13.02.2007.

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BILLY IDOL - VH1 Storytellers (2002)


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Personnel:
Billy Idol (vocals);
Steve Stevens (acoustic & electric guitars);
Joseph Simon (piano, Hammond B3 organ);
Steve McGrath (bass, background vocals);
Mark Shulman (drums, background vocals);
Greg Ellis (percussion);
Stella Soleil (background vocals)

While it might seem incongruous for a rock & roll rebel like Billy Idol to perform on an ostensibly introspective songwriters show like VH1's STORYTELLERS, he pulls it off with the same adaptability that allowed him to move from punk upstart to pop star to rock veteran with such seamlessness. In all honesty, it's rather a kick to hear the familiar moody guitar intro from "White Wedding" played on acoustic guitar, especially knowing that it's longtime Idol cohort Steve Stevens doing the picking. Surprisingly, Idol's wildman bellow modulates quite well to a lower dynamic on this song and such others as "Flesh For Fantasy" and the R&B cover tune "To be a Lover." The all-acoustic format doesn't stop Idol and his stripped-down band from rocking out on "Cradle of Love" and the Generation X (his old punk band) staples like "Ready Steady Go." What's more, the STORYTELLERS setup seems tailor-made for tackling one of the aforementioned band's finest tunes "Kiss Me Deadly, " which seemed out of place amid the roar of late-'70s punk but is flattered by it's treatment here.

01. Cradle Of Love
02. Don't Need A Gun
03. Flesh For Fantasy
04. White Wedding
05. Sweet Sixteen
06. To Be A Lover
07. Rebel Yell
08. Kiss Me Deadly
09. Eyes Without A Face
10. Dancing With Myself
11. Untochabless
12. Ready Steady Go
13. Blue Highway
14. Mony Mony
15. L.A. Woman