While it'd be surreal today to see a recording artist leading staffers through an on-air holiday singalong, at the time, it was a perfectly MTV thing to do.
For a while there around 1981, Billy Squier had the rock world by the tail. His songs were sonic slammers, produced for maximum radio OOMPH. His lyrics were clever roman a clef's mostly detailing the trials and travails of his time in the music business. And then he made video with a wee bit too much flounce, and it was all pretty much over. Still, he had some quality songs. Like this one. READ ON