Manic Street Preachers-inspired '4st 7lb' Art Print Size:16x20" / 40x50cm - was a definitive track

- was a definitive track in the mid-80s

This is the first of two versions

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This is the first of my two favourite Billy Idol songs

Manic Street Preachers-inspired '4st 7lb' Art Print Size:16x20" / 40x50cm - was a definitive trackThere's no question that the Manic Street Preachers could be dark. They lightened up as they went along, but boy, that early stuff was stern. This song, '4st 7lb' or 'four stone, seven pounds' for the North American crowd, is the threshold weight for anorexics, under which death is understood to be inevitable. Band member Richey Edwards suffered from anorexia and this song is about him. The image comes from the harrowing movie 'The Machinist' starring