lol! sounds like me. I bought the video to all his songs and only liked a few, the rest I thought was kind of odd fairy tale weird stuff. Probably fun for kids, but it was just a bit ....um amateurish to me. Yeah, I wasn't into the punk stuff either much. I enjoyed "Ant music" and "stand and deliver" and a few others were ok as well. The crush helped though, so I didn't mind watching most of his songs, but in all honesty, the music didn't exactly bowl me over.

I wouldn't call Adam Ant one of the greats <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> But I think he had charisma and a few good songs. He didn't last long, I think 3 years?

He has I think bipolar disorder? (manic depression?) and this has caused a few problems for him. He wound up being taken away and put in the alice and wonderland ward for a while. Because he threatened some people with a gun in a London pub I think. They had whistled the tune to "the good, the bad, the ugly" when he walked in (he was in some kind of cowboy get up), so he left and came back with a gun (unloaded I think) and threatened them.

then he claimed there was a conspiracy against him when he was being taken away lol. Poor Adam.

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> He shares a birthday with me too!

I actually watched a youtube of him signing books relatively recently. To me? He looked unwell and quite frail. I felt profoundly sad watching him, not sure why. Hey, who knows, seriously could he too have been a mercury victim?

Well, he won't be forgotten, his eighties short reign will always stick in most people's minds from that time period. I loved him for that!