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Try Another Flavor of Pollmusic

That muisc's lost it's taste. Try one of these flavors.

1) "Goody Two Shoes"	4 votes
2) "Desperate But Not Serious"	0 votes
3) "Strip"	3 votes
4) "Vive le Rock"	1 votes
5) "Room at the Top"	0 votes
6) "Wonderful"	0 votes

Edgy DC Oct 25 2007 10:58 AM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Oct 25 2007 12:12 PM

Adam Ant was as byronic a force as there could have been in the early eighties. A freak to the boys, he made the girlies cry and the parents tut, and if that's not a formula for success, I don't know what. But a couple of career mis-steps, including transitionin to a solo career just as Adam and the Ants were gaining US currency, and the leading byronic British import of the time came not from the avante-garde, but from the far more predictable act that was London leatherboy Billy Idol. On Live Aid day, time constraints cut his set to one song, and he chose his new single "Vive le Rock!," attempting to signal to the world that he was in full-on rock-out mode. Too late, as both the album and single were embarrassingly released with mis-spellings (mis-spellings!!), another in a long line of career boners. He threw music overboard to pursue acting (acting!!), and, by the time he came back, he had lost his market position. The last I heard from him was a tasteful pop-soul piece called "Woderful" that seemed more like something from a Rick Astley or George Michael record. It was nonetheless a minor hit on the adult contemporary tip. Even if you intend to vote without viewing the clips, I recommend viewing this one just to see how jarringly out-of-charater it is. If you don't, I'm sure you'll hear it at the end of some British romantic comedy your woman rents someday soon. It strikes me that his sound and exoticism was comparable to Duran Duran's to the American sensibility, and maybe things would have been different had he done a Bond theme. That's at the ticket. Despite the title of this thread referencing Adam and the Ants' "Antmusic," I'm including only tracks from his solo career, listed chrnonologically. Original Ant Marco Pirroni remains his guitar player to this day, I think. Pirroni also toured with Sinead O'Connor during her heyday, and I think he must be the sideman of choice for bipolar enigmatic stars bent on committing career suicide. 1) "Goody Two Shoes" 2) "Desperate But Not Serious" 3) "Strip" 4) "Vive le Rock" 5) "Room at the Top" 6) "Wonderful" Fruity bonus footage, because you've been such a great group:

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 25 2007 11:13 AM

What a buncha crap! I liked the "tribal" sound of Adam & the Ants, with the drumsticks cracking the rims and the chanting and stuff. "Dog Eat Dog" -- now that was cutting edge as far as my 15-year-old ass was concerned. Like Kiss, AA became more of an ass once the makeup & theatrics came off. I want my Wild Frontier back.

Edgy DC Oct 25 2007 11:15 AM

Agreed, thus my questioning who was at the wheel of his career. Yet, this is what is available for your mix tape.

Edgy DC Oct 25 2007 11:56 AM

Peak US chart positions for the six polling options: 1) "Goody Two Shoes" b/w "Red Scab" #12 2) "Desperate but Not Serious" b/w "Why Do Girls Love Horses?" - #66 3) "Strip" b/w "Yours Yours Yours" - #42 4) "Vive le Rock!" b/w "Greta X" - Did Not Chart 5) "Room at the Top" b/w "Bruce Lee" - #17 6) "Wonderful" b/w "Goes Around" - #39

metirish Oct 25 2007 12:04 PM

Had a friend growing up that was a huge fan of Adam Ant, only person in the village IIRC, had his jacket all dressed up with Ants badges and the like, very gay.

Edgy DC Oct 25 2007 12:09 PM

Oh, vote.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 25 2007 12:19 PM

I voted Goody Two Shoes because my highschool marching band played it.

Edgy DC Oct 25 2007 12:22 PM

Check out Mahmoud Irishdinejad --- pretending that his town was gay-free.

metirish Oct 25 2007 12:41 PM

Edgy DC wrote: Check out Mahmoud Irishdinejad --- pretending that his town was gay-free. LOL.....I'll vote later when I can view the vids.

Iubitul Oct 25 2007 02:31 PM

I voted Goody Two Shoes mainly due to the babe.

DocTee Oct 25 2007 02:34 PM

I voted Strip entirely due to the babe.

metirish Oct 25 2007 08:13 PM

Strip, very horrible stuff.

Edgy DC Oct 25 2007 08:25 PM

Oh, get over yerselves. ELO is suddenly cool but AA is untouchable? "Vive le Rock!" is painted right off of their palette.

metirish Oct 25 2007 09:11 PM

I knew there was something missing, or at least the song I remember .

Edgy DC Oct 25 2007 09:22 PM Re: Try Another Flavor of Pollmusic

Sorry, stuck only to the solo catalog.

metirish Oct 26 2007 04:56 PM

Would it be ok if I put a poll up?

Kid Carsey Oct 26 2007 06:59 PM

That 'unplug the jukebox' song was catchy, but I guess it doesn't make the cut. There are small eras of rock video best forgotten, a few of these are classic examples of why.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 26 2007 09:29 PM

metirish wrote: Would it be ok if I put a poll up? Do it .... NOW!!!! BTW, Metirish, I forgot to tell you this, but I discovered recently that my father-in-law is a big Thin Lizzy fan from way back. Last time we visited we watched an entire DVD of Thin Lizzy videos. You had to be there.

metirish Oct 26 2007 09:39 PM

Very cool, next time you go ask him if he has " live & dangerous" on video, classic.

Edgy DC Oct 28 2007 05:56 PM

Kid Carsey wrote: That 'unplug the jukebox' song was catchy, but I guess it doesn't make the cut. There are small eras of rock video best forgotten, a few of these are classic examples of why. You're talking about "Antmusic," also from the Adam and the Ants catalog, therefore ineligible. I'd put up a second poll including the band's work, but I'd guess you'd then have to kill me, judging from the room's recoiling from Adam's sexsational strut.

Kid Carsey Oct 28 2007 06:03 PM

I know what song I meant and by whom, I'm a buster of balls. I wouldn't kill ya, I love ya like a brother ...

Edgy DC Oct 31 2007 09:15 AM

Buy the autoibo now, shown with the swanky adult contemp Adam on the British cover at left and the sticky Byronic Adam at right on the American cover. Three reviews. All five-stars. Eat it.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 31 2007 09:19 AM

Unless it's full of regret for dumping the two-drummer setup that produced this then I don't know what. "Only idiots ignore the truth..."