Talk:White Wedding (song)

message: Does anarchy! break out, as per punk rock protocol?
65.97.14.187 03:23, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is so great about the Music Video? 

message: Apparently Idol was on "I Love the 80s", and he said that the inspiration for the song was that his little sister got pregnant at a young age and decided to marry the guy, which Billy was against, and that the song is supposed to indicate a general disgust for weddings.
Does that merit inclusion? DS 03:11, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it might be worth mentioning how the song is frequently misinterpreted and played at weddings, even though it's supposed to be an anti-wedding song. Michael24 21:23, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inspiration 

message: This is almost definitely in the wrong spot but I'm new at Wiki editing... But I've gone over YouTube and GoogleVids and everything and I've NEVER seen the ring ACTUALLY get put on her finger, nor any bleeding (re: line about how the girl insisted her finger actually be cut for realism's sake). Every site and person goes on about how iconic it was/is and how they'll never forget that scene, but every clip/version I've seen shows a quick camera zoom in on the ring itself, spliced in with some reaction shots from the bride. Does it exist? Could someone either A) Provide a link to the full video containing that clip, B) Post a screenshot of the act in question, or C) Remove the text referred to above?  -N-  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nymphdaen (talk • contribs) 15:18, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, you can clearly see it in the uncensored version of the video. It is unspectacular though. I have not found this version on YouTube. This Magnet Link should help you to find the file: magnet:?dn=Billy+Idol+-+White+Wedding.mpg&kt=Billy+Idol+White+Wedding+mpg&xl=36444968&xt=urn:bitprint:TCWEEIPXY42UK7G73RMPZUTEZQOQIFBB.4SQQ73KTOTXE6I6QKAKVJT4BVAPIJHR4VF3M7RI
--217.87.59.203 00:59, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

text: I've uploaded the very short sequence as slide show here. It looks more awkward in slow motion than the actual video. --217.87.59.203 01:34, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure when MTV is alleged to have removed that scene, because I remember seeing it every time the video was played, which was in heavy rotation.Mzmadmike (talk) 17:08, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Bleeding finger

message: I've heard once "white wedding" is a slang for someone going cocaine again after having stopped it for some time.
it also nicely explains "nice day to start again" line.
However it might be a pure speculation.
"Start again" is a literal term for deciding to give up being clean and go back to using drugs.
"Shotgun" is a drug term for exhaling the smoke from one a person's lungs into another person's mouth (while inhaling) to get a second "hit" and conserve product.
"Little sister" is a direct reference to crack cocaine.
"White" wedding is a reference to being addicted to crack cocaine. In other words, you are married to it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:247:4100:D620:2C1A:4A43:2181:5375 (talk) 00:23, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "white wedding" referring to slang for geting at coke for the second time? 

message: Can anyone explain why the song is suffixed "(pt. 1)"? And was there a part 2? What's the story? Jstohler (talk) 18:33, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why Pt. 1? 

message: I've changed this from 1983 to October 1982 as listed in Girmarc's 'Punk DIary' and Strong's 'Great Rock Discography'. Vauxhall1964 (talk) 22:56, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  release date 

message: OK.... I heard that this song was written for a cousin in Limerick Ireland....wasn't Billy's mother from Limerick ?
Any truth to this ?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.13.237.34 (talk) 06:45, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Limerick connection