Idol's "Dancing with Myself" does have a bit more of a edge, visceral audio-visual snear to it that sort of characterized so much of Billy Idol's songs and kind of became sort of his silly, cliched trademark during the 1980's. Crazy thing is is that Idol's musical career began in the mid-70's with punk band Generation X and he hung out at Malcolm McLaren's Sex boutique along with fellow mid-late 70's British punk rockers Clash, Sex Pistols Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious, and the Damned and Generation X were one of the first punk bands to appear on Top of the Pops.