Adam Ant - Desperate But Not Serious (1982)

[Gina97xls]

hot hot hot hot!

[mrbug825]

This is my favorite song of his .It reminds me of the seriousness of life as I was about to graduate in '83 and was trying to enjoy school but life was on the horizon. I was just 17 in '82. I can still hear Richard Blades voice come in as the song begins to fade... ...and I'm very proud to be a part of that movement.. You just HAD to live it.

[cythera431]

Yes, he did throw a car alternator through a pub window about 12 years ago, but maybe he was pissed off (or pissed drunk)...doesn't really matter, because the music still stands up as groundbreaking today.

[thecybercrockshow]

Whatever he was/is...I LOVED him when it was SO not cool to like this kind of music..and I love him still! :P

[CoolasIce2]

I think he's gay.

[LisaK7100]

CoolasIce2, he's NOT gay!

[LisaK7100]

Did Adam Ant REALLY want to kiss a vampire?

[jobot66]

Dude, I suddenly wish I had been around to be one of his groupie/pantie throwers. But alas, I was an '86 baby. /fistshake

[Booknet861]

@jobot66 Could be worse, I was a 96 baby

[eightiesgal1969]

my favorite of his!

[C0DEMON]

The Kill Sister Kill cover is just as schweet!!! ♫♪♬♩

[mypupTwinkie]

He's one of a kind...his moves, his glances, those lips and teeth....WOW! I also think this song is great...brings back memories!

[TheVegasValentine]

You know who could play Adam Ant in a movie about him? James Franco.

[luvm1chael]

@TheVegasValentine hell yeah:)

[MsMetaledge]

14 people are desperate coz they aint getting any lol

[jburnersmith]

If you like Adam Ant, you really need to check out Adam Lambert. You would love him!

[luvm1chael]

@jburnersmith he sux...ALOT!

[LisaK7100]

jburnersmith, I'm sure there are English actors we don't know about who could portray Adam Ant.

[mphk55]

The song is just Cool.

[jupes569]

Love him -gorgeous!!! Song is awesome too

[krisdd527]

@bigsixxraven

OMG! I thought I was the only one who saw certain teeth as sexy! I thought I was weird for it, but now I see I'm not the only one. Adam Ant is VERY sexy, and his teeth are just icing on the cake. :)

[weeboys2]

@krisdd527 --No,no. I've had a thing for certain people's teeth for years. Adam is at the top of the list. I don't know what it is. It's not the "Hollywood" perfect smile that I'm talking about. It's something that I haven't been able to define just yet. But I see it too!!!

[bigsixxraven]

He made me get into Pirates. Lawd he was so sessy back then... he coulda made Improper Suggestions to me anytime back then. He had sexy teeth.

[zguy876]

that guitar player just cracks me up

[wasteland70]

@zguy876 Right? Go 80's!

[makingsense53]

I visited my brother who was living in Puerto Rico at the time and each night before we went out to the clubs we watched this video and Planet Earth by Duran Duran to get fired up. This was Adam Ants best song though he had a number of good ones. Peace.

[Rascal356000]

@makingsense53 I like your spirit. This music was from when when I was from in high school. I was flying high and feeling good about life and the future. I was so into music especially alternative. These were good times for us. Peace out.

[rowdymax1]

This song takes me back to Spring, 1983... smokin doobs n playing Strat-O-Matic with my buddy Dave...he always had the '27 Yankees..I had the '68 Tigers...had MTV on in the background when this song came on....good times.

[MrSYSTEM20]

Salute @ 2:50

Zombie @ 3:40

[jonanjello]

I was listening to this today. It is a great song, isn't it? The guitar is Kinda James Bond-ish too, huh!

[DROOPY3468]

he looks like a young billy crystal!

[myabsynthedream]

@DROOPY3468 lol! eeeew no he doesnt!

[gahloot]

I was in the elevator after this concert tour with him! And it was then I realized the top of his head was going bald,poor bastard!

[LisaK7100]

gahloot, when he talked about his bipolar disorder and the medications he took, he mentioned many things happening to him - even his hair fell out!

Since then, he shaved it and wore a headscarf - now it's grown back and he's STILL covering his head!

[gahloot]

@LisaK7100 He was loosing his hair back in the 80's!

[LisaK7100]

gahloot, I didn't see that - I always remembered he had a high hairline.

[AbsyntheRain]

My god .. the man can make all the improper suggestions to me that he wants. Even at 56 he's still freaking gorgeous! I wouldn't kick him out of my bed.

[LisaK7100]

AbsyntheRain, enjoy!

[ForgottenSoul700]

Shexey

[weezytheseamonkey]

Mmmmmmmm. Yummy. Check out the perfect jawline at 1:55. *sighs and wishes herself back to the eighties*.

[theluvly01]

Omg this white boy sexy ass hell.

[userbc44]

Ummmmm....2:04 what a great shot..this man was always sex on a stick.

[Marikay4]

To all the mad hes locked in the loony bin comments. Piss off. really. he's actually doing well and doing shows again.

[lemmyswartt]

@Marikay4 I agree. Adam Suffers from A ailment with no cure. He has to live 24 7

with mental illness. Despite his breakdowns he has done well.

'I hope he tours here in the USA again. Its easy to slag on someone.Lets all wish him well and support him in his times of struggle.

[LisaK7100]

lemmyswartt, it's true bipolar disorder has no cure, and I'm pround of Adam for trying to live as best he can with it.

[wasteland70]

@Marikay4 I'm glad to hear he's on the mend. I always thought he was terrificly talented.

[mydearghoul]

That's not a pirate outfit, it's navy. (minus the choker)

[john111257]

@damedavid keep dick in pants eh..not good song

[EABeaudry]

He was so HOT in his rakish pirate attire with that war-paint on his face! I had a huge poster of him above my bed and some fairly colorful "bodice-ripper" dreams of him!

[wendybrownkatz]

Gawd, he retells this in auobiographical form in his book.

Who'd have thought!? Very interesting!

[missrocky14]

HE WAS HOT ! I SAW ON A DOCUMENTARY HE WENT KOOKOO. LIKE SERIOUS,,,,SUCKS HE'S SEXY AS HELL IN THIS VIDEO THOUGH.

[karlenfan]

I was 15 when he toured with this album.....I remember that show vividly. He was in full pirate regalia and swinging on ropes and climbing up the stage....he was sexy as hell.

[bartaustin]

definitely not a high point of human society

[HypnoToad72]

@bartaustin - how so?

[tracyblogger]

One of the best song intros ever.

[Reptikeeper101]

this has to nbe the gayest thing i have ever seen. like wtf, did he think he was cool cause he could make him self look like a fucking idiot with all the fake boxing moves? this i officially the worst thing i have ever seen in my entire life.

[FatBlackFrancis]

@CuteKittehAssassin You'd be lucky to see any reunion these days, Adam is kept in a padded room with an arm full of drugs, he's quite quite mad these days.

[AlexRhian]

Oh, I didn't know this song, but it's gorgeous.

[airshotsphotoco]

He is also currently in a psychiatric hospital.

[phlather]

@airshotsphotoco actually he got out of the hospital about a week ago.

[Eligaxen]

@phlather ooouf , i hope he can achieve his life quietly

[njt5281]

@phlather He had to go back in?Bipolar is awful to live with esp when you get so manic like he does.That's when you do such risky behaviour.Most BP suicdes take place during mania not depression.I too live with it as does my 12 yr old son.

[Eligaxen]

@airshotsphotoco he still live in hospital??? baad and saad if true

[airshotsphotoco]

28 year old video. He looks terrible now...bald....

[LisaK7100]

airshotsphotoco, I agree. He's got MORE tattoos and you would think he would try Rogaine for his head!

[lukaluei]

GOD, he's so hot i can't even BREATHE :P

[pinkopaque22]

What an EFFING BABE!!!!

[studdsreturbo]

Some of the best, most intriguing and intelligent lyrics ever put to music came from Adam and the Ants.

[tiana1017]

omg these were the days. i have this album

[airthief36]

this is my favorite single. friend or foe, i grew up on that album!

[partypartyparty100]

gr8 song but i still prefer stand and deliver and prince charming they're the best i think

[Jan0847]

I have always loved this song! He's so hot!!!

[dave3141966]

He is most defnitley not gay. If you read his autobiography he cannot keep his hands of the women during his career lots of relationships and one night stands with famous women and lapdancers / models. Lucky so and so :-)

[ritter89]

Ant was hugely popular when I was about 9 yrs old and MTV was just becoming established. I enjoyed a few of their songs, especially Stand and Deliver and Ant Music, but stuff like this was pretty lame. I also remember thinking back then that the videos were depressing. This video, in particular, looks like it was filmed in a meat locker. Adam's looking pretty rough these days, I hear

[RHPSPBL]

@ritter89 actually, he looks great, especially for a 56-year old man. and this video is totally right for the time it was made, but i guess you aren't old enough to realize that, seeing as you were only 9 years old when this was happening, for Christ's sake! and why are you watching and posting his videos if you have such a negative take on him? oh by the way, for those of us who ARE old enough to remember and appreciate it, this song, STRIP, was huge!!!!!

[pasadena333]

great song !!!!! i still have the vinyl of that album at home ! love it .

[stephenp1968]

No one makes music like this anymore. :-(

[PussNBoots96]

@CoolasIce2 ; Did you not watch the video?? I think it proves 100% that he isn't gay :/

[CoolasIce2]

Is he gay or what?

[LisaK7100]

CoolasIce2, no, he's not.

[NETT411]

Adam Ant was so sexy back then. His song desperate make me go wild and I want to make out with him.

[kealabeam]

@NETT411 I know, totally...I'm all over that.

[Lovesock69able]

When at the marina in Ensenada, (Aramis Deceives) make the proprietors of the fish taco stands bid against each other in a best food contest. It makes everybody work harder and you walk away stuffed. All in the spririt of fun. Drink XX.

[amberstoocool]

p.s. i wish i could be every girl in his videos since they get some sort of contact with him <3

[RHPSPBL]

@amberstoocool SO DO I!!!!!

[amberstoocool]

i must say he is rather beautiful.

quite possibly the most gorgeous man.

especially in his leather pants ;)

[missinglink51]

Had him over my bed for years!!!!

[craigmedland]

He is ... pardon ... and yes I am bipolar too. Let's not forget the fact that he is one sexy mutha fuka.

But his music was / is so different .. two drummers .... tribal .....

[craigmedland]

His a mental man ... Love him.

[GLAMPIXIE1234]

i love adam hes gorgeous!!!! his voice is sexy

[PussNBoots96]

@AdamAntIsAwesome : We really are, stuff the stupid Lady Gaga and Rhianna etc. lovers, we'll love Adam Ant instead <3 :)

[crazyspottedcow]

Worlds Sexest man....Back then & Now......."he can leave his shoes under my bed anytime"

[PussNBoots96]

@AdamAntIsAwesome; I think that, personally, we are rather amazing, tbqh :D

Lol, I'm listening to Cartrouble as i'm writing this ;)

[AdamAntIsAwesome]

@PussNBoots96 WE R AWESOME!!!

[RozTheDiffy44]

LUCKY BITCH AT 1.58!!!! Aww...ADAM ANT, STUART GODDARD! My boyfriend thinks i have an obsession....well at least i don't shout 'oh stuart!' in bed.....

[PussNBoots96]

I'm only 13, yet i have loved adam ant/adam and the ants since i was 9 when my dad bought the album :) he was and still is the most gawgus man alive :D i cant stand the crap we have today :P

[AdamAntIsAwesome]

@PussNBoots96 me too, i'm 14 and i envy everyone who got to live in the 80s and see Adam Ant alive....RozTheDiffy is my sisters best friend (Roz has write a comment around here somewhere) and she introduced me to Adam Ant, although she's obsessed with Muse....ADAM ANT!

[MsLimelighter]

I saw Adam perform in a small venue in the 80's. I touched his leg. Looking back at this now is a hoot!

[justpeachy352002]

What has happened to us? It's like the uptight meter has been turned up several notches since all this music and artists like this came out. Why the Hell is Adam Lambert treated like shit in his own country and the rest of the world is embracing him like the phenom he is? Not fair and not right! He is an icon in the making.

I loved Adam Ant when I was a teenager in the 80's. Whatever happened to him?

[master008x]

I must be getting to old to "appreciate" this "song". I think it sucks and the singer has a worse voice than Harry Connick.

[Dravenswraith]

theres something so sexy about that ribbon in the back of adams hair when he goes to kiss the girl ..but i find most of adam very sexy

[atomicwendy]

one of my all time faves :^)

[myerm303]

lmao!

[ErikaSteele051375]

One of the 80s greatest porn star mustaches appear in this video.

[RicomiChico]

Amazing, v v v sexy adam :) the man IS sex.

[TheJackie212]

I think this is the first song I heard of Adam----love it---was 18 in '82 Great music :)

[jewelsenia]

Adam Ant Rocks!

[ardalsgirl]

Adam is so sexy I wish he was singing to me! :p

[Lovesock69able]

The new what did I just see. (ARAMIS DECEIVES)

[lnwolf74]

Lol whats Billy Crystal doing on TV. kool song love the 80s.

[ThePhenomenal15]

wish he'd just kept singing into that mike...how sexy is that!!!!

[ussolider123]

If you don't staop!! You will go blind!!!! 

Still an outragous kick-ass song!!

[RacerXGTO]

If he didn't care so much about making songs that respond to media criticism, I think he would have taken his success a notch further. This was all pre Madonna era, he could have taken a cue and just said "SO WHAT!" and let the bloody tabloids eat that.

[uzidown138]

I've been on the bookshelf , with the books, and the plants it was weird.

[kathryn611]

lol!  and I used to love this video when it was new! LOL

[7855waldo]

You're won over when the musicios zero in in the first three seconds of the video!

[ElveeKaye]

I love this song, and I love Adam Ant! He is SOOO gorgeous! <3

[jack41714]

ughhhh cool paint job though

[kealabeam]

He is sexy as all hell in this video, I would have just wanted to lick him all over if I had been around back then...this song, Friend or Foe, Dog eat Dog, Strip...he is just magic, watching this even so many years later just makes me melt.

[beatle0001]

@kealabeam Damn, you make me wish I was Adam Ant. But only if you are a girl. Lol!

[kealabeam]

LOL...that is affirmative ;)

[goatkyd]

@kealabeam Couldn't have said it better!

[catlover415]

@kealabeam You would had to have taken a number in line. LOL

[LisaK7100]

kealabeam, have you had sex dreams about him?

[kealabeam]

@LisaK7100 YES...shameless, sleeping and waking dreams...

[statelybird3]

I had the album this is front, which is worth getting if you like you some Adam Ant---this song always sounded to me like it should have been in a James Bond film, with its creepy suspenseful tone---I love it though--especially the horns!

[pbh94515]

The Bond angle is very perceptive actually. This would be a very good song for something like that.

[talus007]

It really does have a 60s spy film soundtrack feel to it..like a song by Portishead

[MistressAvalon]

Bloody hell, i think i need a cold shower...

[LisaK7100]

MistressAvalon, good idea! I need one myself!

[RainPoetry]

What a classic, great song. And you're right, it's very underrated. Thanks for posting.

[generationaluv]

this was/is awesome in so many ways! the song, the look, the sound, the vibe, the vid!

[ameriviking]

I'm Sooooooo bored with the USA!!! And I'm a Chicagoan!

[dr656558]

long live cheesy videos!

[Frederm]

I like this sorta music . Does anyone know which genre it is ?

[retroguy1976]

new wave

[thefallofmaxpayne]

@Frederm, it's from the 80's.

[Frederm]

Thanks

[thefallofmaxpayne]

No problem

[Frederm]

thanks

[weeboys2]

New Wave but really called Romantic Wave.

[67GTV]

@weeboys2

Actually, it was called Newro as in New Romantic.

[SaffronSugar]

New Romantic, it was called

[loveforant]

Love you

[Hitez04]

Aries here and scorpios ROCK MY WORLD! I love you Stuart!

[mightybooshrock82]

if you want my opinion, if your a gemini, neevvverr date a taurus cos ur opposite signs

[thepaddywagonishere]

You can tell that Adam Ant was influenced by Paul Revere and the Raiders on they way they dressed.

[mastamove]

Coohool. Never saw the video, thanx!

[sparklerblue]

Damnnnn...I used to love him!!!!

[LotteAchillea]

Had the biggest crush on Adam back then and a teenage room full of posters. This video really takes me back... Connect with hcb11569's comment about unfinished business with a fellow scorpio!!!

[nikolaipoopoo]

I currently have the biggest crush on Adam Ant.

n_n

[darkesthourglass]

should've known he was a scorpio. you can tell he just loves the women. don't you wish you could just freeze him in time?

[hcb11569]

My 7th grade crush....I still have unfinished business with this fellow Scorpion...

[megameggothgal]

wow... he's so HOT!!! :)

[jenjenblast]

Is he not edible @ 2:43??!! YUMMY!!!!

[Battlefront3king]

Beautiful...just like Adam Lambert...

[wasteland70]

Sitting in my apartment, 38 years old, watching a voluptous 20 year old walk past the window, yes........I'm desperate, but not serious!!!!

[TheGodParticle]

Nothing wrong with that..

[wasteland70]

Thanks! I got two thumbs down on my comment. Apparently, no one else gets the silliness of it.

[chifour66]

Saw him in concert in 82-83. Awesome ! Very theatrical and interesting. Much better than the park and blow bands. He was so damn sexy. Make up and all. I had 6 posters up in my room of him in those days. Pleasant dreams, indeed!

[mfuji00001]

80's the best.

[preciousbash]

ALL OF HIS VIDEOS ARE SUCH GREAT FUN and the live stuff is just amazing energy. The man knew how to deliver a song and the ants did what the ants were the to do..BE ANTY...Oohh is sure do wish I could go to another ant concert. saw them 3 times live int eh 80's ...SO F'ing amazing. Thanks to all the youtube posters who post great A&A stuff. I totally appreciate it all!!

[kjaks]

Wow, just found this band through browsing the 80's "New Age" radio thing. This is very underrated.

[Provokerella]

Most attractive man in the universe.

[nightwrighterBLSBBMg]

Damn right.

[jaketyja777]

yes....I was so in love with him back in the day.

[stephystills]

true-- they were underrated! Loved them -back in the day....!

[mostroXXI]

A classic of the 80's !