Taking Sides: Iggy Pop vs. Adam Ant (Steel Cage Death Match)
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Oh
hell.
― Dan Perry, Tuesday, 21 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
I *completely* agree with Ewing - now disappeared in a puff of smoke -
on Ant vs Pop, though not necessarily on the rest of the caboodle.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 21 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
I am a fan of both, quite big time. BUT ADAM ANT BEATS THE SHIT OUT
OF IGGY POP IN ALL WAYS. I mean, those clothes! The videos! Goody Two
Shoes! The Ant Rap! FUCKING HELL! Argh.
My mind is in meltdown over the very idea that I had to be asked
whether or not Adam Ant was better than Iggy Pop. I mean, all I know
is that if a movie was made loosely based on New Romanticism, Adam
Ant would NOT be played extremely poorly by Ewan McGregor, and that
says it all.
― Ally, Tuesday, 21 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Viva Ally! Between that and Dan's family note, the question is
SETTLED.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 21 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
There is just no human way to argue with lyrics like "Put on a little
make up, make up / Make sure they get your good side, good side". I
mean, I'm sorry, but you just can't. And if you can, you need to be
shot with paintballs. Plus, has no one noticed THE CLOTHING? Everyone
should dress like that.
But really neither of them are as good as 'Rock Me Amadeus'.
― Ally, Tuesday, 21 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Don't you *ever* stop being dandy showing me your handsome,
Prince Chow Mein.
Why was Nick Carter rocking the New Ro pirate look (although it
was more Steve Strange than AA) at the Teen Choice awards?
Why not, I guess.
― Arthur, Tuesday, 21 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
He
was? Nick has officially replaced Kevin as my favorite
Backstreet Boy now.
― Ally, Tuesday, 21 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
a tenuous connection, feel free to scoff and snort, but please draw
the line at guffawing.
no iggy pop = no glam rock = no new romanticism = no adam ant.
if adam ant were to somehow kill iggy in the cage match, would he
destroy himself as well? for the good of all mankind, would adam ant
have to perish? (presupposing that the "loser" would have to perish.)
― fred solinger, Tuesday, 21 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
great equation except for second unit, fred:
UK glam wd have happened anyway, and not
v.diff; bowie after 75, ie post-glam, and in
Berlin, wd be diff.; and THAT'S where NR
comes from.
"Meet Iggy Pop, and David Bowie": Kraftwerk
are never wrong.
― mark s, Tuesday, 21 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
mark, i was never one for chemistry, in all that that statement
implies. in physics, however, i was quite good. senior year, my
partner and i built a car that'd propel itself -- without fuel, by
MECHANICS alone -- and it destroyed all other cars in its path. sort
of like junkyard wars or equivalent. except our car had biz markie
and coolio as "hubcaps."
all of this, not the car stuff, leads to another question: what was
the genesis of glam?
― fred solinger, Tuesday, 21 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
My fake eyelashes.
Anyhow, this isn't ultimate death match in which the winner somehow
destroys all of humanity in the process, it's a simple question of
who is better. Adam Ant = better in all ways. Fact.
― Ally, Tuesday, 21 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
genesis of glam = mod (I know: surprisingly,
but nevertheless entirely provable by
science)
― mark s, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Iggy's solo albums are pretty boring, yeah I know...but he said
this really great thing in a interview once - the interviewer axed
him if he called the album "The Idiot" after the Dostoevski bk &
he went "No, I called it that because I'm an idiot".
― duane, Thursday, 30 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
one year passes...
Iggy by a mile. Adam's a grease spot. I'd much rather shout "Search & Destroy," "Bang Bang," "Lust For Life," "Wild America," "Squarehead," or "Dum Dum Boys" than "Stand & Deliver" or "Goody Two Shoes." To say nothing of "No Fun" or "The Passenger." And, as they both play rock, the "rockist" thing is officially vull & noid.
― John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 00:35 (twenty-two years ago)
Iggy Pop would beat Adam Ant over the head with one of the members of the Corrs until there was nothing left but a pile of hamburger with two legs sticking out.
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 00:51 (twenty-two years ago)
in that case, I'm gonna stick up for the underdog.
― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 01:09 (twenty-two years ago)
How can there even be any question? "I Got a Right" alone just annihilates Adam's entire back catalog. Period.
In a steel cage, Iggy would roll himself in peanut butter and broken glass, apply the bear hug and Mr. Ant would be profusely bleeding from a hundred thousand lacerations as the Stooges slammed out a high-octane rendition of "LA Blues" while Iggy howled out, oblivious to his own, inevitable triumph.
― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 02:17 (twenty-two years ago)
God's Holy Trousers, where did this thread come from?
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 12:02 (twenty-two years ago)
Someone joined my orgy of Thread Revival.
Yeeessssss, he became suffused with the Hoooly Spirit and felt
compelled to
REVIVE, Praise BOB!
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 12:18 (twenty-two years ago)
Put some wax on the trax and slide on, on to here (hey hey hey hey heeeey). Hatchets in the corner, ears to the ground, improve to the groove, get down to the sound. Buttons and bows and bleu blanc rouge--
all things lively must be used. Liberte, egalite, au jour dui c'est tres tres tres, l'opportunite nous Incroyables. I got the moves, they got the grooves summoned the gods and they all approved. Bad vibes akimbo on the shelf--got a bit of a rap thing going for myself. This gold on the teeth's no sense at all, it only matters when it's on the wall. I'm standing here with my four men so let's start that rapping thing again. Marco, Merrick, Terry Lee, Gary Tibbs and yours truly.
In the naughty North and in the sexy South we're all singing "I have the mouth, I have the mouth". So tired of anarchists looking at me,
don't need their credibility. "Destroy," they say, "Defy! Condemn!"
As long as you don't destroy them. With twenty years of drugs and drink, I thought the time had come to think about standing up and saying that it's tragedy and such old hat. I'm standing here with my four men so let's start that rapping thing again. I got Marco, Merrick, Terry Lee, Gary Tibbs and yours truly. In the naughty north and in the sexy south, we're all singing "I have the mouth! I have the mouth!" These happy feet are all we need, summoned the gods and they all agreed. These feet won't stop cos they're in such a hurry--
I knock it on the head and I go for a curry. Staying sober can be neat, get drunk on these here happy feet. Keep on trying to pin me down, ask why a title for your sound. I'm standing here with my four men, and let's do this rapping thing again. I got Marco, Merrick, Terry Lee, Gary Tibbs and yours truly. In the naughty north and in the sexy south, we're all singing I have the mouth, and I have the mouth, and you have the mouth, now they got the mouth.
EAT ADAM ANT'S FUC P. DIDDY
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 13:43 (twenty-two years ago)
That's nice.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 13:46 (twenty-two years ago)
Yeah, I thought so too. It cheers me up greatly.
Adam Ant would make a prettier girl than Iggy Pop, by the way.
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 13:47 (twenty-two years ago)
Undoubtedly.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 13:48 (twenty-two years ago)
TS: "Stand and Deliver" v. "The Passenger".
I'm sorry, I'm very bored.
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 13:51 (twenty-two years ago)
Both brilliant. Next?
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 14:07 (twenty-two years ago)
Um, TS: "Car Trouble" v. "Candy"
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 14:22 (twenty-two years ago)
"Car Trouble." "Candy" may very well be the worst thing Ig's ever done. I'd rather listen to the entirely painful
Avenue B on endless rotation than violate the long-suffering aural cavities of my head with "Candy" ever again.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 14:24 (twenty-two years ago)
Wow. I just picked it cos it started with a "C". I'd take "Stand and Deliver", btw, just a hair over "The Passenger", because the lyrics on S&D are the best lyrics ever written in history. However I should've probably TS'ed it with "Search and Destroy". Anyway.
Ok, TS: "Whip in My Valise" v. "Real Wild Child"
in double feature with
TS: "Goody Two Shoes" v. "Lust for Life"
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)
If this was 1970 there would be no question, Ant wouldn't have done shit and Iggy would have just released one of the best albums of all time. Now...
this is tough.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 16:18 (twenty-two years ago)
Prince Charming is also one of the best albums of all time.
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)
that's enough crack, Ally. Put it down.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 16:22 (twenty-two years ago)
Normally I'd be insulted by such a dismissal, but in this case? Nah.
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)
I don't mean it. But I think you're blinded by "Stand And Deliver" and the front cover.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 16:31 (twenty-two years ago)
No, "Picasso Visita del Planeta de los Simios" is a great song, as is "S.E.X." And just real the "Antrap" above! Liberte! Egalite! Au jour dui c'est tres tres tres! Oh my god.
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 16:33 (twenty-two years ago)
I'll give it another try, though even thinking of Ant Rap is enough to...um, make me wish I hadn't. Don't think I don't WANT a man whose last name is Ant to have made one of the best albums of all times. Especially since one of the best singles ever is on it.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 16:36 (twenty-two years ago)
Adam Ant > Iggy Pop? You can't be serious. Desperate - But not serious.
― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 16:38 (twenty-two years ago)
*rimshot*
"Prince Charming" itself is a pretty good song too, actually. "Ant rap" is, in all actuality, a hideous, unlistenable song, but the theory of it is pretty great.
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 16:50 (twenty-two years ago)
Once I saw the video the title track made more sense, I'll admit. Plus "Ridicule is nothing to be scared of" is just a classic line, one of the main reasons that Adamn Ant is a gift to this world.
But Iggy Pop was dirt and he didn't care. Actually that was Iggy Stooge! This makes it easier.
Iggy Stooge is better than Adam Ant who is better than Iggy Pop. Yay! I'll be able to sleep tonight.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 16:54 (twenty-two years ago)
Adamn AntBest. Typo. Evah!
Anyway, the "Ridicule is nothing to be scared of" aesthetic that they both share is why I posted those two pictures. Really, they're both horribly, horribly ridiculous and eccentric for like two directly opposing reasons.
TS: New York v. London.
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 16:58 (twenty-two years ago)
Just think: Who is getting arrested in pubs, dressed as a cowboy and who is touring the skin right off the planet, one hour at a time?
Iggy now, then and 4ever.
― Brandon Welch (Brandon Welch), Wednesday, 14 May 2003 01:17 (twenty-two years ago)
Well, that's not really fair, is it? Adam can't do those things from a mental institution!
― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 14 May 2003 03:29 (twenty-two years ago)
one year passes...
i'm 34 and don't remember adam's "vive le rock "and i've just heard it for the first time on live aid dvd and loved it so much i bought the whole cd - every track sounds like an elvis cover and it's brilliant.it's adam's 2nd best,wonderful sounds too much like morrisey and hasn'
t got the dance/punk edge i expected- my fave ant cd is the funky prince inspired" room at the top "
is it off topic to ask the name of the sexy,saucy,schoolteacher in adam's "goody two shoes" vid and is the vid available on a compilation dvd
― ussr roughboy, Friday, 7 January 2005 06:43 (twenty-one years ago)
is adam an indian in 17th century France ?
― grape grower, Friday, 7 January 2005 06:59 (twenty-one years ago)
ant is the dictator,malcolm and iggy are imitators
― grape grower, Friday, 7 January 2005 07:04 (twenty-one years ago)
i'd rather have a little bit somethin (adam) than a lot of nothing(iggy)
i love iggy vs molly on countdown,Australia.
― grape grower, Friday, 7 January 2005 07:06 (twenty-one years ago)
Iggy Pop would beat Adam Ant over the head with one of the members of the Corrs until there was nothing left but a pile of hamburger with two legs sticking out.
-- Lord Custos Epsilon (L.Custo...), May 13th, 2003.
would it be andrea ?
― grape grower, Friday, 7 January 2005 07:11 (twenty-one years ago)
is there a pop-punk in the 80's that annabelle didn't do the friendly with ?annabelle was always naked and in lov with a new guy for a few years then the foxy minx disappeared is she still alive ?
― c60 lover, Friday, 7 January 2005 07:16 (twenty-one years ago)
i'd rather have a little bit somethin (adam) than a lot of nothing(iggy)
Oh please people. I love Adam Ant, but he's not even in the same hemispherre as Iggy. Sure, Iggy hasn't made a decent album in quite a long damn while (not that Adam has either, mind you), BUT FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD, HE WAS IN THE STOOGES!!!!!
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 7 January 2005 07:20 (twenty-one years ago)
was iggy larry curly or moe - hahha!
seriously adam without the looks,talent is iggy.
both deserved more
isn't it strange that adam and the ants had a song called "scorpios" and then on adam's solo vive le rock he wrote "scorpio"
― picasso, Friday, 7 January 2005 08:28 (twenty-one years ago)
isn't it strange that adam and the ants had a song called "scorpios" and then on adam's solo vive le rock he wrote "scorpio" It's commonly called the "I'm Running Out of Ideas" syndrome.
Iggy has more talent in his pancreas than Adam has in his entire being....and I love Adam & the Ants.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 7 January 2005 08:35 (twenty-one years ago)