I loved Adam Ant at 13 and I still love him at 53! I still go see him in concert and he's still AWESOME! 🐜 ❤️

@kfp227081956

Жыл бұрын

I've got you beat! 66 and I've been a fan from the start too!

@kurtpena5462

3 ай бұрын

@@kfp227081956 I've got you beat! He sucked then, and he sucks now!

I saw this program aged 12 and was totally mesmerized. My head nearly spun off my neck!

Adam Ant : from english punk scene to Mainstream America. À very underrated talent, Still rocking !!

@kurtpena5462

3 ай бұрын

He sucks! What do you think his "talent" is?

I was 12. I never heard of them. I was HOOKED. 2 drummers?? All I could say was wow!

Looking at this now in 2022, I am mesmerized!! They are really quite incredible, unique and talented 🎶🎶🎶✨✨✨

The Antz would totaly kick arse in todays music. Classic Dog Eat Dog. Makes me proud !!

I was sitting to the right of Dick Clark on that day! It was amazing!

Absolutely perfect music, looks, image, performance, sound ... everything!! I've been a big fan for 42 years and my devotion will not cease! ❤ Proud member of the ant people!

I REMEMBER WHEN THIS CAME ON!!! MOM WAS DANCING WITH ME IN THE LIVING ROOM 😁😁

@communicationbreakdown256

3 жыл бұрын

cute 😊

First time I ever saw them was on AB (this show) and from what I remember there had never quite been a band like them on the show. Like others have commented, two drummers!!! and raw guitar! and Adam jumping up and down, I was mesmerized as well. I will never forget the feeling I had when I saw them, I was 15. I still love them and listen to them. Such great memories! .

I AM SO GOBSMACKED!!!!! I am 56 years old and I've been an AntFan since 1981 and I never EVER knew they performed on AB until tonight!!!!!

@erichani1

7 жыл бұрын

Jett Carlburg adam is 62 years old now

@isleJane

6 жыл бұрын

I didn't either, until just now.

@clemdane

6 жыл бұрын

This is where I saw them/heard of them for the first time.

@michaelehlert9

Жыл бұрын

Wow! coincidently, I'm 56 right now, was an Ant fan since 81 and never knew this clip existed as well. How wild is that?

I remember listening to King’s of the Wild Frontier and Prince Charming albums in middle school and watching them on MTV. They were so unique, fresh, had the coolest look, and great upbeat original songs they were the complete package. They never really got the acclaim they deserved. There is nothing like it today. Another example of why the 1980’s was the best decade ever for both music and music videos.

I like the shot where you can see Marco, Adam, and Gary all at once.

live the fans dancing back at them so.hard. so.Present, no phones.or.cameras, just Experiencing it! :-)

@jas22

5 жыл бұрын

here here!

@jimmbear3998

3 жыл бұрын

Yep cell phones and social media have kind of ruined the concert going experience. Back then it was dance around and cheer and have the greatest time when you went to a concert. Now it’s all about getting pics and selfies you can post online to brag you were there.

@SomeGamesAreTooFun

2 жыл бұрын

Probably helps being paid to dance around to a lip sync.

Kings of the Wild Frontier changed my musical life. I learned that there was more out there than what was played on the radio which was Top 40 or classic rock. I never looked back! Thanks Adam!

i love 2 drummers double very immportant much indeed

Those drums had to be so LOUD on that sound stage! Thanks for posting this gem

@stuyoung8572

Жыл бұрын

……they were miming 😏

@TheWorseOne

Жыл бұрын

@@stuyoung8572 Miming yes but the drums??? I don't think so

@stuyoung8572

Жыл бұрын

@@TheWorseOne ……yes, drums too. They are all basically mining to the studio album track…..

@Kohntarkosz

Жыл бұрын

@@stuyoung8572 Yeah, they probably werne't really hitting the drums that hard, and I imagine most drummers don't. I mean why bother? Nobody's going to use except the people in the studio? Now, I remember Gene Simmons was claiming that whenever Kiss did TV shows in the 80's, Eric Carr actually play as if they were playing live, but I'm not sure many drummers actually did that.

How I first found them at 15. Saturday afternoon after the show I went out & got the album...I was in LOVE

@MrJoeythebabykangaro

7 жыл бұрын

Same story here, but I was 12!

I remember this very episode of AB!!

Look out Marco, that mic is coming for ya - LOVE THEM!

That KOTWF album cover was / is still an wow image. .......

"Kings" is a very good album. "Prince Charming" is pretty good. I always preferred Ant music more than Adam solo.

Another band that never got deserved critical acclaim just because teenage girls liked them and they had Number 1's. A great tune is a great tune!

I saw this when I was VERY young, but it has been in my memory banks for years. That is staying power. Adam is an awesome performer !

@lisaodowd8752

6 жыл бұрын

I agree...this performance of Dog Eat Dog and movie they showed on HBO changed my vision forever. Those were the days

@lisaodowd8752

6 жыл бұрын

Meant to say the movie Breaking Glass

Wow, the motion picture camera is like our greatest most profound invention.

ADAM ANT On American Bandstand Is So Awesome 👌👏😎😍🙌😀!

I found Adam and the ants at Target in a pile of sale cassettes ! Dog eat dog ! Stand and deliver I was 18 I also bought David Bowie on 8 track Scary Monsters ! 😊❤️👍👍

Youngsters nowadays don't know what real music is. Loved Adam and the Ants......wouldn't Have changed growing up in that era for anything xxx

Holy crapamolie I'm in that audience......how lucky was I???

@erichani1

7 жыл бұрын

pseedie are you serious?

@erichani1

7 жыл бұрын

pseedie are you serious what was that like

@erichani1

7 жыл бұрын

pseedie are you serious what was that like

@erichani1

7 жыл бұрын

pseedie I think I saw you lol

@arthurweems2839

6 жыл бұрын

I loved that particular set. Glad u experienced the Ant invasion on AB IN 1981.

I JUST turned 12 years old, 5/15 ...prior this airing. I sit here with tears of happiness....sadness....nostalgia...Im immediately brought to my early teenage years...

Absolutely awsome.... I was 10 when this came out and hearing it brings back such happy memories of buying the LP and listening to it in my bedroom with Adam and the ants posters all over my walls.

Takes me right back to being 13!! Still got it today Adam :)

2 drummers rule

I saw this live and it was the most important broadcast of ever, ever.

I love it! He was exactly the same for the recent KOTWF tour!

Gosh, all comes back again. Never thouht I would know the lyrics by heart but I can still deliver them flawlessly! Adam Ant was my first teen idol and I owe him bigtime for not being ashamed to dress up. You might say that he was the start of my reenactment hobby now, I love to dress in historical costumes still.

Adam , you're just sooo beautiful XO

adam was having somuch fun love seeing himso happy hes been through hell and kicked out the other side so proud of him xx

My first concert was Adam. Can't remember how I first heard of them though. Never saw this clip until adulthood.

Such a great showman.

I've been a fan of Adam ant since I was 12 😘😍🥰

Dog Eat Dog !! Such a Great song , that switched up beat never gets Old

damn hes got energy hes so adorable

Adam Ant was Johnny Depp's muse for Captain Jack Sparrow 💯

@debraweaver4151

Жыл бұрын

Angelic Revelation..... I saw a picture of Adam not too long ago. He had glasses on, and he looked JUST LIKE JOHNNY DEPP to me!!!! I wanted to know what you meant by, " muse "????? Does that mean that Johnny Depp took the looks of Adam Ant as his basis for Captain Jack Sparrow's character???

The first New Romantic act to appear on American TV, so many followed in the next 4 years.

When VH1 actually played music...

Feel the power, of music 🎵🎶🎶 Ant music...

It's March 8th, 2019 at 10:15 p.m. Friday night, and I should be working. But now I am deciding to recreate his outfit, and walk around town with it, even with the white stripe - just can't pull off the little dreads...... But will anyone know who I am portraying in Ontario Canada

@jeanbaumgartner4052

2 жыл бұрын

I've!Seen!All Of ADAM ANT 🐜 's! Early 1970s &ALSO Of His Videos 📹 🤣 😍 😂 😄 🙄! OnVH1!ADAM ANT! Is Part! Romanian Gypsy! On!Mom's Side Of The Family 👪!

The bass player, Gary Tibbs, is miming to recordings on which he didn’t actually play or sing. Kevin Mooney played bass on these recordings and subsequently exited the band before this particular television appearance was taped.

My God ,was he hot !

@everdream24

4 жыл бұрын

Debra H. Yes. Yes, he was! 😍🔥

Marco is an excellent guitarist that gets overlooked (cool shirt). Fun when we bought and enjoyed (heavy rotation) . Still enjoy.

@kurtpena5462

3 ай бұрын

Really, he isn't.

@bYtealiEnSzen

3 ай бұрын

@@kurtpena5462 you can think that. doesn't impact me!

It is a cracking song 'Antmusic' - a well crafted pop song. Adam's stage presence is great here and his clothes are amazing.......

@kurtpena5462

3 ай бұрын

It sucked then. It sucks now.

@TheGarageJump

2 ай бұрын

@@kurtpena5462 Firstly, you will never burst my bubble. I note that you have stopped by here to either watch the video or comment on the comments. More importantly though, what about the music you create. Any good?

Awesome :D :D!!!....i remember seeing their, "Ant Music" performance on vh-1 back in 96', but i've always wanted to see their, "Dog Eat Dog" performance on Bandstand :D :D, Thanks :D :D!!!

i have a record of adam and the ants i have this song i love it i also love adams beauty and the 2 drummers.

I always thought this guy had a unique sound. Who would you compare him to and what type of music would you call Adam Ant?

@jennifero7189

3 жыл бұрын

Adam has stated that he doesn’t want to characterize his music into any genre. That’s why he came up with the term “Antmusic”

Me and my sister loved them ❤ their videos were like little movies 👍🏻 Adam was so pretty 😍

Like the group Bow Wow Wow, i often wonder what was the British Musical origin of their Colonial, Native American, Pirate, Face Paint, Mohawk Hair style and dress?!

The second incarnation of Adam and the Ants.

Some say Jonny Depp copied keith from rolling stones....to me it's clear... 😁

I Love adam 🐜

That was wonderful :)

They are all so young and good looking...

Wow that brought back some memories

So good!

Amazing

This is great!! Kx

Very, very few of the performances on AB were live. Most were lip synched.

Yes, but what YEAR is this

💖💖💖💖💖💖

I didn’t know Jack Sparrow sang 80s new wave!

@linefrenette9116

3 жыл бұрын

he could be Jack Sparrow's daddy

I cant figure out if hes lip synching or just moving his lips ungodly different lol

@Phix75

4 жыл бұрын

Most of these 'show' performances were dubbed I don't think Adam try's to hide it that much he's just giving a performance.

just saw adam leg injuring old film now i understand the originally stxxxxx and deliver adam never come back cause hurts only in those older films still can see his freely legs and slowly began another adam appear new one i am sorry i have to said dislike healthy legs freely move very important much indeed

Lip sync it sounds exactly like album witch I'm proud to own. Bought it at moors music emporium Bridgeport ohio. 1980 something.

Lol this sounds exactly like the version they released, i think they might be miming... i don't doubt them at all btw they are all very capable of singing so well live but this just sounds exactly like the iTunes release lol. Has the track version been laid over? Lol, just curious :P Just he does seem to be very far away from the microphone when the track is so clear :P WOOOOOOOO!!!! Go Adam, you rock so much :D -giggles-

@Tr0nzoid

7 жыл бұрын

Every single one of these videos has someone acting like he is making some kind of discovery about the lip-syncing. If you were a kid then, you were just glad to see the performers and hear the song. It wasn't accessible anytime and anywhere like now.

@reins6895

7 жыл бұрын

Tr00peroid well said :) They didn't make the decision to not be live , ABS did that ! And yes, just seeing them on tv was wonderful ,,, we didn't have KZread to see it lol... Adam is still a great performer to this day - love him !!!

@deadduck4041

2 жыл бұрын

@@reins6895I agree 🙂...Back in those days Top of the Pops was the Treat of the Week ...Oooh and the Sunday evening chart rundown....Tape deck ready with finger hovering over record button 😊

Luv the two drummers never seen that before

my American bandstand experience was all lip sync? please tell me Its not true

@MrJoeythebabykangaro

7 жыл бұрын

I hate to say it, but yes, every performer was required to lip sync to the record. This is why when John Cougar performed on AB, the band used instruments that weren't on the recoding and they were having a gas about it lol

@erichani1

6 жыл бұрын

Billy Sebrant yes its true

Classic act 🎼

Animal tribal fantastic real ......

Is that Kieth Richards ??

Great song 😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤ yeah

@kurtpena5462

3 ай бұрын

It's absolute balls.

its not its post punk new wave

This is how cultural appropriation has been employed to make something fresh, and new.

@kurtpena5462

3 ай бұрын

Agreed. Glam English guys borrowing American culture for the nth time.

Meek host

Always thought he was cute af

Lip syncing and air guitar maximus.

Avant guarde

It's not live man

Lip-synching? Really? That's the one thing about the dance shows, especially in the image-paramount eighties: lip-synching was run amok. I would have loved being on the show on this day in 1981, but I would have definitely come away slightly disappointed because the fellas didn't keep it live and real.

@reins6895

7 жыл бұрын

Nathan M but it wasn't their fault , ABS did not allow live singing - stupid I know- but Adam didn't make the decision ... I would've loved to have been there , I so love them💙🐜

@traciemarsh1611

6 жыл бұрын

alot of the time in the 80s it was the mangers and such like didnt want them sing live much

@tylergirl1970

6 жыл бұрын

No, it was the show format that forced it. Top of the Pops was the same way. Many artists who would NEVER lip sync if they had a choice were made to in order to appear.

American Bandstand They Have Them Lipsycing To!Songs! PRINCE ROGERSNELSON 👍 🤴 Did!With HIS Band! 👋! PHYSICALY APPEALING ✨ 🙌 ♥ ❤ 💖 😍! And!So!Did Others! Just Like 👍 👌 😌 😕 Saturday Night Live 🌙 😋 🤪 😎 👌 🙌 PHYSICALY APPEALING!

Too bad he was lip synching

@jayalan2223

3 жыл бұрын

Artists usually did lip sync on American Bandstand.

lip sync, fail

Ads suck

Bloody playback..

I am stunned that anyone ever fell for this weak cultural appropriation!