for those who were asking, this was mid/late UK punk.. like 79 if I had to put a year on it. Still very much punk and Adam and the Ants had a hardcore punk following back then.. of course they went more commercial a couple of years later, well who wouldn't when offered fame and money.. not that they saw much of the money
WOW!!!! I do not know how this gem has escaped me all of these years as much as I've scoured about for his stuff - RUclips is crazy with the stuff they keep hidden until they decide it's OK for you (in this case 'me') to see it. I am blown away by this - had no idea. This is absolutely fantastic, F!!
The more I listen to this and watch it, the more I love it. It's fascinating how Adam's voice changed over the years. I think he worked hard at it. He's a brilliant vocalist, dancer, guitarist, composer, actor, abd entertainer. He's one of the greats.
Well he didn't need plastic surgery, he was cute even then. Still had an idiosyncratic way of moving but love it at end when he leaps at other band member.
+cosmosgato most of his later B sides are earlier "punk" tracks they rerecorded also check out zerox, beat my guest, your're so physical, cartrouble, kick, deuscher girls, lady and the whole of the dirk wears white sox lp
First things first I am not a dude, and secondly my Aunt who was born in New York has been a fan since the 70's . WAY BEFORE GOODY TWO SHOES...back when he was punk rocking in clubs with the Sex Pistols.. I am 25 and I love his early stuff. MAYBE YOU JUST WEREN'T WITH IT BACK THEN!!!
For those who were around at the time there was only ever one Adam and Ants with a cult underground following, Stuart Goddard ( Adam), Andy Warren (bass), Marc Ryan (guitar) Dave Barbe (drums). There was a decadent edge to them never recaptured. RIP Adam and the Ants
@@richstevenson7955 Kenny Morris of Siouxsie and the Banshees. The full Banshees also filmed a video during this session (Love In A Void) but the original video footage of that has never shown up, nor have the Electric Chairs and Chelsea videos.
I have to add, I was lucky enough to actually meet him last month & have a nice chat. What a lovely man! And he looks amazing. Sure, he's colouring his hair & covering his baldness with hats, but I'd give anything to have skin that's aged as well as his!
mandystroyer He looks a lot better and more like he did when he was young and he looks so different he must have had plastic surgery. And by the way I saw a 2001 tv program o. RUclips that he hosted and he was totally bald and his face looks nothing like it does now.
He would do that to anyone at early gigs. Band members, audience - very often he would get himself in trouble and get badly injured by audience members retaliating.
I have no clue what drunken crap I was talking about apparently 4 yrs ago ? all I can say is I'm a bit of a din BUT Adam is an original and EFFING Love this . I FLUFF YOUUUUU ADAMMMMM xxx
july 5th 1977 ?..early days. for perspective kingsofthewildfrontier was released on july 25th 1980, 1st app on topofthepops was on oct 16th 1980 perf dog eat dog.
Hey, you got a face like a labrador I don't mind, that's what I'm here for The angel Gabriel sent me To give you a little bit of sympathy Ooh, I'm gonna take you down to Harley Street Such a shame you had that crash That will teach you to drive flash And that lorry, hit you at full power Your blood gushing like a shower Gonna take you down to Harley Street Plastic surgery, it's so plastic Plastic surgery, fantastic Well, you might have to sell you car And your parents brand new house
Yeah, I've seen him lately. Up close. And about to see him again in a few weeks. He looks fucking brilliant. He's close to 60 & has aged much better than many others younger than him (have you seen Peter Murphy lately?). As to your other comment above, Adam didn't drink or do drugs, unlike most "pop stars", which I imagine is why he's able to come back & tour like a mad man again, after all these years, & look better than most doing it.
@@InternalMind it was like that because he had indeed walked off the street, pretty much! Kenny Morris from Siouxsie & The Banshees was a fill-in drummer as Dave Barbe was not yet available to join the band full time and they'd already sent the first dummer Paul Flanagan packing by this stage.
DO you just suck for fun.. You have no sense of style,youth ,or adventure if you can't see the bloody fun in that video clip. I love their energy. GET A CLUE!!
Brilliant stuff from start to finish - so many delicious moments here - - at random; Adam lowering Andy's microphone stand mid-backing vocal, forcing the bassist to bend at the knees to reach the mic....love it!
Punk's got a lot better in the UK since you posted that. Pussycat adn the Dirty Johnsons, The Featherz, Hands Off Gretel, Wonk Unit, Healthy Junkies ...
Is saw Adam Ant and Billy Idol back in 1981 or 1982 I believe it was have to dig my ticketstub and I aslo have 2 tee-shirts form that concert. I was 8 or 9. It was at Nassau Collesium on Valentines Day..I think ti was 1982 because I had seen concert footage of the Japn Tour and I think that was in 1981..Whatever..The Concert was called the Valentines Day Massacre..I practically ahd to go on a hunger strike to get my dad to tak emy best friend and I but tke us he did and we went wild. AWESOME!
I must admit, I didn't know the early songs (before 1981), I'm just a bit too young. And I also must admit: I liked "Stand and deliver" etc. back then, but it didn't mean much to me. Now by chance I got to know the early stuff - and NOW I'm a fan!
@damedavid This was in the Jubilee movie... It is on the tv that "The Kid" [Adam Ant] is watching while they are talking lol. And when he is kissing and licking the tv screen, this is what is showed lol.
@@carsexmemories2052 It appears on a TV screen during a scene in Jubilee where Adam's character Kid watches himself on Top Of The Pops at the gang's flat. Jarman directed the film but he wasn't involved in making this video or the other videos of the Banshees, Electric Chairs and Chelsea - they were all outsourced and done in one single day - apparently Jarman wasn't even there for the shoot.
Not to be confused with the other performace of Plastic Surgery in which Kid is auditioning for media mogul Borgia Ginz. That was filmed at Drury Lane Theatre where a Prince Charming Revue concert was filmed for home video 4½ years later.
You know- your are right. Despite his hard working and punk ways, AA has always been 'clean' - a punk rebellion against the British culture of self drugging and drinking.
WoodRatGirl I love dischords, I built my whole guitar writing style on it more or less over the years but . . . . . .. this sounds beyond pants lol . . . . . . . always liked the tune though like I said ( not this version hah hah )
I like Mark The Kid Ryan's guitar sound. Very Dave Davies of the Kinks - the Ants actually did a cover of You Really Got Me around this time at live gigs.
He was his own creation in all eras of his career. The Ants mark 2 were doing a version of this on tour in November 1980, it would have ended up on the B side of one of their CBS hit singles sooner or later, only the owners of Jubilee beat him to the punch and reissued the 1977 version on the B-side of Deutscher Girls.
By the by I must watch this video at least once a day!! Gets me pumped up!! GO ADAM ANT!Seriously though was on some crazy drugs here or what? Whatever the case thisa is a brilliant piece of business.
Superb! With Kenny Morris standing in on drums. So much more exciting than the shit that's around nowadays. People like Adam would never come through now.
Stuart wasn't hiding his British accent early on, later with the ants and solo, his accent is faint. He sounds a lot like Jonnie Rotten with that harsh accent.
Brian Dill They sold copies in places like Tower Records on 4th & Broadway & Bleecker Records on Bleecker Street near Thompson Street in The Village ( NYC BABY)
I was around for UK punk. Met him, and many others. That song is the essence of punk, in my humble, along with ATV. Well done for posting this.
Mark Gullick Would this have been considered good at the time?
What was Adam like back then?
It's sounds more post punk to me.
@@ilodar5684 was STILL Punk
Like the earliest Pistols stuff
for those who were asking, this was mid/late UK punk.. like 79 if I had to put a year on it. Still very much punk and Adam and the Ants had a hardcore punk following back then.. of course they went more commercial a couple of years later, well who wouldn't when offered fame and money.. not that they saw much of the money
Adam before the Burundi Drums.
A very alternative 'anyone can form a band' mentality. Love it.
Before the Dirk line up, too. It's only Warren on bass who ended up playing on Dirk with Adam.
WOW!!!! I do not know how this gem has escaped me all of these years as much as I've scoured about for his stuff - RUclips is crazy with the stuff they keep hidden until they decide it's OK for you (in this case 'me') to see it. I am blown away by this - had no idea. This is absolutely fantastic, F!!
The more I listen to this and watch it, the more I love it. It's fascinating how Adam's voice changed over the years. I think he worked hard at it. He's a brilliant vocalist, dancer, guitarist, composer, actor, abd entertainer. He's one of the greats.
Wow!... Just Wow!....
Now, let us change gears here and watch his video Wonderful.
Well he didn't need plastic surgery, he was cute even then. Still had an idiosyncratic way of moving but love it at end when he leaps at other band member.
Adam never needed drugs and drink because he was constantly off his head on pure fucking air.
Probably ADHD
@@liamoconnor9314 Lol why is having natural energy always have to be diagnosed as a disorder? Are people that boring?
@@kelechi_77 So ADHD not a disorder?
I use to wonder why Adam Ant was considered punk.
I always thought he was pop.
Now I get it.
His early work was much different.
+cosmosgato most of his later B sides are earlier "punk" tracks they rerecorded
also check out zerox, beat my guest, your're so physical, cartrouble, kick, deuscher girls, lady and the whole of the dirk wears white sox lp
DUH * MASSIVE EYE ROLL*
preciousbash
Dude WTF? Here in the USA no one heard of this Ant until Good Tow Shoes. Let's be honest he ran away from this style and never came back.
First things first I am not a dude, and secondly my Aunt who was born in New York has been a fan since the 70's . WAY BEFORE GOODY TWO SHOES...back when he was punk rocking in clubs with the Sex Pistols..
I am 25 and I love his early stuff.
MAYBE YOU JUST WEREN'T WITH IT BACK THEN!!!
preciousbash that's exactly my point there are two fairly distinctly different Adam Ants
For those who were around at the time there was only ever one Adam and Ants with a cult underground following, Stuart Goddard ( Adam), Andy Warren (bass), Marc Ryan (guitar) Dave Barbe (drums). There was a decadent edge to them never recaptured. RIP Adam and the Ants
Amanda Ruggiu What do you mean by "decadent?"
It's not Dave Barbe on drums, he wasn't actually in the Ants when this was filmed. Infact I am not sure many will know who the drummer is on this clip
@@richstevenson7955 Kenny Morris of Siouxsie and the Banshees. The full Banshees also filmed a video during this session (Love In A Void) but the original video footage of that has never shown up, nor have the Electric Chairs and Chelsea videos.
@@richstevenson7955 you're damn right. Barbe was a great drummer.
its easy to forget just how hardcore adam and the ants were to start with.superb stuff
I have to add, I was lucky enough to actually meet him last month & have a nice chat. What a lovely man! And he looks amazing. Sure, he's colouring his hair & covering his baldness with hats, but I'd give anything to have skin that's aged as well as his!
mandystroyer He looks a lot better and more like he did when he was young and he looks so different he must have had plastic surgery. And by the way I saw a 2001 tv program o. RUclips that he hosted and he was totally bald and his face looks nothing like it does now.
@@jr9249I disagree his face looks the same it just looks like he lost weight
goddamn, I was born in the wrong era. What I'd give to see these guys live.
OMFG, he was so ridiculously hot!!!
Still love him, always will!!!
Can't wait for the US tour!!!
I can't help but to laugh when Adam "takes out" the bass player at the end.
He would do that to anyone at early gigs. Band members, audience - very often he would get himself in trouble and get badly injured by audience members retaliating.
you can totally see where trent reznor used this for his 'march of the pigs' video
yeah spot on
Trent does a cool cover of this tune
Yeah - NIN also covered "You're so physical"
Tyler Stringer & i heart noise
I had no idea. Thanx :)
It has been a "Wonderful" journey with this man, through punk, native American Indians, Aristocracy, and solo.
Adam And The Ants - such a big part of my life.
I love this man so much ❤️ 😭 💙 ♥️
you just can't beat this punk classic.
This is Kenny from Siouxsie and the Banshees on drums.
Yes.
WHAT?
well, they were in this film as well
@@moosmunk123 He is right. Paul didn't didn't turn up for the video shoot and Kenny stepped in
No it isn't it's Dave Barbarossa might have spelt that wrong. Original ants best band ever
I have no clue what drunken crap I was talking about apparently 4 yrs ago ? all I can say is I'm a bit of a din BUT Adam is an original and EFFING Love this . I FLUFF YOUUUUU ADAMMMMM xxx
Punk As F@@@ck:)
Is the bassist even plugged in? Doesn't sound like it, and i can't see a lead.
july 5th 1977 ?..early days.
for perspective kingsofthewildfrontier was released on july 25th 1980,
1st app on topofthepops was on oct 16th 1980 perf dog eat dog.
I think it was for DEREK JARMAN "Jubilee" film. There's some shots of this in it while Adam licks the TV screen.
Thanks for loading this. Great song. I first heard in the movie Jubilee, when I was 16, 17 years old back in ‘85 - around then
That was horrible. But greatness always follows humble beginnings.
That Guy is Badassly Insane!!! 🤩
Hey, you got a face like a labrador
I don't mind, that's what I'm here for
The angel Gabriel sent me
To give you a little bit of sympathy
Ooh, I'm gonna take you down to Harley Street
Such a shame you had that crash
That will teach you to drive flash
And that lorry, hit you at full power
Your blood gushing like a shower
Gonna take you down to Harley Street
Plastic surgery, it's so plastic
Plastic surgery, fantastic
Well, you might have to sell you car
And your parents brand new house
Yeah, I've seen him lately. Up close. And about to see him again in a few weeks. He looks fucking brilliant. He's close to 60 & has aged much better than many others younger than him (have you seen Peter Murphy lately?). As to your other comment above, Adam didn't drink or do drugs, unlike most "pop stars", which I imagine is why he's able to come back & tour like a mad man again, after all these years, & look better than most doing it.
mandystroyer he may take drugs as he bipolar
I knew woman who worked for law centre helped him when he was sectioned
lauren paterson What does "sectioned" mean?
I assume he used drugs at some point especially during his punk days and that that was why he was so anti drug by the time he became famous
@@jr9249 It means being forcibly put into a psychiatric hospital.
I agree, he was smoking hot.
What on earth is the drummer doing here? Completely out of time with everything. Sounds like he's just walked in off the street.
it was meant to be like that cos it was part of a movie...
@@InternalMind it was like that because he had indeed walked off the street, pretty much! Kenny Morris from Siouxsie & The Banshees was a fill-in drummer as Dave Barbe was not yet available to join the band full time and they'd already sent the first dummer Paul Flanagan packing by this stage.
DO you just suck for fun.. You have no sense of style,youth ,or adventure if you can't see the bloody fun in that video clip. I love their energy. GET A CLUE!!
Holy fuck,this is good
He seems a little angry...
raw as fuck, love it.
Brilliant stuff from start to finish - so many delicious moments here - - at random; Adam lowering Andy's microphone stand mid-backing vocal, forcing the bassist to bend at the knees to reach the mic....love it!
Love this. Now this is punk not the crap they're calling punk these days.
WORD!
Punk's got a lot better in the UK since you posted that. Pussycat adn the Dirty Johnsons, The Featherz, Hands Off Gretel, Wonk Unit, Healthy Junkies ...
You got it.
that ending is soo fuckin pure awesomeness
Is saw Adam Ant and Billy Idol back in 1981 or 1982 I believe it was have to dig my ticketstub and I aslo have 2 tee-shirts form that concert. I was 8 or 9. It was at Nassau Collesium on Valentines Day..I think ti was 1982 because I had seen concert footage of the Japn Tour and I think that was in 1981..Whatever..The Concert was called the Valentines Day Massacre..I practically ahd to go on a hunger strike to get my dad to tak emy best friend and I but tke us he did and we went wild. AWESOME!
I must admit, I didn't know the early songs (before 1981), I'm just a bit too young. And I also must admit: I liked "Stand and deliver" etc. back then, but it didn't mean much to me. Now by chance I got to know the early stuff - and NOW I'm a fan!
@damedavid This was in the Jubilee movie...
It is on the tv that "The Kid" [Adam Ant] is watching while they are talking lol.
And when he is kissing and licking the tv screen, this is what is showed lol.
Wasn't it Derek Jarmen who filmed this
yeah! was used in jubilee
@@carsexmemories2052 It appears on a TV screen during a scene in Jubilee where Adam's character Kid watches himself on Top Of The Pops at the gang's flat. Jarman directed the film but he wasn't involved in making this video or the other videos of the Banshees, Electric Chairs and Chelsea - they were all outsourced and done in one single day - apparently Jarman wasn't even there for the shoot.
Not to be confused with the other performace of Plastic Surgery in which Kid is auditioning for media mogul Borgia Ginz. That was filmed at Drury Lane Theatre where a Prince Charming Revue concert was filmed for home video 4½ years later.
2:35 best lead break ever
You know- your are right. Despite his hard working and punk ways, AA has always been 'clean' - a punk rebellion against the British culture of self drugging and drinking.
Always liked this tune. Worst Guitar sound ever here though, ha ha
Whores of Babylon (Official) Discorded guitar cords lol.
WoodRatGirl I love dischords, I built my whole guitar writing style on it more or less over the years but . . . . . .. this sounds beyond pants lol . . . . . . . always liked the tune though like I said ( not this version hah hah )
The guitar sound is terrible and you can't even hear the bass. It's interesting to see and hear Adam and the Ants in such a raw and early form
I like Mark The Kid Ryan's guitar sound. Very Dave Davies of the Kinks - the Ants actually did a cover of You Really Got Me around this time at live gigs.
I like the guitar. It’s not in tune barely, it’s kinda bored, til the change. I think it’s real life
Very shoddy without drummer Dave Barbe on board, but definately the best clip of Adam & The Ants i've ever seen!
That's Kenny Morris from The Banshees
oh yes!!!, Then is this the dark Adam Ant.....He was very nice!!!.....before he was a prefab music product....
He was his own creation in all eras of his career. The Ants mark 2 were doing a version of this on tour in November 1980, it would have ended up on the B side of one of their CBS hit singles sooner or later, only the owners of Jubilee beat him to the punch and reissued the 1977 version on the B-side of Deutscher Girls.
By the by I must watch this video at least once a day!! Gets me pumped up!! GO ADAM ANT!Seriously though was on some crazy drugs here or what? Whatever the case thisa is a brilliant piece of business.
Guitarist is shocking but has a Rickenbacker! There's no justice.
I MY I LOVE JOHNY DEPP BUT ADAM YOU ARE THE ORIGINAL XCC
That drummer is hammering! My ignorance.. are these the musicians who left (not Marco) for Bow Wow Wow?
This is Kenny Morris! Dodgy but great!
Makes me think of a new song about Plastic Surgery. Sculptor:
Soundcloud - soundcloud.com/feinmusic/sculptor
is the backing band not other people as the known Adam & ants band (who later joined Bow Wow wow) ?
He looks possessed, so rare
Always wanted to see the punk version of the sexiest man on earth. Very punkie.
Adam mirrors Elvis’ “all in” performance trance-like state. Looks a bit like him too but with more chiseled cheeks (on his face)
Superb! With Kenny Morris standing in on drums. So much more exciting than the shit that's around nowadays. People like Adam would never come through now.
once every great while England produces a beautiful human. Adam Ant was one of those times.
Laura Schooler Lol Indeed. I've always wondered how that happened. He must have foreign anscestors
@@jr9249 Billy Idol too!
My favourite Ant b-side Was chuffed he opened his set with it when I saw him in concert
adams best ever performance !!!! ..love it ...
Rehearsal for the film with Siouxsie and the Banshees drummer as stand in
sounds and looks like american hardcore punk
Yeah Jubilee good film.
Barking mad. Nonetheless, a bona fide classic...
This is awful! But from small efforts comes genius!
I suppose you are a famous musician ?
@@davybean8981 I sure am!
Kooks, Jack Penate, Supergrass and a lot of new bands on Radio 1 all owe a great deal to the London accent vocal style of Adam Ant!
That has to be some of the most inept guitar playing ever ! Still cool song, anyway.
Early, EARLY Ants' vid. Great stuff! I've been wanting to see this full video for years. Cheers!
Not a smile on any of the band members faces, I wander what the problem was,
From faraway,Sid Vicious looking.
Damn straight. He was a total douche bag without any drugs whatsoever!
Adam and the Ants during the film Jubilee.
lol... horrible. glad he got help because this is trash
Hottest guy I've ever seen I love Adam forever
NIN - March of the Pigs. Just sayin'.
he's very bouncy...like Tigger!
Fronting Bow wow wow ...
N'yuk n'yuk ....
😍
very 'Richard Hell'.
Kool. Yes, with a K.
He was a star even before he was a star
Most handsome punk at the time. DWWS.
Stuart wasn't hiding his British accent early on, later with the ants and solo, his accent is faint. He sounds a lot like Jonnie Rotten with that harsh accent.
The Sex Pistols used to open at punk clubs for the main act....Adam Ant back in the day.
+preciousbash this never made it to the states, very raw, dark sounding. I really like this, very different from the ant music days.
Brian Dill They sold copies in places like Tower Records on 4th & Broadway & Bleecker Records on Bleecker Street near Thompson Street in The Village ( NYC BABY)
+preciousbash I figured so, here it was home of the buzzard and stoner hard rock was king, NYC was perfect for this.
Where is "here"?
Ligotage for best version☠
Perfect Pre Malcolm Mclaren Adam. This tune is perfect for the late 70's.
@gomezmiguel Greenday blink 182 offspring
Fantastic
When music mattered
That's how I sound while learning to play guitar
Rock Prodigy...
Adam at about 22xxx
great in tune haha
No words !
Great performance for his pre-Marco days!
fuck i love you adam ant
Fackin Awful!
i love this version.
sorry
Raw and perfect.