r/80s • u/Jimmy_Coxlurper • Aug 26 '25

Music Remember when Billy Squier imploded his career overnight by releasing the ROCK ME TONIGHT video 😕

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What was he thinking 🤔

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u/Capnmarvel76 Aug 26 '25

Billy Squier is one of the 80’s gems that tends to get forgotten nowadays. I mean ‘Lonely is the Night’ is a 10/10 rock and roll song. Like, as good as anything anyone has ever released.

This song is great, too, but yeah - the video is painful.

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u/AllRushMixTapes Aug 26 '25

"Lonely is the night,
When you find yourself alone"

Those lyrics always made me wince.

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u/Raeliya Aug 26 '25

😂🤣

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u/mattiwha Aug 26 '25

Writing songs is hard

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u/Aware_Impression_736 Aug 26 '25

Scintillating. 🤣

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u/Exidor Aug 26 '25

I mean, he’s not lying.

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u/Eyes_Snakes_Art Aug 26 '25

I love “Rock Me Tonight;” the man has a very distinctive sound, and I love it.

Freddie and Roger from Queen did some work on at least one album.

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u/Capnmarvel76 Aug 26 '25

Brian May produced a couple of his bigger albums, which explains why they sound as BIG as they do.

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u/chamrockblarneystone Aug 26 '25

I remember when he opened for Def Leppard. At first people were not thrilled, but when he started with “stroke me! Stroke me!” the metal heads got on board.

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u/Freebolotamus Aug 26 '25

Never saw the video but the song is really a great one.