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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jan 1, 2019 16:48:38 GMT
1980 maybe?
Ahhhh. I remember space invaders.
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Post by cryptoflovecraft on Jan 11, 2019 23:48:08 GMT
Yes, 1980. "Prince Charming" came out in '81 and "Goody Two Shoes" in '82.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2019 0:11:10 GMT
Ridicule is nothing to be scared of.
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Post by yggdrasil on Jan 12, 2019 11:28:07 GMT
I remember having a leather jacket with "Dirk Wears White Sox" and the album cover painted on it, that I quickly had to spray over a short time later. Still think "Dirk's" a good album though.
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jan 12, 2019 12:15:10 GMT
I remember having a leather jacket with "Dirk Wears White Sox" and the album cover painted on it, that I quickly had to spray over a short time later. Still think "Dirk's" a good album though. Why did you have to spray over it? |
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Post by yggdrasil on Jan 12, 2019 12:54:55 GMT
I remember having a leather jacket with "Dirk Wears White Sox" and the album cover painted on it, that I quickly had to spray over a short time later. Still think "Dirk's" a good album though. Why did you have to spray over it? They went from punk to teeny bopper stars very quickly. Rather embarrassing. |
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Post by cryptoflovecraft on Jan 12, 2019 13:43:29 GMT
Why did you have to spray over it? They went from punk to teeny bopper stars very quickly. Rather embarrassing. In the rare case of Adam & the Ants, I'd say their new wave period (Kings of the Wild Frontier, Prince Charming) was better than their early punk stuff. Dirk was an interesting debut with a few great tunes ("Catholic Day", "Animals & Men", "Car Trouble") but it seemed to lack direction. One gets the impression of a band in its infancy still searching for a formula. Adam Ant really came into his own with the second album and new lineup. Kings of the Wild Frontier was a near perfect album (the US pressing added "Physical" and "Press Darlings" which made it even better imo) and "Stand & Deliver" b/w "Beat My Guest", a perfect single - catchy, infectious tunes that could win over the masses and still please the punks (well, some punks anyway). I'm sure the Indian/pirate gimmick wore thin pretty quickly though and Prince Charming was a less than perfect followup album though it still delivered the goods and "Ant Rap" is hilarious. |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jan 12, 2019 14:39:23 GMT
They went from punk to teeny bopper stars very quickly. Rather embarrassing. I think a few bands did that (maybe not teeny-bopper, but more mainstream) when the rent bill turned up. Stranglers, Boomtown Rats. Hell, people even used to call The Police punk. |
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Post by yggdrasil on Jan 12, 2019 15:55:20 GMT
They went from punk to teeny bopper stars very quickly. Rather embarrassing. In the rare case of Adam & the Ants, I'd say their new wave period (Kings of the Wild Frontier, Prince Charming) was better than their early punk stuff. Dirk was an interesting debut with a few great tunes ("Catholic Day", "Animals & Men", "Car Trouble") but it seemed to lack direction. One gets the impression of a band in its infancy still searching for a formula. Adam Ant really came into his own with the second album and new lineup. Kings of the Wild Frontier was a near perfect album (the US pressing added "Physical" and "Press Darlings" which made it even better imo) and "Stand & Deliver" b/w "Beat My Guest", a perfect single - catchy, infectious tunes that could win over the masses and still please the punks (well, some punks anyway). I'm sure the Indian/pirate gimmick wore thin pretty quickly though and Prince Charming was a less than perfect followup album though it still delivered the goods and "Ant Rap" is hilarious. There really was genuine hate of him on the UK punk scene for selling out, up there with the Clash signing to CBS. We took things way to seriously back then. Car Trouble would still make my top 50. |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jan 13, 2019 10:41:33 GMT
There really was genuine hate of him on the UK punk scene for selling out, I wasn't even aware of them till Doggy Dog came out. I suppose that is the point. Still, I was only a wee nipper, not some tough guy in bovver boots. |
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Post by yggdrasil on Jan 13, 2019 12:50:22 GMT
There really was genuine hate of him on the UK punk scene for selling out, I wasn't even aware of them till Doggy Dog came out. I suppose that is the point. Still, I was only a wee nipper, not some tough guy in bovver boots. Not tough or in bovver boots, it was punk, not skinhead. That's why a lot of punks would go to gay night clubs like Global Village, now called Heaven, as they were safe venues. |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jan 13, 2019 13:13:51 GMT
Not tough or in bovver boots, it was punk, not skinhead. That's why a lot of punks would go to gay night clubs like Global Village, now called Heaven, as they were safe venues. True, I am mixing up my genres. Been to Heaven a few times back whenever. Saw two girls and a bloke all kissing each other with their hands down each other's trousers/up each other's skirts. As they were leaving, I heard the bloke say "Are you both going to give me a blow job?" Luck bastard, I thought. |
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Post by yggdrasil on Jan 13, 2019 14:21:08 GMT
Not tough or in bovver boots, it was punk, not skinhead. That's why a lot of punks would go to gay night clubs like Global Village, now called Heaven, as they were safe venues. True, I am mixing up my genres. Been to Heaven a few times back whenever. Saw two girls and a bloke all kissing each other with their hands down each other's trousers/up each other's skirts. As they were leaving, I heard the bloke say "Are you both going to give me a blow job?" Luck bastard, I thought. Was an interesting place to visit back then. Especially as E was coming on the scene. |
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