The Friday Canon: Adam And/Or Ants

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Today's canon is early 80s new pop* sensation Adam Ant, with or without his trusty backing band of Ants. You get five(-diddly-qua-qua) ticks. Ridicule (in the comments box) is nothing to be scared of!


[Poll #909784]


*was he even considered New Pop, actually? What DID the music press make of him?

Comments

attempt at history

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

the first thing in the GRATE BIG SMASH HITS BOOK OF THE 80s is a 2,000 word think piece on Adam by Uncle Mark Ellen (blimey, they don't make mags like that any more do they?). It implies that the inkies despised adam for:

a. being a cr@p punk
b. selling out
c. being an amazing pop star

i'm pretty certain he didn't count as New Pop, he's too dumb isn't he?

Re: attempt at history

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

he was KING OF NEW POP -- he entirely sidestepped the inkies and never gave them interviews, but p.morely was v.pro

also he was massive in iran

Re: attempt at history

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

rly? ok, i am happy to bow to yr wisdom and knowledge :)

i always think of New Pop (caps intentional) as being slightly more "literate" (there is probably a better word than this) than dear old adam...

Re: attempt at history

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Adam is "an 18th century brain in a 21st century head"!

Re: attempt at history

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

you are confusing it with the s.reynolds/k.punk restatement of same, i think: new pop always had space for dollar or bascially any shiny kim-bright-but-dim random giving texture and depth and difference to the charts -- it wasn't all abt smuggling theory, and i wd say more of it than not wz about unknowingly effecting theory (morely also v.pro siouxsie sioux who wz proto-nupop)

(p*man still argues that the thing to be doing w.theory is talking abt it AS IF IT WERE POP; ie NOT only talkin abt pop if it is "in line" with this week's theory...)