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  • Adam & The Ants' official music video for 'Prince Charming'. Click to listen to Adam & The Ants on Spotify: smarturl.it/Ada...
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    Lyrics:
    Prince Charming
    Prince Charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Stop being dandy, showing me you're handsome
    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Lower yourself, forgetting all your standards
    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Lower yourself, forgetting all your standards

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  • @gaberlunzieman9440
    @gaberlunzieman9440 5 місяців тому +57

    Diana, bless her, looks so happy in this. RIP, Di.

  • @Sr19769p
    @Sr19769p 6 років тому +1222

    'Ridicule is nothing to be scared of' - a lyric to live by

    • @emmylou4522
      @emmylou4522 4 роки тому +22

      Amen!

    • @jpf77302
      @jpf77302 4 роки тому +28

      And don’t you ever lower yourself, forgetting all your standards.

    • @kateoloughlin8774
      @kateoloughlin8774 4 роки тому +9

      @@jpf77302
      Hi JP through out my life I have often played this lyric in my head.
      Kind regards Kate. 👱‍♀️💕💕

    • @akimbofurry2179
      @akimbofurry2179 4 роки тому +15

      That is the motto of my life.

    • @ianthomas5955
      @ianthomas5955 3 роки тому +24

      Absolutely. And now embraced enthusiastically by Boris Johnson.

  • @hawkpaul8735
    @hawkpaul8735 Рік тому +109

    Adam and the Ants, to me, were one of the best bands of the 80s. Brilliant!

  • @adamshaw8649
    @adamshaw8649 3 роки тому +52

    He was, & still is, the Dandy Highwayman.

  • @AntipodeanStar
    @AntipodeanStar 8 років тому +1875

    Adam Ant was way, way, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay ahead of his time. He is an iconoclastic maverick genius.

    • @shansymancy
      @shansymancy 8 років тому +52

      +AntipodeanStar Depp stole his look, Keith Flint stole his swagger and look. This video still looks great all these years after.

    • @sageantone7291
      @sageantone7291 8 років тому +7

      +AntipodeanStar Iconoclasm isn't impressive.

    • @davidrobinson1286
      @davidrobinson1286 8 років тому +22

      late seventies/Early Eighties were great, g.g.grandchildren will know of this!

    • @FFM0594
      @FFM0594 8 років тому +46

      He wasn't ahead of his time, the times were ahead of their time! So much experimental music which has turned into mainstream came out of the era.

    • @GoddessFourWinds
      @GoddessFourWinds 8 років тому +31

      He was the first to make a movie-like video, with Stand and Deliver.

  • @D1Snr
    @D1Snr 3 роки тому +335

    This song is filled with fundamental rules of life. Ridicule nothing to be ashamed of, never lowering yourself and forgetting all your standards, respect yourself and all of those around you. He was ahead of his time

    • @uv77mc85
      @uv77mc85 Рік тому +12

      And if that fails chuck an alternator through the window.

    • @cristinabuffington9659
      @cristinabuffington9659 Рік тому +8

      Songs like this can help get through a tough day at work. Speaking from experience

    • @DuckReach432
      @DuckReach432 Рік тому

      I always wondered where he found that. He didn't find a rock or a brick, he found an alternator. Someone was driving home that night and their car just died halfway there.@@uv77mc85

    • @JoM-f7q
      @JoM-f7q 11 місяців тому

      F

    • @Music-tg5is
      @Music-tg5is 8 місяців тому +1

      But it's all about the superficial surface-level aesthetic. Nothing of any real substance.

  • @renoir8719
    @renoir8719 4 роки тому +151

    Was lucky enough to be an extra on this vid. Had a great day shooting it on a hot August day, Will never forget it. Who knew it would become so iconic, Happy days.....

  • @annerobinson1783
    @annerobinson1783 Рік тому +27

    I worked at Broadcasting House at the time when he came up for an interview at the Radio 1 building, opposite. I remember running down the flights of stairs to meet him. He was beautiful, gorgeous black curly hair and lovely blue eyes. Quite shy and "boy next door", very ordinary and relatable without the stage makeup. Best days of my life 😊

  • @rainluna9765
    @rainluna9765 2 роки тому +259

    I loved this as a kid. Seeing Diana Dors appearing through the light as fairy godmother is incredible and gives me chills.

    • @soulcrew30
      @soulcrew30 Рік тому +6

      Every time....❤

    • @jamiewilson5679
      @jamiewilson5679 Рік тому +6

      It's a brilliant track.

    • @ravingmavis5801
      @ravingmavis5801 Рік тому +11

      She’s a goddess❤

    • @nicolabarney7018
      @nicolabarney7018 Рік тому +9

      She was absolutely beautiful 🥰don’t make them like that anymore 😢

    • @beccaboo3040
      @beccaboo3040 11 місяців тому +7

      💜🧚‍♀️💜I love Diana Dors she's so beautiful 💜🧚‍♀️💜

  • @toffybatter1034
    @toffybatter1034 5 років тому +146

    One of the last televised performances from Diana Dors. As a kid when she died I felt like I had lost my girlfriend. Bless you bless you so much Diana Dors.

    • @BestUserNameUK
      @BestUserNameUK Рік тому +3

      She was great in The Sweeney.

    • @bonniebickett4520
      @bonniebickett4520 Рік тому +1

      Don't tread on an ant , he's done nothing to you..... love it and love the Kinks lyrics!

  • @passiveagressive4983
    @passiveagressive4983 3 роки тому +84

    Diana Dors is perfect casting❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @Lee71England
    @Lee71England 2 роки тому +18

    Be honest......how many of us have done the Diana/Adam 'flinging our arms up and down' dance at some point during the 40+ years since this song was #1 in the UK charts? Whether that be at a wedding, a retro 80s night etc.....or in our own bedrooms as kids all those yonks ago!

  • @alanbrett2174
    @alanbrett2174 3 роки тому +42

    The one and only Diana Dors, still remembered in 2021. RIP in peace you are not forgotten thanks to ADAM AND THE ANTS.

  • @benedettobruno1669
    @benedettobruno1669 6 років тому +442

    Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique bands such as Adam & The Ants and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you from Sicily.

    • @Kainlarsen
      @Kainlarsen 5 років тому +44

      We're in danger of losing that to mediocrity in today's pop culture, but we thank you. :)

    • @michelesmith1968
      @michelesmith1968 5 років тому +26

      ur very welcome "sicily". i had the privilage of being a teenager in g.b in the 80s, loved adam but also the smiths , cure, bauhaus etc

    • @mariadaugbjerg6141
      @mariadaugbjerg6141 5 років тому +15

      I could not agree more, Benedetto Bruno.

    • @Dani92670
      @Dani92670 5 років тому +37

      Those of us in the USA with any taste in music whatsoever feel exactly the same way as you do, Sicily! This garbage today has NOTHING on this stuff, NOTHING!

    • @stillben
      @stillben 4 роки тому +10

      Prego

  • @yvettehaynes6127
    @yvettehaynes6127 5 місяців тому +9

    Adam and Diana Dors, both national treasures. My auntie's dog was in an episode of the Hammer House of Horror TV series with DD.

  • @zebinator6155
    @zebinator6155 5 років тому +97

    Imagine being a ten and a half year old kid, a bit shy, a bit socially awkward (or 'weird' as we used to call it in the 80s) growing up in a shithole town in the north west of England, in a low income family with your dad out of work and your mum just about keeping things together with a part-time cleaning job, two years into Thatcher's demolition of the UK's social fabric, with seemingly the whole country reinforcing the message that you're nothing now and you will never be anything.
    Then imagine how it felt to turn on the telly and see some super fucking cool, utterly beautiful man, dressed like a cross between a Regency dandy and a decadent pirate, tell you 'ridicule is nothing to be scared of'.
    Cheers Adam.

    • @josephineknight1739
      @josephineknight1739 3 місяці тому

      Agreed, sex on legs.
      Excuse me but I need to be on my own for a while!
      Fucking gorgeous.
      ❤😂❤😂❤

    • @ferrisoxide
      @ferrisoxide 6 днів тому +1

      You've made me shed a tear. If I could reach out over the internet (and the intervening years since you posted this) I'd give you a hug. Just beautiful. Thank you.

  • @ianbillingham9795
    @ianbillingham9795 Рік тому +112

    Haven't heard this for years, what a classic song .

  • @kimandrews2594
    @kimandrews2594 2 роки тому +11

    My husband and I saw Adam and the ants play live at hofstra college in new York, long island in 1983, I think that was the year. They were great. I have forgotten how beautiful Adam ant is (he still looks good today in his 60's), and love the way he moves. So talented. Loved their style of dress, hair, and this song is so original and I am trying to live by lyrics "ridicule is nothing to be scared of". The eighties were great, so glad my husband and I were there and young to enjoy it. Adam and the ants were one of our favorite bands, and they still sound good today!

    • @lnoft97
      @lnoft97 Рік тому

      I saw them in Syracuse NY around that time, my husband and I. They were GREAT. We loved the 80's.

  • @ianwalker3353
    @ianwalker3353 Рік тому +34

    One of my favourite Ant songs enhanced by the absolutely fabulous Diana Dors 🥰

  • @laurencecross4175
    @laurencecross4175 7 років тому +822

    I think it was brilliant for them to give the great British icon Diana Dors this wonderful glamorous part in what was the twilight of her fantastic career (she passed away in 1984).

    • @jenniferfelan694
      @jenniferfelan694 6 років тому +73

      I know. She was a very classy and beautiful lady.

    • @ryoamora8655
      @ryoamora8655 5 років тому +59

      She was still friggin hot in this video, that cocky smirk of hers when she sachets onto the dance floor is so SEXY.

    • @nigelward2655
      @nigelward2655 5 років тому +50

      She was Stuart Goddard's (Adm Ant) God mother and he always wanted to get in one of his vids.

    • @thegrandcanyonisegypt2489
      @thegrandcanyonisegypt2489 5 років тому +10

      i thought she was someone famous

    • @debbiehowe7579
      @debbiehowe7579 5 років тому +23

      @Laurance Cross I know I worked for BUPA then and had to finalise her paperwork. Bit chocked but had to detach myself.

  • @waynepinnock5874
    @waynepinnock5874 3 роки тому +21

    How many genres are encapsulated in this ditty. Medieval Gourt music, Ennio Morricone, Burundi beat, 50s rock n roll. Pure genius.

  • @haroldgillies3083
    @haroldgillies3083 5 років тому +38

    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Stop being dandy, showing me you're handsome
    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Stop being dandy, showing me you're handsome
    Prince charming, prince charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Stop being dandy, showing me you're handsome
    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Lower yourself, forgetting all your standards
    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Lower yourself, forgetting all your standards
    Prince charming, prince charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Stop being dandy, showing me you're handsome
    Silk or leather or a feather
    Respect yourself and all of those around you
    Silk or leather or a feather
    Respect yourself and all of those around you
    Prince charming, prince charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Stop being dandy, showing me you're handsome
    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Lower yourself, forgetting all your standards
    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Lower yourself, forgetting all your standards
    Prince charming, prince charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Prince charming, prince charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Prince charming, prince charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Prince charming, prince charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Prince charming, prince charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Prince charming, prince charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Prince charming, prince charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Prince charming, prince charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of

  • @ravingmavis5801
    @ravingmavis5801 Рік тому +14

    Marco on the harp…….priceless ❤

  • @kurdtacolbain731
    @kurdtacolbain731 2 роки тому +8

    1:10 the blonde lady is Diana Dors, who was on the cover of The Smiths Singles album. She was a British "Marilyn Monroe" type actress

  • @thetriumphofthethrill2457
    @thetriumphofthethrill2457 5 років тому +50

    The percussive, tribal rhythm has always been one of the band's hallmarks and it's put to good use here. Catchy and compelling track and a good music vid from MTV's early days.

  • @ScorpioMojo
    @ScorpioMojo 8 років тому +267

    I adore Adam Ant. He was truly an original. Talented and magnetic. It's hard to take one's eyes away from Adam. Unplug the jukebox and do us all a favor. Thank you UK for one handsome, rocking Scorpio. He worked it and we were all digging his moves and sound.

    • @reins6895
      @reins6895 7 років тому +6

      Ricky Raven awesome comment !! Couldn't agree more 🐜💙

    • @stevepafford5501
      @stevepafford5501 6 років тому +5

      I was lucky enough to interview Adam Ant a couple of times. Here's a bit of audio

    • @lisalanham7516
      @lisalanham7516 5 років тому +7

      He has like 5 or 6 planets in Scorpio. That's where that intense magnetism comes from.
      I "unplugged the jukebox" decades ago!

    • @henrymartinez4030
      @henrymartinez4030 5 років тому +4

      He'll be in concert at The Fillmore on Miami Beach on Oct 1, 2019.
      He's still cool.

    • @lillou6509
      @lillou6509 3 роки тому +3

      I saw him live a few years ago with his fake sideburns, no crowd presence and was late onto the stage... still thoroughly enjoyed him though, he did his hip shake once or twice was enough for me lol

  • @angelaconnor8917
    @angelaconnor8917 Рік тому +15

    Im 68 loved the 80s and adam was fab

    • @RY_X_music
      @RY_X_music 6 місяців тому

      Hello, how are you doing it's nice meeting you here

    • @teresadownes2422
      @teresadownes2422 3 місяці тому

      If sirius black had a son

  • @SP-mf9sh
    @SP-mf9sh 5 років тому +355

    When you discover Adam and the ants at 12:51 am...I think I'm gonna stay up a while

    • @mm7909
      @mm7909 5 років тому +25

      Sarah Owens you'll never look back.

    • @ydderynnad
      @ydderynnad 3 роки тому +14

      A year(-ish) later and how do you feel? I started listening to Adam and the Ants in 1982 and I'm still here.

    • @Pooka_or_Puck
      @Pooka_or_Puck 3 роки тому +8

      Welcome to the "Ant Army".

    • @alisonbryant5799
      @alisonbryant5799 3 роки тому +7

      2:51. Sleep can wait.

    • @dawnhicks2106
      @dawnhicks2106 3 роки тому +1

      I ask if people saw a concert in a certain Jai Lai building and boom they saw them there. Awesome

  • @Nuessi62
    @Nuessi62 2 роки тому +24

    His videos are absolutely epic. pure irony.
    the guy had a good sense of humor

  • @frankfontaine136
    @frankfontaine136 3 роки тому +24

    possibly one of the best british pop music videos EVER !

  • @GemmaBryant-ip9jk
    @GemmaBryant-ip9jk 8 місяців тому +20

    my first song age 5! I used to kiss the album cover with him on it.
    I thought he was the real Prince charming! 😂

  • @RhiannonSteadman-Kenny
    @RhiannonSteadman-Kenny 5 місяців тому +3

    shh don't tell anyone but I remember when this first came out in 1981! wow was it really THAT long ago, and I still to this day love it and can dance round the living room to it.. 💘 I had such a crush on adam

  • @rob16248
    @rob16248 6 років тому +184

    I remember when this first came out "Ahhh-huh Ayrr-huh" was often heard throughout the school corridors.

    • @admiralackbar9307
      @admiralackbar9307 4 роки тому +12

      Every time Adam Ant did anything in the early Eighties it was like a massive event! Everybody loved him :)

    • @soozimay
      @soozimay 4 роки тому +12

      Also doing the Prince Charming dance poses during school break time!

    • @choughed3072
      @choughed3072 3 роки тому +8

      You lot were lucky, I hit secondary school just around the time crazy frog came out, you can only imagine the torture going in in the corridors day in day out.

    • @annalishagoring
      @annalishagoring 7 місяців тому

      ​@@choughed3072❤

  • @johnheppenstall4904
    @johnheppenstall4904 Рік тому +48

    Kind of laughed it off at the time, but it's actually pretty bloody awesome and having Diana Dors was a touch of magic

    • @HenryMcGuinnessGuitar
      @HenryMcGuinnessGuitar 10 місяців тому +3

      I must have been about 10 & did not get it when it came out, didn't understand the appeal. One or 2 kids in my class were big fans. Now I think this song and video are incredibly powerful.

  • @cathymeikle1059
    @cathymeikle1059 11 місяців тому +7

    Happy birthday Prince Charming x

  • @ivonepereira8838
    @ivonepereira8838 4 роки тому +13

    Isn't Adam Ant a real Prince? What a beauty!! Had clothing like this in the 80's...

  • @writermollyringle
    @writermollyringle 7 років тому +17

    Nothing has ever been more '80s than this video. Love it!

  • @JuicyFruityify
    @JuicyFruityify 4 роки тому +121

    This video is genius level. The concept, the acting, the cast, costuming, choreography... brilliant. Bravo.

    • @lordvadertheleftie9703
      @lordvadertheleftie9703 Рік тому +5

      Everything is perfect. From Diana Dors as the fairy godmother to the chandelier swing at the end. Also Clint Eastwood at the very end

    • @a.c.4732
      @a.c.4732 Рік тому +2

      totally agree , looking back at it now you can see the art / message / meaning //
      sadly , at the time , it got drowned out to a large extent by the gallons of dross "sloshing" around ....

    • @smoly37
      @smoly37 8 місяців тому

      Are you serious?? Come on. I watched this when I was 16, 17 years old and fell in love with "Adam". Splitting up laughing now I watch it again. The colours are too bright, and I can spot the gold painted cardboard from here!!😂 Musically it seemed to get interesting, with the combi of north-American indian tribal music and pop. But the first album was disappointing and I never bought the second one. It was fun but to call it genius is in my view ridiculous.

    • @lesley9989
      @lesley9989 7 місяців тому

      ​@@smoly37possibly nostalgia. Brings back great feelings and at that time it was fabulous. I still think it is

    • @teresadownes2422
      @teresadownes2422 3 місяці тому

      If sirius black made a music video
      I CANT UNSEE THIS!

  • @deniecebasso5367
    @deniecebasso5367 6 років тому +20

    I fricking love my hometown of Columbus (Ohio!). Whilst window shopping in an alternative-funky cool side of town, this was playing overhead. Well naturally, I was seriously getting into it! Pretty soon I look over and a fabulous fellow Ant maniac started doing the dance with me!
    We made $3!!! Lmao

  • @jenniferwest2085
    @jenniferwest2085 5 місяців тому +3

    He is still as talented and as handsome now as he was then. I saw him at the Caverns. A bucket list show for me and he is so freaking hot, just a beautiful man with an amazing talent. I have been a fan since I first heard Goody Two Shoes at 6 and now I am 46 and he still is a handsome talented Prince Charming ❤

  • @Darkhuntersrule
    @Darkhuntersrule 4 місяці тому +2

    I stumbled across this last year and was like how did I a child of the 80's miss this one! Lol And love the message of the song and this needs to be played A LOT NOWADAYS

  • @davidg.9932
    @davidg.9932 2 роки тому +3

    Adam Ant - Happy 67th. Stuart Leslie Goddard 3 November 1954 Marylebone, London, England. You and Marco Pirroni. Really good songs..

  • @Whippy99
    @Whippy99 2 роки тому +7

    My life, he’s beautiful 😍 The utterly fabulous Diana Dors is an added treat in this video.

  • @andyman0231
    @andyman0231 2 роки тому +6

    The rhythms in all his songs were incredible

  • @andreawilkinson2640
    @andreawilkinson2640 Рік тому +4

    Thus man is my first true live, he got me through teenage years and needs recognition 4 his fantastic being!
    And Diana Dors !
    Thank u 💓 Stewart Leslie Goddard 💖 💓 😘 Mr ADam of the Ants 🐜 💖 ❤️

  • @llkoolbean4935
    @llkoolbean4935 4 роки тому +49

    Always loved Adam Ant. Such a beautiful man. Ahead of his time.

  • @shaunbritton939
    @shaunbritton939 3 роки тому +5

    Diana doors looking fabulous so is adem what a legend love this dude

  • @-.-3897
    @-.-3897 8 років тому +26

    This is my favourite music video ever. It's so strange and perfect!! I love my parents so much for making me listen to 80s music from an early age. Young Adam Ant was my first celebrity crush, I mean just look at this perfection 😍

  • @chrishughesy1159
    @chrishughesy1159 9 років тому +34

    im 19 and my dad is literally 80s fanatic, knows everything about everything haha it scares me sometimes and i now know why i wish i was around to enjoy the 80s decade of music

    • @indidot6664
      @indidot6664 9 років тому +4

      It was fun Chris. Especially dressing up for nights out. We felt free to do what we wanted. Check out the tunes on my g+

    • @chrishughesy1159
      @chrishughesy1159 8 років тому +5

      He unfortunately died on november 15th 2015

    • @jadziatrax6975
      @jadziatrax6975 4 роки тому

      nothing ever stopped anyone from enjoying music that first happened before they happened ❤️

    • @jadziatrax6975
      @jadziatrax6975 4 роки тому

      Sorry about your dad :(

  • @mylegacymovie
    @mylegacymovie 5 місяців тому +2

    I loved Adam Ant growing up, and this was one of my favourite videos with the iconic Diana Dors 'come here my lovely' This take me right back to my tweens!

  • @crowgrl13
    @crowgrl13 5 років тому +166

    The LEGENDARY Diana Dors as the Fairy Godmother!

    • @scrappy5011
      @scrappy5011 4 роки тому +9

      Gorgeous.....

    • @gerrycarrick8335
      @gerrycarrick8335 4 роки тому +10

      When women were alowed to be natural. Oh.. were have those days gone

    • @farmerbrown2a
      @farmerbrown2a 4 роки тому +2

      ❤️

    • @robertlindo8058
      @robertlindo8058 3 роки тому +4

      Nobody else could have played it better.

    • @tammylewis2408
      @tammylewis2408 2 місяці тому

      She still looked beautiful. Sad that she died not long after. Just love her as the fairy godmother, a twist on the Cinderella story, Adam Ant becomes the prince. I wished she appeared in more music videos.

  • @alittlepeaceandkarma
    @alittlepeaceandkarma 4 роки тому +30

    I remember they used to premier their promo videos on Top of the Pops and everyone used to stay in and watch their brand new videos.
    He was the 80s Ziggy Stardust.

  • @rebeccataylor1625
    @rebeccataylor1625 3 роки тому +11

    Anyone listening to this in 2021?? I was only just 15 years old then this song first came out back in 1981. Still love this video 40 years on.❤💯 RIP to British legend actress Diana Dors.🙏🙏

    • @LindaB651
      @LindaB651 Рік тому +1

      Listening to this in 2022- Antmusic is still awesome!

  • @AnAdorableWombat1
    @AnAdorableWombat1 2 місяці тому +3

    His video budget was big big! Swinging from chandeliers, Diana Dors, smoke clouds, panthers, exotic cars, costumes, everything! He is so handsome and oozed charisma.

    • @MrSmithGuy
      @MrSmithGuy Місяць тому

      That video cost £50,000

  • @itsacarolbthing5221
    @itsacarolbthing5221 6 місяців тому +2

    I loved this so much! I was a huge Adam and the Ants fan. This epitomises my early teen years. Yes, I'm 56. So what? Ridicule is nothing to be scared of.

  • @edmundpower1250
    @edmundpower1250 3 роки тому +12

    Now that's how you make a music video... FANTASTIC!!!

  • @theshadow100
    @theshadow100 8 місяців тому +5

    Brings back great memories

  • @socssniffin
    @socssniffin 3 роки тому +13

    One of the greatest videos ever made by Adam and the ants featuring the great late Diana Does, such a loss and tragedy to UK when she died

  • @l.e.gonzalez-cortes7820
    @l.e.gonzalez-cortes7820 5 років тому +106

    "Don't you ever lower yourself, forgetting all your standards."

  • @shayneoneill1506
    @shayneoneill1506 7 років тому +263

    There was some goth dude serenading his girlfriend with this song at the local pub kareoke night the other day. It was fucking hilarious ( Not saying its a bad song, but the scene of superdracula singing this in his REALLY LOW SISTER OF MERCY VOICE in front of a bunch of really confused old geezers was amazing )

    • @mhrgall
      @mhrgall 3 роки тому +14

      awwwwww!!! :-) I would have loved this!!

    • @AnAdorableWombat
      @AnAdorableWombat 3 роки тому +11

      Lmfao that's hilarious

    • @gilgameshofuruk4060
      @gilgameshofuruk4060 2 роки тому +21

      It sounds fantastic That no-one recorded it and posted it on UA-cam must count as one of the greatest missed opportunities of this century.

    • @verityx613
      @verityx613 2 роки тому +6

      Would love to have seen that fucking funny

    • @CycolacFan
      @CycolacFan Рік тому +12

      Good for him, people often mock what they can’t or won’t understand.

  • @lesley9989
    @lesley9989 3 роки тому +32

    Due to weight I've put on during lockdown, I'm now following the Adam Ant diet. Don't chew ever, don't chew ever..

  • @kimwilliams6591
    @kimwilliams6591 6 місяців тому +4

    I used to fancy Adam ant something rotten in the 80s nothing has changed lol ❤😊

  • @ausomeaspie
    @ausomeaspie 3 роки тому +14

    I LOVE this song soooo much! I watched the documentary about Adam and his Bipolar disorder and the woman that choreographed the danced moves said that each one means a different thing.

    • @tenderheart17
      @tenderheart17 2 роки тому +7

      The movements..
      Pride.. Courage.. Humour ..Flair.
      - Adam Ant/Stuart Leslie Goddard

    • @ausomeaspie
      @ausomeaspie 2 роки тому +3

      @@tenderheart17 Thank you so much!

  • @westbourne14
    @westbourne14 3 роки тому +29

    Arguably one of the best pop music videos ever made.

    • @mogznwaz
      @mogznwaz Рік тому +4

      Started my lifelong penchant for men in tight pants and knee boots

    • @PassionJo777
      @PassionJo777 Рік тому +1

      Arguably DEF

    • @S5S5066
      @S5S5066 Рік тому +1

      It’s not really pop it’s more new wave

    • @OnlyGoodMusic_
      @OnlyGoodMusic_ 5 місяців тому

      ​@@S5S5066Adam was a pop star so it’s pop

  • @Bubs0271
    @Bubs0271 7 років тому +32

    I don't know how this song with this video is SO intrinsically fascinating. It's so ahead of it's time.

  • @akf2000
    @akf2000 9 років тому +39

    honestly one of the best intros ever

  • @viking333v
    @viking333v 10 років тому +81

    "Prince Charming" was a number one single in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in September 1981 for Adam and the Ants, featured on the album of the same name. Written by Marco Pirroni and the Ants, it was their second number one single. Fellow band member and co-producer Merrick (Chris Hughes), normally on drums, played a stirring riff on an open-tuned acoustic guitar throughout the song; lead guitarist Pirroni mimed to this part on both an orchestral harp and a miniature version of the instrument in the promotional video, which was based on the pantomime Cinderella.
    The music video was also notable for its extravagant production. It featured a swashbuckling Adam Ant, in flamboyant Regency clothes, performing a much imitated arm-crossing dance. Diana Dors, in one of her last on-screen performances, appeared in the video as a Fairy Godmother.

    • @TheUTubeTeamSucks
      @TheUTubeTeamSucks 3 роки тому +2

      @SHADOW COMPANY Its called copy'n'paste

    • @ianlomax2470
      @ianlomax2470 3 роки тому +1

      Year I was born x I heard this alot x

    • @mikekaraoke
      @mikekaraoke 3 роки тому +1

      You also forgot to mention, it wa also a hit single in Sweden, Holland, Austria, + Australia. + the album of the same name was also a hit in them countries i mentioned!

    • @stephanlarsen8169
      @stephanlarsen8169 2 роки тому

      Cool knowledge thanks Jah herb Jah love Jah Jerry Jah rastafari Tucson Arizona Sonoran desert 🏜🍄🍈

    • @matelot95
      @matelot95 2 роки тому

      And borrowed heavily from War Canoe by Rolf Harris 🤣

  • @andrewmorrison7410
    @andrewmorrison7410 5 років тому +76

    Adam ant...and the iconic Diana Dors, Britains answer to Marilyn Monroe...a match made in heaven in an 80's anthem! What more could you ask for 🤩😍

    • @canucklehead0
      @canucklehead0 3 роки тому +3

      Thank-you, I thought that was her, poor lady she would have died not too long after this. She died really young in her early 50's as I recall. Cancer is such a horrid disease.

    • @gilgameshofuruk4060
      @gilgameshofuruk4060 2 роки тому +4

      @@canucklehead0 She died way too soon, but she crammed several lifetimes into her short life.
      And for a while Marilyn Monroe was actually compared to her.

  • @User-jk8wq
    @User-jk8wq Рік тому +35

    “Ridicule is nothing to be scared of.” I want that on a t shirt

  • @lynnwilson3076
    @lynnwilson3076 3 роки тому +6

    Classic. Love this track and with a legend Diana Dorrs. X

  • @chrissirvid5845
    @chrissirvid5845 3 роки тому +6

    Brilliant song &video. Diana Dors is wonderful

  • @AlexGoffRocks
    @AlexGoffRocks 14 днів тому +2

    First time hearing of Adam & the Ants, glad to join the party!

  • @EstaEsVioleta
    @EstaEsVioleta 5 років тому +11

    My father showed me this song when I was a child...
    God, I still love Adam.

  • @kimberlyfinch6055
    @kimberlyfinch6055 7 місяців тому +59

    Still here in 2024 ❤and luving it 😊

  • @user-le8oz8rc1o
    @user-le8oz8rc1o 3 роки тому +17

    Diana dors was absolutely stunning. What a beauty 💜💜💜💜

    • @Mari-gs2hb
      @Mari-gs2hb 3 роки тому +3

      Yes. A gorgeous and incredibly talented woman. She was definitely one of a kind.

  • @troygaspard6732
    @troygaspard6732 2 роки тому +3

    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of. Adam Ant is fearless in these vids and songs.

  • @JanetRodriguies-e9e
    @JanetRodriguies-e9e 6 місяців тому +3

    Beautiful Diana Dors x

    • @RY_X_music
      @RY_X_music 6 місяців тому

      Hello, how are you doing it's nice meeting you here

  • @freefall6696
    @freefall6696 3 роки тому +7

    That dance! The gestures so simple yet so powerful! The whole video creeps up on you and makes you laugh in spite of yourself!

  • @lhpl
    @lhpl 3 роки тому +31

    So fucking catchy. Have loved it since I was 13. 40 years ago... "Simple" lyrics, but not simple, and the music is so - tight, so perfect. It still stands above most music made today, and delivers!

    • @stephanlarsen8169
      @stephanlarsen8169 2 роки тому +1

      Well said brother Jah love Jah Jerry Jah rastafari Tucson Arizona Sonoran desert 🏜🌍🍄🍋🍄🥕🍄🍒🍄🍆🍄🌶🍄🥒🍄🫒🌍🌵🌵🌵

    • @mark2524
      @mark2524 2 роки тому

      That dance too, we all copied it at school

  • @xAmazonxValkyriex
    @xAmazonxValkyriex 7 років тому +22

    "We don't care what they think, darling! Ridicule is nothing to be scared of!"
    I thank Absolutely Fabulous for prominently using this song, as I might never have discovered it and it's meaning.

    • @DemonWarp65
      @DemonWarp65 Рік тому +1

      I was never a huge fan of AbFab, but I thought it was pretty cool of them to use this song. I also like that they used Wheel on Fire for their theme song. I know Siouxsie and the Banshees wasn't the first band to perform the song, but it is one of my favorite songs they play.

    • @Femfractal
      @Femfractal Рік тому +1

      Don't you ever, don't you ever
      Stop being dandy, showing me you're handsome

  • @lootgoblin255
    @lootgoblin255 3 роки тому +2

    all the times I have watched this and never noticed the harp changing size from one shot to the next!

  • @Moved2NewPh0ne
    @Moved2NewPh0ne 8 місяців тому +9

    This song teaches a very important lesson, you cant be insecure about yourself, if you worry about what jerks think, your going to have a very miserable life.

    • @garybradley1
      @garybradley1 8 місяців тому +5

      Ridicule is nothing to be scared of.

  • @ajs41
    @ajs41 Рік тому +4

    Why has the video been changed at about 3:02? In 1981 that character was someone dressed up in a suit. See Top of the Pops.

    • @garybradley1
      @garybradley1 Рік тому +2

      The missing character was the one that was meant to represent Marlon Brando in The Godfather (Don Vito Corleone).

  • @greggmitchell2392
    @greggmitchell2392 4 роки тому +1

    That final image, recalling Stand and Deliver video, Adam is gorgeous.

  • @DanaTheInsane
    @DanaTheInsane 6 років тому +301

    Nobody seems to mention that his Rudolph Valentino impersonation is so spot on its scary.

    • @ndoris
      @ndoris 5 років тому +44

      Dude, I'm sure more than half the people watching this video doesn't know who Rudolph Valentino, Alice Cooper or the Man with No Name is.

    • @michelesmith1968
      @michelesmith1968 5 років тому +6

      @@ndoris why would u presume that?

    • @lajmh
      @lajmh 5 років тому +14

      Man with No Name no, but I knew who Clint Eastwood is. As far as my parents allowed, Alice Cooper's music was prohibited. But yes, I know who Rudolph Valentino is and even have a couple of DVDs of his movies.

    • @AJAXKID123
      @AJAXKID123 5 років тому +14

      ndoris Well, if they didn’t know who Rudolph Valentino was before, they do now! That’s a good thing!
      He was way before my time, Adam Ant’s time and most everyone alive, but old movie buffs know. What we know was new to us sometime.

    • @GingerKraut
      @GingerKraut 5 років тому +11

      Even the Brando was great....shame he had to cut that out.

  • @glamdolly30
    @glamdolly30 8 років тому +49

    LOVE this video - and just when you thought it couldn't get any camper, DIANA DORS appears! Just wonderful!

  • @ashfaq1999
    @ashfaq1999 2 місяці тому +1

    Brilliant. One of the classics of the 80’s 😊

  • @alfielock3603
    @alfielock3603 9 років тому +46

    Video trivia fact...Bet you didn't know that part of this had to be re shot near the end. Originally Adam Ant appeared as Marlon Brandos' Godfather in the broken mirror but due to copyright and legal reasons he reappeared as the highwayman in Stand and Deliver!

    • @GreaserMan
      @GreaserMan 9 років тому +4

      Made it better, if you ask me.

    • @vincenicoll3689
      @vincenicoll3689 9 років тому

      +Alfie Lock You can find both versions of the video, I have the Marlon Brando version on Video and the Highwayman version on DVD

    • @TheGodParticle
      @TheGodParticle 8 років тому +2

      Typical brando pricks

    • @Wolfington
      @Wolfington 6 років тому

      I did not know that, but was scrolling through the comments to see if someone could explain where Marlon Brando had gone

  • @dav7444
    @dav7444 4 роки тому +4

    Loved this as a teenager and adore Diana Dors. Just wonderful.

  • @amandawhiteley6737
    @amandawhiteley6737 2 роки тому +2

    It all looked so intimidating back in the day, but I got to like all this new romantic stuff, bring back this dandy highway man!

  • @t1000eg
    @t1000eg 10 років тому +14

    Awesome shit ...Loving Diana Dors too...timeless

  • @DaveTomlin11
    @DaveTomlin11 2 роки тому +4

    This song is the 80s
    My favourite single of the 80s
    Brilliant
    Remember
    'Redicule is nothing to be scared of'

  • @paulnellie2124
    @paulnellie2124 3 роки тому +3

    Wow just woke up and was thinking of old records 45s and this classic came to mind.i can remember with my mates watching top of the pops.GREAT.GREAT TUNE.waiting for the top 10 count down.great times and music 80s were the days.im now 48 but can remember this track like it was yesterday.

  • @merville78
    @merville78 6 років тому +14

    And with perhaps Swindon's best ever actress. Diana Dors.....Great memories

  • @David-uf8ex
    @David-uf8ex 3 роки тому +3

    Great to see the wonderful Diana Dors

  • @thomasnuedling9167
    @thomasnuedling9167 3 роки тому +2

    I've never seen this video before! What a treat! What a fine specimen of a man. I saw him in concert in NYC. I would play the greatest hits CD at Tower in Paramus, NJ. I love this song ❤️❤️❤️!

  • @theking-nz1ut
    @theking-nz1ut 6 років тому +23

    Bring back the 80's. The good old days. 👍

  • @SkyeID
    @SkyeID 7 років тому +10

    That wasn't just a video. That was an experience! I feel like I went through a 3 minute journey into the mind of a creative artist.

  • @BeanBeanMcBean3000
    @BeanBeanMcBean3000 Рік тому +5

    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Stop being dandy, showing me you're handsome
    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Stop being dandy, showing me you're handsome
    Prince Charming
    Prince Charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Stop being dandy, showing me you're handsome
    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Lower yourself, forgetting all your standards
    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Lower yourself, forgetting all your standards
    Prince Charming
    Prince Charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Stop being dandy, showing me you're handsome
    Silk or leather or a feather
    Respect yourself and all of those around you
    Silk or leather or a feather
    Respect yourself and all of those around you
    Prince Charming
    Prince Charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Stop being dandy, showing me you're handsome
    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Lower yourself, forgetting all your standards
    Don't you ever, don't you ever
    Lower yourself, forgetting all your standards
    Prince Charming
    Prince Charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Prince Charming
    Prince Charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Prince Charming
    Prince Charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Prince Charming
    Prince Charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Prince Charming
    Prince Charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Prince Charming
    Prince Charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Prince Charming
    Prince Charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
    Prince Charming
    Prince Charming
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of

  • @rtt806
    @rtt806 4 роки тому +17

    0:02 Me when I step on lego...