Adam Ant: Goody Two Shoes - Solid Gold (1982)

[thombro]

Oooh, he was HOT!

[runcusion]

fu kyeah



[7outof9gone]

there's the Adam I remember-his make up just so...... was missing in the other vid's

[pinkandblackmentos]

That's what entertainment should be!

[tejaswoman]

OMG - had totally forgotten Rex Smith *and* how hot we thought he was!

[abhard6]

Wish we still had those green pound notes, instead of the £1 coin.

[franzchick66]

why the fuck did those people interrupt adam?

[4649revolution]

@franzchick66

EXACTLY!

[SelenesLegacy]

Damn, he's extremely good looking :D

[LisaK7100]

SelenesLegacy, I wish he was still like that today!

[Brenda2OOO]

Best beat ever.

[pinkandblackmentos]

Cheers to the days when singers actually wrote their songs and danced their sexy butts around!

[1993DaVinci]

who else is addicted to this song :)

[ktgibbsribs]

@missplini: if you knew anything about this fab guy you would know through out his life his hatred of drugs!! Obviously not an ardent fan : Adam rocks he did then still does now. The guy was born to show us how sexy leather jeans can be. Totally the sexiest guy around and look g fab lately too 

[rayva1]

I remember this episode. The Solid Gold dancers have such cool outfits.

[LisaK7100]

I LOVE the sexy glint in his eyes!

[nuwavegurl]

Gotta love the eternally campy Solid Gold dancers!

[LisaK7100]

Who wants to see Adam Ant perform shirtless on stage?

[gabbylovesmuse]

this man had style! love the french revolution look!!!

[ILuvMusic4real]

Wow, I use to luv solid gold. I wanted to be a solid gold dancer so bad. lol Marilyn McCoo, I would hate when she would sing and Dionne Warrick too. Luved when Andy Gibbb was on. And luved the black dancer with the long hair and big 5head. I think her name was Darcell. Damn I'm goin way back.

[Komplete1]

Adam fucked the hosts right after the shoot.

[2000and10yo]

U could get away and do anything in performances in those times.the Music and 80s will live on 4ever and wont b forgotten.the shows.stages or the acts themselves free and easy who cares 80s all legends they part of

[sassylatina808]

Holy crap SOLID GOLD. I LOVE THIS SHOW NEVER MISSED A SHOW.

[badboyvr4]

Who the hell is this Rick Smith guy, I don't remember him? He looks ridiculous with his 80's hair and that turtle neck he's wearing..LOL!!

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

@badboyvr4 His name is REX Smith, and he had pop hits in the late 70's with "You Take My Breath Away", and he had a duet with Rachel Sweet in the early 80's with "Everlasting Love." He was also in the show "Street Hawk" in the mid 80's on ABC.

[LisaK7100]

badboyvr4, it was REX Smith.

[equazcion]

This is very plainly lip-synced. I love Adam Ant so it sucks to realize this, but seriously, this audio sounds exactly the same as the recorded song. There's no way a live version will sound identical to a studio-recorded, produced single, especially with all the dancing he's doing. Shame on you Adam :)

[brettperlman108]

why is buckaroo bonsai singing on solid gold?

[SolidGold1980]

@brettperlman108 i salute your obscure 80's reference

[mriadunn]

@SolidGold1980 I do too. lol

[sockoblocko]

@brettperlman108 actually yeah, he does kinda look like peter weller huh?

[mriadunn]

@sockoblocko Especially in "Strip" where he was too thin!

[popeck73]

Even the solid gold dancers cant make this any less gay!! And what's with Rick Smith and Marilyn McCoo jumping up there in the MIDDLE of the song LMAO!! So BAD!!!

[LisaK7100]

popeck73, what is your definition of gay?

It was Marilyn McCoo and REX Smith who were hosting!

[popeck73]

@LisaK7100 THIS VIDEO!!!!

[dupreesfan223]

he reminds me of Adam Lambert at times.

[BabyG18]

adam dances/danced really well

love this performance

[BOSOX9004]

Surprisingly, none of this was choreographed.

[RubberBiscuit]

@BOSOX9004 It's true. Most people don't discuss this, but we used to break into spontaneous dance all the time in the 80s. That's what the series Fame was about.

[bworiginal]

If people danced like we used to, there would be much less obesity.

[LisaK7100]

bworiginal, you can exercise yourself to death and it wouldn't make any difference - you have to watch your eating!

[bworiginal]

I wish I was him.

[jaytotheell]

lip synching was rampant on shows in these years! i remember it so well!

[MissPlini]

I wonder how many lines he snorted right before this?

[cmmolthr]

@MissPlini hehehe yup.....snorting lines was common amongst pop musicians back in those days

[rayva1]

@MissPlini: Dude ~ the guy can't snort. He's on a special kind of Rx for his bipolar disorder - w/c he eventually opened candidly to the public in the later years about his condition.

[w3ndywoo]

God forgot how hot he was !!!!

[ale67bianca]

si ma qui non ha la giacchetta non lo riconosco

[TheCuriousKitten95]

He's not actually singing is he?

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

@TheCuriousKitten95 No, back then few performances were performed live on the show.

[TheAngelfacez28]

How can you NOT love Adam????

[pinkydeluxe01]

Haha I love how the hosts step in right in the middle of the song. So cheesy! Great post though of a great artist!!!

[karrs8000]

Love the leather, tight, hot pants,

just like Adam Ant!

[bworiginal]

I love the red/brown leather pants that he wore in the other videos! @karrs8000

[LisaK7100]

bworiginal, I liked his black leather pants better!

[RSnooper81]

I remember those times>> watching solid gold /. being a goody two...My old old Bf gave me this as my song>>> still have not smoked>> be proud..love the 80's!!!

[a3970010]

abba

abba

[LucindaBerry]

he's HOT:)

[ultrakool]

i always thought he looked like the dude in the wheelchair in the deer hunter

[aaliyahsmom]

He's almost as pretty as the red glitter leg warmers...Love him!

[hilljayne]

SEXY!

[LisaK7100]

hilljayne, Sexy Scorpio!

[vamploboluv17]

He was so sexxxy back then.

[selatik1]

Back when pop-music was fun and celebrated life!

[endracismguy]

adam was so pretty ask him

[waynedaly100]

WTF,the idiots talk over the song,could they not do that at the start of the song,fucking yank tv

[chasmkjr]

Wow this is cool

never seen or heard it until now!

[SsHar0ld]

WHAT A STALLION ! lol he could make a funeral turn into a block party!

way to go, S G!!

[LisaK7100]

SsHar0ld, this STALLION is a Scorpio, the sign that rules SEX!

[luminaire44]

Heh. I used watch this show. When I was seven I thought if you watched Solid Gold, solid gold would come out of your TV and you would get rich. I also thought girls named Candy would give you candy. Lol.

[w9x7cv3vg6]

and interruptions from others who have to get their time in

[lindalds]

Everyone lip-syncd on "American Bandstand" too.

[LisaK7100]

lindalds, I saw Adam Ant perform on American Bandstand, and he ran out of breath!

[86am]

There wasn't anyone who didn't lip-sync on Solid Gold.. or any other program of the era for that matter.

[himself801]

@86am Some shows they sang live to a prerecorded backing track.

There's an Ed Sullivan show performance by The Mama's & The Papa's were before they sing Cass instructs them to cue the tape.

[lakecityransom]

@himself801 really though, you wouldn't sing nearly as good doing all the choreography

[LisaKoffler7]

EVERYONE lip-synched on Solid Gold!

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

@LisaKoffler7 Not everyone - Stevie Nicks sang live, as did Stevie Wonder ("Part Time Lover"), Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes ("Up Where We Belong"), and The Bellamy Brothers ("Let Your Love Flow") among others...

[anjay29]

You mean... THEY LIPSYNCHED ON SOLID GOLD?!? I'm crushed...

;o)

[stormdude3603]

Lyp-syncing before Britney Spears made it popular.

[coconutcindy]

he always dresses so hot showing off that sexy little body of his...

[LisaKoffler7]

coconutcindy, I was in shock the first time I saw him shirtless!

[duskyhued476]

talk about a calorie burning performance!! Loved these times, great memories! Loving his look and the red glitter boots on the dancers

[ardalsgirl]

I love this! Adam is so hot! :p

[LordRuehl]

I am so sick of ppl calling him gay. He is not gay! He was actually a performer, unlike the hacks we have today. Today, if you don't stand still like a peg or do the thug thing, then your gay. Sad

[earthalien77]

What a hunk-a-rama!!

[LisaKoffler7]

earthalien77, I couldn't have said it better myself!

[Mink70]

those two ppl were getting in the way at 2:02

[miriamstrong]

Adam ant is not gay, I think mandy donohue, jamie lee Curtis, heather graham and about 1000 other women (including his 2 ex-wives) can attest to Adam ants heterosexuallity!! God he had enough bad journalism during his career without stupid ignorant people who hanvt a clue about him posting crap!

[himself801]

@miriamstrong

He has had problems with bipolar disorder.

See Wikipedia profile about his arrest and court ordered psychiatric care with a suspended sentence.

[BADSYNE]

cocaine is one hell of a drug

[sloppyjakekisses]

Straight, very straight... The eighties involved a lot of makeup.

[jdohe]

I cannot believe that at the 2:00 mark, Rex Smith and Marilyn McCoo come out and interrupt Adam! That is disgusting! What idiot made that decision?

[lanceadvance1]

Nice music.. bit gay,, and playback but hea its almost imposibble to sing and dance for a dude. thats why its not female/ gay :P i know i sing it on singstar  dude rocks!

[DancingSpiderman]

This jig is my backup theme song !

I'm doing my Spidey-Danse and I feel sooo good !

I'm in my element...

[Mink70]

dudes pretty good at dancing, probably not as good as mj but still good

[angelangel3000]

This performance is way more gay than two dudes doin it.

[beautydogg]

My step daughter 'dated' Adam Ant one weekend when he was playing in Houston Texas where we lived. Thanks for putting this on here to remind me of 1982.

[jdohe]

Heh... I get the impression that your step daughter "dated" quite often.  Is her name Ivanna Humpalot?

[LD710]

I've never read or heard anything even hinting that Adam was anything but pure hetero.

[eurobaby460]

Absolutely not-pure hetero, beautiful yet manly.

[reanimate280]

ok I dont know....I am young I guess but was this guy a heemosexuroll?

[Thrillcekr]

He's been married and had several girlfriends as well as a child. As far as I know he is 100% straight but who knows? The garb I think is just part of the gimmick that a lot of pop artists of the time used to draw attention to themselves. Dee Snyder from Twisted Sister dressed like a woman for instance.

[LisaKoffler7]

Adam Ant is STRAIGHT, but he's slept with MANY women!

[LisaKoffler7]

NO! Adam is STRAIGHT!

[CLASSICLOSTINSPACE]

DUDE ROCKS.......

[bozboy99]

im dizzy

[sierria64]

love this

[ronatthetowers]

The absolute turning point in music history! From this date on pop music was altered. The infusion of New Wave into a new conceot of a new brand of performance on pop culture. Many of you Gen X'ers can remember where you were when you saw this...

[jakeylou]

f*ck off

[ronatthetowers]

@jakeylou another knob gobbler :(

[soulfulpisces]

I think believe Sold Gold made all the artists lip-sync on the show because no one was interested in a live sound, they were interested in the songs the way they sounded as chart hits.

Think about it.

[snhagood]

His abdomen used to drive me bonkers as a teen. Looooved him

[LisaKoffler7]

What about when he was shirtless?

[snhagood]

He could have been in a gorilla suit, I was in lust lol :-)

[LisaKoffler7]

A gorilla suit? Sorry, the body building physique does NOT attract me. Adam was a NATURAL beauty, and that's what I love.

[snhagood]

Uhm, think you misunderstood that. I literally meant he could have been covered up in a gorilla suit - ya know, the kind where they put a head on and there's a zipper up the back?

Hmm.

[LisaKoffler7]

Thanks, but wouldn't the gorilla suit have the zipper in the front?

[rabid]

Correction this was a solo record, this wasn't Adam and the Ants, this was just Adam Ant. Also this would have been about 1983 or so.

[Trying2BeMyself]

I don't know, but I think he's lip-syncing. oo

[praecinctum]

and?

[Soilems]

I saw this in the 80`s. Could ever of those people do this again? This is so out of YOUTH.

[Canaboy12]

wow, look at those booty background dancers..i never saw this in the 80s..

[Canaboy12]

ithey never played this in the 80s, im so alone...

[janerothe]

love the song. just heard this song at a july 4th bash 2009 and fell in love with it all over again . this is the 10th time i've played it. ALRIGHT ADAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and I'm crippled in a wheel chair! jane from Illinois 217-646-8037

[santhony74]

I love the obvious lip syncing

[swimcmk213]

its an old video.............you cant blame them if the sound isnt matched up

I love this song oh ya 80s

[praecinctum]

why?

[Statue0f]

I want his boots!

[LisaKoffler7]

Statue0f, are you sure that's ALL you want?

[SAINTNIKE]

Nobody can pull off a pair of skin tight leather pants like he can.

[spershall]

I love how the backup dancers start doing the hand jive at the end!

[miiillly]

MEMORIES !!!!!!!!

ADAM freaking ANT

[sffade]

that microphone is really incredible.  It was so powerful that it picked up his voice even when he pulled it away from his mouth!

[cobain274eva]

its probs lip synced

[LisaKoffler]

My girl friends and I watched this at school and loved it!

[Halmir07]

wtf with the two presenters interrupting!!!

[polarbear3333333333]

Solid Gold was one of the greatest shows ever. I would watch this with my parenst when I was like 5 or 6.

[witchypoo71]

OMG I remember watching this. Adam Ant was the object of my 11 year old New Wave fangirl obsession.

[tapkid02]

when i was young i wanted to be a solid gold dancer. hahahaha what was i thinking?! lol

[blugru]

I used to have the same boots he's wearing-- I soooo fancied him when I was younger, and looking at this, still do!!!

[ylmccree]

I think disney designed Jack Sparrow heres a striking resemblence there.He's so cute.

[nunduforyou]

How can anyone even BE that sexy? He's dressed strangely, but looks incredably sexy. He dances strangely...but it makes me all excited! At 0:40 when his feet snap together, and he rolls into that sexy stroll of his....zomg....The music of my generation sucks, but that's what my Mom's there for, to show me the music of a better one.

[w0bbl3r]

try hanoi rocks

[LisaKoffler7]

God gives everybody gifts - Adam Ant has the gift of EXTREME sexiness!

[LisaK7100]

nunduforyou, he's part-gypsy. His maternal grandfather, Walter Albany Smith was a full-blooded English gypsy.

[ICantSingSoIDance13]

i wonder how long it took for those background dancers to get it and how much practice

[WA7ERMelonRYAN]

thank you CobraCutie 4 reminding me about nite traxx holy shit i almost forgot about that show, god that was the better one, if i remember, no marilyn fuckin mCcoo-coo whatever.....

cheers!

[YawpingStance]

The man's got moves! =D

Adam is the only man in history who could pull of skin-tight pants, half-shirt, makeup, and white fringed boots and still be incredibly sexy!

[CobraCutie]

god he was sexy, love the stomach, mmm...  I used to live for watching solid gold and night trax...

[nathaliecameron]

Awesome, love this song! Thanks

[preciousbash]

He never needed to lipsink. He sounded even better live!

[preciousbash]

Waoh...Solid Gold. Are those the solid gold dancers baking him up. I saw this performance. I remember ebing excited that he was on it that night. LOL! Still love his music!! Shake it baby!!

[luvanani]

i agree. He's one celebrity crush from my teens that i haven't quite recovered from!

[LisaKoffler7]

Neither have I!

[MissNovemberTuesday]

Good lord that boy could MOVE! And he looked like that! I want to lick his stomach. I got to see him open for Duran Duran New Year's Eve 1993 and he still looked incredible and was kicking his foot up over his head. And that was 11 years or so after this.

[LisaKoffler7]

MissNovemberTuesday, are you sure Adam's stomach is ALL you want to lick?

[MissNovemberTuesday]

LOL! I never said that was ALL!

[nunduforyou]

-drool-

[BCBaily]

omggggggg so glad i found this channel !!!!!!!! i love it !! great videooooooo !!

[y928]

must to be something inside hahaha great song.

I was jumping at the club when dj plaied this song with my freind.

[dave1x1]

great song..

[calico1018]

Adam is so gorgeous!!!! I wish I had that energy!

I have heard he hated to lip synch, that he would have rather have sung live.

[jennicase]

This is the gayest thing I have seen all day!

[cobain274eva]

know this comment was like 4 months ago but if thts the gayest thing uve seen all day u obviously havnt seen yourslef adam ant is way better than you will ever b

[wagrailroad]

What a great dancer!

[scotpens]

Yes, he could hold his own with the highly trained Solid Gold Dancers, and that ain't chopped liver.

(And please don't say, "Hold his own WHAT?")

[LisaKoffler7]

I won't, but I know what you mean!

[messina31]

adam ant isn't gay

[petertorksgal37]

I agree Adam Ant isn't gay,just because he dressed like that in the 80's doesn't make him that way. I think he looked great in those clothes.

[syouyun]

Umm adam ant was pretty gay

second, pam nearly fell trying to get his microphone

but he didn't do such a bad job with the dance steps

[theerinavato]

I love Adam Ant. too bad he is gay!

[harrysfunzone]

He isn't gay!

[avengerberetta]

do you think Adam bonked any of the dancers afterwards?

[mac100100]

Just the male ones.

[LisaKoffler7]

Adam ant is STRAIGHT!