El inmortal Billy Idol (aka William Michael Albert Broad) no solo ha sido puño alzado, leather y gritos de "más, más, más" en su carrera. Entre riffs contagiosos y poses cautivadoras, hay que letras que arden y esccupen verdades. Debajo del rock, el punk y la furia hay un cronista del caos interno, con expresiones que cruzan el deseo, la pérdida, el pecado y la rabia honesta.
Esta es una selección con algunas de sus frases más poderosas, que muestran su poesía salvaje con confesiones a corazón abierto que retumban como cicatrices:
1. I spend so much time believing all the lies to keep the dream alive.
Eyes Without A Face / Rebel Yell LP / 1983
2. Yeah, I’m gonna stay on the run, I’m gonna have all the very last fun. You see, they’s all gettin’ ready. Devil may care, and who cares? I care! Wah!
Fatal Charm / Whiplash Smile LP /1986
3. Why did we quarrel? Why did we fight? Why did I leave her alone last night? That’s why her footsteps ran down to the sea, that’s why my baby has gone from me.
Endless Sleep / Charmed Life LP / 1990
4. I’ve been punchin’ through the walls, I’ve been livin’ on the edge, I’ve been fightin’ with my demons so long they’ve become my friends.
Cage / The Cage EP / 2022
5. Late night conversations with past life hesitantios, once when I was younger, back when I knew hunger. I was just bored with a life to live, all I knew was to dream into it.
Dream Into It / Dream Into It LP / 2025
6. I’m gonna ride this bike to the edge of a town, roll to the bridge with my eyes shut, and spit at the stars and scream in the dark, there’s nothing I can do to change it now, but if I cut myself open, baby, you can read all my scars.
Bitter Taste / The Roadside EP / 2021
7. I have the time, so I will sin, yeah. I’m just a boy, but I will win, yeah. Lost songs of lovers, fellow travelers, yeah, leave me sad and hollow out of words.
Catch My Fall / Rebel Yell LP / 1983
