Great Sunday video here for you.
It starts off with Richard Pryor getting his shoes shined while reading the paper. Then Christie Brinkley rolls in as the red haired girl in a Chevrolet. At the video’s end Joe Piscopo makes a cameo. In between, Billy does his thing defending himself by dancing, singing and keeping the faith.
Some personal notes here – Buzzy was an Old Spice man. When Billy references taking some of his old man’s Old Spice after shave (2:45 mark) it always makes me smile. Not that I ever took a splash or two of it from Buzzy!
Other great lines in the song also resonate with me particularly these:
My past is something that I never let get in my way. (1:40)
I’m not ashamed to say that the bad boys were my friends. (1:54)
You can linger too long in your dreams. (3:18)
I’m going outside to have a nice cold beer in the shade. (4:52)
But Billy saves the best line for last:
Ain’t it wonderful to be alive when the rock and roll plays, when the memory stays. (5:00)