Line #9 Music/DirkWearsWhiteSox


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2	[[caption-width-right:300: ''The family of noise is here and it's come to save everybody!''.]]
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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.
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7	!! Tracklist:
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9	[[AC: Side One]]
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11	# "Cartrouble (Parts 1 & 2)"
12	# "Digital Tenderness"
13	# "Nine Plan Failed"
14	# "Day I Met God"
15	# "Tabletalk"
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17	[[AC: Side Two]]
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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"
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27	!! Bonus Tracks (Reissues):
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29	# "Kick!" (2:05)
30	# "Zerox" (3:45)
31	# "Whip In My Valise" (3:58)
32	# "Physical" (3:59)
33	# "Friends" (2:40)
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36	!!Principal Members:
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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
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45	!! Never Trope A Man (With Egg On His Face):
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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''
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