Dancing with Myself

Dancing with Myself
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. Known for successfully merging his signature punk attitude with an appealing blend of pop hooks, dance beats, and gritty metallic crunch, Idol created some of rock’s most indelible anthems, including “Rebel Yell,” “White Wedding,” and “Cradle of Love.” Idol’s latest release, his first studio album in nearly a decade, is titled Kings & Queens of the Underground. Born William Michael Albert Broad, Billy Id
I read it in 7 hours Kathi For any hardcore Idol fan, a detailed account of the business and debauchery behind his career. A few nuggets of advice thrown in and a history lessonit's obvious there are two sides to him. One an intelligent thinker who loves history, the other an insane out of control sneering deviant. You gotta love them bothlong live BFI!. Interesting But Missing Something Living In SoCal I've been a Billy Idol fan since 1982. He is my favorite. I still go to see him in concert when he performs nearby,and I was thrilled to hear about a new album. I've held off on writing a review of this book for a month because I needed to think about it. I will give it 3 1/2 stars.The book is well written and intelligent. Billy Idol is articulate without using an extensive amount of curse words. I appreciate. I am a Billy Idol fan and love his music I can not give this book five stars, it is choppy in some places, and should have been edited by a journalist. Some chapters are hard to follow thorough, full of cliches, long winded and repetitive in nature. However, for a first time write Billy wrote well. The book is a typical sex, drugs, fu*k the world attitude, rock and roll lifestyle. I am a Billy Idol fan and love his music, and I am glad he made it to
Pen to paper, I’ve put it all down, every bit from the heart. Chosen by Rolling Stone as one of the 10 Best Music Books of 2014“That’s what I’m talking about…Of all these memoirs, Dancing With Myself was the only one that stimulated my envy—made me want to be Billy Idol for five minutes….He’s a genuine romantic, writing in a kind of overheated journalese about his London punk rock roots…and then falling head over heels for America” (James Parker, The New York Times Book Review).An early architect of punk rock’s sound, style, and fury, whose lip-curling sneer and fist-pumping persona vaulted him into pop’s mainstream as one of MTV’s first megastars, Billy Idol remains, to this day, a true rock ‘n’ roll icon.Now, in his New Yo
“Idol proves he's more than a punk sneer and spikyhairdo in this extremely candid autobiography about his personal andprofessional relationships. Criblez Newsday) . Who knew he was this deep and self-analytical? Idolleaves you wanting ‘More! More! More!’” (David. J