: Because he was in America working on his first solo album, Idol couldn't attend his sister's actual wedding. Instead, he sent a greeting that simply said: "A nice day for a white wedding" . Key Themes & Symbolism
: The song was sparked by Idol's sister, who was pregnant when she got married in the early 1980s. Idol thought about the societal outcry such a "shotgun wedding" would have caused decades earlier. Billy Idol - White Wedding (extended mix) в™«HQв™«
: To give the song a "dramatic edge," Idol invented a fictional persona: a crazed, Clint Eastwood-like brother returning home to seek vengeance for his sister being "defiled". : Because he was in America working on
: The "white" in the title is used sarcastically to mock the traditional idea of purity. Idol thought about the societal outcry such a
: The music video—featuring a motorcycle crashing through a stained-glass window and a ring made of barbed wire—helped define the "rebellious bad boy" archetype for MTV in the '80s. Community Perspectives
: The line "Start again" reflected Idol's own career transition as he left the British punk scene and his former band, Generation X , to find solo success in America.