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  • Hot, hot, hot!!!! Adam you must tour Australia!!! You still have a big fan base here in Oz.

  • the intro gives me chills! forever and always love the ants! :)

  • marco pirroni great but sadly overlooked guitarist,a loyal fan of the gibson les paul junior.

  • I wanted to see a real ants infestation documentary and dumped here

  • One of the best alt artists of all time. Hands (and all six legs) down!

  • Love adam. And his little Ant, too. Love Twinkle more, though...

  • i went to see sinead O connor years ago just to see Marco: he rocks mightily.....(and he looked me in the eye when he heard me calling his name!) ooooh! best not go see Adam because if he lloks me in the eye i might well just die of heart failure....

  • incredible song.... Many Thanks from Florida!!!

  • Nice to see and hear a group that can actually play and sing live!

  • Who had the nerve to dislike this?

  • One of my favourite ants songs... so cool.

  • fleto qlo

    

  • Can't lie, i'm only 18 and I always listen to adam/ Joan Jett/ Bowie. Nothing of this generation really compares, in pop culture anyway.

  • That's a massive plectrum Marco's using! :-o

  • Good to see a Live performance !!!! There not fakin it track's!!!!! HAil Adamn and the Ant's

  • Are all his songs about ants?

  • I´m 40 now and when it comes to music, I always kept up with the time, but with Adam it`s different.

    Don´t know why, but I can´t stop listening to his music in the last few month.

    There is something special about his (and Marco´s) songs. They never get old. They are still unique. Even in the 80`s antmusic was special. Wasn`t it?

    I was addicted to him and his music as a very young girl, and now it seems like the obsession starts again....

    Love you!

  • @MmeduLac

    Just the same...haven't given him that much thought since the eighties...but can't stop listening recently!!

    Class!!

  • is there no bad song from this man?

  • Those years, say 1981, I was driving around the southwest USA with a cassette deck in a Toyota, "sailboarding" the reservoirs in Arizona (now called windsurfing, lol) and listening to Adam Ant and just digging this music, it fit the scenery.

  • 12 people were invaded by their ants

  • 2nd piece of "vinyl" I ever bought - "Kings of the Wild Frontier" - and still have it....brilliant band !

  • great song - but i keep expecting marco to shout "yeah but, no but, yeah but".....

    

  • Simple...they were the best...there it is....

  • This is my first time hearing this band, me likey :D

  • @octozombie I'm glad you like it. I think they're fun. 

  • I think they took the sound down on this one!!!

  • @1967nj Oh man! you just named two of my favorite bands Adam And and siouxsie ! I love peek a boo!

  • ooooh! So Sci-Fi!

  • Ohhh - major sci-fi!

  • english dudes channeling native Americans, thats headache waiting to happen..

  • OMFG this is FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!

    I am 15 atm and i am in love with Adam and the Ants!!!!

    I always thought i was born in the wrong decade! If only i was born 20 years earlier i would have grown up when these guys where in biz and i might have been able to go seen one of their concerts!

    Its a big shame that they split but i see Adam seems to be doing fine on his own atm haha!

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  • @Lozzeii were* and see*

    Rofl... sorry i was tired last night!!! :P

  • @Lozzeii

    I am only 15 atm aswell. And i love them aswell. I wish that they hadn't split up. but unfortunatly it happens :( .

    i keep thinking that i was born at the wrong time aswell. if only i could have been born earlier. It is good to know that Adam is doing fine now. He is getting over all that he has been through, which is good.

    This has got to be one of my favourite Adam and the Ant songs :)

  • @hullshamon Lol... Well i don't blame them from splitting up, we all need a rest at some point and they had more than their fair share of fame lol... Adam deserved to retire for awhile... Guess he decided that he missed it haha... and made a come back :P

    He is still going strong today... seen some pictures of him recently in April lol... looking good as ever! Lol. Hmm i dunno, i wouldn't be able to pick a fav by him lol, i like them all, but this is definately up the top end of the scale for me!

  • @hullshamon Hopefully there is some other band that is as good for you but where the people in the band are currently between 18 & 30 years old and making fresh music for you. I think Adam is still around. My son is 15 now to. When I was 15 this band was new to me. I thought they were fun.

  • 0:10 > That look, the indescribably amazing image when you're only 12, and discovering the world, JUST STRUCK A CHORD way back in the days when Lennon and McQueen left us.

  • Ah... Perfect :)

  • Check out THE ANTS NEW ALBUM..! YES! 2010!

    Search Amazon/Itunes for Mantra 2 featuring the Ants ;-)

  • AM4SP ALWAYSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

  • Fantastic. Saw this aged about ........  and still great now.

  • One of the most beautiful people to grace this earth - Adam you still rule

  • u tube is back ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

  • Prime stuff!

  • that guitar is unbelievably good , i beg u adam come back, you are beyond good your out of any league known to music,

  • i just died in the 1st 17 seconds , adam come back your THE MAN

  • Positively brilliant!

  • Two drums + three guitars. That's the ants invasion.

    Fantastic Marco Pirroni.

  • Im still searching......

  • Fantastic song & brilliant clip. I can't believe this is the first time I've seen it.

  • This is my favourite song the band ever did and a great live version of it from when they were a top class live act, before everything went a bit silly. Marco gets such a great guitar sound and is so under-rated for his playing. In another reality they might have subsequently made more interesting music than they did in this one, it was all downhill from Stand and Deliver onwards, everything post Kings of the Wild Frontier.

    If my surname were Dandyliver I'd call my son Stan. :-o

  • these were an excellent band and still sound great,

  • Have You Noticed That The Bands Now A Days Suck....Like Bands From 2005 And Down Actually Had Valuese And Were Actually Good..And Actually Had Soul........What Happen To The Generation

  • The 80's are coming back in the States...lots of Adam fans in the US that are going to re-surface..this song is awesome...

  • Another great song by the ants. ooohhh how I wish I was there at that eksact time...

  • Not only is Adam underrated, but Marco is totally underrated as a guitarist. He is a huge part of the sound of this band and Adam's solo records. The thing is, he doesn't overpower the lyrics. He's in and out at precisely the right time.

    It takes a lot talent to do that, and a lot of self-assurance. Many guitarists want to be center stage.

  • @malicea4thought i agree with you 200% mate!

  • @malicea4thought @malicea4thought i agree with you 200% mate!

  • His expressions are so amazing :D

  • hope someones got the "johnny carson show" with Ants playin antmusic..totally rocked..2 drummers made them sound PHATT in concert..

  • I don't get it...what's wrong with saying they're underrated. I think that's actually complimentary...like, even more people should like them. Btw, here in the states, they are very underrated. Not everyone is "fortunate" enough to be from the uk.

  • 'Fortunate', you say. Maybe, but Barack Obama's welcome to move into 10 Downing Street anytime.

  • lol.

  • spoken like a true DICKHEAD!!!

    alatham1979 PISS OFF BACK TO PAKISTAN! That's where Adam & The Ants are "very underrated"

  • alatham1979: I DO understand what I read - unless it's bollocks just like your comment!

    According to Wikipedia Adam & the Ants were immensely popular in their time and scored 11 UK hit singles between 1979 and 1982, including two UK Number 1 hits.

    Underrated artists ARE NOT immensely popular, they DO NOT sell millions of records and they DO NOT have Top 10 hits! GET IT INTO YOUR THICK SKULL!

  • Exactly: UK. Most people in the US either never heard of them or only know "Goody Two Shoes."

  • i think what is meant by underrated is that when people look back on the 80s and this form of music all they can see is Duran Duran and Depeche Mode as the end all in 80s music, while Adam is overlooked when looking back.

  • AdrianRuehl, you are right to some extent but please keep in mind that Duran Duran and Depeche Mode are stiil around, whereas Adam & The Ants were extremely popular for only a couple of years (1980 to 1982) and then Adam Ant went solo. It happened over 25 years ago. I'm sure most of their original fans haven't forgotten about them. If you're an American teenager you may think they are underrated but it's only because the media have a very short attention span.

  • Adam and the Ants were popular from 1978 to 1984 (includes solo)

    he made a brief 1990 come back and again in 1995

    he played a show for devoted Ant Fans less than a year ago

    the media doesn't matter when there is a singer and fans

  • You may have a point but in all reality it really doesn't matter how popular someone was or wasn't for them to be underrated. And yes, I'm an American but I'm certainly not 16..try 26. lol

  • @aloha808 Adam Ant is underrated in America.

  • lol i agree they are underrated

  • alatham1979 - what are you talking about???

    For your information Adam & The Ants were extremely popular in the UK (and the rest of Europe) in the early 80s. At one point they had 3 or 4 Top 10 singles in the UK at the same time. You call it "very underrated"?

    Adam left the band and went solo in 1982.

  • I remember taping this on my new vhs machine-watched it over and over again!

    A really good performance-thanks for posting.

  • Amazing to see someone 14 years old enjoying Adam Ant. I'm 39 now and when I was 13 I thought he was the best. I was all alone in that.

  • im 12 and i love Adam and the Ants. only one of my other friends like them, kinda annoying seeing as everyone else loves Rave when its really crap :(

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  • 15 and live around Adam Ant!

    i have researched his life LOVE IT!!!

  • I'm 16 and I love them - all the old music, especially the stuff from the 80s, is just so much better than whats released today

  • I couldn't agree more. I'm 15 and this is just profound music compared to music today.

    I just love Adam :) He is so amazing.

  • I invite you to check out Bow Wow Wow, awesome music, singing, drums, guitar, etc. !!

  • Actually Bow Wow Wow was Adam's band before Malcom Mc'Lauren decided Adam wasn't the right match for the group.

    Yeah they are good and I do like the music, but the Adam was the true visionary behind the sound :)

  • I've been a fan of both bands, Adam and the Ants and Bow Wow Wow since 1981 or 1982 ...........and know about their history........what I'm really asking you is: do you acknowledge the awesome talent of Bow Wow Wow?

    Sadly, both bands have poor stage acts. I'd rather listen to music than see it. What are your other favorite bands that I can check out?

  • Why would you say Adam and the Ants had a poor stage act? I've watched several videos of their live performances and thought they were quite good!

  • this is no insult, it's just that "minimal movement" is boring. I'm not sure what they could be doing, perhaps ad some hot chicks in pirate swimsuits posing like bodybuilders on steroids

  • Hot pirate chicks? I'll vote no on that one! haha Being a woman I think just seeing Adam being his sexy self is enough for me to enjoy the performance! ;)

  • ok, no hot pirate chicks, but Adam and his Ants needed to spice it up more than they did. and that goes for most bands

  • Poor stage acts my arse. Seen both b ands live more than a few times and there is no lack of movement. ANNABELLA never stopped dancing and the only reason Adam isn't jumping around is cos he's playing guitar, albeit badly.

  • I wasn't trying to be hard on Adam and my fav Annabella. I really don't know what I'd like them to be doing, jumping around sounds silly.............and yes, Annabella dances well at times. I once touched her toe at the Black Cat in Washington, D.C.......big deal huh?

  • lol

  • I wish Adam and the Ants had a few female members!

  • well seeing as were going in chronological order.. I'm 14 and love adam and the ants too, although i do like todays rock/punk music as well. but the old stuffs great! Adam and The ants <3

  • This was taken from the Old Grey Whistle Test, a music show in the UK back in the 80's. It always puzzled me that the Ants never released this as a single!

  • My favourite Ants track thisone!!!!

  • I grew up on Adam Ant. One of my all time fav's...and yes, I totally agree gorobby1....COMPLETELY underrated!

  • so underated in the us. great voice

  • as awesome now as it was back in the day!!!

  • this band was just the bast original by far get back together for gods adam and do it all again stecky.

  • totally ! I was into punk way back then but Bands like DEVO And Adam and the Ants sold me on new wave, when so many other new wave bands were flimsy.

  • God they're good. I totally get why they were great, I don't think you can generalize in taste of music...

  • i'm 23 and i understand why they are so awesome! :)

  • Adam was best with the ants. THEY were so unique! The kids today dont understand why they were great!

  • Actually I love these guys! I understand! XD

  • I'm 17 and I've loved them for years now. Adam Ant revolutionized New Wave and New Romantic, he's a genius, and his style is legendary.

  • ahhhh im only 16 and i love them =/ 'kids today' aren't all like you think.

  • Yeah. I'm 13.

  • wow!this is great.thanks for posting.

  • Did Adam Ant have an acting role in the movie "Road Warrior"?

  • No he didn't.,though he has appeared in several films and tv shows-I know he was in a movie called choose me and an episode of (I think-)amazing stories.Just to name a few.You might want to google his film and television career if you'd like to find out more.I know I,for one,will be an antperson till the day I die! ;-) Cheers!

  • Check out Slamdance with Tom Hulce and Virginia Madsen. Definitely my fave Adam Ant acting performance, too.

  • Saw it 3x and it was  awesome performance just like you said! :-)

  • Excellent song. Adam Ant ruled the 80's.Prince Charming indeed. This song was played flawless and with confidence.

  • way better than goody two shoes...what were they thinking?

  • Two Drummers = So Much Better Than One

  • anyone notice how the intro guitar playing sounds similar to the intro to super metroid/metroid music? wonder if it was a semi-tribute by the makers of that game.

  • Only a complete psycho would notice that.

  • no. This song is from 1980. That game series started in the early 90's.

  • He said a tribute BY, not a tribute TO the makers of the game.

  • one of my all time favourites!

  • well said

  • Adam Ant was so pretty...

    Oh, and the song rules, too. lol

  • This has to be one of my favorite songs of all time

  • This tune is Awesome, the drummers are great!

  • i remember watching this!

  • Powerful tune. Thanks for posting

  • please check out my omelette from outer space demo video. although the album version is the best and cleanest, this version will set your world on fiyahhhhh. ant is da man.

  • His music was os originol. I 4cking lov it! Good luck mate!

  • marco has to be one of the most underrated guitarists ever

    clean twang or mucky distortion, always playing something interesting

  • agreed, great songs too. but he always looked about 45 even when he was probably 30

  • lol. he is actually 49 just now believe it or not. 5 years younger than adam

  • I remember my Mum letting me stay up late to watch this on the OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST in 81! They just don't make music this good anymore!

  • Adam is one of the last true versatile performers, a dying race! First Punk then New Wave then Pop!

  • Adam was and still is a true entertainer and class showman. Fantastic!!

  • Aside from the obvious fact that this song is killer...I do love the colors of this vid too.

  • Without a doubt the best Ants lineup.They had the songs, the look, the attitude, before it all went a bit too pantomime.

  • this song is funny lol

  • how come just about every song on that album sounds totally original? he took the genius of dirk and told a new band " right, we're going to do it like this, now". he was bloody incredible.

  • Every track indeed was totally original. No Oasis or Blur, Stones or Beatles comparisons to be made here. Nothing like it before or since. Genius.

  • arnt they gud live,WOW,sounds just like on the album,great band,sadly missed,they were excellent

  • Thanks for posting the great memories... I was eleven--Rock was wild--Free sex was safe--and recreational drugs weren't lethal!

  • Then why are you watching this vid?

  • This song is still edgy to this very day. I'm only 20 yrs old and I rock this album all night long. I have the original vinyl and it's phenomenal from start to finish. I really wish that he and Nine Inch Nails would team up for a tour again.Thanks for this awesome performance!

  • I'm hitting 40 and i would love to see the younger generations enjoying this great music that we listened to, er, about 25 years ago..........where has the time gone?

  • I'm only 13 years old and love all the Antmusic! This sort of music is so much missed in this generation of music, much better than all that American over hyped crap!

  • love adam ant he is sexy n this song is cool

    how old is he in this vid

  • Todays bands would never dress like this! they think their too cool and stale :) got to keep it straight and clean to get those record sales in :) I hope Ant dresses up again for his come back!

  • mega tune, mega mega...

    hearing it back makes it even more mega.

  • i saw this when it was first aired on the old grey whistle test great memories

  • Adam never looked better!

    F***king fantastic,

    I wish i could turn back time.

  • adam first made d song omlette inouter space then he changed it and made it d ants invasion

  • My all time favourite Adam and the Ants track...lovely stuff! Thanks for posting!

  • where has this music been all my life? :)

  • This is just too good to be true.

  • Listen to Dream Theater Sacrified Sons,

    Incredibly similar

  • Dream Theater are king!

  • hellz yea!

  • amazing!!!! i cant believe how good they are live..adams voice sounds even better than the studio stuff,its taken till im 33 years old to realise this. first album i ever bought at the age of 6 was kings. under rated band,but for me one of the best!!

  • Sad this dude is feeling so shitty today, he don´t deserve that :(

  • I agree. I hope thigns are loking better for hom lately. He is ADAM,MARCO,KEVIn and the drummers KICK ASS.

  • fantastic love this song

  • Awesome! Love this song and the whole Kings album. In fact, I like everything I've heard by them or Adam solo so far. I'm glad I found out about them because they're very original. Wish I'd lived in the '80s and actually got to live at the time of such great music and performers. Still great to have the music and such cool vids to watch! Love Adam & the Ants!

  • I was a teenager in the '80's and I agree with you,I love anything by him-ants or solo. and kings has and will always be my fave album.(then prince charming!) only wish I would have had the pleasure to see him live! sigh!

  • I am so jealous of everybody who saw Adam Ant perform live. Whish I could have. Why didn't he tour in The Netherlands :(

  • saw adam in 95 in ne england he was fantastic

  • I think if they would have explored more of this line of music they still would be kickin it! Instead they turned to goody tush and Strip which was to me, sell out crap... But I still love the Ants...

  • Brings back memories of the 9:30 club in DC when I saw them in concert back in 82 maybe?

  • how'd the hardcore kids respond to him?

    i know the Teen Idles and S.O.A. types used to hate the "glitz" and fashion of UK punk

  • This is an excellent performance from the Ants

    It got shite after a remixed Antmusic/Stand & Deliver however the b sides Fall In/Beat My Guest/Christain Dior/Red Scab are smart

  • Marco's such a good guitarist

  • fecking fantastic stuff doesnt get better than this !!!

  • Seriously, if you don't like this group, get out and watch something you enjoy. Adam Ant was awesome then and now.

  • Twat!

  • Oi Kookietur. Count yourself lucky you dont live in London cos i'd come & kick your sorry arse. 43years old & you come from Denmark fuck off you cunt you know NOTHING!!