Massive pop tunes though they were, it has to be said that most of Adam Ant's output was a touch on the silly side and it was genius; 2 Burundi style drummers, giant guitar riffs, nonsensical lyrics - they were all here. And 'Apollo 9' was perhaps the silliest of all - all together now:
Well whoopsin-a whoopsin (dress it up)
Jan jan jammering (dress it up, dress it up)
Yabba-yabba-ding-ding (dress it up)
Delta hey max nine
Bonus Clips: 'Ant Rap' - we got Marco, Merrick, Terry Lee, Gary Tibbs & Yours Truly. From the Naughyty North & the Sexy South, we're all singing "I am the mouth"... quite!
... and 'Kings of the Wild Frontier' just 'cos I love the drums
busy lassoing the moon! great lyrics
ReplyDeleteAccording to Wikipedia, this was the beginning of his short-lived 'rockers in space' concept, ergo the space references. Mind you, anyone have a clue about this verse:
ReplyDeleteHey hey what do you say?
Choochalaben dollaley
You can run, you wont get far
A-leyber in your capella.