Last week, newshutr over at The Mighty Righty started a thread about favorite music videos, past or present. Thinking back to the early days of MTV (when they actually played music) when I was in high school, one video came to mind.
Remember this?
Oh. My.
I had forgotten how much I liked Adam Ant. Kind of a strange thing, for me, as at the time I was obsessed with the Beatles and everything 60s. But here was Adam Ant: new, fun, gorgeous; and those clever videos. Great stuff! And the dancing. I love to dance. I loved to watch him dance. Adam Ant taught me how to dance with abandon.
Sooooooo…..I’ve spent wayyyyyyy too much time on Youtube catching up with Adam Ant: music videos, concert videos (I had no idea how good Adam and the Ants were live – incredible!), interviews, a BBC documentary; as well as at a few other sites just getting up to speed on what’s happened in this man’s life and music. Eye opening, heartbreaking (dealing with bipolar disorder), and now hopeful.
I played a couple of those old videos for my kids. (Caution: they’re not all kid friendly.) Comments from the peanut gallery:
- “What’s that in his hair?”
- “He looks like a woman.”
- “Is he wearing a…Captain’s jacket? What is he wearing?!?”
::sigh:: Some things you just can’t explain to children. Like post punk glam in the early 80s. 
That dandy highwayman no doubt influenced Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow.
So, there’s a CD making its happy way to my house (oh please hurry!); I’ve got more on my wish list; and I’m eyeing some concert videos. My husband says he’ll be glad when I’m over this fascination. I’m wondering what he’d look like with a white stripe across his nose. 
Da Diddley Qua Qua!
