:
I was going through my album collection while cleaning my basement this morning.*

*kids- albums were these large black discs made of vinyl, and they had small grooves on them so when a needle was dragged across them, they would make sounds!
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There is a huge movement back towards physical mediums, it never went away for audiophiles. In my experience someone under 25 is not only more enthusiastic about vinyl but also more knowledgeable than someone over 40

nice attempt at snarkiness though
 
The Stig said:
There is a huge movement back towards physical mediums, it never went away for audiophiles. In my experience someone under 25 is not only more enthusiastic about vinyl but also more knowledgeable than someone over 40

nice attempt at snarkiness though
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you have very limited experience.........
 
Ronstang said:
But it was obvious to everyone from the get go that Freddie was gay which is a different story. Same with Elton John, even though he made his mark in an era where gay people where looked down upon it didn't matter because he was obviously gay...yet very talented.

Whether Billy Squier was/is gay is irrelevant since he was never seen as gay from the beginning. Think of what would have happened to Judas Priest if Rob Halford had come out of the closet in the 80s?? The band would have died immediately.
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Who didn't know Rob Halford was gay? Sheeeeit
 
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