Come On!

Billy Idol is back with a new album after nine years of absence Who just said say "we sen tape" the back of the room? Young fool, go! I'll texpliquer why it was important to have this album chronicled on our webzine, though, I laccorde you're not really in a metal style. We are in what you tell me? Rather in the pop / rock or post-punk or punk-trend-melancholic crooner. All that pretty much defines our friend Billy. I have explained to you, young Padawans, Billy Idol, this is all my adolescence.

In 1977, we are in wave punk and new wave, Billy frequents infréquentables Sex Pistols. He created his own group, Generation X or GenX and even sacred lands a hit with the song Dancing With Myself reuse that it intelligently to start his solo career. It works and this is the big dune early career pop / rock / post-punk. In spirit, this is a rebel (Rebel Yell), although this is a punk; but in shape, this is not really punk, and dailleurs always sang well (oops!), hence the name of punk crooner. So the first reason for this column: respect for this post-punk artist fifty-nine, which continues to lug his famous pout (also on the cover of this one) and bewitch us with her beautiful voice. Another reason is that behind all the great hits of Billy Idol, there is a man in shadow, a guitarist, talented composer improbable hairstyle which itself is a metalhead. I mean Steve Stevens. And indeed, the Stevens / Idol couple is to maneuver on this album. Good old Steve also deserved this column. The third reason is that the album runs in a loop in my car, I have struggled to win and he had to speak to someone jen; bad luck, this is dropped on you. Finally, and I saved the best for last, he certainly will not have escaped you that Billy Idol will be at Hellfest 2015.
So that is why I especially wanted to talk about it, and give you an appointment to come in Clisson see in real life what a melancholy post-punk crooner and his monstrous disheveled scratch are still able to almost sixty, because I think it's going Quà worth the trip. Sure will be glad quon dentendre big classic that even pooches can whistle, but in addition, the latter album will add a nice little dose of novelty very, very good.

Because this seventh album, Kings & Queens Of The Underground is the very successful final. Billy still has a beautiful voice, sometimes severe enough (Nothing To Fear), sometimes more auction (Whiskey And Pills), always impeccable. The sound is very good, and it should be noted that this is the famous Trevor Horn who is in charge. The compositions are quite varied, all written by Billy and a co-author. Seven in ten are co-written with Steve Stevens, and for others there are a few known names like Brian Tichy (Whiskey And Pills), Eric Bazillian (Bitter Pill) and Greg Kurstin (Can not Break Me Down, Save Me Now ).

Without going into track by track, let's say the first part of the album is powerful, and in the first five songs are not sennuie second. The song is a potential hit is Postcards From The Past. A killer worthy of his greatest hits, with a good solo master Steve, "so come on!" But the first song, Bitter Pill is also excellent. Cant Break Me Down reminds me of The Cars, a good feeling with new wave and its dose délectro; quavec while still quite délectro, I find Save Me Now has little tunes Simple Minds. We note that in the themes, Billy is quite nostalgic about old times "golden years", and that is reflected in tracks like One Breath Away, where her singing quite recall Jim Morrison, or Postcards From The Past. This is still the case in the title track of the album, in which he recounts his career in five minutes with plenty demotion (Johnny Rotten, concerts at the Roxy, sex, drugs), to conclude that it is still there, despite the abuse of the times. The album also includes its share of ballads (I recall that this is not a crooner-punk for nothing). Some more successful (Kings & Queens Of The Underground, Eyes Wide Shut, Ghosts In My Guitar) than others (Nothing To Fear, Love And Glory). The album ends with a bang, with Whiskey And Pills, a rather hard piece punk rock and almost a little surprising his world.

Overall I am delighted with this album. I regret that the guitar Steve is not more forward, sometimes buried under layers of electro. This guy sends crazy riffs (remember Top Gun! Not the girl, or Tom Cruise, but the main theme. Respect!), But it is often a little behind (on Postcards From The Past, this is fragrant ). The bass is very present even in the pieces where a lot délectronique is used. Finally, this is my biggest critic, I find it unfortunate that all the quieter pieces were placed one after the other, from the sixth to tenth piece. Although some of these ballads are great, accumulation makes the experience a confusing pile (and sleep aid). Otherwise this is all good, remember-in in June, you are warned

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