Adam Ant: How I Wrote Stand and Deliver - live session

Adam Ant: How I Wrote Stand and Deliver - live session
Famed for his flambouyant videos in the early 1980s, pop highwayman Adam Ant visits the Guardian studios to talk a little about the myriad ideas and some of the reaction to his greatest hit, Stand and Deliver

[@bustamango863]

When the window cleaner made up lyrics because he didn’t know them. Adam states “ there were some really good additions to it”....😂👌🏾 what a legend

[@OtherMike5000]

Whenever I listen to Adam and the Ants....my neighbors do, too!!

[@apriljackson3412]

Adam Ant gets better with age. He is a very dashing gentleman isn't he....

[@AlexNuget]

facepalm

[@mintpolar4568]

+Alex Nuget why

[@AlexNuget]

@@Anonymous-c4p I wrote that when I was 10 omd 😂😂 I have no clue what it's about or how to understand what you wrote 😂

[@Anonymous-c4p]

@@AlexNuget oh shit! That was a line Adam said in the above video, seemed appropriate at the time☝🏻😆...but considering yer age i take it back 🥴my bad.

[@AlexNuget]

@@Anonymous-c4p it's okay 😂 funny how you get reminded of old comments years later 😂😂😑😑

[@Gbhbbgvsbnjhhdchhb]

So happy to see this guy bounce back… I have a new found respect that has has nothing to do with his music and more to do with his modesty, humility, and charisma. The guy has style in bucketloads

[@stevobath]

Marco Perroni deseves a lot of credit for the guitaring & riffs.Not mentioned enough.Great guitarist..

[@TheGodParticle]

Largactyl Kid I was thinking the same.

[@seanpaul93]

"it's marco's time" love apollo 9

[@stuartwray6175]

It's a very Mick Ronson sound isn't it? Circa Ziggy and Lou Reeds 'Transformer'. I think he mastered that sound beautifully.

[@Strimbles]

Yes can't believe he didn't mention Marco, he was half of their creative output from 80-90, couldn't have done it without him

[@jimbailey5681]

Apparently Adam thinks that Marco was the source of some bootleg recordings that were released a number of years back. Marco denies that he was the one who passed the recordings on to the bootleggers.

[@jimjacob5482]

There's something really cool about rock musicians when they've reached middle age They still radiate the energy of their more youthful times, but, now have a maturity and wisdom acquired from their experiences over time to complete who they want to be.

[@MacCunnyfunt]

Adam Ant, what a fucking star

[@Nudiescorner]

When is this man going to get old!!!!!!!!!?????????

[@sjrhollywood1347]

In 1981, I recorded (the original, single version of) this song on my answering machine! I used the part at the beginning, where a horse is galloping, then Adam shouts, "Stand and deliver!"...then I said, "That's right! Stand and deliver...your message and the time that you called when you hear the beep...and I'll return your call later! Thanks for calling...'Bye!" I traveled to London in 1984 and brought back all kinds of posters, magazines, buttons, cards and photos...with Adam Ant on them!

[@threethrushes]

Corny af, but I like it.

[@ModelTrainOutsider]

I got to see Adam Ant with INXS as his opening act in 1982 twice. I loved his albums as Adam and the Ants. Prince Charming... not so much. After hearing how he was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder and manic depression before he even tried to become a singer, I have nothing but respect for him. He never drank or did the illicit drugs, and got screwed over by doctors and the media anyhow. Glad to see he is able to garner some love and respect again. Take away the glam pirate-Indian stuff, and he still produced some GREAT rock n roll. Too many morons didn't get the show aspect and ignored the amazing music. Kings of the Wild Frontier is an awesome album anytime, anywhere. I was sad to see he was in the USA earlier this year, but nowhere near us. I see he has dates in the US in September, and if they hold up, we will get to see him... 35 years after first seeing him.

[@kimyuers]

Me too The Warfield in SF . INXS opened for his Friend or Foe tour. Amazing show! My.two fav!

[@Strimbles]

KOTWF is a masterpiece LP, & nothing has ever sounded like it, before or after

[@kathryneast6919]

Anthony Dodge The Model Train Outsider I saw 2 shows of his,as Adam and the Ants and the goodie 2 shoes.He was fantastic.He and the ants were underrated.The fact he is still with us,proves he was no flash in a pan.

[@e.normusbalzac7605]

@@kimyuers Saw the show at St. Johns University in Queens, NY!

[@SF-cq6bg]

Saw them in Pittsburgh that year & still listen to them dandy Antz!

[@ellenmurphy2150]

You might be older Adam Ant but you still got it. ❤

[@dylanakent]

Saw Adam and the Ants live in Central Park NYC when they made the spectacular entrance by boat. I've seen hundreds of concerts and his ranks in the top 10. He was an amazing performer and at the time had a control of the audience on par with Jim Morrison. Also, Adam pretty much INVENTED the rock music video as we know it. His vision was years ahead of anyone else. He's remarkable.

[@sasos90]

This is the masterpiece in terms of melody as well as the lyrics if you ask me.

[@TetsumatsuKai]

Really can feel the punk in this. Would love it if he did a full session with the two guitars. Bet it is awesome. Really enjoyed this!!

[@zynaps666]

Repect to this guy. Been through some tough sh*t in his life. Good on you mate. Keep going. Love this version of the song.

[@r.l.lawrencejr.6283]

ADAM YOU ARE SEVERELY UNDERRATED AS A LYRICIST, MUSIC WRITER, AND A WELL SEASONED PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN. AMAZING "COMEBACK" AS THEY SAY. I REALIZE THE STRUGGLES YOU HAVE HAD TO ENDURE, PROFESSIONALY AND PERSONALLY. YOU ARE A CHAMPION FOR MANY. CHEERS! MATE. THANKS, BUD L.

[@michaeltovey8534]

Thirty years on and still Rocks, great version of a classic song, raw and full of energy............brilliant!!

[@jamesguy1030]

You Stood up & delivered Adam Ant 🐜 & you will always be a Legend to us ! ! Just Stay HAPPY Fella . , God Bless 🙆🏻‍♂️

[@PammySquammy]

Saw him in North Wales a few weeks ago, and he was amazing. Best act I have ever seen live!!! The sound was amazing

[@Oystercatcher011]

Interesting vocal version of his own hit - Adam is just as good looking as he was when I saw him on his Prince Charming Revue Tour in 1982 in Birmingham, England!!

[@CurtRowlett]

I caught Adam Ant in Seattle about five years ago. The guy has lost nothing and totally rocked the house with all of his best tunes. He even did a T-Rex cover (Bang A Gong) during his first encore. I've been a fan of his since the 80s. He's one hell of an artist.

[@BedlamAndBones]

I love his Lou Reed-like vocal delivery in this.

[@renjay3743]

More like Oliver Reed.

[@1967SPAWN]

Rest in peace Tom.

[@OtherMike5000]

Absolute LEGEND!!!

[@sjrhollywood1347]

'Give the guy a break! He's nearly 60 years old now! Well, 57 actually...he'll be 58 on November 3, 2012. Let's see if YOU look as good when you're turning 58!

[@Anonymous-c4p]

Dedication tis medication, he's one year older than mee, 66 this year💞

[@SavageAudits]

He looks great.

[@faeryquene]

I'd never seen this before-thanks so much for posting it! I've been a HUGE Adam fan since I was kid. He's aging like a fine wine and is as handsome as ever. Love him to bits! ♥

[@joztunes69]

I still listen to his music, he still rocks

[@BoyGeorgeFanply20]

"Oi Adam Stand and Deliver! Pick me up then!" hahahaha

[@spencer.kissack.the.author]

Better than the majority of so called music these days. Passion, exemplified

[@jondunmore4268]

The type of guitarist who touches his knob and doesn't turn it down when you tell him he's too loud. Studio techs told him, "Dude, you gotta turn your gain down onstage, so that we can put you in the mix properly, or you'll feed into the vocal mic, because we gotta turn it up so much because Adam's whispering. So he touched his knob and didn't turn down. Result.

[@sjrhollywood1347]

I was such a big fan of Adam Ant (Adam And The Ants) and his music! I've probably seen him in concert at least 6 different times! I even talked my mom into driving down to San Diego (I believe it was in the mid-to-late 80's) to see him there! She didn't really want to go at first, but I finally convinced her! During his last song, (You're So) Physical, he tore off his (wet) shirt. My mom tapped me on the arm and said, "Now I see why you like him so much! He's SEXY!" I'll never forget that night!

[@zenbear4149]

This is one step away from an SNL skit.

[@janetmuckian6570]

Happy birthday gorgeous Tom you will never be forgotten by us ant people xxxx

[@JonahPhoto1]

Like the other person said, the guy is 58 years old! And I've seen him live in 1981 and 2012 and I can assure you, the 2012 concert was the BEST live concert I've ever seen, and I've seen Michael Jackson, Madonna, U2, Robbie Williams, Queen amongst others

[@m.w.]

He still rocks.Yeah......🤘🎸

[@vancewilson9413]

Adam ant the coolest rock star, history Of planet earth

[@Kal-ir9ze]

Go see this man. The beat itself makes humans go mad lol. So good

[@roosterj2599]

I was fascinated with Adam and this song. I dressed up like Adam Ant was in the Stand and Deliver vid for Halloween.

[@arno-luyendijk4798]

It is interesting how Adam Ant has, in a way, followed my own life path. He was my first teen idol and mimicking him in our Adam and the Ants playback band in my first middle school years was in fact my own first experience with a stage. It got to love me two things: singing my ass off on the songs that I love in front of people and not giving a rats ass about it how they thought/think about me. Second, it was my first experience with an artist writing his own songs, and although I finally got to write my own songs since 2018, I claim Adam Ant for giving me the first goosebumps to try it. Now for the life path which we inconsciously followed both: it was some five years after my own bipolar diagnosis that I learnt he had gone through this too, and now that I see him again, he, same as I, got to value it as a valuable life experience. Artistic people like he and I have to go through deep paths sometimes to deliver songs.....but it is a path that I would never, never want to be anything else. Thank you very much for those lessons , Adam aka Stuart Goddard.

[@OtherMike5000]

Those guitars sound freaking awesome!

[@christinascarbrock2017]

The Leni- Lenape were a great influence on my dedication towards all human rights. I was born in Boston but raised in southeastern Pennsylvania and northeastern Delaware. I grew up in a beautiful land that reckoned days of equality and ecology. Having bestowed of this idealic landscape, I question those that degraded such peace and seek to reclaim those that were displaced by my Yankee ancestors. I speak to you now more urgent than ever to remember me and my friends who rallied your career and forward my message as I figh t inflammatory breast cancer. You entertain us...and I was informed by your message. Let's go forward with expression; Let's go forward without transgression; May we equally we stay in peace and love until the next day. Hey, kid, rock and roll Hey, kid, rock on....

[@pauljackgriffiths7038]

What a real music icon Adam, along with the ants, is!!

[@hansdegroot652]

dude after 40 years.. still going stong over here. :-)

[@panther122]

people are like a fine wine age with time and adam is a great exsample of that saying

[@musoseven8218]

Nice arrangement, parred down and raw, very cool.

[@apriljackson3412]

Absolutely love this song and this version of it....

[@frederickwezzeroth2611]

Freaking insane! Musical Genius!

[@cathiejoyYoungart]

I cannot wait ! Going to see the lovely man in L.A. Feb 2012! Da didely qua qua!

[@stevefirth7237]

So how was it?

[@cathiejoyyoung8349]

@@stevefirth7237 It was really good. I've seen him perform since.

[@loz5190]

It's so weird to have this without backing vocals or the drums..its made it more relaxed

[@haleyheavenhill7680]

Sounds absolutely fabulous with the two guitars!!!!!

[@michealbell3485]

Adam Ant definitely assisted in my coming of age in the 80’s!! Still Love 💕 My 80’s

[@slobert1970]

hell yes! Adam Ant delivers. I wore out at least two cassettes of "kings of the wild frontier" back in the day.

[@wotdoesthisbuttondo]

That guy with him is good, Adam has a knack of getting together top musicians wanting to work with and learn from him but it'd be great if Marco and Ant sorted the differences out and he maybe joined him for a song or two at a gig sometime...

[@keywestWTF]

Was my first ever gig, in 1977. Like me he has aged like fine wine ;)

[@christinelapenta7068]

Always and perpetually in love with Adam,💜💖🌹🇺🇲🙏One of the best artist

[@Wukomi]

Legend.

[@DaleHodgkins0n]

Superb!! Love to hear it so stripped and raw like that!

[@rons9508]

I have such good memories of it, thank you

[@ANTFANTASTICO]

Ridicule is nothing to be scared of ......& Adam most definitely lived thru that

[@user-mu4br4vt2h]

adam is a very noble person i guess every honest fans agree his noble degree please allyour give him helping hands

[@Anonymous-c4p]

💞🙌🏻💞

[@abirdynumnum9612]

Great introduction. A good education goes a long way! Solid reworked version.

[@andyroberts2435]

RIP Tom Edwards. A really great musician.

[@nigelcarren]

Sounds Like Blur have some fessing-up to do!! For sure this is clearly not a song built on foundations of sand... Pop-Craft of the first order! BRAVO 🏆

[@Bindersandcash19]

The first original pirate, cant wait to see you next year have waited 40 years ❤ loved him then and now

[@panther122]

i've been a ant fan since goody two shoes came out in the 80's and even he changed around verse two and three i think this was a very good version of one of my favorite adam ant song

[@pia9969]

Love ❤️ it 👏👏👏

[@emjay8161]

That's pretty cool. Nice little jam session. Got some grit like from Physical.

[@6inthesky]

I love this stripped down version!

[@anarchovegan9738]

marco pironi and gretsch guitar gave adam and the ants that amazing sound

[@HumGuitar]

Actually, didn't Marco play a Gibson Les Paul Jr. double cutaway quite a bit?

[@darrenparker4897]

@@HumGuitar Yes he did.

[@Phil1stalk]

Good job, Adam & pal!

[@leejoliver]

Saw him last night and it was very enjoyable.......

[@Mr75044]

Wicked wall of sound...... No bass drums or backing......class

[@antnosferatu4287]

great!!!!!

[@carlosdomingo1174]

Magnifica actuación, después de más de 30 años de compuesta suena mejorr

[@balcon983]

Love love love this music ❤

[@fuzzpope]

F#cking awesome, all around. Huge Ants fan, Adam can do no wrong.

[@CelineJ1992]

" Oi Adam stand and deliver?" " Well pick me up then!" hahahahaah 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SusanHatcherBeautyWithABeat]

[@iamspartacus6713]

check out a great and original pirate song by them called jolly roger.great lyrics and fantastic vocal range from adam.

[@lynmyers8895]

R.I.P Tom sweetheart 💋💋

[@ericayoung8389]

Nice I love him ,he makes me dance

[@15696513]

Adam ant is cool

[@Tomtoms-tomtoms]

Think this a great raw live version actually! Something that's sadly lost in these modern,backing tracked, false vocal days.

[@Jimking666]

You can’t see that this is mimed? 😂

[@lesleymiller8446]

Oooooffftt hes still got it 😍😍😍😍😍

[@AA-gg3hx]

Adam & the Ants we're my first concert ever in the long Beach ampather with Inxs opening for them. 🤟

[@erikadebiasse7487]

Always my favorite song!!!

[@kevinkaatz883]

Been a fan since he was the ANTS, 1981

[@inconceivabledark]

I like it. thumbs up and fave from me👍

[@duski69]

great sound...

[@pams.divelbiss681]

Love it!

[@patrickbaker7905]

Fav song good one Adam

[@AkubraBromptonGirl]

I LOVE IT!!

[@wellylhakim3619]

Awesome

[@Paul-11]

Great guitars sound. Loved the song still have the 7" single...🎵👍

[@tempo529]

In 2 years Adam will qualify the the next years Old Age Pension! lol

[@Anonymous-c4p]

...got mein🎵☝🏻🥴

[@MagpieSue]

He's so gorgeous

[@DK-tl9hi]

God he’s gorgeous

[@ChadGlassify]

Excellent.

[@threethrushes]

Da diddeley qua-qua, Da diddeley qua-qua.

[@stevobath]

BTW.This is how most songs start their lives.Cant hear a problem.Live music is different to the mixed over dubbed studio release.I prefer it.