Billy Idol - Wasteland - Music Video from 1993 (New) video free download
I shot this video at a Billy Idol performance in 1993 at the Glam Slam West venue in Los Angeles. He had just released his Cyberpunk CD, and I was working at the newly formed Digital Domain.
We were having a company-wide celebration for our "Upstart" visual effects production house coinciding with the 1993 Siggraph (computer animation) convention. The evening event for our employees, set up by James Cameron, featured a concert by Billy Idol and they had me videotape the full performance. I had one (Canon Hi-8) camera and captured lots of great footage that night.
Six months later I finished editing this music video, but only a handful of people had a chance to see it before I moved back to the Midwest, so this video has been in storage ever since.
Enjoy this rare look at Billy Idol during his Cyberpunk era.
-------
If you would like to view more of my narrative and documentary productions, please go to http://www.LaneWyrick.com -
"A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story"
"The Nazi Drawings"
"XapVision Nature Scenes"
"Culture Shell"
"Hey Dude, Move Your Trash"
"Life is Eterminal"
Thanks!
Lane Wyrick, director, cinematographer, editor
--------------
Billy Idol - Wasteland (Lyrics)
Out into the wasteland
Out into the wasteland
No religion,
No religion at all (repeat)
Emmissionary man amongst the heathen
Can't you see a modern primitive
I came back, I'm gonna find,
I'm gonna give religion
When there was, no religion at all
I'm outta the wasteland
I'm into this head man
I'm outta the wasteland
No religion at all
I'm outta the wasteland
I'm into this head man
I'm outta the wasteland
No religion, no religion at all
There's a man in need of resurrection
Can't you see a modern primitive
But I'm a man I need my love and freedom
When there was no freedom at all
I'm outta the wasteland
I'm into this head man
I'm outta the wasteland
No religion at all
I'm outta the wasteland
I'm into this head man
I'm outta the wasteland
No religion, no religion at all
No religion
No religion at all
No religion
No religion at all
In VR land
The future of fun
Tell me what to do
In VR law
Computer crime
Um, so sublime
A fantasy scene
In my machine
Give me secret to life
Let me know, yeah what I am
And you know that I could get
Outta the wasteland
I'm into this head man
I'm outta the wasteland
No religion at all
I'm outta the wasteland
I'm into this head man
I'm outta the wasteland
No religion, no religion at all
I'm outta the wasteland
So far from the deadland
Ow, I'm outta the wasteland
No religion, no religion yeah
I'm outta the wasteland
So far from the deadland
Yeah, I'm outta the wasteland
No religion, no religion at all
No religion, no religion at all
No religion (repeat)
Comments
10 years ago
ZZombyWooff
still finding myself here after years and years... awesome.. :D <310 years ago
Raúl Garsán
Cyberpunk es uno de los álbumes más cañeros e increibles que he escuchado jamás. Las canciones que lo componen son excelentes, su producción, el sonido... ¡Todo es brutal de principio a fin!Mis favoritas son Wasteland, Tomorrow People, Adam in Chains y Love Labours on.Thanks and good job, Lane :))10 years ago
izadine
Listen to Tomorrow people as well!10 years ago
izadine
Love this song! Hope he plays it in Sthlm this Summer (2015)10 years ago
MiamiGuchiBoy
LOVE THIS SONG... You did a great job on the video Lane ...Kudos Dude !! 10 years ago
Andrew Flood
I LOVE THIS SONG !!!!!10 years ago
Mikedawg559
Cyberpunk was the best Idol album...10 years ago
LordNorton240
Lane, this is a great video. Tweet Billy the link, you never know you may get a response from him. He'd love it10 years ago
Dale Hankins
Great work as usual, Lane. Keep on keeping on.11 years ago
Jude Hiri
This is only the 2nd time Ive heard this song and I love it...the video is epic thank you for being so GOOd and dedicated and for sharing with us all :)11 years ago
wendileona
Very interesting. I totally missed this concert. I was a regular at the club. Also, James Cameron cast Billy as T-1000 for his Terminator movie so perhaps thats the reason Billy did this for Cameron then? Interesting also that Billy chose that club, wonder why? Instead of a larger venue or something. Thanks for sharing this rare footage and video!12 years ago
ZZombyWooff
:) thank you!12 years ago
Lane Wyrick
I don't have much to add about Billy Idol. I was just another audience member but with a video camera. I never heard anything from Billy Idol or his people. I'm wondering if they have seen it, and if so, do they like it? There are a couple of other songs on the Cyberpunk CD that I really like, but I got the best video coverage on Wasteland so I used footage from the entire evening to edit to that particular song. My edit system consisted of a B&W Mac classic and two video decks - slow!12 years ago
Lane Wyrick
Hi ZZombyWooff - I'm glad you enjoyed the video. We were in the middle of production on "True Lies" and I was working in the visual effects department as a production assistant, but I had been shooting a lot of videos on the side. When I got to the event the bouncers stopped me three times when I was filming. They were concerned that I would capture shots of Prince's Glam Slam bar during the video, so after I said I wouldn't shoot any of the surroundings, I got the okay to film.12 years ago
ZZombyWooff
Lane, thank you, thank you so much! this is awesome. I just love the cyberpunk album. been searching more info and stuff from it for years now. now this comes along. do you have more any cool anecdotes, stories or mythology surrounding this event? would be fun to hear12 years ago
Lane Wyrick
Yes, it was all shot handheld, including the spins and camera moves. I shot it with the mindset of creating a music video, so the original footage would not make for very good viewing of the event. I used a cuts-only editing system, and the only effects I did were to turn everything black & white, and added some strobing to the video. Each edit took about 30 seconds to perform between two decks so it was very tedious, but I really had a desire to get it done despite the equipment limitations.12 years ago
surfdigby
And this was all shot on one handheld? Impressive. Is all the spinning and quick panning done at the time of shooting, or is that produced in editing?12 years ago
MisterRockHart
This is an awesome video Lane, the story behind it is interesting and its a shame it never became an "official" video during the Cyberpunk era! The style fits very well with that image at that time.12 years ago
Mike Baron
nice body btw12 years ago
Clay3613
Dreadlocks = crap.Related Videos
