Ah, the early 80s. As far as I'm concerned the period from maybe 1981, possibly a year or two earlier, to 1984 was the absolute peak of popular music in my lifetime. Post-punk, New Wave, The New Pop, the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, the rise of electronica - there was just so much exciting musical stuff going on that was both interesting and commercially viable, and this was just in the UK. I've already eulogised over A Flock Of Seagulls and ABC on the blog, so let's add Adam & The Ants to that list.