"who taught you, little child?" one of the two favorite quotes from a song. The other is also an Adam Ant lyric oddly enough! ;) This was my first experience with "risky" lyrics, long before Prince!
@dirkwears I kind of know what you mean...about the youth part anyway. this is up there with Deutscher Girls...and funny. it was definitely the coolest band when i was 14. good age for it!
just superb!! 30 years old but still awesome even for a b side..christ how can a band so good go so bad..ps this turned me into a perv!!..is that wrong..lol
simply one of the most moving, sumptously black songs ever written and recorded...when I was a pale, callow and craven child this song made me almost cry with the desire to be a leather-clad, sexually promiscuous young man, living in London. Now that I am a thirty-something man encased in mediocrity it actually makes me cry. Adam and the Ants were and are the important band to me and always will be...
Oh, wow. That's so sad. You can still break out of that mediocrity, dirkwears! You can still go to London and be dominated! I can't relate too well, I'm just seventeen year old sadomasochist, but, honestly, being in your thirties is by no means old. Go out and be that promiscuous young man you wanted to.
@dirkwears beautiful words my friend I'm 46 and now and then when I need a lift this will go on at very loud volume and I am reminded how fcuking great it is to be alive! Just gets better every year and it does make me cry with grattitude on a regular basis!
@dirkwears Great words my friend; it did the same for me, but I went out and became that rubber and leather clad young woman and lived that life of which you speak. Do I regret it? No, because I wouldnt be the me I am today without that experience. This is such an incredible song; its more of a "feeling" than a song, if you get me:)
@src456 it probably sounded a little off to you because it was an entirely different song. the song nin covered was "physical," which adam ant later performed live with nin, shortly after proclaiming, "it's nice to be on stage with the best fucking band in the world."
good use of almost '50s style' reverb on his vocals
newfuckingwave 2 weeks ago
THERE WOULD BE NO NIN WITHOUT ADAM ANT GOD BLESS THE ANTS!!!
fattymeats 3 months ago 2
class!
zombiehammer1 3 months ago
'Who taught you to torture' surely...
shimmy049 4 months ago
"who taught you, little child?" one of the two favorite quotes from a song. The other is also an Adam Ant lyric oddly enough! ;) This was my first experience with "risky" lyrics, long before Prince!
itbitkitty 5 months ago in playlist Adam Ant
Not heard this for oh.....20 odd years at least! Fantastic stuff!!!
hangableauto 7 months ago
Before Adam went on the kings trip he was doing this and it was so much more interesting!!
cinesable 8 months ago
hurray not one dislike deep and dark bdsm xxx
sparklingshiraz1 8 months ago
This was mammoth at Middlesbrough Rock Garden!
gleamingspire 9 months ago
" Physical ( You're So ) was a re worded Whip In My Valise " . I was about 14 or 15 when I read that.
Kelly14UK 11 months ago
my all time fave antz songs was about 14 when i first heard this and changed me for ever
TOWNLED66 1 year ago
When I met you you were just sixteen, pulling the wings off a fly, when an old lady got hit by a bus I saw a wicked gleam in your eye.
forkboy666 1 year ago
Top tune Adam at his very best.. ANTMUSIC 4 SEXPEOPLE
ANTFANTASTICO 1 year ago 3
excellent upload..one of ants best song.
santosh3260 1 year ago
One of the greatest BDSM sing-a-long chorus's of all time....# WHO TAUGHT YOU TO TORTURE #
Loobs666 1 year ago 4
@dirkwears I kind of know what you mean...about the youth part anyway. this is up there with Deutscher Girls...and funny. it was definitely the coolest band when i was 14. good age for it!
ritmo113 1 year ago
An anthem of my misspent youth.....truly beautiful...
DHeatherC 1 year ago
woowwwww memories..............this made me Ant-fan in the 80's I still like the blackness...........
am I emo now?
AlouaisA 1 year ago
"I'll pay the packet for a new straitjacket"
seekah1 1 year ago
One of, if not THE, best songs that Adam ever did. Absolutely divine (both him and song), thanks
gixer750ws 1 year ago
who taught u to torture??????
riotpixiegrrrl 1 year ago
Hey hey- Adam was, is and will always be the sexiest man on earth- discusssssssss!
timMctaggart34 1 year ago
i knew the girl that this songs about.
but never told my wife.......
lordhendry 1 year ago
COULD A MAN BE ANY SEXIER? NO!
71MPRINCE 1 year ago
Superb
nobby1997 1 year ago
I can relate to this song so much.
I wish my life were like this song!!!
arlykamikaze 1 year ago
awesome song.
Beatmyguest001 1 year ago
i paid a packet for a new straight jacket!!...boys n girls..if your out at the next leeds rubber then say hello
MsBabster 2 years ago
dirk still wears em!!..in my house
MsBabster 2 years ago
just superb!! 30 years old but still awesome even for a b side..christ how can a band so good go so bad..ps this turned me into a perv!!..is that wrong..lol
MsBabster 2 years ago 2
i just bought antics in the forbidden zone and heard this song for the 1st time its definitely one of my favorites
TheFacelessK 2 years ago
my antics in the forbidden zone just arrived
great album isnt it?
buddyholly1958 2 years ago
you can hear the evolution of adam and the ants into adam ant one of my favorite albums right next to my MIA
TheFacelessK 2 years ago
simply one of the most moving, sumptously black songs ever written and recorded...when I was a pale, callow and craven child this song made me almost cry with the desire to be a leather-clad, sexually promiscuous young man, living in London. Now that I am a thirty-something man encased in mediocrity it actually makes me cry. Adam and the Ants were and are the important band to me and always will be...
dirkwears 2 years ago 63
dirkwears - agree with everything you say. Great track.
SteveAFCLondon 2 years ago
Oh, wow. That's so sad. You can still break out of that mediocrity, dirkwears! You can still go to London and be dominated! I can't relate too well, I'm just seventeen year old sadomasochist, but, honestly, being in your thirties is by no means old. Go out and be that promiscuous young man you wanted to.
pearlsandjade 2 years ago
damn good advice for people who think they are too old
buddyholly1958 2 years ago
@dirkwears beautiful words my friend I'm 46 and now and then when I need a lift this will go on at very loud volume and I am reminded how fcuking great it is to be alive! Just gets better every year and it does make me cry with grattitude on a regular basis!
jubilee64 1 year ago
@dirkwears i know exactly what you mean
myabsynthedream 1 year ago
@dirkwears beautifully described. yep the song is hot hot hot. Adam remains a force that shaped many!
redrainygirl 1 year ago
@dirkwears Great words my friend; it did the same for me, but I went out and became that rubber and leather clad young woman and lived that life of which you speak. Do I regret it? No, because I wouldnt be the me I am today without that experience. This is such an incredible song; its more of a "feeling" than a song, if you get me:)
ralucagymnast 10 months ago 5
at 2mins 24secs people went mad ad the gigs
tony2329 3 years ago
NIN murdered this song, original is far better.......
src456 3 years ago 15
@src456 oh dear was not aware that NIN had covered this! Will strive to ensure I never hear it! Why bther this is a perfect song end of story!
jubilee64 1 year ago
@src456 it probably sounded a little off to you because it was an entirely different song. the song nin covered was "physical," which adam ant later performed live with nin, shortly after proclaiming, "it's nice to be on stage with the best fucking band in the world."
suicidecontrition 1 year ago 2
reminds me of an ex girlfriend!!!!!!!!!
crazzycatt1 3 years ago
pure class Adam!
MagentaHead 3 years ago
Best ever alongside "Physical (You're so)"
YouAreFullOfIt 3 years ago 2
best ever adam ant song!!
dod4luce 3 years ago