Helped get this superb record to number 1 in 1979, drove my parents nuts playing this repeatedly!! How the f**k can I be 60!!! Thank f**k for tracks like this to remind you of your youth!!
56 yo bassist here, child and disciple of the 70s and 80s. I....never...heard...this...till.... today. How did I miss this? I am blown away, jaw wide open.
68 yo bassist and Im going nuts trying to figure it out. 3 tutorials, 3 slightly different versions all in the same place and none sounds exactly like this. NW-R is from the future.
@@LegendLength Because there's a bit 2:06 where he puts them both in his mouth and plays them simultaneously (which is actually easier than it sounds, albeit limited on what notes can be played, and a bit awkward for the sax in the right hand). But leading into playing both at once, he's playing notes that don't physically exist on a tenor saxophone, which is called altissimo and not easy to do at all. Rahsaan Roland Kirk was famous for playing two saxes at once.
I was born in 74 and this was one of the first pieces of music I was aware of. I was fascinated by it. Loved the combo of different languages and found it both hilarious, outrageous and brilliant. I must have been 4 or something. Love it so much.
My Dad made it to 78 miss him every fucken minute. He loved few "pop" songs this was one of em. I did not not grow up in London or England even but that vernacular "Git" is part of my vocabulary. Thank you Chris.
I can remember my parents taking me & my brother to see Ian Dury & The Blockheads play live at Crystal Palace park U.K as little kids we must have only been 5 & 4 years old they couldn’t get a babysitter that night so took us with them ! The crowd having a great time laughing at seeing these two little kids me & my bro sat high on our parents shoulders going crazy at this song ! Still a favourite song of ours to this day now in our late 40’s - great memory to have 😊
I adore Ian Dury and the Blockheads. My mum had polio (my dad did too, but he recovered fully). My mum lived life from the age of four with a withered leg and arm due to polio, she still gave birth to me and my sister, and at one point she was the biggest employer in Stourbridge. She always held up Ian Dury as a role model for people living with polio, and I love him because he was a great singer! And obviously, he reminds me of my lovely Mum.
@rumbottom According to Wikipedia (it's not the most scientific but still), Ian Dury was born in Harrow and spent some of his childhood in Cornwall. He moved to Essex at the age of 7 after a short sorjourn in Switzerland. Don't think that makes him Cornish. His heart and soul was of an Essex lad.
A Brit friend calls this song "the best pub rock ever." When it came out I was in the stereo business and used the 12" single as a demo-- that bass track that comes in is lethal. As wonderful now as it was 45 years ago!
I don't want to be "hit by a rhythm stick" actually - yet I will groove, and go around the world with these lads!!! Ian & the Block's should be in the Rock Hall - they are worthy!!!
My dad thought this song was absolutely fantastic 👏 👌 he passed away 2 years ago but he would always sing along 2 it if it was on the radio!! Miss u loads dad xx 😪😪 but u had great taste in music!!
My father passed in 2000, 24 years ago... back in the day we sung this in the car and full blast.... lol 1978.... he played sax and loved this tune..... wonder way? lol 😂 😂 your father had great taste like mine lol 😂😂
@Scott Alexander Chaz Jankel had a succesfull career. And (although it's not one of his most remembered songs) I think "Now you're dancing" is a spirit successor to this.
Probably one of the most underated artists of our time. Plus, the difficultes that he had with polio. Well, what a fabulous artist and despite what he had to face, day to day, he did this with great humility and dignity. That's why he'll always be great. . He's a gent, a great musical artist, and frankly, a gentlemen .
Where the fuck did all of this talent come from and how is it that they all came together at the one time to form this one band! It can't be by chance! This proves the existence of a God and that she is funky!!!
Right! Everyone is simply brilliant - playing only what's essential, leaving space for the groove, the lyrics, and the sound! It's sonically and mentally ageless!
I use this line to practice with. It really limbers up the fingers. But then when I try to play along with the original, it's actually 25% faster than I was expecting. I can't believe how the bass player is able to keep playing that many notes at that speed for five minutes. And I see live versions where he plays faster and for longer while they stretch out the song. Point being, the more you know about bass, the more you realize how amazing this bass line is.
@@aquamarine99911 Before I quit bass I found using three fingers instead of two tho pluck made it easier (in a way) to play smoothly. I was surprised to find that Norman Watt Roy played it with the standard two fingers
Feels like a Smokey members club in the nineties - remember hearing this before I ever can remember liking music and just dancing and going mad. Nearly 30 years later still sounds like total authenticity. Perhaps one of the best ever intros to a song. RIP Ian
I am 71 and still remember a show in Maastricht where he fell from a few steps on stage. He's a short guy so a band member put him on his feet, gave him the mike and off he went for two hours. Great show!
If you actually listen to this on vinyl, your jaw will drop at the thickness of the bass and drums.. ...you couldn’t get a better mix, everyone in that studio that day were at the peak of their game.
I have a second-hand copy (sadly with the centre pushed out, as the label had a big bubble). Lots of old music has good bass. Peggy Lee’s Fever and Cliff Richard’s Living Doll are great examples, and they came out 20 years before this!
Played this for my 15 year old son today ...he loved it....he then said "music from the 70s and 80s is so good"...being an old codger myself, I simply smiled and nodded.!!☺️☺️
God Bless you Ian Dury. Life hit you hard. With polio and a bloody walking stick. But you hit back, you hit back quick. A lovely guy with a heart so strong. But a elephant hide that don't break quick. We miss you all Mr Fantastic The warm and loving guy with his walking stick. God Bless Fella A True Legend ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
They couldn't play for toffee, I've never heard such amateurish codswallop. Still, if that's what floats your boat I can understand why your wife's tooling the milkman.
The most musically accomplished band,where did you get that nonsense from ? Your personal favourite band I can except, but easily the most musically accomplished band is pure bollocks
@@GilbertNeal erm re read my comments mate,I was disagreeing with the original comment, I don't think they were the most musically accomplished band,I said that was bollocks
Back in the day i saw this genius band in the Nashville Rooms in West Ken London. We always tried to get a front table and he used to plonk his bum down for a drink before his next set. Nice bloke...loved his voice. Spoke like he swallowed broken glass....sadly missed...not many icons left...he really was one of a kind!!! God bless ya!
Great underrated tune! Thanks poster, forgot how much I enjoyed this tune... Recall: working At 16 yrs. of age, at "The Gap" folding those coveted Levi's jeans, while we danced in the when aisles when there were no customers the store! Thanks for jogging out those lovely moments. ❤❤❤❤
I remember that LP from my friend , new boots and pants.... I think 1978 , said only woooow what a style and soo free...yeah , now I know we were blessed !!!! RIP Mr DURY..
@@cynic252 OK, but tell me what other country would have published music like this? I'm not born British, but this style is unique and very stylish in its own way. (sadly now deceased)
the band were great too, good fun to be around, not standoff-ish, very modest. Met him & the band through his brother who was in the Q Tips, another great live band. We shared some notorious water fights in a pub (forgotten the name, I think it was in Luton somewhere?) But it was great, a fantastic era for real live music of so many genres.
And this is such a rare characterstic among successful, talented artists. I really envy you! Never knew him but wishing I did and trying to get to know him now. More loved than he ever knew.
Soo good, especially musically, and yet so spit and rough! A brilliant tune that doesn’t care what people think about it! More Punk without being punk is hardly imaginable!
fucking incredible performer and artist and band. despite his disease he made this happen. the voice of defiance and courage right here. makes a glass eye weep.
Oi, oi! Fucking right, mate! I love and miss this gritty bastard. God save him but not so much the queen or king or whomever so identifies as the him/her/it of a random birth.
good music ALWAYS comes from hard times, dreaming about , singing about good times , good people and Good sex ....Always ... There are obviously songs that are great about not good times but those need to be cherry picked ....The exception to the rule one would say not the norm .....Bog Geldofs Boomtownrats Mondays comes to mind .
Norman Watt Roy is exceptional on this track. The whole band were and are as incredible as they are unique. saw them loads live and they are super tight.
Killer bassline. Absolutely beautiful. What a band. All the right ingredients and all the right minded Messrs coming together to create perfection! Magic!!!
I could listen to the blockheads grooving for twenty straight minutes before even layering the vocals on top. So many instrumental parts so tastefully ducking and weaving around one another leaving room for each other. Fantastic.
I hate life sometimes, it's 2017 and this is my first time hearing this song and listening to Ian's music. How in the bloody hell did this guy not cross my music timeline ? I have some homework to do, Ian's in my head now and I'm not letting him go.
Tim Scott Don't worry kid. When I was your age Sir Ian ruined my home work many times. It inspired me too though B-) But even nowadays I discover old and new tunes that rock me off me chair. Now get back to yer home work, for fok sake :@
Tim take a look at all the music of 78 to 80 I guarantee you will find lots tracks that will make you wish you were there. I was and it was special time for music.
+Tim Scott Or, looked at another way, you discovered an amazing song from 40 years ago through the internet. I don't know how old you are, but 'homework' suggests you weren't alive when this was released. It's actually easier for old farts like me to hear music from back in the day now than it was back in the day. Same for new music and everything in between. As consumers of music, we are blessed. Musicians looking to make a living: not so much.
As a teenager I was blown away with this song. Years later I recognized and I'm not sure if it is acknowledged by anyone else that there is a Fela Kuti AfroBeat influence there. Specially when the two Saxes come in. The repeated patterns etc. its all there. Still, Ian Dury and The Blockheads were one of a kind.
Sensationally brilliant
Just that.
Agreed! 👍@@KitLaughlin
Clearly no taste in music 😂
Timeless classic. RIP Mr Dury.
Absolute masterpiece
Helped get this superb record to number 1 in 1979, drove my parents nuts playing this repeatedly!! How the f**k can I be 60!!! Thank f**k for tracks like this to remind you of your youth!!
A standout in a crowd of poets. He tangled words and rhythms into our being and I thank him for it.
Hit hit me with you rhythm stick
Hit me hit me Hit meeee!! I literally just played and punk funkd out!! For REALLLLL!! Brings me wayyy back!! ✌️🥰💃
I'm embarrassingly late. Why didn’t I hear a genius back in the day? I was into wham 🙄 Unforgettable. I'll hang my head in shame now.
56 yo bassist here, child and disciple of the 70s and 80s. I....never...heard...this...till.... today. How did I miss this? I am blown away, jaw wide open.
68 yo bassist and Im going nuts trying to figure it out. 3 tutorials, 3 slightly different versions all in the same place and none sounds exactly like this. NW-R is from the future.
Wow!
you're 56 and you have never heard of this track? get out! i am 59 and we used to sing this on the bus on the way to school
@@edhoughton2609 , I'm in America. These guys were basically unheard of.
Not possible was you raised in a bubble
That was a one of a kind band.
No words..This geezer is and forever will be a genius.
Sax bloody brilliant.
A lovely GEEZER
There's a fine line between genius and insanity...
why were there 2 saxes though
@@AshleyWalls-q2t it's nice to be a loon-a-tick!
@@LegendLength Because there's a bit 2:06 where he puts them both in his mouth and plays them simultaneously (which is actually easier than it sounds, albeit limited on what notes can be played, and a bit awkward for the sax in the right hand). But leading into playing both at once, he's playing notes that don't physically exist on a tenor saxophone, which is called altissimo and not easy to do at all.
Rahsaan Roland Kirk was famous for playing two saxes at once.
That bass rhythm is unstoppable
Ian Dury - the people's bard. A true original.
One of the grooviest grooves of all time.
What a poet. RIP and thanks for all of your talent.
I was born in 74 and this was one of the first pieces of music I was aware of. I was fascinated by it. Loved the combo of different languages and found it both hilarious, outrageous and brilliant. I must have been 4 or something. Love it so much.
I was born in 1976 and can remember this being played round my nan's with my dad there.
Born in 1973, very similar for me.
Same for me, along with “brown girl in the ring” and “money money”
Even though i am an old git of 81 it reminds me to get old disgracefully. Rock on Ian 😇😈❤❤
😘😘😘
Pure Proppa 🏴
Never too old bless you!!!!
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
My Dad made it to 78 miss him every fucken minute. He loved few "pop" songs this was one of em. I did not not grow up in London or England even but that vernacular "Git" is part of my vocabulary. Thank you Chris.
Top s you to 👍🦉🏴🥷🏿🏴☠️💙
This track never dates, heard it when it first came out, still strong 2024..♥️
Just watching the film Porridge on BBC4 and this came on at the start of the film…September 2024.
# 1 in the US singles chart 1979
I saw TheThe on Tuesday. Great concert but WOW did it make me miss Ian Dury.
I can remember my parents taking me & my brother to see Ian Dury & The Blockheads play live at Crystal Palace park U.K as little kids we must have only been 5 & 4 years old they couldn’t get a babysitter that night so took us with them ! The crowd having a great time laughing at seeing these two little kids me & my bro sat high on our parents shoulders going crazy at this song ! Still a favourite song of ours to this day now in our late 40’s - great memory to have 😊
It will be with you , the rest of your life !!!!
❣That is so great!!!!!!!❣Thank you for sharing your wonderful memory❣
This is awesome!! HIT ME WITH YOUR RYTHM STICK!!!
I'm envious of that. Got into Ian Dury too late to see him live. Treasure these memories!
11/15/24 You had very cool parents! 👍🏼🆒️
Bass player deserves an award for this one. Awesome.
He was paid by the note : )
The impeccable Norman Watt-Roy.
I adore Ian Dury and the Blockheads. My mum had polio (my dad did too, but he recovered fully). My mum lived life from the age of four with a withered leg and arm due to polio, she still gave birth to me and my sister, and at one point she was the biggest employer in Stourbridge. She always held up Ian Dury as a role model for people living with polio, and I love him because he was a great singer! And obviously, he reminds me of my lovely Mum.
Great story.xx
Polio or not.. they rocked my world before i knew! I wish pop music would be as good today as then.
wonderfu; story amy
Great roll model,fair play loved the block heads,
Just checking in. Hope you are ok.
Ian Dury and the blockheads were a great band in the 70s
Rest in peace ian Dury 🙏 😔 💔
Here, here. A lovely sentiment to a genius, no longer with us.
Thanks for your comment.
💗💗💗💗💗👍👍👍👍👍🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡
As always, bass player is amazing!❤
That bass line!! Norman Watt-Roy is a bass playing genius!
My favourite x
Genau! Und nicht diese ganzen anderen Bass-Idioten, wo viele immer denken: Oh! Ist das toll....
A man named Norman Watt-Roy must grow up to be an epic bass player.
Like all men named Bernard
👍
British at it's very finest. Mad, accentric and funky as heck. Was a young child and loved it then, love it now
@baxterdury
Saxentric
Ian Dury has a chair. In Hyde Park. Google it.🥰
@rumbottom
Yawn, bore off!!
@rumbottom According to Wikipedia (it's not the most scientific but still), Ian Dury was born in Harrow and spent some of his childhood in Cornwall. He moved to Essex at the age of 7 after a short sorjourn in Switzerland. Don't think that makes him Cornish. His heart and soul was of an Essex lad.
The chordal structure and arrangement of this tune is from another planet.... so clever it hurts.....its extraordianry
I know. Look at popular music now! Absolute shite.
My all time favorit! Absolutly genius, so much going on in that song!
The bass is sick in this song !
Norman Watt-Roy.
By the way. The Bass Player was always on different drugs in these days !
The Blockheads were all fantastic musicians- unmatched as a band. And Ian Dury- fabulous lyricist and beyond cool. Gorgeous man xx
RIP Ian Dury (May 12, 1942 - March 27, 2000), age 57
You will be remembered as a legend
ian has a bench in some park a bit near london. google it.
A Brit friend calls this song "the best pub rock ever." When it came out I was in the stereo business and used the 12" single as a demo-- that bass track that comes in is lethal. As wonderful now as it was 45 years ago!
Real musicians with Real talent playing Real analog instruments !! No digital crap !!!!
The Blockheads were the best
Wow, I feel sorry for you if that's what you think of music. What a sheltered life you must live.
@@HullzOSRS what the f@*k are you on about?
@@Strublet-e7k Still are.
@@Strublet-e7k probably that it doesn't matter too much these days if you use analog or digital for music production.
I'm 67 and it still gets me up dancing and the old foot tapping, what a blast! 💥
That is good fantastic 👌😊
I'm 64 and LOVE this song loved it since it came out 😁🏌🎶🎶
Same here.
Greetz from a dutchie.
Me too!
I'm with you! Listen to this fucking nice piano!
I have never heard of this guy. Add 51 years old I look forward to diving in real deep because this guy is my kind of guy
You've lived under a rock then
Ian never cracked america in the late 70's
Are you kidding me? That’s like saying you’ve never heard of Mozart before.
@@ezeee595 so many good musicians that people somehow never know of. I actually consider myself a seeker of this. Imagine those who don’t even try?
Big in Canada back in the day. Madness, the Clash, English Beat, Orchestral Manouvres in theDark. The The, Jam, Style Council, etc, etc.
I was 10 when this came out. My mum loved this record so much.
Ian Dury should have been made Britain's poet laureate. His lyrics are so sublime and sharp.
After John Cooper Clarke. Maybe.
@@usandthem73 JCC is number one, Ian burnt out after a few years. JCC is superb. But I love this.
Yeh it is good.
Under rated as an actor.
Too sharp for the establishment
I'm 62 and LOVE Ian Dury!
65❤
I'm 63 and absolutely don't give a fuck about what you like or dislike.
@@TheOBOM Idiot!
Well i like shame on you.
@@TheOBOM I'm 25 and like to hear about mutual loves of music because enjoying music collectively brings me great joy. you moody git
Lyrically nothing comes close this gem
Amazing band genius Ian
I don't want to be "hit by a rhythm stick" actually - yet I will groove, and go around the world with these lads!!! Ian & the Block's should be in the Rock Hall - they are worthy!!!
My dad thought this song was absolutely fantastic 👏 👌 he passed away 2 years ago but he would always sing along 2 it if it was on the radio!! Miss u loads dad xx 😪😪 but u had great taste in music!!
Your dad was right. Your dad had great taste in music, yep!!
My father passed in 2000, 24 years ago... back in the day we sung this in the car and full blast.... lol 1978.... he played sax and loved this tune..... wonder way? lol 😂 😂 your father had great taste like mine lol 😂😂
atta girl
a unique and clever band , top musicians and a great front man
How he ever managed to assemble such a wealth of talent in one band, I’ll never know.
Charisma mate.
@@waggafletcher That would be it ;)
Right on brother, took the words straight outta my mouth
Norf London for you mate,
@Scott Alexander Chaz Jankel had a succesfull career. And (although it's not one of his most remembered songs) I think "Now you're dancing" is a spirit successor to this.
The bassline is nuts ❤🎉
Once we had music, tks for the memories 👍
Probably one of the most underated artists of our time. Plus, the difficultes that he had with polio. Well, what a fabulous artist and despite what he had to face, day to day, he did this with great humility and dignity. That's why he'll always be great. . He's a gent, a great musical artist, and frankly, a gentlemen .
Nope ...never was or will ever be "underrated
@@rippi37 Exactly. He was universally celebrated.
Not yet... Its nice to be a lunatic... Sax a my phone 🎤🎼💖🎶Tigress Bay??????
Totally agree
@@rippi37 vastly underrated at the time
I'm 66 and still love Ian..Brilliant.
65❤
70
57😁
57
Muchas gracias mister Dury
Where the fuck did all of this talent come from and how is it that they all came together at the one time to form this one band! It can't be by chance! This proves the existence of a God and that she is funky!!!
Damn straight bro 👍
Right! Everyone is simply brilliant - playing only what's essential, leaving space for the groove, the lyrics, and the sound! It's sonically and mentally ageless!
Genius...Brilliance
Rare band .Rare talent.We remember Ian .
That bass line is a serious finger-tangler. Fantastique indeed.
The blockheads were a fantastic band.
I use this line to practice with. It really limbers up the fingers. But then when I try to play along with the original, it's actually 25% faster than I was expecting. I can't believe how the bass player is able to keep playing that many notes at that speed for five minutes. And I see live versions where he plays faster and for longer while they stretch out the song. Point being, the more you know about bass, the more you realize how amazing this bass line is.
@@colinjennings3661 Oh Yez Thay weir
Yeah, it’s a proper fucker to play, but bloody inspired! Talent….
@@aquamarine99911 Before I quit bass I found using three fingers instead of two tho pluck made it easier (in a way) to play smoothly. I was surprised to find that Norman Watt Roy played it with the standard two fingers
Feels like a Smokey members club in the nineties - remember hearing this before I ever can remember liking music and just dancing and going mad. Nearly 30 years later still sounds like total authenticity. Perhaps one of the best ever intros to a song. RIP Ian
There's been nothing like this brilliant song since. A wonderful mix of rock, punk, jazz and skiffle.
Such a shame we lost Ian D so young.
Pero si no murió joven...
Don't forget that funk
more funk rock and jaz then skilful or punk do me a favour
the base line is basically funk rift
@@chrisbennett6260
Yes, magic funk base.
What an sublime group of musicians everyone exceptional
I always sing this and do the dance when performing on Karaoke as it normally goes down a storm. What a brilliant wordsmith Ian Dury so sadly missed.
Bless you Sir. Ian Dury (and the Block Heads). A talent gone, and so sadly missed.
❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡
Punk, funk, disco, and pop all rolled up in a brilliant late-70s burrito. This song and Blondie's "Rapture" are planets orbiting the same sun.
absolute completely f*cking brilliance. still as amazing over 40 years on as the day I first heard it.
Same here ..
you that old bag
Absolutely agree!!
3.23 coolness personified 😎
Well said 👍
I'm 63 now, and still listening and loving this man. What a time to be young 😊
Caroline these should be absolutely perfect 4U !
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I am 71 and still remember a show in Maastricht where he fell from a few steps on stage. He's a short guy so a band member put him on his feet, gave him the mike and off he went for two hours. Great show!
Still here ❤
Too Cool!!
Never out of style.
I was there in '78, still here in '24, 46 years later. Rock on, Ian, gone but not forgoten
If you actually listen to this on vinyl, your jaw will drop at the thickness of the bass and drums.. ...you couldn’t get a better mix, everyone in that studio that day were at the peak of their game.
I have a second-hand copy (sadly with the centre pushed out, as the label had a big bubble).
Lots of old music has good bass. Peggy Lee’s Fever and Cliff Richard’s Living Doll are great examples, and they came out 20 years before this!
Man my spine shivers at many points with my digital bullcrap. I can imagine the shivers. ;p Hmm maybe I should get a rig.
Oh yeah the bass in this is thumping
Im teaching myself it. Its difficult but its good
Totally agree....
Heehee..my first ever vinyl..I was 5
One of the best bass lines ever!
Played this for my 15 year old son today ...he loved it....he then said "music from the 70s and 80s is so good"...being an old codger myself, I simply smiled and nodded.!!☺️☺️
That's as absolutely brilliant as I remember seeing it in the 70's
Nice to see his memory living on! 👍🇬🇧
God Bless you Ian Dury.
Life hit you hard.
With polio and a bloody walking stick.
But you hit back, you hit back quick.
A lovely guy with a heart so strong.
But a elephant hide that don't break quick.
We miss you all Mr Fantastic
The warm and loving guy with his walking stick.
God Bless Fella
A True Legend
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64 here and i still remember the first time i heard this ........... like a hurricane at mach 3 ! brilliant !
Awesome. No other word for these guys. ❤
Fantastic
His talent and lyrics are under-rated, he was very intelligent. Stuck in hospital trying to recover reading poetry. Will always be remembered.
Highly rated, actually.
The Blockheads, quite easily the most musically accomplished band of that whole era and widely recognised by their peers as such.
They couldn't play for toffee, I've never heard such amateurish codswallop. Still, if that's what floats your boat I can understand why your wife's tooling the milkman.
Sir Ian, the greatest
The most musically accomplished band,where did you get that nonsense from ? Your personal favourite band I can except, but easily the most musically accomplished band is pure bollocks
@@davidmellish3295 XTC was, player for player, better.
@@GilbertNeal erm re read my comments mate,I was disagreeing with the original comment, I don't think they were the most musically accomplished band,I said that was bollocks
Nobody can ever come close to Ian Dury.
Thanks for your lovely comment to the late Ian Dury.
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@@robambrose4199
I find your comment lacking respect, it will be reported and removed.
Your comment lacks respect for other artists.
Hr is the best .just brijant...
Back in the day i saw this genius band in the Nashville Rooms in West Ken London. We always tried to get a front table and he used to plonk his bum down for a drink before his next set. Nice bloke...loved his voice. Spoke like he swallowed broken glass....sadly missed...not many icons left...he really was one of a kind!!! God bless ya!
it never gets old, does it !
Hahaha…nope!!
No it do not
It certainly doesn't Sir
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Great underrated tune!
Thanks poster, forgot how much I enjoyed this tune...
Recall: working At 16 yrs. of age, at "The Gap" folding those coveted Levi's jeans, while we danced in the when aisles when there were no customers the store!
Thanks for jogging out those lovely moments. ❤❤❤❤
Ian Dury taught me that it's nice to be a lunatic.
Raises hand - Yesss, be a lunatic, it helps in this world.
Maybe it will keep us from going insane? I remember hearing this song on FM radio late 70's and like it more today!
Definitely 🤭
Taught me to love spastics.
Ian Dury taught me, too, and you backed him up! :D
I remember that LP from my friend , new boots and pants.... I think 1978 , said only woooow what a style and soo free...yeah , now I know we were blessed !!!! RIP Mr DURY..
Ian Dury was absolutely brilliant....he sums up British music perfectly.
why british..just music
Nothing else screams 80's like this classic!
@@cynic252 OK, but tell me what other country would have published music like this?
I'm not born British, but this style is unique and very stylish in its own way. (sadly now deceased)
@@gregculverwell spot on sir it's eccentrically British to the core
Das ist gut, C'est fantastique
Had the pleasure of spending a day with Ian Dury - what a nice, modest bloke he was.
the band were great too, good fun to be around, not standoff-ish, very modest. Met him & the band through his brother who was in the Q Tips, another great live band. We shared some notorious water fights in a pub (forgotten the name, I think it was in Luton somewhere?) But it was great, a fantastic era for real live music of so many genres.
Yes, he comes across like that.
In my previous message, I should have stated that I was referring to the brilliant bass player, Norman Watt-Roy
And this is such a rare characterstic among successful, talented artists.
I really envy you!
Never knew him but wishing I did and trying to get to know him now.
More loved than he ever knew.
Very nice....
This track was pressed on a 45EP and included as a bonus with Dury's first LP - at least it was in Canada. 76 y/o now and I still dig this track.
I love Black Mirror! :)
Soo good, especially musically, and yet so spit and rough! A brilliant tune that doesn’t care what people think about it! More Punk without being punk is hardly imaginable!
So much going on musically. So many musicians working togetherx
This is brilliant. Loved it when it first came out. Still love it now, at age
73. Can't beat that era. Great times.
This song just popped in my head out of nowhere, I bet it’s been 40 years since I heard it last. It’s good to hear it again.
Ian Dury was a true visionary well ahead of his time !!! Like a fine wine this gets better with time !!!
Absolutely crushing it on bass
fucking incredible performer and artist and band. despite his disease he made this happen. the voice of defiance and courage right here. makes a glass eye weep.
I saw him many times. On several he actually fell off stage. OK it might have been stunted but jings a 12 foot drop into the orchestra pit? Some boy
BOOM!!!!
Oi, oi! Fucking right, mate! I love and miss this gritty bastard. God save him but not so much the queen or king or whomever so identifies as the him/her/it of a random birth.
Yes, brilliant performer and didn't let his disability stop him.
good music ALWAYS comes from hard times, dreaming about , singing about good times , good people and Good sex ....Always ... There are obviously songs that are great about not good times but those need to be cherry picked ....The exception to the rule one would say not the norm .....Bog Geldofs Boomtownrats Mondays comes to mind .
2024..41 years ago... thanks Ian😊
Van hem had Paul de Leeuw& Johnny pappa ontvoerd geen doiwnie.programna gehad
Norman Watt Roy is exceptional on this track. The whole band were and are as incredible as they are unique. saw them loads live and they are super tight.
One of the hardest basslines to learn and play. Has even professional bass player's spitting feathers!
I SAW this show, and it was Great! 🙂
Probably the best bass line ever in history in music... Absolutely superb fantastic band..real Musicians..Ian Dury a real genius nothing less
Wrong. The history of music started with someone called Bach. Ever heard of him!?! If it wasn't for him you would never have heard this.
certainly one of the best on a pop record
Talent
5⭐️awards to you, it is the best bass line ever !
We got an autist here folks
The Blockheads are quite possibly the greatest backing band of all time
Not just the bass line, which is awesome, but how that lead gets to sing " hit me" at the end. Pure brilliance!!! Sorely missed Ian Drury. 🙏😎
In a disco when this was 1st released , it started playing and a cheer went up and a mad dash for the dance floor.
Phenomenal band, phenomenal song, phenomenal era.
A wonderful time to be young, it was brilliant thanks to people like Ian Dury.
Same here I went watch them in 1977
@@SAHB Wonderful 😃👍
Well did you get too watch them live ? And I'm not being bitchy I will tell you how good he was
Thanks 😊😊👍
Let's keep listening 🎧
Best bass ever!!!!!!!!!!
this is one of the grooviest and smoothest songs I've ever listened to
Absolutely brilliant
Killer bassline. Absolutely beautiful. What a band. All the right ingredients and all the right minded Messrs coming together to create perfection! Magic!!!
I could listen to the blockheads grooving for twenty straight minutes before even layering the vocals on top. So many instrumental parts so tastefully ducking and weaving around one another leaving room for each other. Fantastic.
Norman Watt Roy.
The best.
I hate life sometimes, it's 2017 and this is my first time hearing this song and listening to Ian's music. How in the bloody hell did this guy not cross my music timeline ? I have some homework to do, Ian's in my head now and I'm not letting him go.
Tim Scott Don't worry kid. When I was your age Sir Ian ruined my home work many times. It inspired me too though B-) But even nowadays I discover old and new tunes that rock me off me chair. Now get back to yer home work, for fok sake :@
Tim take a look at all the music of 78 to 80 I guarantee you will find lots tracks that will make you wish you were there. I was and it was special time for music.
+Tim Scott Or, looked at another way, you discovered an amazing song from 40 years ago through the internet. I don't know how old you are, but 'homework' suggests you weren't alive when this was released. It's actually easier for old farts like me to hear music from back in the day now than it was back in the day. Same for new music and everything in between. As consumers of music, we are blessed. Musicians looking to make a living: not so much.
Ha ha ha yeah man
Nice to see this again
As a teenager I was blown away with this song. Years later I recognized and I'm not sure if it is acknowledged by anyone else that there is a Fela Kuti AfroBeat influence there. Specially when the two Saxes come in. The repeated patterns etc. its all there. Still, Ian Dury and The Blockheads were one of a kind.
Good observation. Back then the musical influences were everywhere, just low hanging fruit. We all took it for granted.
Seventies intros were great, and this is one of the best. the whole record is brilliant, but the intro was where they got you hooked.