THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
945-Billy Idol-White Wedding.
1982-It didn’t chart when first issued, but when re-released in 1985, it reached Number 6.
Best Bit-At 2.26.Love is the drug.
Billy Idol was born William Michael Albert Broad, on November 30, 1955, in Stanmore, Middlesex, England, he took his stage name from a Geography teacher from his school days, who wrote on his report that Billy was idle.
Billy Idol’s initial success came when co-founding the Punk Rock group Generation X, they would have four top forty singles, the most successful being ‘King Rocker’ in 1979. In 1981 Idol moved to New York City to become a solo artist, where he teamed up with guitarist Steve Stevens, who plays on this track.
There are many theories as to what the songs meaning really is, some say it is about Idol’s sister whose wedding he attended, but Idol has said that the wedding only gave him inspiration for the song. My own interpretation is that the song is about Crack Cocaine.Crack is often referred to as Cocaine’s ‘Little Sister,’ since it is cheaper. The ‘White Wedding’ is when a Cocaine, or Crack addict quits, only to start again, ‘It’s a nice day to start again.’ The ‘Shotgun’ is referring to the practise where smoked drugs are exhaled by one user, into the mouth of another user.
‘There is nothing fair in this world, there is nothing safe in this world.’
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