Adam And The Ants - The Idea (live in Lewisham)

[ktgibbsribs]

30 yrs on Adam Still as GREAT n SEXY on stage as ever. What a STAR 

[81antmusic]

I could be religious ... if a god would say: HELLO

[SallyMander4711]

brilliant lyrics....

[rovercats]

i saw them at the lyceum a few days before or after this gig, was only 15 really enjoyed it, but would have loved to have seen them a year in 79 before with the original line up :(

[buddyholly1958]

i could be religious....

i have those lyrics all on a a shirt with a print of him onstage on it xD ebay is great!

[grahambigvan]

I had to take my boots of to see this

[braddersh]

not sure they must have videod it the whole concert.

[braddazz123]

is this video avaiable anywhere??????

[Ceylaxp]

Digital Tenderness. Check the "about."

[Lindsay2947]

MY ALL TIME FAVORITE!

[BLiSSiNGSdotcom]

Shame about the bass being so low in the mix, cos the way Kevin played this song live (1980) was such a boost to an already sublime song!

[NeilThompson30]

Lewisham - the rock 'n roll capital of the world (Dave Lee Roth 1978)

[preciousbash]

The sound is shite but I love it. It makes it sound ultra live and very early punkish. YEAH! Love Ants with Kevin Mooney and as always Adam and Marco RULE!!!

[therealsoulproduct]

Awesome track. I loved this track cuz it was so fucking bizarre! The more bizarre Adam was the better! That was Punk rock!

[precinct]

wow the album version is so much better than this.

[SteveAFCLondon]

What a great guitar player Marco was / is.

[billiondollarbabi]

wow this is much better than the album version

not that the album version aint good but still much better live!

:( booo i wish i had seen it!

[RudieDavidson]

me too ...

[Lollipop399]

Kind of muddled sound...hard to pick up the tune. But love ya Adam!

[preciousbash]

GREAT!!

[pingsdk]

no - this is SO great !!!

[Imkittie]

Am I babbling? Well in any case, Adam (Stuart) I respect you and everything you've done, even your mistakes. You've been a brilliant accent to my life and I don't say this as a fan I say it as a fellow being.. I love you

[Imkittie]

I suppose not as strange as my last weeks dreams of kitten heads with their arms and paws on the bodies of tarantulas or the sex I was having with Plecostomus( Salvador Dali, you got nothing on me, cept your fame,and you can have that)... The Idea made me wake up this morning thinking God in 3 persons Beloved Trinity!

[ghostnostic]

Wow! Early March I went into rehab for alcohol. One night they gave me a sleeping drug, I think it was called Restoral. I had a dream that a giant spider with the face of my Maincoon cat was attacking me. I flew off the bed and cut my right leg on the hospital rail post. The impact ripped through my jeans and left a 2 inch gash in my leg.

Ya' know, we're alright...the world is fucked up!

[Imkittie]

This song was the entire background landscape music for every dream I had last night..Now I can admit, my x husband (who's name happens to be Adam) recently made me a copy of Dirk wears white sox ( yes,I have the album, but who could play records anymore:( )I love the Idea, But this was Bizarre

[chromestoat]

No..I'm a half-wit! Maria the Magic Weaver made me do it!

[chromestoat]

Marco Pirroni was not in the original line-up you half-wit

[0marylene]

Merci pour cette vidéo ! J'adore Adam and the ants mais, je n'ai pas eu la chance de les voir sur scène.

[Knakula]

The first thing I saw was a wall full of Handicapped. Damn, what a great song this was, is and always will be!

[rongravy]

I see comments around saying how he sold out and blah blah blah. I liked it all, and wish his unreleased album woulda made it out. But I like all the stuff like this too. The guy's gotta change, he can't dress like a swashbuckler, or fetishist, for the rest of his life.

I've got some ANT stuff on my page too, check it out. I'm particularly fond of his Vive Le Rock days...

[BodaciousHaHas]

for rea

[BodaciousHaHas]

Adam has no idea how far this song has come in contemporary worship "I could be religious if the hymns sounded like this" "Holy holy are you Lord God Almighty"...

some churches actually have accepted the fact God can be praised by any style of music. He created it all.

[simonchin]

They did a few other earlier songs as well as all the Kings stuff. Cartrouble, Kick, Physical, Zerox. Was a great gig pretty well one of the last gigs with the original following out in full force. Lots of seats at the front got turned into firewood. Shortly afterwards Adam blew it and sold his soul for a couple of chart topping hits. As usual the teeny boppers lost interest pretty quick and the original hard core following forgot about him as well...

[kirkenbunken]

"Strip" killed him, or at least it did with me. I bought that record right after it came out and thought it was rubbish. I never bought an Ant album since.

[amberlondon66]

i can find cartrouble vid (original version) but not xerox or physical only want 70's footage, any ideas please? i missed the lewisham gig,i'll hold my dad responsible for the rest of my days .....

[amberlondon66]

Hi, i got cartrouble vid, but cant find xerox or physical anywhere,only want 70's footage, you got any ideas plz?i missed the lewisham gig, i'll hold my dad responsible til the end of my days.....sorry, have posted this twice,(i'm a bit incompetent, hungover) cheers

[simonchin]

Hey... I was at this gig!!!

[billiondollarbabi]

u lucky git!!

[LadiAnt]

Incredible! Thanks again Zak!

[pittenweem12]

nice fucking post. all the best

[betaville72]

Didn't even know he performed 'The Idea' with the 5-piece Ants.

[backinburntcity]

'I could be religious if I didn't have to kneel down.' <- one of the best Adam lyrics ever!

[queen1788]

This is our Adam. Hi sexy loves you. XXXXXXX

[backinburntcity]

Haha, 'Went to the ZOO!' This is mind-blowing.