Prodigal Blues Explained

Prodigal Blues
Cover:Billy Idol - Prodigal Blues.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Billy Idol
Album:Charmed Life
B-Side:"The Loveless"
Released:December 1990[1]
Label:Chrysalis
Producer:Keith Forsey
Prev Title:L.A. Woman
Prev Year:1990
Next Title:Heroin
Next Year:1993

"Prodigal Blues" is a song by Billy Idol from his 1990 studio album Charmed Life. It was also released as the album's third and final single in December 1990.

Background and writing

The song was written by Billy Idol. Speaking of its message, he told Sounds in 1990, "It's my father talking to me and me talking to [my son] Willem. By being angry, mad and crazy at times, I've shouted for an answer and all I've got back was my own echo. What I'm saying to Willem is what my father said to me – everybody has to leave the security of things they love to find out what they're all about. But you don't necessarily have to destroy yourself to do it.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Great Rock Discography. 405.
  2. Trakin . Roy . 12 May 1990 . Rebel without a horse . . 29.
  3. Web site: Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 26 November 1990. 26 November 2021.