{"id":203,"date":"2007-10-12T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-12T18:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=203"},"modified":"2007-10-12T11:04:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-12T18:04:00","slug":"music-hum-adam-ant-and-annabella-lwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/music-hum-adam-ant-and-annabella-lwin\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Hum: Adam Ant and Annabella Lwin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome again to Music Hum<\/a>, my not regularly scheduled but unexpectedly frequent series on vintage music. In this post, I will amaze and delight you by connecting Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean<\/a> movies to the Sex Pistols<\/a>!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Remember Siouxsie? <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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As I mentioned last week in my post on punk icon Siouxsie Sioux<\/a>, the Sex Pistols<\/a> inspired a lot of musicians. Among them was a fellow named Stuart Goddard, aka Adam Ant<\/a>, who played bass in a rock band that headlined the Pistols’ first concert. After seeing the Pistols perform, Adam became determined to form his own Sex Pistols-inspired group. (This was a typical reaction to a Sex Pistols concert: see Joy Division<\/a>.)<\/p>\n
\"\"<\/a>The Sex Pistols inspired pretty much everyone for a while.<\/span>
Photo from <\/span>The Filth and the Fury\/Fine Line Features<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

While Adam eventually formed a band known as the Ants and toured with Siouxsie, he wasn’t very successful. In 1979, he hired Sex Pistols manager and Vivienne Westwood boyfriend Malcolm McLaren<\/a> to manage the Ants. McLaren paid him back the next year by walking off with all three of Adam’s Ants and turning them into the band Bow Wow Wow<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Adam may have gotten mad but he also got even. He found himself some new Ants, made a hit record (its direction possibly influenced by McLaren’s interest in world music) and became a leader of the post-punk New Romantic music scene. Captain Jack Sparrow<\/a> definitely owes a debt to Adam’s tribal-slash-pirate costumes. And this is where I prove that someone at Disney was indirectly inspired by the Sex Pistols. Behold!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Adam Ant<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

I know Johnny Depp likes to talk up the Keith Richards connection but when has Keith reminded anyone else of a pirate? Please! Keith is more like the living undead. Call me when Disney does a zombie movie and I’ll do a zombie-to-Keith comparison.<\/p>\n

For your enjoyment, I present the gorgeousness of Adam Ant in hip-swiveling action in his Antmusic video. Trust me, my peeps. Whether male or female, we all wanted to look just like Adam back then. In fact, I still kind of want to look like that! Bring on the face paint!<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, McLaren found a teenage singer for Bow Wow Wow, the “UK Post-Punk Candy Pop Surf Legends,” as the group is now described on its MySpace page<\/a>. And what would a hot new group be without a little controversy? Beauteous singer Annabella Lwin posed nude as the woman in Manet’s Le d\u00e9jeuner sur l’herbe<\/a> … at the age of 15. McLaren got reprimanded for exploiting a minor and Bow Wow Wow became notorious. In other words, another happy ending! I think the photo is quite beautiful. What?! She didn’t LOOK 15! Honest, officer, I thought she was legal.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The pervy Bow Wow Wow version of Manet’s <\/span><\/span>Le d\u00e9jeuner sur l’herbe<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Photo from annabellalwin.com<\/a>
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Annabella was like a nubile Adam Ant, so I wanted to look like her too, except less topless.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Photo from <\/span>annabellalwin.com<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

In fact, I still kind of want to look like that! Bring on the Mohawk!
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\"\"<\/a>Photo from <\/span>annabellalwin.com<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

Bow Wow Wow’s most famous song is I Want Candy, which was actually a cover of a 1965 song by The Strangeloves<\/a>. Behold the hotness of Annabella Lwin walking into the ocean in her skimpy punked-out t-shirt dress in Bow Wow Wow’s I Want Candy video.<\/p>\n

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You can imagine how thrilled I was when director Sofia Coppola used Bow Wow Wow in Marie Antoinette<\/a>. Check out the clip. Queens, clothes, dessert, Champagne, jewelry, dogs, dogs wearing jewelry, a gay hairdresser and Bow Wow Wow … all the necessities of life in two minutes and 44 seconds.<\/p>\n

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And on YouTube, someone creatively synched up the Strangeloves’ original track with some crazy vintage dance footage.<\/p>\n

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Other artists have covered “Candy” but Bow Wow Wow and the Strangeloves are all the Candy you need, unless you have a sweet tooth like me, in which case you also need this candy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you’ve developed a pirate passion thanks to the Adam Ant portion of this post, you should consider this diamond skull pendant I’ve put on sale. Look at his cute eyepatch! He’s only $300. If you’re interested, email me at wbjewelry (at) gmail dot com.<\/p>\n

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Welcome again to Music Hum, my not regularly scheduled but unexpectedly frequent series on vintage music. In this post, I will amaze and delight you by connecting Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean movies to the Sex Pistols! Remember Siouxsie? As I mentioned last week in my post on punk icon Siouxsie Sioux, the Sex Pistols…<\/p>\n

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