Black Leather Party

Next Saturday we have our Black Leather party near the small graveyard at our island. Jenna picked that spot. As you probably know, Jenna is a Neko and love to wear gothic. What you maybe not know is that she is also a vampire. We do need some decoration for the stage, so I search the internet and found this picture of Billy Idol on the Rolling Stone magazine, issue January 31st 1985.

William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955), better known by his stage name Billy Idol, is an English rock musician. He first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X. He then embarked on a successful solo career, aided by a series of stylish music videos, making him one of the first MTV stars. Idol continues to tour with guitarist Steve Stevens and has a worldwide fan base.




Than I found the link to vampires with this:

Spike (a.k.a. William "the Bloody"), played by James Marsters, is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Spike is a vampire and played various roles on the shows, ranging from villain to comic-relief to anti-hero. He is considered a 'breakout character'.

Spike has a punk look which strongly resembles English rock musician Billy Idol; humorously, Buffy claims that Billy Idol in fact stole his look from Spike. His hair is peroxide blond for the duration of his time on Buffy and Angel, although in flashbacks it can be seen in its natural medium brown state as well as dyed black. Angel once sarcastically asked him "What color do they call that, radioactive?". He has been called "Captain Peroxide" by Xander and Angel. Xander also refers to him as "Bleach Boy" in season 5. His nails are often painted black.

There is one song of Billy Idol I like a lot.

"Eyes Without a Face" is a song by Billy Idol, co-written with guitarist Steve Stevens from Idol's 1983 album Rebel Yell. The song is softer and more ballad-like than most of the album's other singles.
Released on May 29, 1984, this was the second single from the Rebel Yell album. It was very successful and reached a high of #4 on the Billboard Charts, becoming Idol's first Top 10 hit in the U.S.

In the liner notes for the Expanded Edition of Rebel Yell, Billy Idol notes that this song was one of the first three written for the album (the other two being the title track and "(Do Not) Stand In The Shadows.") The original track was recorded in Studio A at Electric Lady Studios in New York, with a Linn drum machine and the bass parts played by Steve Webster.

The song is notable for the female voice of Perri Lister that sings 'Les yeux sans visage' (French for 'eyes without a face') as a background chorus.

Source wikipedia

"Eyes Without A Face"

I'm all out of hope

One more bad dream could bring a fall

When I'm far from home

Don't call me on the phone

To tell me you're alone

It's easy to deceive

It's easy to tease

But hard to get release

Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face

Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face

Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face

Got no human grace your eyes without a face.

I spend so much time

Believing all the lies

To keep the dream alive

Now it makes me sad

It makes me mad at truth

For loving what was you

Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face

Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face

Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face

Got no human grace your eyes without a face.

When you hear the music you make a dip

Into 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 wine

Drinkin' it down, oh

I'm on a bus on a psychedelic trip

Reading murder books tryin' to stay hip.

I'm thinkin' of you you're out there so

Say your prayers.

Say your prayers.

Say your prayers.

Now I close my eyes

And I wonder why

I don't despise

Now all I can do

Is love what was once

So alive and new

But it's gone from your eyes

I'd better realise

Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face

Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face

Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face

Got no human grace your eyes without a face.

Such a human waste your eyes without a face

And now it's getting worse.

The last link is this song of Idol called white wedding:

The music video, featuring Idol attending a gothic wedding, is one of his best-known videos. The bride in the music video is played by Perri Lister, Idol's real-life girlfriend at the time. In a memorable scene from the video, Idol forces the wedding ring onto the bride's finger and cuts her knuckle. Lister insisted that her knuckle actually be cut in order for the scene to appear more realistic. MTV initially removed this scene from the video. The video was filmed in a real church outside of London.

The Web site DustFilms.com features a "literal video" version of this song, with parody lyrics describing the actual events taking place in the video.

That concludes the search and my weird mind about the party at T.R.A.C.S. next Saturday. Hope to see you all.