Adam was a member of Bazooka Joe, the band that the Sex Pistols opened for in the Pistols' first live appearance. Adam and the Ants started as a punk band, but by the early '80s they had taken a different path and started making pop music. By 1981 they were one of the biggest bands in Britain.
In March 1982, feeling certain band members "lacked enthusiasm", Ant disbanded the group. A few months after the split Ant launched a solo career (though he retained Marco Pirroni as guitarist and co-songwriter).
After the split, Ant went solo, taking his song writing partner Pirroni with him. His greatest American chart success was 1982's Friend or Foe album, which included the hit single "Goody Two Shoes" which made it to #1 in the UK and Australia, and #12 in the U.S. Other hits from that album included the title song (which made #9 on the UK chart) and "Desperate But Not Serious". Goody Two Shoes first charted in the UK in Spring 1982, reaching no.1 that summer, but its US peak did not come until 1983 when it reached #12 on the Billboard Top 100.
In 1983, Ant worked with Phil Collins and Richard James Burgess on the "Strip" album which was recorded at Polar Studios in Stockholm. The single "Puss 'N Boots" reached #5 on the UK charts, but the BBC banned both the video and the song for the follow-up single "Strip," which peaked at #41. Although Strip had some highlights and hit singles, it marked the end of his reign as one of Britain's top pop stars for a while. That same year, Ant also memorably appeared as a guest performer on the NBC television network's Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever special that aired in May.
In 1985, he worked with veteran producer Tony Visconti on his third solo album, "Vive Le Rock". He secured a spot at the Live Aid concert, but was asked to cut his set to one song. He chose his new single, "Vive le Rock." Vive Le Rock was intended to be his ultimate hard rock album but the single underwent a pressing error and the album received mixed reviews. As a result, Adam decided to end his career in music and focus on his acting career.
In 1989, whilst maintaining an interest in acting, Ant returned to America and re-entered the pop music world with the album "Manners & Physique", a collaboration with AndrƩ Cymone, a solo artist and an early member of Prince's band. The album was another moderate success, and featured the UK and U.S. hit single "Room at the Top". "Rough Stuff" became the second single for the United States and Germany as "Can't Set Rules About Love" charted in the United Kingdom.
In 1993, he toured in support of a planned album called "Persuasion". On account of a regime change at MCA, the record company made the unilateral decision not to release this album on the basis that Manners & Physique had failed to achieve a gold sales certification. Ant was subsequently released from his contract with MCA and later signed by EMI. Persuasion remains unreleased to this day and, as a result, it has become something of a lost legend among "Antfans", although it is widely available online for download.
In 1995, Ant released the album "Wonderful". The title track was a successful single, as was a tour of the U.S. in support of the album. While Ant and his group (which retained longtime guitarist Pirroni) played in smaller venues than they had played in the 1980s, the houses were often packed with enthusiastic fans. The tour was cut short due to Ant and Pirroni both contracting glandular fever (for those who don't know the term, glandular fever is generally a euphemism for what usually manifests as mononucleosis).
"Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter" is the sixth solo studio album by Adam Ant. The album's title was announced by Ant in the NME in April 2010. As per Adam's announcement at his gig in Chatham in September 2012, the new album was released on 21 January 2013 by Ant's own record label Blueblack Hussar Records. Despite the independent self-release, the album reached number 25 on the UK Albums Chart, only one place lower than its predecessor, released on the major EMI label nearly eighteen years earlier. It had previously been at number 8 in the Midweeks.
Desperate But Not Serious
Adam Ant Lyrics
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If I make improper suggestions
Would you find that a risk to your health
Would you put me up on the bookshelf
With the books and the plants?
Desperate but not serious
Your kisses drive me delirious
How would that be?
Very boring
Mister Pressman with your penknife
Always asking about my sex life
And who with and how many times?
Desperate but not serious
Your kisses drive me delirious
All the advice seemed so unkind
"If you don't stop, you will go blind!"
Tell you it's none of their business
Then console you with a big kiss
On the lips and on the back of your neck
Desperate but not serious...
The lyrics to Adam Ant's "Desperate But Not Serious" portray a sense of playful flirtation mixed with a hint of danger. The singer is posing difficult questions and improper suggestions to his partner, testing the boundaries of what is acceptable. The line "Would you find that a risk to your health?" suggests that the singer is aware of the potential consequences of pushing too far.
The bookshelf metaphor adds to the playful tone, with the singer envisioning himself as just another book or plant in his partner's life. The chorus, "Desperate but not serious, your kisses drive me delirious," is a celebration of the passion between the two, even if it's not supposed to be taken too seriously. The verse about the pressman with his penknife, always asking about the singer's sex life, adds a darker edge to the lyrics, highlighting the potential risks of indulging in such behavior.
Overall, the lyrics to "Desperate But Not Serious" capture the excitement and risk-taking of a relationship that's not afraid to push boundaries, while also recognizing the potential dangers and consequences.
Line by Line Meaning
If I ask you difficult questions
If I challenge you with intellectual questions
If I make improper suggestions
If I flirt with you and make suggestive comments
Would you find that a risk to your health
Would you consider my advances dangerous to your well-being
Would you put me up on the bookshelf
Would you categorize me with other objects, like books and plants
Desperate but not serious
I am feeling anxious, but not to the degree of being genuine or committed
Your kisses drive me delirious
I am overwhelmed with passion and affection when you kiss me
If I were kind and adoring
If I acted nicer and more lovingly towards you
How would that be?
Would that improve our relationship?
Very boring
I don't think acting kind and loving is exciting or interesting
Mister Pressman with your penknife
Addressing a hypothetical person criticizing his lifestyle choices
Always asking about my sex life
Always wanting to know about his sexual activity
And who with and how many times?
Demanding information about his sexual partners and frequency of sexual activity
All the advice seemed so unkind
The advice given to me seems harsh and negative
"If you don't stop, you will go blind!"
A common moral warning about masturbation
Tell you it's none of their business
It's not their place to ask about my personal life
Then console you with a big kiss
I will comfort you with a huge kiss
On the lips and on the back of your neck
A description of where he will kiss you
Desperate but not serious...
I am still nervous and concerned, but not completely committed to anything serious
Lyrics Ā© BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: MARCO PIRRONI, ADAM ANT
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@negascoot23
He's Prince without the creepiness, he's Bowie without pretension, he's a less "German" Falco...
He's a sex god in a genre filled with guys who look like Elvis Costello or Thomas Dolby.
He wears glitter-punk warpaint and outfits from Napoleon's yard sale...yet somehow projects palpable masculinity (only a truly hardcore sonofabitch could dress like that in public unironically)
He is the patron saint of the New Romantic aesthetic...
We desperately need more like him, especially now.
@jjmack6563
This man was absolutely stunning š
Even at 67 now he still looks good.
He was a pioneer of the 80s ā¤
@DogeGFSolo
All the boiz r pnut buttr n jelly over Adam too hehe
@amybarrett7300
Saw him play the entire Friend or Foe album in late 2019, and he was still so charismatic and sexy. Had a blast.
@rockyclick371
I'm not even remotely gay. But yeah. This guy is smokin..
@eduardocarroccio6162
Farrk 67 years old
@j.c.9784
I'm going to see him in Chicago on the 26th!! So excited!! ā¤
@digeett99J
The reverbed spaghetti western guitars, the big band horns, the crooning vocals of Adam, the haunting synth,the steady mocking of the bass line, Pure mad genius.
@michavandam
Synth?
@saiyajinali
There is so much random shit going on in this tune until it cant help but be epic
@michavandam
@@saiyajinali There's nothing random about it. It's all been purposefully designed.