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Dancing With Myself

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by Billy Idol


  Stein, Jeff, 191–92, 205

  Stein, Seymour, 93

  Steinberg, Billy, 296

  Stephenson, Neal, 290

  Stevens, Cat, 303

  Stevens, Steve, 140, 147, 148, 150, 153, 155, 164–68, 170, 174, 180–82, 187, 190, 194, 200–201, 202, 204, 206, 207, 213, 215, 216, 234, 236, 240, 245, 254, 263, 293, 294, 296, 299–304

  Stewart, Dave, 217

  Stewart, Rod, 303

  Stills, Stephen, 247

  Sting, 81

  Stone, 171

  Stone, Oliver, 249–51, 265, 270, 271

  Strange, Steve, 71, 79–80, 87, 96, 116

  Stranglers, 64, 79, 105

  Stray, 44

  Stray Cats, 190

  Streets of Fire, 210

  Strummer, Joe, 53, 68

  Subway Sect, 86

  suedeheads, 40

  Sugarhill Gang, 137

  Sugerman, Danny, 251

  Suicide, 109–10, 148, 157

  Summer, Donna, 116, 124, 130

  Summers, Andy, 81

  Sunset Marquis, 163–65

  “Super Overdrive”, 300

  Sussex University, 47–48, 53

  Susskind, David, 149

  Sweet, 97

  “Sweet Sixteen”, 215–16, 234

  Sylvain, Syl, 110

  Taylor, Robert, 17

  technology, 291

  teddy boys, 78, 88–90, 113

  Tee, Richard, 215

  Temple, Julien, 69, 96

  Tennant, Neil, 203

  Terminator 2, 271–72

  Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The, 175, 178

  Thailand, 6, 257–61, 289

  Them, 23

  Thin Lizzy, 120

  Thompson, Hunter S., 194

  Thompson, Linda, 48

  Thompson, Richard, 48

  Throbbing Gristle, 63–64

  Thunders, Johnny, 76, 151

  Tichy, Brian, 299–301

  Tiffany, 235

  “To Be a Lover”, 215, 224, 228, 229

  video for, 228–29, 234

  Today, 68–69

  Tolkien, J. R. R., 29

  Tommy James and the Shondells, 142, 145

  “Tomorrow People”, 289

  Tom Robinson Band, 126

  Top of the Pops (TOTP), 98, 100, 108, 114, 202

  Tortola, 204

  Towe, John, 63, 65, 85–86

  Townshend, Pete, 23, 86, 90

  Tracks, 140

  Traffic, 303

  Travis, Geoff, 215

  Travolta, John, 192

  T. Rex, 46

  Trigg, Dr., 232

  “Trouble with the Sweet Stuff”, 253

  Trudeau, Paul, 304

  “Trying for Kicks”, 94

  Tudor, Stephanie, 213

  TW, 105

  20th Century Fox, 212

  Twin Shadow, 302

  two-tone bands, 100

  “Ugly Rash”, 126

  unions, 74

  Universal Studios, 212

  University of Leicester, 82

  University of Sussex, 47–48, 53

  “Untouchables”, 123, 144, 145, 189

  Uriah Heep, 31

  Usenet, 291

  U2, 154

  Valley of the Dolls, 112–15, 129, 301–2

  “Valley of the Dolls”, 113, 114

  Van Halen, 194

  Vanity, 207

  Vasquez Rocks, 242

  Vaughan, Paris, 265

  Vaughan, Sarah, 265

  Vega, Alan, 109, 131, 157–58, 227

  Velvet Underground, 41, 44, 102, 148, 159, 185

  Venus in Furs (Sacher-Masoch), 185

  Very Best of Billy Idol, The: Idolize Yourself, 301

  Vibrators, 81

  Vincent, Gene, 96, 100, 215

  Vicious, Sid, 58, 63, 76, 82, 111

  Victor, The, 19

  Viper Room, 165

  Virgin Records, 83, 93

  Visage, 79

  Vital Idol, 235

  Vortex, 90, 94

  Wahlberg, Donnie, 280

  Wainman, Phil, 97, 99–100, 105, 106

  Waits, Tom, 117

  Wardle, John Joseph, 288

  Warhol, Andy, 84, 249

  Warner Bros., 236, 240

  Waterloo, 106

  Waters, Brigid, 213, 225–27, 232

  Watts, Charlie, 198

  Webster, Steve, 190

  Wedding Singer, The, 294–95

  Weedon, Bert, 41

  Weeley, festival at, 45–46

  WELL, 291

  Weller, Paul, 81

  Wembley Arena, 277–79

  Wenner, Jann, 192

  Werner, David, 253

  Westlake Recording Studios, 146, 161–62

  Westwood, Vivienne, clothing of, 51, 55, 57, 58, 172, 199, 206

  Whiplash Smile, 214–17, 224, 226–30, 234–36, 239, 259, 262, 263

  “Whiskey and Pills”, 299

  Whisky a Go Go, 110

  White, Bukka, 15

  White Heat, 220

  “White Wedding”, 162–68, 189, 253, 294, 302

  video for, 42, 164, 171–73, 179

  Who, 23, 32, 33, 45, 56, 86, 90, 94, 98, 103, 107, 158, 191

  “Wild Dub”, 105, 110

  Wild One, The, 267

  “Wild Youth”, 73, 94, 99–100, 105, 308

  Williams, Hank, 15

  Williams, Hank, Jr., 254

  Williams, Mars, 187

  Wilson, Brian, 310–11

  Winstanley, Alan, 105

  Winston, Stan, 272

  Wolfe, James, 244

  Wonderland Avenue (Sugerman), 251

  Wood, Jo, 181

  Wood, Ron, 181, 219, 264

  Wordsworth, William, 1

  “World Comin’ Down”, 300

  Worthing High School, 28–30, 35, 38, 40

  Wright, Chris, 92

  Yes, 204, 240, 303

  Yeux sans visage, Les (Eyes Without a Face), 179–80

  Young, Neil, 246–47

  Young, Pegi, 246

  Young Comedians Special, 284

  Younger-Smith, Mark, 245, 247, 254–55, 280, 284, 285, 289, 293

  Young Winston, 19

  “Your Generation”, 66, 68, 73, 87, 97–98

  “Youth Youth Youth”, 62, 64, 68, 73, 87

  Yuan, Robin, 264

  Zappa, Frank, 44, 53

  Zero Dark Thirty, 255

  Zimmer, Hans, 273

  Zowie, 74–75

  Zuckerberg, Mark, 296

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Idol, Billy.

   Dancing with myself / Billy Idol.

    pages cm

   1. Idol, Billy. 2. Rock musicians—England—Biography. I. Title.

   ML420.I33A3 2014

   782.42166092—dc23 [B]

                         2014020878

  ISBN 978-1-4516-2850-0

/>   ISBN 978-1-4516-2852-4 (ebook)

 

 

 


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