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3 | ->''"Get around town, spend your time on the run\ |
4 | You never let down, say you do it for fun\ |
5 | You never miss a play, though you make quite a few\ |
6 | You give it all away, everybody wants you"'' |
7 | -->--'''Billy Squier''', "Everybody Wants You" |
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9 | William Haislip Squier (born May 12, 1950) is an American rock singer who enjoyed significant success at the start of TheEighties before derailing his career with a music video that qualifies as one of the most notorious bad decisions of all time. |
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11 | Inspired by Music/EricClapton, Squier became the lead singer and guitarist of a rock group called Piper in TheSeventies, whose self-titled record was once praised as the greatest debut album by an American rock and roll band. He went solo on the basis of this success, putting out well-received records that blended pop sensibilities with HardRock and scoring hit singles with songs like "The Stroke" and "Emotions In Motion". For a while, he was one of the most popular solo rockers in America. |
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13 | Ironically enough, Squier's biggest hit ended up harming his career quite badly. "Rock Me Tonite" was accompanied by a music video directed by Creator/KennyOrtega, which infamously featured Squier dancing about in a pink tank-top. As one might expect, it undermined the tough guy image he'd worked hard to cultivate, and alienated a lot of his fans. His career stalled, and although he remained moderately successful throughout the eighties, he never quite recovered the fame he'd experienced at the start of the decade. |
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15 | Since then, he's exited and returned to the music industry and played with Music/RingoStarr and His All-Starr Band. |
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17 | !! "Trope me trope me!": |
18 | * BitingTheHandHumor[=/=]MusicIsPolitics: "The Stroke" |
19 | * GreatestHitsAlbum: ''16 Strokes: The Best of Billy Squier'' |
20 | * IntercourseWithYou: "She Goes Down," "My Kinda Lover", etc. |
21 | * NewSoundAlbum: ''Happy Blue'', an acoustic blues album. |
22 | * {{Pun}}: "Too Daze Gone," ''Hear & Now'' |
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