Face the Music: Billy Idol
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"GATGFI MY FALL" Garbo speaks! Jolson sings! Billy Idol smiles! Events all. For possibly the first time since Don Rickles offered to turn Idol upside-down and rent him out as a dust ,mop, the snarlin' Aryan has bared his teeth in something other than his trademark sneer. The trick, according to the vidclip's producer, Jacqui Byford, is simply that Idol and "Catch My Fall" director David Mallet are "extremely good friends." That fact didn't produce any grins in "White Wedding", but hey, what- ever makes Billy happy. Tliis slight softening of Idol's im- age occurs in a typically abstract, 35mm-film clip that finds our hero dazed in a room at the gateway to Hell. Demons contort his face. Brim- stone winds engulf him. He gets an overpowering urge to take a shower. Scary. Scary stuff. Mallet, an "old-timer" whose countless videos include the classic "Ashes to Ashes" (with co-director David Bowie), is as stylish as ever here, his excesses almost forgiveable. The room glows with a hazy patina, haunted by vaguely familiar layers of cinema past. Carolyn Cowan's make- up work infuses an eerie charm. And come time for a bit of action, an ill wind sweeps dramatically. "We used a giant, giant wind machine," relates producer Byford. "It was a bit more powerful than we expected; we thought it'd blow us all down, and the studio"-Unit 5, in London-"wds a complete mess afterward." Fortunately, the video isnft a mess at all. -Frqnk Lovece Cqtch My Foll (Words and music: Billy ldol) I have the time So I will sing, yeah I'm just a boy But I will win, yeah Lost song of lovers Fellow travelers, yeah Leave me sad and hollow With just these words CHORUS It could happen to you So think for.yourself lf I should stumble " Catch my fall, yeah lf I should stumble Catch my fall Catch my fall lf I should stumble Catch my fall lf I should stumble I've travelled and unwound My own'truth, yeah I've laid my head On the Rock of Youth, yeah [ve- trusted and then broken My own word Just to keep, ms ln this mad, mad world CHORUS lf I should stumble Catch my fall lf I should stumble Catch my fall Catch my fall It could happen to you So, think for yourself lf I should stumble Catch my'fall, yeah ll I should stumble Catch my fall, yeah lf I should stumble Won't you Catch my fall lf I should stumble Catch my fall lf I should stumble ' Oatch my fall lf I should stumble Catch my fall lf I should stumble Copyright O 1gS3 by Boneidol Music and Rare Blue Music, lnc. All rights tor eoleiOot Music controiled by , Rare Blue Music, lnc. lnterna-tionat.copyrigfit secured. ALL RtGHTs RESERVED q -, '62fA.E3
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Faces (April 1985). By Frank Lovece. Interview with producer Jacqui Byford on the making of the "Catch My Fall" music video. Excludes page(s) of on-set photos.
Transcript of Face the Music: Billy Idol
"GATGFI MY FALL"Garbo speaks! Jolson sings! Billy
Idol smiles!Events all.For possibly the first time since
Don Rickles offered to turn Idolupside-down and rent him out as adust ,mop, the snarlin' Aryan hasbared his teeth in something otherthan his trademark sneer. The trick,according to the vidclip's producer,Jacqui Byford, is simply that Idol and"Catch My Fall" director DavidMallet are "extremely good friends."That fact didn't produce any grins in"White Wedding", but hey, what-
ever makes Billy happy.Tliis slight softening of Idol's im-
age occurs in a typically abstract,35mm-film clip that finds our herodazed in a room at the gateway toHell. Demons contort his face. Brim-stone winds engulf him. He gets anoverpowering urge to take a shower.Scary. Scary stuff.
Mallet, an "old-timer" whosecountless videos include the classic"Ashes to Ashes" (with co-directorDavid Bowie), is as stylish as everhere, his excesses almost forgiveable.The room glows with a hazy patina,
haunted by vaguely familiar layers ofcinema past. Carolyn Cowan's make-up work infuses an eerie charm. Andcome time for a bit of action, an illwind sweeps dramatically.
"We used a giant, giant windmachine," relates producer Byford."It was a bit more powerful than weexpected; we thought it'd blow us alldown, and the studio"-Unit 5, inLondon-"wds a complete messafterward." Fortunately, the videoisnft a mess at all.
-Frqnk Lovece
CqtchMy Foll(Words and music:Billy ldol)
I have the timeSo I will sing, yeahI'm just a boyBut I will win, yeahLost song of loversFellow travelers, yeahLeave me sad and hollowWith just these words
CHORUS
It could happen to youSo think for.yourself
lf I should stumble "
Catch my fall, yeahlf I should stumbleCatch my fallCatch my falllf I should stumbleCatch my falllf I should stumble
I've travelled and unwoundMy own'truth, yeahI've laid my headOn the Rock of Youth, yeah[ve- trusted and then brokenMy own wordJust to keep, msln this mad, mad world
CHORUS
lf I should stumble
Catch my falllf I should stumbleCatch my fallCatch my fallIt could happen to youSo, think for yourselflf I should stumbleCatch my'fall, yeahll I should stumbleCatch my fall, yeahlf I should stumbleWon't youCatch my falllf I should stumbleCatch my falllf I should stumble' Oatch my falllf I should stumbleCatch my falllf I should stumble
Copyright O 1gS3 by Boneidol Music and Rare Blue Music, lnc. All rights tor eoleiOot Music controiled by, Rare Blue Music, lnc. lnterna-tionat.copyrigfit secured. ALL RtGHTs RESERVED
q -, '62fA.E3
