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2 | [[caption-width-right:300: ''The family of noise is here and it's come to save everybody!''.]] |
3 | |
4 | ''Dirk Wears White Sox'' is the debut studio album by Music/AdamAndTheAnts, released in 1979. It is the only album released by the original Adam and the Ants line-up, who would go on to be swiped by Malcolm [=McLaren=] for Music/BowWowWow. The "Dirk" of the title refers to classic British film icon Creator/DirkBogarde. |
5 | |
6 | ---- |
7 | !! Tracklist: |
8 | |
9 | [[AC: Side One]] |
10 | |
11 | # "Cartrouble (Parts 1 & 2)" |
12 | # "Digital Tenderness" |
13 | # "Nine Plan Failed" |
14 | # "Day I Met God" |
15 | # "Tabletalk" |
16 | |
17 | [[AC: Side Two]] |
18 | |
19 | # "Cleopatra" |
20 | # "Catholic Day" |
21 | # "Never Trust A Man (With Egg On His Face)" |
22 | # "Animals And Men" |
23 | # "Family Of Noise" |
24 | # "The Idea" |
25 | |
26 | ---- |
27 | !! Bonus Tracks (Reissues): |
28 | |
29 | # "Kick!" (2:05) |
30 | # "Zerox" (3:45) |
31 | # "Whip In My Valise" (3:58) |
32 | # "Physical" (3:59) |
33 | # "Friends" (2:40) |
34 | |
35 | ---- |
36 | !!Principal Members: |
37 | |
38 | * Music/AdamAnt - lead vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica |
39 | * Matthew Ashman - guitar, piano |
40 | * Dave Barbarossa - drums, percussion |
41 | * Marco Pirroni - guitar |
42 | * Andrew Warren - bass |
43 | |
44 | ---- |
45 | !! Never Trope A Man (With Egg On His Face): |
46 | |
47 | * AlbumTitleDrop: The line "Dirk wears white sox" doesn't appear until "Don't Be Square (Be There)" on the NEXT Ants' album, ''Music/KingsOfTheWildFrontier''. |
48 | * AliensAreBastards: "Never Trust A Man (With Egg On His Face)", in which a woman shoots her husband in front of her children because of an extraterrestrial conspiracy ([[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or possibly just a psychotic break]]): |
49 | --> ''She was the victim of an awful plan''\ |
50 | ''Announced through the mouthpiece of a little green man''\ |
51 | ''She'd heard the voices from outer space'' |
52 | --> ''Saying, "Never trust a man with egg on his face'' |
53 | * AlliterativeName: The main character in "Whip In My Valise" |
54 | --> ''I can't thank her, my Sunday spanker'' |
55 | * AntiLoveSong: "Digital Tenderness" |
56 | --> ''That alphabet you call love is just a digital tenderness'' |
57 | --> ''(...) And my heart is stronger than a four-letter-long word'' |
58 | * BeliefMakesYouStupid: "The Idea" |
59 | --> ''I could be religious if...'' |
60 | --> ''You didn't have to kneel down'' |
61 | --> ''I could be religious if...'' |
62 | --> ''A god would say "hello"'' |
63 | --> ''I could be religious if...'' |
64 | --> ''An angel touched my shoulder'' |
65 | * CarSong: "Cartrouble (Parts 1 & 2)" |
66 | --> ''Have you ever had a ride in a light blue car?'' |
67 | --> ''Ever stopped to think who's the slave and who's the master?'' |
68 | --> ''Have you ever had trouble with your auto-mobile?'' |
69 | --> ''Have you ever had to push, push, push?'' |
70 | --> ''Car trouble'' |
71 | * DeliberatelyMonochrome: The album cover. |
72 | * EtherealChoir: "The Day I Met God" |
73 | --> ''And the herald angels sang: "Ooh, ooh, oooh, ooh'' |
74 | * GratuitousItalian: "Animals And Men" |
75 | --> ''Uno, due, tre, quattro...'' |
76 | * MundaneMadeAwesome: "Cartrouble", a song about ... well... car trouble. |
77 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: "Cleopatra", named after the Egyptian queen UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII. |
78 | * OneWomanSong: "Cleopatra". |
79 | * OneWordTitle: "Tabletalk", "Kick!", "Zerox", "Physical" and "Friends". |
80 | * PostPunk: It was released in its wake. |
81 | * RecordProducer: Music/AdamAnt and Chris Hughes. |
82 | * ReligionRantSong: "The Idea" |
83 | --> ''I could be religious if...'' |
84 | --> ''You didn't have to kneel down'' |
85 | --> ''I could be religious if...'' |
86 | --> ''A god would say "hello"'' |
87 | --> ''I could be religious if...'' |
88 | --> ''An angel touched my shoulder'' |
89 | * ShoutOut: |
90 | ** The "Dirk" in the album title refers to actor Creator/DirkBogarde. |
91 | ** "Catholic Day" references the assassination of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy and his affair with Creator/MarilynMonroe. The song also name-drops the line "I see the chickens have come home to roost", which was UsefulNotes/MalcolmX's reaction when interviewed about JFK's death. |
92 | --> ''Kennedy died in '63'' |
93 | --> ''Poor John.F-'' |
94 | --> ''(...) No more messing around, playing with Monroe'' |
95 | --> ''(...) Kennedy's wife with his brain on her knee'' |
96 | --> ''Poor Jackie-'' |
97 | ** "Animals And Men" references artists from the Futurism movement: |
98 | --> ''Marinetti, Boccioni, Carra, Balla, Palazzeschi!'' |
99 | --> ''Marinetti, Boccioni, Carra, Balla, Palazzeschi!'' |
100 | --> ''Futurist Manifesto!'' |
101 | --> ''Futurist Manifesto!'' |
102 | ** "Cleopatra" has a reference to the film ''Film/{{Cleopatra}}'', and what a disappointment it was: |
103 | ---> ''What a weak distorted image'' |
104 | ---> ''[[Creator/ElizabethTaylor Elizabeth]] and [[Creator/RichardBurton Richard]] gave you'' |
105 | ** "Family Of Noise" quotes from "She Loves You" by Music/TheBeatles, available on ''Music/PastMasters''. |
106 | ** "Nine Plan Failed" |
107 | --> ''Now he wears big spectacles'' |
108 | --> ''And he sings like Music/BuddyHolly'' |
109 | * {{Sadist}}: The subject person in "Whip In My Valise", whose activities include pulling the wings off flies, killing grandmothers, and good old punishment. |
110 | --> ''Your sadistic suits my masochistic'' |
111 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: The word "socks" is spelled as "sox" in the title. |
112 | * StockPunishment: "Whip In My Valise" |
113 | --> ''You put my head into the stocks'' |
114 | --> ''And then you, you went to choose a cane'' |
115 | * TooKinkyToTorture: The main character in "Whip In My Valise" |
116 | --> ''I can't thank her, my Sunday spanker'' |
117 | * WarIsHell: "Nine Plan Failed" |
118 | --> ''After nine years in the army, they took away his brain'' |
119 | --> ''They tattooed "defect" on his brow'' |
120 | --> ''And signed him up again'' |
121 |
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