Dancing with Myself by Billy Idol
Publisher: Touchstone (October 7, 2014)
"Well there's nothing to lose And there's nothing to prove I'll be dancing with myself."
Billy Idol's autobiography “Dancing With Myself,” 300-plus-pages of Sex, drugs and Rock and Roll with an big emphasis on Sex and Drugs. In “Dancing” there’s no shortage of the 80's icon stories about his history of excesses — in drug use and sexual adventure.
You know you are reading the right rock and roll book, when the author details a time when another country's military, escorts him out of the country, tied to a stretcher because he has monopolized the top floor of a hotel for two weeks high on drugs and women. Elvis would be proud.
The book details the first four years of his life, most of it spent in Patchogue , NY, Idol’s parents moved here from the U.K., inspired by relatives who had relocated earlier. “It was idyllic,” he says. “I remember surfing with car tires on the Atlantic breakers. America was colorful. England was gloom.”
While Idol (born William Broad) spent much of his subsequent rearing in the U.K., he moved back to New York in the early ’80s, right in time to take full advantage of the city’s then-lawless nature and the MTV revolution. “It was fantastic for someone like me. We were overlooked by the authorities,” he says. “There was an apocalyptic, Mad Max freedom to it.”
"So let's sink another drink
'Cause it'll give me time to think
If I had the chance I'd ask the world to dance
And I'll be dancing with myself."
The reader will be surprised to find Idol is well read and a lover of literature. At one time studied literature in college. Very intelligent and articulate, Idol chased his dreams as a young punk rocker (to the disdain of his parents) and lived the rockstar life to the fullest, becoming one of MTV’s first megastars.
For any hardcore Idol fan, 'Dancing" is a detailed account of the business and debauchery behind Billy Idol. For those that don't know Billy Idol, 'Dancing' is a brutally honest and thrilling rock and roll read.
Publisher: Touchstone (October 7, 2014)
"Well there's nothing to lose And there's nothing to prove I'll be dancing with myself."
Billy Idol's autobiography “Dancing With Myself,” 300-plus-pages of Sex, drugs and Rock and Roll with an big emphasis on Sex and Drugs. In “Dancing” there’s no shortage of the 80's icon stories about his history of excesses — in drug use and sexual adventure.
You know you are reading the right rock and roll book, when the author details a time when another country's military, escorts him out of the country, tied to a stretcher because he has monopolized the top floor of a hotel for two weeks high on drugs and women. Elvis would be proud.
The book details the first four years of his life, most of it spent in Patchogue , NY, Idol’s parents moved here from the U.K., inspired by relatives who had relocated earlier. “It was idyllic,” he says. “I remember surfing with car tires on the Atlantic breakers. America was colorful. England was gloom.”
While Idol (born William Broad) spent much of his subsequent rearing in the U.K., he moved back to New York in the early ’80s, right in time to take full advantage of the city’s then-lawless nature and the MTV revolution. “It was fantastic for someone like me. We were overlooked by the authorities,” he says. “There was an apocalyptic, Mad Max freedom to it.”
"So let's sink another drink
'Cause it'll give me time to think
If I had the chance I'd ask the world to dance
And I'll be dancing with myself."
The reader will be surprised to find Idol is well read and a lover of literature. At one time studied literature in college. Very intelligent and articulate, Idol chased his dreams as a young punk rocker (to the disdain of his parents) and lived the rockstar life to the fullest, becoming one of MTV’s first megastars.
For any hardcore Idol fan, 'Dancing" is a detailed account of the business and debauchery behind Billy Idol. For those that don't know Billy Idol, 'Dancing' is a brutally honest and thrilling rock and roll read.