Hey little sister...oh how I loved this tune!
"White Wedding" may not have been a 'punk' song in the purest sense, but it was the high-water mark for what constituted the concept of "cool" to me in 1982 as a 13-year-old growing up in the safe confines of suburbia.
A rare track we both liked, my brother and I used to emulate Billy Idol's iconic move of unwrapping his head scarf with improvised towels while singing along to the first verse.
"White Wedding" was an anthem of attitude with all the fixings: epic opening, ladies in leather, fist-shaking, growling, cult-like proceedings, great guitar solo, smashed windows, exploding toasters and screaming bordering on caterwauling.
Who cares what the lyrics mean, "White Wedding" is all about the delivery.
Who cares what the lyrics mean, "White Wedding" is all about the delivery.
White Wedding is great, I remember hearing it in a movie where is was on the radio, then a few hours later in the movie it was still on the radio. What a great song.
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