"White Wedding" by Billy Idol may not have been a 'punk' song in the purest sense.
But as a 13-year-old growing up in the safe confines of suburbia, this video is what defined the concept of "cool" to me in 1982.
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 a video with all the fixings: epic opening, ladies in leather, fist-shaking, growling, cult-like proceedings, great guitar solo, a motorcycle crashing through a church window, 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.
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